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Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 16, 2015 1:02:03 GMT -5
Generally the album cuts will be.
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 18, 2015 14:30:01 GMT -5
Love the 1969 countdown! One of my favorite years...
...but I have to disagree with your portrayal of Tony Orlando.
He hit the Top 40 twice as a solo artist in the early sixties. "Bless You" reached #15, and "Halfway To Paradise" peaked at #39.
By the way, I wonder why Bright Tunes Music didn't sue the Intrigues for "In A Moment". Parts sure sound like "He's So Fine", just like "My Sweet Lord" did.
Hope the #41 single is an extra.
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 18, 2015 14:52:26 GMT -5
Love the 1969 countdown! One of my favorite years... ...but I have to disagree with your portrayal of Tony Orlando. He hit the Top 40 twice as a solo artist in the early sixties. "Bless You" reached #15, and "Halfway To Paradise" peaked at #39. By the way, I wonder why Bright Tunes Music didn't sue the Intrigues for "In A Moment". Parts sure sound like "He's So Fine", just like "My Sweet Lord" did. Hope the #41 single is an extra. Wishes do come true!! Thanks. By the way, the "B" side of the Clique's single "Sugar On Sunday" is a great one as well. It was the initial entry on my "B" side classic thread. A tribute to the flip side of the 45. Sometimes it would be a "clunker". But many times it would be a great cover tune, the other side of a two sided hit, or a song that could be considered a "lost classic" on its own merit. By the way, this thread has a theme song! In 1973, "Shambala" had just fallen off the charts. Its last appearance was on the Sept. 1 survey. But turn the 45 over... Our "B" Side - Three Dog Nightwww.youtube.com/watch?v=oukwOf_fsFE
For this week's "B" side, we go to the September 27, 1969 Hot 100. The "A" side was a Tommy James cover spending its second week in the Top 40, eventually peaking at #22. But how many one-hit-wonder bands can say their "B" side was covered by a band as well-known as R E M? Superman - Cliquewww.youtube.com/watch?v=IyfDH0HKLjs
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 18, 2015 21:06:00 GMT -5
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Post by kani on Oct 18, 2015 23:25:41 GMT -5
Wednesday 10-21-15 upcoming show will be Top 50 of written and/or performing by Bee Gees.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 25, 2015 20:41:39 GMT -5
Next week will be 11-2-68.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 28, 2015 11:56:01 GMT -5
Finally got around to hearing the 10/9/65 show. Even with that looping style addition to the Gentrys song, it is still under 2 minutes! Great show but you know if the previous week had been done, it would have been a special one. The week of 10/2/65 featured the second highest top 40 debut record while the Hot 100 was not based on Soundscan when "Yesterday" debuted at #3. And as far as I can tell, it was the last week in the pre-Soundscan era that an artist had billing on 4 songs in the 40 when Sonny Bono achieved that feat.
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 29, 2015 8:29:54 GMT -5
The mistake about Tony Orlando was pointed out on the 1969 show but I had no idea he sung on any hits other than his solo and Dawn hits. A mistake was made about "Mack the Knife" though. Said it was #1 for 6 weeks but you should have said 6 consecutive weeks to be accurate. You see it was on top for that long before it fell out but a la "Bette Davis Eyes" in 1981, it returned and spent 9 non-consecutive weeks on top. Also, when you have heard all the early AT40 shows but are not as familiar with songs from before July 1970, some oddities occur in terms of song familiarity. I was not familiar with "That's the Way Love Is" by Marvin Gaye despite it making the top 10 but it sounded somewhat like "The End of Our Road" which I am quite familiar with despite it only making it to #40. That is because it was the first song on the first two AT40 shows that I have heard a few times. But here is a factoid about all of that. The similarity of the songs can be attributed to them both being on his M. P. G. Lp, which was released on April 30, 1969. And despite TTWLI falling off the Hot 100 in November 1969, TEOOR was not released until June of 1970 despite there being no singles in between. (There were 3 Marvin Gaye single releases during that time frame with 2 of them being duets with Tammi Terrell). But this means that AT40 started with a song that was from an album that was over a year old which is odd for that time period. In the 80s that would be more common with MJ's "Thriller" and Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith" being two examples. But not so in the early 70s. Finally, that debut record by Garland Green at 21 is notable. Another song I was not familiar with and with good reason. You know it peaked at 20. After climbing from 46 to 21, it nearly stopped right there. A few songs in the 70s debuted around 30 and only climbed one more notch. But this one tops them all and by a wide margin!
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Oct 29, 2015 16:03:40 GMT -5
Probably missed something in my deadline hurry. Need to hire a staff! Too bad I make $0 from this. Wish a radio station would be smart and air the show! One that pays!
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Post by slf on Oct 31, 2015 21:20:02 GMT -5
Hey, I got a question, bestmusicexpert. Is Rewind Central still airing your show at 8 PM EST on Sunday evenings? Last week I listened probably 15 minutes for your show to start and finally gave up. I'm unable to listen to the show earlier in the day because of my work, so I'd be very disappointed if it would be dropped from the Sunday night lineup.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 1, 2015 6:30:41 GMT -5
No, it's still supposed to be on then. That's 8pm EST time. Let me know if it's not on and I'll try to get James' attention to it.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 1, 2015 17:51:20 GMT -5
No problem with the 3PM EST broadcast. Interesting first hour with bubble gum by the Ohio Express, Andy Kim, the Archies and the optional extra to go along with heavy metal by Iron Butterfly. Until I heard one of your countdowns from earlier in 1968 a couple years ago, I had always that was the first metal song to make the top 40. But I have forgotten what song that was which actually WAS the first. Nice to know that Arthur Brown has not disappeared from show business. You know he did disappear from the charts after "Fire" fell off the chart. So he qualified for the disappearing acts special on AT40 both times they did that special. Except they omitted him! Good B side of that as you went from the crazy world of Arthur Brown to the softer side of AB. Of course that Mary Hokpin song was one of the LDDs in the 70s show this week.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 1, 2015 18:26:35 GMT -5
First one was Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 1, 2015 18:29:07 GMT -5
Always loved that b side. Nice tune. He has a few YouTube videos of performances from recent times. Both songs are among them.
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Post by kani on Nov 2, 2015 16:15:44 GMT -5
So what's upcoming program for Wednesday?
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