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Post by mellongraig on Jul 25, 2015 5:08:30 GMT -5
Are they really trying to shaft the years that I was mentioning last week? Oh well, hopefully it will change soon in the future...
Anyway, July 25, 1992 is the chart they are spotlighting this week. Maybe it is possible that one or more years that are ignored right now could be on the year-end countdown shows (if they decide to do them in late December/early January).
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Post by mellongraig on Jul 28, 2015 0:52:53 GMT -5
On the brighter side, here are a few observations I noticed about the 7/25/92 show: - Bob that week seemed a bit under the weather (probably a cold or something)
- The 1989 theme package was still present (IIRC, it came in a bit later than AT40's package by around August/September)
- At the end, Bob mistakenly said July 25, 1982 instead of July 25, 1992
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Post by mellongraig on Aug 1, 2015 5:10:33 GMT -5
Finally, 1999 gets a turn and the chart featured for this week is July 31, 1999.
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Post by tcat on Aug 7, 2015 22:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by tcat on Aug 7, 2015 22:27:38 GMT -5
Funny how most of the 80s and 90s saw over 100 songs reach the top 10 on country radio, thus making this year end countdown major hit material! For example, in the 90s, even the #100 song of the year was often a top 10 hit (AND that is even with NO OVERLAP with other years! These countdowns are based on the peak performing songs in the top 40 between December of the previous year and November of the current year. Every countdown is 100 percent different without a single common song, so have a total of 2000 songs on those 20 Countdowns between 1980 and 1999!) However, by the late 90s, the charts slowed down significantly!!! 1998 is the last time the full top 100 aired on the radio. In 1999, it was shortened to the top 50 but above you can see the full top 100 (1999 is actually one of my favorites of these because it includes almost every top 30 from the year!!!) HERE are the top 30 from this week in 1999 www.ct40.com/index.php/acchour3 By Monday (Aug 10) this will be a different year of course, but all but one song from in here is in the top 100 of 1999. "My Kind Of Woman/My Kind Of Man" by Vince Gill and Patty Loveless peaked at #27 this week but failed to make the countdown. The only other top 30 from chart year 1999 to miss was Clint Black's #29 hit from March "You Don't Need Me Now." Although "A Man Ain't Made Of Stone" by Randy Travis also failed to make the top 100, it peaked at #16 close enough to December that it may have been considered a "2000 hit" like everything else that was peaking or climbing still in December of that year. We will never know though because the top 50 is all we have available from 2000 and that was all top 10 hit material. It was fascinating listening to last weeks top 30 (1992) and this weeks top 30 (1999) because you can really see how much slower the weekly charts were. Lots of 7, 8, and 9 notch jumps in this week in 1992 compared to only moving up a couple of spaces on average this week in 1999. "How Forever Feels" by Kenny Chesney had been in the top 40 since December of 1998, spent 6 weeks at #1 in March and April of 1999, and here in August, was still hanging out at #22! That would have been unheard of just a couple of years ago! In most of this era, songs had a 3 to 4 month run on the top 40 charts; maybe 4 and a half months if they were HUGE hits! This in turn kept things fresh and is why the top 100 of the year was almost entirely top 10 material back then. Here is a little chart of how turnover changed on country radio between 1994 and 2000: 1994 - 151 top 30s 127 top 20s 108 top 10s 30 #1s 1995 - 146 top 30s 129 top 20s 105 top 10s 29 #1s 1996 - 143 top 30s 126 top 20s 96 top 10s 27 #1s 1997 - 130 top 30s 109 top 20s 90 top 10s 23 #1s 1998 - 114 top 30s 99 top 20s 77 top 10s 23 #1s 1999 - 100 top 30s 83 top 20s 61 top 10s 19 #1s 2000 - 92 top 30s 72 top 20s 52 top 10s 18 #1s Pretty crazy how turnover dropped! My source.....Billboard's weekly country charts. Go to Billboard.com and check out Country Airplay. It gives you each weeks top 30 back to January of 1990...Here is the link...http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/1995-04-29 One of my favorite 90s country weeks. Great week in the heart of 90s country! Just go to the right of the date and type in any date between today and 1990 and you can see any week you want! Hope you enjoy |
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Post by tcat on Aug 7, 2015 22:44:56 GMT -5
Another cool piece of chart trivia using those year end countdowns is to see what song was the lowest peaking song on the weekly charts to still finish top 100 for the year.... 1994: "Baby Likes To Rock It" by the Tractors was the ONLY non-top 10 to finish top 100; it peaked at #11 and finished at #100 for the year 1995: "Between An Old Memory and Me" by Travis Tritt was the ONLY non-top 10 to finish in the top 100 that year: Peaked at #11 and finished at #99 for the year 1996: "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" by the Mavericks and "Heaven Help My Heart" by Wynonna Judd both peaked at #13 and finished at #97 and #93 for the year. Only one top ten ("Vidalia" by Sammy Kershaw which peaked at #10) missed that year-end countdown 1997: Both "He Left A Lot To Be Desired" by Ricochet and "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" by Mindy McCready peaked at #18 and finished at #100 and #99 for the year. Of the 90 top 10s that year, only "Watch This" by Clay Walker, which peaked at #4 missed this countdown. 1998: Four songs that did not even make the top 20 were still strong enough to finish this year: Alabama's "She's Got That Look In Her Eyes" peaked at #21 and finished at #100. "Of Course I'm Alright" by Alabama peaked at #22 and finished at #98 for the year. "If You Can't Be Good (Be Good At It)" by Neal McCoy also got to #22 and finished at #92 for the year. The lowest peak to finish was "The Note" by Darryl Singetary which only reached #28 during the year but was able to squeeze into the year-end countdown at #99 for the year. 1999: Only the top 50 aired on country radio, but I have the entire top 100 for that year which included all but two of the year's top 30 hits. Two non-top 30s actually finished in this countdown. "Take Me" by Lari White" only got to #32 in December of 1998 and still managed to come in at #99 for all of 1999 and "Are Your Eyes Still Blue" by Shane MacAnally only reached #31 in the fall of 1999 but finished at #98 for the year! Actually I think 1999 might be my favorite of these countdowns though because it has so many of the "lower charting" songs in its lower rungs which I think makes it more interesting than just being nothing but top tens. Anyway by 2000, all we had New Years weekend was the top 50 and a much slower to turnover chart was the main reason for this change. Anyway in case you missed them in my last post, HERE are the official American Country Countdown Top 100 songs of the year from each of these years: 1990 to 1999. Great decade for country music: www.thomasreil.de/english/country/z_acctitel.htmHope you enjoy these and if you have any insights on why the charts slowed down so much in the late 90s, feel free to share! Would LOVE to hear some of these countdown live too! |
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Post by rayshae3 on Aug 8, 2015 5:17:45 GMT -5
This weekend on-air you can listen to a rewind edition of ACC from August 7, 1993.
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Post by mellongraig on Aug 8, 2015 13:48:41 GMT -5
Eventually if the show (ACC Rewind) does become popular, maybe in the future they will consider airing all four hours of the show, even if it isn't mandatory to do so (like Premiere does for AT40 The 70s and offers the 1st hour optional). Wonder what the situation would be on the CT40.com website... I would suppose they would also go for four hours too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 17:01:08 GMT -5
It's also optional on the 80s show.
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Post by tcat on Aug 9, 2015 21:27:05 GMT -5
With Mellongraig all the way. #40 to 31 need to be included to make it totally complete. It is a shame that they cheat us out of that first hour. Back in my ACC days, that was my favorite hour because it was all the fresh and new music that I was not yet tired of.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 4:07:31 GMT -5
No one is "cheating" you.
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Post by tcat on Aug 11, 2015 22:30:31 GMT -5
Paul, I know no one is "cheating" me. I mostly call it that to be silly. It just would be even cooler if songs #40 to 31 were included. It seems odd that they cut out that whole first hour. I am totally fine with it the way it is though. I am just thrilled that they run these old shows at all. AWESOME to bring back all the memories.
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Post by mellongraig on Aug 15, 2015 5:30:19 GMT -5
You can now take 2002 off the waiting list as it finally gets a turn to air. August 17, 2002 happens to be the chart ending week for this weekend's rewind show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 15:48:33 GMT -5
A messing with dates
On ACC January 08, 2000 Bob introes the show by saying ACC January 08, 2000 is the first regular show of the year ( year 2000). The previous week ( January 01, 2000) he mentions it was the week for 2 special shows : Top 50 of 1999 and Top 40 of the century.
Until earlier today I thought Top 50 of 1999 spaecial was dated on December 25, 1999. Now, I wonder if there is a regular show for december 25, 1999 since the year end was the 1st show of 2000 along with the other special.
This is how I make the calendar now :
12/18/99 Sub host Dale Carter
12/25/99 Missing Regular Show ?
12/25/99 ACC Christmas in America special 1999.
01/01/00 Top 50 of 1999
01/01/00 Top 40 Acts of the 20th Century Special
01/08/00 1st Regular show 2000
Can anyone say if there is a regular show on december 25, 1999? or was the Christmas special the only show for that weekend?. Thanks.
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Post by tcat on Aug 20, 2015 15:07:28 GMT -5
Honestly not sure but I know that it would be pretty tough to do two specials in one week. Back when it was the top 100 of the year, wasn't it #100 to 51 then first week and then the top 50 the second week, or was it an extra long show in one week all the way from 100 to #1? It seems to me that it would be the top 50 of 1999 the first week and the top 40 of the 20th century the second week although it is hard to say. I do know that Christmas weekend 1999 on the weekly charts was the first of six weeks at #1 for Faith Hill's "Breathe," which was one of the most overplayed songs at the turn of the century! Wish I could help you with that. WOW! That is cool that you remember most of these weeks.
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