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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 19, 2022 12:46:04 GMT -5
Was I Had A Dream by Paul Revere and the Raiders the first rap Top 40 hit? The last 30 seconds anyway. 12 years before Rapper's Delight. I can't think of a hit prior to that with that rhyming thing. Speaking of those guys, Steppin' Out has them saying "hey...hey...hey hey hey" 13 years before Macho Man. Or maybe Big Bad John was the first Top 40 Rap Hit. And I'm probably forgetting some too. But Mark Lindsay had more of that rap attitude than Jimmy Dean had, IMO. And America used the phrase "purple rain" (Ventura Highway) years before Prince. And the Zombies use the expression "Who's your daddy? (Time Of The Season) years before it became an oft-chanted cat-call. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 19, 2022 15:45:52 GMT -5
Or maybe Big Bad John was the first Top 40 Rap Hit. And I'm probably forgetting some too. But Mark Lindsay had more of that rap attitude than Jimmy Dean had, IMO. And America used the phrase "purple rain" (Ventura Highway) years before Prince. And the Zombies use the expression "Who's your daddy? (Time Of The Season) years before it became an oft-chanted cat-call. The question could be --What is the difference between a spoken word recording and a rap song? Wikipedia lists Pigmeat Markham's Here Comes the Judge (1968) as a possible early 'rap' / hip hop song. I remember the word 'rap' in the late 1960's and early '70's being defined as a guy that talks but doesn't really have much to say (The Rapper by the Jaggerz (1970)). Could've been the definition of most DJ's....  |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 28, 2022 18:09:45 GMT -5
This countdown is in memory of Olivia Newton-John , who passed away August 8, 2022. She bravely battled cancer for 30 years and this show features one of my favorite tunes from her via the Cash Box charts from August 2, 1975. There are a few songs that didn't make the Top 40 in Billboard that are featured on the show--however, as the 1970's progressed the number of those unique songs dwindled considerably. archive.org/details/cbc-1975080201 |
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Post by chrislc on Aug 29, 2022 13:45:07 GMT -5
This countdown is in memory of Olivia Newton-John , who passed away August 8, 2022. She bravely battled cancer for 30 years and this show features one of my favorite tunes from her via the Cash Box charts from August 2, 1975. There are a few songs that didn't make the Top 40 in Billboard that are featured on the show--however, as the 1970's progressed the number of those unique songs dwindled considerably. archive.org/details/cbc-1975080201 Christmas! Thank you, Santa. It's been a long two month wait. And her Summer 1975 hit was one of my favorites by her.  |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 12, 2022 8:10:23 GMT -5
1974 was the year that Cash Box almost had a revolving door at the top spot, with a total of 48 #1's--a few of them didn't reach the summit in any other national magazine (Billboard, Record World or Radio & Records). One such chart is for the week ending October 26, 1974... archive.org/details/cbc-1974102601 |
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Post by chrislc on Oct 16, 2022 17:40:14 GMT -5
Just listening again to 01/08/1966 which is a great show. Countdowns from the winter months can be so memorable, as we spent so much time indoors listening to the radio at night doing or avoiding homework. Anyway... Has there been a cornier and more "square" combination of top ten hit and artist since The Men In My Little Girl's Life by Mike Douglas? I guess some people might say Ed Ames but I love that song (as did my Mom) so please don't say that.  Anyway, Ed throwing that tomahawk at the guy's package got him some street cred, I think. But The Men In My Little Girl's Life? Yikes. And the record was a sensation the week of this countdown. So what top ten hit since then has been more old fashioned? I can't think of any. Oh, maybe Music Box Dancer. Or Perry Como. |
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 16, 2022 19:55:13 GMT -5
Just listening again to 01/08/1966 which is a great show. Countdowns from the winter months can be so memorable, as we spent so much time indoors listening to the radio at night doing or avoiding homework. Anyway... Has there been a cornier and more "square" combination of top ten hit and artist since The Men In My Little Girl's Life by Mike Douglas? I guess some people might say Ed Ames but I love that song (as did my Mom) so please don't say that. Anyway, Ed throwing that tomahawk at the guy's package got him some street cred, I think. But The Men In My Little Girl's Life? Yikes. And the record was a sensation the week of this countdown. So what top ten hit since then has been more old fashioned? I can't think of any. Oh, maybe Music Box Dancer. Or Perry Como. Well, that's a pretty easy answer to me. The highest Top 40 debut single in Joe's latest and greatest is "My Melody Of Love" by Bobby Vinton. |
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Post by chrislc on Oct 16, 2022 22:28:48 GMT -5
Just listening again to 01/08/1966 which is a great show. Countdowns from the winter months can be so memorable, as we spent so much time indoors listening to the radio at night doing or avoiding homework. Anyway... Has there been a cornier and more "square" combination of top ten hit and artist since The Men In My Little Girl's Life by Mike Douglas? I guess some people might say Ed Ames but I love that song (as did my Mom) so please don't say that. Anyway, Ed throwing that tomahawk at the guy's package got him some street cred, I think. But The Men In My Little Girl's Life? Yikes. And the record was a sensation the week of this countdown. So what top ten hit since then has been more old fashioned? I can't think of any. Oh, maybe Music Box Dancer. Or Perry Como. Well, that's a pretty easy answer to me. The highest Top 40 debut single in Joe's latest and greatest is "My Melody Of Love" by Bobby Vinton. Certainly a contender, at least! On a somewhat related note, I was listening to a Joe show from December 1964 a couple of days ago, and thinking it's impossible to take Robert Goulet or Lorne Greene seriously anymore. SNL got Bob and SCTV got Lorne. Yikes, Ringo is SO pretentious sounding now. Where would that song have peaked if it had been called anything else? |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Oct 17, 2022 2:57:09 GMT -5
Well, that's a pretty easy answer to me. The highest Top 40 debut single in Joe's latest and greatest is "My Melody Of Love" by Bobby Vinton. Certainly a contender, at least! On a somewhat related note, I was listening to a Joe show from December 1964 a couple of days ago, and thinking it's impossible to take Robert Goulet or Lorne Greene seriously anymore. SNL got Bob and SCTV got Lorne. Yikes, Ringo is SO pretentious sounding now. Where would that song have peaked if it had been called anything else? I always thought the song benefitted from sharing the name of the Beatles' drummer--as you suggest Chris if it had been named Bad Bart or something else it probably wouldn't have gotten any attention. As far as odd sounding songs on Top 40 radio, I think perhaps some radio programmers kept a handful of Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary songs in their format to keep the housewives listening during the day but probably rarely played most of those songs at night. |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 9, 2022 18:30:43 GMT -5
Certainly a contender, at least! On a somewhat related note, I was listening to a Joe show from December 1964 a couple of days ago, and thinking it's impossible to take Robert Goulet or Lorne Greene seriously anymore. SNL got Bob and SCTV got Lorne. Yikes, Ringo is SO pretentious sounding now. Where would that song have peaked if it had been called anything else? I always thought the song benefitted from sharing the name of the Beatles' drummer--as you suggest Chris if it had been named Bad Bart or something else it probably wouldn't have gotten any attention. As far as odd sounding songs on Top 40 radio, I think perhaps some radio programmers kept a handful of Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary songs in their format to keep the housewives listening during the day but probably rarely played most of those songs at night. Crickets. Two months. This is like waiting for the Fleetwood Mac LP in 1983 and 1984 and 1985 and 1986. It had better be good, Joe! |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 10, 2022 12:37:32 GMT -5
I always thought the song benefitted from sharing the name of the Beatles' drummer--as you suggest Chris if it had been named Bad Bart or something else it probably wouldn't have gotten any attention. As far as odd sounding songs on Top 40 radio, I think perhaps some radio programmers kept a handful of Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary songs in their format to keep the housewives listening during the day but probably rarely played most of those songs at night. Crickets. Two months. This is like waiting for the Fleetwood Mac LP in 1983 and 1984 and 1985 and 1986. It had better be good, Joe! Luke 11:9-13 |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 11, 2022 19:24:28 GMT -5
Certainly a contender, at least! On a somewhat related note, I was listening to a Joe show from December 1964 a couple of days ago, and thinking it's impossible to take Robert Goulet or Lorne Greene seriously anymore. SNL got Bob and SCTV got Lorne. Yikes, Ringo is SO pretentious sounding now. Where would that song have peaked if it had been called anything else? I always thought the song benefitted from sharing the name of the Beatles' drummer--as you suggest Chris if it had been named Bad Bart or something else it probably wouldn't have gotten any attention. As far as odd sounding songs on Top 40 radio, I think perhaps some radio programmers kept a handful of Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary songs in their format to keep the housewives listening during the day but probably rarely played most of those songs at night. So I've been trying a new thing. There are 148 of your shows now, so I go to Random Org and ask for a random number between 1 and 148 to determine the show I will listen to. Last week I got the Top 100 of 1964! Then today I got the Top 100 of 1964! What are the odds? Yes I know, 1 in 148. Or actually 1 in 147 1/2 since one of the shows was just added. Actually 1 in 21,756 for that specific show twice in a row. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 11, 2022 20:43:33 GMT -5
I always thought the song benefitted from sharing the name of the Beatles' drummer--as you suggest Chris if it had been named Bad Bart or something else it probably wouldn't have gotten any attention. As far as odd sounding songs on Top 40 radio, I think perhaps some radio programmers kept a handful of Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary songs in their format to keep the housewives listening during the day but probably rarely played most of those songs at night. So I've been trying a new thing. There are 148 of your shows now, so I go to Random Org and ask for a random number between 1 and 148 to determine the show I will listen to. Last week I got the Top 100 of 1964! Then today I got the Top 100 of 1964! What are the odds? Yes I know, 1 in 148. Or actually 1 in 147 1/2 since one of the shows was just added. Actually 1 in 21,756 for that specific show twice in a row. Might be time to find a new random number generator, Chris. 😂 |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 12, 2022 13:03:56 GMT -5
So I've been trying a new thing. There are 148 of your shows now, so I go to Random Org and ask for a random number between 1 and 148 to determine the show I will listen to. Last week I got the Top 100 of 1964! Then today I got the Top 100 of 1964! What are the odds? Yes I know, 1 in 148. Or actually 1 in 147 1/2 since one of the shows was just added. Actually 1 in 21,756 for that specific show twice in a row. Might be time to find a new random number generator, Chris. 😂 Then after I posted, I felt like listening to another Joe Show and got Leap Day 1964. Oh, well. I must say, Hello Dolly is really good. Hearing these songs with headphones off a PC beats the heck out of that 1964 transistor radio! |
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Post by chrislc on Dec 31, 2022 15:25:07 GMT -5
Might be time to find a new random number generator, Chris. 😂 Then after I posted, I felt like listening to another Joe Show and got Leap Day 1964. Oh, well. I must say, Hello Dolly is really good. Hearing these songs with headphones off a PC beats the heck out of that 1964 transistor radio! Just picked a random number again. #138 Top 100 of 1964 Well I'm not going to listen to it again! As much as I love Haunted House! (sarcasm) Picked again - September 1969 - ahhhhhh A Better Man by Engelbert. Tom Jones may not be a Humperdinck fan (to put it mildly), but I like it. |
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Anyway, Ed throwing that tomahawk at the guy's package got him some street cred, I think.