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Post by Scott Lakefield on Mar 31, 2005 20:49:36 GMT -5
Does anyone have any of these shows? If so, please email me at slakefield@hotmail.com...I have a question regarding them. Thanks!  |
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 4, 2016 23:03:28 GMT -5
I'm not interested so much in acquiring any actual shows. My love of the charts, and my ritual of keeping track, began with the Weekly Top 30. So, I'd really appreciate it if anyone out there has a list of the songs from the very first show, on June 30, 1979. Pete Battistini says that Kiss' "I Was Made for Lovin' You" was #30, and Rickie Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s in Love" was #1. I'd like to be able to fill in the missing 28. Thanks...
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 5, 2016 7:55:19 GMT -5
Do you know what chart the Weekly Top 30 used? The only chart I know of where "Chuck E.'s in Love" hit #1 was Radio and Records, but "I Was Made for Loving You" only hit #30 on its way down the chart in August (it entered the chart at #28 during the last of two weeks that "Chuck E.'s in Love" was at #1).
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 6, 2016 11:16:17 GMT -5
Do you know what chart the Weekly Top 30 used? The only chart I know of where "Chuck E.'s in Love" hit #1 was Radio and Records, but "I Was Made for Loving You" only hit #30 on its way down the chart in August (it entered the chart at #28 during the last of two weeks that "Chuck E.'s in Love" was at #1). I've read elsewhere on this board that their chart was supposed to be an amalgam of Billboard, Cash Box, Record World, and Variety. Hard to believe that they stuck to that policy, given the crazy movement patterns of songs (from what I remember). If it had been any one chart exclusively, I would have tried to look it up, especially Cash Box. If only it were that simple... |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 6, 2016 14:10:30 GMT -5
I have a copy of one show and all they say is that the chart is determined by 'the countdown computer'. In an article from Billboard 1979 the show's chart is reportedly information gleamed from the major trades (but which ones is not indicated). The show (Weekly Top 30) was en expertly produced show but I don't know that the quality of the chart can be trusted. One example, on the show I have from 6-20-81; the song Sukiyaki by A Taste Of Honey was number one the previous week and fell all the way to #13; at the same time it peaked at #3 on Billboard and #4 on Cash Box.
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 9, 2016 16:26:34 GMT -5
That's OK. If there's one thing I'll always remember about this show, it would be that the "chart" was so much fun to keep track of...and that, quite frankly, was about it. It wasn't accurate or authoritative in any way, and wasn't trying to be. The production company, Drake-Chenault, never had an agreement with any of the trade publications to use their data.
My theory has always been that the "chart" was thrown together just for the sake of having the drama and excitement of a countdown. The more unpredictable the movement patterns of the songs were, the more exciting the show would be. And, more importantly, the less they stayed true to any actual trade pub's numbers, the easier it would be to get around any copyright infringement issues.
All I'm looking for is a way to compare their numbers on 6/30/79 to the real charts' numbers for the same week.
By the way, it was Rob Durkee who wrote about the Weekly Top 30 and some of Casey's other competitors. He devoted a couple of pages of The Countdown of the Century to that interesting topic. I had Pete on the brain for other reasons...
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Post by djjoe1960 on Jun 10, 2016 16:23:15 GMT -5
That's OK. If there's one thing I'll always remember about this show, it would be that the "chart" was so much fun to keep track of...and that, quite frankly, was about it. It wasn't accurate or authoritative in any way, and wasn't trying to be. The production company, Drake-Chenault, never had an agreement with any of the trade publications to use their data. My theory has always been that the "chart" was thrown together just for the sake of having the drama and excitement of a countdown. The more unpredictable the movement patterns of the songs were, the more exciting the show would be. And, more importantly, the less they stayed true to any actual trade pub's numbers, the easier it would be to get around any copyright infringement issues. All I'm looking for is a way to compare their numbers on 6/30/79 to the real charts' numbers for the same week. By the way, it was Rob Durkee who wrote about the Weekly Top 30 and some of Casey's other competitors. He devoted a couple of pages of The Countdown of the Century to that interesting topic. I had Pete on the brain for other reasons... Hey doofus67, If you would like you can PM me and I will send you a copy of the chart from the week that I have (6/20/81) and then you can compare the chart to Billboard & Cash Box for that week.  |
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Post by ipodtuner on Oct 7, 2016 8:14:52 GMT -5
I'm not interested so much in acquiring any actual shows. My love of the charts, and my ritual of keeping track, began with the Weekly Top 30. So, I'd really appreciate it if anyone out there has a list of the songs from the very first show, on June 30, 1979. Pete Battistini says that Kiss' "I Was Made for Lovin' You" was #30, and Rickie Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s in Love" was #1. I'd like to be able to fill in the missing 28. Thanks... This is the list from that show. 30 I Was Made For Loving You - Kiss 29 You Can't Change That - Raydio Hall of Fame - Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees 28 Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons 27 Days Gone Down - Gerry Rafferty 26 Heart Of The Night - Poco 25 Get Used To It - Roger Voudoris 24 Does Your Mother Know - Abba 23 I Can't Stand It No More - Peter Frampton 22 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead WT30 Closeup - Mandy - Barry Manilow 21 Shakedown Cruise - Jay Ferguson 20 Makin' It - David Naughton 19 Rock & Roll Fantasy - Bad Company 18 Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees 17 Reunited - Peaches and Herb 16 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr Hook WT40 Future File - Do It Or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section 15 Dance The Night Away - Van Halen (Rick Dees intro's the song) 14 Gold - John Stewart 13 Minute By Minute - Doobie Brothers WT30 Flashback - Miss You - Rolling Stones 12 Bad Girls - Donna Summer 11 Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer 10 I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick 9 Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind & Fire with The Emotions 8 Shine A Little Love - ELO #1 Calendar 1976 - If You Leave Me Now - Chicago 7 You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith 6 Hot Stuff - Donna Summer 5 We Are Family - Sister Sledge 4 The Logical Song - Supertramp 3 She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers 2 Ring My Bell - Anita Ward 1 Chuck E's In Love - Rickie Lee Jones |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 31, 2016 2:22:28 GMT -5
Thank you, ipodtuner, for posting that Weekly Top 30 list! Sorry it took me this long to notice it. I'm curious: How did you find it? Here, then, is a side-by-side comparison of all the available chart rankings for the week ending 6/30/79. With Radio & Records, I'm using the June 22 chart because, in my research over the years, I've figured out that there was an eight-day gap between their chart date and the others. | SONG | WT30 | AT40 | CASH BOX | RECORD WORLD | RADIO & RECORDS | | "Chuck E.'s in Love" | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | | "Ring My Bell" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | "She Believes in Me" | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | | "The Logical Song" | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | | "We Are Family" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | | "Hot Stuff" | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | | "You Take My Breath Away" | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 18 | | "Shine a Little Love" | 8 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 5 | | "Boogie Wonderland" | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | | "I Want You to Want Me" | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | | "Just When I Needed You Most" | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 19 | | "Bad Girls" | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | | "Minute by Minute" | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 8 | | "Gold" | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 10 | | "Dance the Night Away" | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 13 | | "When You're in Love with..." | 16 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 12 | | "Reunited" | 17 | 17 | 19 | 10 | off | | "Love You Inside Out" | 18 | 11 | 30 | 23 | off | | "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" | 19 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 20 | | "Makin' It" | 20 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 26 | | "Shakedown Cruise" | 21 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 16 | | "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" | 22 | 20 | 18 | 15 | off | "I Can't Stand It No More"
| 23 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 22 | | "Does Your Mother Know" | 24 | 25 | 20 | 33 | 24 | | "Get Used to It" | 25 | 33 | 33 | 29 | off | | "Heart of the Night" | 26 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 17 | | "Days Gone Down" | 27 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 14 | | "Shake Your Body..." | 28 | 34 | 31 | 17 | off | | "You Can't Change That" | 29 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 27 | | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" | 30 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 |
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Post by hothitzdj on Oct 31, 2016 14:07:43 GMT -5
I truly loved this show especially when it ran 1am-4am on Saturday. Of course, KEEZ-99 would replay it 1-4 p.m. Sunday. I tracked their charts until the station dropped it spring of 1981. I started tracking the hits July 27, 1980. It's crazy that I ran into your chart comparison because I just did the same thing for October 4, 11 and 18 1980 on my company website.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 31, 2016 14:10:51 GMT -5
I truly loved this show especially when it ran 1am-4am on Saturday. Of course, KEEZ-99 would replay it 1-4 p.m. Sunday. I tracked their charts until the station dropped it spring of 1981. I started tracking the hits July 27, 1980. It's crazy that I ran into your chart comparison because I just did the same thing for October 4, 11 and 18 1980 on my company website. I can imagine Mark recording a promo for the show on that station: "Join us for the Weekly Top 30 every Saturday morning at 1...ONE??!!" |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 31, 2016 14:45:13 GMT -5
I truly loved this show especially when it ran 1am-4am on Saturday. Of course, KEEZ-99 would replay it 1-4 p.m. Sunday. I tracked their charts until the station dropped it spring of 1981. I started tracking the hits July 27, 1980. It's crazy that I ran into your chart comparison because I just did the same thing for October 4, 11 and 18 1980 on my company website. I can imagine Mark recording a promo for the show on that station: "Join us for the Weekly Top 30 every Saturday morning at 1...ONE??!!" "Is Bill Drake on the phone?" |
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Post by hothitzdj on Nov 1, 2016 12:39:36 GMT -5
Can you image a teenager sleeping on the couch Friday nights and secretly writing down the song rankings at 2 in the morning...I'm sure his parents would want him sleeping and not listening to the radio so it had to be played at low volume. Most of the time, I couldn't last until 4 in the morning.
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Post by hothitzdj on Dec 21, 2016 15:47:57 GMT -5
The show lasted for 133 weeks. This is a work in-progress but list a list of every single #1 song of the week except for the ones I can't determine.
06/23/79 WE ARE FAMILY/SISTER SLEDGE (No Show Produced)
06/30/79 CHUCK E.'S IN LOVE/RICKIE LEE JONES
07/07/79 RING MY BELL/ANITA WARD
07/14/79 RING MY BELL/ANITA WARD
07/21/79 BAD GIRLS/DONNA SUMMER
07/28/79 BAD GIRLS/DONNA SUMMER
08/04/79 BAD GIRLS/DONNA SUMMER
8/11/79 MAIN EVENT/FIGHT/BARBRA STREISAND
8/18/79 MY SHARONA/THE KNACK
8/25/79 MY SHARONA/THE KNACK
9/01/79 MY SHARONA/THE KNACK
9/08/79 AFTER THE LOVE IS GONE/EARTH, WIND & FIRE
9/15/79 DON'T BRING ME DOWN/ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
9/22/79 LONESOME LOSER/LITTLE RIVER BAND
9/29/79 LONESOME LOSER/LITTLE RIVER BAND
10/6/79 SAIL ON/COMMODORES
10/13/79 SAIL ON/COMMODORES
10/20/79 DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH/MICHAEL JACKSON
10/27/79 RISE/HERB ALPERT
11/3/79 HEARTACHE TONIGHT/EAGLES
11/10/79 HEARTACHE TONIGHT/EAGLES
11/17/79 STILL/COMMODORES
11/24/79 NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH)/BARBRA STREISAND & DONNA SUMMER
12/1/79 NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH)/BARBRA STREISAND & DONNA SUMMER
12/8/79 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)/RUPERT HOLMES
12/15/79 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)/RUPERT HOLMES
12/22/79 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)/RUPERT HOLMES
12/29/79 DO YA THINK I'M SEXY/ROD STEWART (#1 of 1979)
1/5/80 DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME/CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
1/12/80 ROCK WITH YOU/MICHAEL JACKSON
1/19/80 ROCK WITH YOU/MICHAEL JACKSON
1/26/80 ROCK WITH YOU/MICHAEL JACKSON
2/2/80 LONG RUN/EAGLES
2/9/80 SARA/FLEETWOOD MAC
2/16/80 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE/QUEEN
2/23/80 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE/QUEEN
3/1/80 WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME, GIRL/SPINNERS
3/8/80 DESIRE/ANDY GIBB
3/15/80 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PART II/PINK FLOYD
3/22/80 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PART II/PINK FLOYD
3/29/80 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PART II/PINK FLOYD
4/5/80 CALL ME/BLONDIE
4/12/80 CALL ME/BLONDIE
4/19/80 CALL ME/BLONDIE
4/26/80 FIRE LAKE/BOB SEGER
5/3/80 YOU MAY BE RIGHT/BILLY JOEL
5/10/80 YOU MAY BE RIGHT/BILLY JOEL
5/17/80 DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER/KIM CARNES & KENNY ROGERS
5/24/80 BIGGEST PART OF ME/AMBROSIA
5/31/80 BIGGEST PART OF ME/AMBROSIA
6/7/80 COMIN' UP (LIVE)/PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
6/14/80 COMIN' UP (LIVE)/PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
6/21/80 COMIN' UP (LIVE)/PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
6/28/80 COMIN' UP (LIVE)/PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
7/5/80 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN/lLED ZEPPELIN (Special #1 song of All-Time)
7/5/80 IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME/BILLY JOEL (non-produced show #1 sent to radio stations if case listeners asked for chart data)
7/12/80 IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME/BILLY JOEL
7/19/80 IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME/BILLY JOEL
7/20/80 MAGIC/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
8/2/80 MAGIC/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
8/9/80 SAILING/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
8/16/80 SAILING/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
8/23/80 SAILING/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
8/30/80 EMOTIONAL RESCUE/ROLLING STONES
9/6/80 ALL OUT OF LOVE/AIR SUPPLY
9/13/80 ALL OUT OF LOVE/AIR SUPPLY
9/20/80 UPSIDE DOWN/DIANA ROSS
9/27/80 UPSIDE DOWN/DIANA ROSS
10/4/80 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST/QUEEN
10/11/80 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST/QUEEN
10/18/80 WOMAN IN LOVE/BARBARA STREISAND
10/25/80 WOMAN IN LOVE/BARBARA STREISAND
11/1/80 WOMAN IN LOVE/BARBARA STREISAND
11/8/80 LADY/KENNY ROGERS
11/15/80 LADY/KENNY ROGERS
11/22/80 LADY/KENNY ROGERS
11/29/80 MORE THAN I CAN SAY/LEO SAYER
12/6/80 MORE THAN I CAN SAY/LEO SAYER
12/13/80 MORE THAN I CAN SAY/LEO SAYER
12/20/80 HUNGRY HEART/BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
12/27/80 COMIN' UP (LIVE)/PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (#1 SONG of 1980)
1/3/81 (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER/JOHN LENNON
1/10/81 (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER/JOHN LENNON
1/17/81 (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER/JOHN LENNON
1/24/81 THE TIDE IS HIGH/BLONDIE
1/31/81 THE TIDE IS HIGH/BLONDIE
2/7/81 THE TIDE IS HIGH/BLONDIE
2/14/81 9 TO 5/DOLLY PARTON
2/21/81 9 TO 5/DOLLY PARTON
2/28/81 9 TO 5/DOLLY PARTON
3/7/81 WOMAN/JOHN LENNON
3/14/81 THE BEST OF TIMES/STYX
3/21/81 RAPTURE/BLONDIE
3/28/81 RAPTURE/BLONDIE
4/4/81 KISS ON MY LIST/DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
4/11/81 JUST THE TWO OF US/GROVER WASHINGTON, Jr. featuring BILL WITHERS
4/18/81 MORNING TRAIN (NINE TO FIVE)/SHEENA EASTON
4/25/81 MORNING TRAIN (NINE TO FIVE)/SHEENA EASTON
5/2/81 BEING WITH YOU/SMOKEY ROBINSON
5/9/81 BEING WITH YOU/SMOKEY ROBINSON
5/16/81 BETTE DAVIS EYES/KIM CARNES
5/23/81 BETTE DAVIS EYES/KIM CARNES
5/30/81 BETTE DAVIS EYES/KIM CARNES
6/6/81 MEDLEY/STARS ON 45
6/13/81 SUKIYAKI /A TASTE OF HONEY
6/20/81 ALL THOSE YEARS AGO/GEORGE HARRISON
6/27/81 ALL THOSE YEARS AGO/GEORGE HARRISON
7/4/81 SILLY LOVE SONGS/WINGS (#1 Song of the past 20 Summers)
7/11/981 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE/AIR SUPPLY
7/18/81 THEME FROM "THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (BELIEVE IT OR NOT)/JOEY SCARBURY
7/25/81 THEME FROM "THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (BELIEVE IT OR NOT)/JOEY SCARBURY
8/1/81 I DON'T NEED YOU/KENNY ROGERS
8/8/81 SLOW HAND/POINTER SISTERS
8/15/81 ENDLESS LOVE/DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE
8/22/81
8/29/81 LADY (YOU BRING ME UP)/COMMODORES
9/5/81 WHO'S CRYING NOW/JOURNEY
9/12/81 WHO'S CRYING NOW/JOURNEY
9/19/81 STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND/STEVIE NICKS with TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
9/26/81 STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND/STEVIE NICKS with TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
10/3/81 ARTHUR'S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
10/10/81 ARTHUR'S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
10/17/81 ARTHUR'S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)/CHRISTOPHER CROSS
10/24/81 PRIVATE EYES/DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
10/31/81 HARD TO SAY/DAN FOGELBERG
11/7/81 PRIVATE EYES/DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
11/14/81 WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU/FOREIGNER
11/21/81 PHYSICAL/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
11/28/81 PHYSICAL/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
12/5/81 OH NO/COMMODORES
12/12/81 PHYSICAL/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
12/19/81 YOUNG TURKS/ROD STEWART
12/26/81 YOUNG TURKS/ROD STEWART
12/31/81 BETTE DAVIS EYES/KIM CARNES (#1 SONG of 1981)
1/2/82 I CAN'T GO FOR THAT DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (last #1 song)
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 21, 2016 16:50:23 GMT -5
Awesome, hothitzdj! Thank you!
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