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Post by sammeyers on Jun 29, 2019 14:39:29 GMT -5
It begins Monday at 8am central time. I will countdown 100 songs on Monday, another 100 on Tuesday. Then Wednesday I will countdown 50 and then play the Fake AT40 show for 7-3-1980 where I pretend to sit in for Casey. Then on Thursday the final 50 songs. All the songs are being played from the original vinyl 45's and it's live not prerecorded. It combines the chart data from Billboard, Cashbox, Record World and Radio and Records. All four charts were published from the dates October 5th 1973 to April 10th 1982. That is the time period for the countdown. Hope everyone can tune in and share this please.
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Post by mitchm on Jul 30, 2019 11:41:26 GMT -5
Here is the Fox Oldies Wednesday Live Flashback Top 50 Billboard Countdown shows scheduled for July. These shows start at 9am Eastern, 8am Central on TheFoxOldies.com. 07/03 July 4th, 1980 07/10 July 14th, 1973 07/17 July 23rd, 1983 07/24 July 27th, 1991 07/31 August 1st, 1981 And here are the shows scheduled for August. 08/07 August 14th, 1971 08/14 August 18th, 1979 08/21 August 26th, 1978 08/28 August 26th, 1989 |
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Post by mitchm on Aug 28, 2019 12:19:32 GMT -5
Here are the Fox Oldies Wednesday Live Flashback Top 50 Countdown shows scheduled for September. These shows start at 9am Eastern, 8am Central on thefoxoldies.com.
09/04 September 2nd, 1967
09/11 September 9th, 1972
09/18 September 18th, 1976
09/25 September 26th, 1987
And something new this month starting with the 1972 show played on September 11th - instead of being based on Billboard only, the Top 50 ranking will be calculated using the rankings compiled by combining all the available charts from Cash Box, Radio & Records, Record World, and Billboard.
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Post by skyseth on Aug 30, 2019 12:27:17 GMT -5
Thank you mitchm for this reminder.
I Think that the change of chart methodology will be effective next wednesday with the show from 1967 , the last show using only Billboard was the one from 1989 played this past wednesday - if i'm not wrong.
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Post by burcjm on Aug 30, 2019 17:49:29 GMT -5
Sam said himself that next week's Flashback would be the last one based on Billboard alone.
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Post by mitchm on Sept 24, 2019 11:12:51 GMT -5
Here are the Fox 50 Flashback Countdowns for October. These shows start on Wednesday at 9am Eastern and 8am Central on theFoxOldies.com.
10/02 October 4th, 1986
10/09 October 12th, 1985
10/16 October 19th, 1974
10/23 October 25th, 1975
10/30 November 7th, 1970
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Post by mitchm on Sept 24, 2019 11:15:25 GMT -5
Tomorrow, September 25th, in celebration of National One Hit Wonder Day, the Fox Oldies will be playing only One Hit Wonders from noon to 10pm Central time (1pm to 11pm Eastern).
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Post by skyseth on Sept 25, 2019 9:45:54 GMT -5
Sam must use the Radio & Records chart of the week before since R&R charts were a week ahead of the others.
Rick Dees and Casey Kasem were doing that for their shows using R&R charts of the week before.
Let's take Sept 26, 1987 :
Nb 40 on R&R was Bruce Springsteen's Brilliant Disguise and not charted on Bilbboard & Cashbox Top 100 just because
this song entered the Cashbox Top 100 at #38 and Billboard Hot 100 at #40 the week after of Oct 3, 1987.
Whitney Houston was #3 on R&R on Sep 26 but was # 1 the week before ( as for two other chart on Sep 26 ).
For that reason , the chart offered by the Fox 50 Countdown is not right in my opinion .
Of course i love the show and the good idea of melting all charts but it should be on correct and equitable basis.
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Post by dannyd on Sept 25, 2019 11:38:30 GMT -5
Hey Doofus67, are you going to do a Fantasy One-Hit Wonders countdown for the years between 1975-1986?
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Post by kani on Sept 25, 2019 19:57:05 GMT -5
Anyone want to post one hit wonder thefox played? Does it include repeat songs?
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 25, 2019 22:08:27 GMT -5
Hey Doofus67, are you going to do a Fantasy One-Hit Wonders countdown for the years between 1975-1986? That's a great idea. The individual weekly charts are still a work in progress. Once they're done, I can whip together a OHW list. |
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Post by sammeyers on Sept 26, 2019 10:29:25 GMT -5
Skyseth I appreciate your opinion as everybody has one. Rather than posting how wrong it is. Did you think that maybe me or jalcomic had no idea that R & R was on a different calendar. We just use the chart date that is on the magazine. Might have considered doing it the way you suggested had we known. All we are trying to do is entertain people musically.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Sept 26, 2019 15:45:00 GMT -5
Skyseth I appreciate your opinion as everybody has one. Rather than posting how wrong it is. Did you think that maybe me or jalcomic had no idea that R & R was on a different calendar. We just use the chart date that is on the magazine. Might have considered doing it the way you suggested had we known. All we are trying to do is entertain people musically. Sam (and all you other chart watchers)--
as noted earlier the date in Radio & Records would correspond with the dates in Billboard, Cash Box and Record World--a full 8 days (a week--sorry couldn't resist) later.
In other words a chart date of September 1 in R & R would match up with the September 9 in Billboard, etc.
However, as Sam notes just enjoy the music on the show and don't get so hung up on where songs are on the chart. I know I've had people tell me that (especially in connection with year end countdowns)--I get comments like that song at #22 couldn't have been a bigger hit than the one at #51 (just one example). My suggestion is don't get so hung up on where a song ranks on a year end chart, just enjoy the music
Now on a weekly chart that could be a different matter--but again it all depends on how a certain magazine collected the data for their chart and usually anything outside the Top 10 (as has been discussed before) is really almost a crap shoot until the Soundscan and BDS era began in 1991. However, one thing I have noticed is that most songs charted within a margin of error (about 3-5 positions) in the Big 3 and the big difference with R & R was it was an airplay only chart; which resulted in certain songs peaking in dramatically different positions (especially starting in the 1980's).
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Post by sammeyers on Sept 30, 2019 10:02:08 GMT -5
American Music Chronological 1976 will begin on Friday November 1st at 8am central.
A few other big things happening On The Fox. The World Series Of Pop Music 2019 starts on Monday October 14th at noon and Beginning on November 18th. The Top 1000 songs from 1973 to 1982. Compiled from Billboard, Radio & Records, Record World and Cashbox. The songs will be played from the original vinyl 45's also.
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Post by mitchm on Oct 7, 2019 19:35:14 GMT -5
Starting next Monday (10/14), the Fox Oldies will be holding the World Series of Pop Music 2019. It will start at 1pm Eastern time, 12pm Central. The format is that 32 of the biggest music artists are entered in a single-elimination tournament. The artists are mainly from the 70s and 80s with a few of the 60s biggest artists thrown in. For example, in the first round it will be Olivia Newton-John vs. Barry Manilow. Three songs will be played for each of the artists and then the voting starts. Voting will be done by email. Each round will last 30 minutes and each round will eliminate one artist. The last round, round #31, will take place on Friday, 10/25. The rounds will be played about 3 per day, Monday through Friday, for the 2 weeks, so most days it will be about a 90 minute session to eliminate 3 artists. This is just a fun way to get an idea of which artists are the fan favorites. You can't vote early if you have a conflict some day. The brackets are up at TheFoxOldies.com listed under World Series of Pop Music 2019.
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