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Post by djjoe1960 on Sept 5, 2020 7:45:51 GMT -5
On the subject of Billy Joel, "Sometimes A Fantasy" begins with a number being dialed. Here's another dial tone song-The Fresh Prince's phone call to DJ Jazzy Jeff to "Not Fall Asleep" in the 1988 hit "A Nightmare On My Street". I have an "honorable mention" song from 1976 that didn't quite make the Top 40. You can hear a rotary phone dialing in the #42 hit by Charlie Ross "Without Your Love (Mr. Jordan)". That Charlie Ross 'song' actually made the Top 40 in both Record World and Radio & Records. The 'song' sounds more like a cheesy movie of the week--or should've been a hit on the country chart.  |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 5, 2020 8:49:36 GMT -5
Here's another dial tone song-The Fresh Prince's phone call to DJ Jazzy Jeff to "Not Fall Asleep" in the 1988 hit "A Nightmare On My Street". I have an "honorable mention" song from 1976 that didn't quite make the Top 40. You can hear a rotary phone dialing in the #42 hit by Charlie Ross "Without Your Love (Mr. Jordan)". That Charlie Ross 'song' actually made the Top 40 in both Record World and Radio & Records. The 'song' sounds more like a cheesy movie of the week--or should've been a hit on the country chart. The Charlie Ross song didn't make top 40 reaches in Cash Box? |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Sept 5, 2020 9:24:01 GMT -5
That Charlie Ross 'song' actually made the Top 40 in both Record World and Radio & Records. The 'song' sounds more like a cheesy movie of the week--or should've been a hit on the country chart. The Charlie Ross song didn't make top 40 reaches in Cash Box? No, it didn't. It made it to #44. |
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Post by saltrek on Sept 5, 2020 10:02:28 GMT -5
There is pounding, tapping, knocking at the beginning of "Crazy In The Night" by Kim Carnes.
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Post by mga707 on Sept 5, 2020 10:30:40 GMT -5
have an "honorable mention" song from 1976 that didn't quite make the Top 40. You can hear a rotary phone dialing in the #42 hit by Charlie Ross "Without Your Love (Mr. Jordan)". ...and that was a full year after what was probably the first use of 'touch-tone' dialing noises in a song, Sugarloaf's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You". I remember Casey explaining what those noises were one of the weeks the song was charting--certain areas of the country (not to mention other countries) probably did not yet have 'tone' dialing. I well remember when all phones, including push-button ones, had that pulse/tone selector switch on them. |
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Post by chrislc on Sept 5, 2020 22:30:56 GMT -5
"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John "I'll Play For You" by Seals & Crofts also has an applause sound effect. As does I Play And Sing by Dawn. Repeatedly.  Also wind at the beginning of Ride Like The Wind, though many of us MDs and PDs carted it up to start at the first note so it wouldn't sound like dead air (which we already had too much of). And wind and wind-chimes at the beginning of People Make The World Go Round. |
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 8, 2020 14:42:14 GMT -5
Girlfriend - Pebbles (dog barking)
Hush – Deep Purple (coyote)
Heathens - twenty one pilots (frog)
Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry (slot machines)
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Post by mga707 on Sept 8, 2020 15:46:20 GMT -5
Also wind at the beginning of Ride Like The Wind, though many of us MDs and PDs carted it up to start at the first note so it wouldn't sound like dead air (which we already had too much of). Good thing Elton's "Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" wasn't a single!  |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Sept 9, 2020 14:51:55 GMT -5
Knock Three Times by Dawn has the sound of someone banging on a pipe (reportedly they used a water pipe in the studio to produce that sound effect).
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Post by 80sat40fan on Sept 10, 2020 15:51:32 GMT -5
Here are a few more sounds from #1 songs from the 70s... - Military boots are heard in "War" by Edwin Starr
- A kiss is heard after Paul McCartney sings, "Soldier boy, kisses girl (kiss) leaves behind a tragic world" in "Listen To What The Man Said" by Wings
- A fire engine siren is heard during "Fire" by The Ohio Players
- A laugh track is heard multiple times during "The Streak" by Ray Stevens
- A siren whistle is heard in both "The Streak" by Ray Stevens and "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder ("There's no way the man could lose... [siren whistle]").
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 12, 2020 20:49:41 GMT -5
Riders On the Storm by the Doors has the sound of rain and thunderstorms throughout the song. "Riders On The Storm" is one of the songs on the AT40: The 70's 9/11/1971 A show entry this September 12-13, 2020 weekend. |
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Post by Hervard on Sept 13, 2020 7:50:42 GMT -5
A laugh track is heard multiple times during "The Streak" by Ray Stevens Same goes for "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce. |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 13, 2020 8:06:14 GMT -5
A laugh track is heard multiple times during "The Streak" by Ray Stevens Same goes for "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce. How about fake applause at the end of Billy Swan's "I Can Help" and the Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together"? Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" also used fake concert applause and cheering in the recording. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 13, 2020 8:27:04 GMT -5
Same goes for "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce. How about fake applause at the end of Billy Swan's "I Can Help" and the Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together"? Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" also used fake concert applause and cheering in the recording. I thought the applause in "I Can Help" was real. According to a story Casey told, a dog was playing with Billy the whole time he was recording, and everybody in the studio applauded him for making it through the take. |
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 24, 2020 15:13:11 GMT -5
"Thriller" has a few. There's a door slamming, a werewolf howling, something that sounds like a bird and what's supposed to be a coffin opening at the beginning of the song.
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