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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 5, 2022 12:15:37 GMT -5
Here is a show featuring the Top 40 from the February 8, 1975 issue of Record World magazine. RW seemed to give more weight to single sales than radio airplay, as several songs in the Top 40 had already fallen out of the Top 40 on the other national charts. Of course, I am implying that single sales continued after some radio stations stopped reporting songs on their weekly play lists. It wouldn't be until 1991 that Billboard began to more accurately track radio airplay--and with Soundscan the actual true sales of music. archive.org/details/rwc-1975020801 |
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Post by jgve1952 on Feb 5, 2022 14:04:48 GMT -5
Thanks Joe--great music from a year where the Number 1 changes weekly!
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Post by 1finemrg on Feb 5, 2022 20:37:47 GMT -5
Here is a show featuring the Top 40 from the February 8, 1975 issue of Record World magazine. RW seemed to give more weight to single sales than radio airplay, as several songs in the Top 40 had already fallen out of the Top 40 on the other national charts. Of course, I am implying that single sales continued after some radio stations stopped reporting songs on their weekly play lists. It wouldn't be until 1991 that Billboard began to more accurately track radio airplay--and with Soundscan the actual true sales of music. archive.org/details/rwc-1975020801A great warmup for the chill of winter. This is the one weekend of the month where I'm glued to the computer for work. Thanks for the wonderful respite, and thanks for playing the "B" side of #16! |
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Post by Rodney on Feb 5, 2022 21:39:21 GMT -5
Thanks Joe. Excellent week of music. Gonna LOVE listening to this !!!!!
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 10, 2022 14:20:15 GMT -5
By the end of the 1970's, the big three trades (Billboard, Cash Box & Record World) tended to agree on the #1's, although for the week ending April 14, 1979 Record World had an instrumental at the top of their chart-- archive.org/details/rwc-1979041401Notice that Record World tended to extend the life of singles on the way down the chart, as well, as you can tell by a few key songs still in the Top 40 on the countdown. Have a great week leading up to Easter. Joe |
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Post by chrislc on Apr 10, 2022 20:24:22 GMT -5
By the end of the 1970's, the big three trades (Billboard, Cash Box & Record World) tended to agree on the #1's, although for the week ending April 14, 1979 Record World had an instrumental at the top of their chart-- linkhttps://archive.org/details/rwc-1979041401Notice that Record World tended to extend the life of singles on the way down the chart, as well, as you can tell by a few key songs still in the Top 40 on the countdown. Have a great week leading uo to Easter. Joe That girl Instant Funk is singing to is obviously hard of hearing.  Several songs in this countdown that I played on my first night on the air, end of January. Hearing Chic, it made me try to remember hits that were in the Top 40 on Thanksgiving and the following Easter as well. Whenever I try to do that, I go crazy. See what I did there? |
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Post by jgve1952 on Apr 11, 2022 4:52:02 GMT -5
I tried the link to the 4-14-79 show, but it just brings me back to the Top of Page 6. Have never had this happen before.
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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 11, 2022 5:27:55 GMT -5
I tried the link to the 4-14-79 show, but it just brings me back to the Top of Page 6. Have never had this happen before. Try the link below. Rewind Countdown 4-14-79 |
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Post by jgve1952 on Apr 11, 2022 6:33:02 GMT -5
Hey thanks so much!
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 11, 2022 13:44:17 GMT -5
Oops, fixed the link now.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 11, 2022 13:53:16 GMT -5
By the end of the 1970's, the big three trades (Billboard, Cash Box & Record World) tended to agree on the #1's, although for the week ending April 14, 1979 Record World had an instrumental at the top of their chart-- linkhttps://archive.org/details/rwc-1979041401Notice that Record World tended to extend the life of singles on the way down the chart, as well, as you can tell by a few key songs still in the Top 40 on the countdown. Have a great week leading uo to Easter. Joe That girl Instant Funk is singing to is obviously hard of hearing.  Several songs in this countdown that I played on my first night on the air, end of January. Hearing Chic, it made me try to remember hits that were in the Top 40 on Thanksgiving and the following Easter as well. Whenever I try to do that, I go crazy. See what I did there? Chris, I began my first job in radio in August 1979 at a small radio station about 70 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. I have been thinking of doing a countdown featuring the Top 30 from the R&R A/C chart, the music I first got to play as a DJ. Joe |
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Post by chrislc on Apr 12, 2022 12:36:16 GMT -5
That girl Instant Funk is singing to is obviously hard of hearing. Several songs in this countdown that I played on my first night on the air, end of January. Hearing Chic, it made me try to remember hits that were in the Top 40 on Thanksgiving and the following Easter as well. Whenever I try to do that, I go crazy. See what I did there? Chris, I began my first job in radio in August 1979 at a small radio station about 70 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. I have been thinking of doing a countdown featuring the Top 30 from the R&R A/C chart, the music I first got to play as a DJ. Joe Oh boy, Joe. An untapped mine of AC countdowns. But you'll need to find some softer intro and rejoin themes. August 79. That sounds like some M&Ms. McGovern and McGregor. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 12, 2022 13:49:34 GMT -5
Chris, I began my first job in radio in August 1979 at a small radio station about 70 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. I have been thinking of doing a countdown featuring the Top 30 from the R&R A/C chart, the music I first got to play as a DJ. Joe Oh boy, Joe. An untapped mine of AC countdowns. But you'll need to find some softer intro and rejoin themes. August 79. That sounds like some M&Ms. McGovern and McGregor. Agreed, I would need some other moniker for the show(s) and theme music, bumpers, etc. I am not sure how 'exciting' an A/C countdown would be but it would offer an alternative to the Top40/CHR shows and would reflect one of the most listened to formats--in addition, would feature some songs & artists that didn't make the Top 40. as Jack Benny used to say 'I'm Thinking It Over'... |
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Post by jgve1952 on Apr 13, 2022 6:21:01 GMT -5
Joe, I just love both the Rewind and Cashbox Countdowns! This week I "relistened" to 1966 and 1967. As far as the 1979 on Rewind, it was so cool to hear "Keep Me Dancing" by Gary's Gang. It was really big on the Disco chart, but didn't fare as well on Cashbox, Record World or Billboard.
Thanks for all you do!
Jeff
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Post by chrislc on Apr 13, 2022 12:18:22 GMT -5
Oh boy, Joe. An untapped mine of AC countdowns. But you'll need to find some softer intro and rejoin themes. August 79. That sounds like some M&Ms. McGovern and McGregor. Agreed, I would need some other moniker for the show(s) and theme music, bumpers, etc. I am not sure how 'exciting' an A/C countdown would be but it would offer an alternative to the Top40/CHR shows and would reflect one of the most listened to formats--in addition, would feature some songs & artists that didn't make the Top 40. as Jack Benny used to say 'I'm Thinking It Over'... I've heard your Rewind Countdown bumper on a couple of TV commercials recently. Yes, an AC Countdown would be very different. A few years ago I found the Billboard Easy Listening chart from July 5 1970 and it was so different from the Top 40. I think the average age of an AC listener in 1970 was probably at least 40, and if so that person would be at least 92 now. I think beginning a few years later and into the 1980s the two charts became much more similar. I remember driving my potentially exploding Pinto into Oneonta for my first job and hearing on the car radio You Need A Woman Tonight by the Captain and Tennille and I Believe You by the Carpenters and This Moment In Time by Englebert Humperdinck, all for the first time. Hearing those songs on the AC sister station, which I moved to in March or April. I was way too boring for Top 40. Kind of like I am now. Maybe you had those songs as recent oldies or recurrents when you started in August. |
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