Spotlight List?

[BrettVW]

Since I have only been listening to AT10 regularly since my affiliate picked it up in January, does anyone out there have a list of all the different spotlights that have been featured thus far on American Top 10?

[Hervard]

AT10 started on March 20, 2004, as did the spotlights.

03/20/04: Members of successful groups gone solo
03/27/04: Songs from movies
04/03/04: Successful duos
04/10/04: Successful remakes
04/17/04: One-hit wonders
04/24/04: Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees
05/01/04: British artists
05/08/04: Successful duets
05/15/04: Canadian artists
05/22/04: Songs from "diamond" albums
05/29/04: Artists who have since passed on
06/05/04: Songs that peaked at number two on the AC chart
06/12/04: Million-selling songs of the 1990s
06/19/04: Songs for Fathers' Day
06/26/04: Summer songs
07/03/04: Patriotic songs
07/10/04: Songs that charted twice by the same artist
07/17/04: Songs written by Diane Warren
07/24/04: Sister acts
07/31/04: Year-end Pop #1's of the 1980s
08/07/04: Brother acts
08/14/04: Big AC hits from 1989
08/21/04: Songs recorded live
08/28/04: Artists who have made significant comebacks after at least ten years
09/04/04: Song titles that are also titles of movies
09/11/04: Big hits from 1982
09/18/04: Songs from TV shows
09/25/04: Songs with girls' names in titles
10/02/04: Artists from the British Isle
10/09/04: Songs by different artists sharing the same title
10/16/04: Random #1 songs from each year of the 1990s
10/23/04: Triple-crown winners (songs that hit #1 on at least three different charts)
10/30/04: Haunted Hits
11/06/04: Country crossover artists
11/13/04: Winners of the American Music Awards: Favorite Adult Contemporary artists

As of November 20, 2004, AT10 flipped to all-Christmas shows. On November 20, November 27 and December 4, it was three hours of Christmas music, a different arrangement each week. On December 11 and December 18, they did a two-part Top 60 Christmas song special and on December 25, the Top 30 of 2004.

The regular AT10 shows started again on January 1, but my station had dropped the show by then. Could someone could list the AT10 spotlights from this year?

[Deleted]

08/28/04: Artists who have made significant comebacks after at least ten years

This to me is the perfect example of the "we're reaching out there to create this one because we don't have any other ideas" spotlight theme.

[Hervard]

Paul said:

08/28/04: Artists who have made significant comebacks after at least ten years

This to me is the perfect example of the "we're reaching out there to create this one because we don't have any other ideas" spotlight theme.

Yeah, as is the 10/16/04 spotlight of random number one songs. And actually, the theme of the spotlight of 3/20/04 was sort of weak, especially for the debut of the Spotlight. Songs from movies or successful duos would seem more ideal to kick off the spotlight.

This past week, they spotlighted hits from 1978. They should do this (play songs from a certain year) more often, say, like once a month. That way, they wouldn't run out of ideas so fast.

Another idea would be "songs from this decade that just missed the Top Ten". As long as they truly "just missed the Top Ten" so they wouldn't tend to be as obscure. Songs that missed the Top Ten in the 80s and 90s would probably be out of the question, for obvious reasons.

[Topay]

I liked the "same title, different song" theme from 10/9. Another 2 song at a time theme could be "2 hit wonders". Basically, take an artist known for exactly 2 songs.

Lonestar could be an example, as they had exactly 2 hits on the AC chart (Amazed and I'm Already There). I'm sure the folks at Premiere would have some fun researching that one.

[Michael1973]

Paul said:

08/28/04: Artists who have made significant comebacks after at least ten years

This to me is the perfect example of the "we're reaching out there to create this one because we don't have any other ideas" spotlight theme.

I agree. Actually there are several others that fit that category (Diamond Albums?, Triple Crown Winners?).

I remember Louis Armstrong being featured in the "comeback" category, and not agreeing with that selection. After all, he was long deceased when he made his "comeback", which to me doesn't count. To me, a comeback is when the artist records new material after a long absense and it does really well.

[BROWNJB1]

Here are some themes that I would like to hear on the AT10 spotlight segment in the future:

Songs with body parts in the title
Songs from the Motown label
Songs with Numbers in the title
Songs dealing with infidelity
Songs from singers who starred in movies and TV shows
Songs relating to telephones
Songs relating to space
Artists from Australia
Songs with foreign phrases
Artist born in the same month
Artist born in the same state
Teen acts
Top 10 songs from the AC chart in the same week from a previous year (for example, Top 10 songs on the AC charts this week in 1993).
Artist who share the same first name
Songs that hit during an election year
Top 10 hits on the pop charts that weren't No. 1 hits
Top 40 hits on the pop charts that weren't Top 10 hits
Songs with a color in the title
Songs from female groups
Have an AT10 spotlight featuring only one artist.

That's a lot right there, but I thought it would be great to throw in some suggestion on topics for the AT10 spotlight in the future.