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Post by chrislc on Mar 28, 2024 12:06:31 GMT -5
Thank you! Do you happen to know if he did that because Frankenstein was such a big hit in the Spring of '73? It had already re-charted in August of 1970, but only lasted 3 weeks on the Hot 100 and peaked at 91. Hadn't thought about any connection with 'Frankenstein', that's interesting. Demento's radio show was only heard in Los Angeles until 1974 when a two-hour edit of his four-hour L.A. broadcast was first offered in syndication, per Wiki. So not sure if he would have had much effect on airplay nationally in '73. My next question is...why did they keep re-releasing Monster Mash in the early summer? I would think, oh, maybe, September or October would work better? But what do I know? Yes, Monster Mash, supposedly the closest we've ever come to the last #1 hit ever (Cuban Missile Crisis). Also one of two consecutive #1 songs (He's A Rebel) sung at least in part by a singer who got no label credit (Darlene Love).
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Post by chrislc on Mar 28, 2024 11:49:33 GMT -5
Looks like Send In The Clowns was because of the "So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years" LP released in 1977. That was easy to find once I took a moment to look it up. Not sure why I didn't do that before, it's been bugging me for years! It is kind of odd to re-release a Top 40 single only two years later, but it paid off as it charted higher the second time. I wonder if there were discussions at the label about releasing another song instead of Send In The Clowns, it was a double album so there were plenty to choose from. I can easily imagine the pressure from the promoters to play that record, pushing it up to #17 or whatever the peak was. Almost all of the listeners already knew her version of that song from 1975. It won a Grammy for Song Of The Year so it wasn't exactly flying under the radar. It's also odd that two of her four Top 40 hits were NOT included on the Double LP, Amazing Grace and Cook With Honey. Maybe everyone at Elektra was too stoned to notice these things. Or coked-up like that guy in the Nakatomi Building.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 28, 2024 11:44:55 GMT -5
Monster Mash was re-released because Dr. Demento started playing it heavily. Thank you! Do you happen to know if he did that because Frankenstein was such a big hit in the Spring of '73?
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Post by chrislc on Mar 27, 2024 18:53:59 GMT -5
Does anyone know the specific reasons these were released again?
Monster Mash Send In The Clowns Into The Night Send Me An Angel
And any others for which you know the reasons...Twist and Shout and Do You Love Me we know, the movies...
I know why they made the Top 40 twice, but why were they released twice, giving them that opportunity, when 99.9% of Top 40 hits are not released again?
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Post by chrislc on Mar 27, 2024 11:42:34 GMT -5
Long live 1966!
Was Top 40 Radio ever a bigger part of a higher percentage of Americans' lives? Truly a shared experience.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 17, 2024 14:18:17 GMT -5
That July 1979 Top 16 makes me wonder - what were couples in parked cars listening to that Summer? Did they have to resort to Easy Listening stations? Or did they record the first 28 seconds of The Main Event/ Fight and loop it?
What was the U.S. birth rate in Spring 1980? Mysteriously down?
Even #25 Anne Murray was getting a little rowdy that week with Shadows in the Moonlight.
But Kenny and ARS and that Rascally One didn't get the memo, apparently. The South Did It Again, as predicted, with ballads of all things. Was that the plan?
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Post by chrislc on Mar 16, 2024 18:48:53 GMT -5
July 28, 1979 16 Mama Can't Buy You Love...Elton John 15 I Was Made for Lovin You...Kiss 14 I Can't Stand it No More...Peter Frampton 13 Aint No Stoppin Us Now...McFaden & Whitehead 12 You Can't Change That...Raydio 11 Boogie Wonderland...Earth, Wind & Fire & the Emotions 10 The Main Event/Fight...Barbra Streisand 9 When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman...Dr. Hook 8 Shine a Little Love...ELO 7 I Want You to Want Me...Cheap Trick 6 Gold...John Stewart 5 Makin It...David Naughton 4 Hot Stuff...Donna Summer 3 Good Times...Chic 2 Ring My Bell...Anita Ward 1 Bad Girls...Donna Summer Second choice is 5/20/78. That July 1979 Top 16 is non-stop. There's never been a Top 16 like it.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 16, 2024 18:37:19 GMT -5
My first week on the air. And it's a pretty good Top 16, regardless. 1 1 LE FREAK –•– Chic 2 3 Y.M.C.A. –•– The Village People 3 4 DA YA THINK I’M SEXY? –•– Rod Stewart 4 6 A LITTLE MORE LOVE –•– Olivia Newton-John 5 2 TOO MUCH HEAVEN –•– Bee Gees 6 5 MY LIFE –•– Billy Joel 7 9 EVERY 1’S A WINNER –•– Hot Chocolate 8 11 FIRE –•– The Pointer Sisters 9 10 SEPTEMBER –•– Earth, Wind and Fire 10 20 I WILL SURVIVE –•– Gloria Gaynor 11 13 LOTTA LOVE –•– Nicolette Larson 12 16 I WAS MADE FOR DANCIN’ –•– Leif Garrett 13 14 NEW YORK GROOVE –•– Ace Frehley 14 15 SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT –•– Barry Manilow 15 17 GOT TO BE REAL –•– Cheryl Lynn 16 18 SHAKE IT –•– Ian Matthews top40weekly.com/1979-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_For_The_Week_Ending_3rd_February_1979
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Post by chrislc on Mar 13, 2024 12:42:37 GMT -5
I don't know if this is local (WDNY in this case) or Premiere--though it sounds like Larry Morgan narrates part of it--but I really don't like the "Buy gold because another 2008 financial crisis is coming!" crap from supposed economic prophet Kevin DeMerit (sp?) That sounds like something you'd hear during a Tucker Carlson show or some similar garbage. Uh oh, mkarns. You're editorializing. However we feel about our former President, I think we all can agree that the AI version recently hawking those gold coins was funny, as in "obviously not him". Almost all AI I have seen is laughable, and it tricks me into thinking this is all a bunch of tulip-bulb BS. But there are a lot of very smart programmers out there about to prove me wrong about that, I fear. In fact, was it really ME posting this? Maybe it's an AI Me and I'm playing five-dimensional chess with y'all.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 13, 2024 12:38:04 GMT -5
YouTube version of this thread.
Two words. Coffee. Loophole.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 13, 2024 12:31:38 GMT -5
>The top 7 songs of 1974 were in the Top 40 on April 6, 1974.<
Wow! What are the odds? I wonder if there was another week - ever - with even the Top Six, or Top Five, even. Heavens to Murgatroyd.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 11, 2024 18:06:43 GMT -5
In this week’s 1984 show a Grandson dedicated “Every Breath You Take” by The Police? Why you ask? Because the Grandfather had trouble breathing 🙄. Another case of not paying attention to the lyrics. OMG that sounds like someone was trolling with that letter. It makes me wonder how many letters were received that were intentionally weird just to see if they could get on the show with them. Totally made up. Maybe not this one, but there must have been some. It's a pretty funny idea, actually.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 10, 2024 13:42:54 GMT -5
In "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," Will Smith says, "movin' on up like George and Weezy" which is a reference to "The Jeffersons." I wonder if it would be accurate to state that this is an example of a circular mention - the Jeffersons theme invoking the lyrics of We're A Winner by the Impressions and then being mentioned by Will Smith.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 9, 2024 12:07:59 GMT -5
This reminded me of another song that ended in the middle of a sentence - it took me awhile to remember which one it was - Let's Put It All Together. Chicago's "Dialogue" from the end of '72 is another. "We can make it hap..." In the middle of a word, even. Good one. Also I guess an argument can be made that Let's Put It All Together may not have ended in the middle of a sentence. It may instead have been a case of an expectation having been set by the previous lyrics.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 8, 2024 17:10:50 GMT -5
Sorry. The last word in the lyrics is "and." This reminded me of another song that ended in the middle of a sentence - it took me awhile to remember which one it was - Let's Put It All Together.
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