AT40 Flashback - March 25, 1972

[Cerebro]

In tribute to Dick Clark, whom we lost yesterday, here's a look back at the only time he ever guest hosted American Top 40.

Nine years later, Clark would begin his own, lengthy, run as host of a syndicated countdown show. He hosted The Dick Clark National Music Survey from 1981 to 1986, Countdown America from 1986 to 1994, and Dick Clark's U.S. Music Survey from 1995 until his stroke in 2004.

Dick sat in for Casey 40 years and one month ago...


AMERICAN TOP 40 - MARCH 25, 1972
LW TW Artist - Title
--  40 Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing
--  39 David Cassidy - Could It Be Forever
--  38 Honey Cone - (The Day I Found You Was) The Day I Found Myself
--  37 Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish
37 36 Santana - No One To Depend On
39 35 Bobby Vinton - Every Day Of My Life
35 34 The Grass Roots - Glory Bound
40 33 The Temptations - Take A Look Around
Extra: Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
--  32 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
36 31 Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band - Taurus
19 30 Beverly Bremers - Don't Say You Don't Remember
16 29 Carole King - Sweet Seasons
24 28 The Supremes - Floy Joy
15 27 Apollo 100 - Joy
29 26 J.J. Cale - Crazy Mama
26 25 The Addrisi Brothers - We've Got To Get It On Again
12 24 The Carpenters - Hurting Each Other
25 23 Sly and The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
20 22 Don McLean - American Pie (Parts 1 And 2)
21 21 Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager - Ain't Understanding Mellow
28 20 Yes - Roundabout
23 19 Sonny and Cher - A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done
30 18 The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
--  17 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
18 16 B.J. Thomas - Rock And Roll Lullaby
13 15 T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
33 14 Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
17 13 Dramatics - In The Rain
07 12 Climax - Precious And Few
10 11 The Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River
14 10 Joe Tex - I Gotcha
05 09 Bread - Everything I Own
11 08 The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
08 07 Cher - The Way Of Love
04 06 Nilsson - Without You
06 05 Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion
09 04 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
03 03 Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
01 02 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
02 01 America - A Horse With No Name ** 1 week @ no. 1 **

DROPPERS:
Donnie Elbert - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (from 38)
English Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You (from 34)
Bee Gees - My World (from 32)
Melanie - Ring The Living Bell (from 31)
James Brown - Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing (from 27)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (from 22)

[billme]

*May 30, 1981, Dick Clark began his weekly countdown show called,
The Dick Clark National Music Survey using the Cashbox music charts and counting down the Top 30 songs of the week in three hours.

*March 12, 1983, Dick switched charts to the Radio & Records for his Pop Weekly Top 30 countdown. Sometime in 1984, Dick added a AC version for his weekly show (the earliest I have found is a show dated September 8, 1984).

*October 26, 1985, Dick Clark left his National Music Survey show for Countdown America with Dick Clark with his first show on November 2, 1985 and also his first four hour Top 40 countdown (previously the show was called Countdown America with John Leader, this show replaced Weekly Music Magazine with Charlie Van Dyke, which, in turn, replaced The Weekly Top 30 with Mark Elliott).

Meanwhile, The National Music Survey continued with four different host and combinations until 1991. Of course, without the Dick Clark name and as just The National Music Survey. Sometime between March 15, 1986 and April 26, 1986, the National Music Survey stopped production of its CHR/Pop show and strictly became an AC countdown. With its second show (November 9, 1985), it went from a Top 30 countdown to Top 25 and eventually would become a Top 20 AC show.

*Dick Clark left the CHR/Pop countdown business and strictly became an AC countdown specialist on June 28, 1986 or July 4, 1986. He started his AC countdown as Top 30 four hour shows which would eventually become Top 20 three shows. Countdown America with Dick Clark lasted at least into 1994. However, something happened in 1996 (maybe earlier 1994-95) where the show changed from Countdown America with Dick Clark to Dick Clark U.S. Music Survey.

*After his stroke, Dick Clark U.S. Music Survey continued for quite sometime with guest hosts and the like maybe as long as five years??? With hopes, that Dick may return to the mike as a countdown host. It never happened.

Please feel free to add any facts you may know about this countdown show history as we remember Dick Clark.

Thank you Dick for being a part of our countdown lives.

[Cerebro]

Thanks for filling in the details, billme.

Apr 19, 2012 21:54:30 GMT -5 billme said:

*After his stroke, Dick Clark U.S. Music Survey continued for quite sometime with guest hosts and the like maybe as long as five years??? With hopes, that Dick may return to the mike as a countdown host. It never happened.

The U.S. Music Survey didn't, quite, last that long. As you'd expect, the number of affiliates the show had dwindled in Clark's absence. The show ceased production at the end of 2005. I dug up the link (scroll about 2/3rds the way down): www.rbr.com/epaper/issue234-05-tin.html

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

Billme, the U.S. Music survey was introduced in December 1994. I remember the songs "Nothing Left Behind Us" by Richard Marx, "If You Go" Jon Secada, "House Of Love" Amy Grant & Vince Gill and "But It's Alright" by Huey Lewis were all on the chart the week U.S. Music Survey made its' debut.

In 1963, he began hosting his first coutdown show, a radio program called The Dick Clark Radio Show. It was produced by Mars Broadcasting of Stamford, Connecticut. Despite his enormous popularity on American Bandstand, the show was only picked up by a few dozen stations and lasted less than a year.

I think the AC version of the National Music Survey began in August 1984. I say that because that's when the jingles were changed on the Pop version, and I'm thinking they needed the new jingles for the AC show. (My belief anyway.)

I began listening to the National Music Survey in October 1983. I was hooked! I later discovered AT40, but regarded the charts of the National Music Survey far more superior because I enjoyed Dick Clark as a host. My profile picture on my facebook page right now is a picture of a cover box from a National Music Survey set.

My favorite National Music Survey programs are July 11, 1981 and December 19, 1981. I've listened to both of those shows numerous times.

I was thrilled to find this hilarious scene in an episode of Police Squad:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBt-mXIY-tI

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

It would be awesome if they would air the March 25, 1972 show as a tribute to Dick Clark, but I suppose that would not be possible.