American Top 40: The 70's and 80's

[mkarns]

Oct 24, 2024 17:44:58 GMT -5 sklemetti said:

Back on the August 2nd show, Casey played for the 3rd archive the 15th #1 song of the 1960s.

Mr Custer by Larry Verne.

I thought it was a horrible song and never heard that before and wondered how that became #1.

Today, I listened to Americas Top 40 from 10/10/1960 hosted by Jack K Homan and throughout it's fast run up the chart he has said how how much he hates that song. When it hit #1 he said that Larry Verne from Minneapolis MN, did a comedy circuit and had the most unfunny most despicable record he has ever heard among other things.

Maybe it was popular because it reflected people's feelings about Vietnam and people weren't offended by racist stereotypes.

Has there been anything as bad since that time? Those Cheech and Chong songs were pretty bad. But they didn't make the top 10.

Vietnam really wasn't yet a thing to Americans in 1960. Maybe "Mr. Custer" was popular because of TV and movie westerns. I remember Sirius XM 60s Gold has done 60s Satellite Surveys from October 1960 with that record (not really a song) at the top, and host Dave Hoeffel basically said "Don't blame me, I didn't buy it."

And Cheech and Chong did make the top 10 on the singles chart once, with "Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie", which peaked at #9 in 1974. We heard an AT40 including it (on the way down from its peak) on SXM last weekend, while Premiere played a 1973 show with "Basketball Jones".

[sklemetti]

Oct 24, 2024 21:17:50 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Oct 24, 2024 17:44:58 GMT -5 sklemetti said:

Those Cheech and Chong songs were pretty bad. But they didn't make the top 10.

You're wrong on that one. "Earache My Eye" peaked at #9 on AT40 back in 1974.

My memory for pre1980 charts was not good.

Last time I heard that song and those charts was 2 years ago

October 5, 1974  #10 without a bullet,  The whole top 10 was without a star.

October 12, 1974.  #9 without a bullet,   

but then 1974 didn't have much to place above it, so quality and chart position don't quite equal out.

Looking further at the 10/5/1974 chart.  Debuting at #89 is "She's gone" by Tavares. Never heard that one. That's the Hall & Oats song that is in this week's show, 1976 at #8.

That's one thing that I like about JK Homan's show is that he plays new entries to the Hot 100 that one would never hear.

[sklemetti]

Oct 25, 2024 0:36:14 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Oct 24, 2024 17:44:58 GMT -5 sklemetti said:

Back on the August 2nd show, Casey played for the 3rd archive the 15th #1 song of the 1960s.

Mr Custer by Larry Verne.

I thought it was a horrible song and never heard that before and wondered how that became #1.

Today, I listened to Americas Top 40 from 10/10/1960 hosted by Jack K Homan and throughout it's fast run up the chart he has said how how much he hates that song. When it hit #1 he said that Larry Verne from Minneapolis MN, did a comedy circuit and had the most unfunny most despicable record he has ever heard among other things.

Maybe it was popular because it reflected people's feelings about Vietnam and people weren't offended by racist stereotypes.

Has there been anything as bad since that time? Those Cheech and Chong songs were pretty bad. But they didn't make the top 10.

Vietnam really wasn't yet a thing to Americans in 1960. Maybe "Mr. Custer" was popular because of TV and movie westerns. I remember Sirius XM 60s Gold has done 60s Satellite Surveys from October 1960 with that record (not really a song) at the top, and host Dave Hoeffel basically said "Don't blame me, I didn't buy it."

And Cheech and Chong did make the top 10 on the singles chart once, with "Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie", which peaked at #9 in 1974. We heard an AT40 including it (on the way down from its peak) on SXM last weekend, while Premiere played a 1973 show with "Basketball Jones".

Last week was the first time that I've heard Basketball Jones.     It was pretty lame.

Mr Custer debuted at 65, then jumped to 13, 4,4,4,3,1      

That's Beatles chart movement considering what was above it at that time. 

Maybe people were buying it because they looked at it as something that would be a rare collector's item in the future.

[RichR]

Oct 25, 2024 8:29:03 GMT -5 sklemetti said:

Last week was the first time that I've heard Basketball Jones.     It was pretty lame.

Well thanks for sharing.

As a teenager in 1974, I loved it. But I thought everything Cheech & Chong did back then was pretty great, including "Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie," the albums and movies. I was also a big fan of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon. Comedy was different back then. People could actually laugh at themselves. (I'll just leave it at that.)

If I was hearing Cheech & Chong for the first time now, I might think they're "pretty lame" (Kids these days? Oof! ). But given my history, I still enjoy C&C very much for the nostalgia value.

[sklemetti]

In the 1981 show this week, Casey mentioned Jose Feliciano's Star Spangled Banner at the 1968 World Series getting bad reviews. It didn't sound bad, at least the part that Casey played. But what would they expect from a Latino singing the American National Anthem? What if ABBA sang the anthem? There have been much much worse versions sung at the games.

I misheard Casey when he said Detroit lost the first 3 of 4 games of the 1968 WS. That could mean they went 0-3, because if they go 0-4 the series is over.
But they L,W,L,L for their 3 of 4 loss then they won the next 3. Noone has gone from 0-3 and then won the next four in the WS. In 2004 ALCS Boston was down 0-3 and beat the Yankees in the next 4 games.

This weekend on both shows, 1981 & 1983 there is Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks, Police, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Air Supply, Sheena Easton, Hall & Oats, Journey

In 1981 Step by Step was #5. In 1983 it was a LDD at #5

This period from 1981 to 1983 there were no bad songs. The worst song played was the Beach Boys Medley.

In 1983 there was King of Pain. In 1981 there was Queen of Hearts.  

KCLL did not play the 3rd extra.

[lasvegaskid]

WTOJ currently airing Supersized 1976!!

cb.streamguys1.com/wtoj.aac

[lasvegaskid]

KRKE just starting 1983!! ice42.securenetsystems.net/KRKE

[lasvegaskid]

WTOJs Supersized 1976 extras:

Hour 1: none
Hour 2: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Hour 3: Car Wash - Rose Royce

Hour 1 was very full; running 70 minutes with commercials. I wonder if that is why WTOJ decided against lengthening further with an extra?

[sklemetti]

Oct 27, 2024 8:39:52 GMT -5 lasvegaskid said:

WTOJ currently airing Supersized 1976!!

cb.streamguys1.com/wtoj.aac

They skipped the first extra.

The regular show with extras is 2:30:17.

The Supersized show with the first extra put in is 2:47:58

I don't like how WTOJ overlaps the station IDs with the show.

[mkarns]

Oct 27, 2024 17:36:35 GMT -5 lasvegaskid said:

WTOJs Supersized 1976 extras:

Hour 1: none
Hour 2: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Hour 3: Car Wash - Rose Royce

Hour 1 was very full; running 70 minutes with commercials. I wonder if that is why WTOJ decided against lengthening further with an extra?

Did WTOJ supersize "More Than a Feeling"? Wondering since Casey always played the edited official single version (without the second verse and chorus) at the time, but it's the full album version that gets all the classic rock/hits play.

[sklemetti]

Oct 27, 2024 22:45:13 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Oct 27, 2024 17:36:35 GMT -5 lasvegaskid said:

WTOJs Supersized 1976 extras:

Hour 1: none
Hour 2: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Hour 3: Car Wash - Rose Royce

Hour 1 was very full; running 70 minutes with commercials. I wonder if that is why WTOJ decided against lengthening further with an extra?

Did WTOJ supersize "More Than a Feeling"? Wondering since Casey always played the edited official single version (without the second verse and chorus) at the time, but it's the full album version that gets all the classic rock/hits play.

MTAF original is 3:03. Supersized is 3:27

One difference is in the original He says "Firefall at #22 on American Top 40 You are the Woman. That's one of 12 different acts this week that have their first top 40 (music starts) hits. Here's another group in that category, Boston. Has a big one last week debuted at #24 this week is at 21. Titled More than a Feeling"

Supersized the music starts when he says You are the woman.

Another difference is 5th of Beethoven original is 1:10 and the music starts when he says "Songs in the key" whereas SS is 2:58 and the music starts when he says "Album Songs in the key of life"

Another difference is at the end of the first hour in the original he concludes Dr Hook A llttle bit more and then concludes the hour at 45:37 without commercials.

On the supersized he concludes Dr Hook A llttle bit more #28 and says "This is Casey" and then gives the teaser story to #24 England Dan and John Ford Coley and then concludes the hour. at 52:41  In the original he gives the teaser after #26.

The second hour ends at original 1:35:15;   SS 1:47:33

The 3rd hour ends at original 2:30:17.
The Supersized show with the first extra put in is 2:47:58

[jdelachjr2002]

Okay good news. Beginning this weekend Premiere is offering Casey Christmas specials so we'll have single posts for the '70s/'80s preview until then.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 11/4/1972. Here is a prior repost:

Oct 27, 2015 17:29:11 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Convention '72" - The Delegates (#26)
"You Ought To Be With Me" - Al Green (#31)
"Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" - Jim Croce (#35)
"Rock 'n Roll Soul" - Grand Funk Railroad (#36)
"Ventura Highway" - America (#37)
"It Never Rains In Southern California" - Albert Hammond (#39)
"All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" - Mac Davis (#21)
"You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart (#29)
"Get On The Good Foot (Part 1)" - James Brown (#31)
"Go All The Way" - The Raspberries (#33)
"Speak To The Sky" - Rick Springfield (#37)
"From The Beginning" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#39)
"Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations (#38 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Why/Lonely Boy" - Donny Osmond (#13 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Living In The Past" - Jethro Tull (#76; debuted)
Hour #2: "Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu" - Johnny Rivers (#44)
Hour #3: "Dancing In The Moonlight" - King Harvest (#81)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 11/2/1985. Here is an edited repost:

Oct 31, 2014 13:23:17 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Three songs debuted this week:
"Election Day" - Arcadia (#35)
"Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" - The Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin (#39)
"Wrap Her Up" - Elton John (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Dress You Up" - Madonna (#28)
"Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)" - Night Ranger (#32)
"The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl" - Daryl Hall & John Oates with Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin (#33)

Biggest Mover: "Broken Wings" - Mr. Mister (#27 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "Dancing In The Street" - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (#15 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
"America" - Neil Diamond

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Home Sweet Home" - Motley Crue (#91)
Hour #2: "Party All The Time" - Eddie Murphy (#43)
Hour #3: "Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora (#67)
Hour #4: "Say You Say Me" - Lionel Richie (NR)

Of note: Premiere has replaced Survivor's "Burning Heart" as the Hour #3 op extra with "Tarzan Boy"

[lasvegaskid]

WTOJ and Supersizing is toast for 2024... went Xmas early, 3pm EDT today

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's scheduled shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 11/10/1979. Here is a prior repost:

Nov 8, 2013 1:22:21 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Ladies' Night" - Kool & The Gang (#25)
"Send One Your Love" - Stevie Wonder (#26)
"I Want You Tonight" - deleted Cruise (#35)
"Cool Change" - The Little River Band (#37)
"Do That To Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille (#38)
"I Need A Lover" - John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#39)
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 that week:
"Hold On" - Ian Gomm (#18)
"Sail On" - The Commodores (#19)
"Sad Eyes" - Robert John (#23)
"My Sharona" - The Knack (#26)
"Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Bonnie Pointer (#28)
"Lonesome Loser" - The Little River Band (#34)
"Fins" - Jimmy Buffett (#35)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Take The Long Way Home" - Supertramp (#31 to #23)
"Half The Way" - Crystal Gayle (#39 to #31)
Biggest Dropper: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson (#12 to #6)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Run For Home" - Lindisfarme
"How Deep Is Your Love" - The Bee Gees

Archive extras:
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
"Theme From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage
"Love Machine" - The Miracles
"Theme From S.W.A.T." will be played as an optional extra. The other two Archive songs will remain.

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Highway To Hell" - AC/DC (#59)
Hour #2: "Theme From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (original Archive extra)
Hour #3: "Rock With You" - Michael Jackson (#64)
Hour #4: "Head Games" - Foreigner (#63; highest debut)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 11/17/1984. Here is a prior repost:

Nov 16, 2012 1:17:41 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Four songs debuted this week:
"Do What You Do" - Jermaine Jackson (#32)
"I Don't Wanna Know" - REO Speedwagon (#37)
"I Need You Tonight" - Peter Wolf (#39)
"Centipede" - Rebbie Jackson (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Swept Away" - Diana Ross (#23)
"Let's Go Crazy" - Prince & The Revolution (#32)
"Drive" - The Cars (#34)
"Cover Me" - Bruce Springsteen (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Wild Boys" - Duran Duran (#28 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Who Wears Those Shoes?" - Elton John (#21 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Through The Years" - Kenny Rogers
"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Hot For Teacher" - Van Halen (#57)
Hour #2: "(Pride) In The Name Of Love" - U2 (#50)
Hour #3: "Run To You" - Bryan Adams (#43)
Hour #4: "Like A Virgin" - Madonna (#48; debuted)