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

[dth1971]

Aug 19, 2011 23:09:32 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows.

AT40: The '70s this week presents 8/18/1979 (the show begins with Hour #2 as always)

Six songs debuted this week:
"Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe (#33)
"Driver's Seat" - Sniff 'n The Tears (#34)
"Sail On" - The Commodores (#37)
"You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" - The Jones Girls (#38)
"Girl Of My Dreams" - Bram Tchaikovsky (#39)
"The Boss" - Diana Ross (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" - McFadden & Whitehead (#16)
"Shine A Little Love" - Electric Light Orchestra (#17)
"Boogie Wonderland" - Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions (#27)
"Does Your Mother Know" - Abba (#29)
"Do It Or Die" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#33)
"People Of The South Wind" - Kansas (#37)

Biggest Mover: "After The Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind & Fire (#19 to #5)
Biggest Dropper: "I Want You To Want Me" - Cheap Trick (#14 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray (in Hour #1; won't be played)
"Take A Chance On Me" - Abba

Archive extras:
"Fire" - The Ohio Players (will be included as an optional extra)
"You're No Good" - Linda Ronstadt
"Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Sail On" - Thee Commodores (#37)
Hour #2: "Fire" - The Ohio Players (AT40 Archive extra)
Hour #2: "Different Worlds" - Maureen McGovern (#36)

AT40: The '80s this week presents 8/20/1983

Four songs debuted this week:
"(She's) Sexy + 17" - Stray Cats (#34)
"Far From Over" - Frank Stallone (#36)
"Don't You Get So Mad" - Jeffrey Osborne (#38)
"Kiss The Bride" - Elton John (#40)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Wanna Be Startin' Something" - Michael Jackson (#17)
"Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams (#29)
"Come Dancing" - The Kinks (#31)
"It's Inevitable" - Charlie (#38)*

* = or "Pieces Of Ice" - Diana Ross (played when Keri Tombazian subbed the previous week)

Biggest Mover: "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" - Bonnie Tyler (#40 to #30)
Biggest Dropper: "Our House" - Madness (#22 to #39)

Original extras:
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations

Long Distance Dedications:
"Cecilia" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Thank You For Being A Friend" - Andrew Gold

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Holiday Road" - Lindsay Buckingham (#84)
Hour #2: "True" - Spandau Ballet (#42)
Hour #3: "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson (#45)
Hour #4: "Burning Down The House" - Talking Heads (#54)

You added an extra "e" at the end of "The" for The Commodores!

[Libra]

Early posting this week. Could've been posted this afternoon (see notes below), but I elected to wait so as not to play the spoiler.

August 20, 1983
LW #2: Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
LW #1: The Police "Every Breath You Take"
40 -- Elton John - Kiss the Bride (25)
39 22 Madness - Our House (7)
38 -- Jeffrey Osborne - Don't You Get So Mad (25)
37 37 Rita Coolidge - All Time High (36)
36 -- Frank Stallone - Far From Over (10)
35 35 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Fake Friends (35)
34 -- The Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy + 17 (5)
33 33 America - The Border (33)
32 39 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All (2)
31 34 Shalamar - Dead Giveaway (22)
Flashback Extra: Lindsey Buckingham "Holiday Road"
30 40 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1)
29 32 Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (11)
28 36 Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (12)
27 18 Prince - 1999 (12)
26 28 Rick Springfield - Human Touch (18)
25 20 The Fixx - Saved By Zero (20)
LDD: Simon & Garfunkel "Cecilia" from Kathy and Susan (or, Keita y Seita) to their friends at the Russian camp where they stayed the previous summer; though most non-Russian influences were forbidden, songs sung by Russian artists were allowed, regardless of what they were, and "Cecilia" became sort of a camp theme
24 26 Journey - After the Fall (23)
23 30 Asia - Don't Cry (10)
22 27 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (1)
21 16 Def Leppard - Rock of Ages (16)
Flashback Extra: Spandau Ballet "True"
20 11 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (2)
19 21 Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'N' Roll is King (19)
18 24 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (3)
AT40 Extra: The Supremes & The Temptations "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", the biggest hit single recorded jointly by two groups
17 25 Jackson Browne - Lawyers in Love (13)
16 09 Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go (4)
15 23 Michael Jackson - Human Nature (7)
14 19 Quarterflash - Take Me to Heart (14)
13 07 Irene Cara - Flashdance...What a Feeling (1)
12 14 David Bowie - China Girl (10)
11 13 Loverboy - Hot Girls in Love (11)
Flashback Extra: Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
10 15 Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (9)
09 12 Taco - Puttin' On the Ritz (4)
08 10 The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination (8)
LDD: Andrew Gold "Thank You For Being a Friend" from Susan in Virginia to Kevin, who is spreading the work of the dangers of drinking while driving after having been sentenced to do so as part of 3 years' probation following a fatal accident
07 05 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know? (4)
06 08 Men at Work - It's a Mistake (6)
05 06 Stevie Nicks - Stand Back (5)
04 04 Michael Sembello - Maniac (1)
03 03 Donna Summer - She Works Hard For the Money (3)
Flashback Extra: The Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
02 02 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1)
01 01 The Police - Every Breath You Take (1)

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WWIS, a station that airs the show on Friday afternoons. Their web signal wasn't very reliable until last month, though.
  
• A footnote: Most weeks, the station of choice has been Saturday morning's WIDL due to my being at home. On a few occasions, I've deviated from that - including last week, when I slept in and listened later on WCRZ and other stations.
  
• As most AT40 followers should know by now, Casey pointed out the mistake in playing Diana Ross's "Pieces of Ice" at #38 last week (it had really dropped to #45), when Charlie's "It's Inevitable" should've been played. This week, they'd dropped to #53...and at #38 this week is a song with perhaps a piece of advice for Charlie: "Don't You Get So Mad"! ;)
  
• First extra "Holiday Road" wasn't a Top 40 hit, but was the theme from 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Love Song" by The Oak Ridge Boys
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Get it Right" by Aretha Franklin
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Synchronicity by The Police
  

[at40forever]

Thanks for ruining it!

[Libra]

LOL, it's not that much different than whenever I post it after a 6-10 airing on Saturday mornings, which I've done a number of times already.

[dth1971]

Here are my thoughts on this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode of August 18, 1979 after listening to it on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago:
* The 1979 shows start with the second hour, the song that started the second hour of the August 18, 1979 AT40 episode was the highest debut of that week at #33: "Cruel to Be Kind" by Nick Lowe.
* The only instrumental in the August 18, 1979 AT40 episode was Spyro Gyra's "Morning Dance".
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Cheap Trick while in a concert in Texas got attacked by a fan but went on with their concert? 2) The Cars promoted the gas shortage of Summer 1979? 3) Donna Summer was once locked in a bathroom to listen to a demo of "Last Dance"? 4) There was a KISS Pinball Machine that plays a mini concert when the K-I-S-S letters light up? 5) Ray Parker, Jr. played a guitar while in a broken leg cast at age 13? 6) There was another group named The Knack in the 1960's not connected to the 1979 Knack who were at #2 with "My Sharona"?
* Casey told a great report about how the record album design art that attracts record buyers to help sell the albums.
* There was a drop piece of the "scat" portion of Louis Armstrong's "Blueberry Hill" to tie in with the Bonnie Pointer song "Heaven Must Have Sent You" (Bonnie does the Louis Armstrong scat style towards the end of the song).
* QUESTION LETTER: The female singer with the most top 40 hits in a calendar year was Patti Page with 10 songs in 1951.
* Why would Casey call the #3 song by Barbra Striesand "Fight from The Main Event" instead of its real title "The Main Event/Fight"?
* FINALLY: Glad 2 of the AT40 Archive songs - "You're No Good" and "Pick Up The Pieces" were kept intact and not demoted to optional extra status, same for the LDD of "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA.

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1979

40: THE BOSS - DIANA ROSS (19)
39: GIRL OF MY DREAMS - BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (37)
38: YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE - THE JONES GIRLS (38)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NnjGkUT64

37: SAIL ON - THE COMMODORES (4)
36: DIFFERENT WORLDS - MAUREEN McGOVERN (18)
35: OH WELL - ROCKETS (30)
34: DRIVERS SEAT - SNIFF & THE TEARS (15)
33: CRUEL TO BE KIND - NICK LOWE (12)
32: BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ (16)
31: I WANT YOU TO WANT ME - CHEAP TRICK (7)
30: A BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU - ROBERT PALMER (14)
29: HIGHWAY SONG - BLACKFOOT (26)
28: I DO LOVE YOU - GQ (20)
27: ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - BLONDIE (24)
26: MORNING DANCE - SPYRO GYRA (24)
25: HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - BONNIE POINTER (11)
24: HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - NIGHT (18)
23: LET'S GO - THE CARS (14)
22: LONESOME LOSER - THE LITTLE RIVER BAND (6)
21: IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM - JOE JACKSON (21)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5c4O-pKec

20: GOODBYE STRANGER - SUPERTRAMP (15)
19: HOT STUFF - DONNA SUMMER (1)
18: GOLD - JOHN STEWART (5)
17: SUSPICIONS - EDDIE RABBITT (13)
16: I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN - DIONNE WARWICK (5)
15: MAKIN' IT - DAVID NAUGHTON (5)
14: DON'T BRING ME DOWN - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (4)
13: LEAD ME ON - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE (5)
12: SAD EYES - ROBERT JOHN (1)
11: I WAS MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU - KISS (11)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o--0G4kxFY

10: MAMA CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE - ELTON JOHN (9)
9: YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT - RAY PARKER & RAYDIO (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKY1b5F6888

8: THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA - CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (3)
7: RING MY BELL - ANITA WARD (1)
6: WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - DR. HOOK (6)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJpzpd-8us

5: AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE (2)
4: BAD GIRLS - DONNA SUMMER (1)
3: MAIN EVENT / FIGHT - BARBRA STREISAND (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyDYL7VVN6U

2: MY SHARONA - THE KNACK (1)
1: GOOD TIMES - CHIC (1)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=humibwm_-8s

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 21, 2011 21:30:36 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

here's the 70s chart from 1979

40: THE BOSS - DIANA ROSS (19)
39: GIRL OF MY DREAMS - BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY (37)
38: YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE - THE JONES GIRLS (38)
37: SAIL ON - THE COMMODORES (4)
36: DIFFERENT WORLDS - MAUREEN McGOVERN (18)
35: OH WELL - ROCKETS (30)
34: DRIVERS SEAT - SNIFF & THE TEARS (15)

You forgot to cross those songs out.

[Libra]

Aug 21, 2011 10:47:03 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* Why would Casey call the #3 song by Barbra Striesand "Fight from The Main Event" instead of its real title "The Main Event/Fight"?

Probably to have a distinction between movie (The Main Event) and song.

[BillboardBoy]

Aug 21, 2011 10:47:03 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* FINALLY: Glad 2 of the AT40 Archive songs - "You're No Good" and "Pick Up The Pieces" were kept intact and not demoted to optional extra status, same for the LDD of "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA.

Has that ever happened before when the LDD was moved to the optional? Unless it was in hour 1 of a 1979 show. I do remember that. In that case, that's a good thing.

[dth1971]

Aug 23, 2011 13:17:10 GMT -5 BillboardBoy said:

Aug 21, 2011 10:47:03 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* FINALLY: Glad 2 of the AT40 Archive songs - "You're No Good" and "Pick Up The Pieces" were kept intact and not demoted to optional extra status, same for the LDD of "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA.

Has that ever happened before when the LDD was moved to the optional? Unless it was in hour 1 of a 1979 show. I do remember that. In that case, that's a good thing.

The LDD of "Take a Chance on Me" was indeed kept intact on this AT40: The 70's August 18, 1979 rebroadcast.

[jdelachjr2002]

Because "AT40: The '80s" is currently playing on WWIS (at least it's not because of Hurricane Irene as I live outside the affected areas), I'm putting my AT40 previews up now. The '70s show is one I previously covered.

AT40: The '70s features 8/26/1978. This show previously aired back in 2007 and 2009.

Five songs made their debut this week:
"Get Off" - Foxy (#35)
"Don't Look Back" - Boston (#36)
"Think It Over" - Cheryl Ladd (#37)
"Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty (#38)
"Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'" - Barbra Streisand (#39)

Five song fell off the survey that week:
"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#14)
"King Tut" - Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommon (#17)
"Stay/The Load-Out" - Jackson Browne (#20)
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty (#33)
"You're A Part Of Me" - Gene Cotton & Kim Carnes (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#38 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb (#30 to #40)

Original Extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Desiree" - Neil Diamond (first-ever LDD)

Premiere optional extras:
"Who Are You" - The Who (#70; highest debut)
The Who has the only song being played as an extra this week. It happens in Hour 3. Hours 1 & 2 in place of the usual extra songs will feature interviews with the writer and recipient of the very first LDD.

AT40: The '80s this week features 8/30/1980. This show previously aired in 2007.

Six songs debuted this week:
"Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen (#28)
"Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra (#31)
"How Does It Feel To Be Back" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#34)
"Never Knew Love Like This Before" - Stephanie Mills (#37)
"He's So Shy" - The Pointer Sisters (#39)
"You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me" - Jermaine Jackson (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Tulsa Time/Cocaine" - Eric Clapton (#30)
"Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time" - The Spinners (#33)
"Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney (#34)
"Stand By Me" - Mickey Gilley (#35)
"Tired Of Toein' The Line" - Rocky Burnette (#37)
"The Empire Strikes Back (Medley)" - Meco (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Drivin' My Life Away" - Eddie Rabbitt (#23 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Misunderstanding" - Genesis (#14 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Babe" - Styx
"Runaround Sue" - Dion

Archive extras:
"Surrender" - Elvis Presley
"Blue Moon" - The Marcels
"Runaway" - Del Shannon
All these songs are included in the broadcast.

Premiere optional extras:
"Fool For Your Loving" - Whitesnake (#54)
"Look What You've Done To Me" - Boz Scaggs (#45)
"Midnight Rocks" - Al Stewart (#69; highest debut)
"Whip It" - Devo (#85; debuted)

[dth1971]

For the 3rd. time in AT40: The 70's history, the August 26, 1978 episode featuring the first ever Long Distance Dedication will be played (This was 6 weeks before AT40 expanded from 3 hours to 4 hours), but like a friend from Indiana who I used to e-mail a lot about AT40 past and present on the Pulse Music Board missed out on a 2001 AT40 Flashback of September 1985 featuring the infamous "DEAD DOG LDD" due to the 9/11/2001 tragic events, will some AT40: The 70's stations in the North Carolina/Virginia coast and New England coast not carry this weekend's AT40: The 70's (same for AT40: The 80's this weekend) if the station carries Hurricane Irene coverage instead?

For the record: I will hear the August 26, 1978 AT40: The 70's episode with the first ever LDD on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago this Sunday morning since I live in a hurricane free state! (Although the 2 part optional interviews of the first 2 LDD people won't be played since WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago doesn't carry the AT40: The 70's optional extras).

[Libra]

August 30, 1980
LW #3: The S.O.S. Band "Take Your Time (Do it Right)"
LW #2: Christopher Cross "Sailing"
LW #1: Olivia Newton-John "Magic"
40 -- Jermaine Jackson - You're Supposed to Keep Your Love For Me (34)
39 -- The Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy (3)
38 24 Elton John - Little Jeannie (3)
37 -- Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (6)
36 40 Carly Simon - Jesse (11)
35 39 Robert John - Hey There Lonely Girl (31)
34 -- Hall & Oates - How Does it Feel to Be Back (30)
33 14 Genesis - Misunderstanding (14)
AT40 Archives: From March 1961 - Elvis Presley "Surrender", the 25th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: Whitesnake "Fool For Your Loving", which, though at #54 on the Hot 100 that week, wouldn't hit the Top 40 until 1989
32 36 Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright (7)
31 -- Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (8)
30 32 Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why (19)
Not-So LDD: Styx "Babe" from Connie in Tennessee to her husband Rolly, who she moved to be near as he serves prison time for robbery
29 31 Natalie Cole - Someone That I Used to Love (21)
28 -- Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1)
27 12 The Manhattans - Shining Star (5)
26 29 Larry Graham - One in a Million You (9)
25 25 The Dirt Band - Make a Little Magic (25)
24 28 Robbie Dupree - Hot Rod Hearts (15)
23 27 The Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World (13)
AT40 Archives: From April 1961 - The Marcells "Blue Moon", the 26th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: Boz Scaggs "Look What You've Done to Me"
22 26 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - You'll Accomp'ny Me (14)
21 22 Jackson Browne - Boulevard (19)
20 21 The Commodores - Old-Fashion Love (20)
19 20 Ambrosia - You're the Only Woman (13)
18 18 Fred Knoblock - Why Not Me (18)
LDD: Dion "Runaround Sue" from...Sue (!) in South Bend, IN to a boy who has a crush on her - who she doesn't like, who she doesn't necessarily want to hurt, yet she wants to make it clear to him that, "his efforts...are useless"
17 17 Boz Scaggs - Jojo (17)
16 23 Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away (5)
15 15 Ali Thomson - Take a Little Rhythm (15)
14 06 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock & Roll to Me (1)
13 19 Johnny Lee - Lookin' For Love (5)
12 16 Benny Mardones - Into the Night (11)
AT40 Archives: From April 1961 - Del Shannon "Runaway", the 27th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: Al Stewart "Midnight Rocks", which made the highest debut on the Hot 100 that week at #69
11 13 Paul Simon - Late in the Evening (6)
10 10 Kim Carnes - More Love (10)
09 09 Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door (9)
08 11 George Benson - Give Me the Night (4)
07 08 Air Supply - All Out of Love (2)
06 07 Irene Cara - Fame (4)
05 03 The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do it Right) (3)
04 04 The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (3)
03 01 Olivia Newton-John - Magic (1)
Flashback Extra: Devo "Whip It"
02 05 Diana Ross - Upside Down (1)
01 02 Christopher Cross - Sailing (1)

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WWIS - again! I'm not really sure if this is going to become a very frequently-recurring thing or not, but it certainly worked for today!
  
• This show was originally aired back in 2007, but only "Look What You've Done to Me" was an extra in that airing. The other extras from that were Lipps, Inc.'s "Funkytown" (#99 this week!), Paul McCartney's "Coming Up", The Doobie Brothers' "Real Love" in a Double Play with Boz Scaggs (The Doobies debuted on the Hot 100 the following week at #40), and The Kinks' "Lola (Live)" (which charted but didn't hit The 40).
  
• DEJA VU: BOTH this show and this week's 70s show aired the same weekend back in '07 (weekend of August 25).
  
• First dedication writer Connie referred to her own letter as a "Not-So-Long Distance Dedication" - thus, the revised title.
  
• Casey has been known for sometimes great spoils of #1 songs in other shows...but in his build-up to the next-to-last segment (#4 and #3), he spoiled the fact that last week's #1 song ("Magic") had fallen out when he talked about a superstar, referred to said superstar as "her", and promised "her latest #1 smash" coming up!
  
• BUT HERE'S THE TWIST: Oddly enough, while he freely spoiled the fact that last week's #1 song was not this week's, he did no such thing for the new #1 song!
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Cowboys and Clowns/Misery Loves Company" (two-sided) by Ronnie Milsap
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Upside Down"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones
  

[dth1971]

And now for my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's rebroadcast of the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode with the first ever Long Distance Dedication featured that I listened to on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago True Oldies:

* FIRST, FOR THE FIRST LDD. Do you think it was touching or something like that? Neil Diamond's "Desiree" is a good song for the first ever LDD, and even the AT40 Universal City, CA snail mail address to send LDD's was kept intact. And Casey said that there will be a LDD every week on AT40, but when AT40 expanded to 4 hours several weeks later, did Casey sometimes do 2 LDD's a week on average?

NOW FOR THE OTHER NON LDD RELATED THINGS:

* 2 groups from Boston in the Top 40: The Cars and the apply named Boston.
* 9 movie songs were in this AT40 episode (even "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh was featured in the movie "F.M."?)
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Cheryl Ladd, who entered AT40's August 1978 chart at #37 with "Think it Over", was prior to her role on Charlie's Angels was acting in TV commercials for Ultra Brite and Wella Balsam? (Casey didn't even mention that prior to Charlie's Angels in the early 1970's Cheryl Ladd (under the name Cherrie Moore) was the singing voice for Melody on the Hanna-Barbera produced cartoon series "Josie and the Pussycats" - On that same cartoon Casey Kasem was the voice of Alexander Cabot, believe it or not!), 2) Toby Beau is also the name of a shrimp boat? 3) Barry Manilow once gave to his fans who ordered tickets to one of his 1978 concerts free bagels?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) The most successful comedy album is Bob Newhart's "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart". 2) The Dave Clark Five became the only act with 2 different songs titled "Everybody Knows" despite the same title but a different song in each to make the Hot 100 - The first one in 1965 reaching #15, and the second one reaching #43 in 1968.
* For one set of "AT40 heart on great radio stations" - There was a set of 3 AT40 affiliate mentions all cities in the state of Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, and Philadelphia.
* Casey even gave a brief report regarding that Americans spend on money for entertainment on recorded music, beating out movies and sporting events!
* And regarding the #1 song for August 25, 1978 - "Grease" by Frankie Valli - it was the 7th. #1 song written or co-written by Barry Gibb in a calendar year for 1978.

FINALLY, BACK ON TOPIC REGARDING THE FIRST AT40 LDD: Because WLS 94.7 FM Chicago does not play the optional extras from the AT40: The 70's broadcasts, can someone post on YouTube the audio of the interviews of the writer and receiver of the first ever AT40 LDD that were the optional parts from that AT40 episode?

[cartman2002]

Here's the top 10 albums from 8/26/1978

1.GREASE-SOUNDTRACK
2.ROLLING STONES-SOME GIRLS
3.COMMODORES-NATURAL HIGH
4.FOREIGNER-DOUBLE VISION
5.SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-SOUNDTRACK
6.deleted CRUISE-WORLDS APART
7.BOB SEGER-STRANGER IN TOWN
8.JOE WALSH-BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS
9.SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER-SOUNDTRACK
10.ANDY GIBB-SHADOW DANCING

[cartman2002]

And here is pos 41-100 on the 8/30/80 Hot 100 chart from 1980

41 Tulsa Time, Eric Clapton 30
42 You Better Run, Pat Benatar 42
43 No Night So Long, Dionne Warwick 23
44 Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time, Spinners 4
45 Look What You've Done To Me, Boz Scaggs 14
46 First Time Love, Livingston Taylor 38
47 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow), Paul McCartney 1
48 Under The Gun, Poco 48
49 Stand By Me, Mickey Gilley 22
50 How Do I Survive, Amy Holland 22
51 Love The World Away, Kenny Rogers 14
52 Tired Of Toein' The Line, Rocky Burnette 8
53 First...Be A Woman, Lenore O'Malley 53
54 Fool For Your Loving, Whitesnake 53
55 Don't Misunderstand Me, Rossington Collins Band 55
56 (Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No
More?, Elton John 39
57 In America, Charlie Daniels Band 11
58 Empire Strikes Back (Medley), Meco 18
59 Honey, Honey, David Hudson 59
60 Red Light, Linda Clifford 41
61 I Hear You Now, Jon & Vangelis 58
62 Late At Night, Dan Seals 57
63 The Legend Of Wooley Swamp, Charlie Daniels Band 31
64 Who'll Be The Fool Tonight, Larsen-Feiten Band 29
65 Out Here On My Own, Irene Cara 19
66 True Love Ways, Mickey Gilley 66
67 One Fine Day, Carole King 12
68 I'm Almost Ready, Pure Prairie League 34
69 Midnight Rocks, Al Stewart 24
70 Games Without Frontiers, Peter Gabriel 48
71 Let Me Be Your Angel, Stacy Lattisaw 21
72 My Prayer, The Moments 47
73 Treasure, The Brothers Johnson 73
74 Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down, The O'Jays 55
75 Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile, Journey 55
76 Thunder And Lightning, Chicago 56
77 Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile, Journey 55
77 Rebels Are We, Chic 61
78 I Got You, Split Enz 53
79 The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin'), Gerry Rafferty 54
80 Switchin' To Glide, The Kings 43
81 Leaving L.A., Deliverance 71
82 Can't We Try, Teddy Pendergrass 52
83 The Rose, Bette Midler 3
84 I Can't Let Go, Linda Ronstadt 31
85 Whip It, Devo 14
86 Steal Away, Robbie Dupree 6
87 You Can Call Me Blue, Michael Johnson 86
88 Lola, The Kinks 81
89 My Guy/My Girl, Amii Stewart,Johnny Bristol 63
90 Rock It, Lipps, Inc. 64
91 Gimme Some Lovin', Blues Brothers 18
92 Free Me, Roger Daltrey 53
93 All Night Long, Joe Walsh 19
94 Years From Now, Dr. Hook 51
95 Over You, Roxy Music 80
96 Let Me Love You Tonight, Pure Prairie League 10
97 I'm Alive, Electric Light Orchestra 16
98 Let's Get Serious, Jermaine Jackson 9
99 Funkytown, Lipps, Inc. 1
100 Darlin', Yipes!! 68

[dth1971]

Aug 28, 2011 21:33:58 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

And here is pos 41-100 on the 8/30/80 Hot 100 chart from 1980

41 Tulsa Time, Eric Clapton 30
42 You Better Run, Pat Benatar 42
43 No Night So Long, Dionne Warwick 23
44 Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time, Spinners 4
45 Look What You've Done To Me, Boz Scaggs 14
46 First Time Love, Livingston Taylor 38
47 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow), Paul McCartney 1
48 Under The Gun, Poco 48
49 Stand By Me, Mickey Gilley 22
50 How Do I Survive, Amy Holland 22
51 Love The World Away, Kenny Rogers 14
52 Tired Of Toein' The Line, Rocky Burnette 8
53 First...Be A Woman, Lenore O'Malley 53
54 Fool For Your Loving, Whitesnake 53
55 Don't Misunderstand Me, Rossington Collins Band 55
56 (Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No
More?, Elton John 39
57 In America, Charlie Daniels Band 11
58 Empire Strikes Back (Medley), Meco 18
59 Honey, Honey, David Hudson 59
60 Red Light, Linda Clifford 41
61 I Hear You Now, Jon & Vangelis 58
62 Late At Night, Dan Seals 57
63 The Legend Of Wooley Swamp, Charlie Daniels Band 31
64 Who'll Be The Fool Tonight, Larsen-Feiten Band 29
65 Out Here On My Own, Irene Cara 19
66 True Love Ways, Mickey Gilley 66
67 One Fine Day, Carole King 12
68 I'm Almost Ready, Pure Prairie League 34
69 Midnight Rocks, Al Stewart 24
70 Games Without Frontiers, Peter Gabriel 48
71 Let Me Be Your Angel, Stacy Lattisaw 21
72 My Prayer, The Moments 47
73 Treasure, The Brothers Johnson 73
74 Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down, The O'Jays 55
75 Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile, Journey 55
76 Thunder And Lightning, Chicago 56
77 Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile, Journey 55
77 Rebels Are We, Chic 61
78 I Got You, Split Enz 53
79 The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin'), Gerry Rafferty 54
80 Switchin' To Glide, The Kings 43
81 Leaving L.A., Deliverance 71
82 Can't We Try, Teddy Pendergrass 52
83 The Rose, Bette Midler 3
84 I Can't Let Go, Linda Ronstadt 31
85 Whip It, Devo 14
86 Steal Away, Robbie Dupree 6
87 You Can Call Me Blue, Michael Johnson 86
88 Lola, The Kinks 81
89 My Guy/My Girl, Amii Stewart,Johnny Bristol 63
90 Rock It, Lipps, Inc. 64
91 Gimme Some Lovin', Blues Brothers 18
92 Free Me, Roger Daltrey 53
93 All Night Long, Joe Walsh 19
94 Years From Now, Dr. Hook 51
95 Over You, Roxy Music 80
96 Let Me Love You Tonight, Pure Prairie League 10
97 I'm Alive, Electric Light Orchestra 16
98 Let's Get Serious, Jermaine Jackson 9
99 Funkytown, Lipps, Inc. 1
100 Darlin', Yipes!! 68

Why is Journey's "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile" listed twice on the bottom 41-100 positions?

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/4/1971. It is the first 1971 show in six months and it's a show that previously aired back in 2007.

Eight (yes, eight!) songs debuted this week:
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac & Katie Kissoon (#30)
"The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#31)
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#34)
"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" - Paul Stookey (#36)
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder (#37)
"Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#38)
"So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" - Carole King (#39)
"I Likes To Do It" - People's Choice (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#21)
"Never Ending Song Of Love" - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#24)
"Bring The Boys Home" - Freda Payne (#28)
"Rings" - Cymarron (#29)
"Mighty Clouds Of Joy" - B.J. Thomas (#34)
"Love The One You're With" - The Isley Brothers (#37)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#39)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "Draggin' The Line" - Tommy James (#17 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#65)
"Superstar" - The Carpenters (#49; highest debut)
"Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#19)

"AT40: The '80s" this week is from 9/7/1985.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Fortress Around Your Heart" - Sting (#32)
"Dancing In The Street" - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (#33)
"Do You Want Crying" - Katrina & The Waves (#37)
"I Got You Babe" - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (#39)
"Spanish Eddie" - Laura Branigan (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen (#32)
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times' Sake)" - Freddie Jackson (#33)
"State Of The Heart" - Rick Springfield (#34)
"When Your Heart Is Weak" - Cock Robin (#35)
"Live Every Moment" - REO Speedwagon (#36)

Biggest Mover (tie): "Oh Sheila" - Ready For The World (#26 to #18)
"Saving All My Love For You" - Whitney Houston (#31 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" - Dead Or Alive (#22 to #35)

Original extras:
A medley of Ray Charles songs for the Hall of Fame segment

Long Distance Dedications:
"I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton
"Alone Again Naturally" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Premiere optional extras (all songs debuted this week):
"Part-Time Lover" - Stevie Wonder (#43; highest debut)
"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer (#59)
"I'm Goin' Down" - Bruce Springsteen (#48)
"And She Was" - Talking Heads (#94)

[dth1971]

Sept 2, 2011 15:22:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/4/1971. It is the first 1971 show in six months and it's a show that previously aired back in 2007.

Eight (yes, eight!) songs debuted this week:
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac & Katie Kissoon (#30)
"The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#31)
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#34)
"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" - Paul Stookey (#36)
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder (#37)
"Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#38)
"So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" - Carole King (#39)
"I Likes To Do It" - People's Choice (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#21)
"Never Ending Song Of Love" - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#24)
"Bring The Boys Home" - Freda Payne (#28)
"Rings" - Cymarron (#29)
"Mighty Clouds Of Joy" - B.J. Thomas (#34)
"Love The One You're With" - The Isley Brothers (#37)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#39)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "Draggin' The Line" - Tommy James (#17 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#65)
"Superstar" - The Carpenters (#49; highest debut)
"Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#19)

"AT40: The '80s" this week is from 9/7/1985.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Fortress Around Your Heart" - Sting (#32)
"Dancing In The Street" - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (#33)
"Do You Want Crying" - Katrina & The Waves (#37)
"I Got You Babe" - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (#39)
"Spanish Eddie" - Laura Branigan (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen (#32)
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times' Sake)" - Freddie Jackson (#33)
"State Of The Heart" - Rick Springfield (#34)
"When Your Heart Is Weak" - Cock Robin (#35)
"Live Every Moment" - REO Speedwagon (#36)

Biggest Mover (tie): "Oh Sheila" - Ready For The World (#26 to #18)
"Saving All My Love For You" - Whitney Houston (#31 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" - Dead Or Alive (#22 to #35)

Original extras:
A medley of Ray Charles songs for the Hall of Fame segment

Long Distance Dedications:
"I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton
"Alone Again Naturally" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Premiere optional extras (all songs debuted this week):
"Part-Time Lover" - Stevie Wonder (#43; highest debut)
"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer (#59)
"I'm Goin' Down" - Bruce Springsteen (#48)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yes! A 1971 show, with this I would now have heard an AT40: The 70's show from every 1970's year.

And regarding this weekend's AT40: The 80's show from September 7, 1985: 1) This was the last AT40 Hall of Fame entry (Ray Charles). 2) Was this September 7, 1985 AT40 episode the week before or two weeks before the AT40 episode with the infamous Dead Dog Long Distance Dedication?

[Libra]

2) It was the week before. That show (9/14) was played last year, as well as in 2007.

[Libra]

September 7, 1985
LW #1: Huey Lewis & The News "The Power of Love"
40 -- Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie (40)
39 38 Lisa Lisa, Cult Jam, & Full Force - I Wonder if I Take You Home (34)
38 -- UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe (28)
37 -- Katrina & The Waves - Do You Want Crying (37)
36 40 Michael McDonald - No Looking Back (34)
35 22 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (11)
34 39 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - C-I-T-Y (18)
33 -- Mick Jagger & David Bowie - Dancing in the Street (7)
32 -- Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart (8)
31 21 DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now (6)
30 37 John Waite - Every Step of the Way (25)
Flashback Extra: Stevie Wonder "Part-Time Lover", which debuted at #43 that week
29 19 Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away (1)
28 18 Sting - If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free (3)
LDD: Dolly Parton "I Will Always Love You" from 14-year-old Walt in Mesquite, TX to Pick, who Walt considers a "grandpa", but who recently had been diagnosed with leukemia and having only 2-3 months left to live as a result :(
27 24 Billy Ocean - Mystery Lady (24)
26 27 Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (22)
25 30 John Cougar Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night (6)
24 29 Godley & Creme - Cry (16)
23 31 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (1)
22 25 The Motels - Shame (21)
21 28 A-Ha - Take on Me (1)
American Top 40 Hall of Fame: Ray Charles Medley, honoring the artist able to combine gospel, soul, pop, and country through his music
Flashback Extra: Jan Hammer "Miami Vice Theme"
20 15 Heart - What About Love (10)
19 20 Howard Jones - Life in One Day (19)
18 26 Ready For the World - Oh Sheila (1)
17 23 Madonna - Dress You Up (5)
16 17 Motley Crue - Smokin' in the Boys Room (16)
15 16 The Pointer Sisters - Dare Me (11)
14 07 Corey Hart - Never Surrender (3)
13 06 Tears For Fears - Shout (1)
12 14 Wham! - Freedom (3)
11 12 Pat Benatar - Invincible (10)
10 13 Prince & The Revolution - Pop Life (7)
Flashback Extra: Bruce Springsteen "I'm Goin' Down", which debuted at #48 that week
09 09 Billy Joel - You're Only Human (Second Wind) (9)
08 11 Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number (4)
LDD: Gilbert O' Sullivan "Alone Again (Naturally)" from a young man, who asked that his name not be used, who has contemplated suicide and who sends his dedication in hopes that people out there will consider what their friends may be going through
07 08 Kool & The Gang - Cherish (2)
06 10 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (1)
05 05 Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 (5)
04 03 Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love (3)
03 04 Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (2)
Flashback Extra: The Talking Heads "And She Was"
02 01 Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love (1)
01 02 John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (1)

NOTES:

• A rather sad first LDD feels even sadder coming after "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free". :(
  
• Come to think of it...the second LDD is rather melancholy as well.
  
• As you might notice, the middle of the chart was pretty rough, with lots of songs jumping over other songs and only one falling song ("What About Love") in a 12-song stretch.
  
• "Who's Holding Donna Now" reverses its Biggest Move from the last '85 show, going back to #31 - though they don't have the biggest fall this time, with Dead or Alive falling three notches more.
  
• Casey described "Invincible" as Pat Benatar's latest Top 10 smash...a week too early to make that declaration. OOPS! ;)
  
• After falling short by missing "Hold On" three weeks ago for 8-14-82, WCRZ played all four extras tonight (!). They've been on a progressively friendlier trek with playing extras since that week.
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Saving All My Love For You"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" by Roseanne Cash
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
  

[dth1971]

Here are my thoughts after listening to this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode of the September 4, 1971 AT40 episode on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago:

* Casey said at the start of the show that this week's countdown is a "Wild countdown". Why is it?
* Also at the start, Casey mentioned the 8 droppers from AT40 for this week, it would be about a month or so Casey would stop mentioning the droppers dropping out of AT40 of each week's AT40 show but resume that mentioning of the droppers every week starting in December 1983 (Footnote: For a time from November 1988 to June 1989 months after Shadoe Stevens took over Casey Kasem's AT40 place the mentioning of droppers dropping out of AT40 every week was withdrawn until demand to bring it back happened)
* Twice on the show after the first and second hours Casey did the rare recap of debuts in the AT40 chart.
* Casey made a correction to the previous week's 1971 AT40 chart that Carole King the week before had written 4 songs on the chart when he mentioned there were 3.
* SLOWEST CLIMNBING SONG IN THE AT40 SEPTEMBER 4, 1971 CHART: "If Not For You" by Olivia Newton John.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary was once voted as the 3rd. ugliest man(!) on campus while in college at Michigan State University? 2) Rod Stewart was under contract with 2 record labels in 1971 (on the Warner Bros. label as a member of Faces/Small Faces, and on the Mercury label as a solo artist)? 3) Donny Osmond got the idea to cover "Go Away Little Girl" from Steve Lawrence's son David?
* QUESTION LETTER: In the 12 year gap from 1959-1971 the record spending the longest at #1 was a 3 way tie between "Hey Jude" by the Beatles, "Theme From a Summer Place" by Percy Faith, and "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin each spending 9 weeks at #1.
* The #1 song on that September 4, 1971 AT40 chart was "Uncle Albert/Admiral Haisley" by Paul and Linda McCartney moving from #12 to #1 becoming the biggest leap to #1 outside of the top 10 since The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" in 1966.
* ALSO: 1) Did you notice that AT40 started in that 1971 week began to be heard on a radio station in Western Australia? 2) Did you like the 1971 mail order record album commercial of The American Top 40 Double Dozen kept intact in the show? It was $4.99, but I bet it's a lot more on e-bay today (And I wish it was reissued on CD for a limited time, unless someone made a CD-R copy of this AT40 Double Dozen 1971 record set).
* AND...by surprise, at the end of the second hour and before the third hour, WLS 94.7 FM played the second optional extra of this week's AT40: The 70's episode - "Superstar" by the Carpenters.
* FINALLY: With this week's AT40 the 70's broadcast from September 4, 1971 I have now heard at least 1 AT40 show from every year of the 1970's since I started to listen to it on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago in June 2011.

Now, I wonder if next week's AT40: The 70's show will be a 1970 show with the song "War" by Edwin Starr in it which could tie in to the September 11, 2001 tragic event 10th. anniversary...

[Libra]

Sept 4, 2011 12:43:59 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* Also at the start, Casey mentioned the 8 droppers from AT40 for this week, it would be about a month or so Casey would stop mentioning the droppers dropping out of AT40 of each week's AT40 show but resume that mentioning of the droppers every week starting in December 1983 (Footnote: For a time from November 1988 to June 1989 months after Shadoe Stevens took over Casey Kasem's AT40 place the mentioning of droppers dropping out of AT40 every week was withdrawn until demand to bring it back happened)

Do you happen to know the dates on that? Just curious...

[cartman2002]

Here's pos. 41-100 on the Hot 100 from 9/4/1971

41 Mighty Clouds Of Joy, B.J. Thomas 34
42 I Ain't Got Time Anymore, The Glass Bottle 36
43 Sweet City Woman, Stampeders 8
44 Surrender. Diana Ross 38
45 K-Jee, The New Birth 39
46 Maggie, Redbone 45
47 All Day Music, War 35
48 Marianne, Stephen Stills 42
49 Superstar, Carpenters 2
50 Mother Freedom, Bread 37
51 Where Evil Grows, The Poppy Family 45
52 The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind), The Dells 30
53 The Breakdown (Part I), Rufus Thomas 31
54 Take Me Girl, I'm Ready, Jr. Walker & The All Stars 50
55 Waiting At The Bus Stop, Bobby Sherman 54
56 Make It Funky (Part 1), James Brown 22
57 Crazy Love, Helen Reddy 51
58 I've Found Someone Of My Own, The Free Movement 5
59 Where You Lead, Barbra Streisand 40
60 Stagger Lee, Tommy Roe 25
61 Easy Loving, Freddie Hart 17
62 Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart), The Stylistics 39
63 Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again), Kris Kristofferson 26
64 Another Time, Another Place, Engelbert Humperdinck 43
65 Trapped By A Thing Called Love, Denise LaSalle 13
66 Thin Line Between Love & Hate, The Persuaders 15
67 Them Changes, Buddy Miles 62
68 Annabella, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 46
69 Call My Name, I'll Be There, Wilson Pickett 52
70 I Hear Those Church Bells Ringing, Dusk 53
71 Ride With Me, Steppenwolf 52
72 Gimme Shelter, Grand Funk Railroad 61
73 Is That The Way, Tin Tin 59
74 Ko-Ko Joe, Jerry Reed 51
75 How Can I Unlove You, Lynn Anderson 63
76 Moon Shadow, Cat Stevens 30
77 A Natural Man, Lou Rawls 17
78 I'm Leavin', Elvis Presley 36
79 I'd Rather Be Sorry, Ray Price 70
80 Think His Name, Johnny Rivers 65
81 California Kid And Reemo, Lobo 72
82 A Song For You, Andy Williams 82
83 Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll, Long John Baldry 73
84 Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love, Clarence Carter 84
85 All My Trials, Ray Stevens 70
86 We Got A Dream, Ocean 82
87 Amanda, Dionne Warwick 83
88 The Year That Clayton Delaney Died, Tom T. Hall 42
89 Hijackin' Love, Johnnie Taylor 64
90 Roll On, The New Colony Six 56
91 Wear This Ring (With Love), Detroit Emeralds 91
92 A Long Time, A Long Way To Go, Todd Rundgren 92
93 Carey, Joni Mitchell 93
94 He'd Rather Have The Rain, Heaven Bound with Tony Scotti 83
95 Feel So Bad, Ray Charles 68
96 Desdemona, The Searchers 94
97 Military Madness, Graham Nash 73
98 Women's Love Rights, Laura Lee 36
99 A Part Of You, Brenda & The Tabulations 94
100 We're Friends By Day (And Lovers By Night), Whatnauts 100

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's upcoming shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/4/1976

Six songs debuted this week:
"Disco Duck (Part 1)" - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots (#34)
"Magic Man" - Heart (#35)
"Rock 'n Me" - The Steve Miller Band (#37)
"That'll Be The Day" - Linda Ronstadt (#38)
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Olivia Newton-John (#39)
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult (#40)

Six songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"I'm Easy" - Keith Carradine (#32)
"Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck (#34)
"Springtime Mama" - Henry Gross (#37)
"Got To Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles (#38)
"Last Child" - Aerosmith (#39)
"Teddy Bear" - Red Sovine (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs (#16 to #9)
Biggest Dropper: "Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (#11 to #24)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. (#78)
"Beth" - Kiss (#79; debuted)
"Fernando" - Abba (#77; highest debut)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/13/1986. This show originally aired in 2007.

Three songs debuted this week:
"Sweet Love" - Anita Baker (#35)
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" - Robert Palmer (#38)
"True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper (#40)

Three songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)" - Jeffrey Osborne (#27)
"Oh People" - Patti LaBelle (#29)
"The Edge Of Heaven" - Wham! (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Typical Male" - Tina Turner (#39 to #27)
Biggest Dropper (tie): "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" - Jermaine Stewart (#21 to #34)
"That Was Then, This Is Now" - The Monkees (#23 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" - Jermaine Stewart (#34)
"Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna (#14)
"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray

Premiere optional extras:
"Earth Angel" - New Edition (#42)
"Human"- The Human League (#71; highest debut)
"Wild Wild Life" - Talking Heads (#88)
"In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel (#59)

[Libra]

September 13, 1986
LW #1: Bananarama "Venus"
40 -- Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (1)
39 35 ZZ Top - Velcro Fly (35)
38 -- Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (2)
37 40 Nu Shooz - Point of No Return (28)
36 23 The Monkees - That Was Then, This is Now (20)
35 -- Anita Baker - Sweet Love (8)
34 21 Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (5) (also a LDD from 13-year-old Daffney in Georgia as a message of caution to her fellow teenagers to get them to think about the consequences - such as having to take care of a baby at a young age - of making bad choices)
33 37 Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust (10)
32 34 Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) (28)
31 20 Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (3)
Flashback Extra: New Edition "Earth Angel"
30 36 Don Johnson - Heartbeat (5)
29 32 The Beatles - Twist and Shout (23)*
28 33 Van Halen - Love Walks In (22)
27 39 Tina Turner - Typical Male (2)
26 31 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - All Cried Out (8)
25 30 Loverboy - Heaven in Your Eyes (12)
24 18 Peter Cetera - Glory of Love (1)
23 28 Eurythmics - Missionary Man (14)
22 19 David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose (16)
21 26 Paul McCartney - Press (21)
Flashback Extra: The Human League "Human", which made the Hot Shot Debut that week at #71
20 25 Genesis - Throwing it All Away (4)
19 12 The Timex Social Club - Rumors (8)
18 24 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You (1)
17 22 Stacey Q - Two of Hearts (3)
16 17 Double - The Captain of Her Heart (16)
15 16 Klymaxx - Man Size Love (15)
14 09 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (1) (also a LDD from 19-year-old Cathy in Manila, The Philippines to her father. Cathy had left the Philippines after her child was born, and she wanted to marry her child's father. But, her father favored another man for her to marry, so she left [possibly marrying her child's father anyway, it's not totally clear on that]; they've since reconciled.)
13 15 Billy Ocean - Love Zone (10)
12 14 Daryl Hall - Dreamtime (5)
11 13 Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) (2)
Flashback Extra: The Talking Heads "Wild Wild Life", described as "heading toward the Top 40"
10 11 Regina - Baby Love (10)
09 10 Run DMC - Walk This Way (4)
08 08 Miami Sound Machine - Words Get in the Way (5)
LDD: Anne Murray "You Needed Me" from Greg in Warren, MI to his wife Laura, who had separated from him after he pursued an ambitious dedication to his job, neglecting her in the process; they're now working to mend their marriage
07 07 Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (7)
06 03 Steve Winwood - Higher Love (1)
05 01 Bananarama - Venus (1)
04 05 Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers (2)
03 06 Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You (1)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes"
02 04 Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (2)
01 02 Berlin - Take My Breath Away (1)

*1986 peak; hit #2 in 1964.

NOTES:

• This show originally aired in 2007 - no idea what the extras were from that airing (for comparison), however.
  
• The last song played on WIDL before the show started was, of all things..."Sledgehammer"! Why yes, it dropped last week (#64 this week).
  
• Casey claimed that "Glory of Love" was the oldest record in the countdown, with 13 weeks on the [AT40] chart. Apparently he also forgot referencing "Mad About You" as having had 13 weeks in the survey for that song. ;)
  
• Somebody at Premiere must really be a fan of The Talking Heads; they've had an extra on three of the past four 80s shows now.
  
• Casey chose a somewhat oddly appropriate story for his intro to "Venus" - the story of how the banana, not the apple, was believed to be the fruit eaten sinfully by Adam and Eve in defiance of God; "Venus" is also the song whose video marked a shift towards a more sexual image for Bananarama.
  
• Casey made reference to the country version of "Friends and Lovers", which was currently at #9 on that chart (it hit #1 four weeks later, see also the 10-11 show from last year) and included a clip of the song; unusually, the story came after the song was played - most stories with song clips on other shows have served as lead-ins rather than lead-outs.
  
• Speaking of that 10-11 show, "In Your Eyes" had a weird edit played - which may have been the same as the one played on that show last year. Or, is it in fact the original version of the song from '86, and the one I usually otherwise hear these days is a different edit altogether?
  
• Casey once again failed to spoil the new #1 song this week. :)
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Little Rock" by Reba McEntire
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind" by Levert
  
• #1 on the Album chart: True Blue by Madonna
  

[dth1971]

Well, I know it aired on the day of the 9/11/2001 tragic event anniversary on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago, but here are my thoughts on this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode from September 4, 1976:

* The week before, there was only 1 debut ("Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine) that only spent 1 week at #40, and this week there were 6 debuts.
* One of the debuts (it entered the highest that September 4, 1976 week) at #34 was "Disco Duck" by the then Memphis DJ who would later host his own AT40 rival "The Weekly Top 40" and still does to this date. The name? Rick Dees (and his Cast of Idiots).
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Blue Oyster Cult which led off the AT40 chart at #40 with "Don't Fear the Reaper" is a throwback to the electric folk rock sound of the 1960's? 2) In the 1976 year, Diana Ross has been the only artist to hit #1 2 times? 3) The Lady Flash song "Street Singin'" was inspired by the 1950's fad of doo wop and street singing? 4) The group Chicago had their recording studio in a barn? 5) Up to 1976, Cliff Richard had 64 hit singles on the UK/British charts? 6) As a child, Walter Murphy was a student for the radio/TV show organist Rosa Rio? 7) Paul McCartney wrote the Wings song "Let 'Em In" since Paul was in love with the doorbell sound? 8) In 1976, AT40 was heard on 450 outlets of the American Forces Network (a/k/a The Armed Forces Radio Network)?
* Casey did a report that originally singers in the 1930's would sue a radio station or DJ for playing records not licenced for broadcast or something like that.
* Casey even played a drop piece of "The Three Bells" by the Browns, who were the only country group to hit #1 on the pop charts (One of the Browns members, Jim Ed Brown, later became a popular solo country artist).
* BLOOPER ALERTS: Casey called the Jefferson Starship song "Your Love" instead of "With Your Love" and also called the K.C. and the Sunshine Band song "Shake Shake Shake Your Booty" instead of "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty".
* There were 2 plugs for an upcoming October 1976 AT40 special countdown of the top 40 hits of the 1964-1970 Beatles years.
* Of course, no question letters in this episode.

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from this week in 1976

40: DON'T FEAR THE REAPER - BLUE OYSTRER CULT (12)
39: DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - OLIVUA NEWTON-JOHN (33)
38: THAT'LL BE THE DAY - LINDA RONSTADT (11)
37: ROCK "N' ME - STEVE MILLER BAND (1)
36: AFTERNOON DELIGHT - STARLAND VOCAL BAND (1)
35: MAGIC MAN - HEART (9)
34: DISCO DUCK - RICK DEES & HIS CAST OF IDIOTS (1)
33: YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - CANDI STATON (20)
32: ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME - DIANA ROSS (25)
31: TURN THE BEAT AROUND - VICKI SUE ROBINSON (10)
30: I CAN'T HEAR YOU NO MORE - HELEN REDDY (29)
29: STREET SINGING - LADY FLASH (27)
28: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC - THE BEACH BOYS (5)
27: GETAWAY - EARTH, WIND & FIRE (12)
26: SHOWER THE PEOPLE - JAMES TAYLOR (22)
25: SHE'S GONE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (7)
24: KISS AND SAY GOODBYE - THE MANHATTANS (1)
23: WHAM BAM - SILVER (16)
22: LOVE IS ALIVE - GARY WRIGHT (2)
21: WHO'D SHE COO - OHIO PLAYERS (18)
20: STILL THE ONE - ORLEANS (5)
19: A LITTLE BIT MORE - DR. HOOK (11)
18: IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - CHICAGO (1)
17: DEVIL WOMAN - CLIFF RICHARD (6)
16: WITH YOUR LOVE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (12)
15: HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - TAVARES (15)

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14: GET CLOSER - SEALS & CROFTS (6)
13: SAY YOU LOVE ME - FLEETWOOD MAC (11)
12: BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY - PETER FRAMPTON (12)
11: SUMMER - WAR (7)
10: THIS MASQUERADE - GEORGE BENSON (10)
9: LOWDOWN - BOZ SCAGGS (3)
8: DON'T GO BREAKIN' MY HEART - ELTON JOHN (1)
7: A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN - WALTER MURPHY (1)
6: PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY (1)
5: SHAKE YOUR BOOTY - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND (1)
4: I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (2)
3: LET 'EM IN - WINGS (3)
2: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE - LOU RAWLS (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu0mzwM9yP4

1: YOU SHOULD BE DANCIN' - THE BEE GEES (1)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI68A-rntIk

[cartman2002]

here's 41-100 from this week 80s chart from 9/13/1986

41 Oh, People, Patti LaBelle 29
42 Earth Angel, New Edition 21
43 The Edge Of Heaven, Wham! 10
44 You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song), Jeffrey Osborne 13
45 Love Always, El DeBarge 43
46 Girl Can t Help It, Journey 17
47 Ain t Nothin Goin On But The Rent, Gwen Guthrie 42
48 Paranoimia, Art Of Noise With Max Headroom 34
49 So Far So Good (From "About Last Night"), Sheena Easton 43
50 Wrap It Up, The Fabulous Thunderbirds 50
51 Private Number, The Jets 47
52 What Does It Take, Honeymoon Suite 52
53 You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon 23
54 Nothing In Common, Thompson Twins 54
55 It s You, Bob Seger 52
56 Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money 4
57 Taken In, Mike + The Mechanics 32
58 I ll Be Over You, Toto 11
59 In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel 26
60 Playing With The Boys, Kenny Loggins 60
61 The Other Side Of Life, The Moody Blues 58
62 Somebody Like You, Thirty Eight Special 48
63 Another Heartache, Rod Stewart 52
64 Sledgehammer, Peter Gabriel 1
65 Love Touch, Rod Stewart 6
66 Ruthless People, Mick Jagger 51
67 25 Or 6 To 4, Chicago 48
68 Give Me The Reason, Luther Vandross 57
69 Spirit In The Sky, Doctor And The Medics 69
70 Danger Zone, Kenny Loggins 2
71 Human, The Human League 1
72 Love Comes Quickly, Pet Shop Boys 62
73 All The Love In The World, The Outfield 19
74 Emotion In Motion, Ric Ocasek 15
75 Every Little Kiss, Bruce Hornsby 14
76 Take It Easy, Andy Taylor 24
77 Lonely Is The Night, Air Supply 76
78 Somebody s Out There, Triumph 27
79 Invisible Touch, Genesis 1
80 Rumbleseat, John Mellencamp 28
81 Word Up, Cameo 6
82 Love Of A Lifetime, Chaka Khan 53
83 You Give Love A Bad Name, Bon Jovi 1
84 Nasty, Janet Jackson 3
85 Anotherloverholenyohead, Prince And The Revolution 63
86 Eye Of The Zombie, John Fogerty 81
87 The Hunter, GTR 85
88 Wild Wild Life, Talking Heads 25
89 Can t Wait Another Minute, Five Star 41
90 One Step Closer To You, Gavin Christopher 22
91 Hanging On A Heart Attack, Device 35
92 Suzanne, Journey 17
93 Angel In My Pocket, One To One 92
94 The Rain, Oran Juice Jones 9
95 Walk Like A Man, Mary Jane Girls 41
96 Modern Woman (From "Ruthless People"), Billy Joel 10
97 If Looks Could Kill, Heart 54
98 No One Is To Blame, Howard Jones 4
99 Opportunities (Let s Make Lots Of Money), Pet Shop Boys 10
100 Walk Away Renee, Southside Johnny 98

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/21/1974:

Five songs debuted this week:
"The B---- Is Back" - Elton John (#30)
"Love Me For A Reason" - The Osmonds (#37)
"Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1)" - James Brown (#38)
"Fallin' In Love" - The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band (#39)
"Tin Man" - America (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Keep On Smilin'" - Wet Willie (#34)
"Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of the Stream)" - Tower Of Power (#35)
"Please Come To Boston" - Dave Loggins (#36)
"Sideshow" - Blue Magic (#37)
"One H--- Of A Woman" - Mac Davis (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Jazzman" - Carole King (#39 to #29)
Biggest Dropper (tie): "Tell Me Something Good" - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#7 to #24)
"The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace (#14 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#65; highest debut)
"Back Home Again" - John Denver (#70; debuted)
"Carefree Highway" - Gordon Lightfoot (#56)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/19/1981:

Four songs debuted this week:
"Hard To Say" - Dan Fogelberg (#29)
"When She Was My Girl" - The Four Tops (#37)
"Just Once" - Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram (#38)
"Straight From The Heart" - The Allman Brothers Band (#39)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Feels So Right" - Alabama (#20)
"That Old Song" - Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (#21)
"Love On A Two-Way Street" - Stacy Lattisaw (#26)
"I Don't Need You" - Kenny Rogers (#31)

Biggest Mover (tie): "Start Me Up" - The Rolling Stones (#19 to #11)
"The Night Owls" - The Little River Band (#28 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "Fire And Ice" - Pat Benatar (#17 to #30)

Original extras:
"Ferry Cross The Mersey" - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Long Distance Dedications:
"Time In A Bottle" - Jim Croce
"Lady" - Kenny Rogers

Archive extras:
"Judy In Disguise (with Glasses)" - John Fred & His Playboy Band
"Green Tambourine" - The Lemon Pipers
"Love Is Blue" - Paul Mauriat
All three extras are included this week.

Premiere opional extras:
"The Theme From 'Hill Street Blues'" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton (#47)
"Say Goodbye To Hollywood" - Billy Joel (#56)
"Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's (#58)
"At This Moment" - Billy Vera & The Beaters (#90; debuted)