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

[Libra]

November 21, 1987
LW #1: Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now"
40 24 Levert - Casanova (5)
39 30 Prince - U Got the Look (2)
38 -- INXS - Need You Tonight (1)
37 20 Kenny G - Don't Make Me Wait For Love (15)
36 -- Def Leppard - Animal (19)
35 26 Timothy B. Schmit - Boys' Night Out (25)
34 40 John Cougar Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb (8)
33 39 Taylor Dayne - Tell it to My Heart (7)
32 16 Expose - Let Me Be the One (7)
LDD: Elton John "Daniel" from Kathy in Louisiana to her brother Tom in Illinois and in the Navy, who she didn't like very much while they lived in Minnesota, but who she became closer to after the moved to Louisiana
Flashback Extra: Laura Branigan "Power of Love"
31 34 Yes - Love Will Find a Way (30)
30 32 Michael Bolton - That's What Love is All About (19)
29 37 The Jets - I Do You (20)
28 13 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name (13)
27 33 Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) (14)
26 38 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You (1)
25 21 Los Lobos - Come On, Let's Go (21)
24 11 Michael Jackson - Bad (1)
23 31 Steve Winwood - Valerie (9)
22 28 Stevie Wonder - Skeletons (19)
Flashback Extra: Paul Carrack "Don't Shed a Tear"
21 27 Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) (8)
20 08 Madonna - Causing a Commotion (2)
19 29 Whitney Houston - So Emotional (1)
18 22 Squeeze - Hourglass (15)
17 23 Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me (6)
16 21 Whitesnake - Is This Love (2)
15 09 The Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin (9)
14 18 Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love (4)
13 15 Poison - I Won't Forget You (13)
12 14 R.E.M. - The One I Love (9)
11 17 Sting - We'll Be Together (7)
Flashback Extra: Roger "I Want to Be Your Man"
10 19 George Michael - Faith (1)
09 12 Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before (9)
08 04 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (4)
07 10 Richard Marx - Should've Known Better (3)
06 06 Swing Out Sister - Breakout (6)
05 07 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (5)
LDD: Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There" from Rick, Debbie, Kelly, Steven, and Heather to the first biological son that had to be given up for adoption after he was born (born when the parents were 18 and 14 [!]; the letter gives the names of everyone in the family, but doesn't say which ones are the parents)
04 01 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (1)
03 05 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth (1)
Flashback Extra: Cher "I Found Someone", which debuted at #79 that week
02 03 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life (1)
01 02 Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live) (1)

NOTES:

• Synchronicity: An Ongoing Chart Series - No, it doesn't involve The Police. In his intro for "Mony Mony", Casey pointed out the weeks where they both entered the Top 40 and the Top 10 at the same time. And, of course, one's replaced the other on top this week. Well, as stated, this one's a repeat from 2007. As we found eight weeks ago, the first of this series, 9-26, was also a repeat from 2007! The other one, 10-24? Well...with Charlie Van Dyke as the host, don't count on that one airing anytime soon.
  
• Was this the last week where Casey ever replayed any of last week's Top 3? mkarns has the answer: It was. The original cue sheet doesn't include Last Week's #1 on it at the beginning.
  
• Casey didn't read the droppers this week, either. (See? Now that's two in a row!) I'm a little less surprised that he didn't read them this week though, seeing as there were only two debuts, and they were mixed in among the other songs in the first hour at that.
  
• This show sort of had the pacing of several 1986 shows, with last week's #1 song being played first, the second hour starting with #31, and the third hour starting with #21.
  
• Casey called "U Got the Look" Prince's third Top 40 hit from Sign O' The Times, whose second single, "If I Was Your Girlfriend", went to #60. (OOPS! ;))
  
• No softer jingle this week.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "I Won't Need You Anymore" by Randy Travis
  
• #1 on the Black Singles chart: "Angel" by Angela Winbush
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Soundtrack from Dirty Dancing

[jdelachjr2002]

Nov 19, 2011 23:18:59 GMT -5 Libra said:

Flashback Extra: Laura Branigan "Power of Love"

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I thought it was announced as being a week away from hitting the countdown at the end.

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70's REBROADCAST OF THE NOVEMBER 18, 1978 AT40 EPISODE HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING.

* This show was originally a 4 hour show (AT40 went from a 3 hour format to a 4 hour format in October 1978, this is the 7th. week AT40 was in the 4 hour format) but the show started with the second hour starting with song #30 ("How You Gonna See Me Now" by Alice Cooper).
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Eric Carmen had to get his solo recording contract by contacting presidents of record companies by attending his house in Cleveland, Ohio (Eric got the solo recording contract from Arista thanks to Clive Davis, Eric later had contracts with Geffen and RCA), 2) Paul Davis' previous hit before "Sweet Life" called "I Go Crazy" took a short climb to reach the Top 10? 3) The group Chicago handled the death of their lead guitarist to get their spirit back? 4) The group Dr. Hook went bankrupt in 1974? 5) Gino Vanelli's contract with A&M records was a last minute reprive?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the only 1 song that has hit #1 by 3 different artists - "To Each His Own" in 1946, done by Eddie Howard, Freddy Martin, and The Ink Spots, respectively.
* ODDITY FROM THE PREVIOUS 1978 WEEK: The #1's on the major Billboard charts - Hot 100, Album, Soul, Country, and Disco - were all occupied by women (Donna Summer occupied 3 of them!)!
* It was nice to hear the rare Long Distance Dedication intro jingle in this 1978 AT40 episode (was that LDD intro jingle retired by Feb. or March 1979? There would be a intro music for Casey Kasem's Casey's Top 40 Request and Dedications segments (that was the 1989-1998 name for the LDD's since the old AT40 from 1988 until its 1995 demise thanks to second host Shadoe Stevens kept the LDD name) and was later recycled from 2001-2009 for the later Casey Kasem revival AT40/AT20/AT10 shows when it had the LDD's).
* Regarding the kept intact extra of "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding: It was one of 2 artists to hit #1 one time after the artist's death, the other was Janis Joplin with "Me and Bobby McGee".
* Also: One of the AT40 Archive songs of the 1970's - "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles was kept intact in this AT40 broadcast, one of the others, "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison, was demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status, however...
* ...before the #2 and #1 song was played, WLS 94.7 FM Chicago did play the 3rd. AT40: The 70's Optional Extra: The other AT40 Archives song originally heard in the not played first hour: "I Think I Love You" by the Partridge Family, complete with the AT40 Archives musical intro and a little snippet of the end of first 3 hours 1978-1984 outro instrumental theme! Who's knows when WLS 94.7 FM Chicago will play a stray AT40: The 70's Optional Extra again?

[johnnywest]

Nov 13, 2011 20:30:54 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

For 11/16/1985, "Burning Heart" was a week away from entering the countdown and "Talk To Me" entered the Hot 100 at #66. For 11/11/1972, "Sweet Surrender" entered the Hot 100 at #55.

Side notes:
"That's What Friends Are For": Became AT40's #1 song of 1986.
"Burning Heart": In the intro, it was revealed the original title was to be "The Unmistakeable Fire".
"Talk To Me": Peaked at #1 on the Rock chart.
"Living In The Past": Originally recorded in 1969 and song was about longing for more simpler times.
"Sweet Surrender": Peaked at #1 on the AC chart.

I love it when you give us a breakdown of the optional segments, since not every station plays them. Thanks for doing that! :)

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1978

40: LIKE A SUNDAY IN SALEM - GENE COTTON (40)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTYbInzdoA

39: ON THE SHELF - DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (38)
38: THIS IS LOVE - PAUL ANKA (35)
37: LE FREAK – CHIC (1)
36: I'M EVERY WOMAN - CHAKA KHAN (21)
35: TOO MUCH HEAVEN - THE BEE GEES (1)
34: PART TIME LOVE - ELTON JOHN (22)
33: HOLD THE LINE – TOTO (5)
32: EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE - STEPHEN BISHOP (32)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWfO2Ql0HbA

31: OOH BABY BABY - LINDA RONSTADT (7)
30: HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW - ALICE COOPER (12)
29: POWER OF GOLD - DAN FOGELBERG & TIM WEISBERG (24)
28: ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE - FUNKADELIC (28)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AQaLeMZqJU

27: CHANGE OF HEART - ERIC CARMEN (19)
26: DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT IT - deleted CRUISE (21)
25: GET OFF - FOXY (9)
24: SWEET LIFE - PAUL DAVIS (17)
23: STRAIGHT ON - HEART (15)
22: Y.M.C.A. - THE VILLAGE PEOPLE (2)
21: BLUE COLLAR MAN – STYX (21)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDM6v1XhWEg

20: DANCE, DISCO HEAT - SYLVESTER (19)
19: MY LIFE - BILLY JOEL (3)
18: BEAST OF BURDEN - THE ROLLING STONES (8)
17: ALIVE AGAIN - CHICAGO (14)
16: STRANGE WAY - FIREFALL (11)
15: TIME PASSAGES - AL STEWART (7)
14: OUR LOVE, DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY - ANDY GIBB (9)
13: SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER - DR. HOOK (6)
12: I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE - ALICIA BRIDGES (5)
11: READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN - BARRY MANILOW (11)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFmpK6Cc2k

10: YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (10)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLGho8jUbbQ

9: WHENEVER I CALL YOU "FRIEND" - KENNY LOGGINS (5)
8: I JUST WANNA STOP - GINO VANELLI (4)
7: KISS YOU ALL OVER - EXILE (1)
6: HOT CHILD IN THE CITY - NICK GILDER (1)
5: YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS - BARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND (1)
4: YOU NEEDED ME - ANNE MURRAY (1)
3: HOW MUCH I FEEL – AMBROSIA (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QIWtY7gzvA

2: DOUBLE VISION - FOREIGNER (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=36hdcn_3ekI

1: MAC ARTHUR PARK - DONNA SUMMER (1)[/b]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWFHVBnR7G0

[cartman2002]

here pos 41-100 from the 11/21/1987 chart

41 Sugar Free, Wa Wa Nee 35
42 Candle In The Wind, Elton John 6
43 There s The Girl, Heart 12
44 The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson 1
45 Power Of Love, Laura Branigan 26
46 In My Dreams, REO Speedwagon 19
47 I Don t Mind At All, Bourgeois Tagg 38
48 Here I Go Again, Whitesnake 1
49 Crazy, Icehouse 14
50 True Faith, New Order 32
51 Just Like Heaven, The Cure 40
52 Silent Morning, Noel 47
53 Motortown, The Kane Gang 36
54 Lost In Emotion, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 1
55 (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance, Shanice Wilson 50
56 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, Prince 10
57 Hazy Shade Of Winter, Bangles 2
58 I Live For Your Love, Natalie Cole 13
59 Pop Goes The World, Men Without Hats 20
60 Hungry Eyes, Eric Carmen 4
61 Don t Shed A Tear, Paul Carrack 9
62 Reservations For Two, Dionne Warwick and Kashif 6263 Honestly, Stryper 23
64 Who Will You Run To, Heart 7
65 Carrie, Europe 3
66 I Want To Be Your Man, Roger 3
67 Kick The Wall, Jimmy Davis 67
68 If You Let Me Stay, Terence Trent D Arby 68
69 System Of Survival, Earth, Wind & Fire 60
70 We ve Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over), Glenn Jones 66
71 No One In The World, Anita Baker 44
72 Guaranteed For Life, Millions Like Us 69
73 You Are The Girl, The Cars 17
74 Beat Patrol, Starship 46
75 Special Way, Kool & The Gang 72
76 Push It, Salt-N-Pepa 19
77 Criticize, Alexander O Neal 70
78 I Can t Help It, Bananarama 47
79 I Found Someone, Cher 10
80 What s Too Much, Smokey Robinson 79
81 Sweet Rachel, Beau Coup 80
82 The Real Thing, Jellybean Featuring Steven Dante 82 83 Learning To Fly, Pink Floyd 70
84 Crazy World, Big Trouble 71
85 Strap Me In, The Cars 85
86 Satellite, Hooters 61
87 Eagles Fly, Sammy Hagar 82
88 I Heard A Rumour, Bananarama 4
89 Can t Stay Away From You, Gloria Estefan 6
90 Holiday, The Other Ones 29
91 Paper In Fire, John Mellencamp 9
92 Someone To Love Me For Me, Lisa Lisa 78
93 Don t Tell Me The Time, Martha Davis 80
94 You And Me Tonight, Deja 54
95 Rock Me, Great White 60
96 One Heartbeat, Smokey Robinson 10
97 Didn t We Almost Have It All, Whitney Houston 1
98 Notorious, Loverboy 38
99 Waterfall, Wendy And Lisa 56
100 Jump Start, Natalie Cole 13

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's Premiere shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 11/27/1971.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Stones" - Neil Diamond (#23)
"Brand New Key" - Melanie (#33)
"You Are Everything" - The Stylistics (#35)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" - Rod Stewart & Faces (#38)
"She's All I Got" - Freddie North (#39)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#22)
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez (#28)
"Only You Know And I Know" - Delaney & Bonnie (#35)
"You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)" - The 8th Day (#37)
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#38)

Biggest Mover: "An Old Fashioned Love Song" - Three Dog Night (#39 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "I've Found Someone Of My Own" - The Free Movement (#11 to #34)

Original extras:
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley
The Elvis Presley extra will remain in the show. The Supremes song is an optional extra this week.

Premiere optional extras
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who (#48)
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" - The Hillside Singers (#87; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 11/27/1981:

Six songs debuted this week:
"Comin' In And Out Of Your Life" - Barbra Streisand (#30)
"Hooked On Classics (Medley)" - Louis Clark Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#32)
"Cool Night" - Paul Davis (#34)
"Centerfold" - The J. Geils Band (#35)
"Twilight" - ELO (#38)
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World" - Ronnie Milsap (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Just Once" - Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (#17)
"We're In This Love Together" - Al Jarreau (#20)
"Sausalito Summernight" - Diesel (#25)
"For Your Eyes Only" - Sheena Easton (#33)
"Hard To Say" - Dan Fogelberg (#36)
"Endless Love" - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson (#39 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "When She Was My Girl" - The Four Tops (#14 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Lady" - Kenny Rogers
"Sweet Life" - Paul Davis

Archive extras:
"Leaving On A Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul & Mary
"Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
These were the final two #1 Archive songs of the 1960's. Both songs will be played in the show.

Premiere optional extras:
"She's Got A Way" - Billy Joel (#64)
"Come Go With Me" - The Beach Boys (#77)
"Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie (#46)
"Shake It Up" - The Cars (#58)

[dth1971]

Nov 25, 2011 19:01:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's Premiere shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 11/27/1971.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Stones" - Neil Diamond (#23)
"Brand New Key" - Melanie (#33)
"You Are Everything" - The Stylistics (#35)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" - Rod Stewart & Faces (#38)
"She's All I Got" - Freddie North (#39)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#22)
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez (#28)
"Only You Know And I Know" - Delaney & Bonnie (#35)
"You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)" - The 8th Day (#37)
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#38)

Biggest Mover: "An Old Fashioned Love Song" - Three Dog Night (#39 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "I've Found Someone Of My Own" - The Free Movement (#11 to #34)

Original extras:
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley
The Elvis Presley extra will remain in the show. The Supremes song is an optional extra this week.

Premiere optional extras
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who (#48)
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" - The Hillside Singers (#87; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 11/27/1981:

Six songs debuted this week:
"Comin' In And Out Of Your Life" - Barbra Streisand (#30)
"Hooked On Classics (Medley)" - Louis Clark Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#32)
"Cool Night" - Paul Davis (#34)
"Centerfold" - The J. Geils Band (#35)
"Twilight" - ELO (#38)
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World" - Ronnie Milsap (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Just Once" - Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (#17)
"We're In This Love Together" - Al Jarreau (#20)
"Sausalito Summernight" - Diesel (#25)
"For Your Eyes Only" - Sheena Easton (#33)
"Hard To Say" - Dan Fogelberg (#36)
"Endless Love" - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson (#39 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "When She Was My Girl" - The Four Tops (#14 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Lady" - Kenny Rogers
"Sweet Life" - Paul Davis

Archive extras:
"Leaving On A Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul & Mary
"Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross & The Supremes
These were the final two #1 Archive songs of the 1960's. Both songs will be played in the show.

Premiere optional extras:
"She's Got A Way" - Billy Joel (#64)
"Come Go With Me" - The Beach Boys (#77)
"Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie (#46)
"Shake It Up" - The Cars (#58)

A Thnaksgiving weekend surprise of a 1971 AT40: The 70's episode and a 1981 AT40: The 80's episode featuring the last of the AT40 Archives (The June 21, 1980 AT40 episode with the last AT40 Archives of the 1970's would never be rebroadcast on AT40: The 80's since that week Dave Roberts guest hosted for Casey Kasem, but has AT40: The 80's ever aired the June 28, 1980 episode with the first AT40 Archives 1960's #1 songs on it? The October 7, 1978 AT40 episode with the first of the AT40 1970's archives - The same week AT40 expanded from 3 to 4 hours - has yet to air on AT40: The 70's but would be rebroadcast with the first hour omitted! Maybe that AT40 October 7, 1978 episode could air on AT40: The 70's in Octboer 2012?)

[Libra]

June 28, 1980 aired the weekend of 6/29/09 - and Premiere cut the first and third Archive songs from it. >:(

[jdelachjr2002]

Nov 25, 2011 21:00:09 GMT -5 Libra said:

June 28, 1980 aired the weekend of 6/29/09 - and Premiere cut the first and third Archive songs from it. >:(

Of course that's the last time Premiere dared to cut any Archive songs from the '80s shows - any new shows from 1980 or 1981 had all Archive songs intact since (save for the one 1980 show where Premiere deleted "Rich Girl" which I suspect had to do with the b---- word).

[dth1971]

Nov 25, 2011 21:20:25 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Nov 25, 2011 21:00:09 GMT -5 Libra said:

June 28, 1980 aired the weekend of 6/29/09 - and Premiere cut the first and third Archive songs from it. >:(

Of course that's the last time Premiere dared to cut any Archive songs from the '80s shows - any new shows from 1980 or 1981 had all Archive songs intact since (save for the one 1980 show where Premiere deleted "Rich Girl" which I suspect had to do with the b---- word).

Sometimes the cut AT40 Archive songs were demoted as optional extras. Even most of the 1980 and 1981 episodes aired in the 2001-2002 AT40 Flashback series had the AT40 Archive songs omitted.

[Libra]

Nov 25, 2011 21:38:43 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Sometimes the cut AT40 Archive songs were demoted as optional extras. Even most of the 1980 and 1981 episodes aired in the 2001-2002 AT40 Flashback series had the AT40 Archive songs omitted.

That's been true for some of the 70s shows, but I think I remember seeing for 6/28/80 that the two were cut entirely.

And Flashback is a bad example since the next things to go would be 1980 and 1981 themselves, entirely.

[Hervard]

A few stations that are in holiday mode are playing old versions of American Top Ten, like KCLH (LaCrosse, WI). This week, they're doing the show originally broadcast the weekend of November 28, 2005. Here is the link:

pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ac&action=display&thread=1267

Not sure if they'll change any of the songs, like it was on the stations I listened to last year.

[Libra]

November 28, 1981
LW #1: Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
40 -- Ronnie Milsap - I Wouldn't Have Missed it For the World (20)
39 14 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl (11)
38 -- The Electric Light Orchestra - Twilight (38)
37 37 Chris Christian - I Want You, I Need You (37)
36 40 Survivor - Poor Man's Son (33)
35 -- The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1)
34 -- Paul Davis - Cool Night (11)
33 35 Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (33)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "Lady" from Jim in Redwood City, CA to Kitty, the kind driver of the bus Jim takes to and from work each day (Jim is also blind)
32 -- The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics (10)
AT40 Archives: From December 1969 - Peter, Paul, and Mary "Leaving on a Jet Plane", the 204th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: Billy Joel "She's Got a Way"
31 34 Stevie Woods - Steal the Night (25)
30 -- Barbra Streisand - Comin' In and Out of Your Life (11)
29 30 Genesis - No Reply at All (29)
28 31 The Steve Miller Band - Heart Like a Wheel (24)
27 39 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (5)
26 28 Chilliwack - My Girl (22)
25 29 Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (7)
24 27 Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (17)
23 26 The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed (20)
22 32 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (1)
AT40 Archives: From December 1969 - Diana Ross & The Supremes "Someday We'll Be Together", the 205th (and the last) #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: The Beach Boys "Come Go With Me", which was three weeks away from hitting the countdown
21 13 Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything For You (8)
20 24 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (9)
19 23 Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs (11)
18 21 Stevie Nicks & Don Henley - Leather and Lace (6)
17 22 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart (3)
LDD: Paul Davis "Sweet Life" from Teresa in Las Vegas to her husband Jim, who she met while she had a sour attitude on life, and who fell in love with her and her children anyway
16 19 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble (9)
15 16 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs (15)
14 10 Mike Post - Theme From Hill Street Blues (10)
13 07 The Little River Band - The Night Owls (6)
12 15 Rod Stewart - Young Turks (5)
Flashback Extra: Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure", which was a week away from reaching the countdown
11 18 Earth, Wind, & Fire - Let's Groove (3)
10 12 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (7)
09 09 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (1)
08 06 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Tryin' to Live My Life Without You (5)
07 04 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (2)
06 11 The Commodores - Oh No (4)
05 05 Air Supply - Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) (5)
04 08 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (3)
03 02 Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1)
Flashback Extra: The Cars "Shake it Up"
02 03 Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You (2)
01 01 Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1)

NOTES:

• Oddly enough, "Physical" was shortened as "last week's #1", but not as this week's.
  
• Casey seemed to be having fun telling the story of "Centerfold" in that song's intro.
  
• Casey was also already gearing up listeners for the year-end special of 1981's top hits.
  
• This is probably the first time I've heard a show where Casey read the #1s on Billboard's other charts, then as he moved to the week's #1 on the pop chart, the drumroll came immediately.
  
• #1 on the Album chart: 4 by Foreigner
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "My Favorite Memory" by Merle Haggard
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Let's Groove"

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF NOVEMBER 27, 1971 AS HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* Casey started the show after his intro with a brief plug for the upcoming 1971 AT40 Christmas Countdown show which was kept intact.
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 7 solo artists in the top 10, and there are two songs with the title "Superstar" in the countdown (one by the Carpenters, the other by the Temptations).
* Does Casey Kasem like the title of the #40 song "I Love To Change The World" by Ten Years After? I remember Shadoe Stevens liked a #1 song on the old AT40 in 1992 called "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" by En Vogue!
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) "I Found Someone On My Own" by the Free Movement was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 6 months? 2) Chicago's "Questions 67 and 68" came from their debut album relelased 2 and a 1/2 years from November 1971? 3) Three Dog Night earned $1,000 a week from concert dates rather than record sales? 4) Sly and the Family Stone only fly on one airline that allows their 20 dogs? 5) Issac Hayes, who had the #1 AT40 song for that November 27, 1971 week with "Theme From Shaft", had patched holes in the soles of his shoes made from cardboard at age 9?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the song that debuted the highest in the Top 40 - "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley (which tied into the intact AT40 extra of the same name), 2) Regarding the song staying the longest on Billboard Chart - "Wonderful, Wonderful" by Johnny Mathis. and 3) What was the TOUGHEST AT40 QUESTION LETTER EVER TO THIS DATE: Regarding the artist charting the most weeks - Pat "Every Body Needs Milk" Boone with 218 weeks.
* OTHER THINGS: Glad the Elvis "Love Me Tender" extra was kept intact on this AT40 episode while the other EXTRA "You Keep Me Hanging On" was demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status. And the CENSORED VERSION of Issac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" was played.
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NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE LAST MONTH OF 2011, LIKE THE AT40 FUN AND GAMES FORUMS DO, HERE ARE MY PREDICTIONS FOR AT40 1970's SHOWS TO AIR ON UPCOMING WEEKS IN DECEMBER 2011 ON AT40: THE 70's:
* December 3-4, 2011: The December 6, 1975 AT40 episode (One of the first with the SHUCKATOOM theme at the start of the show)
* December 10-11, 2011: The December 14, 1974 AT40 episode (All 4 Beatles have songs solo on the chart)
* December 17-18, 2011: The December 22, 1979 AT40 episode (The last regular AT40 episode in the AT40: The 70's era excluding AT40 specials and AT40 Year End Countdowns - Would start with hour #2)
* December 24-25, 2011: One of the AT40 Christmas Countdown specials from either 1971 or 1973.
* December 31, 2011/January 1, 2012: The AT40 Year End Countdown from 1971 or 1973.
HONORABLE MENTION REGARDING A PREDICTION/SUGGESTION FOR AN AT40: THE 80's YEAR END COUNTDOWN FOR DECEMBER 24, 2011-DECEMBER 25, 2011 AND/OR DECEMBER 31, 2011-JANUARY 1, 2011: The AT40 year end top 100 of 1983 (Originally 8 hours long in 1 special, why not split this special into 2 4 hour parts spread over two consecutive weeks like for the other AT40 year end specials from 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987? The first 4 hours one week, the second 4 hours starting with hour #5 the next week).

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1971

40: I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD - TEN YEARS AFTER (40)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYFJB7o9ZQ

39: SHE'S ALL I GOT - FREDDIE NORTH (39) [/b][/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzVPlcaG8KA

38: I KNOW I'M LOSING YOU - ROD STEWART (24)
37: TIRED OF BEING ALONE - AL GREEN (11)
36: ONE FINE MORNING - LIGHTHOUSE (24)
35: YOU ARE EVERYTHING - THE STYLISTICS (9)
34: I FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN - FREE MOVEMENT (5)
33: BRAND NEW KEY - MELANIE (1)
32: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT - FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND (26)
31: NEVER MY LOVE - THE 5th DIMENSION (12)
30: WILD NIGHT - VAN MORRISON (28)
29: THEME FROM SUMMER OF '42 - PETER NERO (21)
28: SUPERSTAR - THE TEMPTATIONS (18)
27: WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - DONNY ELBERT (15)
26: ONE TIN SOLDIER - COVEN (26)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPNDBEuKCdY

25: SCORPIO - DENNIS COFFEY & THE DETROIT GUITAR BAND (6)
24: QUESTIONS 67 & 68 - CHICAGO (24)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=whMZ0Th9-4M

23: STONES - NEIL DIAMOND (14)
22: INNER CITY BLUES (MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER) - MARVIN GAYE (9)
21: SUPERSTAR - THE CARPENTERS (2)
20: RESPECT YOURSELF - THE STAPLE SINGERS (12)
19: A NATURAL MAN - LOU RAWLS (17)
18: CHERISH - DAVID CASSIDY (9)
17: EASY LOVIN' - FREDDIE HART (17)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzRhrBCHiBU

16: TWO DIVIDED BY LOVE - THE GRASS ROOTS (16) [/b]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v14wUa3D4Ns

15: YO-YO - THE OSMONDS (3)
14: AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG - THREE DOG NIGHT (4)
13: EVERYBODY'S EVERYTHING - SANTANA (12)
12: ALL I NEED IS YOU - SONNY & CHER (7)
11: MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART (1)
10: DESIDERATA - LES CRANE (8)
9: ROCK STEADY - ARETHA FRANKLIN (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB5sMYw37gw

8: PEACE TRAIN - CAT STEVENS (7)
7: GOT TO BE THERE - MICHAEL JACKSON (4)
6: IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON (3)
5: FAMILY AFFAIR - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (1)
4: HAVE YOU SEEN HER - CHI-LITES (3)
3: BABY I'M A WANT YOU - BREAD (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3SZvYV3Ho

2: GYPSY'S TRAMPS AND THIEVES - CHER (1)
1: THEME FROM "SHAFT" - ISAAC HAYES (1)

https://wwwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3SZvYV3Ho

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/4/1976. This show was originally aired back in 2009.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Somebody To Love" - Queen (#35)
"Shake Your Rump To The Funk" - Bar-Kays (#36)
"Lost Without Your Love" - Bread (#37)
"I Wish" - Stevie Wonder (#40; Hot 100 Debut)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (#34)
"Nice 'n' Naasty" - Salsoul Orchestra (#35)
"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & His Big Apple Band (#36)
"She's Gone" - Hall & Oates (#39)

Biggest Mover: "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)" - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (#14 to #6)
Biggest Dropper: "Rock 'n Me" - Steve Miller Band (#11 to #23)

Original extras:
"Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone
This song will be featured as an optional extra.

Premiere optional extras:
"Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#72)
"Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone (original AT40 Extra)
"Car Wash" - Rose Royce (#42)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 12/4/1982. Again, this show is a rebroadcast. This one is from 2007.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Baby, Come To Me" - Patti Austin with James Ingram (#31)
"The Other Guy" - Little River Band (#34)
"You Got Lucky" - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (#38)
"Shock The Monkey" - Peter Gabriel (#39)
"Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La La La)" - Kool & The Gang (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"American Heartbeat" - Survivor (#17)
"Who Can It Be Now" - Men At Work (#21)
"Jack And Diane" - John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#22)
"You Don't Want Me Anymore" - Steel Breeze (#23)
"You Can Do Magic" - America (#34)

Biggest Mover (Tie): "Down Under" - Men At Work (#31 to #19)
""You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins (#40 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John (#3 to #16)

Original extras:
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - Lou Rawls

Long Distance Dedications:
"We've Only Just Begun" - The Carpenters
"Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes (#6 this week)

Premiere optional extras:
"Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (#45)
"I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida (#66)
"Goodbye To You" - Scandal (#65)
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" - Culture Club (#80; debuted)

[dth1971]

REGARDING THE AT40: THE 70'S BROADCAST OF THE DECEMBER 4, 1976 AT40 EPISODE I LISTENED TO THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* The song that started the countdown off: "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder, was the first entry in the Top 40 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart since "Imagine" by John Lennon in 1971.
* BY THE NUMBERS: 12 songs in the countdown are disco songs, there are 28 songs written or co-written by the artists who sang them, and there are 15 foreign acts. HONORABLE MENTION: There are 26 #1's in the 1976 year up to the December 4, 1976 AT40 date.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The group Bread broke up for a few years fromn 1973 to 1976 before reuniting? 2) The group Queen is famous for their mini rock operas? 3) Blue Oyster Cult sound like the 1960's Byrds group (Casey mentioned it twice in the intro and outro of B.O.C.'s "Don't Fear the Reaper")? 4) The group ABBA is the most popular group in Australia as 1 out of 15 Australians owned an ABBA album? 5) Englebert "After the Lovin'" Humperdink's original Anglo-saxon name was Arnold Dorsey? 6)" The Best Disco in Town" by the Ritchie Family features snippets from former disco records? 7) "Nadia's Theme" was originally "Cotton's Dream" from the movie "Bless the Beasts and the Children". 8) The Edmund Fitzgerald ship as sung by Gordon Lightfoot in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was named after the same Edmund Fitzgerald of Northwestern Mutual Life?, and 9) Next to the Beatles, the Bee Gees had more cover versions of their songs by other artists (according to BMI and ASCAP)?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the female singer who occupied the #1 spot on the album chart the most weeks in the rock era - "Tapestry" by Carole King; and 2) Regarding a top 40 hit that's not a vocal nor instrumental nor spoken word to make the Top 40 in the rock era: There were 2: "Oh Susanna" by the Singing Dogs featuring the barking of 5 dogs trained by Don Charles, and "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" by Whistling Jack Smith who whistles (We could add to this list a year later in 1977 the all clucking Henhouse Five Plus Two with "In The Mood").
* FROM THE AT40 BOOK OF RECORDS: The most charted albums by a group was by the Ventures with 36 albums.
* BLOOPERS OR NOT?: 1) Casey called the artist of "You Are My Starship" THE NORMAN CONNORS BAND instead of just NORMAN CONNORS. 2) Remember a 1972 AT40 when Casey reversed the title and artist around calling "Hot Butter by Popcorn" instead of "Popcorn by Hot Butter"? Casey did it again in 1976 doing "Beth with Kiss" instead of "Kiss with Beth".
* And Casey plugged in this episode the upcoming 1976 AT40 Top 100 year end countdown (But no word yet on what AT40: The 70's plans for their year end countdown rebroadcast, my bet/prediction is still the 1972 year end, this week I was wrong on the predition of 1975 but a 1976 AT40 aired instead, I hope my preditions for next week's AT40 The 70's show of December 14, 1974 and the AT40: The 70's show two weekends from now of December 22, 1979 is true!)

[Libra]

December 4, 1982
LW #3: Olivia Newton-John "Heart Attack"
LW #2: Laura Branigan "Gloria"
LW #1: Lionel Richie "Truly"
40 -- Kool & The Gang - Let's Go Dancin' (30)
39 -- Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey (29)
38 -- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky (20)
37 37 Moving Pictures - What About Me? (29)
36 39 Tavares - A Penny For Your Thoughts (33)
35 38 Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You (32)
34 -- The Little River Band - The Other Guy (11)
33 36 John Cougar - Hand to Hold On To (19)
32 35 Jeffrey Osborne - On the Wings of Love (29)
Flashback Extra: Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes", which was "a week away from hitting the countdown"
31 -- Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby, Come to Me (1)
30 30 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (30) (2nd week)
29 32 Jefferson Starship - Be My Lady (28)
LDD: The Carpenters "We've Only Just Begun" from soon-to-be high school girl Allison in Saugus, MA to her best friend of eight years, Missy
28 40 Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (10)
27 33 Toto - Africa (1)
26 26 Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) (26) (2nd week)
25 29 The Clash - Rock the Casbah (8)
24 28 Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle - You and I (7)
23 27 Dan Fogelberg - Missing You (23)
22 24 Chicago - Love Me Tomorrow (22)
Flashback Extra: Frida "I Know There's Something Going On"
21 25 ABC - The Look of Love (18)
20 20 Billy Joel - Pressure (20) (3rd week)
19 31 Men at Work - Down Under (1)
18 18 Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Southern Cross (18) (3rd week)
17 19 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker (10)
AT40 Extra: Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
16 03 Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack (3)
15 15 Sylvia - Nobody (15) (3rd week)
14 16 Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night (13)
13 14 Supertramp - It's Raining Again (11)
12 13 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (3)
Flashback Extra: Scandal "Goodbye to You", which was moving up to #65 that week
11 12 The Stray Cats - Rock This Town (9)
10 10 Diana Ross - Muscles (10) (4th week)
09 11 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry (3)
08 09 Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl is Mine (2)
07 08 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (6)
06 04 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong (1) (also a LDD from Matt in San Francisco to Debbie, who supported him as he worked from an injury to re-enter the police academy; now declaring himself "an officer and a gentleman", he dedicates this song to her)
05 05 Neil Diamond - Heartlight (5) (4th week)
04 07 Hall & Oates - Maneater (1)
03 06 Toni Basil - Mickey (1)
Flashback Extra: Culture Club "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
02 02 Laura Branigan - Gloria (2)
01 01 Lionel Richie - Truly (1)

NOTES:

• Larry Morgan made note of the fact that "I Know There's Something Going On" took 15 weeks to hit the Top 40 after debuting on the Hot 100. While he also noted that Scandal was moving up to #65 this week, he failed to mention that they were also in fact peaking this week.
  
• Story behind "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" as an Extra: Lou was in a car accident in 1958, and after being in a coma for a time, he woke up with total amnesia. After weeks of this amnesia, doctors selected a last-ditch effort to have him get his memory back - putting him back in familiar surroundings. In this case, it was as a back-up singer for Sam, and during a performance of the song "Over and Over"...it all came back. "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" was played as his biggest hit to date.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "You and I"
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Sexual Healing"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Business as Usual by Men at Work

[cartman2002]

Here's POS 41-100 on the 12/4/76 chart

41 Don't Take Away The Music, Tavares 34
42 Car Wash, Rose Royce 1
43 Saturday Nite, Earth, Wind & Fire 21
44 Enjoy Yourself, The Jacksons 6
45 I Like Dreamin', Kenny Nolan 3
46 Do What You Want, Be What You Are, Daryl Hall & John
Oates 39
47 Down To Love Town, The Originals 47
48 I Kinda Miss You, The Manhattans 46
49 Mademoiselle, Styx 36
50 Whispering/Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band 27
51 I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love, The Emotions 51
52 Flight '76, Walter Murphy 44
53 This Song, George Harrison 25
54 Keep Me Cryin', Al Green 37
55 Walk This Way, Aerosmith 10
56 Let's Be Young Tonight, Jermaine Jackson 55
57 It Keeps You Runnin', The Doobie Brothers 37
58 Every Face Tells A Story, Olivia Newton-John 55
59 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, The Beatles 49
60 What Can I Say, Boz Scaggs 42
61 Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, Donny & Marie Osmond 21
62 Baby Boy, Mary Kay Place 60
63 Baby, I'll Give It To You, Seals & Crofts 58
64 Lets Get It Together, El Coco 61
65 Drivin' Wheel, Foghat 34
66 Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor 1
67 Do It To My Mind, Johnny Bristol 43
68 Weekend In New England, Barry Manilow 10
69 Heart On My Sleeve, Gallagher & Lyle 67
70 Help Wanted, Hudson Brothers 70
71 Catfish, Four Tops 71
72 Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann 1
73 Nice 'N' Naasty, Salsoul Orchestra 30
74 If Not You, Dr. Hook 55
75 You Ought To Be Havin' Fun, Tower Of Power 68
76 Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry 1
77 Don't Fight The Hands (That Need You), Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 72
78 Someone To Lay Down Beside Me, Linda Ronstadt 42
79 Baby, Baby I Love You, Cashman & West 79
80 Sixteen Reasons, LaVerne & Shirley 65
81 St. Charles, Jefferson Starship 64
82 I Like To Do It, KC & The Sunshine Band 37
83 Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd 38
84 Living Next Door To Alice, Smokie 25
85 9,999,999 Tears, Dickey Lee 52
86 Sherry, The Keane Brothers 84
87 Open Sesame - Part 1, Kool & The Gang 55
88 Slow Dancing, Funky Kings 61
89 Man Smart, Woman Smarter, Robert Palmer 63
90 You've Got Me Runnin', Gene Cotton 33
91 Dog Eat Dog, Ted Nugent 91
92 Makes You Blind, The Glitter Band 91
93 You're My Driving Wheel, The Supremes 85
94 Laid Back Love, Major Harris 91
95 A Fifth Of Beethoven, Walter Murphy 1
96 That'll Be The Day, Linda Ronstadt 11
97 She's Gone, Daryl Hall & John Oates 7
98 Caledonia, Robin Trower 82
99 Give It Up (Turn It Loose), Tyrone Davis 38
100 All Roads (Lead Back To You), Donny Most 97

[cartman2002]

here's Pos 41-100 from the 12/4/1982 chart

41 Whatcha Gonna Do, Chilliwack 41
42 Destination Unknown, Missing Persons 42
43 I Do, The J. Geils Band 24
44 American Heartbeat, Survivor 17
45 Goody Two Shoes, Adam Ant 12
46 Used To Be, Charlene,Stevie Wonder 46
47 Heart To Heart, Kenny Loggins 15
48 Does It Make You Remember, Kim Carnes 36
49 1999, Prince 12
50 Two Less Lonely People In The World, Air Supply 38
51 Love In Store, Fleetwood Mac 22
52 Who Can It Be Now?, Men At Work 1
53 Wake Up My Love, George Harrison 53
54 I Gotta Try, Michael McDonald 44
55 Bad Boy/Having A Party, Luther Vandross 55
56 (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care, Joni Mitchell 47
57 Theme From Dynasty, Bill Conti 52
58 Space Age Love Song, A Flock Of Seagulls 30
59 Heart Of The Night, Juice Newton 25
60 Forever Mine, The Motels 60
61 Jack & Diane, John Cougar Mellencamp 1
62 Memory, Barry Manilow 39
63 Allentown, Billy Joel 17
64 Right Before Your Eyes, America 45
65 Goodbye To You, Scandal 65
66 I Know There's Something Going On, Frida 13
67 You've Got Another Thing Comin', Judas Priest 67
68 You Don't Want Me Anymore, Steel Breeze 16
69 Put It In A Magazine, Sonny Charles 40
70 Bad Boy, Ray Parker Jr. 35
71 Psychobabble, The Alan Parsons Project 57
72 Nowhere To Run, Santana 66
73 Twilight Zone, Golden Earring 10
74 Pledge Pin, Robert Plant 74
75 You Can Do Magic, America 8
76 I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near), Michael McDonald
4
77 A Love Song, Kenny Rogers 47
78 The Elvis Medley, Elvis Presley 71
79 Eye In The Sky, The Alan Parsons Project 3
80 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Culture Club 2
81 Get Closer, Linda Ronstadt 29
82 Cross My Heart, Lee Ritenour 69
83 I Wouldn't Beg For Water, Sheena Easton 64
84 After I Cry Tonight, Lanier & Co. 48
85 Painted Picture, Commodores 70
86 On The Loose, Saga 26
87 Valerie, Steve Winwood 70
88 The One You Love, Glenn Frey 15
89 New World Man, Rush 21
90 Love Come Down, Evelyn "Champagne" King 17
91 Break It To Me Gently, Juice Newton 11
92 Stand Or Fall, The Fixx 76
93 Gypsy, Fleetwood Mac 12
94 Athena, The Who 28
95 State Of Independence, Donna Summer 41
96 Somebody's Baby, Jackson Browne 7
97 Cool Magic, Steve Miller Band 57
98 Shakin', Eddie Money 63
99 I Ran (So Far Away), A Flock Of Seagulls 9
100 What's Forever For, Michael Murphey 19

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/14/1974.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Dark Horse" - George Harrison (#32)
"Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond (#34)
"Dancin' Fool" - The Guess Who (#38)
"The Heartbreak Kid" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#39)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Touch Me" - Fancy (#19)
"Back Home Again" - John Denver (#29)
"Let's Straighten It Out" - Latimore (#31)
"Whatever I Got, You Want" - The Jackson 5 (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John (#36 to #9)
Biggest Dropper: "Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton (#14 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Best Of My Love" - The Eagles (#61)
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (#68)
"Lady" - Styx (#95; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 12/13/1986.

Three songs debuted this week:
"Open Your Heart" - Madonna (#38)
"Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)" - Miami Sound Machine (#39)
"Change Of Heart" - Cyndi Lauper (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"The Rain" - Oran "Juice" Jones (#29)
"Freedom Overspill" - Steve Winwood (#32)
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" - Robert Palmer (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Victory" - Kool & The Gang (#28 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Take Me Home Tonight" - Eddie Money (#18 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Your Song" - Elton John
"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
"You Give Love A Bad Name" - Bon Jovi (#6 this week)

Premiere optional extras:
"Brand New Lover" - Dead or Alive (#77)
"Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi (#83; debuted)
"Big Time" - Peter Gabriel (#66)
"Will You Still Love Me?" - Chicago (#53)

[Libra]

December 13, 1986
LW #2: Bon Jovi "You Give Love a Bad Name"
LW #1: Peter Cetera & Amy Grant "The Next Time I Fall"
40 -- Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart (3)
39 -- Miami Sound Machine - Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) (25)
38 -- Madonna - Open Your Heart (1)
37 39 Nancy Martinez - For Tonight (32)
36 40 The Pointer Sisters - Goldmine (33)
35 33 Daryl Hall - Foolish Pride (33)
34 37 Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (18)
33 24 Toto - I'll Be Over You (11)
LDD: Elton John "Your Song" from Biff to Marianna, who he fell in love with when he traveled to her country (it's not given which country) for a year to learn its language
Flashback Extra: Dead or Alive "Brand New Lover"
32 38 Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment (1)
31 35 Run DMC - You Be Illin' (29)
30 34 Kansas - All I Wanted (19)
29 18 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (4)
28 31 Glass Tiger - Someday (7)
27 25 The Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (25)
26 30 Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (19)
25 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die (19)
24 14 Boston - Amanda (1)
23 27 Billy Ocean - Love is Forever (16)
LDD: Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" from Carol in Pickton, Ontario, Canada, a formerly battered wife who wishes that there was more awareness out there of what battered wives are going through
Flashback Extra: Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer"
22 12 Madonna - True Blue (3)
21 28 Kool & The Gang - Victory (10)
20 26 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
19 22 Howard Jones - You Know I Love You...Don't You? (17)
18 23 Survivor - Is This Love (9)
17 21 Janet Jackson - Control (5)
16 08 The Human League - Human (1)
15 20 Bruce Springsteen - War (8)
14 17 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
13 16 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (10)
12 06 Cameo - Word Up (6)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
11 09 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (9)
10 13 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (9)*
09 15 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
08 11 Duran Duran - Notorious (2)
07 10 Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (6)
06 02 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (1) (also a LDD from Angie and Tracy to Chris, who they've both had bad relationships with and refer to as "a real loser")
05 07 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (2)
04 01 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall (1)
03 03 Huey Lewis & The News - Hip to Be Square (3)
Flashback Extra: Chicago "Will You Still Love Me", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
02 05 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1)
01 04 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way it Is (1)

*1986 peak; hit #4 in 1961.

NOTES:

• Each show since 11-28-81 two weeks ago has had quite a bit of promotion for their year's upcoming year-end special - and this week's no exception.
  
• Guess what? Yet another week where Casey forgets to read the droppers. Hmmm...three such shows in the past month or so now, though? Makes me wonder if Premiere's editing that out for some reason...
  
• Not really a lot of standout chart movement this week, with the biggest move up only 7 notches, biggest fall being 11 notches, and the highest drop-off being from #29. Not that any of these are total snail's pace, but each has seen much more notable movement on other weeks.
  
• What stands out a lot more, however, is only TWO songs peaking this week - and both of 'em in the Top 3! This ties the mark set on 2-7-87, though in that case, the other song was #28.
  
• Unlike most LDDs, second LDD writer Carol asked Casey to find a song that would fit her dedication. All things considered, I don't think this was a bad choice. :)
  
• Larry Morgan stated that "Brand New Lover" was headed towards #1 on the Dance chart...when in fact, it was #1 this week. Wonder why it wasn't read?
  
• A rare example of timing with this week's final extra - Larry Morgan mentioned that Jason Scheff was Chicago's new lead singer, following Peter Cetera, who'd just been heard at #4.
  
• Another example of Premiere shortening the #1 song - though in this case, they always seem to shorten "The Way it Is", no matter what week it is. Not cool, Premiere! >:(
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Hell and High Water" by T. Graham Brown
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Love You Down" by Ready For the World
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975-1985

[dth1971]

Dec 10, 2011 13:28:07 GMT -5 Libra said:

December 13, 1986
LW #2: Bon Jovi "You Give Love a Bad Name"
LW #1: Peter Cetera & Amy Grant "The Next Time I Fall"
40 -- Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart (3)
39 -- Miami Sound Machine - Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) (25)
38 -- Madonna - Open Your Heart (1)
37 39 Nancy Martinez - For Tonight (32)
36 40 The Pointer Sisters - Goldmine (33)
35 33 Daryl Hall - Foolish Pride (33)
34 37 Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (18)
33 24 Toto - I'll Be Over You (11)
LDD: Elton John "Your Song" from Biff to Marianna, who he fell in love with when he traveled to her country (it's not given which country) for a year to learn its language
Flashback Extra: Dead or Alive "Brand New Lover"
32 38 Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment (1)
31 35 Run DMC - You Be Illin' (29)
30 34 Kansas - All I Wanted (19)
29 18 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (4)
28 31 Glass Tiger - Someday (7)
27 25 The Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (25)
26 30 Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (19)
25 19 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die (19)
24 14 Boston - Amanda (1)
23 27 Billy Ocean - Love is Forever (16)
LDD: Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" from Carol in Pickton, Ontario, Canada, a formerly battered wife who wishes that there was more awareness out there of what battered wives are going through
Flashback Extra: Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer"
22 12 Madonna - True Blue (3)
21 28 Kool & The Gang - Victory (10)
20 26 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
19 22 Howard Jones - You Know I Love You...Don't You? (17)
18 23 Survivor - Is This Love (9)
17 21 Janet Jackson - Control (5)
16 08 The Human League - Human (1)
15 20 Bruce Springsteen - War (8)
14 17 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
13 16 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (10)
12 06 Cameo - Word Up (6)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "Big Time"
11 09 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (9)
10 13 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (9)*
09 15 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
08 11 Duran Duran - Notorious (2)
07 10 Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (6)
06 02 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (1) (also a LDD from Angie and Tracy to Chris, who they've both had bad relationships with and refer to as "a real loser")
05 07 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (2)
04 01 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall (1)
03 03 Huey Lewis & The News - Hip to Be Square (3)
Flashback Extra: Chicago "Will You Still Love Me", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
02 05 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1)
01 04 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way it Is (1)

*1986 peak; hit #4 in 1961.

NOTES:

• Each show since 11-28-81 two weeks ago has had quite a bit of promotion for their year's upcoming year-end special - and this week's no exception.
  
• Guess what? Yet another week where Casey forgets to read the droppers. Hmmm...three such shows in the past month or so now, though? Makes me wonder if Premiere's editing that out for some reason...
  
• Not really a lot of standout chart movement this week, with the biggest move up only 7 notches, biggest fall being 11 notches, and the highest drop-off being from #29. Not that any of these are total snail's pace, but each has seen much more notable movement on other weeks.
  
• What stands out a lot more, however, is only TWO songs peaking this week - and both of 'em in the Top 3! This ties the mark set on 2-7-87, though in that case, the other song was #28.
  
• Unlike most LDDs, second LDD writer Carol asked Casey to find a song that would fit her dedication. All things considered, I don't think this was a bad choice. :)
  
• Larry Morgan stated that "Brand New Lover" was headed towards #1 on the Dance chart...when in fact, it was #1 this week. Wonder why it wasn't read?
  
• A rare example of timing with this week's final extra - Larry Morgan mentioned that Jason Scheff was Chicago's new lead singer, following Peter Cetera, who'd just been heard at #4.
  
• Another example of Premiere shortening the #1 song - though in this case, they always seem to shorten "The Way it Is", no matter what week it is. Not cool, Premiere! >:(
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Hell and High Water" by T. Graham Brown
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Love You Down" by Ready For the World
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live 1975-1985

Regarding your statement about 1983-1988 AT40 episodes where Casey sometimes forgets to read the droppers: When I listen to late 1971-1979 episodes on AT40: The 70's there is never a listing by Casey about the droppers for the week.

[dth1971]

REGARDING THIS WEEK'S AT40 THE 70'S BROADCAST OF THE DECEMBER 14, 1974 AT40 CHART AFTER LISTENING TO IT THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* This AT40 chart had all 4 former Beatles members with solo songs in the countdown: "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" by John Lennon (The lead off #40 song on this AT40 chart), "Dark Horse" by George Harrison (Debut), "Only You" by Ringo Starr, and "Junior's Farm" by Paul McCartney.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) "Morning Side of the Mountain" was originally a song by Tommy Edwards twice in the 1950's? 2) Kiki Dee was the first ever white foreign artist to sing with Motown Records back in 1969? 3) Neil Diamond took an arguement with his record company 3 months to get a song released? 4) The J. Geils Band were once mentioned in some music magazine review described as "primative funk"? 5) Neil Sedaka, who was on the AT40 chart with "Laughter in the Rain", had been absent from the chart since 1963 until this time? 6) The Paul McCartney song "Junior's Farm" was named after a farm in Scotland owned by Paul himself?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the song that took the longest time to reach #1 which was at the 1974 time "Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson (That would be surpased in later years first by "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder in 1978, then "Sad Eyes" by Robert John in 1979, and then "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis in 1982.)
* BLOOPER OR NOT?: Casey called the Al Green song "Sha La La Makes Me Happy" instead of "Sha La La Make Me Happy".
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a piece of the original "Everlasting Love" by Robert Knight (and Casey mentioned that at the 1974 time Robert Knight was working as a chemical engineer). 2) Casey told a brief Elvis Presley Christmas story that Elvis one Christmas gave a Hollywood hitchhiker $50 rather than a ride. 3) Did you notice a snap of fingers sound twice tied into some brief story about Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby" song? 4) To tie in with the #1 song of this chart - "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas - Casey mentioned the martial arts first were created in the 1930's by a movie character played by Peter Lorre named Mr. Moto.
* And kept intact were a few plugs for the upcoming 1974 AT40 Top 100 of 1974 (But still nothing yet of what year end countdown AT40: The 70's would air during New Years weekend, but I am still predicting it's 1971 or 1973).

Well, I was right about this second weekend in December 2011 prediction of an AT40: The 70's episode for December 14, 1974, now I hope next weekend my third weekend in December 2011 prediction of December 22, 1979 (starting with hour #2) is true.

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1974

40: WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT - JOHN LENNON (1)
39: THE HEARTBREAK KID - BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS (39)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97UVxsONqY

38: DANCIN' FOOL - GUESS WHO (28)
37: FIRE BABY, I'M ON FIRE - ANDY KIM (28)
36: EVERLASTING LOVE - CARL CARLTON (6)
35: DREAM ON - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (32)
34: MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (8)
33: WOMAN TO WOMAN - SHIRLEY BROWN (22)
32: DARK HORSE - GEORGE HARRISON (15)
31: PLEASE MR. POSTMAN - THE CARPENTERS (1)
30: MANDY - BARRY MANILOW (1)
29: I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME - THE KIKI DEE BAND (12)
28: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - GLORIA GAYNOR (9)
27: RIDE 'EM COWBOY - PAUL DAVIS (23)
26: WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE - ERIC CLAPTON (26)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuoj4eyCMWo

25: BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE - JETHRO TULL (12)
24: ONE MAN WOMAN/ONE WOMAN MAN - PAUL ANKA WITH ODIA COATES (7)
23: BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN - STEVIE WONDER (3)
22: LONGFELLOW SERENADE - NEIL DIAMOND (5)
21: I FEEL A SONG (IN MY HEART) - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (21)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvWA0HiXSiQ

20: MUST OF GOT LOST - J. GEILS BAND (12)
19: MY MELODY OF LOVE - BOBBY VINTON (3)
18: ONLY YOU - RINGO STARR (6)
17: AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG - ROLLING STONES (17)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4z_HAizHWY

16: LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - NEIL SEDAKA (1)
15: WISHING YOU WERE HERE - CHICAGO (11)
14: PROMISED LAND - ELVIS PRESLEY (14)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKR9MYYdBM

13: FAIRYTALE - POINTER SISTERS (13)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWgKvvbT1g

12: YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET - BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE (1)
11: YOU GOT THE LOVE - RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN (11)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-eUxAPWMQ4

10: JUNIOR'S FARM - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (3)
9: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - ELTON JOHN (1)
8: SHA LA LA (MAKES ME HAPPY) - AL GREEN (7)
7: YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING - BARRY WHITE (2)
6: DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) - B.T. EXPRESS (2)
5: ANGIE BABY - HELEN REDDY (1)
4: CAT'S IN THE CRADLE - HARRY CHAPIN (1)
3: I CAN HELP - BILLY SWAN (1)
2: WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN - THREE DEGREES (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPj_UqLyrh0

1: KUNG FU FIGHTING - CARL DOUGLAS (1)[/b][/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRtrCq6LWt8

[Hervard]

Dec 11, 2011 15:32:16 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* And kept intact were a few plugs for the upcoming 1974 AT40 Top 100 of 1974 (But still nothing yet of what year end countdown AT40: The 70's would air during New Years weekend, but I am still predicting it's 1971 or 1973).

I think 1973 sounds most likely. On another message board, I read that the year-end shows on both versions of AT40 will be ten years apart. I have my doubts that they'd run the 1981 show. I was thinking that 1987 would be most likely, given that we've heard only four shows from that year, but I doubt that they'd do the 1977 year-ender, inasmuch as they've already done that show, and just recently (at the end of 2009). Unless they're going to feature the full Top 100 of the year, which for some reason I doubt.
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Dec 11, 2011 15:32:16 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Well, I was right about this second weekend in December 2011 prediction of an AT40: The 70's episode for December 14, 1974, now I hope next weekend my third weekend in December 2011 prediction of December 22, 1979 (starting with hour #2) is true.

Well, I'm not going to tell what year is next week, to preserve the element of surprise, but I'll tell you right now that 1979 is not going to be next week (but it could be featured on Christmas weekend - unless they opt to play one of the AT40 Christmas shows from the early 1970s).

[designmusic25]

Bummed I missed hour 2 and 3 of the 70s show this week. Quite a few songs that I wanted to hear. According to tunein.com, Big 106.1 plays it on Tuesday night but I contacted the station and that info is out dated. I do appreciate dth1971 and Libra for filling in the things that happen with Casey and the show.

[dth1971]

Dec 12, 2011 20:08:48 GMT -5 designmusic25 said:

Bummed I missed hour 2 and 3 of the 70s show this week. Quite a few songs that I wanted to hear. According to tunein.com, Big 106.1 plays it on Tuesday night but I contacted the station and that info is out dated. I do appreciate dth1971 and Libra for filling in the things that happen with Casey and the show.

Thanx for the compliment!

[jdelachjr2002]

Hopefully none of you miss these Premiere shows planned for this weekend.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/20/1975. This show originally aired back in 2008.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Love To Love You Baby" - Donna Summer (#27)
School Boy Crush - The Average White Band (#37)
"Baby Face" - A Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps (#38)
"Fire On The Mountain" - The Marshall Tucker Band (#39)
"Wake Up Everybody (Part 1)" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Eighteen With A Bullet" - Pete Wingfield (#18)
"Secret Love" - Freddy Fender (#24)
"I'm On Fire" - 5000 Volts (#26)
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel (#28)
"This Will Be" - Natalie Cole (#34)

Biggest Mover: "Convoy" - C.W. McCall (#29 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "Venus And Mars Rock Show" - Paul McCartney & Wings (#12 to #36)

Original extras:
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Bobby Helms
"Feliz Navidad" - Jose Feliciano
Both these songs will be played as optional extras this week.

Premiere optional extras:
"Take It To The Limit" - The Eagles (#80; debuted)
"Jingle Bell Rock" - Bobby Helms (original AT40 extra)
"Feliz Navidad" - Jose Feliciano (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 12/14/1985:

Four songs debuted this week:
"Spies Like Us" - Paul McCartney (#31)
"Go Home" - Stevie Wonder (#32)
"I'm Your Man" - Wham! (#37)
"Sex As A Weapon" - Pat Benatar (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Be Near Me" - ABC (#29)
"Head Over Heels" - Tears For Fears (#30)
"Soul Kiss" - Olivia Newton-John (#34)
"Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire" - David Foster (#36)

Biggest Mover: "It's Only Love" - Bryan Adams & Tina Turner (#37 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "One Of The Living" - Tina Turner (#26 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" - Billy Joel

Premiere optional extras:
"Living In America" - James Brown (#64)
"Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora (#56)
"The Sun Always Shines On T.V." - A-ha (#55)
"Day By Day" - The Hooters (#85; Highest Debut)