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

[designmusic25]

There seems to be a conflict between my Joel Whitburn Top 40 book that says 5 weeks and my Fred Bronson Number One Hits book that says 6 weeks.

[jdelachjr2002]

Feb 19, 2012 14:01:52 GMT -5 Libra said:

Feb 17, 2012 16:25:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 2/21/1987

Happy early birthday. :)

February 21, 1987
40 -- Stacey Q - We Connect (35)
39 26 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
38 -- Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (2)
37 -- Club Nouveau - Lean on Me (1)
36 -- Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (3)
35 39 Wang Chung - Let's Go (9)
LDD: Kermit The Frog "The Rainbow Connection" from 13-year-old Becky in Newburg, OR to her brother Troy, who means a lot to her, but who is mentally retarded due to a stroke he had when he was two; "The Rainbow Connection" is his favorite song
34 -- Europe - The Final Countdown (8)
33 24 Benjamin Orr - Stay the Night (24)
32 20 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
Flashback Extra: Sweet Sensation "Hooked on You"
31 34 Cameo - Candy (21)
30 19 Glass Tiger - Someday (7)
29 23 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
28 36 Expose - Come Go With Me (5)
27 33 Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White - The Facts of Love (27)
26 35 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1)
25 29 Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover (15)
24 25 Corey Hart - Can't Help Falling in Love (24)
23 28 Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back (14)
22 26 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (2)
21 22 Chico DeBarge - Talk to Me (21)
Flashback Extra: The Bangles "Walking Down Your Street"
20 09 Boston - We're Ready (9)
19 27 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain (4)
18 Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You (14)
17 15 Luther Vandross - Stop to Love (15)
16 07 Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment (1)
15 13 Cinderella - Nobody's Fool (13)
14 17 The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (7)
13 16 Peter Gabriel - Big Time (8)
12 18 Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (5)
11 14 Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (2)
Flashback Extra: Chris DeBurgh "The Lady in Red", which was six (!) weeks away from hitting the countdown
10 03 Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart (3)
09 12 Ready For the World - Love You Down (9)
08 02 Madonna - Open Your Heart (1)
07 10 Lionel Richie - Ballerina Girl (7)
06 11 The Jets - You Got it All (3)
05 04 Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (4)
LDD: Dire Straits "So Far Away" from Vera in Nitro, Chekoslovakia (!), to Artie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a TV producer traveling with a hockey team who's "so far away" from her now, but who she'll always remember after having met him in the hotel where she works
04 08 Huey Lewis & The News - Jacob's Ladder (1)
03 06 Chicago - Will You Still Love Me (3)
Flashback Extra: Steve Winwood "The Finer Things"
02 05 The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself (2)
01 01 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1)

NOTES:

• Looks like another week where Casey forgot to read the droppers.
  
• "We Connect" sounded rather different from when it was heard in last year's 3/14 show. Come to think of it, so did "Let's Wait Awhile" (though I think that one was simply the album version of the song).
  
• "Lean on Me" must have always received the soft jingle despite being more of an uptempo song, huh? It happened on 3/14 as well.
• "Stay the Night", more of a slower song, on the other hand, received the standard one, as did "At This Moment". Meanwhile, "Change of Heart", which has a rock flavor, also got a soft jingle.
  
• Speaking of jingles...there were quite a lot of them this week, 16 of them! :o
  
• "Hooked on You", though not a Top 40 hit until 1989, was originally released in 1987, and was peaking at #64 this week.
  
• Eerily, this week's show does feature an obituary (between #27 and #26). In this case, it's that of Liberace, who passed away on February 4.
  
• Casey must've really liked counting down the Top 5 albums of the week in 1987. (He also read them three weeks later on 3/14, and on 11/7.) Here they are for this week: #5 - Different Light by The Bangles, #4 - The Way it Is by Bruce Hornsby & The Range, #3 - Night Songs by Cinderella, #2 - License to Ill by The Beastie Boys, and #1...
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Straight to the Heart" by Crystal Gayle
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" by Freddie Jackson
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Would've been better if I had been able to listen to the show this past weekend. A movie date on Friday (when it aired on WWIS) and my vacation the rest of the weekend prevented me from listening to the show.

At least there was a little chart fact on one of the optional extras this time. On my previous weekend vacation (when the 12/7/1985 show aired) there was apparently nothing on the op extras at all.

BTW you thought the six weeks away fact on "The Lady In Red" was surprising, you should've heard "Genius Of Love" last week.

[Marv]

The #1 song on this countdown was 'Livin' On A Prayer', which came from the CD 'Slippery When Wet'.

[Libra]

Feb 21, 2012 23:28:02 GMT -5 Marv said:

The #1 song on this countdown was 'Livin' On A Prayer', which came from the CD 'Slippery When Wet'.

OMG. How did I not catch this? Fixed it.

Feb 21, 2012 14:22:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

At least there was a little chart fact on one of the optional extras this time. On my previous weekend vacation (when the 12/7/1985 show aired) there was apparently nothing on the op extras at all.

I listened to it some time after the fact - all four had chart action that week, actually:

"Life in a Northern Town" was "inching its way toward the Top 40".
"Spies Like Us" was #41.
"How Will I Know" and "My Hometown" debuted at #60 and #55, respectively.

But I posted that well before I got around to using streaming regularly (heck, I didn't even have a laptop in '09!). Up until 2010 (with only a couple exceptions), all I had to rely on was WCRZ's timeslot.

[jdelachjr2002]

Feb 22, 2012 18:32:56 GMT -5 Libra said:

Feb 21, 2012 23:28:02 GMT -5 Marv said:

The #1 song on this countdown was 'Livin' On A Prayer', which came from the CD 'Slippery When Wet'.

OMG. How did I not catch this? Fixed it.

Feb 21, 2012 14:22:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

At least there was a little chart fact on one of the optional extras this time. On my previous weekend vacation (when the 12/7/1985 show aired) there was apparently nothing on the op extras at all.

I listened to it some time after the fact - all four had chart action that week, actually:

"Life in a Northern Town" was "inching its way toward the Top 40".
"Spies Like Us" was #41.
"How Will I Know" and "My Hometown" debuted at #60 and #55, respectively.

But I posted that well before I got around to using streaming regularly (heck, I didn't even have a laptop in '09!). Up until 2010 (with only a couple exceptions), all I had to rely on was WCRZ's timeslot.

That's fine. It happens.

BTW it has been announced that coming soon Premiere will give affiliates the option to air all four hours of the 10/1978-1979 shows.

[jdelachjr2002]

Feb 20, 2009 8:19:14 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Hello,

This weekend's AT40 shows from Premiere are 2/22/1975 and 2/23/1980

On 2/22/1975, four songs debuted:
"No No Song/Snookeroo" - Ringo Starr (#40)
"Sally G" - Paul McCartney & Wings (#39)
"Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company (#35)
"I Am Love" - Jackson Five (#34)

Dropping off the chart that week...
"Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne" - Jim Stafford (#36)
"The Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond (#34)
"I Belong To You" - Love Unlimited (#27)
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell (#24)

Biggest Mover: "Have You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia Newton-John (#18 to #5)
Biggest Dropper: "Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka (#16 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Three songs debuted on 2/23/1980:
"Kiss Me In The Rain" - Barbra Streisand (#39)
"Three Times In Love" - Tommy James (#38)
"Off The Wall" - Michael Jackson (#37)

Falling off the chart this week...
"Lost Her In The Sun" - John Stewart (#36)
"Why Me" - Styx (#35)
"We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard (#32)

Biggest Mover (tie): "Give It All You Got" - Chuck Mangione (#31 to #37)
"Special Lady" - Ray, Goodman & Brown (#32 to #38)
Biggest Dropper: "Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#12 to #26)

Original extras:
"Hey Jude" - The Beatles

Long Distance Dedications:
"I Feel Love" - Donna Summer
"Do That To Me One More Time" - Captain & Tennille (#2 this week, falling from #1 last week)

Archive extras:
"Got To Give It Up (Pt. I)" - Marvin Gaye
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" - Bill Conti
"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day

Premiere is playing these two shows for the '70s and '80s this weekend.

Here are the optional extras for both '70s and '80s shows.

2/22/1975
"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B.J. Thomas (#44)
"Chevy Van" - Sammy Johns (#46)
"Walking In Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds (#66)

2/23/1980
"Pilot Of The Airwaves" - Charlie Dore (#74; debuted)
"Fire Lake" - Bob Seger (#65; debuted)
"And The Beat Goes On" - The Whispers (#59)
"Sexy Eyes" - Dr. Hook (#61)

[jdelachjr2002]

February 22, 1975

LW TW
-- 40 Ringo Starr - No No Song/Snookeroo (3)
-- 39 Paul McCartney & Wings - Sally G (39)
25 38 The Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman (1)
37 37 The Manhattans - Don't Take Your Love (37)
28 36 Barry Manilow - Mandy (1)
-- 35 Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (12)
-- 34 The Jackson Five - I Am Love (15)
16 33 Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain (1)
40 32 David Gates - Never Let Her Go (29)
39 31 Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer (14)
38 30 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (1)
14 29 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin' (10)
35 28 Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (5)
Flashback Extra: B.J. Thomas - "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", which was "a week away from entering the countdown" that week.
33 27 Elvis Presley - My Boy (20)
32 26 Al Martino - To The Door Of The Sun (17)
31 25 Bad Company - Movin' On (19)
30 24 Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke (16)
29 23 Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man (5)
08 22 Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (3)
12 21 Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders (11)
26 20 B.T. Express - Express (4)
23 19 Jerry Corbetta & Sugarloaf - Don't Call Us We'll Call You (9)
22 18 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway (14)
21 17 LaBelle - Mady Marmalade (1)
20 16 Maria Muldaur - I'm A Woman (12)
19 15 Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head (9)
Flashback Extra: Sammy Johns - "Chevy Van"
17 14 Styx - Lady (6)
13 13 John Denver - Sweet Surrender (13)
06 12 The Ohio Players - Fire (1)
11 11 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman (11)
15 10 Carole King - Nightingale (9)
10 09 John Lennon - #9 Dream (9)
01 08 Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good (1)
09 07 Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You (1)
07 06 America - Lonely People (5)
18 05 Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1)
05 04 The Doobie Brothers - Black Water (1)
04 03 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful (3)
Flashback Extra: The Blackbyrds - "Walkin' In Rhythm"
03 02 The Eagles - Best Of My Love (1)
02 01 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (1)

The 2/22/1975 show originally aired back in 2009 just like this weekend's 2/23/1980 show.
This show featured a piece of the Bunny Waters song "Brandy" which Waters send to AT40 two years earlier hoping his song would be played but his version didn't hit the Top 40. Casey admitted he didn't hold on to "Brandy" himself all this time but statistician Ben Marichal never throws anything away.
The B-side of Ringo Starr's single ("Snookeroo") was played.
"Sally G" was the B-side of Paul McCartney & Wings' hit "Junior's Farm"
#1 Soul: LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade"
#1 Country: Tom T. Hall - "I Care"
#1 Album: Average White Band - Average White Band

[jdelachjr2002]

Feb 21, 2012 14:22:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Feb 19, 2012 14:01:52 GMT -5 Libra said:

Happy early birthday. :)

February 21, 1987
40 -- Stacey Q - We Connect (35)
39 26 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
38 -- Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (2)
37 -- Club Nouveau - Lean on Me (1)
36 -- Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (3)
35 39 Wang Chung - Let's Go (9)
LDD: Kermit The Frog "The Rainbow Connection" from 13-year-old Becky in Newburg, OR to her brother Troy, who means a lot to her, but who is mentally retarded due to a stroke he had when he was two; "The Rainbow Connection" is his favorite song
34 -- Europe - The Final Countdown (8)
33 24 Benjamin Orr - Stay the Night (24)
32 20 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
Flashback Extra: Sweet Sensation "Hooked on You"
31 34 Cameo - Candy (21)
30 19 Glass Tiger - Someday (7)
29 23 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
28 36 Expose - Come Go With Me (5)
27 33 Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White - The Facts of Love (27)
26 35 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1)
25 29 Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover (15)
24 25 Corey Hart - Can't Help Falling in Love (24)
23 28 Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back (14)
22 26 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (2)
21 22 Chico DeBarge - Talk to Me (21)
Flashback Extra: The Bangles "Walking Down Your Street"
20 09 Boston - We're Ready (9)
19 27 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain (4)
18 Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You (14)
17 15 Luther Vandross - Stop to Love (15)
16 07 Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment (1)
15 13 Cinderella - Nobody's Fool (13)
14 17 The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (7)
13 16 Peter Gabriel - Big Time (8)
12 18 Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (5)
11 14 Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (2)
Flashback Extra: Chris DeBurgh "The Lady in Red", which was six (!) weeks away from hitting the countdown
10 03 Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart (3)
09 12 Ready For the World - Love You Down (9)
08 02 Madonna - Open Your Heart (1)
07 10 Lionel Richie - Ballerina Girl (7)
06 11 The Jets - You Got it All (3)
05 04 Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (4)
LDD: Dire Straits "So Far Away" from Vera in Nitro, Chekoslovakia (!), to Artie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a TV producer traveling with a hockey team who's "so far away" from her now, but who she'll always remember after having met him in the hotel where she works
04 08 Huey Lewis & The News - Jacob's Ladder (1)
03 06 Chicago - Will You Still Love Me (3)
Flashback Extra: Steve Winwood "The Finer Things"
02 05 The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself (2)
01 01 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1)

NOTES:

• Looks like another week where Casey forgot to read the droppers.
  
• "We Connect" sounded rather different from when it was heard in last year's 3/14 show. Come to think of it, so did "Let's Wait Awhile" (though I think that one was simply the album version of the song).
  
• "Lean on Me" must have always received the soft jingle despite being more of an uptempo song, huh? It happened on 3/14 as well.
• "Stay the Night", more of a slower song, on the other hand, received the standard one, as did "At This Moment". Meanwhile, "Change of Heart", which has a rock flavor, also got a soft jingle.
  
• Speaking of jingles...there were quite a lot of them this week, 16 of them! :o
  
• "Hooked on You", though not a Top 40 hit until 1989, was originally released in 1987, and was peaking at #64 this week.
  
• Eerily, this week's show does feature an obituary (between #27 and #26). In this case, it's that of Liberace, who passed away on February 4.
  
• Casey must've really liked counting down the Top 5 albums of the week in 1987. (He also read them three weeks later on 3/14, and on 11/7.) Here they are for this week: #5 - Different Light by The Bangles, #4 - The Way it Is by Bruce Hornsby & The Range, #3 - Night Songs by Cinderella, #2 - License to Ill by The Beastie Boys, and #1...
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Straight to the Heart" by Crystal Gayle
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" by Freddie Jackson
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

Would've been better if I had been able to listen to the show this past weekend. A movie date on Friday (when it aired on WWIS) and my vacation the rest of the weekend prevented me from listening to the show.

At least there was a little chart fact on one of the optional extras this time. On my previous weekend vacation (when the 12/7/1985 show aired) there was apparently nothing on the op extras at all.

BTW you thought the six weeks away fact on "The Lady In Red" was surprising, you should've heard "Genius Of Love" last week.

I said earlier the last time I was on vacation, they played the 12/7/1985 show. My mistake. It was 12/14/1985 (just last December). My apologies.

[Libra]

Feb 26, 2012 12:20:59 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

The 2/22/1975 show originally aired back in 2009 just like this weekend's 2/23/1980 show.

Speaking of which... :)

February 23, 1980
LW #3: Kenny Rogers "Coward of the County"
LW #2: Queen "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
LW #1: The Captain & Tennille "Do That to Me One More Time"
40 40 Bonnie Pointer - I Can't Help Myself (40)
39 -- Barbra Streisand - Kiss Me in the Rain (37)
38 -- Tommy James - Three Times in Love (19)
37 -- Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (10)
36 31 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (11)
35 39 Nicolette Larson - Let Me Go Love (35)
34 29 Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu (15)
33 30 Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go (18)
AT40 Archives: From June 1977 - Marvin Gaye "Got to Give it Up", the 202nd #1 of the 70s
Flashback Extra: Charlie Dore "Pilot of the Airwaves", which debuted at #74 that week
32 38 Ray, Goodman, & Brown - Special Lady (5)
31 37 Chuck Mangione - Give it All You Got (18)
30 33 Toto - 99 (26)
29 34 Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker (23)
28 24 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (1)
27 15 The Eagles - The Long Run (8)
26 12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That (10)
LDD: Donna Summer "I Feel Love" from 16-year-old Jim to the people of his hometown of Cartwright, who pitched in and helped his family to be able to afford the expensive surgery that would help him to recover from the car accident that he had been in last year
25 27 The Commodores - Wonderland (25)
24 28 Rupert Holmes - Him (6)
23 26 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee (15)
AT40 Archives: From July 1977 - Bill Conti "Gonna Fly Now", the 203rd #1 of the 70s
Flashback Extra: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band "Fire Lake", which debuted at #65 that week
22 25 Barry Manilow - When I Wanted You (20)
21 21 Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain (21)
20 23 Linda Ronstadt - How Do I Make You (10)
19 22 Kool & The Gang - Too Hot (5)
18 19 Neil Diamond - September Morn (17)
17 20 Shalamar - The Second Time Around (8)
16 11 Kenny Loggins - This is It (11)
15 18 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) (1)
14 16 The Dirt Band - An American Dream (13)
13 17 The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl (2)
12 13 Anne Murray - Daydream Believer (12)
11 14 Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune (11)
AT40 Archives: From July 1977 - Alan O'Day "Undercover Angel", the 204th #1 of the 70s
Flashback Extra: The Whispers "And the Beat Goes On", which was "approaching the countdown"
10 07 Fleetwood Mac - Sara (7)
09 03 Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County (3)
AT40 Extra: The Beatles "Hey Jude"
08 10 Andy Gibb - Desire (4)
07 09 Donna Summer - On the Radio (5)
06 08 Dan Fogelberg - Longer (2)
05 05 Michael Jackson - Rock With You (1)
04 04 Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' (4)
Flashback Extra: Dr. Hook "Sexy Eyes"
03 06 Teri DeSario & KC - Yes, I'm Ready (2)
02 01 The Captain & Tennille - Do That to Me One More Time (1) (also a LDD from Mary in Eugene, Oregon to Steve, her husband of ten years, currently in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where they used to live, as she waits for him to finish up his job there so he can join her)
01 02 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1)

NOTES:

• WCRZ elected to play all four extras this week.
  
• This is the first Casey-hosted show I can recall where the (announced) Biggest Dropper isn't in the first hour. The first of any such show was 3/9/91 (hosted by Shadoe Stevens, heard it a few weeks ago), with Warrant's "I Saw Red" making almost exactly the same move as "Don't Do Me Like That" here this week (they fell one notch more).
  
• What's notable about "Gonna Fly Now" in this week's Archives is, its sole week at #1 was the week of the 1977 July 4 Special - thus, it didn't get its own show on top.
  
• Story behind "Hey Jude" as an Extra: The song, the biggest hit the Beatles ever had, was inspired by "Jules", ah, Julian Lennon. John Lennon had separated from Julian's mother at the time (Julian was 5 years old at the time), and when Paul McCartney originally wrote it, it was "Hey Jules". Then, he thought "Jude" made a better name.
  
• This is the latest I've ever heard a LDD in any show, and as it happens, there's (I believe) only one other show where a LDD was also the #2 song - also hosted by Shadoe Stevens, it was 11/11/89, with the song in question being Roxette's "Listen to Your Heart" (oddly enough, also falling out of #1 that week!).
  
• #1 Soul: "Special Lady"
  
• #1 Country: "Years" by Barbara Mandrell
  
• The #1 Album: The Wall by Pink Floyd

[dth1971]

Feb 26, 2012 12:20:59 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

February 22, 1975

LW TW
-- 40 Ringo Starr - No No Song/Snookeroo (3)
-- 39 Paul McCartney & Wings - Sally G (39)
25 38 The Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman (1)
37 37 The Manhattans - Don't Take Your Love (37)
28 36 Barry Manilow - Mandy (1)
-- 35 Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (12)
-- 34 The Jackson Five - I Am Love (15)
16 33 Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain (1)
40 32 David Gates - Never Let Her Go (29)
39 31 Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer (14)
38 30 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (1)
14 29 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin' (10)
35 28 Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (5)
Flashback Extra: B.J. Thomas - "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", which was "a week away from entering the countdown" that week.
33 27 Elvis Presley - My Boy (20)
32 26 Al Martino - To The Door Of The Sun (17)
31 25 Bad Company - Movin' On (19)
30 24 Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke (16)
29 23 Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man (5)
08 22 Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (3)
12 21 Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders (11)
26 20 B.T. Express - Express (4)
23 19 Jerry Corbetta & Sugarloaf - Don't Call Us We'll Call You (9)
22 18 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway (14)
21 17 LaBelle - Mady Marmalade (1)
20 16 Maria Muldaur - I'm A Woman (12)
19 15 Electric Light Orchestra - Can't Get It Out Of My Head (9)
Flashback Extra: Sammy Johns - "Chevy Van"
17 14 Styx - Lady (6)
13 13 John Denver - Sweet Surrender (13)
06 12 The Ohio Players - Fire (1)
11 11 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman (11)
15 10 Carole King - Nightingale (9)
10 09 John Lennon - #9 Dream (9)
01 08 Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good (1)
09 07 Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You (1)
07 06 America - Lonely People (5)
18 05 Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1)
05 04 The Doobie Brothers - Black Water (1)
04 03 Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful (3)
Flashback Extra: The Blackbyrds - "Walkin' In Rhythm"
03 02 The Eagles - Best Of My Love (1)
02 01 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (1)

The 2/22/1975 show originally aired back in 2009 just like this weekend's 2/23/1980 show.
This show featured a piece of the Bunny Waters song "Brandy" which Waters send to AT40 two years earlier hoping his song would be played but his version didn't hit the Top 40. Casey admitted he didn't hold on to "Brandy" himself all this time but statistician Ben Marichal never throws anything away.
The B-side of Ringo Starr's single ("Snookeroo") was played.
"Sally G" was the B-side of Paul McCartney & Wings' hit "Junior's Farm"
#1 Soul: LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade"
#1 Country: Tom T. Hall - "I Care"
#1 Album: Average White Band - Average White Band

And here are other things regarding to this week's AT40: The 70's episode regarding to the Feb. 22, 1975 AT40 chart when I listened to it this weekend on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago:
* You didn't mention Casey played "I Am Love Part 2" which was the B-side to "I Am Love Part 1" by the Jackson Five regarding the other B-side songs.
* BY THE NUMBERS: Besides 3 B-side songs, there were 4 remakes on this Feb. 22, 1975 AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) "Shame Shame Shame" by Shirley and Company was written by Sylvia Robinson of Mickey and Sylvia fame? 2) Minnie "Lovin' You" Riperton is from Chicago? 3) Joe Cocker once had a fear of ducking if the audience threw things at him? 4) The group Bad Company sometimes don't wash up for weeks? (P.U.!), 5) There's a Phoebe Snow realted to boxcars and railroads besides the singer? 6) Styx is named after the River Styx in Greek Mythology (which you had to cross to get to Hades!)? 7) Tony Orlando's sister Rhonda had cerebal palsy? 8) Up to the Feb. 22, 1975 AT40 show Carole King's Tapestry album had sold 10 million copies? 9) Linda Rondstat's "You're No Good" was originally done by Betty Everett?
* Besides Bunny Walters' "Brandy", Casey also played 4 drop pieces of 4 different Tommy James and the Shondells songs to show their styles of bubblegum music ("Hanky Panky"), psycadelic music ("Crimson and Clover"), protest/social comment ("Sweet Cherry Wine"), and rock ("Mony Mony"). There was also a medley played of the 5 biggest songs done by Neil Sedaka in the late 1960's and early 1970's ("Calendar Girl", "Happy Birthday Sweet 16", "The Diary", "Oh Carol", and a song Neil would hit with a new version one year later in 1976: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do").
* ALSO: 1) John Lennon was a #9 on the AT40 chart with, what else? "#9 Dream". 2) There were no question letters in this episode. 3) There were scottish bagpipes played in the background as Casey introed the #1 song of this AT40 chart: The Scottish group Average White Band with "Pick Up The Pieces".

Well, to conclude:
* Is it true that AT40: The 70's stations when they air on certain dates October-December 1978 and 1979 AT40 episodes that are 4 hours in length may air the first hour along the other 3 hours if the station desires? I don't know if WLS 94.7 FM Chicago will do this, but I bet the next 1979 AT40: The 70's episode won't be until late March or early April.
* So far this 2012 year we heard AT40 available regular shows from 1977, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1971, 1979, 1973, and 1975. Let's hope next weekend a 1972 show of AT40: The 70's airs so that we could have all years heard so far (But 1970 from the July to December period won't come until later this year).

[cartman2002]

here's Pos 41-100 from 2/22/1975 Hot 100

41 Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell 24
42 I've Been This Way Before, Neil Diamond 34
43 If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right, Millie Jackson 42
44 (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, B.J. Thomas 1
45 I Get Lifted, George McCrae 37
46 Chevy Van, Sammy Johns 5
47 Star On A TV Show, The Stylistics 47
48 Part Of The Plan, Dan Fogelberg 31
49 Emotion, Helen Reddy 22
50 Hot Dawgit, Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire 50 51 My Elusive Dreams, Charlie Rich 49
52 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Elton John 1
53 I Belong To You, Love Unlimited 27
54 I Fought The Law, Sam Neely 54
55 Harry Truman, Chicago 13
56 Good Times, Rock & Roll, Flash Cadillac And The Continental Kids 41
57 Supernatural Thing - Part I, Ben E. King 5
58 Wolf Creek Pass, C.W. McCall 40
59 It's All Right, Jim Capaldi 55
60 Please, Mr. President, Paula Webb 60
61 Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Freddy Fender 1
62 Butter Boy, Fanny 29
63 Devil In The Bottle, T.G. Sheppard 54
64 Emma, Hot Chocolate 8
65 The South's Gonna Do It, The Charlie Daniels Band 29
66 Walking In Rhythm, The Blackbyrds 6
67 Morning Side Of The Mountain, Donny & Marie Osmond 8
68 Once You Get Started, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 10
69 Satin Soul, Love Unlimited Orchestra 22
70 I Won't Last A Day Without You/Let Me Be The One, Al Wilson 70
71 Happy People, The Temptations 40
72 Rhyme Tyme People, Kool & The Gang 63
73 Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne, Jim Stafford 24
74 Dance The Kung Fu, Carl Douglas 48
75 Shining Star, Earth, Wind & Fire 1
76 Never Can Say Goodbye, Gloria Gaynor 9
77 Jackie Blue, Ozark Mountain Daredevils 3
78 Future Shock, Hello People 71
79 I Have A Dream, Donny Osmond 50
80 I Wanna Learn A Love Song, Harry Chapin 44
81 One Man Woman/One Woman Man, Paul Anka with Odia Coates 7
82 Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance), Leo Sayer 9
83 Hush/I'm Alive, Blue Swede 61
84 Love Corporation, The Hues Corporation 62
85 Isn't It Lonely Together, Stark & McBrien 85
86 Shoeshine Boy, Eddie Kendricks 18
87 I'll Still Love You, Jim Weatherly 87
88 Love Finds It's Own Way, Gladys Knight And The Pips 47
89 KILLER QUEEN, Queen 12
90 Reality, James Brown 80
91 Charmer, Tim Moore 91
92 The Bertha Butt Boogie-Part 1, The Jimmy Castor Bunch 16
93 Smokin' Room, Carl Carlton 91
94 Hijack, Herbie Mann 14
95 Like A Sunday Morning, Lana Cantrell 63
96 Linda On My Mind, Conway Twitty 61
97 I'll Be Holding On, Al Downing 85
98 Bump Me Baby Part 1, Dooley Silverspoon 80
99 Angel (What In The World's Come Over Us), Atlanta Rhythm Section 79
100 Don't Let Go, Commander Cody 56

[cartman2002]

here's the 41-100 from the 2/23/1980

41 When A Man Loves A Woman, Bette Midler 35
42 I Thank You, ZZ Top 34
43 Flirtin' With Disaster, Molly Hatchet 42
44 With You I'm Born Again, Billy Preston & Syreeta 4
45 Back On My Feet Again, The Babys 33
46 Ride Like The Wind, Christopher Cross 2
47 Bad Times, Tavares 47
48 I Pledge My Love, Peaches & Herb 19
49 Why Me, Styx 26
50 Come Back, The J. Geils Band 32
51 Haven't You Heard, Patrice Rushen 42
52 Baby Talks Dirty, The Knack 38
53 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again, George Burns 49
54 You Might Need Somebody, Turley Richards 54
55 Rockin' Into The Night, 38 Special 43
56 Lost In Love, Air Supply 3
57 Us And Love (We Go Together), Kenny Nolan 44
58 Years, Wayne Newton 35
59 And The Beat Goes On, The Whispers 19
60 I Can't Tell You Why, Eagles 8
61 Sexy Eyes, Dr. Hook 5
62 Even It Up, Heart 33
63 Ladies Night, Kool & The Gang 8
64 Where Does The Lovin' Go, David Gates 46
65 Fire Lake, Bob Seger 6
66 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Willie Nelson 44
67 Women, Foreigner 41
68 I Shoulda Loved Ya, Narada Michael Walden 66
69 We Don't Talk Anymore, Cliff Richard 7
70 Call Me, Blondie 1
71 Voice Of Freedom, Jim Kirk And The Tm Singers 71
72 Cars, Gary Numan 9
73 I Don't Like Mondays, The Boomtown Rats 73
74 Pilot Of The Airwaves, Charlie Dore 13
75 What I Like About You, The Romantics 49
76 Set Me Free, Utopia 27
77 Lost Her In The Sun, John Stewart 34
78 Computer Game Theme From The Circus, Yellow Magic Orchestra 60
79 Looks Like Love Again, Dann Rogers 41
80 Desire, Rockets 70
81 Fire In The Morning, Melissa Manchester 32
82 Keep The Fire, Kenny Loggins 36
83 Girl With The Hungry Eyes, Jefferson Starship 55
84 Carrie, Cliff Richard 34
85 You Are My Heaven, Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway 47
86 It's Like We Never Said Goodbye, Crystal Gayle 63
87 Small Paradise, John Cougar 87
88 The Spirit Of Radio, Rush 51
89 Loving You With My Eyes, Starland Vocal Band 71
90 Autograph, John Denver 52
91 Brass In Pocket (I'm Special), Pretenders 14
92 Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was A Fool), Foghat 23
93 Send One Your Love, Stevie Wonder 4
94 Peanut Butter, Twennynine Featuring Lenny White 83
95 Somewhere In America, Survivor 70
96 Do You Love What You Feel, Rufus & Chaka 30
97 I Like To Rock, April Wine 86
98 Goodnight My Love, Mike Pinera 70
99 Wait For Me, Daryl Hall John Oates 18
100 I Don't Want To Talk About It, Rod Stewart 46

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's Premiere shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 3/4/1972

Four songs debuted this week:
"A Horse With No Name" - America (#20)
"Puppy Love" - Donny Osmond (#38)
"Roundabout" - Yes (#39)
"In The Rain" - The Dramatics (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Brand New Key" - Melanie (#24)
"Clean Up Woman" - Betty Wright (#26)
"Feelin' Alright" - Joe Cocker (#37)
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning" - Charley Pride (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Mother And Child Reunion" - Paul Simon (#27 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "Stay With Me" - Faces (with Rod Stewart) (#20 to #34)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"No One To Depend On" - Santana (#41)
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack (#77; debuted)
"Betcha By Golly, Wow" - The Stylistics (#60)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 3/2/1985

Five songs debuted this week:
"Nightshift" - The Commodores (#33)
"Take Me With U" - Prince & The Revolution (#37)
"Obsession" - Animotion (#38)
"I'm On Fire" - Bruce Springsteen (#39)
"The Borderlines" - Jeffrey Osborne (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Like A Virgin" - Madonna (#28)
"I Would Die 4 U" - Prince & The Revolution (#32)
"Ooh Ooh Song" - Pat Benatar (#36)
"Tenderness" - General Public (#38)
"Tragedy" - John Hunter (#39)

Biggest Mover: "One More Night" - Phil Collins (#34 to #22)
Biggest Dropper: "You're The Inspiration" - Chicago (#19 to #32)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Stay The Night" - Chicago
"Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton

Premiere optional extras:
"Missing You" - Diana Ross (#48)
"Smooth Operator" - Sade (#83; debuted)
"(Don't You) Forget About Me" - Simple Minds (#77)
"One Night In Bangkok" - Murray Head (#70)

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70's EPISODE OF THE MARCH 4, 1972 AT40 CHART I LISTENED TO THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* Was Casey a little low voice or something like that for that March 4, 1972 week?
* BY THE NUMBERS: There were 10 foreign acts and 5 remake songs on this AT40 chart. And Melanie has 2 songs on this AT40 chart: "The Nickel Song" and "Ring the Living Bell".
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Donny "Puppy Love" Osmond one was swarmed with lots of phone calls from teen girls after his number was published in a magazine? 2) The Adressi Brothers first hit Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1964 with a #60 song called "Cherry Stone"? 3) The Adressi Brothers - Don and Dick - were also famous for writing theme songs to TV shows (I know only one: "Nanny and the Professor", they sang the theme to it as well!) and commercial jingles and even hit songs? 4) Sly (Sylvester) Stone was once a disc jockey in San Francisco? 5) Three Dog Night was the #1 music act for 1971? 6) "Floy Joy" by the Supremes was written by Smokey Robinson? 7) The Bee Gees were once named BEST AUSTRALIAN GROUP for Australia in 1966? 8) Beverly Bremers was once a cast member of Broadway's "Hair" musical? 9) The Osmonds started as a barbershop quartet at Disneyland before being discovered by Andy Williams? 10) Nillson, who had the #1 song on this AT40 chart with "Without You", is a gifted singer and songwriter?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the songs that went to #1 the fastest: There were 4 that took 2 weeks to get to #1: "Jailhouse Rock", "Purple People Eater", "All Shook Up", and "Can't Buy Me Love". (No song on AT40 ever has entered #1, and think back to late 1991 and 1992 when "Black and White" by Michael Jackson and "I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey took 3 weeks on the chart for #1, and Madonna would have been the fastet to move from #2 to #1 with "Erotica" after entering AT40 at #2 but didn't leave its #2 peek after 2 weeks and then dropped down the AT40 chart without even making it to #1 at all!).
* ALSO ON THIS SHOW: 1) At the end of the last hour, Casey mentions the droppers for that week, he was still mentioning the AT40 droppers until he stopped doing it but resumed that practice in December 1983 (So Casey had a 11 year 8 month hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40, but Shadoe Stevens' hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40 was about 8 months from November 1988 to June 1989!) 2) Nice funny thing Casey mentioned about Carly Simon that she was "born with a silver spoon in her mouth" (Why is that?). 3) Casey even gave a brief thing about the Tyranisourus Rex to tie in with T-Rex's song "Bang a Gong (Get It On)". 4) This AT40 chart had the famous 8 minute Don McLean epic song "American Pie" but AT40 that March 4, 1972 chart episode played an about 4 minute edited version.

Now in 2012 we heard AT40 episodes 1971 to 1979, but a 1970 AT40 chart episode won't come until sometime in Summer or Fall or Late 2012.

[Libra]

Mar 4, 2012 11:44:12 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

(So Casey had a 11 year 8 month hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40, but Shadoe Stevens' hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40 was about 8 months from November 1988 to June 1989!)

I was wondering about this...I've heard a couple Shadoe shows from the first half of '89, but wondering why he didn't read the droppers. Thanks for the info! :)

Now...on with the countdown!

March 2, 1985
40 -- Jeffrey Osborne - The Borderlines (38)
39 -- Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (6)
38 -- Animotion - Obsession (6)
37 -- Prince & The Revolution with Apollonia - Take Me With U (25)
36 26 Midnight Star - Operator (18)
35 37 Eric Carmen - I Wanna Hear it From Your Lips (35)
34 40 Autograph - Turn Up the Radio (29)
33 -- The Commodores - Nightshift (3)
32 19 Chicago - You're the Inspiration (3)
31 25 The Honeydrippers - Rockin' at Midnight (25)
30 35 Bryan Adams - Somebody (11)
Flashback Extra: Diana Ross "Missing You", which was "a week away from reaching the countdown"
29 22 Steve Perry - Foolish Heart (18)
28 33 Mick Jagger - Just Another Night (12)
27 31 Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (18)
26 15 Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (5)
25 30 Survivor - High on You (8)
24 27 John Parr - Naughty Naughty (23)
23 29 Duran Duran - Save a Prayer (16)
22 34 Phil Collins - One More Night (1)
LDD: Chicago "Stay the Night" from Penny in Cincinatti, OH to her sister Kim in Las Vegas, a song which they both liked very much, and which makes Penny think of her sister, who was there for her after she was able to sign herself out of a drug rehabilitation center; the rest of the family had turned their backs on Penny.
21 20 The Time - Jungle Love (20)
Flashback Extra: Sade "Smooth Operator", which debuted at #83 that week
20 23 Journey - Only the Young (9)
19 21 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (10)
18 24 Madonna - Material Girl (2)
17 14 Ashford & Simpson - Solid (12)
16 18 Tina Turner - Private Dancer (7)
15 17 Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes (5)
14 16 Teena Marie - Lovergirl (4)
13 13 Kool & The Gang - Misled (10)
12 12 New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man (12)
11 09 Hall & Oates - Method of Modern Love (5)
10 11 John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road (10)
Flashback Extra: Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)", which was "three weeks away from hitting the countdown"
09 10 Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls (9)
08 03 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (2)
07 05 Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (1)
06 06 The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (6)
05 02 Billy Ocean - Loverboy (2)
04 07 Glenn Frey - The Heat is On (2)
LDD: Minnie Riperton "Lovin' You" from Cindy in Woodbridge, VA to her husband Russ, who is currently serving in the Air Force and who she loves very much
03 08 David Lee Roth - California Girls (3)
Flashback Extra: Murray Head "One Night in Bangkok"
02 04 REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (1)
01 01 Wham! - Careless Whisper (1)

Five songs debut in this week's survey, and the five hits that fall out are:
"Tragedy" by John Hunter (LW: 39),
"Tenderness" by General Public (LW: 38),
"Ooh Ooh Song" by Pat Benatar (LW: 36),
"I Would Die 4 U" by Prince & The Revolution (LW: 32), and
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna (LW: 28).

NOTES:

• WWIS cut out abruptly right after Larry Morgan's intro to the third Premiere extra; the weather (local weather was talking about a Winter Storm Warning for areas such as Milwaukee) may have had something to do with it. WCRZ, on the other hand, played all four extras once again, and finished at 11:53.
  
• After #38, Casey answered a question letter asking what the top three British solo singers were on the American charts. In second place was Olivia Newton-John, who despite growing up in Australia as Casey mentioned, would be completely left off the listing of the top five Australian acts only two months later (5-11) despite otherwise having the hits to qualify.
  
• Speaking of that 5-11 show, the theme package was once again in a state of "transition" this week, with both 1984-prominent and 1986-prominent bumpers heard.
  
• The edit job done on "Save a Prayer" has to be one of the most obvious cut jobs I've heard for any of these shows.
  
• Another example of a #1 Soul song doubling as a Premiere extra this week (see also 10-25-86). AND another example of a #1 song being shortened (why do you do this, Premiere? ).
  
• Larry Morgan pointed out that there were two versions of "One Night in Bangkok" on the Hot 100 this week in his intro to Murray Head's (hit) version.
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Make it Big by Wham!
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Baby Bye Bye" by Gary Morris
  
• #1 on the Dance & Disco chart: "This is My Night" by Chaka Khan
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Missing You"

[johnnywest]

Mar 4, 2012 15:19:54 GMT -5 Libra said:

Mar 4, 2012 11:44:12 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

(So Casey had a 11 year 8 month hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40, but Shadoe Stevens' hiatus from mentioning droppers dropping off on AT40 was about 8 months from November 1988 to June 1989!)

I was wondering about this...I've heard a couple Shadoe shows from the first half of '89, but wondering why he didn't read the droppers. Thanks for the info! :)

There's also a week in late September or early October 1989 when, for whatever reason, he doesn't read the droppers either.

There was a brief period in late 2000-early 2001 when Casey wasn't announcing the droppers, but late returned to that practice.

The only time I recall Rick Dees ever saying them was in the spring of 1997 when. He said all of them went to chart heaven except for "My Boo."

Ellen K. was pretty good about saying them on "The Rhythm Countdown."

Occasionally, Ryan Seacrest will mention just one of the droppers when he's introing another song by the same artist.

[cartman2002]

heres the 70s chart from 1972

40: IN THE RAIN – THE DRAMATICS (5)
39: ROUNDABOUT – YES (13)
38: PUPPY LOVE - DONNY OSMOND (3)
37: YOU WANT IT, YOU GO IT – DETRIOT EMERALDS (36)
36: THE NICKEL SONG – MELANIE (35)
35: FOOT STOMPIN’ MUSIC – GRAND FUNK RAILROAD (29)
34: STAY WITH ME – FACES (17)
33: RING THE LIVING BELL – MELANIE (31)
32: FIRE AND WATER – WILSON PICKETT (24)
31: WE'VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN - ADDRISI BROTHERS (25)
30: TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING (Part 1) - JAMES BROWN (27)
29: SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU - ENGLISH CONGREGATION (29)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt2PnfdqzTg

28: BLACK DOG – LED ZEPPELIN (15)
27: RUNNIN' AWAY - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (23)
26: DAY AFTER DAY – BADFINGER (4)
25: AIN’T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW- JERRY BUTLER/BRENDA LEE EAGER (21)
24: ANTICIPATION – CARLY SIMON (13)
23: ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY - B.J. THOMAS (15)
22: I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - DONNIE ELBERT (22)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4oSceVa4Zw

21. I GOTCHA - JOE TEX (2)
20: A HORSE WITH NO NAME – AMERICA (1)
19: JUNGLE FEVER - CHAKACHAS (8)
18: NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN – THREE DOG NIGHT (5)
17: FLOY JOY – THE SUPREMES (16)
16: MY WORLD - BEE GEES (16)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-OWU-QVX8

15: DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER - BEVERLY BREMERS (15)[/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGB6-rq1fA

14: MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION - PAUL SIMON (4)
13: JOY - APOLLO 100 (6)
12: AMERICAN PIE (Part 1) - DON McLEAN (1)
11: THE WAY OF LOVE - CHER (7)
10: BANG A GONG (Get It On) - T.REX (10)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4o4Q9sd_y4

9: SWEET SEASONS - CAROLE KING (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2_6Z__O8LA

8: LET'S STAY TOGETHER - AL GREEN (1)
7: HEART OF GOLD - NEIL YOUNG (1)
6: THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT - ROBERT JOHN (3)
5: EVERYTHING I OWN - BREAD (5)
4: DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER - OSMONDS (4)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYwEczTt5aU

3: PRECIOUS AND FEW - CLIMAX (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I95xCjQe6Jg

2: HURTING EACH OTHER - CARPENTERS (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=98b0sVSdGZI

1: WITHOUT YOU - NILSSON (1)[/b][/font]

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's AT40 shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 3/12/1977.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Hotel California" - The Eagles (#35)
"Disco Lucy ("I Love Lucy" Theme)" - The Wilton Place Street Band (#37)
"At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (#39)
"Trying To Love Two" - William Bell (#40)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Hard Luck Woman" - Kiss (#21)
"Moody Blue" - Elvis Presley (#31)
"Hot Line" - The Sylvers (#33)
"Save It For A Rainy Day" - Stephen Bishop (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell (#39 to #30)
Biggest Dropper: "Car Wash" - Rose Royce (#19 to #38)

BTW in Hour #3 listen to Casey Kasem give correct positions for Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" (at #32 instead of #28), Olivia Newton-John's "Sam" (at #26 instead of #32) and Elton John's "Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance)" (at #28 instead of #26)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"I'm Your Boogie Man" - KC & The Sunshine Band (#61)
"Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs (#72; highest debut)
"Couldn't Get It Right" - Climax Blues Band (#63)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/12/1988

Three songs debuted this week:
"I Saw Him Standing There" - Tiffany (#36)
"You Don't Know" - Scarlett & Black (#38)
"Prove Your Love" - Taylor Dayne (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Want To Be Your Man" - Roger (#30)
"Twilight World" - Swing Out Sister (#34)
"Hazy Shade Of Winter" - The Bangles (#39)

Biggest Mover (three-way tie):
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" - Whitney Houston (#38 to #28)
"Some Kind Of Lover" - Jody Watley (#33 to #23)
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" - Billy Ocean (#22 to #12)
Biggest Dropper: "Don't Shed A Tear" - Paul Carrack (#18 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

Premiere optional extras:
"Going Back To Cali" - LL Cool J (#46)
"Pamela" - Toto (#50)
"One Step Up" - Bruce Springsteen (#45)
"Pink Cadillac" - Natalie Cole (#49)

Original extras:
None

[Libra]

March 12, 1988
40 -- Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love (7)
39 29 INXS - Need You Tonight (1)
38 -- Scarlett & Black - You Don't Know (20)
37 40 Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle - Never Knew Love Like This (28)
36 -- Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There (7)
35 18 Paul Carrack - Don't Shed a Tear (9)
34 25 Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (19)
33 21 Tiffany - Could've Been (1)
32 37 Rick Springfield - Rock of Life (22)
31 27 The Cover Girls - Because of You (27)
30 36 Aerosmith - Angel (3)
Flashback Extra: LL Cool J "Goin' Back to Cali"
29 15 Foreigner - Say You Will (6)
28 38 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1)
27 35 Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (1)
26 14 Expose - Seasons Change (1)
25 31 George Harrison - When We Was Fab (23)
24 32 John Cougar Mellencamp - Check it Out (14)
23 33 Jody Watley - Some Kind of Lover (10)
22 28 INXS - Devil Inside (2)
21 13 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume (13)
20 11 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (4)
Flashback Extra: Toto "Pamela", which was two weeks away from hitting the countdown
19 26 Pebbles - Girlfriend (5)
18 05 The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (2)
17 23 Michael Bolton - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay (11)
16 24 The Jets - Rocket 2 U (6)
15 19 Sting - Be Still My Beating Heart (15)
14 20 Def Leppard - Hysteria (10)
13 17 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Love Overboard (13)
12 22 Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1)
11 10 Cher - I Found Someone (10)
10 06 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Can't Stay Away From You (6)
Flashback Extra: Bruce Springsteen "One Step Up"
09 16 Keith Sweat - I Want Her (5)
08 12 Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue (3)
07 09 Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror (1)
06 07 David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise (6)
05 08 Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights (2)
04 04 Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak (2)
LDD: Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There" from Lynn, a self-described "Amero-Asian", in New York to her father, who she would like to meet someday - he was an American soldier in Vietnam, got together with Lynn's mother while there, but was transferred out afterwards. Lynn and her mother have since immigrated to America, in New York, but Lynn had to leave the clues she had about her father behind in Vietnam
03 03 Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like the Wind (3)
Flashback Extra: Natalie Cole "Pink Cadillac"
02 01 George Michael - Father Figure (1)
01 02 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (1)

Dropping out to make room for those debuts are:
"I Want to Be Your Man" by Roger (LW: 30),
"Twilight World" by Swing Out Sister (LW: 34), and
"Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles (LW: 39).

NOTES:

• Joining the four-in-a-row club is "Need You Tonight" (11/21 and 12/26/87, and last month's 2/6) - like "Separate Lives", this includes both its first and last weeks in The 40.
  
• Technically, so does "Don't Shed a Tear", but that was an extra on 11/21. Come to think of it, that seems to be the new popular song to shorten, as it's happened on all of the four except for 2/6 (though the edit on 12/26 was original).
  
• They played the 7" single version of "Some Kind of Lover" this week.
  
• DEJA..."PHEW": That story of The Raspberries' scratch-n-sniff album should sound familiar...why yes, Casey told it in last week's '85 show, too!
  
• In his intro to "Pink Cadillac", Larry Morgan mentioned that we'd heard Bruce Springsteen earlier as an extra. That's the first I've heard him mention someone else who had a different Premiere extra within the same show.
  
• It's another week with no softer jingle. Like 10/12/85, there wasn't really any jingled song where it would've fit all that well.
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Dirty Dancing
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Too Gone, Too Long" by Randy Travis
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "I Want to Be Your Property" by Blue Mercedes
  
• #1 on the Black Singles chart: "Fishnet" by Morris Day

[dth1971]

Sorry I was away this weekend in a state/area where I can't get AT40: The 70's, but I will be back in the WLS 94.7 Chicago area for next weekend. But for the March 1977 AT40: The 70's broadcast I didn't listen to though I was out of town with iPad access: It isn't the first time AT40 had chart errors for 3 positions, in a July 1989 Shadoe Stevens AT40 episode 2 chart positions were switched around in error that Shadoe corrected the next week.

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1977

40: TRYING TO LOVE TWO - WILLIAM BELL (10)
39: AT MIDNIGHT - RUFUS (30)
38: CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE (1)
37: DISCO LUCY - WILTON PLACE STREET BAND (24)
36: GLORIA - ENCHANTMENT (25)
35: HOTEL CALIFORNIA - EAGLES (1)
34: FREE - DENEICE WILLIAMS (25)
33: DO 'YA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (24)
32: I WISH - STEVIE WONDER (1)
31: THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - ROD STEWART (21)
30: SOUTHERN NIGHTS - GLEN CAMPBELL (1)
29: RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT - JENNIFER WARNES (6)
28: BITE YOUR LIP - ELTON JOHN (28)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjPrhUFXj4I

27: HERE COMES THOSE TEARS AGAIN - JACKSON BROWNE (23)
26: SAM - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (20)
25: LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - SMOKIE (25)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4A77XqJ0fs

24: CRACKERBOX PALACE - GEORGE HARRISON (19)
23: ENJOY YOURSELF - JACKSONS (6)
22: LONG TIME - BOSTON (22)
21: SO INTO YOU - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (7)
20: I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND - NATALIE COLE (5)
19: SAY YOU'LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW -TOM JONES (17)
18: WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND - BARRY MANILOW (10)
17: DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL (1)
16: CARRY ON WAYWARD SON - KANSAS (11)
15: MAYBE I'M AMAZED - WINGS (10)
14: NEW KID IN TOWN - EAGLES (1)
13: THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - 10CC (5)
12: BOOGIE CHILD - BEE GEES (12)
11: DON'T LEAVE THIS WAY - THELMA HOUSTON (1)
10: GO YOUR OWN WAY - FLEETWOD MAC (10)
9: RICH GIRL - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1)
8: YEAR OF THE CAT - AL STEWART (8)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqW4xIr7nj0

7: TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - MARY MacGREGOR (1)
6: DANCING QUEEN - ABBA (1)
5: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND (1)
4: NIGHT MOVES - BOB SEGER (4)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpXci8CXA74

3: I LIKE DREAMIN' - KENNY NOLAN (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV8eT0zqP5s

2: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - STEVE MILLER BAND (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6lAwbE1J4

1: EVERGREEN (THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN") - BARBRA STREISAND (1)

[dth1971]

I bet Premiere on AT40: The '70's censored the B word in Hall and Oates "Rich Girl".

[Libra]

^ Actually, from what I've seen, they did not.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 3/16/1974

Five songs debuted this week:
"TSOP" - MFSB & The Three Degrees (#25)
"We're Getting Careless With Our Love" - Johnnie Taylor (#36)
"Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" - Main Ingredient (#37)
"I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" - Jim Croce (#38)
"WOLD" - Harry Chapin (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Americans" - Byron MacGregor (#30)
"Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" - The Rolling Stones (#34)
"Last Kiss" - Wednesday (#38)
"Show And Tell" - Al Wilson (#39)
"Midnight Rider" - Gregg Allman (#40)

Biggest Mover (tie): "Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John (#23 to #12)
"The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead (#31 to #20)
Biggest Dropper (tie): "You're Sixteen" - Ringo Starr (#20 to #34)
"Let Me Be There" - Olivia Newton-John (#25 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Let It Ride" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#45)
"Oh My My" - Ringo Starr (#44)
"The Locomotion" - Grand Funk Railroad (#69)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/19/1983.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson (#24)
"She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby (#36)
"Little Red Corvette" - Prince (#37)
"Winds Of Change" - Jefferson Starship (#38)
"So Close" - Diana Ross (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (#28)
"The Woman In Me" - Donna Summer (#33)
"I'm Alive" - Neil Diamond (#35)
"You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins (#37)
"Don't Tell Me You Love Me" - Night Ranger (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Jeopardy" - The Greg Kihn Band (#27 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Baby, Come To Me" - Patti Austin with James Ingram (#9 to #21)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers
"Annie's Song" - John Denver

Premiere Optional extras:
"It's Raining Men" - The Weather Girls (#46)
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go" - The Clash (#52)
"Photograph" - Def Leppard (#77)
"Always Something There To Remind Me" - The Naked Eyes (#79)

[BillboardBoy]

As far as I know, this will be the first time that AT40 70s or 80s has played a hit sung by Martha Wash.

[dth1971]

Mar 16, 2012 14:06:30 GMT -5 BillboardBoy said:

As far as I know, this will be the first time that AT40 70s or 80s has played a hit sung by Martha Wash.

However, during the Shadoe Stevens AT40 era at the period of 1989 to 1991 we heard Martha Wash as an uncredited guest lead singer on AT40 chart songs by Seduction, Black Box, and C and C Music Factory.

[dth1971]

Mar 11, 2012 21:15:21 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

Here's the 70s chart from 1977

40: TRYING TO LOVE TWO - WILLIAM BELL (10)
39: AT MIDNIGHT - RUFUS (30)
38: CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE (1)
37: DISCO LUCY - WILTON PLACE STREET BAND (24)
36: GLORIA - ENCHANTMENT (25)
35: HOTEL CALIFORNIA - EAGLES (1)
34: FREE - DENEICE WILLIAMS (25)
33: DO 'YA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (24)
32: I WISH - STEVIE WONDER (1)
31: THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - ROD STEWART (21)
30: SOUTHERN NIGHTS - GLEN CAMPBELL (1)
29: RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT - JENNIFER WARNES (6)
28: BITE YOUR LIP - ELTON JOHN (28)
27: HERE COMES THOSE TEARS AGAIN - JACKSON BROWNE (23)
26: SAM - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (20)
25: LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - SMOKIE (25)
24: CRACKERBOX PALACE - GEORGE HARRISON (19)
23: ENJOY YOURSELF - JACKSONS (6)
22: LONG TIME - BOSTON (22)
21: SO INTO YOU - ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (7)
20: I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND - NATALIE COLE (5)
19: SAY YOU'LL STAY UNTIL TOMORROW -TOM JONES (17)
18: WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND - BARRY MANILOW (10)
17: DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL (1)
16: CARRY ON WAYWARD SON - KANSAS (11)
15: MAYBE I'M AMAZED - WINGS (10)
14: NEW KID IN TOWN - EAGLES (1)
13: THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE - 10CC (5)
12: BOOGIE CHILD - BEE GEES (12)
11: DON'T LEAVE THIS WAY - THELMA HOUSTON (1)
10: GO YOUR OWN WAY - FLEETWOD MAC (10)
9: RICH GIRL - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1)
8: YEAR OF THE CAT - AL STEWART (8)
7: TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - MARY MacGREGOR (1)
6: DANCING QUEEN - ABBA (1)
5: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND (1)
4: NIGHT MOVES - BOB SEGER (4)
3: I LIKE DREAMIN' - KENNY NOLAN (3)
2: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - STEVE MILLER BAND (2)
1: EVERGREEN (THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN") - BARBRA STREISAND (1)

Also: Regarding last week's AT40: The 70's 1977 episode: Is it true Premiere has a grudge against Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" since it edits the song when it's on an AT40 chart rather than playing the 4 minute single version?

[Libra]

Mar 16, 2012 14:06:30 GMT -5 BillboardBoy said:

As far as I know, this will be the first time that AT40 70s or 80s has played a hit sung by Martha Wash.

"It's Raining Men" was also an extra when Premiere aired 1/15/83, back in 2009.

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S BROADCAST OF THE MARCH 16, 1974 AT40 EPISODE THAT I HEARD THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* NEW AT40 SPONSOR THIS WEEK: Lincoln Financial (Does Premiere have to sponsor its shows with insurance companines, even State Farm?)
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 2 initial songs on this AT40 chart - "W.O.L.D." by Harry Chapin, and "T.S.O.P." by MFSB (Speaking of "T.S.O.P.", did you know Premiere severly edited this instrumental cuting out the good bridge part or something like that? YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO A THEME USED IN THE TV SHOW "SOUL TRAIN" EVEN WHEN "SOUL TRAIN" HOST AND CREATOR DON CORNELIOUS DIED LAST MONTH!); and there are 3 country crossover records on this AT40 chart, including 2 by Charlie Rich!
* OTHER BLOOPERS?: Casey called the subtitle of Aretha Franklin's "Until You Come Back to Me" as "That's Sort Of What To Do" instead of "That's What I'm Gonna Do". And Casey called John Denver's song "Sunshine on My Shoulders" as "Sunshine on My Shoulder".
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The movie "The Last American Hero" was reissued to include as the title of Jim Croce's song "I Got a Name"? 2) Johnnie Taylor in 1974 was living in Dallas, Texas? 3) Ringo Starr's first post Beatles solo hit was a chart flop? 4) Aretha Franklin from 1961 to 1974 has racked up 46 top 40 hits? 5) "Sexy Mama" by the Moments was originally to have been recorded by Sylvia Robinson as "Sexy Daddy"? 6) Barbra Striesand was one rejected by a record company because she was singing through her nose?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding how a song is certified gold and platinum - A record to become gold status has to sell 1,000,000 copies or $1,000,000 in record sales; and - though it wouldn't occur until 1976 - it has to be platinum to reach 2,000,000 copies (Other tidbits about this: 1) Motown Records originally didn't want to have its records gold status, but did they in later years? 2) By the 1980's the gold record status was reduced from 1,000,000 copies to 500,000 copies with 1,000,000 copies to make platinum record status. 3) I wonder if they still allow gold and platinum record status nowadays for the digital age of downloads and iTunes?) 2) Regarding the most Top 40 versions of any song by different artist - The Banana Boat Song with 5-6 different artist top 40 versions including the famous version by Harry Belefonte ("Daylight come and me wanna go home!"). 3) Regarding the first foreign act ever to hit #1 with a rock 'n roll song - The Canadian doo-wop group The Crew-Cuts in 1954 with "Sh-Boom".
* OTHER THINGS: 1) There were a few plugs for an upcoming April 1974 AT40 special on the Top 40 most extrodinary British Hits kept intact. 2) There was 1 song on the AT40 chart that was also heard in a snippet featured in the #35 "Energy Crisis 1974" break-in record by Dickie Goodman - "You're Sixteen" by Ringo Starr right next door at #34! 3) Is it true Casey Kasem likes the lyrics of Harry Chapin's songs? 4) Did you know part of Casey's famous "Keep your feet on the ground" phrase heard at the end of almost every AT40 episode is heard in the Stealer's Wheel song "Star"?

[Libra]

March 19, 1983
LW #1: Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
40 -- Diana Ross - So Close (40)
39 39 Vandenburg - Burning Heart (39)
38 -- Jefferson Starship - Winds of Change (38)
37 -- Prince - Little Red Corvette (6)
36 -- Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (5)
35 26 Saga - On the Loose (26)
34 24 Sammy Hagar - Your Love is Driving Me Crazy (13)
33 23 Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie (10)
32 36 Thompson Twins - Lies (30)
31 32 Supertramp - My Kind of Lady (31)
Flashback Extra: The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men", described as "bubbling under the countdown"
30 30 Steel Breeze - Dreamin' is Easy (30)
29 34 Dan Fogelberg - Make Love Stay (29)
28 38 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Change of Heart (21)
27 31 ABC - Poison Arrow (25)
26 22 Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle - You and I (7)
25 29 Pat Benatar - Little Too Late (20)
24 -- Michael Jackson - Beat It (1)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "You Decorated My Life" from Kartuan, who'd been lonely for a while while all her friends had boys to go out with, to Rudy, who she met and fell in love with
23 17 Billy Joel - Allentown (17)
22 15 Men at Work - Down Under (1)
21 09 Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby, Come to Me (1)
Flashback Extra: The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
20 25 After The Fire - Der Kommissar (5)
19 21 Eric Clapton - I've Got a Rock 'N' Roll Heart (18)
18 19 Joe Jackson - Breaking Us in Two (18)
17 18 Earth, Wind, & Fire - Fall in Love With Me (17)
16 27 The Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy (2)
15 16 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (13)
14 20 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen (1)
13 14 Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (10)
12 12 Christopher Cross - All Right (12)
11 03 The Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (3)
10 13 Styx - Mr. Roboto (3)
Flashback Extra: Def Leppard "Photograph"
09 11 Hall & Oates - One on One (7)
08 10 Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (8)
LDD: John Denver "Annie's Song" from Ralph, serving in the U.S. Navy, to his wife of 5 years, Debbie
07 09 Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight (6)
06 07 Lionel Richie - You Are (4)
05 06 The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (5)
04 05 Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf (3)
03 04 Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (2)
Flashback Extra: Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me"
02 02 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Shame on the Moon (2)
01 01 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1)

NOTES:

• That's a rather inauspicious way to start off the countdown, with three records all peaking this week (two of which were debuts!).
  
• Larry Morgan mentioned that "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was first released in 1982...as noted by the song being an extra last year as well, the song had two chart runs, never hitting the Top 40 either time.
  
• Here's an interesting chart fact: Five songs in this week's top 20 all originally debuted on the Hot 100 right in the 40: "All Right", "Mr. Roboto", "Separate Ways", "We've Got Tonight", and "Shame on the Moon". And as you can see above, all five of them failed to hit #1! (Though in the case of the last one, it certainly wasn't from lack of trying. ;)) Technically this stat's also true the week before (3/12, aired in 2010), but unlike that week, this week also sees three of the five peaking and a fourth about to!
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "I Wouldn't Change You if I Could" by Ricky Skaggs
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Thriller by Michael Jackson
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Billie Jean"