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

[cartman2002]

here's this weeks 70s chart

40: W.O.L.D. – HARRY CHAPIN (36)
39: LET ME BE THERE – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (6)
38: I’LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG – JIM CROCE (9)
37: JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY – THE MAIN INGREDIENT (10)
36: WE’RE GETTING CARELESS WITH OUR LOVE – JOHNNIE TAYLOR (34)
35: ENERGY CRISIS ’74 – DICKIE GOODMAN (33)
34: YOU’RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR (1)
33: LAST TIME I SAW HIM – DIANA ROSS (14)
32: I LIKE TO LIVE THE LOVE – B.B. KING (28)
31: STAR – STEALERS WHEEL (29)
30: LOOKIN’ FOR A LOVE – BOBBY WOMACK (10)
29: A VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONG – CHARLIE RICH (11)
28: I LOVE – TOM T. HALL (12)
27: PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER – THE O’JAYS (10)
26: ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO – RICK DERRINGER (23)
25: TSOP - MFSB (1)
24: THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME – GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (3)
23: THERE WON’T BE ANYMORE – CHARLIE RICH (20)
22: A LOVE SONG – ANNE MURRAY (12)
21: MIGHTY LOVE, PT.1 - THE SPINNERS (20)
20: THE LORD’S PRAYER – SISTER JANET MEAD (4)
19: UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) – ARETHA FRANKLIN (3)
18: MY SWEET LADY – CLIFF DeYOUNG (17)
17: SEXY MAMA – THE MOMENTS (17)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLO4weH60hc

16: TRYING TO HOLD ON TO MY WOMAN – LAMONT DOZIER (15)
15: LOVE’S THEME – THE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA (1)
14: HOOKED ON A FEELING – BLUE SWEDE (1)
13: COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - REDBONE (5)
12: BENNIE & THE JETS – ELTON JOHN (1)
11: ERES TU (TOUCH THE WIND) - MOCEDADES (9)
10: JET – PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (7)
9: SPIDERS AND SNAKES – JIM STAFFORD (3)
8: ROCK ON – DAVID ESSEX (5)
7: JUNGLE BOOGIE – KOOL & THE GANG (4)
6: MOCKINGBIRD – CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR (5)
5: THE WAY WE WERE – BARBRA STREISAND (1)
4: SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER – JOHN DENVER (1)
3: DARK LADY - CHER (1)
2: BOOGIE DOWN – EDDIE KENDRICKS (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0GIx5QKiQ

1: SEASONS IN THE SUN – TERRY JACKS (1)[/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJehPcqk_5I

[BillboardBoy]

Mar 18, 2012 11:28:01 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Casey called John Denver's song "Sunshine on My Shoulders" as "Sunshine on My Shoulder".

That was Billboard's fault. Through its entire run on the Hot 100, Billboard listed the song as "Sunshine On My Shoulder."

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 3/31/1973.

Five songs debuted this week:
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" - Stevie Wonder (#29)
"Walk On The Wild Side" - Lou Reed (#31)
"Stuck In The Middle With You" - Stealers Wheel (#34)
"Drift Away" - Dobie Gray (#36)
"Wildflower" - Skylark (#39)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 that week:
"Crocodile Rock" - Elton John (#27)
"Rocky Mountain High" - John Denver (#28)
"Give Me Your Love" - Barbara Mason (#33)
"Hello Hurray" - Alice Cooper (#35)
"Good Morning Heartache" - Diana Ross (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Little Willy" - Sweet (#32 to #25)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'n Roll Band)" - The Moody Blues (#12 to #22)
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" - The Spinners (#14 to #24)
"Daddy's Home" - Jermaine Jackson (#18 to #28)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Reelin' In The Years" - Steely Dan (#49)
"I'm Doin' Fine Now" - New York City (#58)
"Playground In My Mind" - Clint Holmes (#74)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/22/1986.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Harlem Shuffle" - The Rolling Stones (#31)
"So Far Away" - Dire Straits (#34)
"Your Love" - The Outfield (#37)
"What Have You Done For Me Lately" - Janet Jackson (#39)
"Overjoyed" - Stevie Wonder (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora (#25)
"A Love Bizarre" - Sheila E. (#27)
"Day By Day" - The Hooters (#28)
"Goodbye Is Forever" - Arcadia (#34)
"That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick & Friends (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer (#32 to #18)
Biggest Dropper: "Russians" - Sting (#22 to #38)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick & Friends
"Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin

Premiere optional extras:
"I Can't Wait" - Nu Shooz (#60)
"Why Can't This Be Love" - Van Halen (#43)
"Take Me Home" - Phil Collins (#47)
"If You Leave" - Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark (OMD for short; #57)

[Libra]

March 22, 1986
LW #1: Starship "Sara"
40 -- Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed (24)
39 -- Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately? (4)
38 22 Sting - Russians (16)
37 -- The Outfield - Your Love (6)
36 26 ZZ Top - Stages (21)
35 38 Opus - Live is Life (32)
34 -- Dire Straits - So Far Away (19)
33 39 Jermaine Jackson - I Think It's Love (16)
32 36 The Cars - I'm Not the One (32)
31 -- The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle (5)
Flashback Extra: Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
30 40 The Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1)
29 21 Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (2)
28 30 Marilyn Martin - Night Moves (28)
LDD: Dionne Warwick & Friends "That's What Friends Are For" from Herman Huber in Linds, Austria to Mr. Alfred B. Covington, a farmer for whom his father had worked for as a prisoner of war during World War II - Herman is grateful that Alfred treated his father well, they'd become friends, and Herman and his father would go to visit him in 1981
27 18 Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town (7)
26 17 James Brown - Living in America (4)
25 35 Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (16)
24 33 The Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America (18)
23 31 Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out (22)
22 24 Aretha Franklin - Another Night (22)
Flashback Extra: Van Halen "Why Can't This Be Love?"
21 13 Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (5)
20 23 ABC - (How to Be A) Millionaire (20)
19 29 The Force MDs - Tender Love (10)
18 32 Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love (1)
17 20 Charlie Sexton - Beat's So Lonely (17)
16 08 Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running (6)
15 19 The Bangles - Manic Monday (2)
14 14 Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself (14)
13 16 Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way (7)
12 05 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (1)
11 12 Loverboy - This Could Be the Night (10)
Flashback Extra: Phil Collins "Take Me Home"
10 15 Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (1)
09 11 INXS - What You Need (6)
08 09 Thompson Twins - King For a Day (8)
07 10 Elton John - Nikita (7)
LDD: Harry Chapin "Cat's in the Cradle" from Albert H. Lawler in Corprin, CA to his father in Los Angeles, to his brother, and to all the fathers out there who aren't able to spend the time they want to with their sons, much as Albert's father wasn't able to spend the time he wanted to with Albert when he was growing up, and now they're 200 miles apart
06 03 Mr. Mister - Kyrie (1)
05 06 John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (2)
04 07 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (1)
Flashback Extra: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "If You Leave"
03 04 Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers (3)
02 01 Starship - Sara (1)
01 02 Heart - These Dreams (1)

And the five songs that fall out of the survey are:
"That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends (LW: 37),
"Goodbye is Forever" by Arcadia (LW: 34),
"Day By Day" by The Hooters (LW: 28),
"A Love Bizarre" by Sheila E. (LW: 27), and
"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora (LW: 25).

NOTES:

• This Week's Stations of the Week: WWIS and WIDL.
  
• "Overjoyed" received a standard jingle this week, but two weeks later (4-5) it would receive a soft one.
  
• Speaking of which, it seems a bit redundant to say "I Can't Wait" was two weeks away from hitting the countdown, since we heard that show just last year. But maybe it's just me...
  
• Speaking of that week yet again, take a look at this week's chart. Of the five songs that would drop from the countdown two weeks from now, only one of them, "Silent Running", isn't peaking this week - that one's already falling. To find the other four...start with "(How to Be A) Millionaire)" and work your way down to #40; all the peaking songs you run into along the way are the ones soon headed for that Fast Train to Nowhere...Fast! ;)
  
• Casey read WWMH as a station joining the American Top 40 family this week. But, he read that same station as joining the family on the last 1986 show we heard, 1-25. What's up with that?
  
• Add "That's What Friends Are For" to that ever-growing list of songs that were LDDs in the week they dropped from the 40, the fourth one now since the 5-11-85 show last year. Like that week, Casey didn't say the song was dropping in his outro.
  
• Another week with a Top 5 Albums countdown: #5 - Welcome to the Real World by Mr. Mister, #4 - Scarecrow by John Cougar Mellencamp, #3 - Heart, #2 - Promise by Sade, and #1...up next.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "What's a Memory Like You Doing in a Love Like This?" by John Schneider
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "What Have You Done For Me Lately?"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Whitney Houston

[dth1971]

Libra: Do you think the WWMH double mention as new to AT40 in March 1986 besides January 1986 might have been a mistake or maybe WWMH carried AT40 for a few weeks but then dropped it and caused protest and reinstated the show by the end of March 1986?

I think WWMH was based in Wisconsin.

[Libra]

It was. I have no idea why there'd have been a double mention like that.

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S REBROADCAST OF THE MARCH 31, 1973 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING:

* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Jud "Daisy a Day" Strunk was a regular on "Laugh-In" at the 1973 time? 2) The Chi-Lites come from Chicago? 3) Jim Croce once failed basic training in the army, and even wrote funny slogans such as "Half the people read comic books, the other half just look at the pictures"? 4) "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel was produced by Liebler and Stroller? 5) Judy Collins had polio at 12 years old and later once sufferedd terbulocious during a Carnagie Hall concert? 6) "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed was produced by David Bowie? 7) The group Gallery was from Detroit, Michigan? 8) Johnny Nash once sang on the KPRC Houston, Texas local show "Matinee"? 9) Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" was re-recorded for the BBC radio stations in London as "The Cover of the Radio Times"? 10) Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show did get on the cover of Rolling Stone but as a caricature drawing instead of a photo? 11) Vicki Lawrence once wrote a fan letter to Carol Burnett that she resembled her (and which earned Vicki a spot as a regular on the Carol Burnett Show)? 12) Deodoto was once mad about recording "Also Sprach Zaraphustra"?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the time when 2 instrumentals were in the Top 5 at the same time besides 1973: The Top 3 sometime on a week 1961 were instrumentals...
1) "Wonderland by Night" by Bert Kamphert
2) "Exodus" by Ferrante and Teicher
3) "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk
and 2) Regarding songs hitting #1, then falling to #2, and then back to #1 again - It happened the most recent time on this AT40 episode! "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack was #1 for 4 weeks, then dropped to #1 for "Love Train" by the O' Jays, and on this AT40 chart went back to #1 again.
* OTHER THINGS: 1) There were a number of plugs for the upcoming April 7, 1973 AT40 special regarding the Top 40 hits of the past 5 years - all #1 songs - from 1967-1972. 2) Casey played a drop piece of the original "The Twelth of Never" by Johnny Mathis which reached #51 in 1958 to tie in with the Donny Osmond remake (oddly, Donny Osmond was born in 1958, the same year the original Johnny Mathis song came out!) 3) Notice Casey mentioning the Tony Orlando and Dawn song on the AT40 chart as "Tie a Ribbon - A Yellow Ribbon - Round The Old Oak Tree"? 4) And regarding the AT40 PREDICTING THE #1 SONG SEGMENT: The previous week on March 24, 1974 Casey and the AT40 staff predicted "Love Train" would remain at #1 but didn't. And for the next week (which wouldn't matter since that next week the AT40 Top 40 songs of the past 5 years special aired) the prediction of the next week #1 song would be "Neither One Of Us" by Gladys Knight and the Pips (Well, Casey and the AT40 guys were wrong again since moving into the April 7, 1973 Billboard chart at #1 was "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence, "Neither One of Us" had to settle for the #2 spot.)

I wonder what Premiere is planning for next weekend on AT40: The 70's and AT40: The 80's whether it is regarding April Foolishness or not (since next weekend is April Fool's Day weekend and April Fool's Day - April 1, 2012 - falls on a Sunday), but would AT40: The 70's/AT40: The 80's stations do something in place of the shows, like maybe an out of place AT40 show? (I know from some former R&R message board poster that on April 1, 2001 Boston's Kiss 108 FM aired instead of that weekend's American Top 40 current show a rerun of a July 10, 1999 AT40 episode with Kiss 108's Ed McMann - gee, whatever happened to him? At least he's no Larry Morgan! - guest hosting for Casey on that episode.)

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1973

40: DAISY A DAY - JUD STRUNK (40)
39: WILDFLOWER - SKYLARK (9)
38: A LETTER TO MYSELF - THE CHI-LITES (33)
37: ONE LESS SET OF FOOTSTEPS - JIM CROCE (37)
36: DRIFT AWAY - DOBIE GRAY (5)
35: KISSING MY LOVE - BILL WITHERS (31)
34: STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - STEELERS WHEEL (7)
33: MASTER OF EYES - ATETHA FRANKLIN (33)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnbHhWF14ug

32: COOK WITH HONEY - JUDY COLLINS (32)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=crUfbSrNMv8

31: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - LOU REED (16)
30: DO YOU WANT TO DANCE - BETTE MIDLER (17)
29: YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE - STEVIE WONDER (1)
28: DADDY'S HOME - JERMAINE JACKSON (9)
27: BIG CITY MISS RUTH ANN - GALLERY (23)
26: PEACEFUL - HELEN REDDY (12)
25: LITTLE WILLY - THE SWEET (3)
24: COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE - THE SPINNERS (4)
23: THE TWELFTH OF NEVER - DONNY OSMOND (8)
22: I'M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND) - THE MOODY BLUES (12)
21: CISCO KID - WAR (2)
20: HUMMINGBIRD - SEALS AND CROFTS (20)
19: STIR IT UP - JOHNNY NASH (12)
18: MASTERPIECE - THE TEMPTATIONS (7)
17: SPACE ODDITY - DAVID BOWIE (15)
16: DEAD SKUNK - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III (16)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-CyTBuESvk

15: AUBREY - BREAD (15)[/b]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSaYX97SizI

14: THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE - DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW (6)
13: TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE - DAWN (1)
12: DUELING BANJOS - ERIC WEISSBERG (2)
11: CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) -AL GREEN (11)
10: THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA - VICKI LAWRENCE (1)
9: SING - THE CARPENTERS (3)
8: DANNY'S SONG - ANNE MURRAY (7)
7: LAST SONG - EDWARD BEAR (3)
6: BREAK UP TO MAKE UP - THE STYLISTICS (5)
5: AIN'T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I GOT) - THE FOUR TOPS (4)
4: LOVE TRAIN - THE O'JAYS (1)
3: NEITHER ONE OF US (WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE) - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (2)
2: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA - DEODATO (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m0QjsxlJE

1: KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - ROBERT FLACK (1)[/b]

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's scheduled shows:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 4/3/1976:

Five songs debuted this week:
"Fooled Around And Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop (#27)
"Shannon" - Henry Gross (#34)
"We Can't Hide It Anymore" - Larry Santos (#38)
"Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#39)
"Hit The Road Jack" - The Stampeders (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Cupid" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#22)
"Theme From S.W.A.T." - Rhythm Heritage (#28)
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon (#29)
"Slow Ride" - Foghat (#31)
"Inseparable" - Natalie Cole (#32)

Biggest Mover: "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Abba (#36 to #26)
Biggest Dropper: "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen (#4 to #19)

Original extras:
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles
Both of these songs will be played as optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye (original AT40 extra)
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (#59)
"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/28/1981.

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Take It On The Run" - REO Speedwagon (#32)
"Too Much Time On My Hands" - Styx (#33)
"Time Out Of Mind" - Steely Dan (#34)
"It's A Love Thing" - The Whispers (#36)
"Sweetheart" - Franke & The Knockouts (#37)
"How 'Bout Us" - Champaign (#39)
"Who Do You Think You're Foolin?" - Donna Summer (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"The Tide Is High" - Blondie (#27)
"Giving It Up For Your Love" - Delbert McClinton (#30)
"Smoky Mountain Rain" - Ronnie Milsap (#33)
"Living In A Fantasy" - Leo Sayer (#36)
"Same Old Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg (#37)
"Passion" - Rod Stewart (#38)
"Together" - Tierra (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Just The Two Of Us" - Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers (#23 to #8)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" - Stevie Wonder (#11 to #26)
"Games People Play" - Alan Parsons Project (#16 to #31)
"Fade Away" - Bruce Springsteen (#20 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" - Gladys Knight & The Pips
"I Can Help" - Billy Swan

Archive extras:
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes
"I Feel Fine" - The Beatles
"Downtown" - Petula Clark
All three Archive songs are included.

Premiere optional extras:
"I Love You" - Climax Blues Band (#41)
"You Better You Bet" - The Who (#48)
"Watching The Wheels" - John Lennon (#77; debuted)
"Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes (#80; debuted)

[Libra]

March 28, 1981
LW #1: REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving You"
40 -- Donna Summer - Who Do You Think You're Foolin' (40)
39 -- Champaign - How 'Bout Us (12)
38 40 Loverboy - Turn Me Loose (35)
37 -- Franke & The Knockouts - Sweetheart (10)
36 -- The Whispers - It's a Love Thing (28)
35 20 Bruce Springsteen - Fade Away (20)
34 -- Steely Dan - Time Out of Mind (22)
33 -- Styx - Too Much Time on My Hands (9)
32 -- REO Speedwagon - Take it on the Run (5)
AT40 Archives: From December 1964 - The Supremes "Come See About Me", the 103rd #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: The Climax Blues Band "I Love You", which, at #41, was a week away from hitting the countdown
31 16 The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (16)
30 34 John Cougar - Ain't Even Done With the Night (17)
29 32 April Wine - Just Between You and Me (21)
28 28 Elvis Presley - Guitar Man (28)
27 31 Smokey Robinson - Being With You (2)
26 11 Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It (11)
25 35 Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music (19)
24 18 Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right (18)
23 29 James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too (11)
LDD: Gladys Knight & The Pips "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" from Norma in Edmond, OK to her cousin Lee, who she got to know while working together one summer, and who she's now separated from as she goes to school while he's remained behind
22 24 Phil Seymour - Precious to Me (22)
AT40 Archives: From December 1964 - The Beatles "I Feel Fine", the 104th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: The Who "You Better You Bet"
21 25 Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin' (13)
20 17 Cliff Richard - A Little in Love (17)
19 19 Randy Meisner - Hearts on Fire (19)
18 26 Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning (4)
17 13 Kool & The Gang - Celebration (1)
16 22 Eric Clapton & His Band - I Can't Stand It (10)
15 09 Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night (1)
14 21 Sheena Easton - Morning Train (9 to 5) (1)
13 15 The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me (10)
12 08 ABBA - The Winner Takes it All (8)
11 14 Steve Winwood - While You See a Chance (7)
AT40 Archives: From January 1965 - Petula Clark "Downtown", the 105th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: John Lennon "Watching the Wheels", which debuted at #77 that week
10 10 Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind of Fool (10)
09 12 Hall & Oates - Kiss on My List (1)
08 23 Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers - Just the Two of Us (2)
LDD: Billy Swan "I Can Help" from John in South Carolina to Debbie, who helped him to pass his CPR test when he feared he was going to fail it
07 04 Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (1)
06 07 Neil Diamond - Hello Again (6)
05 05 Don McLean - Crying (5)
04 01 REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (1)
03 03 Styx - The Best of Times (3)
Flashback Extra: Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes", which debuted at #80 that week
02 02 John Lennon - Woman (2)
01 06 Blondie - Rapture (1)

NOTES:

• Another show that links to a present-day 80s affiliate! In this case, it's WZWZ, the first station mentioned in the show.
  
• A rare instance of Casey giving a song's chart movement up to the #1 spot this week, though in this case that was the story for his intro; "Rapture" had the biggest move into #1 since "Star Wars Theme" jumped 8-1 back in 1977.
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Don't Stop the Music"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Texas Women" by Hank Williams, Jr.
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1976

40: HIT THE ROAD JACK – THE STAMPEDERS (40)
39: SARA SMILE – DARYL HALL & Adele OATES (4)
38: WE CAN’T HIDE IT ANYMORE – LARRY SANTOS (36)
37: FOPP – OHIO PLAYERS (30)
36: HE’S A FRIEND – EDDIE KENDRICKS (36)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7HMMjya88I

35: LORELEI - STYX (27)
34: SHANNON – HENRY GROSS (6)
33: YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING – FREDDY FENDER (33)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7fswCF-4po

32: LOVE HURTS - NAZARETH (8)
31: LIVIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND – O’JAYS (20)
30: LOVE FIRE - JIGSAW (30)
29: LOOKING FOR SPACE – JOHN DENVER (29)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw4IM3PEuJQ

28: ONLY LOVE IS REAL – CAROLE KING (28)
27: FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE – ELVIS BISHOP (3)
26: I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO - ABBA (15)
25: GOOD HEARTED WOMAN – WAYLON & WILLIE (25)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRNMkrDfJMY

24: JUNK FOOD JUNKIE – LARRY GROCE (9)
23: FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) – THE BEE GEES (12)
22: LOVE MACHINE PART 1 – THE MIRACLES (1)
21: ACTION – SWEET (20)
20: TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT – THE EAGLES (4)
19: ALL BY MYSELF – ERIC CARMEN (2)
18: TANGERINE – THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA (18)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-0Q2sFp8w

17: THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH (ALL OVER THE WORLD) – THE CARPENTERS (12)
16: BOOGIE FEVER – THE SYLVERS (1)
15: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (9)
14: DEEP PURPLE – DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (14)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOFYmpvHYM

13: SHOW ME THE WAY – PETER FRAMPTON (6)
12: SWEET LOVE – THE COMMODORES (5)
11: ONLY SIXTEEN – DR. HOOK (6)
10: GOLDEN YEARS – DAVID BOWIE (10)
9: MONEY HONEY – THE BAY CITY ROLLERS (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fJv5kUjddc

8: DECEMBER 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) – THE FOUR SEASONS (1)
7: DREAM ON - AEROSMITH (6)
6: RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM – MAXINE NIGHTINGALE (2)
5: SWEET THING – RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN (5)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWVuvw3P9Wo

4: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – THE BELLAMY BROTHERS (1)
3: LONELY NIGHT (ANGEL FACE) – THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (3)
2: DREAM WEAVER – GARY WRIGHT (2)
1: DISCO LADY – JOHNNY TAYLOR (1)[/font]

[dth1971]

Apr 1, 2012 21:06:14 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

Here's the 70s chart from 1976

40: HIT THE ROAD JACK – THE STAMPEDERS (40)
39: SARA SMILE – DARYL HALL & Adele OATES (4)
38: WE CAN’T HIDE IT ANYMORE – LARRY SANTOS (36)
37: FOPP – OHIO PLAYERS (30)
36: HE’S A FRIEND – EDDIE KENDRICKS (36)
35: LORELEI - STYX (27)
34: SHANNON – HENRY GROSS (6)
33: YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING – FREDDY FENDER (33)
32: LOVE HURTS - NAZARETH (8)
31: LIVIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND – O’JAYS (20)
30: LOVE FIRE - JIGSAW (30)
29: LOOKING FOR SPACE – Adele DENVER (29)
28: ONLY LOVE IS REAL – CAROLE KING (28)
27: FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE – ELVIS BISHOP (3)
26: I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO - ABBA (15)
25: GOOD HEARTED WOMAN – WAYLON & WILLIE (25)
24: JUNK FOOD JUNKIE – LARRY GROCE (9)
23: FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) – THE BEE GEES (12)
22: LOVE MACHINE PART 1 – THE MIRACLES (1)
21: ACTION – SWEET (20)
20: TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT – THE EAGLES (4)
19: ALL BY MYSELF – ERIC CARMEN (2)
18: TANGERINE – THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA (18)
17: THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH (ALL OVER THE WORLD) – THE CARPENTERS (12)
16: BOOGIE FEVER – THE SYLVERS (5)
15: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (9)
14: DEEP PURPLE – DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (14)
13: SHOW ME THE WAY – PETER FRAMPTON (6)
12: SWEET LOVE – THE COMMODORES (5)
11: ONLY SIXTEEN – DR. HOOK (6)
10: GOLDEN YEARS – Adele BOWIE (10)
9: MONEY HONEY – THE BAY CITY ROLLERS (9)
8: DECEMBER 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) – THE FOUR SEASONS (1)
7: DREAM ON - AEROSMITH (6)
6: RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM – MAXINE NIGHTINGALE (2)
5: SWEET THING – RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN (5)
4: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – THE BELLAMY BROTHERS (1)
3: LONELY NIGHT (ANGEL FACE) – THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (3)
2: DREAM WEAVER – GARY WRIGHT (2)
1: DISCO LADY – JOHNNY TAYLOR (1)

I was on vacation this weekend, and I had to listen to AT40: The 70's from the out of town station, so a few thoughts:
* One of the debut songs, Henry Gross' "Shannon", would 9 years later become the subject of the infamous AT40 Dead Dog Long Distance Dedication that made Casey over the edge or something like that in an outtake of it.
* Casey called ABBA's "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" as "I Do", and Casey called the Carpenters "There's a Kind of Hush" as "There's a Kind of a Hush".

Hopefully next weekend I will be back to listening to AT40: The 70's on my local station WLS 94.7 FM, but rumor as it according to the AT40 Fun and Games forums that the next AT40: The 70's episode might be a show that has been played 3 times before since Premiere launched the AT40: The 70's format in 2007.

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 2, 2012 21:40:47 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Hopefully next weekend I will be back to listening to AT40: The 70's on my local station WLS 94.7 FM, but rumor as it according to the AT40 Fun and Games forums that the next AT40: The 70's episode might be a show that has been played 3 times before since Premiere launched the AT40: The 70's format in 2007.

Alas, the rumors are true. I'll explain later this week.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's offerings:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 4/8/1978. This is the fourth time this show has aired as it previously aired in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Five songs debuted this week:
"With A Little Luck" - Paul McCartney & Wings (#17)
"You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#30)
"I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything" - Rubicon (#32)
"Two Doors Down" - Dolly Parton (#36)
"Baby Hold On" - Eddie Money (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"It's You That I Need" - Enchantment (#33)
"How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees (#32)
"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - Chic (#31)
"Hot Legs" - Rod Stewart (#28)
"Sometimes When We Touch" - Dan Hill (#26)

Biggest Mover: "Count On Me" - Jefferson Starship (#30 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel (#16 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"More Than A Woman" - Tavares (#43)
"Every Kinda People" - Robert Palmer (#67)
"It's A Heartache" - Bonnie Tyler (#56)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 4/7/1984.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler (#35)
"Show Me" - The Pretenders (#38)
"No More Words" - Berlin (#39)
"The Longest Time" - Billy Joel (#40)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"New Moon On Monday" - Duran Duran (#18)
"New Song" - Howard Jones (#27)
"Let's Stay Together" - Tina Turner (#31)
"Nobody Told Me" - John Lennon (#33)

Biggest Mover: "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman (#25 to #15)
Biggest Dropper: "Back Where You Belong" - .38 Special (#20 to #36)

Original extras:
"Start Me Up" - The Rolling Stones

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"Fame" - Irene Cara

Premiere optional extras:
"Relax" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (#84; debuted)
"Borderline" - Madonna (#46)
"Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry (#47; highest debut)
"Let's Hear It For The Boy" - Deniece Williams (#56; debuted)

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEKEND'S BROADCAST OF THE APRIL 8, 1978 CHART AIRED THIS WEEKEND ON AT40: THE 70'S ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO (Though it was the fourth time for Premiere in AT40: The 70's history for this episode, this is the first time WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played this):

* The previous week on April 1, 1978 there was an AT40 special on the Top 40 movie hits of all time.
*DID YOU KNOW: 1) KC of KC and the Sunshine Band spent 5 years doing sanitation work and unpacking records before he got his music career? 2) The group Rubicon features former Sly and the Family Stone member Jerry Martini? 3) "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis was at the 1978 time the slowest rising song to reach the top 10 on Billboard (I wonder, did Vangellis' "Chariots of Fire" and/or Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" both in 1982 break this record?)? 4) Chuck Mangione's father Frank helped out with jazz musicians by serving Italian spaghetti dinners? 5) George Clinton's 11 man group went under 2 different names - Parliment and Funkadelic - under 2 different recording contracts? 6) Ray Parker (Jr.) was dropped from doing backup guitar from Stevie Wonder because of jealousy? 7) Eric Clapton's big ambition was planning to do stained glass art that never got off the ground?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the most #1's for a female solo singer: At the 1978 time - Diana Ross (Later to be broken by Madonna and then Mariah Carey in later years).
* BLOOPERS DEPT.: Casey mentioned the highest debut at the #17 - "With a Little Luck" by Wings - as (besides the highest entry by a former Beatle in the Top 40 since "Imagine" by John Lennon in 1971) the highest top 40 entry in the 1970's! WRONG! The highest top 40 entry in the 1970's went to "Theme From Shaft" by Issac Hayes in 1971 entering the top 40 at #9 (by the way, the highest entry in AT40 history in the 1980's was "Upside Down" by Diana Ross in August 1980 entering the top 40 at #10, and the highest entry in AT40 history in the 1990's - during the 6 and a 1/2 year Shadoe Stevens era and during the 1 year 1992 Billboard Top 40 Radio Monitor source era, of course - was "Erotica" by Madonna entering the top 40/AT40 at #2 just 5 months after "I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey entered the top 40/AT40 at #4).
* ALSO: 1) I liked the fun way Casey called Eddie Money after his debut song "Baby Hold On" was played at #40 as "Mr. Money". 2) The Top 2 songs on this AT40 chart were both by the Bee Gees - "Stayin' Alive" at #2 and "Night Fever" at #1. 3) One of the songs on this AT40 chart: "Thank You For Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold, which not only would later be the theme Betty White's classic sitcom "The Golden Girls", but when Casey Kasem retired from the Top 40 biz with just the scaled down AC American Top 10 and Hot AC American Top 20 at the helm (Ryan Seacrest was handing the current AT40 chores) by closing his final shows in June 2009, this song was used as a special farewell Long Distance Dedicqation to his fans (much in the matter of when Shadoe Stevens used for a farewell LDD to his fans when the old AT40 ended only in foreign markets in January 1995 James Brown's "So Tired of Standing Still, We Got to Move On"). 4) WLS 94.7 FM did play one of the AT40: The 70's optional extras this week: Optional Extra #1 of "More Than a Woman" by the BEE GEES - BELATED APRIL FOOL!!! Really, the version of "More Than a Woman" was by Tavares (Don't think AT40 nor AT20 nor AT10 ever played the Bee Gees "More Than a Woman" unless it was a drop piece on the old AT40 at the 1978 time).

Well, AT40 and Casey Kasem fans, hope your Easter Sunday went well. But rumor has it the first AT40: The 70's usage of a 1979 AT40 episode in 4 hour format with the first hour optional won't be ready and waiting until probably the weekend of April 28-29, 2012 (Will WLS 94.7 FM Chicago play the full 4 hours or just the second, third and fourth hours when 1979 comes up on AT40: The 70's? Stay tuned in the weeks to come...)

[jdelachjr2002]

The Bee Gees' version of "More Than A Woman" was played as an optional extra last year when Premiere aired the 5/27/1978 show.

[Deleted]

Tainted Love hit the top 10 in week 26
Chariots of Fire hit the top 10 in week 16, #1 in week 22

I Go Crazy made it to the top 10 in week 28, it's #7 peak in week 30


Yes you are correct, Shaft debuted at #50 in 1971 and moved up 41 spots to #9 in week 2

[jdelachjr2002]

AT40: The '80s from April 7, 1984

LW #1: Kenny Loggins - Footloose
-- 40 Billy Joel - The Longest Time (14)
-- 39 Berlin - No More Words (23)
-- 38 The Pretenders - Show Me (28)
40 37 The Romantics - One In A Million (37)
20 36 .38 Special - Back Where You Belong (20)
-- 35 Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (34)
34 34 UB40 - Red Red Wine (34)*
37 33 Matthew Wilder - The Kid's American (33)
38 32 Tony Carey - A Fine Fine Day (22)
39 31 Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - To All The Girls I've Loved Before (5)
Flashback Extra: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax", which debuted at #84 that week.
23 30 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Runner (22)
35 29 John Cougar Mellencamp - The Authority Song (15)
32 28 Yes - Leave It (24)
36 27 The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels (11)
22 26 KC - Give It Up (18)
29 25 The Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me (15)
30 24 Kool & The Gang - Tonight (13)
15 23 Michael Jackson - Thriller (4)
24 22 Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (22)
17 21 Dan Fogelberg - The Language Of Love (13)
LDD: Billy Joel - "Just The Way You Are", from Wanda in Cornell NY to her boyfriend Albert who always embarrasses her in public. Despite this, he has brought excitement in her life. They are engaged to be married in the summer.
Flashback Extra: Madonna - "Borderline"
26 20 Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (5)
28 19 The Cars - You Might Think (7)
16 18 Christine McVie - Got A Hold On Me (10)
21 17 Dwight Twilley - Girls (16)
19 16 Queen - Radio Ga-Ga (16)
25 15 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know (8)
Extra: The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
11 14 Nena - 99 Luftballoons (2)
14 13 Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It (12)
06 12 Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug (6)
12 11 The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (3)
Flashback Extra: Steve Perry - "Oh Sherrie" which made the highest debut in the Hot 100 at #47 that week.
13 10 Lionel Richie - Hello (1)
05 09 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (2)
09 08 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education (8)
10 07 Culture Club - Miss Me Blind (5)
08 06 The Pointer Sisters - Automatic (5)
LDD: Irene Cara - "Fame" from Brenda in North Carolina to Beverly, a social worker and counselor who she discovered they had a lot in common. "Fame" is one of their favorite TV shows.
03 05 Van Halen - Jump (1)
04 04 The Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (4)
07 03 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (1)
Flashback Extra: Deniece Williams - "Let's Hear It For The Boy" which debuted at #56 that week.
02 02 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (2)
01 01 Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1)

Four songs debut in this week's survey, so four songs dropped out. They were:
"New Moon On Monday" by Duran Duran (LW: #18)
"Let's Stay Together" by Tina Turner (LW: #31)
"Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon (LW: #33)
and "New Song" by Howard Jones (#27)

* = 1984 peak; 1988 peak was #1
- The extra story behind "Start Me Up" had to do with the Rolling Stones recently coming out with their very own telephone featuring Mick Jagger's lips and tongue.
- Originally Casey opened Hour #3 by announcing Dr. Pepper as the show's sponsor. Casey has plugged Dr. Pepper a lot during the mid-'80s but normally Premiere has edited those plugs out. Not this time.
- The German-speaking version of "99 Luftballoons" was played. When it was an optional extra for the 1/14/1984 show, the English-speaking version was played.
- For the first LDD, the album version of "Just The Way You Are" was played.
- Coincidentally, the second LDD followed an uptempo Pointer Sisters song although the LDD song itself was uptempo which would not be the case for another LDD following an uptempo Pointer Sisters song nearly a year and a half later (9/14/1985).
- "Thriller" would mark the last week of Michael Jackson's streak of consecutive weeks in the Top 40 at 74 although unofficially if you count "Somebody's Watching Me" (in which Michael provided background vocals), then his streak lasted 79 weeks.
#1 Soul: "She's Strange" by Cameo
#1 Album: "Thriller"
#1 Country: "Don't Make It Easy For Me" by Earl Thomas Conley

[dth1971]

ALSO: Besides "With a Little Luck" by Wings entering the Top 40 at #17 that April 8, 1978 week, the 2 other songs to enter the Top 40 reaches in that #17 position was Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in Spring 1972 and "Old Days" by Chicago in May 1975.

[jdelachjr2002]

Even though this was covered before, I'll do "AT40: The '70s" from 4/8/1978. I'll also come up with a chart featuring the Top 40 UK songs from that week.

-- 40 Eddie Money - Baby Hold On (11)
16 39 Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are (3)
40 38 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy (32)
39 37 Player - This Time I'm In It For Love (10)
-- 36 Dolly Parton - Two Doors Down (19)
35 35 KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes (35)
38 34 Styx - Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (29)
34 33 Gordon Lightfoot - The Circle Is Small (33)
-- 32 Rubicon - I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything (28)
13 31 LeBlanc & Carr - Falling (13)
-- 30 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want (1)
37 29 The Trammps - Disco Inferno (11)
07 28 Paul Davis - I Go Crazy (7)
36 27 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lover (7)
Flashback Extra: Tavares - "More Than A Woman"
27 26 Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend (25)
29 25 Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (4)
25 24 Lou Rawls - Lady Love (24)
24 23 Gene Cotton - Before My Heart Finds Out (23)
23 22 Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman (17)
21 21 Stargard - Which Way Is Up (21)
22 20 Parlaiment - Flashlight (16)
30 19 Jefferson Starship - Count On Me (8)
19 18 Heatwave - Always And Forever (18)
-- 17 Paul McCartney & Wings - With A Little Luck (1)
20 16 David Gates - The Goodbye Girl (15)
18 15 Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (11)
17 14 Bob Welch - Ebony Eyes (14)
Flashback Extra: Robert Palmer - "Every Kinda People", which was four weeks away from hitting the countdown that week.
15 13 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You (2)
14 12 England Dan & John Ford Coley - We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again (9)
12 11 Natalie Cole - Our Love (10)
11 10 Raydio - Jack And Jill (8)
09 09 Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island (9)
08 08 Andy Gibb - (Love Is) Thicker Than Water (1)
10 07 Kansas - Dust In The Wind (6)
05 06 Samantha Sang - Emotion (3)
06 05 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You (1)
04 04 Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You (3)
03 03 Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (3)
Flashback Extra: Bonnie Tyler - "It's A Heartache"
02 02 The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1)
01 01 The Bee Gees - Night Fever (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

Now here is the UK Top 40 from 4/8/1978

35 40 Vibrators - Automatic Lover (35)
-- 39 Rainbow - Long Live Rock & Roll (33)
36 38 Player - Baby Come Back (32)
34 37 Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are (19)
-- 36 The O'Jays - I Love Music (36)
-- 35 Richard Myhill - It Takes Two To Tango (17)
40 34 JAM - News Of The World (27)
38 33 Chic - Everybody Dance (9)
29 32 Tavares - The Ghost Of Love (29)
24 31 Elkie Brooks - Lilac Wine (16)
32 30 Sheila B Devotion - Singin' In The Rain (11)
21 29 Real Thing - Whenever You Want My Love (18)
28 28 Tina Charles - I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me (27)
12 27 Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star (3)
23 26 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (6)
19 25 The Bee Gees - Staying Alive (4)
22 24 Donna Summer - Rumour Has It (19)
30 23 Dr. Hook - More Like The Movies (14)
16 22 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy (14)
17 21 Elvis Costello - I Don't Wanna Go To Chelsea (16)
27 20 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much Too Little Too Late (3)
15 19 Abba - Take A Chance On Me (1)
26 18 Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch (13)
08 17 The Darts - Come Back My Love (2)
20 16 Manhattan Transfer - Walk In Love (12)
11 15 Samantha Sang - Emotion (11)
09 14 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love (9)
-- 13 Paul McCartney & Wings - With A Little Luck (5)
13 12 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner (12)
25 11 Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away (5)
07 10 Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (7)
06 09 Andy Cameron - Ally's Tartan Army (6)
18 08 Genesis - Follow You Follow Me (7)
05 07 Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain (5)
10 06 Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love (4)
14 05 Showaddywaddy - I Wonder Why (2)
03 04 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (3)
01 03 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (1)
02 02 Blondie - Denis (2)
04 01 Brian And Michael - Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (1)

[RichR]

Apr 1, 2012 21:06:14 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

Here's the 70s chart from 1976
...

MANY THANKS again to all of you who post the weekly Top 40 lists and facts. They continue to be a great help as I'm transcribing and saving the shows.

Now, for the benefit of anyone else who searches for these on the Web, here's one I just finished, with titles and artist credits as printed on the original 45 RPM U.S. singles (thanks to eBay)...

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AMERICAN TOP 40 for the week ending April 3, 1976
40: Hit The Road Jack - Stampeders (peaked at 40)
39: Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates (4)
38: We Can't Hide It Anymore - Larry Santos (36)
37: Fopp - Ohio Players (30)
36: He's A Friend - Eddie Kendricks (36)
35: Lorelei - Styx (27)
34: Shannon - Henry Gross (6)
33: You'll Lose A Good Thing - Freddy Fender (33)
32: Love Hurts - Nazareth (8)
31: Livin' For The Weekend - The O'Jays (20)
30: Love Fire - Jigsaw (30)
29: Looking For Space - John Denver (29)
28: Only Love Is Real - Carole King (28)
27: Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop (3)
26: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - ABBA (15)
25: Good Hearted Woman - Waylon & Willie (25)
24: Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce (9)
23: Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) - Bee Gees (12)
22: Love Machine, Pt. 1 - The Miracles (1)
21: Action - Sweet (20)
20: Take It To The Limit - Eagles (4)
19: All By Myself - Eric Carmen (2)
18: Tangerine - The Salsoul Orchestra (18)
17: There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) - Carpenters (12)
16: Boogie Fever - Sylvers (5)
15: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (9)
14: Deep Purple - Donny and Marie Osmond (14)
13: Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton (6)
12: Sweet Love - Commodores (5)
11: Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook (6)
10: Golden Years - David Bowie (10)
9: Money Honey - Bay City Rollers (9)
8: December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons (1)
7: Dream On - Aerosmith (6)
6: Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (2)
5: Sweet Thing - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan (5)
4: Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers (1)
3: Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain and Tennille (3)
2: Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (2)
1: Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor (1)

Premiere optional extras:
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
     — an AT40 EXTRA from 1968 which originally aired between #s 38 & 37
"Welcome Back" by John Sebastian
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles
     — an AT40 EXTRA from 1961 which originally aired between #s 11 & 10

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(Thanks to cartman2002 for providing the peak positions.)

[dth1971]

Apr 8, 2012 17:16:54 GMT -5 @2m said:

Tainted Love hit the top 10 in week 26
Chariots of Fire hit the top 10 in week 16, #1 in week 22

I Go Crazy made it to the top 10 in week 28, it's #7 peak in week 30

How about the status of 2 other slow climbing to #1 songs: "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder in 1978 and "Sad Eyes" by Robert John in 1979?

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows:

"AT40: The '70s" presents 4/10/1971. This show already aired back in 2008.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson Five (#15)
"I Play And Sing" - Dawn (#30)
"Friends" - Elton John (#38)
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't You Jest Love It)" - Daddy Dewdrop (#39)
"Power To The People" - John Lennon (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#24)
"Mama's Pearl" - The Jackson Five (#30)
"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot (#36)
"Sit Yourself Down" - Stephen Stills (#37)
"Ask Me No Questions" - B.B. King (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Put Your Hand In The Hand" - Ocean (#31 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed (#17 to #36)

Original extras:
"Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin
"My Way" - Frank Sinatra
"Just A Dream" - Jimmy Clanton
"Honky Tonk" - Bill Doggett
"You're My Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
All of these songs except the Frank Sinatra one are optional extras this week.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 4/18/1987

Three songs debuted this week:
"Se La" - Lionel Richie (#37)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Kim Wilde (#39)
"The Right Thing" - Simply Red (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (#27)
"That Ain't Love" - REO Speedwagon (#29)
"As We Lay" - Shirley Murdock (#31)

Biggest Mover: "Heat Of The Night" - Bryan Adams (#32 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Mandolin Rain" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (#16 to #33)

Original extras:
"Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings

Long Distance Dedications:
"Cool Change" - Little River Band
"Rockin' Robin" - Michael Jackson

Premiere optional extras:
"Always" - Atlantic Starr (#42)
"Wanted: Dead Or Alive" - Bon Jovi (#46)
"Lessons In Love" - Level 42 (#62)
"You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon (#45)

[dth1971]

Apr 13, 2012 13:31:15 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows:

"AT40: The '70s" presents 4/10/1971. This show already aired back in 2008.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson Five (#15)
"I Play And Sing" - Dawn (#30)
"Friends" - Elton John (#38)
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't You Jest Love It)" - Daddy Dewdrop (#39)
"Power To The People" - John Lennon (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#24)
"Mama's Pearl" - The Jackson Five (#30)
"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot (#36)
"Sit Yourself Down" - Stephen Stills (#37)
"Ask Me No Questions" - B.B. King (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Put Your Hand In The Hand" - Ocean (#31 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed (#17 to #36)

Original extras:
"Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin
"My Way" - Frank Sinatra
"Just A Dream" - Jimmy Clanton
"Honky Tonk" - Bill Doggett
"You're My Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
All of these songs except the Frank Sinatra one are optional extras this week.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 4/18/1987

Three songs debuted this week:
"Se La" - Lionel Richie (#37)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Kim Wilde (#39)
"The Right Thing" - Simply Red (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (#27)
"That Ain't Love" - REO Speedwagon (#29)
"As We Lay" - Shirley Murdock (#31)

Biggest Mover: "Heat Of The Night" - Bryan Adams (#32 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Mandolin Rain" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (#16 to #33)

Original extras:
"Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings

Long Distance Dedications:
"Cool Change" - Little River Band
"Rockin' Robin" - Michael Jackson

Premiere optional extras:
"Always" - Atlantic Starr (#42)
"Wanted: Dead Or Alive" - Bon Jovi (#46)
"Lessons In Love" - Level 42 (#62)
"You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon (#45)

Is it true now for AT40: The 70's there will be 4 Optional Extras rather than 3 a week?

[jdelachjr2002]

Just this weekend in this case. BTW two weeks from now will be the first four-hour episode of "AT40: The '70s" (from April 28, 1979).

[jdelachjr2002]

Well, technically the first four-hour regular countdown (if anybody remembers the 1979 Disco Special airing in 2008).

[dth1971]

Apr 13, 2012 22:09:11 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Well, technically the first four-hour regular countdown (if anybody remembers the 1979 Disco Special airing in 2008).

I hope on the July 4th. weekend in July 2012 now with 4 hour October 1978-December 1979 AT40 shows with first hour optional that 1979 4 hour Disco Special might be rerun again.

[Libra]

April 18, 1987
40 -- Simply Red - The Right Thing (27)
39 -- Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (1)
38 34 Glass Tiger - I Will Be There (34)
37 -- Lionel Richie - Se La (20)
36 35 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Light of Day (33)
35 40 Huey Lewis & The News - I Know What I Like (9)
34 39 The Breakfast Club - Right on Track (7)
33 16 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain (4)
32 37 Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (12)
31 38 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (5)
LDD: The Little River Band "Cool Change" from Maria in Morgantown, WV to her husband Paul, for working to beat his alcoholism, which had had her thinking that a divorce was the only way to deal with it
Flashback Extra: Atlantic Starr "Always", which was "a week away from hitting the countdown"
30 33 World Party - Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) (27)
29 15 Tina Turner - What You Get is What You See (13)
28 36 Poison - Talk Dirty to Me (9)
27 11 Europe - The Final Countdown (7)
26 13 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (2)
25 28 Donna Allen - Serious (21)
24 30 Chris DeBurgh - The Lady in Red (3)
23 21 Hipsway - The Honeythief (19)
AT40 Extra: Wings "Band on the Run"
22 26 The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun (22)
Flashback Extra: Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive"
21 32 Bryan Adams - Heat of the Night (6)
20 25 Boston - Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love (20)
19 24 Cyndi Lauper - What's Going On (12)
18 22 Peter Wolf - Come As You Are (15)
17 09 Wang Chung - Let's Go (9)
16 20 Robbie Nevil - Dominoes (14)
15 19 Kool & The Gang - Stone Love (10)
14 04 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (3)
13 23 U2 - With or Without You (1)
12 18 Madonna - La Isla Bonita (4)
11 14 The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street (11)
Flashback Extra: Level 42 "Lessons in Love"
10 17 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms (1)
09 06 Expose - Come Go With Me (5)
08 10 Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (8)
LDD: Michael Jackson "Rockin' Robin", a song that Frank (in Maine) and his 6-year-old son Valentino used to sing together, dedicated to Valentino, who now lives 3,000 miles away in California, since Frank's wife decided to divorce him
07 02 Club Nouveau - Lean on Me (1)
06 12 Jody Watley - Looking For a New Love (2)
05 08 Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (5)
04 07 Prince - Sign O' the Times (3)
03 05 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (2)
Flashback Extra: Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al"
02 01 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1)
01 03 Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1)

Three songs debut this week on American Top 40, and falling out are:
"As We Lay" by Shirley Murdock (LW: 31),
"That Ain't Love" by REO Speedwagon (LW: 29), and
"Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (LW: 27).

NOTES:

• This Week's Station of the Week: WIDL. Good thing, that - after nearly a year of not doing so, WCRZ screwed up again, and this time they really pulled a doozy! Not only did they play the two middle segments from last week's show (#6 & "Fame" LDD, then #5) instead of the one middle segment from this week's (#7 & #6), but after playing the final extra (only missing the second one, BTW), "Wonderful Tonight" played. Way to screw over the Queen of Soul in her achievement in returning to the top (see below), guys! >:(
  
• You know how sometimes there's been a LDD where the lyrics of the song make it...a questionable choice for the dedication itself? Well, the writer of the first LDD admits that she's not sure of all the lyrics to the song ("Cool Change"). In this case, though, I'd say it works just fine for the dedication. :)
  
• Interesting that "The Final Countdown" received the softer jingle this week. So did "(I Just) Died in Your Arms", another song with a rock flavor.
  
• Also interesting was the question letter that also served as a lead-in to #26 - it asked about women who'd spent a year (in consecutive weeks) in the Top 40. One of the two artists currently in the countdown had pulled this off - in fact, Janet, at #26 with "Let's Wait Awhile", was on a current run. Having said that, a month ago back on 3-22-86 featured her first week in with the debut of "What Have You Done For Me Lately?", and this week sees the last, as "Let's Wait Awhile" would drop out the following week. (Her next single, "The Pleasure Principle", wouldn't debut until June.)
  
• Story behind "Band on the Run" as an Extra: Paul McCartney is left-handed, and wasn't sure he'd be able to aspire to play guitar like he wanted, since most conventional guitars at that time were right-handed. That is...until he saw Slim Whitman playing. Slim is a left-handed guitar player, and seeing Slim inspired Paul to make a go of it - by turning it around, and playing it upside down! "Band on the Run" debuted on the charts 13 years ago, this week.
  
• Larry Morgan noted that "You Can Call Me Al" was in its second run up the Hot 100.
  
• Most of us listening have probably noticed how many of the chart records that Casey has mentioned from time to time in these shows have since been broken, most of them well after the classic AT40 time periods. Well, this week sees Casey get the chance to update one of his own chart answers - back on 10-25-86, Casey answered a listener question asking what act had had the longest time gap between #1 songs. In his intro for the new #1 song this week, he references the previous figure - 19 years and 10 months for Frank Sinatra, between "Five Minutes More" and "Strangers in the Night". By hitting #1, Aretha broke that record, by a mere 2 weeks - and following the drumroll, Casey simply says "Aretha, I knew you were waiting! Congratulations!" Now granted, Cher would later break that record - and then some! - in 1999 with "Believe" (though only strictly on the Hot 100), but this week is still a rare example of Casey giving a chart record and then later being able to give an update when the previous one was broken.
  
• Come to think of it, Casey says right in the opening that a chart record was broken involving the longest gap between #1 songs, in the process giving away that there's a new #1 this week, something probably not done since the 70s (where he'd simply say there's a new #1 on some weeks).
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "Lean on Me"
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Sign O' the Times"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Kids of the Baby Boom" by The Bellamy Brothers
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Licensed to Ill by The Beastie Boys

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 14, 2012 13:53:35 GMT -5 Libra said:

[/li][li]Also interesting was the question letter that also served as a lead-in to #26 - it asked about artists who'd spent over a year (in consecutive weeks) in the Top 40. One of the two artists currently in the countdown had pulled this off - in fact, Janet, at #26 with "Let's Wait Awhile", was on a current run. Having said that, a month ago back on 3-22-86 featured her first week in with the debut of "What Have You Done For Me Lately?", and this week sees the last, as "Let's Wait Awhile" would drop out the following week. (Her next single, "The Pleasure Principle", wouldn't debut until June.)[/quote]

But technically, Janet did appear in the Top 40 in between "Let's Wait Awhile" and "The Pleasure Principle" if you count her singing background on Herb Alpert's "Diamonds" which debuted on 5/2/1987.