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

[jdelachjr2002]

May 6, 1972

LW TW
-- 40 Bread - Diary (15)
24 39 Bobby Vinton - Every Day Of My Life (24)
40 38 Buffy St. Marie - Mister Can't You See (38)
-- 37 Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother (5)
-- 36 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love (14)
36 35 April Wine - You Could Have Been A Lady (32)
37 34 Gallery - Nice To Be With You (4)
33 33 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night (33)
25 32 Yes - Roundabout (13)
-- 31 Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light (16)
27 30 Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire (27)
31 29 Harry Chapin - Taxi (24)
Flashback Extra: Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Someday Never Comes"
34 28 The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All (8)
29 27 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run (27)
32 26 The Jackson Five - Little Bitty Pretty One (13)
30 25 Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (22)
28 24 Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man (1)
-- 23 The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (7)
17 22 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold (1)
15 21 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (3)
22 20 War - Slippin' Into Darkness (16)
21 19 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (6)
19 18 Malo - Suavecito (18)
20 17 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln (9)
08 16 Sonny & Cher - A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done (8)
07 15 The Dramatics - In The Rain (5)
Flashback Extra: Bill Withers - "Lean On Me", which moved up to #75 on the Hot 100 that week.
14 14 Badfinger - Baby Blue (14)
13 13 Don McLean - Vincent (12)
12 12 Three Dog Night - The Family Of Man (12)
16 11 The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl (1)
11 10 Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo (9)
10 09 Al Green - Look What You've Done To Me (4)
09 08 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes (8)
18 07 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1)
05 06 America - A Horse With No Name (1)
06 05 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming (5)
02 04 Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (2)
04 03 The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow (3)
Flashback Extra: Neil Diamond - "Song Sung Blue", which became the highest new entry of the week at #67.
03 02 Joe Tex - I Gotcha (2)
01 01 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1)

- I had several songs italicized here as they were just played last week due to Premiere airing the Dick Clark-hosted show from 3/25/1972 last weekend. In total, 12 songs from this chart also appeared on the 3/25/1972 chart.
- Premiere is back to repeat mode again as this episode previously aired back in 2009. Before last week when Premiere aired the 4/28/1979 and 3/25/1972 countdowns, the last three weeks that have aired were repeats.
- Interestingly enough Harry Chapin was mentioned in this weekend's 1980's program (5/4/1985) as part of a story tie-in to that show's #1 song "We Are The World".
- #1 Soul: "I'll Take You There" - Staple Singers
- #1 Country: "Chantilly Lace/Think About It Darlin'" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- #1 Album: First Take - Roberta Flack

[dth1971]

May 6, 2012 8:51:48 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

May 6, 1972

LW TW
-- 40 Bread - Diary (15)
24 39 Bobby Vinton - Every Day Of My Life (24)
40 38 Buffy St. Marie - Mister Can't You See (38)
-- 37 Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother (5)
-- 36 Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love (14)
36 35 April Wine - You Could Have Been A Lady (32)
37 34 Gallery - Nice To Be With You (4)
33 33 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night (33)
25 32 Yes - Roundabout (13)
-- 31 Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light (16)
27 30 Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire (27)
31 29 Harry Chapin - Taxi (24)
Flashback Extra: Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Someday Never Comes"
34 28 The 5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All (8)
29 27 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run (27)
32 26 The Jackson Five - Little Bitty Pretty One (13)
30 25 Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (22)
28 24 Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man (1)
-- 23 The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (7)
17 22 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold (1)
15 21 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (3)
22 20 War - Slippin' Into Darkness (16)
21 19 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (6)
19 18 Malo - Suavecito (18)
20 17 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln (9)
08 16 Sonny & Cher - A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done (8)
07 15 The Dramatics - In The Rain (5)
Flashback Extra: Bill Withers - "Lean On Me", which moved up to #75 on the Hot 100 that week.
14 14 Badfinger - Baby Blue (14)
13 13 Don McLean - Vincent (12)
12 12 Three Dog Night - The Family Of Man (12)
16 11 The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl (1)
11 10 Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo (9)
10 09 Al Green - Look What You've Done To Me (4)
09 08 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes (8)
18 07 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1)
05 06 America - A Horse With No Name (1)
06 05 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming (5)
02 04 Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (2)
04 03 The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow (3)
Flashback Extra: Neil Diamond - "Song Sung Blue", which became the highest new entry of the week at #67.
03 02 Joe Tex - I Gotcha (2)
01 01 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1)

- I had several songs italicized here as they were just played last week due to Premiere airing the Dick Clark-hosted show from 3/25/1972 last weekend. In total, 12 songs from this chart also appeared on the 3/25/1972 chart.
- Premiere is back to repeat mode again as this episode previously aired back in 2009. Before last week when Premiere aired the 4/28/1979 and 3/25/1972 countdowns, the last three weeks that have aired were repeats.
- Interestingly enough Harry Chapin was mentioned in this weekend's 1980's program (5/4/1985) as part of a story tie-in to that show's #1 song "We Are The World".
- #1 Soul: "I'll Take You There" - Staple Singers
- #1 Country: "Chantilly Lace/Think About It Darlin'" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- #1 Album: First Take - Roberta Flack

And here are my thoughts on this week's May 6, 1972 broadcast of AT40, The 70's that I heard on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago this Sunday morning:
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Todd Rundgren was originally called "Runt"? 2) In May 1972 AT40 was heard besides the USA in 15 foreign countries? 3) Harry Chapin's song "Taxi" deals with a meeting of Harry and Sue? 4) Sammy Davis, Jr. comes from Harlem, New York? 5) Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love" is a remake of a Paul Anka song? 6) Cat Stevens was the album cover artist on his first 3 album covers? 7) Sonny and Cher in 1972 bought a house that had 45 rooms? 8) From 1969 to 1972 Three Dog Night was the biggest touring act in the country, even mostly performing at baseball stadiums? 9) Aretha Franklin, like Bill Cosby, has won Grammy awards 5 years in a row?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the instrumental that spent the most weeks at #1- "The Third Man Theme" with 11 weeks at #1 in April 1950. 2) Regarding the longest span of time between first and last #1 - Frank Sinatra with 21 years (From 1946 with "Five Minutes More" and to 1967 with his duet with Nancy Sinatra called "Somethin' Stupid"), but would this record be broken in later years? 3) Regarding the longest song title to hit the top 40 - Ray Stevens' "Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Disolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills" - (WHEW!)
* ALSO: 1) The B-side of Don "American Pie" McLean's "Vincent" called "Castles in the Air" (which would later be remade into a new version in 1981 and make the Top 40 again on its own) was played. 2) And at the end of the first AT40 May 6, 1972 hour Casey made mention that was kept intact of a wedding of Bob Holiday and Ruth Davis in Poplar Bluffs, Iowa about to take place!

[Deleted]

The 1st to last #1 record is 33+ years for Cher

I Got You Babe (8/1965) to Believe (3/1999)


If we just look at solo hits as they did on the '72 show then I would go with Cher - the solo years

[Libra]

May 6, 2012 11:08:07 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

2) Regarding the longest span of time between first and last #1 - Frank Sinatra with 21 years (From 1946 with "Five Minutes More" and to 1967 with his duet with Nancy Sinatra called "Somethin' Stupid"), but would this record be broken in later years?

Is it between first #1, and last #1, or is it the longest gap between #1 songs? (Or do those happen to be the same in this case?)

Reason I ask is, on last year's 10/25/86 show, the question was the longest gap between #1s, and the answer happened to be that exact same timespan, between "Five Minutes More" and "Somethin' Stupid".

[Deleted]

It was first to last (as a lead artist - not a featured one)

But even the gaps between #1's has been broken since too

[Libra]

May 4, 1985
40 -- Limahl - Never Ending Story (17)
39 -- Alison Moyet - Invisible (31)
38 -- Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues (12)
37 23 Madonna - Material Girl (2)
36 39 New Edition - Lost in Love (35)
35 40 Julian Lennon - Say You're Wrong (21)
34 38 Luther Vandross - Till My Baby Comes Home (29)
33 35 Bryan Adams - Heaven (1)
AT40 Extra: Frank Sinatra "Theme From New York, New York"
32 33 Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth (26)
31 34 Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine (9)
Flashback Extra: Eurythmics "Would I Lie to You?"
30 32 REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night (19)
29 30 Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (29)
28 26 Eric Clapton - Forever Man (26)
27 29 David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (12)
26 31 The Mary Jane Girls - In My House (7)
25 27 Kool & The Gang - Fresh (9)
LDD: Barry Manilow "I Made it Through the Rain" from Sally in Orford, NH, who moved out on her own after her parents divorced, and who is now making a life for herself on her own
24 28 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (5)
23 13 Diana Ross - Missing You (10)
22 14 Chicago - Along Comes a Woman (14)
21 20 John Fogerty - Rock and Roll Girls (20)
Flashback Extra: Madonna "Angel", which was "poised at #41, a week away from hitting the countdown"
20 24 Billy Ocean - Suddenly (4)
19 21 Patti LaBelle - New Attitude (17)
18 19 Hall & Oates - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (18)
17 11 Phil Collins - One More Night (1)
16 22 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (3)
15 17 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (13)
14 18 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1)
13 09 Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (6)
12 15 Foreigner - That Was Yesterday (12)
11 16 Wham! - Everything She Wants (1)
10 12 Sade - Smooth Operator (5)
Flashback Extra: 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"
09 10 Don Henley - All She Wants to Do is Dance (9)
08 04 The Commodores - Nightshift (3)
07 08 Power Station - Some Like it Hot (6)
06 07 Animotion - Obsession (6)
LDD: Chicago "You're the Inspiration" from Curtis, an Army man currently stationed in Germany to Melanie in Fairfax, VA, who he's in love with
05 06 Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok (3)
04 05 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (1)
03 03 DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night (3)
Flashback Extra: Survivor "The Search is Over"
02 02 Madonna - Crazy For You (1)
01 01 USA For Africa - We Are the World (1)

Three songs fall out of the survey to make room for our debuts. Dropping out is:
"Lovergirl" by Teena Marie (LW: 25),
"Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon (LW: 36), and
"Somebody" by Bryan Adams (LW: 37).

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WJJR.
  
• Gee, not a lot of upward movement, is there? Songs don't seem to have a problem moving down this week, but going up is like having to deal with a traffic jam. Guess that was the side effect of having "We Are the World" on top, eh?
  
• That different soft #40 jingle is back again this week. It's also heard on weeks such as 4-5-86 and 9-13-86, but a better-sounding soft #40 jingle (at least IMO) is heard on the Top 100 of 1985. Kind of wonder why there were two out there...
  
• Speaking of softer jingles, there's quite a few of them this week - in fact, had the final hour started with #10 (it started at #9 instead), there'd have been one to start every hour!
  
• Another one from the "Diminishing Returns" Files (see also 2-9, last year): Two Top 10 hits, and a third almost Top 10, drop out this week, and replacing them were three non-Top 10s. Ouch.
  
• Story behind "Theme From New York, New York" as an Extra: From 1980, it's the most recent of Frank Sinatra's 115 chart appearances. When Frank was 17, he began his career taking any singing jobs that he could, his goal simply being to stay active as much as he could.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "There's No Way" by Alabama
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "Fresh"
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "We Are the World"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: We Are the World by USA For Africa

[dth1971]

May 6, 2012 11:20:45 GMT -5 @2m said:

The 1st to last #1 record is 33+ years for Cher

I Got You Babe (8/1965) to Believe (3/1999)


If we just look at solo hits as they did on the '72 show then I would go with Cher - the solo years

Actually, for AT40's second incarnation at the time in 1999, since it used R&R sources rather than Billboard sources, "Believe" by Cher didn't hit #1 on R&R (but it hit #1 on Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 chart thanks to a switcheround or something like that).

[Deleted]

OK fair enough

A couple examples though of exceeding Frank Sinatra's record, aside from that one

Beach Boys Kokomo in '88 comes to mind

But on a related note, since AT40 did not exist until 1970, the original answer of Frank Sinatra is invalid as well

[cartman2002]

Here's pos 41-100 from the 5/6/1972 chart


41 Taurus, Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band 18
42 Pool Of Bad Luck, Joe Simon 42
43 It's Going To Take Some Time, Carpenters 12
44 Ask Me What You Want, Millie Jackson 27
45 Love Theme From The Godfather (Speak Softly Love), Andy Williams 34
46 Hearsay, The Soul Children 44
47 Isn't Life Strange, The Moody Blues 29
48 Let's Stay Together, Isaac Hayes 48
49 Do Your Thing, Isaac Hayes 30
50 Legend In Your Own Time, Carly Simon 50
51 Be My Lover, Alice Cooper 49
52 You Are The One, Sugar Bears 51
53 Walk In The Night, Jr. Walker & The All Stars 46
54 Lay-Away, The Isley Brothers 54
55 Chantilly Lace, Jerry Lee Lewis 43
56 Smilin', Sly & The Family Stone 42
57 Outa-Space, Billy Preston 2
58 I've Been Lonely For So Long, Frederick Knight 27
59 Old Man, Neil Young 31
60 Everything Good Is Bad, 100 Proof Aged in Soul 45
61 I Had It All The Time, Tyrone Davis 61
62 To Get To You, Jerry Wallace 48
63 What'd I Say, Rare Earth 61
64 I'm Movin' On, John Kay 52
65 Jubilation, Paul Anka 65
66 Am I Losing You, The Partridge Family 59
67 Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond 1
68 Telegram Sam, T. Rex 67
69 Long Haired Lover From Liverpool, Little Jimmy Osmond 38
70 Changes, David Bowie 41
71 Lean On Me, Bill Withers 1
72 Someday Never Comes, Creedence Clearwater Revival 25
73 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton 4
74 Love Theme From The Godfather, Carlo Savina 66
75 Iko Iko, Dr. John 71
76 Upsetter, Grand Funk Railroad 73
77 Automatically Sunshine, The Supremes 37
78 Ain't Wastin' Time No More, The Allman Brothers Band 77
79 Amerikan Music, Steve Alaimo 79
80 Rocket Man, Elton John 6
81 Beg, Steal Or Borrow, The New Seekers 81
82 Hot 'N' Nasty, Humble Pie 52
83 Life And Breath, Climax 52
84 Vahevala, Loggins And Messina 84
85 Ain't That Peculiar, Fanny 85
86 Speak Softly Love, Al Martino 80
87 I Can't Turn You Loose, Edgar Winter's White Trash 81
88 Too Beautiful To Last, Engelbert Humperdinck 86
89 Love's Street And Fool's Road, Solomon Burke 89
90 Immigration Man, Graham Nash & David Crosby 36
91 The Young New Mexican Puppeteer, Tom Jones 80
92 How Do You Do?, Mouth & MacNeal 8
93 I Just Wanna Be Your Friend, Lighthouse 93
94 Woman's Gotta Have It, Bobby Womack 60
95 Questions, Bang 90
96 We're Free, Beverly Bremers 40
97 An American Trilogy, Elvis Presley 66
98 I Got Some Help I Don't Need, B.B. King 92
99 Where There's A Will There's A Way, Delaney & Bonnie 99
100 There It Is (Part 1), James Brown 43

[dth1971]

HEY! How come jdelachjr2002 as of this late Friday night hasn't posted yet on this thread what episodes will be for AT40: The 70's and AT40: The 80's this March 12-13, 2012 weekend??? >:(

[jdelachjr2002]

I got too distracted. Interestingly enough I spent a lot of free time cataloging the comics from the Chicago Tribune in the mid-1970's (including the comics they ran from the former Chicago Today). OK enough stalling.

May 14, 2010 22:16:28 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's scheduled AT40 shows

AT40: The '70s this week features 5/11/1974

Five songs debuted this week:
"Let's Get Married" - Al Green (#34)
"Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot (#36)
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#38)
"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" - Olivia Newton-John (#39)
"Standing At The End Of The Line" - Lobo (#40)

Five songs fell off this week:
"A Very Special Love Song" - Charlie Rich (#31)
"Tell Me A Lie" - Sami Jo (#34)
"I'm A Train" - Albert Hammond (#37)
"Thanks For Saving My Life" - Billy Paul (#38)
"Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" - The Staple Singers (#40)

Original extras:
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & The Comets
This song was played because it was making a comeback thanks to a new TV show that featured Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the Fonz (otherwise known as "Happy Days"). Premiere is playing this song as one of the optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1 : "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & His Comets (original AT40 extra; is also #46 this week)
Hour #2: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan (#84; debuted)
Hour #3: "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" - Carly Simon (#80; debuted)

Call me lazy but I am reposting this post from two years ago because Premiere is re-airing the 5/11/1974 show complete with the same optional extras.

Now on to the '80s show.

You may have heard it on WWIS already (well, I didn't because I was working and my parents were on vacation so I had to take the bus home; I also did some errands afterwards).

It's another repeat BTW its 5/14/1988. It aired back in 2009.

Six songs debuted this week:
"The Valley Road" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (#32)
"Alphabet St." - Prince (#33)
"Kiss Me Deadly" - Lita Ford (#35)
"Nite And Day" - Al B. Sure! (#38)
"Da Butt" - E.U. (#39)
"Dirty Diana" - Michael Jackson (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"One Step Up" - Bruce Springsteen (#19)
"I Saw Him Standing There" - Tiffany (#20)
"Man In The Mirror" - Michael Jackson (#31)
"Rocket 2 U" - The Jets (#34)
"Ritual" - Dan Reed Network (#38)
"Endless Summer Nights" - Richard Marx (#40)

At least unlike Casey sometimes (especially on this program) I always mention the songs and the acts falling out of the Top 40. :)

Biggest Mover: "One More Try" - George Michael (#14 to #4)
Biggest Dropper: "I Wish I Had A Girl" - Henry Lee Summer (#23 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"The Search Is Over" - Survivor
"What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong

Premiere optional extras (if you listened on WWIS, you had to be surprised):
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
"Look Away" - Chicago
"Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi
"Wild Wild West" - Escape Club

[dth1971]

May 12, 2012 0:20:18 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

I got too distracted. Interestingly enough I spent a lot of free time cataloging the comics from the Chicago Tribune in the mid-1970's (including the comics they ran from the former Chicago Today). OK enough stalling.

May 14, 2010 22:16:28 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's scheduled AT40 shows

AT40: The '70s this week features 5/11/1974

Five songs debuted this week:
"Let's Get Married" - Al Green (#34)
"Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot (#36)
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#38)
"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" - Olivia Newton-John (#39)
"Standing At The End Of The Line" - Lobo (#40)

Five songs fell off this week:
"A Very Special Love Song" - Charlie Rich (#31)
"Tell Me A Lie" - Sami Jo (#34)
"I'm A Train" - Albert Hammond (#37)
"Thanks For Saving My Life" - Billy Paul (#38)
"Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" - The Staple Singers (#40)

Original extras:
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & The Comets
This song was played because it was making a comeback thanks to a new TV show that featured Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the Fonz (otherwise known as "Happy Days"). Premiere is playing this song as one of the optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1 : "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & His Comets (original AT40 extra; is also #46 this week)
Hour #2: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan (#84; debuted)
Hour #3: "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" - Carly Simon (#80; debuted)

Call me lazy but I am reposting this post from two years ago because Premiere is re-airing the 5/11/1974 show complete with the same optional extras.

Now on to the '80s show.

You may have heard it on WWIS already (well, I didn't because I was working and my parents were on vacation so I had to take the bus home; I also did some errands afterwards).

It's another repeat BTW its 5/14/1988. It aired back in 2009.

Six songs debuted this week:
"The Valley Road" - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (#32)
"Alphabet St." - Prince (#33)
"Kiss Me Deadly" - Lita Ford (#35)
"Nite And Day" - Al B. Sure! (#38)
"Da Butt" - E.U. (#39)
"Dirty Diana" - Michael Jackson (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"One Step Up" - Bruce Springsteen (#19)
"I Saw Him Standing There" - Tiffany (#20)
"Man In The Mirror" - Michael Jackson (#31)
"Rocket 2 U" - The Jets (#34)
"Ritual" - Dan Reed Network (#38)
"Endless Summer Nights" - Richard Marx (#40)

At least unlike Casey sometimes (especially on this program) I always mention the songs and the acts falling out of the Top 40. :)

Biggest Mover: "One More Try" - George Michael (#14 to #4)
Biggest Dropper: "I Wish I Had A Girl" - Henry Lee Summer (#23 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"The Search Is Over" - Survivor
"What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong

Premiere optional extras (if you listened on WWIS, you had to be surprised):
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
"Look Away" - Chicago
"Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi
"Wild Wild West" - Escape Club

Thanks for this weekend's info belatedly, jdelachjr2002. But since AT40: The 80's is playing late 1988 Optional Extras this week, will Premiere do 1989 songs as Optional Extras if there's 1 more 1988 AT40 episode left to air this 2012 year (unless Premiere decides to air the late June 1989 Debbie Gibson guest hosted AT40 in the AT40: The 80's package which might be the only show in the Shadoe Stevens 1989 era AT40 that Premiere could air, but I won't expect Premiere to launch a seperate show called "American Top 40: The Shadoe Stevens Era" which would have rebroadcasts of August 1988 to January 1995 Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows, including the AT40 shows from July 1994 to January 1995 that were not heard in the USA but in other countries when ABC/Watermark withdrew the old AT40 from American radio airwaves).

[jdelachjr2002]

May 12, 2012 8:48:06 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Thanks for this weekend's info belatedly, jdelachjr2002. But since AT40: The 80's is playing late 1988 Optional Extras this week, will Premiere do 1989 songs as Optional Extras if there's 1 more 1988 AT40 episode left to air this 2012 year (unless Premiere decides to air the late June 1989 Debbie Gibson guest hosted AT40 in the AT40: The 80's package which might be the only show in the Shadoe Stevens 1989 era AT40 that Premiere could air, but I won't expect Premiere to launch a seperate show called "American Top 40: The Shadoe Stevens Era" which would have rebroadcasts of August 1988 to January 1995 Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows, including the AT40 shows from July 1994 to January 1995 that were not heard in the USA but in other countries when ABC/Watermark withdrew the old AT40 from American radio airwaves).

I have no idea right now but I'll let you know.

[mkarns]

May 12, 2012 8:48:06 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

May 12, 2012 0:20:18 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Thanks for this weekend's info belatedly, jdelachjr2002. But since AT40: The 80's is playing late 1988 Optional Extras this week, will Premiere do 1989 songs as Optional Extras if there's 1 more 1988 AT40 episode left to air this 2012 year (unless Premiere decides to air the late June 1989 Debbie Gibson guest hosted AT40 in the AT40: The 80's package which might be the only show in the Shadoe Stevens 1989 era AT40 that Premiere could air, but I won't expect Premiere to launch a seperate show called "American Top 40: The Shadoe Stevens Era" which would have rebroadcasts of August 1988 to January 1995 Shadoe Stevens AT40 shows, including the AT40 shows from July 1994 to January 1995 that were not heard in the USA but in other countries when ABC/Watermark withdrew the old AT40 from American radio airwaves).

I personally wouldn't expect Premiere to air any Shadoe Stevens shows. If they ever go into 1990s countdowns, it's easier to see them airing "Casey's Top 40", which Casey Kasem hosted for (then) Westwood One from 1989-1998, perhaps (preferably) interspersed with his 1998-99 AT40s.

[Libra]

Well, here's how that re-airing turned out. In my case it wasn't really a "re-run", since I was forced to miss it the first time around due to being at a conference in Arizona that weekend.

May 14, 1988
40 -- Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (1)
39 -- E.U. - Da Butt (35)
38 -- Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day (7)
37 39 Pretty Poison - Nighttime (36)
36 23 Henry Lee Summer - I Wish I Had a Girl (20)
35 -- Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly (12)
34 27 Jermaine Stewart - Say it Again (27)
33 -- Prince - Alphabet St. (8)
32 -- Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road (5)
31 37 Glass Tiger - I'm Still Searching (31)
30 35 Brenda K. Starr - I Still Believe (13)
Flashback Extra: Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
29 36 Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (1)
28 29 Paul Carrack - One Good Reason (28)
27 32 Cher - We All Sleep Alone (14)
26 17 Pebbles - Girlfriend (5)
25 33 The Jets - Make it Real (4)
24 12 INXS - Devil Inside (2)
LDD: Survivor "The Search is Over" from Craig to Stacy, who's been a friend to him over the past five years through all the girls he's become interested in...only for him to finally realize that she was the one he really wanted
23 28 Times Two - Strange But True (21)
22 22 Toto - Pamela (22)
21 30 Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the Sand (7)
Flashback Extra: Chicago "Look Away"
20 26 Suave - My Girl (20)
19 15 Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1)
18 24 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dreaming (16)
17 25 Rick Astley - Together Forever (1)
16 21 Hall & Oates - Everything Your Heart Desires (3)
15 07 Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love (7)
14 18 Brenda Russell featuring Joe Esposito - Piano in the Dark (6)
13 16 The Deele - Two Occasions (10)
12 13 White Lion - Wait (8)
11 04 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1)
10 11 Foreigner - I Don't Want to Live Without You (5)
Flashback Extra: Bon Jovi "Bad Medicine"
09 09 Icehouse - Electric Blue (7)
LDD: Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" from teenager Camboo Su, who grew up in Cambodia in the midst of war induced by the Khmer Rouge, to his aunt, who provided refuge to Camboo and his siblings and later made it out of Cambodia, to his family, and to his family's current sponsor
08 10 Samantha Fox - Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (3)
07 03 Aerosmith - Angel (3)
06 06 The Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (4)
05 05 Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac (5)
04 14 George Michael - One More Try (1)
03 01 Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (1)
02 08 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (2)
Flashback Extra: The Escape Club "Wild, Wild West"
01 02 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (1)

[Casey calls "Dirty Diana" the follow-up to his recent #1 song, "Man in the Mirror", 'which falls out of the countdown this week' (LW: 31).] And five other songs also drop out:
"Endless Summer Nights" (LW: 40),
"Ritual" (LW: 38),
"Rocket 2 U" (LW: 34),
"I Saw Him Standing There" (LW: 20), and
"One Step Up" (LW: 19).

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WZWZ.
  
• For whatever reason, Premiere elected to use songs that hit #1 during the months that Shadoe Stevens was host in 1988 for the extras this week. I have to say, I don't get that at all...they didn't do that the first time this show aired, back in 2009 - the extras that week were "New Sensation", "The Flame", "Beds Are Burning", and "Pour Some Sugar on Me".
  
• A rare example of a show from this time where Casey skipped the recap of last week's Top 3 - he said there was lots of chart action this week, including the new ones from Prince and Michael Jackson, and that Michael leads off the countdown, then saying, "Let's get right to it!"
  
• Seems kind of odd to put the first LDD after "Devil Inside", when they could've put it after "Make it Real" or even "Strange But True".
  
• Only five segments aired in the second hour...but that last segment appears to possibly be the original final two segments spliced together by Premiere; the original cue sheet for this week's show has the final two segments as songs 23 and 22, then a break, then 21 and the end-of-hour. I have to think that second hour station mentions would've been before #21 - curiously, they're not listed anywhere in the first two hours, though they did happen in the first, and station welcomes were listed to start the second hour.
  
• Interesting that "My Girl" received the softer jingle.
  
• Even more interesting that there was a "The Boss" medley in the final hour, when the real "Boss" fell completely out of the countdown this week (from 19! :o )
  
• Yes, #1 had the last segment all by itself this week. According to the cue sheet from 3-19 two months ago (like this show, also originally aired in 2009), that happened that week as well, but I don't remember if it aired that way back in '09, and my post from that week, a WCRZ airing in my early months of hearing "The 80s", certainly doesn't tell the tale.
  
• Topping off the quirks in this week's show, is Casey's story of artists whose names he's mispronounced. That's some way to lead into the new #1 song in the land!
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "I'm Gonna Get Ya" by Eddy Raven
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "Instinctual" by Imagination
  
• #1 on the Black Singles chart: "Nite and Day"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Faith by George Michael

[jdelachjr2002]

May 11, 1974

LW TW
-- 40 Lobo - Standing At The End Of The Line (37)
-- 39 Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me (Let Me Know) (5)
-- 38 Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Billy, Don't Be A Hero (1)
33 37 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (5)
-- 36 Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1)
29 35 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride (29)
25 34 Sister Janet Mead - The Lord's Prayer (4)
-- 33 Al Green - Let's Get Married (32)
28 32 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1)
35 31 Earth, Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty (29)
36 30 Aretha Franklin - I'm In Love (19)
39 29 Jim Stafford - My Girl Bill (12)
26 28 Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing (15)
20 27 John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Bill Haley & His Comets "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"
30 26 James Brown - The Payback (Part 1) (26)
19 25 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - My Mistake Was To Love You (19)
18 24 Bobby Womack - Lookin' For A Love (10)
32 23 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (9)
16 22 Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (9)
27 21 Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (16)
24 20 Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young (10)
23 19 Joni Mitchell - Help Me (7)
10 18 Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely (10)
13 17 Ringo Starr - Oh My My (5)
14 16 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (5)
21 15 The Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You (11)
22 14 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (1)
Flashback Extra: Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", which debuted on the Hot 100 at #84 that week.
17 13 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (2)
07 12 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling (1)
04 11 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (3)
15 10 Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (6)
12 09 Chicago - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long (9)
02 08 M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) (1)
08 07 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (7)
09 06 Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On (4)
03 05 Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (1)
11 04 Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (3)
05 03 The Jackson Five - Dancing Machine (2)
Flashback Extra: Carly Simon "Haven't Got Time For The Pain"
06 02 Ray Stevens - The Streak (1)
01 01 Grand Funk Railroad - The Loco-Motion (1)

BTW apparently I didn't list the biggest moving and dropping songs in the recap back in 2010 so here they are:
Biggest Mover: "My Girl Bill" - Jim Stafford (#39 to #29)
Biggest Dropper: "The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead (#25 to #34)
Of course Casey mentioned Jim Stafford's big move but not Sister Janet Mead's big drop
For "Rock Around The Clock", Casey mentioned that it broke the all-time record for overall weeks charted at 40. Casey also mentioned the song was at #46.
As I mentioned earlier, the reason for "Rock Around The Clock"'s re-release was due to its' inclusion in the new ABC TV series "Happy Days". That theme was used for its' first two seasons.
#1 Soul: "Dancing Machine"
#1 Country: "(Is It Wrong) For Loving You" - Sonny James
#1 Album: "The Sting" soundtrack

[dth1971]

May 13, 2012 9:03:06 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

May 11, 1974

LW TW
-- 40 Lobo - Standing At The End Of The Line (37)
-- 39 Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me (Let Me Know) (5)
-- 38 Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods - Billy, Don't Be A Hero (1)
33 37 Carly Simon & James Taylor - Mockingbird (5)
-- 36 Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown (1)
29 35 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride (29)
25 34 Sister Janet Mead - The Lord's Prayer (4)
-- 33 Al Green - Let's Get Married (32)
28 32 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1)
35 31 Earth, Wind & Fire - Mighty Mighty (29)
36 30 Aretha Franklin - I'm In Love (19)
39 29 Jim Stafford - My Girl Bill (12)
26 28 Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing (15)
20 27 John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Bill Haley & His Comets "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"
30 26 James Brown - The Payback (Part 1) (26)
19 25 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - My Mistake Was To Love You (19)
18 24 Bobby Womack - Lookin' For A Love (10)
32 23 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (9)
16 22 Jim Croce - I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (9)
27 21 Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (16)
24 20 Cat Stevens - Oh Very Young (10)
23 19 Joni Mitchell - Help Me (7)
10 18 Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely (10)
13 17 Ringo Starr - Oh My My (5)
14 16 Redbone - Come And Get Your Love (5)
21 15 The Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You (11)
22 14 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run (1)
Flashback Extra: Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", which debuted on the Hot 100 at #84 that week.
17 13 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (2)
07 12 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling (1)
04 11 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (3)
15 10 Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (6)
12 09 Chicago - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long (9)
02 08 M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) (1)
08 07 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (7)
09 06 Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On (4)
03 05 Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (1)
11 04 Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer (3)
05 03 The Jackson Five - Dancing Machine (2)
Flashback Extra: Carly Simon "Haven't Got Time For The Pain"
06 02 Ray Stevens - The Streak (1)
01 01 Grand Funk Railroad - The Loco-Motion (1)

BTW apparently I didn't list the biggest moving and dropping songs in the recap back in 2010 so here they are:
Biggest Mover: "My Girl Bill" - Jim Stafford (#39 to #29)
Biggest Dropper: "The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead (#25 to #34)
Of course Casey mentioned Jim Stafford's big move but not Sister Janet Mead's big drop
For "Rock Around The Clock", Casey mentioned that it broke the all-time record for overall weeks charted at 40. Casey also mentioned the song was at #46.
As I mentioned earlier, the reason for "Rock Around The Clock"'s re-release was due to its' inclusion in the new ABC TV series "Happy Days". That theme was used for its' first two seasons.
#1 Soul: "Dancing Machine"
#1 Country: "(Is It Wrong) For Loving You" - Sonny James
#1 Album: "The Sting" soundtrack

Sorry WLS 94.7 FM Chicago didn't play the optional extras this week, not even the original May 11, 1974 "Rock Around The Clock" extra that was demoted to optional extra status, but here are more thoughts on that week's AT40: The 70's episode I heard this morning on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago:
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods have been around since 1970? 2) Gordon Lightfoot was once a member the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) choral group?
3) Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" was recorded in Montreal, Canada? 4) Al Green has been a partner with producer Willie Mitchell on his songs? 5) Aretha Franklin had a 7 year streak of winning Grammy awards for song of the year? 6) Jim Stafford is a comedian besides being a country singer? 7) John Denver's TV variety special was rumored to be a TV series at one point (but never came to be!)? 8) Bobby Womack's "Lookin' For a Love" was originally recorded by the Valentinos (which Bobby Womack was a member of!)? 9) The Stylistics' "You Make Me Feel Brand New" features twice as many lead singers on the song? 10) Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets" was recorded with audience and crowd cheers dubbed in that was inspired by TV sitcom laugh tracks (FOOTNOTE: There was another song on the AT40 chart that used faux audience cheering and laugh tracks - Ray Stevens' "The Streak" though not mentioned by Casey)? 11) Ray "Ahab the Arab/The Streak" Stevens" was nicknamed according to Casey the "Georgia Peach"? 12) "The Loco Motion", originally recorded by Little Eva and is the #1 song on the May 11, 1974 AT40 chart by Grand Funk, was written by Carole King? 13) Grand Funk comes from Flint, Michigan?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the song that's not Sister Janet Mead's "The Lord's Player" that has the oldest lyrics to make the Top 40: The Byrds' #1 1965 song "Turn Turn Turn" featuring lyrics taken from the book of Ecceiastes (sp.?), but in 1978 was there another Top 40 song with old lyrics called "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M? 2) Regarding the artist with most songs to make the Billboard chart in the same week - The Beatles (John, Paul, George, and Ringo a/k/a The Fab Four) with 14 songs on the Hot 100 chart in April 1964.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 2012, AT40 AND CASEY KASEM FANS! DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR MOTHER TONIGHT!

[cartman2002]

here's pos 41-100 from the 5/11/1974

41 A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich 11
42 Touch A Hand, Make A Friend, The Staple Singers 23
43 I'm A Train, Albert Hammond 31
44 Hollywood Swinging, Kool & The Gang 6
45 Chameleon, Herbie Hancock 42
46 Rock Around The Clock, Bill Haley And His Comets 39
47 Piano Man, Billy Joel 25
48 Jet, Paul McCartney & Wings 7
49 One Hell Of A Woman, Mac Davis 11
50 Keep It In The Family, Leon Haywood 50
51 You Won't See Me, Anne Murray 8
52 Daybreak, Nilsson 39
53 Heavenly, The Temptations 43
54 Be Thankful For What You Got, William DeVaughn 4
55 Outside Woman, Bloodstone 34
56 Tell Me A Lie, Sami Jo 21
57 Star Baby, The Guess Who 39
58 Thanks For Saving My Life, Billy Paul 37
59 Dance With The Devil, Cozy Powell 49
60 The Same Love That Made Me Laugh, Bill Withers 50
61 Another Park, Another Sunday, The Doobie Brothers 32
62 No Charge, Melba Montgomery 39
63 Satisfaction Guaranteed, Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes 58
64 Werewolf, Five Man Electrical Band 64
65 I Am What I Am, Lois Fletcher 64
66 Save The Last Dance For Me, The DeFranco Family 18
67 Silver Threads And Golden Needles, Linda Ronstadt 67
68 La Grange, ZZ Top 41
69 Who Is He And What Is He To You, Creative Source 69
70 I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore, Charlie Rich 47
71 (I'm A) YoYo Man, Rick Cunha 61
72 One Chain Don't Make No Prison, Four Tops 41
73 If I Were A Carpenter..., Leon Russell 73
74 Son Of Sagittarius, Eddie Kendricks 28
75 If You Wanna Get To Heaven, Ozark Mountain Daredevils 25
76 Can You Handle It?, Graham Central Station 49
77 Under The Influence Of Love, Love Unlimited 76
78 A Dream Goes On Forever, Todd Rundgren 69
79 Time Will Tell, Tower Of Power 69
80 Haven't Got Time For The Pain, Carly Simon 14
81 Teenage Love Affair, Rick Derringer 80
82 The Air That I Breathe, The Hollies 6
83 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Frank Sinatra 83
84 Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Steely Dan 4
85 Already Gone, Eagles 32
86 Help Yourself, The Undisputed Truth 63
87 Rhapsody In White, Love Unlimited Orchestra 63
88 This Heart, Gene Redding 24
89 Teen Angel, Wednesday 79
90 Something, Johnny Rodriguez 85
91 Wonderful, Isaac Hayes 71
92 Sleepin', Diana Ross 70
93 Daybreaker, Electric Light Orchestra 87
94 Finally Got Myself Together, The Impressions 17
95 Wildflower, The New Birth 45
96 Rite Away, Dr. John 92
97 Scratch, The Crusaders 81
98 After Midnight, Maggie Bell 97
99 Radar Love-Golden Earring 13
100 Billy - Don't Be A Hero, Paper Lace 96

[cartman2002]

Here's pos 41-100 on the 5/14/1988 chart


41 Promise Me, The Cover Girls 40
42 The Flame, Cheap Trick 1
43 I Saw Him Standing There, Tiffany 7
44 One Step Up, Bruce Springsteen 13
45 Nothin' But A Good Time, Poison 6
46 Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil 17
47 When We Kiss, Bardeux 36
48 Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard 2
49 Rocket 2 U, The Jets 6
50 Under The Milky Way, The Church 24
51 Endless Summer Nights, Richard Marx 2
52 Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson 1
53 Supersonic, J.J. Fad 30
54 Ritual, Dan Reed Network 38
55 Should I Say Yes?, Nu Shooz 41
56 Tall Cool One, Robert Plant 25
57 Mercedes Boy, Pebbles 2
58 Heart Of Mine, Boz Scaggs 35
59 I Want Her, Keith Sweat 5
60 Lost In You, Rod Stewart 12
61 Some Kind Of Lover, Jody Watley 10
62 Take It While It's Hot, Sweet Sensation 57
63 New Sensation, INXS 3
64 Stand Up, David Lee Roth 64
65 Kiss And Tell, Bryan Ferry 31
66 Hands To Heaven, Breathe 2
67 Out Of The Blue, Debbie Gibson 3
68 Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley 1
69 Rush Hour, Jane Wiedlin 9
70 Wild, Wild West, Kool Moe Dee 62
71 Blue Monday 1988, New Order 68
72 Breakaway, Big Pig 60
73 Route 66/Behind The Wheel, Depeche Mode 61
74 Most Of All, Jody Watley 60
75 Love In The First Degree, Bananarama 48
76 Going Back To Cali, LL Cool J 31
77 Underneath The Radar, Underworld 74
78 Love Struck, Jesse Johnson 78
79 You Don't Know, Scarlett & Black 20
80 Dreamin' Of Love, Stevie B 80
81 I Should Be So Lucky, Kylie Minogue 28
82 Like A Child, Noel 67
83 Fishnet, Morris Day 23
84 Turn Off The Lights, World Class Wreckin' Kru 84
85 Forgive Me For Dreaming, Elisa Fiorillo 49
86 Like The Weather, 10,000 Maniacs 68
87 Get It, Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson 80
88 Trouble, Nia Peeples 35
89 Tomorrow People, Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers 39
90 I Found Someone, Cher 10
91 Rock Of Life, Rick Springfield 22
92 Love Changes (Everything), Climie Fisher 23
93 Rooty Toot Toot, John Mellencamp 61
94 Check It Out, John Mellencamp 14
95 Paradise, Sade 16
96 Just Got Paid, Johnny Kemp 10
97 Something Just Ain't Right, Keith Sweat 79
98 Broken Land, The Adventures 95
99 Yes, Merry Clayton 45
100 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, Michael Bolton 11

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's AT40 shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend presents 5/21/1977.

Four songs debuted this week:
"High School Dance" - The Sylvers (#35)
"Ariel" - Dean Friedman (#37)
"Do You Wanna Make Love" - Peter McCann (#38)
"Everybody Be Dancin'" - Starbuck (#39)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul (#31)
"My Sweet Lady" - John Denver (#32)
"Cinderella" - Firefall (#34)
"Back In The Saddle Again" - Aerosmith (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky")" - Bill Conti (#21 to #7)
Biggest Dropper (tie): "Can't Stop Dancin'" - Captain & Tennille (#13 to #26)
"Your Love" - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (#27 to #40)

Original extras:
"Vincent" - Don McLean
This song will be played as an optional extra.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Vincent" - Don McLean (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb (#44)
Hour #3: "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel (#68)

"AT40: The '80s" this weekend presents 5/19/1984

Four songs debuted this week:
"It's A Miracle" - Culture Club (#30)
"Who's That Girl" - The Eurythmics (#38)
"Eyes Without A Face" - Billy Idol (#39)
"Almost Paradise" - Mike Reno & Ann Wilson (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Don't Answer Me" - Alan Parsons Project (#21)
"Automatic" - The Pointer Sisters (#30)
"Show Me" - The Pretenders (#31)
"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell (#38)

Biggest mover (tie): "The Reflex" - Duran Duran (#19 to #12)
"Jump (For My Love)" - The Pointer Sisters (#35 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "A Fine Fine Day" - Tony Carey (#24 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Jump" - Van Halen
"Only Time Will Tell" - Asia

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Magic" - The Cars (#59; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Dance Hall Days" - Wang Chung (#45)
Hour #3: "What Is Love" - Howard Jones (#46)
Hour #4: "Legs" - ZZ Top (#64; debuted)

[Libra]

May 19, 1984
LW #1: Lionel Richie "Hello"
40 -- Mike Reno & Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise (7)
39 -- Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face (4)
38 -- Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? (21)
37 40 Van Stephenson - Modern Day Delilah (22)
36 38 Christine McVie - Love Will Show Us How (30)
35 39 Chicago - Stay the Night (16)
34 36 The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (29)
33 24 Tony Carey - A Fine Fine Day (22)
32 34 Slade - Run, Runaway (20)
31 32 Talk Talk - It's My Life (31)
Flashback Extra: The Cars "Magic", which made the highest debut that week at #59
30 -- Culture Club - It's a Miracle (13)
29 33 Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want) (15)
28 35 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) (3)
27 29 The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane (25)
26 26 Laid Back - White Horse (26)
25 18 Culture Club - Miss Me Blind (3)
LDD: Van Halen "Jump" from 5th grader Scott Knowles in Texas, as the song that he and his friends recently "performed" in a school talent show, and won in their category
24 28 Laura Branigan - Self Control (4)
23 23 Berlin - No More Words (23)
22 25 Madonna - Borderline (10)
Flashback Extra: Wang Chung "Dance Hall Days", which was "a week away from reaching the countdown"
21 27 Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll (6)
20 13 Kool & The Gang - Tonight (13)
19 22 Van Halen - I'll Wait (13)
18 20 Shalamar - Dancing in the Sheets (17)
17 11 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know (8)
16 17 Night Ranger - Sister Christian (5)
15 16 John Cougar Mellencamp - The Authority Song (15)
14 14 Billy Joel - The Longest Time (14)
13 15 Irene Cara - Breakdance (8)
12 19 Duran Duran - The Reflex (1)
11 12 The Go-Gos - Head Over Heels (11)
Flashback Extra: Howard Jones "What is Love", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
10 08 Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1)
09 07 The Cars - You Might Think (7)
08 09 Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie (3)
LDD: Asia "Only Time Will Tell" from 16-year-old Robin in Ohio to her brothers Bill, Ron, and Butch, who she's been separated from since she was 5, when their mother died, and their father, who'd left their mother shortly after Robin was born, didn't want any of them - so the boys were sent to live out in California, while Robin went to live with their aunt and uncle
07 05 Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (5)
06 10 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1)
05 06 Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - To All the Girls I've Loved Before (5)
04 03 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (3)
03 02 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (1)
Flashback Extra: ZZ Top "Legs", which debuted at #64 that week
02 04 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear it For the Boy (1)
01 01 Lionel Richie - Hello (1)

Four songs debut this week, so - four songs fell out of the survey. The droppers are:
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell (LW: 37),
"Show Me" by The Pretenders (LW: 31),
"Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters (LW: 30), and
"Don't Answer Me" by The Alan Parsons Project (LW: 21).

NOTES:

• This could be the last show posting from me for a while. I start a summer job next week, and...while I might be able to still catch the shows each week with the right station, being able to post about them is another matter entirely. But...we'll see.
  
• It's the other soft #40 jingle again. The one they use the very next week (with Charlie Van Dyke hosting) is different from this one.
  
• Interesting that Casey noted the week's Biggest Dropper, seeing as that's only a 9-notch drop this week; I've heard weeks with drops as large as 20 go unnoted as Biggest.
  
• A somewhat rare example of a week where, yes - the #1 Country, Soul, and Dance songs were all songs also charting in the 40. In this case, they're also all in the Top 5, too! :o
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Hello"
  
• #1 on the Dance & Disco chart: "Let's Hear it For the Boy"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: The Footloose soundtrack

[dth1971]

May 19, 2012 13:33:31 GMT -5 Libra said:

May 19, 1984
LW #1: Lionel Richie "Hello"
40 -- Mike Reno & Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise (7)
39 -- Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face (4)
38 -- Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? (21)
37 40 Van Stephenson - Modern Day Delilah (22)
36 38 Christine McVie - Love Will Show Us How (30)
35 39 Chicago - Stay the Night (16)
34 36 The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods (29)
33 24 Tony Carey - A Fine Fine Day (22)
32 34 Slade - Run, Runaway (20)
31 32 Talk Talk - It's My Life (31)
Flashback Extra: The Cars "Magic", which made the highest debut that week at #59
30 -- Culture Club - It's a Miracle (13)
29 33 Joe Jackson - You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want) (15)
28 35 The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) (3)
27 29 The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane (25)
26 26 Laid Back - White Horse (26)
25 18 Culture Club - Miss Me Blind (3)
LDD: Van Halen "Jump" from 5th grader Scott Knowles in Texas, as the song that he and his friends recently "performed" in a school talent show, and won in their category
24 28 Laura Branigan - Self Control (4)
23 23 Berlin - No More Words (23)
22 25 Madonna - Borderline (10)
Flashback Extra: Wang Chung "Dance Hall Days", which was "a week away from reaching the countdown"
21 27 Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll (6)
20 13 Kool & The Gang - Tonight (13)
19 22 Van Halen - I'll Wait (13)
18 20 Shalamar - Dancing in the Sheets (17)
17 11 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know (8)
16 17 Night Ranger - Sister Christian (5)
15 16 John Cougar Mellencamp - The Authority Song (15)
14 14 Billy Joel - The Longest Time (14)
13 15 Irene Cara - Breakdance (8)
12 19 Duran Duran - The Reflex (1)
11 12 The Go-Gos - Head Over Heels (11)
Flashback Extra: Howard Jones "What is Love", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
10 08 Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1)
09 07 The Cars - You Might Think (7)
08 09 Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie (3)
LDD: Asia "Only Time Will Tell" from 16-year-old Robin in Ohio to her brothers Bill, Ron, and Butch, who she's been separated from since she was 5, when their mother died, and their father, who'd left their mother shortly after Robin was born, didn't want any of them - so the boys were sent to live out in California, while Robin went to live with their aunt and uncle
07 05 Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (5)
06 10 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1)
05 06 Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - To All the Girls I've Loved Before (5)
04 03 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (3)
03 02 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (1)
Flashback Extra: ZZ Top "Legs", which debuted at #64 that week
02 04 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear it For the Boy (1)
01 01 Lionel Richie - Hello (1)

Four songs debut this week, so - four songs fell out of the survey. The droppers are:
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell (LW: 37),
"Show Me" by The Pretenders (LW: 31),
"Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters (LW: 30), and
"Don't Answer Me" by The Alan Parsons Project (LW: 21).

NOTES:

• This could be the last show posting from me for a while. I start a summer job next week, and...while I might be able to still catch the shows each week with the right station, being able to post about them is another matter entirely. But...we'll see.
  
• It's the other soft #40 jingle again. The one they use the very next week (with Charlie Van Dyke hosting) is different from this one.
  
• Interesting that Casey noted the week's Biggest Dropper, seeing as that's only a 9-notch drop this week; I've heard weeks with drops as large as 20 go unnoted as Biggest.
  
• A somewhat rare example of a week where, yes - the #1 Country, Soul, and Dance songs were all songs also charting in the 40. In this case, they're also all in the Top 5, too! :o
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Hello"
  
• #1 on the Dance & Disco chart: "Let's Hear it For the Boy"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: The Footloose soundtrack

Happy Summer 2012 hiatus from your AT40: The 70's and 80's recaps, Libra!

[jdelachjr2002]

May 21, 1977

LW TW
27 40 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - Your Love (15)
-- 39 Starbuck - Everybody Be Dancin' (38)
-- 38 Peter McCann - Do You Wanna Make Love (5)
-- 37 Dean Friedman - Ariel (26)
40 36 John Miles - Slowdown (34)
-- 35 The Sylvers - High School Dance (17)
24 34 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (1)
37 33 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Main Street (24)
36 32 The Addrisi Brothers - Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On (20)
35 31 Kenny Nolan - Love's Grown Deep (20)
39 30 The Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner (8)
33 29 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville (8)
29 28 The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go (28)
30 27 Shalamar - Uptown Festival (Part 1) (25)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Don McLean "Vincent"
13 26 Captain & Tennille - Can't Stop Dancin' (13)
18 25 Natalie Cole - I've Got Love On My Mind (5)
26 24 Tavares - Whodunit (22)
23 23 Q - Dancin' Man (23)
10 22 Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You (10)
25 21 Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song (14)
22 20 Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) (12)
28 19 Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel (1)
20 18 Hot - Angel In Your Arms (6)
07 17 Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In To You (7)
16 16 Kiss - Calling Dr. Love (16)
17 15 Yvonne Elliman - Hello Stranger (15)
19 14 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time (4)
06 13 Jennifer Warnes - Right Time Of The Night (6)
Flashback Extra: Andy Gibb "I Just Want To Be Your Everything"
15 12 Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy (7)
11 11 Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle (11)
12 10 Kenny Rogers - Lucille (5)
04 09 Glen Campbell - Southern Nights (1)
03 08 The Eagles - Hotel California (1)
21 07 Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) (1)
14 06 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1)
09 05 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (1)
08 04 KC & The Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man (1)
05 03 The Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right (3)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill", which was moving up the Hot 100 at #68 that week.
01 02 Leo Sayer - When I Need You (1)
02 01 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (1)

- For "Vincent", Casey told the autobiographical story of Vincent Van Gogh including how he chopped his ear off.
- In the great lengths it took to squeeze 40 songs into three hours in the late 1970's "Hotel California" got ridiculously shortened. Even part of the instrumental open was cut.
- Early in the chart life of "Got To Give It Up", Casey played Part II of this song (including this week) which sounded mostly instrumental with the exception of crowd noise. This is why we more commonly hear Part I Today.
- 13 was clearly not a lucky number for two of the married couples in this countdown (McCoo/Davis & Captain/Tennille)
- Even more unlucky was Climax Blues Band which was the only song amongst this week's Top 9 to not have peaked at #1
- "Solsbury Hill" is now the second song to be played as an optional extra for both '70s and '80s versions. The only other song to achieve that feat was "Old Time Rock 'n Roll".
- And finally, when recapping the other #1's Casey only mentioned the #1 soul song and the #1 album but not the #1 country song (see below)
#1 Soul: Whodunit
#1 Country: "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
#1 Album: Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

[dth1971]

May 20, 2012 9:06:53 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

May 21, 1977

LW TW
27 40 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - Your Love (15)
-- 39 Starbuck - Everybody Be Dancin' (38)
-- 38 Peter McCann - Do You Wanna Make Love (5)
-- 37 Dean Friedman - Ariel (26)
40 36 John Miles - Slowdown (34)
-- 35 The Sylvers - High School Dance (17)
24 34 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (1)
37 33 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Main Street (24)
36 32 The Addrisi Brothers - Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On (20)
35 31 Kenny Nolan - Love's Grown Deep (20)
39 30 The Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner (8)
33 29 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville (8)
29 28 The Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go (28)
30 27 Shalamar - Uptown Festival (Part 1) (25)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Don McLean "Vincent"
13 26 Captain & Tennille - Can't Stop Dancin' (13)
18 25 Natalie Cole - I've Got Love On My Mind (5)
26 24 Tavares - Whodunit (22)
23 23 Q - Dancin' Man (23)
10 22 Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You (10)
25 21 Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It In A Love Song (14)
22 20 Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) (12)
28 19 Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel (1)
20 18 Hot - Angel In Your Arms (6)
07 17 Atlanta Rhythm Section - So In To You (7)
16 16 Kiss - Calling Dr. Love (16)
17 15 Yvonne Elliman - Hello Stranger (15)
19 14 Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time (4)
06 13 Jennifer Warnes - Right Time Of The Night (6)
Flashback Extra: Andy Gibb "I Just Want To Be Your Everything"
15 12 Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy (7)
11 11 Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle (11)
12 10 Kenny Rogers - Lucille (5)
04 09 Glen Campbell - Southern Nights (1)
03 08 The Eagles - Hotel California (1)
21 07 Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) (1)
14 06 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1)
09 05 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (1)
08 04 KC & The Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man (1)
05 03 The Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right (3)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill", which was moving up the Hot 100 at #68 that week.
01 02 Leo Sayer - When I Need You (1)
02 01 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (1)

- For "Vincent", Casey told the autobiographical story of Vincent Van Gogh including how he chopped his ear off.
- In the great lengths it took to squeeze 40 songs into three hours in the late 1970's "Hotel California" got ridiculously shortened. Even part of the instrumental open was cut.
- Early in the chart life of "Got To Give It Up", Casey played Part II of this song (including this week) which sounded mostly instrumental with the exception of crowd noise. This is why we more commonly hear Part I Today.
- 13 was clearly not a lucky number for two of the married couples in this countdown (McCoo/Davis & Captain/Tennille)
- Even more unlucky was Climax Blues Band which was the only song amongst this week's Top 9 to not have peaked at #1
- "Solsbury Hill" is now the second song to be played as an optional extra for both '70s and '80s versions. The only other song to achieve that feat was "Old Time Rock 'n Roll".
- And finally, when recapping the other #1's Casey only mentioned the #1 soul song and the #1 album but not the #1 country song (see below)
#1 Soul: Whodunit
#1 Country: "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
#1 Album: Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

AND HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S REBROADCAST OF THE MAY 21, 1977 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 3 acts in the countdown that have hit #1 more than once this year.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The group Starbuck comes from Atlanta, GA.? 2) A trade paper once thought Dean "Ariel" Friedman was once a crummy name for a singer? 3) "Mainstreet" by Bob Seger is about a woman you never met? 4) The Adassi Brothers wrote the 1967 Association song "Never My Love"? 5) The group Q comes from Pittsburgh, PA.? 6) Joe Tex wrote the song "Fever" in 1957? 7) Gene Simmons of KISS once caught his hair on fire during a fire breathing stunt in one of his KISS concerts? 8) Jennifer Warnes made her singing debut at age 5 singing the Star Spangled Banner with 300 accordion players in the background? 9) Andrew Gold has been a producer for Linda Ronstadt's albums starting in 1974? 10) Stevie Wonder broke a 4 way tie for second place of #1 songs in the 1970's?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the artist to replace the Beatles at #1 the most times: Diana Ross and the Supremes, 2) Regarding the youngest singer to make the Top 40: Barry Gordon at age 6 with "Nuttin' For Christmas", 3) Regarding the act to have more than 1 record enter the Hot 100 in the Top 10: The Beatles 3 different times with "Hey Jude", "Get Back", and "Let it Be".
* ALSO: Casey told about whatever became of Hank Ballard of Hank Ballard of the Midnighters, Hank had revivals with the Midnighters in recording in the late 1960's plus 1977 but went nowhere with those revival attempts.
* AND: 1) There was a kept intact announcement for the upcoming 1977 AT40 Top 40 Songs About Girls countdown. 2) In the kept intact AT40 station mentions, there was mention of then 1977 AT40 affiliate in the Chicago market WMET (How many years did WMET Chicago carry AT40 before it moved to WBBM 96 FM Chicago and then WLS 890 Chicago and then WYTZ Z-95 Chicago? WMET later became besides mainstream top 40/rock switched to soft AC, then became WNUA new age/smooth jazz, and now it's MEGA 95.5 FM with a latino music format. Ironically, WMET then WNUA now MEGA 95.5 became owned by Clear Channel, which owned Premiere Radio Networks, distributors of AT40: The 70's!)
* FINALLY: Casey gave us a challenge for Shalamar's "Uptown Festival" medley of Motown songs to match the original artists with the songs in the medley, the results:
1) "Going to a Go Go" (originally done by the Miracles)
2) "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" (originally done by the Four Tops)
3) "Uptight" (originally done by Stevie Wonder)
4) "Stop In The Name Of Love" (originally done by the Supremes)
5) "It's the Same Old Song" (originally done by the Four Tops)

[jdelachjr2002]

May 20, 2012 10:44:11 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

2) In the kept intact AT40 station mentions, there was mention of then 1977 AT40 affiliate in the Chicago market WMET (How many years did WMET Chicago carry AT40 before it moved to WBBM 96 FM Chicago and then WLS 890 Chicago and then WYTZ Z-95 Chicago? WMET later became besides mainstream top 40/rock switched to soft AC, then became WNUA new age/smooth jazz, and now it's MEGA 95.5 FM with a latino music format. Ironically, WMET then WNUA now MEGA 95.5 became owned by Clear Channel, which owned Premiere Radio Networks, distributors of AT40: The 70's!)

WBBM was welcomed as an AT40 affiliate on 5/12/1979. It's likely WMET aired AT40 up to that point.

[dth1971]

May 20, 2012 11:57:25 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

May 20, 2012 10:44:11 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

2) In the kept intact AT40 station mentions, there was mention of then 1977 AT40 affiliate in the Chicago market WMET (How many years did WMET Chicago carry AT40 before it moved to WBBM 96 FM Chicago and then WLS 890 Chicago and then WYTZ Z-95 Chicago? WMET later became besides mainstream top 40/rock switched to soft AC, then became WNUA new age/smooth jazz, and now it's MEGA 95.5 FM with a latino music format. Ironically, WMET then WNUA now MEGA 95.5 became owned by Clear Channel, which owned Premiere Radio Networks, distributors of AT40: The 70's!)

WBBM was welcomed as an AT40 affiliate on 5/12/1979. It's likely WMET aired AT40 up to that point.

And I learned before for AT40 in the Chicago market WCFL AM 1000 carried AT40 from July 1972 until the end of 1972, only 1/2 a year!

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend presents 5/29/1971

Four songs debuted this week:
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" - Jerry Reed (#32)
"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders (#38)
"Double Lovin'" - The Osmonds (#39)
"Lowdown" - Chicago (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Am ... I Said" - Neil Diamond (#14)
"We Can Work It Out" - Stevie Wonder (#32)
"Booty Butt" - Ray Charles Orchestra (#36)
"Another Day" - Paul McCartney (#39)

Biggest Mover: "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#38 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye (#18 to #36)

Original extras:
"Running Scared" - Roy Orbison
"Jamie" - Eddie Holland
"Ode To Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
"Ode To Billie Joe" remains in the show. The other two extras will be used as optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Running Scared" - Roy Orbison (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Jamie" - Eddie Holland (original AT40 extra)
Hour #3: "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight (#92; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 5/31/1986

Four songs debuted this week:
"The Love Parade" - The Dream Academy (#37)
"Like A Rock" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#38)
"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel (#39)
"When The Heart Rules The Mind" - GTR (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Harlem Shuffle" - The Rolling Stones (#34)
"American Storm" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#36)
"Where Do The Children Go" - The Hooters (#38)
"Manic Monday" - The Bangles (#40)

Biggest mover (three-way tie):
"Crush On You" - The Jets (#18 to #11)
"Who's Johnny" - El DeBarge (#32 to #25)
"Your Wildest Dreams" - The Moody Blues (#39 to #32)
Biggest Dropper (another three-way tie):
"Take Me Home" - Phil Collins (#7 to #18)
"Never As Good As The First Time" - Sade (#23 to #34)
"Rough Boy" - ZZ Top (#24 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
"Faithfully" - Journey
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Invisible Touch" - Genesis (#45; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Love Touch" - Rod Stewart (#54; debuted)
Hour #3: "One Hit (To The Body)" - The Rolling Stones (#47)
Hour #4: "Dreams" - Van Halen (#48)

[dth1971]

May 25, 2012 14:59:48 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend presents 5/29/1971

Four songs debuted this week:
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" - Jerry Reed (#32)
"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders (#38)
"Double Lovin'" - The Osmonds (#39)
"Lowdown" - Chicago (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Am ... I Said" - Neil Diamond (#14)
"We Can Work It Out" - Stevie Wonder (#32)
"Booty Butt" - Ray Charles Orchestra (#36)
"Another Day" - Paul McCartney (#39)

Biggest Mover: "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#38 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye (#18 to #36)

Original extras:
"Running Scared" - Roy Orbison
"Jamie" - Eddie Holland
"Ode To Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
"Ode To Billie Joe" remains in the show. The other two extras will be used as optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Running Scared" - Roy Orbison (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Jamie" - Eddie Holland (original AT40 extra)
Hour #3: "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight (#92; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 5/31/1986

Four songs debuted this week:
"The Love Parade" - The Dream Academy (#37)
"Like A Rock" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#38)
"Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel (#39)
"When The Heart Rules The Mind" - GTR (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Harlem Shuffle" - The Rolling Stones (#34)
"American Storm" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#36)
"Where Do The Children Go" - The Hooters (#38)
"Manic Monday" - The Bangles (#40)

Biggest mover (three-way tie):
"Crush On You" - The Jets (#18 to #11)
"Who's Johnny" - El DeBarge (#32 to #25)
"Your Wildest Dreams" - The Moody Blues (#39 to #32)
Biggest Dropper (another three-way tie):
"Take Me Home" - Phil Collins (#7 to #18)
"Never As Good As The First Time" - Sade (#23 to #34)
"Rough Boy" - ZZ Top (#24 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
"Faithfully" - Journey
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Invisible Touch" - Genesis (#45; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Love Touch" - Rod Stewart (#54; debuted)
Hour #3: "One Hit (To The Body)" - The Rolling Stones (#47)
Hour #4: "Dreams" - Van Halen (#48)

jdelachjr: Did you forget to mention that there's another AT40: The 80's show some AT40: The 80's affiliates may play this weekend: The Memorial Day weekend 1988 AT40 episode of the Top 40 Newcomers of the 1980's.

[Hervard]

Here is a commentary on this week's show, which I've posted on a weekly basis on several different message boards for the past five years.

American Top 40: The 80s - May 26, 2012

This week’s presentation: May 31, 1986

Cool; about time for a 1986 show. This year, they seem to be skimping on 1983, but that's not so bad, as that year is currently one of the most played years. It'll likely pull into first place sometime in June, though hopefully not next week. I'll explain that a little later. Meanwhile, here is my commentary for this week's show:

Droppers:
MANIC MONDAY - THE BANGLES (40) - Great song! Shame that it fell off. I preferred their next hit, "If She Knew What She Wants", but we'll probably miss it, as it would hit the chart two weeks later and lasted only five weeks on the chart.
WHERE DO THE CHILDREN GO - THE HOOTERS (38) - Wow, this one sure didn't last long! This was the only "one-week wonder" on AT40 of 1986. I thought it was pretty decent, but preferred their two other Top 40 hits.
AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER (36) - Great song! Shame that it fell off, and even more of a shame that we missed it this year. This song sounded kind of a cross between Seger's 1983 hit "Even Now" and Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run".
HARLEM SHUFFLE - THE ROLLING STONES (34) - Meh, no big loss. I never was a big fan of this song.

40: WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND – GTR (debut) - Great song! Sounds a lot like something by Yes (as Steven Howe from that band was one of the members of GTR).
39: SLEDGEHAMMER – PETER GABRIEL (debut) - This is OK, but quite overplayed.
38: LIKE A ROCK – BOB SEGER (debut) - Great song! This one always reminds me of the Chevy truck commercial
37: THE LOVE PARADE – DREAM ACADEMY (debut) - Good song, but not quite as good as “Life In A Northern Town”. Interesting that a psychic suggest that they name their band A-ha, and the band who did take that name hit the charts about the time that the Dream Academy did (in fact, there were a few weeks that both acts were on the chart at the same time, earlier in 1986).
36: KISS – PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (30) - Not a fan of this one. One of my least favorite songs by him/them.
35: ROUGH BOY – ZZ TOP (24) - Great song! One of my favorites from them!
LDD: TIME AFTER TIME – CYNDI LAUPER - Good song, but, as stated last week, my least favorite of her 1984 hits.
34: NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME - SADE (23) - Great song! Oleta Adams’ “Rhythm Of Life” reminds me a lot of this song.
33: LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT - .38 SPECIAL (37) - Great song! One of my favorites from them!
32: YOUR WILDEST DREAMS – THE MOODY BLUES (39) - Great song! Possibly my favorite of their Top 40 hits.
31: TUFF ENUFF – FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (35) - Pretty good song, considering I’m not a huge fan of southern rock.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: INVISIBLE TOUCH - GENESIS - Great song! Definitely my favorite song from the album of the same name, which generated five hits over the next year, all of them hitting the Top Five. This one went all the way to the top.
30: TOMORROW DOESN’T MATTER TONIGHT – STARSHIP (26) - Great song! I felt this one was underrated. A great example of “Third Single Syndrome”.29: VIENNA CALLING – FALCO (33) - This song wasn’t bad, but nothing exceptional. I can see why this didn’t do as well as “Rock Me Amadeus”.
28: ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID – SIMPLE MINDS (29) - Not bad, but it seemed that they tried to make this one sound like their previous hits.
27: MOTHER’S TALK – TEARS FOR FEARS (27) - Good song, but I preferred “Head Over Heels”.
26: RAIN ON THE SCARECROW – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (31) - Good song, though far from being his best.
25: WHO’S JOHNNY – EL DEBARGE (32) - Great song! One of my favorites by him, with or without his family group.
24: ADDICTED TO LOVE – ROBERT PALMER (17) - I used to like this song, but overplay kinda did it in. It still remains one of the most overplayed songs of the 1980s.
23: I WANNA BE A COWBOY – BOYS DON’T CRY (28) - Good song, but kinda weird.
22: HOLDING BACK THE YEARS – SIMPLY RED (25) - When this song first came out, it was my favorite song in the world. Unfortunately, like the Robert Palmer song, overplay tarnished it. I prefer their lower peaking songs, as well as their AC-only songs (i.e. “You’ve Got It” and “Maybe Someday”).
21: WHY CAN’T THIS BE LOVE – VAN HALEN (11) - Great song! This is the one that kicked off the “Van Hagar” era.
20: YOUR LOVE – THE OUTFIELD (15) - Good song, but I preferred their next hit, “All The Love In The World”.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: LOVE TOUCH - ROD STEWART - Good song, but not his best. Kind of weird that this song was in the 50s on the Hot 100 when it had already hit the Top 40 on the R&R chart. Come to think of it, the same thing happened to his next hit after this, “Another Heartache”. That song actually PEAKED in the 50s on BB and at #38 on R&R.
19: NO ONE IS TO BLAME – HOWARD JONES (22) - Great song! This one turned out to be his biggest hit ever (at least on R&R, where it went to #1).
18: TAKE ME HOME – PHIL COLLINS (7) - Great song! This was usually his final song during his concerts.
17: NOTHIN’ AT ALL – HEART (20) - Ah, I’m sure our friend JessieLou cranked this one up! As for me, this was OK, but I preferred the other singles from their self-titled album.
16: BAD BOY – MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (8) - Great song! One that always takes me back to the spring of 1986!
15: A DIFFERENT CORNER – GEORGE MICHAEL (21) - No. Just no.
14: WEST END GIRLS – PET SHOP BOYS (4) - Great song, though I preferred most of their other songs (yes, because of overplay).
13: THERE’LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY) – BILLY OCEAN (19) - Great song! This song was inspired by a friend being moved to tears by one of Ocean’s previous hits, “Suddenly”.
LDD: FAITHFULLY – JOURNEY - This song is another overplayed song - so much that it occasionally appears in the Top Ten AC recurrent list! It was, however, fitting for the dedication.
12: MOVE AWAY – CULTURE CLUB (16) - Good song. This was their last Top 40 hit as a group (Boy George did hit the Top 40 one more time in 1993 with “The Crying Game”).
11: CRUSH ON YOU – JETS (18) - Meh, not a fan of this one. Possibly my least favorite of their Top 40 hits.10: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY – JANET JACKSON (6) - And this is one of my least favorite of Janet’s Top 40 hits (along with “Control”, “Rhythm Nation” and “Alright”).
OPTIONAL EXTRA: ONE HIT TO THE BODY - THE ROLLING STONES - Wow, this was an odd choice for an Optional Extra! I’ll bet this one prevented everyone from getting a perfect score predicting the extras! As for my opinion of this song, it was pretty good, but I preferred their earlier hits.
9: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF - JOURNEY (13) - Good song, though my least favorite song from Raised On Radio.
8: IS IT LOVE – MR. MISTER (14) - Good song. Their third and last Top 40 hit.
7: SOMETHING ABOUT YOU – LEVEL 42 (12) - Great song! Glad this song made the Top Ten, on both BB and R&R (because I felt sure it would have just missed on the latter).
6: ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE – MIKE & THE MECHANICS (10) - Great song! In 1986, their songs became progressively better than the last (as their next hit, “Taken In” remains to be one of my favorite songs by them).
5: I CAN’T WAIT – NU SHOOZ (9) - Meh, I preferred Stevie Nicks’ recent hit of the same name.
4: IF YOU LEAVE – OMD (5) - Oddly enough, as much as this sounds like “So In Love”, I like THAT song much better. This song was quite overplayed (still is today).
LDD: YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - CAROLE KING - My favorite of the two versions of this song that I’ve heard. Very appropriate for the dedication, too!
3: ON MY OWN – PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (3) - Great song! Despite its huge move the week before, it didn’t move an inch this week. However, it did make it to #1 - and stayed there for three weeks - one of the biggest hits of that summer!
OPTIONAL EXTRA: DREAMS - VAN HALEN - Wow, another odd choice for an extra, especially since Van Halen already had a song on the countdown this week. But I’m not complaining, as this was a great song!
2: LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA (2) - Great song! This song would hit #1 the following week.
1: GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – WHITNEY HOUSTON (1) - Great song! Definitely one of my favorite songs from her!

Predictions for next week: I’m going to go with June 6, 1981. That would take care of all the “would-be” AT40 Flashback shows (as the three others have already been done). Failing that, I’ll go with the June 6, 1987 show. I sure hope we don’t hear the June 4, 1983 show again, as that would be the fourth airing of that one. If it is that one, I’ll likely post another “recycled commentary”.

[jdelachjr2002]

May 26, 2012 8:57:50 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

jdelachjr: Did you forget to mention that there's another AT40: The 80's show some AT40: The 80's affiliates may play this weekend: The Memorial Day weekend 1988 AT40 episode of the Top 40 Newcomers of the 1980's.

Thanks for the reminder. I wasn't sure if there were any U.S. Stations airing this show but I did see a confirm from WKIX saying they would air this show however WKIX does not stream.

Keep your ears open.