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

[dth1971]

May 26, 2012 9:47:36 GMT -5 Hervard said:

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”.

Hervard: Great comments on the songs for an AT40: The 80's show, I hope you can do the same for AT40: The 70's if you listen to it Sunday mornings on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago like I do.

[Hervard]

Not this week - I usually don't listen to the early-70s shows because I don't generally like the music from that era. Besides, I got a busy day at church tomorrow - and I'm still looking for stations that run the Top 40 Newcomers of the 1980s special.

[jdelachjr2002]

May 29, 1971
DE 40 Chicago - Lowdown (35)
DE 39 The Osmonds - Double Lovin' (14)
DE 38 The Raiders - Indian Reservation (1)
31 37 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People (11)
18 36 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (2)
37 35 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (28)
35 34 Nilsson - Me And My Arrow (34)
33 33 Paul Humphrey - Cool Aid (29)
DE 32 Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot (9)
34 31 Bobby Sherman - The Drum (29)
19 30 The Buoys - Timothy (17)
30 29 Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There (29)
21 28 The Fuzz - I Love You For All Seasons (21)
40 27 The Supremes - Nathan Jones (16)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Roy Orbison "Running Scared", the #1 song of this week 10 years ago
28 26 The Chi-Lites - Give More Power To The People (26)
22 25 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (18)
26 24 Brenda & The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (23)
23 23 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (23)
29 22 Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (13)
38 21 Carole King - It's Too Late (1)
25 20 Tin Tin - Toast And Marmalade For Tea (20)
24 19 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady (3)
27 18 The Partridge Family - I'll Meet You Halfway (9)
12 17 The Bells - Stay Awhile (7)
16 16 Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun (16)
17 15 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (13)
15 14 Murray Head - Superstar (14)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Eddie Holland "Jamie"
09 13 Bread - If (4)
11 12 The Doors - Love Her Madly (11)
20 11 The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (2)
10 10 Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love It) (9)
05 09 Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (5)
Extra: Bobbie Gentry "Ode To Billie Joe"
13 08 Donny Osmond - Sweet And Innocent (7)
07 07 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (6)
04 06 Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand (2)
08 05 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (4)
06 04 The Honey Cone - Want Ads (1)
02 03 The Jackson Five - Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
Flashback Extra: Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"
01 02 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (1)
03 01 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (1)

Four songs fell off the list:
"Another Day" by Paul McCartney (LW: #39)
"Booty Butt" by Ray Charles Orchestra (LW: #36)
"We Can Work It Out" by Stevie Wonder (LW: #32)
and the surprise of the week, Neil Diamond's "I Am ... I Said" which dropped a surprising 27 notches from #14 to #41

Here are the stories mentioned for the extra segments.
- For "Running Scared", Roy Orbison's career began sweeping the floors at legendary Sun records while waiting for his big break
- For "Jamie", Eddie Holland was featured as having only one hit as a singer and eventually was part of the legendary Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland
- For "Ode To Billie Joe" Casey brought up the unsolved mystery of what really happened on that Tallahatchie bridge and how it was talked about practically everywhere
- We heard "It's Too Late" twice this week. In addition to this program, a piece of said song was played on the 5/31/1986 show
- And for the only non-Casey related optional extra, Larry Morgan said that Jean Knight would hit the Top 50 again in 1985 with a song called "My Toot Toot". In the immortal words of Dave Barry, I am not making this up.
#1 Soul: Want Ads
#1 Country: "I Won't Mention It Again" - Ray Price
#1 Album: Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

[dth1971]

May 27, 2012 8:08:19 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

May 29, 1971
DE 40 Chicago - Lowdown (35)
DE 39 The Osmonds - Double Lovin' (14)
DE 38 The Raiders - Indian Reservation (1)
31 37 John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band - Power To The People (11)
18 36 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (2)
37 35 Yvonne Elliman - I Don't Know How To Love Him (28)
35 34 Nilsson - Me And My Arrow (34)
33 33 Paul Humphrey - Cool Aid (29)
DE 32 Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot (9)
34 31 Bobby Sherman - The Drum (29)
19 30 The Buoys - Timothy (17)
30 29 Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There (29)
21 28 The Fuzz - I Love You For All Seasons (21)
40 27 The Supremes - Nathan Jones (16)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Roy Orbison "Running Scared", the #1 song of this week 10 years ago
28 26 The Chi-Lites - Give More Power To The People (26)
22 25 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (18)
26 24 Brenda & The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (23)
23 23 Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock (23)
29 22 Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love (13)
38 21 Carole King - It's Too Late (1)
25 20 Tin Tin - Toast And Marmalade For Tea (20)
24 19 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like A Lady (3)
27 18 The Partridge Family - I'll Meet You Halfway (9)
12 17 The Bells - Stay Awhile (7)
16 16 Richie Havens - Here Comes The Sun (16)
17 15 Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him (13)
15 14 Murray Head - Superstar (14)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Eddie Holland "Jamie"
09 13 Bread - If (4)
11 12 The Doors - Love Her Madly (11)
20 11 The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays (2)
10 10 Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes Love It) (9)
05 09 Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo (5)
Extra: Bobbie Gentry "Ode To Billie Joe"
13 08 Donny Osmond - Sweet And Innocent (7)
07 07 Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (6)
04 06 Ocean - Put Your Hand In The Hand (2)
08 05 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy (4)
06 04 The Honey Cone - Want Ads (1)
02 03 The Jackson Five - Never Can Say Goodbye (2)
Flashback Extra: Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"
01 02 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World (1)
03 01 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (1)

Four songs fell off the list:
"Another Day" by Paul McCartney (LW: #39)
"Booty Butt" by Ray Charles Orchestra (LW: #36)
"We Can Work It Out" by Stevie Wonder (LW: #32)
and the surprise of the week, Neil Diamond's "I Am ... I Said" which dropped a surprising 27 notches from #14 to #41

Here are the stories mentioned for the extra segments.
- For "Running Scared", Roy Orbison's career began sweeping the floors at legendary Sun records while waiting for his big break
- For "Jamie", Eddie Holland was featured as having only one hit as a singer and eventually was part of the legendary Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland
- For "Ode To Billie Joe" Casey brought up the unsolved mystery of what really happened on that Tallahatchie bridge and how it was talked about practically everywhere
- We heard "It's Too Late" twice this week. In addition to this program, a piece of said song was played on the 5/31/1986 show
- And for the only non-Casey related optional extra, Larry Morgan said that Jean Knight would hit the Top 50 again in 1985 with a song called "My Toot Toot". In the immortal words of Dave Barry, I am not making this up.
#1 Soul: Want Ads
#1 Country: "I Won't Mention It Again" - Ray Price
#1 Album: Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

AND HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEKEND'S AT40: THE 70'S REBROADCAST OF THE MAY 29, 1971 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING (The station this Memorial Day weekend is playing the 947 oldies of all time on shuffle, but the AT40 - The 70's songs may or may not count!):
* This was one of the first weeks in May 1971 when AT40 was in sync with the same weekend as the Billboard chart, prior to that it was one week before the Billboard chart publish date.
* Regarding one of the songs dropping off the Top 40: Neil Diamond's "I Am...I Said" which dropped from #14 to #41 may have taken a big drop, but it would be 11 years later when Air Supply's "Even The Nights Are Better" dropped out of AT40 reaches from #6 to #42!
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 3 songs from the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" (recently revived on Broadway): "Superstar" by Murray Head, and 2 different versions of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - one by Yvonne Elliman, and the other by Helen Reddy.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Hawaiian born Yvonne Elliman played a jewish girl in the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar"? 2) Murray Head's "Superstar" first charted 1/2 a year earlier in November 1970? 3) A BBC critic called the Rolling Stones (who had the #1 song on that May 29, 1971 AT40 chart with "Brown Sugar" outragius and repulsive?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the biggest drop out of the Hot 100 - Tony Joe White's "Pork Salad Annie" which dropped out from #12 (But the all time record has to go to 2 songs in Billboard history that fell out of the Billboard chart from #1 - Gene Autry's "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and Jimmy Boyd's "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - SOURCE: The December 23, 1989 Shadoe Stevens AT40 episode). 2) Regarding complaints that the Beatles should have been #1 instead of #2 while Elvis Presley was ranked #1 on the May 1971 AT40 Top 40 Artists of the Rock Era special (its first AT40 special), the reason was using data from 1955 to 1971 to rank the top 40 artists. EXTRA CREDIT: The first QL asker asked in his letter to Casey: "Are you the voice of Dexter Carter on "Hot Wheels?", Casey said "of course" (Casey Kasem has also voiced in cartoons Robin the Boy Wonder in Filmation's Batman and Hanna-Barbera's Superfriends, Steve on Skyhwaks, Alexander Cabot on Josie and the Pussycats, Groove on the Catanooga Cats, Mark in the English dubbed Japanese anime Battle of the Planets, Flakey Flakem in a Tiny Toon Adventures episode, Calgary Kasem in a Histeria! episode, a Bob Barker host parody in a 2 Stupid Dogs episode, and most notably - ZOINKS! - Shaggy on Scooby-Doo!)
* Glad one of the 3 AT40 Special Extras was kept intact - "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry (Casey said Bobbie Gentry was the only artist to hit #1 on Billboard's 200 album chart, but later came by the 1990's and 2000's Leann Rimes and Carrie Underwood) - with the other 2 demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status (WLS 94.7 FM played the Roy Orbinson "Running Scared" AT40 EXTRA optional extra!).
* ALSO: 2 original 1971 commercials were kept intact in the second hour from the original 1971 AT40 show: A commercial for Certs ("If he kissed you once, will he kiss you again?") and a "20 HITS" mail order record album commercial.

[cartman2002]

here's the 80s chart from 1986

40: WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND – GTR (14)
39: SLEDGEHAMMER – PETER GABRIEL (1)
38: LIKE A ROCK – BOB SEGER (12)
37: THE LOVE PARADE – DREAM ACADEMY (36)
36: KISS – PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (1)
35: ROUGH BOY – ZZ TOP (22)
34: NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME - SADE (20)
33: LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT - .38 SPECIAL (14)
32: YOUR WILDEST DREAMS – THE MOODY BLUES (9)
31: TUFF ENUFF – FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (10)
30: TOMORROW DOESN’T MATTER TONIGHT – STARSHIP (26)
29: VIENNA CALLING – FALCO (18)
28: ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID – SIMPLE MINDS (28)
27: MOTHER’S TALK – TEARS FOR FEARS (27)
26: RAIN ON THE SCARECROW – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (21)
25: WHO’S JOHNNY – EL DEBARGE (3)
24: ADDICTED TO LOVE – ROBERT PALMER (1)
23: I WANNA BE A COWBOY – BOYS DON’T CRY (12)
22: HOLDING BACK THE YEARS – SIMPLY RED (1)
21: WHY CAN’T THIS BE LOVE – VAN HALEN (3)
20: YOUR LOVE – THE OUTFIELD (6)
19: NO ONE IS TO BLAME – HOWARD JONES (4)
18: TAKE ME HOME – PHIL COLLINS (7)
17: NOTHIN’ AT ALL – HEART (10)
16: BAD BOY – MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (8)
15: A DIFFERENT CORNER – GEORGE MICHAEL (7)
14: WEST END GIRLS – PET SHOP BOYS (1)
13: THERE’LL BE SAD SONGS – BILLY OCEAN (1)
12: MOVE AWAY – CULTURE CLUB (12)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YPw-2hA-ZQ

11: CRUSH ON YOU – JETS (3)
10: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY – JANET JACKSON (6)
9: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF - JOURNEY (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZxhOtO01g

8: IS IT LOVE – MR. MISTER (8)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyj-HP4v9Uk

7: SOMETHING ABOUT YOU – LEVEL 42 (7)[/font]
6: ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE – MIKE & THE MECHANICS (5)
5: I CAN’T WAIT – NU SHOOZ (3)
4: IF YOU LEAVE – OMD (4)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOkfF5toMDY

3: ON MY OWN – PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (1)
2: LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA (1)
1: GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – WHITNEY HOUSTON (1)

[johnnywest]

May 26, 2012 9:47:36 GMT -5 Hervard said:

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.

Here's the 2012 breakdown up until the end of May:

1980: 2
1981: 2
1982: 2
1983: 3
1984: 3
1985: 2
1986: 3
1987: 2
1988: 3

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week features 6/3/1978

Six songs debuted this week:
"The Groove Line" - Heatwave (#26)
"Use Ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays (#28)
"Still The Same" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#30)
"Follow You, Follow Me" - Genesis (#37)
"Last Dance" - Donna Summer (#38)
"Almost Summer" - Celebration Featuring Mike Love (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Werewolves Of London" - Warren Zevon (#24)
"Dust In The Wind" - Kansas (#28)
"Jack And Jill" - Raydio (#30)
"Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton (#31)
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra (#34)
"Two Doors Down" - Dolly Parton (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Dance With Me" - Peter Brown with Betty Wright (#26 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Count On Me" - Jefferson Starship (#9 to #22)

Original extras:
"I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis
This song will be played as one of the optional extras this week

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Grease" - Frankie Valli (#54)
Hour #3: "Magnet And Steel" - Walter Egan (#76)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 6/6/1981

Four songs debuted this week:
"Modern Girl" - Sheena Easton (#37)
"Time" - Alan Parsons Project (#38)
"I Can Take Care Of Myself" - Billy Vera & The Beaters (#39)
"Elvira" - Oak Ridge Boys (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Can't Stand It" - Eric Clapton (#33)
"Love You Like I Never Loved Before" - John O'Banion (#34)
"Ain't Even Done With The Night" - John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#36)
"Just So Lonely" - Get Wet (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Nobody Wins" - Elton John (#40 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Say You'll Be Mine" - Christopher Cross (#20 to #30)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Thank You For Being A Friend" - Andrew Gold
"Love Is In The Air" - John Paul Young

Archive extras:
"Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
"The Ballad Of The Green Berets" - SSgt. Barry Sadler
All these songs are included.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "The Boy From New York City" - Manhattan Transfer" (#47)
Hour #2: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" - The Greg Kihn Band (#68)
Hour #3: "In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins (#79)
Hour #4: "Queen Of Hearts" - Juice Newton (#64)

[dth1971]

Jun 1, 2012 15:09:33 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week features 6/3/1978

Six songs debuted this week:
"The Groove Line" - Heatwave (#26)
"Use Ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays (#28)
"Still The Same" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#30)
"Follow You, Follow Me" - Genesis (#37)
"Last Dance" - Donna Summer (#38)
"Almost Summer" - Celebration Featuring Mike Love (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Werewolves Of London" - Warren Zevon (#24)
"Dust In The Wind" - Kansas (#28)
"Jack And Jill" - Raydio (#30)
"Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton (#31)
"Sweet Talkin' Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra (#34)
"Two Doors Down" - Dolly Parton (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Dance With Me" - Peter Brown with Betty Wright (#26 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Count On Me" - Jefferson Starship (#9 to #22)

Original extras:
"I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis
This song will be played as one of the optional extras this week

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Grease" - Frankie Valli (#54)
Hour #3: "Magnet And Steel" - Walter Egan (#76)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 6/6/1981

Four songs debuted this week:
"Modern Girl" - Sheena Easton (#37)
"Time" - Alan Parsons Project (#38)
"I Can Take Care Of Myself" - Billy Vera & The Beaters (#39)
"Elvira" - Oak Ridge Boys (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Can't Stand It" - Eric Clapton (#33)
"Love You Like I Never Loved Before" - John O'Banion (#34)
"Ain't Even Done With The Night" - John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#36)
"Just So Lonely" - Get Wet (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Nobody Wins" - Elton John (#40 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Say You'll Be Mine" - Christopher Cross (#20 to #30)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Thank You For Being A Friend" - Andrew Gold
"Love Is In The Air" - John Paul Young

Archive extras:
"Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
"The Ballad Of The Green Berets" - SSgt. Barry Sadler
All these songs are included.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "The Boy From New York City" - Manhattan Transfer" (#47)
Hour #2: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" - The Greg Kihn Band (#68)
Hour #3: "In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins (#79)
Hour #4: "Queen Of Hearts" - Juice Newton (#64)

The June 6, 1981 AT40 episode on this weekend's AT40: The 80's was to have been played on the 2001-2002 AT40 Flashback Show with the first hour not played in June 2002 but with Premiere nixing 1980 and 1981 AT40 episodes from the AT40 Flashback package in mid 2002 they had to rerun a previously aired AT40 Flashback countdown from June 1985 instead.

[jdelachjr2002]

June 3, 1978
LW TW
DE 40 Celebration Featuring Mike Love - Almost Summer (28)
40 39 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Stay (38)
DE 38 Donna Summer - Last Dance (3)
DE 37 Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me (23)
39 36 Rod Stewart - I Was Only Joking (22)
37 35 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise (32)
38 34 Barry White - Oh What A Night For Dancing (24)
21 33 Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You (3)
32 32 Linda Ronstadt - Tumbling Dice (32)
35 31 Seals & Crofts - You're The Love (18)
DE 30 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Still The Same (4)
33 29 Michael Johnson - Bluer Than Blue (12)
DE 28 The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl (4)
29 27 Heart - Heartless (24)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Paul Davis "I Go Crazy"
DE 26 Heatwave - The Groove Line (7)
27 25 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night (13)
16 24 The Bee Gees - Night Fever (1)
25 23 Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People (16)
09 22 Jefferson Starship - Count On Me (8)
23 21 Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (19)
22 20 Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (11)
07 19 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You (1)
20 18 Carly Simon - You Belong To Me (6)
17 17 Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (17)
26 16 Peter Brown with Betty Wright - Dance With Me (8)
18 15 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache (3)
19 14 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (2)
Flashback Extra: Frankie Valli "Grease"
15 13 Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen (8)
14 12 Eddie Money - Baby Hold On (11)
11 11 The Trammps - Disco Inferno (11)
12 10 Player - This Time I'm In It For Love (10)
13 09 ABBA - Take A Chance On Me (3)
10 08 George Benson - On Broadway (7)
08 07 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lover (7)
05 06 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You (2)
06 05 Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (4)
01 04 Paul McCartney & Wings - With A Little Luck (1)
04 03 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing (1)
Flashback Extra: Walter Egan "Magnet And Steel"
03 02 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want (1)
02 01 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (1)

- It's not often when a song that recently charted gets played as an extra but Casey decided to play "I Go Crazy" to honor the song's 40-week run in the Hot 100 surpassing the run of Johnny Mathis' "Wonderful, Wonderful". Casey would go on to play Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" as an extra in 1982 to honor that song's longevity as well.
- Just for the record, "I Go Crazy" was played in its' entirety.
- In the "Grease" extra, Larry Morgan mentioned that the film's 2010 re-release was changed from a 'PG' rating to a 'PG-13' rating.
- And, not mentioned here, the original release of "Saturday Night Fever" was rated 'R' before it was re-released with a 'PG' rating. The 'PG-13' rating didn't come into existence until 1984.
#1 Soul: Use Ta Be My Girl
#1 Country: "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" - The Statler Brothers
#1 Album: Saturday Night Fever

[dth1971]

Jun 3, 2012 9:11:37 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

June 3, 1978
LW TW
DE 40 Celebration Featuring Mike Love - Almost Summer (28)
40 39 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Stay (38)
DE 38 Donna Summer - Last Dance (3)
DE 37 Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me (23)
39 36 Rod Stewart - I Was Only Joking (22)
37 35 Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise (32)
38 34 Barry White - Oh What A Night For Dancing (24)
21 33 Barry Manilow - Can't Smile Without You (3)
32 32 Linda Ronstadt - Tumbling Dice (32)
35 31 Seals & Crofts - You're The Love (18)
DE 30 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Still The Same (4)
33 29 Michael Johnson - Bluer Than Blue (12)
DE 28 The O'Jays - Use Ta Be My Girl (4)
29 27 Heart - Heartless (24)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Paul Davis "I Go Crazy"
DE 26 Heatwave - The Groove Line (7)
27 25 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night (13)
16 24 The Bee Gees - Night Fever (1)
25 23 Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People (16)
09 22 Jefferson Starship - Count On Me (8)
23 21 Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (19)
22 20 Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (11)
07 19 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You (1)
20 18 Carly Simon - You Belong To Me (6)
17 17 Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) (17)
26 16 Peter Brown with Betty Wright - Dance With Me (8)
18 15 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache (3)
19 14 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (2)
Flashback Extra: Frankie Valli "Grease"
15 13 Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen (8)
14 12 Eddie Money - Baby Hold On (11)
11 11 The Trammps - Disco Inferno (11)
12 10 Player - This Time I'm In It For Love (10)
13 09 ABBA - Take A Chance On Me (3)
10 08 George Benson - On Broadway (7)
08 07 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lover (7)
05 06 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You (2)
06 05 Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (4)
01 04 Paul McCartney & Wings - With A Little Luck (1)
04 03 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing (1)
Flashback Extra: Walter Egan "Magnet And Steel"
03 02 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want (1)
02 01 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (1)

- It's not often when a song that recently charted gets played as an extra but Casey decided to play "I Go Crazy" to honor the song's 40-week run in the Hot 100 surpassing the run of Johnny Mathis' "Wonderful, Wonderful". Casey would go on to play Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" as an extra in 1982 to honor that song's longevity as well.
- Just for the record, "I Go Crazy" was played in its' entirety.
- In the "Grease" extra, Larry Morgan mentioned that the film's 2010 re-release was changed from a 'PG' rating to a 'PG-13' rating.
- And, not mentioned here, the original release of "Saturday Night Fever" was rated 'R' before it was re-released with a 'PG' rating. The 'PG-13' rating didn't come into existence until 1984.
#1 Soul: Use Ta Be My Girl
#1 Country: "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" - The Statler Brothers
#1 Album: Saturday Night Fever

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S REBROADCAST OF THE JUNE 3, 1978 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:
* BY THE NUMBERS: 12 foreign acts are in this week's AT40 June 3, 1978 chart, and there are 7 songs from movies in this Top 40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Celebration member Mike Love is also at the same time a member of the Beach Boys? 2) In 1978 Chaka Khan signed a contract with Warner Bros. records to start a solo career but still had a contract with ABC Records to record with her group Rufus? 3) Meatloaf got his name when he stepped by accident on a high school's football coach's foot and he yelled "GET OFF ME, YOU MEATLOAF!"? 4) The Trammps were booed for being dressed like bums and had to spend money on better outfit designs for their concerts? 5) As of this AT40 episode, Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams, at #1 with "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late", became the 4th. top 40 acts to be in a #1 duet together?
*QUESTION LETTERS: 4 of them in this episode! 1) Regarding the song to hit #1, then drop down the Top 40 and fall off, then return and go to #1 again - "The Twist" by Chubby Checker; 2) Regarding the youngest and oldest artists to hit #1 - Stevie Wonder at age 13 with "Fingertips, Part 2" in 1963 and Louis Armstrong at age 64 with "Hello, Dolly" in 1964; 3) Regarding the longest running chart record from a movie that's not the 35 week "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees - "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets from the movie "Blackboard Jungle" - 43 weeks in 2 different chart runs (1955 and 1974); and 4) Regarding the album that took the slowest climb to #1 on the album chart: The self titled album by Fleetwood Mac which took 58 weeks to reach #1 on the album chart (That record was broken in 1989 when Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" album reached #1 on the album chart in its 64th. week).
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of the original 1972 version of the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice" to tie in with the 1978 Linda Ronstadt remake version. 2) There were plugs intact for the July 1978 AT40 special of the Top 40 recording acts of the 1970's special kept intact (That AT40 special was played last year, but I wonder what Premiere will play on the June 30-July 1, 2012 or July 7-8, 2012 weekend for this year's AT40 Special on AT40: The 70's or AT40: The 80's? I guess the Top 40 Disco Songs from 1979 for AT40: The 70's (4 hours with first hour optional) and the 1987 Top 40 Songs of the 1980's so far special for AT40: The 80's). 3) Did you like when Casey said when AT40 came from the FILM CAPITOL OF THE WORLD (That is Hollywood, of course)?
* AND: WLS 94.7 FM played 2 of the 3 optional extras: The original 1978 AT40 extra of "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis, and the "Grease" optional extra (But for Larry Morgan: Didn't you know Grease, the movie was not re-released in 2010 but was re-released in 1998 at the same time the movie Titanic was breaking box office movie records?)

[jdelachjr2002]

Jun 3, 2012 10:44:46 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* AND: WLS 94.7 FM played 2 of the 3 optional extras: The original 1978 AT40 extra of "I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis, and the "Grease" optional extra (But for Larry Morgan: Didn't you know Grease, the movie was not re-released in 2010 but was re-released in 1998 at the same time the movie Titanic was breaking box office movie records?)

"Grease" was indeed released in selected theaters as a sing-along version in 2010. Though I wonder if the rating was changed to 'PG-13" then, why wasn't it changed in 1998?

[jdelachjr2002]

June 6, 1981
LW #2: Smokey Robinson "Being With You"
LW #1: Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes"
DE 40 Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira (5)
DE 39 Billy Vera & The Beaters - I Can Take Care Of Myself (39)
DE 38 Alan Parsons Project - Time (15)
DE 37 Sheena Easton - Modern Girl (18)
31 36 The Who - You Better You Bet (18)
37 35 Jesse Winchester - Say What (32)
38 34 Jim Photoglo - Fool In Love With You (25)
29 33 Jefferson Starship - Find Your Way Back (29)
35 32 Pure Prairie League - Still Right Here In My Heart (28)
AT40 Archives: From February 1966 - Lou Christie "Lightnin' Strikes", the 133rd #1 of the 1960's
Flashback Extra: Manhattan Transfer "The Boy From New York City"
26 31 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List (1)
20 30 Christopher Cross - Say You'll Be Mine (20)
32 29 Santana - Winning (17)
28 28 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (28)
40 27 Elton John - Nobody Wins (21)
19 26 Phil Collins - I Missed Again (19)
21 25 Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five) (1)
27 24 Lee Ritenour - Is It You (15)
23 23 Don McLean - Since I Don't Have You (23)
LDD: Andrew Gold "Thank You For Being A Friend" from 10-year-old Larissa in Augusta GA to her friend Jeff who got her to help quit smoking and drinking alcohol
24 22 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (1)
AT40 Archives: From February 1966 - Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'", the 134th #1 of the 1960's
Flashback Extra: Greg Kihn Band - "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)", which was up ten spots to #68 that week
25 21 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting (19)
30 20 Air Supply - The One That You Love (1)
22 19 Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (5)
14 18 Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (4)
10 17 John Lennon - Watching The Wheels (10)
18 16 Dottie West with Kenny Rogers - What Are We Doin' In Love (14)
09 15 Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands (9)
17 14 Gary "U.S." Bonds - This Little Girl (11)
15 13 Climax Blues Band - I Love You (12)
13 12 The Water Brothers Band* - How 'Bout Us (12)
16 11 George Harrison - All Those Years Ago (2)
AT40 Archives: From March 1966 - SSgt. Barry Sadler "The Ballad Of The Green Berets", the 135th #1 of the '60s
Flashback Extra: Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight"
11 10 Franke & The Knockouts - Sweetheart (10)
12 09 Neil Diamond - America (8)
07 08 Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (2)
LDD: John Paul Young "Love Is In The Air" from Christine in Alma MO to anybody who's ever felt down in the dumps. She credits the song to help cheer her up when things go bad.
08 07 Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) (4)
06 06 Gino Vanelli - Living Inside Myself (6)
05 05 REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run (5)
04 04 A Taste Of Honey - Sukiyaki (3)
03 03 Stars On 45 - Medley (1)
Flashback Extra: Juice Newton "Queen Of Hearts"
02 02 Smokey Robinson - Being With You (2)
01 01 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (1)

- That first LDD definitely belongs in the Dave Barry "I am not making this up" file. Even Casey wasn't aware that this was an issue for youngsters.
- I had The Water Brothers Band instead of Champaign listed at #12 since Casey played the former's 1975 version instead of the current version which wound up hitting its' peak. The Water Brothers Band would become Champaign.
- In another chart oddity, the Top six positions from the previous week were holding with songs #7 and #8 coming close to joining them.
- One more chart oddity: It isn't often when a song that is the biggest moving record in the Top 40 ("Nobody Wins") didn't even crack the Top 20.
- Also, Casey mentioned Sheena Easton's "Morning Train" was about a woman who likes waiting for her man to come home from work while "Modern Girl" is the complete opposite.
- Larry Morgan goofed in his story on Greg Kihn who he said is now a morning DJ in San Diego. Kihn actually is the DJ at San Jose radio station KUFX, a classic rock station
- Larry also mentioned Juice Newton had four #1 hits on the Country chart.
- And Casey mentions the irony of songs #1 and #2: Smokey Robinson liked Kim Carnes' version of his 1967 hit "More Love" and initially wrote "Being With You" for her until he was talked into singing the song himself. He took the advice and sure enough Kim Carnes prevented Smokey from hitting #1.
#1 Soul: "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" - Chaka Khan
#1 Country: "Friends/Anywhere There's A Jukebox" - Razzy Bailey
#1 Album: Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are the Premiere offerings for this week.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 6/7/1975.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Listen To What The Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings (#35)
"Dynomite" - Bazuka (#37)
"Hey You" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#38)
"Lizzie And The Rainman" - Tanya Tucker (#39)
"T-R-O-U-B-L-E" - Elvis Presley (#40)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Hijack" - Herbie Mann (#14)
"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#16)
"Killer Queen" - Queen (#32)
"Hey Won't You Play (Another Somebody Done Someboy Wrong Song) ' B.J. Thomas (#37)
"Walkin' In Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (#25 to #12)
Biggest Dropper: "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#9 to #22)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"One Of These Nights" - The Eagles (#53)
"The Rockford Files" - Mike Post (#60)
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell (#66)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 6/8/1985. This show had previously aired back in 2008.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Sentimental Street" - Night Ranger (#33)
"Getcha Back" - The Beach Boys (#34)
"Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen (#37)
"Cannonball" - Supertramp (#39)
"Just As I Am" - Air Supply (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#29)
"New Attitude" - Patti LaBelle (#30)
"'Til My Baby Comes Home" - Luther Vandross (#32)
"Obsession" - Animotion (#33)
"Show Some Respect" - Tina Turner (#37)

Biggest Mover: "A View To A Kill" - Duran Duran (#27 to #15)
Biggest Dropper: "Some Like It Hot" - The Power Station (#16 to #27)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" - Foreigner

Premiere optional extras:
"I Wonder If I Take You Home" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force (#86; debuted)
"Centerfield" - John Fogerty (#53)
"What About Love" - Heart (#56)
"People Are People" - Depeche Mode (#51)

[jdelachjr2002]

June 7, 1975

LW TW
DE 40 Elvis Presley - T-R-O-U-B-L-E (35)
DE 39 Tanya Tucker - Lizzie And The Rainman (37)
DE 38 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Hey You (21)
DE 37 Bazuka - Dynomite (10)
36 36 Bad Company - Good Lovin' Gone Bad (36)
DE 35 Paul McCartney & Wings - Listen To What The Man Said (1)
38 34 Boomer Castleman - Judy Mae (33)
39 33 Smokey Robinson - Baby That's Backatcha (26)
35 32 Van McCoy - The Hustle (1)
34 31 Ray Stevens - Misty (14)
18 30 Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy (18)
33 29 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were/Try To Remember (11)
17 28 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (3)
Flashback Extra: The Eagles "One Of These Nights"
31 27 Carly Simon - Attitude Dancing (21)
29 26 The Temptations - Shakey Ground (26)
30 25 Tavares - Remember What I Told You To Forget (25)
28 24 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance With Choo (23)
27 23 Seals & Crofts - I'll Play For You (18)
09 22 Paul Anka with Odia Coates - I Don't Like To Sleep Alone (8)
24 21 Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell (19)
23 20 Pilot - Magic (5)
26 19 The Doobie Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) (11)
21 18 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck (15)
20 17 Michael Murphey - Wildfire (3)
04 16 The Carpenters - Only Yesterday (4)
19 15 Alice Cooper - Only Women (12)
Flashback Extra: Mike Post "The Rockford Files", which was a week away from hitting the countdown
22 14 Joe Simon - Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor) (8)
08 13 Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star (1)
25 12 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together (1)
13 11 Average White Band - Cut The Cake (10)
12 10 Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom (1)
11 09 Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait (5)
15 08 Jessi Colter - I'm Not Lisa (4)
01 07 Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls (1)
10 06 Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved (2)
07 05 Chicago - Old Days (5)
06 04 Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time (4)
Flashback Extra: Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy"
03 03 Ace - How Long (3)
05 02 America - Sister Golden Hair (1)
02 01 John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (1)

- I confess. I never watched "Rockford Files" but honestly what version did Premiere air? It sounded like it came out of the show's closing credits or something.
- Before playing "Philadelphia Freedom", Casey mentions that Elton John's latest album - "Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy" debuted on Billboard's Hot 200 at #1 (see below)
- #1 Soul: Love Won't Let Me Wait
- #1 Country: Window Up Above - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

[dth1971]

Jun 10, 2012 8:23:29 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

June 7, 1975

LW TW
DE 40 Elvis Presley - T-R-O-U-B-L-E (35)
DE 39 Tanya Tucker - Lizzie And The Rainman (37)
DE 38 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Hey You (21)
DE 37 Bazuka - Dynomite (10)
36 36 Bad Company - Good Lovin' Gone Bad (36)
DE 35 Paul McCartney & Wings - Listen To What The Man Said (1)
38 34 Boomer Castleman - Judy Mae (33)
39 33 Smokey Robinson - Baby That's Backatcha (26)
35 32 Van McCoy - The Hustle (1)
34 31 Ray Stevens - Misty (14)
18 30 Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy (18)
33 29 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were/Try To Remember (11)
17 28 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (3)
Flashback Extra: The Eagles "One Of These Nights"
31 27 Carly Simon - Attitude Dancing (21)
29 26 The Temptations - Shakey Ground (26)
30 25 Tavares - Remember What I Told You To Forget (25)
28 24 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance With Choo (23)
27 23 Seals & Crofts - I'll Play For You (18)
09 22 Paul Anka with Odia Coates - I Don't Like To Sleep Alone (8)
24 21 Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell (19)
23 20 Pilot - Magic (5)
26 19 The Doobie Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me) (11)
21 18 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck (15)
20 17 Michael Murphey - Wildfire (3)
04 16 The Carpenters - Only Yesterday (4)
19 15 Alice Cooper - Only Women (12)
Flashback Extra: Mike Post "The Rockford Files", which was a week away from hitting the countdown
22 14 Joe Simon - Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor) (8)
08 13 Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star (1)
25 12 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together (1)
13 11 Average White Band - Cut The Cake (10)
12 10 Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom (1)
11 09 Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait (5)
15 08 Jessi Colter - I'm Not Lisa (4)
01 07 Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls (1)
10 06 Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved (2)
07 05 Chicago - Old Days (5)
06 04 Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time (4)
Flashback Extra: Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy"
03 03 Ace - How Long (3)
05 02 America - Sister Golden Hair (1)
02 01 John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (1)

- I confess. I never watched "Rockford Files" but honestly what version did Premiere air? It sounded like it came out of the show's closing credits or something.
- Before playing "Philadelphia Freedom", Casey mentions that Elton John's latest album - "Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy" debuted on Billboard's Hot 200 at #1 (see below)
- #1 Soul: Love Won't Let Me Wait
- #1 Country: Window Up Above - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S JUNE 7, 1975 EPISODE REBROADCAST I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:
* BY THE NUMBERS: There were 2 acts in the June 7, 1975 AT40 chart that were members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Boomer Castleman and Michael Murphy.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Tanya Tucker was the youngest to hit #1 on the country chart at age 14? 2) Paul McCartney plays guitar with his left hand and counts his money with his right hand? 3) "The Way We Were" is the biggest award winning song winning an Oscar for best movie song, a grammy for song of the year, and even being Billboard's #1 song of 1974? 4) The B side of Tavares' "Remember What I Told You To Forget" is "My Ship"? 5) Sir Mondi Rock III a/k/a Disco Tex likes to ne knighted for his name? 6) Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts was a Texas state fiddle champ at age 9? 7) The original version of "Take Me In Your Arms" by Kim Weston (covered by the Doobie Brothers) only made #50 in the 1960's? 8) Earth, Wind, and Fire comes from Chicago? (So does the group Chicago) 9) The Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Up Together" was written by Neil Sedaka? 10) Jessi Colter is Waylon Jennings' wife?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Sent in by the "BIGGEST BEATLES FAN" regarding the hits the Beatles had (60 hits on the Hot 100 up to the 1970 breakup, but 7 other artists had more hits than the Beatles!), 2) Regarding by a number of fans who wish they could be in the record business (long before the CD and iTunes/download business) about how many single records are released each year (6,000) and how many make the Hot 100 (600), the Top 40 (250), and the Top 10 (125) each year. 3) Regarding the artist with the most #1 songs in a row (Second place is Elvis Presley and the Supremes with 5 each, with Beatles in first place with 6). EXTRA CREDIT: Casey got clarification letters on the mispronouncing of "Bachman" in Bachman Turner-Overdrive (This would later happen in 1988 regarding the correct pronounciation of "Estefan" in Gloria Estefan's name!)
* DROP PIECES: 1) Casey played a drop piece of the original Johnny Mathis version of "Misty" to tie in with the 1975 Ray "The Streak" Stevens remake version. 2) Casey played a drop piece of Linda Scott's 1961 song "I've Told Every Little Star" to tie in with a report on whatever became of Linda Scott.
* ALSO: 1) WLS 94.7 FM played the first optional extra of the Eagles "One Of These Nights" (I'm glad WLS didn't play the second optional extra of "The Rockford Files" theme which might have been taken from one of those long out of print TVT/Tee Vee Toons records/CD's of Television's Greatest Hits). 2) Among the new AT40 stations joining on this June 7, 1975 AT40 broadcast: A station in the Rockford, Illinois area called WRRR (for those in Rockford, IL who couldn't get the Chicago AT40 station, but in Summer and Fall 1972 you could get then AT40 station WCFL AM 1000 Chicago and from 1982-1987 you could get then AT40 Chicago station WLS 890 AM in the Rockford, IL. area with good radio reception or something like that!) 3) A blooper or not?: Casey mentioned listeners to get pencil and paper ready for the AT40 address, but we never got the AT40 address unless that AT40 address segment was edited out by Premiere/Shannon Lynn for this AT40 rebroadcast!)

[jdelachjr2002]

Jun 10, 2012 11:38:00 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

3) A blooper or not?: Casey mentioned listeners to get pencil and paper ready for the AT40 address, but we never got the AT40 address unless that AT40 address segment was edited out by Premiere/Shannon Lynn for this AT40 rebroadcast!)

I just listened to an original copy of same show and to me it looks like blooper. Besides Premiere has been known to keep Casey giving out the mailing address many times. Especially the 6/8/1985 show following the second LDD, Casey DID give out the mailing address (and Premiere aired that) before playing "In My House".

I'll have my recap of this show soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

June 8, 1985

DE 40 Air Supply - Just As I Am (19)
DE 39 Supertramp - Cannonball (28)
38 38 Mick Jagger - Lucky In Love (38)
DE 37 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (5)
40 36 Kim Carnes - Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) (15)
31 35 Alison Moyet - Invisible (31)
DE 34 The Beach Boys - Getcha Back (26)
DE 33 Night Ranger - Sentimental Street (8)
LDD: Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" From 14-year-old Kristen to her formerly adopted brother Bobby whom her parents had given up on after being the cause of a rift in the family.
23 32 DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night (3)
39 31 Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away (1)
Flashback Extra: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
35 30 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - Tough All Over (22)
24 29 USA For Africa - We Are The World (1)
36 28 Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (10)
16 27 The Power Station - Some Like It Hot (6)
34 26 Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love (3)
28 25 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (8)
19 24 REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night (19)
15 23 Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (3)
13 22 Madonna - Crazy For You (1)
21 21 Julian Lennon - Say You're Wrong (21)
Flashback Extra: John Fogerty "Centerfield"
26 20 The Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? (5)
12 19 David Lee Roth - Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (12)
20 18 Limahl - Never Ending Story (17)
25 17 Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret (2)
22 16 Survivor - The Search Is Over (4)
27 15 Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (1)
18 14 Glenn Frey - Sumggler's Blues (12)
06 13 Sade - Smooth Operator (5)
17 12 Phil Collins - Sussudio (1)
14 11 Madonna - Angel (5)
11 10 Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine (9)
Flashback Extra: Heart "What About Love", which was three weeks away from hitting the countdown that week.
10 09 Kool & The Gang - Fresh (9)
04 08 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (1)
LDD: Foreigner "Waiting For A Girl Like You" From 19-year-old Mario in Manila to Tricia whom he hopes will be the right girl for him
09 07 Mary Jane Girls - In My House (7)
08 06 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (5)
07 05 Bryan Adams - Heaven (1)
05 04 Billy Ocean - Suddenly (4)
03 03 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (3)
Flashback Extra: Depeche Mode "People Are People"
01 02 Wham! - Everything She Wants (1)
02 01 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1)

Five songs debut in this week's countdown. The five that fall out are:
"Show Some Respect" by Tina Turner (LW: #37)
"Obsession" by Animotion (LW: #33)
"'Til My Baby Comes Home" by Luther Vandross (LW: #32)
"New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle (LW: #31)
and "Don't Come Around Here No More" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (LW: #29)

- The four optional extras were completely different than the ones offered from its' 2008 airing. By comparison, the four op extras played then were:
"If You Love Somebody Set The Free" - Sting
"Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (fell out of the Top 40 this week)
"Never Surrender" - Corey Hart
"Bang A Gong (Get It On)" - The Power Station
- WBNQ in Bloomington IL gets mentioned by Casey for the second straight '80s show but unlike last week's 1981 show (when Casey mentioned a DJ from said station sent a copy of the original version of Champaign's "How 'Bout Us"), it only is mentioned as part of affiliate mentions in Hour #1
- Larry Morgan mentioned how the Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam song would resurface 20 years later when it was sampled in the Black Eyed Peas' "Don't Mess With My Heart" (that's the title he said anyway).
- Larry also mentioned that "Centerfield" is likely the second most popular song about baseball after "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" which hit #1 in 1908 before Billboard even published charts
- And finally when Casey gave out the other #1 songs (see below), he mentioned that Merle Haggard has tied Conway Twitty with his 34th #1 solo country hit.
- #1 Country: "Natural High" - Merle Haggard
- #1 Soul: "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake)" - Freddie Jackson
- #1 Album: Around The World In A Day - Prince & The Revolution

[cartman2002]

here's POS 41-100 from the 6/8/1985


41 Til My Baby Comes Home, Luther Vandross 29
42 Don t Come Around Here No More, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 13
43 Wake Up (Next To You), Graham Parker 39
44 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Sting 3
45 New Attitude, Patti LaBelle 17
46 Obsession, Animotion 6
47 Show Some Respect, Tina Turner 37
48 Little By Little, Robert Plant 36
49 Possession Obsession, Daryl Hall John Oates 30
50 Animal Instinct, Commodores 43
51 People Are People, Depeche Mode 13
52 Black Cars, Gino Vannelli 42
53 Centerfield, John Fogerty 44
54 Who s Holding Donna Now, Debarge 6
55 Everything I Need, Men At Work 47
56 What About Love?, Heart 10
57 Dangerous, Natalie Cole 57
58 Get It On (Bang A Gong), The Power Station 9
59 Forever, Kenny Loggins 40
60 Meeting In The Ladies Room, Klymaxx 59
61 Find A Way, Amy Grant 29
62 Not Enough Love In The World, Don Henley 34
63 Hold Me, Menudo 62
64 Alone Again, Dokken 64
65 My Toot Toot, Jean Knight 50
66 19, Paul Hardcastle 15
67 Lost In Love, New Edition 35
68 Never Surrender, Corey Hart 3
69 All You Zombies, Hooters 58
70 Oh Girl, Boy Meets Girl 39
71 Reaction To Action, Foreigner 54
72 Let Him Go, Animotion 39
73 All She Wants to Do Is Dance, Don Henley 9
74 Rock Me Tonight, Freddie Jackson 18
75 Through the Fire, Chaka Khan 60
76 Do You Wanna Get Away, Shannon 49
77 Celebrate Youth, Rick Springfield 26
78 The Lady Of My Heart, Jack Wagner 76
79 That Was Yesterday, Foreigner 12
80 Nightshift, Commodores 3
81 I m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen 6
82 State Of the Heart, Rick Springfield 22
83 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record), Dead Or Alive 11
84 You re The Only Love, Paul Hyde 84
85 Make It Better (Forget About Me), Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 54
86 I Wonder If I Take You Home, Lisa Lisa
Full Force 34
87 Call Me, Go West 54
88 Let s Go Out Tonight, Nile Rodgers 88
89 Go For Soda, Kim Mitchell 86
90 Perfect, Jermaine Jackson 67
91 Real Love, Dolly Parton 91
92 Ways To Be Wicked, Lone Justice 71
93 Only Lonely, Bon Jovi 54
94 Walking On The Chinese Wall, Philip Bailey 46
95 Freak-A-Ristic, Atlantic Starr 90
96 Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid, Hall And Oates 18
97 Along Comes A Woman, Chicago 14
98 Square Rooms, Al Corley 80
99 One More Night, Phil Collins 1
100 (Come On) Shout, Alex Brown 76

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend presents 6/19/1976. This episode first aired back in 2009.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Got To Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles (#29)
"Save Your Kisses For Me" - The Brotherhood Of Man (#35)
"Turn The Beat Around" - Vickie Sue Robinson (#36)
"Mamma Mia" - Abba (#39)
"Rock 'n Roll Music" - The Beach Boys (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Rock & Roll Love Letter" - Bay City Rollers (#28)
"Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" - Barry Manilow (#29)
"Love In The Shadows" - Neil Sedaka (#31)
"Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton (#33)
"Dance With Me" - Rufus (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (#25 to #9)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac (#11 to #23)
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (#12 to #24)
"Fooled Around And Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop (#22 to #34)

Original extras:
"The Thrill Is Gone" - B.B. King
Just as in the 2009 airing, it will be played as one of the optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (#96; debuted)
"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (#49)
"The Thrill Is Gone" - B.B. King (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 6/18/1983.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Is There Something I Should Know" - Duran Duran (#32)
"She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer (#34)
"Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks (#36)
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - The Eurythmics (#37)
"1999" - Prince (#39)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Photograph" - Def Leppard (#29)
"I Won't Hold You Back" - Toto (#31)
"The One Thing" - INXS (#34)
"Stranger In My House" - Ronnie Milsap (#36)
"All My Life" - Kenny Rogers (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Every Breath You Take" - The Police (#25 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "She Blinded Me With Silence" - Thomas Dolby (#7 to #20)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"The One That You Love" - Air Supply
"Leader Of The Band" - Dan Fogelberg

Premiere optional extras:
"Down Under" - Men At Work (NR)
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" - The Human League (#45)
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol (#42)
"Saved By Zero" - The Fixx (#46)

[dth1971]

Jun 15, 2012 14:36:34 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend presents 6/19/1976. This episode first aired back in 2009.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Got To Get You Into My Life" - The Beatles (#29)
"Save Your Kisses For Me" - The Brotherhood Of Man (#35)
"Turn The Beat Around" - Vickie Sue Robinson (#36)
"Mamma Mia" - Abba (#39)
"Rock 'n Roll Music" - The Beach Boys (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Rock & Roll Love Letter" - Bay City Rollers (#28)
"Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" - Barry Manilow (#29)
"Love In The Shadows" - Neil Sedaka (#31)
"Show Me The Way" - Peter Frampton (#33)
"Dance With Me" - Rufus (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal Band (#25 to #9)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac (#11 to #23)
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian (#12 to #24)
"Fooled Around And Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop (#22 to #34)

Original extras:
"The Thrill Is Gone" - B.B. King
Just as in the 2009 airing, it will be played as one of the optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (#96; debuted)
"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (#49)
"The Thrill Is Gone" - B.B. King (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 6/18/1983.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Is There Something I Should Know" - Duran Duran (#32)
"She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer (#34)
"Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks (#36)
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - The Eurythmics (#37)
"1999" - Prince (#39)

Five songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Photograph" - Def Leppard (#29)
"I Won't Hold You Back" - Toto (#31)
"The One Thing" - INXS (#34)
"Stranger In My House" - Ronnie Milsap (#36)
"All My Life" - Kenny Rogers (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Every Breath You Take" - The Police (#25 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "She Blinded Me With Silence" - Thomas Dolby (#7 to #20)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"The One That You Love" - Air Supply
"Leader Of The Band" - Dan Fogelberg

Premiere optional extras:
"Down Under" - Men At Work (NR)
"(Keep Feeling) Fascination" - The Human League (#45)
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol (#42)
"Saved By Zero" - The Fixx (#46)

What do you mean "(NR)" for Down Under, it went to #1 in early 1983!

[friday]

Jun 15, 2012 17:18:09 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

What do you mean "(NR)" for Down Under, it went to #1 in early 1983!

Presumably, it wasn't on the Hot 100 during the week being featured, unlike the other three songs, which were at the positions he put in parentheses.

[jdelachjr2002]

Jun 16, 2012 9:37:54 GMT -5 friday said:

Jun 15, 2012 17:18:09 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

What do you mean "(NR)" for Down Under, it went to #1 in early 1983!

Presumably, it wasn't on the Hot 100 during the week being featured, unlike the other three songs, which were at the positions he put in parentheses.

I forgot to mention that "Down Under" was played in memory of Greg Ham who died a while back.

[jdelachjr2002]

June 19, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 The Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music (5)
DE 39 Abba - Mamma Mia (32)
27 38 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From (2)
40 37 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (17)
DE 36 Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (10)
DE 35 The Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me (27)
22 34 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love (3)
37 33 Parliament - Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (15)
38 32 Cyndi Grecco - Makin' Our Dreams Come True (25)
36 31 John Travolta - Let Her In (10)
35 30 America - Today's The Day (23)
DE 29 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (7)
34 28 The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go (27)
32 27 Queen - You're My Best Friend (16)
Flashback Extra: Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music"
30 26 Seals & Crofts - Get Closer (6)
14 25 The Sylvers - Boogie Fever (1)
12 24 John Sebastian - Welcome Back (1)
11 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon (11)
26 22 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (12)
10 21 The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry (10)
20 20 Rhythm Heritage - Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) (20)
23 19 Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run (11)
24 18 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (3)
19 17 Eric Carmen - Never Gonna Fall In Love Again (11)
18 16 Marvin Gaye - I Want You (15)
17 15 Brass Construction - Movin' (14)
16 14 The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (13)
Flashback Extra: Walter Murphy & His Big Apple Band "A Fifth Of Beethoven"
15 13 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (2)
21 12 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1)
05 11 Pratt & McClain - Happy Days (5)
13 10 The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You (3)
25 09 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1)
09 08 Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (4)
08 07 The Captain & Tennille - Shop Around (4)
06 06 Henry Gross - Shannon (6)
07 05 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile (4)
04 04 Diana Ross - Love Hangover (1)
03 03 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: B.B. King. "The Thrill Is Gone"
02 02 The Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie (2)
01 01 Paul McCartney & Wings - Silly Love Songs (1)

- Premiere abruptly cut off Casey at the close of Hour #2 before the end-of-hour jingle could be played.
- For "The Thrill Is Gone", Casey told the story of how B.B. King saved his prized guitar from a burning building which killed two people. King named his guitar Lucille after the two people were fighting over a woman named Lucille.
- With remakes, TV theme songs, a song by John Travolta when he was on "Welcome Back Kotter" and veteran acts like the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and the return of the Beatles, it sure made for an interesting Bicentennial summer, huh? :)
- With the Beatles charting, Paul McCartney became only the second solo Beatle to chart at the same time as the Fab Four (John Lennon was the other solo Beatle to chart at the same time as the Beatles themselves back in 1970).
#1 Soul: "Sophisticated Lady" - Natalie Cole
#1 Country: "El Paso City" - Marty Robbins
#1 Album: Wings At The Speed Of Sound

[dth1971]

Jun 17, 2012 9:40:37 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

June 19, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 The Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music (5)
DE 39 Abba - Mamma Mia (32)
27 38 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From (2)
40 37 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (17)
DE 36 Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (10)
DE 35 The Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me (27)
22 34 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love (3)
37 33 Parliament - Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (15)
38 32 Cyndi Grecco - Makin' Our Dreams Come True (25)
36 31 John Travolta - Let Her In (10)
35 30 America - Today's The Day (23)
DE 29 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (7)
34 28 The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go (27)
32 27 Queen - You're My Best Friend (16)
Flashback Extra: Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music"
30 26 Seals & Crofts - Get Closer (6)
14 25 The Sylvers - Boogie Fever (1)
12 24 John Sebastian - Welcome Back (1)
11 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon (11)
26 22 Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (12)
10 21 The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry (10)
20 20 Rhythm Heritage - Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) (20)
23 19 Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run (11)
24 18 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (3)
19 17 Eric Carmen - Never Gonna Fall In Love Again (11)
18 16 Marvin Gaye - I Want You (15)
17 15 Brass Construction - Movin' (14)
16 14 The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets (13)
Flashback Extra: Walter Murphy & His Big Apple Band "A Fifth Of Beethoven"
15 13 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (2)
21 12 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1)
05 11 Pratt & McClain - Happy Days (5)
13 10 The Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You (3)
25 09 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1)
09 08 Andrea True Connection - More, More, More (4)
08 07 The Captain & Tennille - Shop Around (4)
06 06 Henry Gross - Shannon (6)
07 05 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile (4)
03 03 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: B.B. King. "The Thrill Is Gone"
02 02 The Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie (2)
01 01 Paul McCartney & Wings - Silly Love Songs (1)

- Premiere abruptly cut off Casey at the close of Hour #2 before the end-of-hour jingle could be played.
- For "The Thrill Is Gone", Casey told the story of how B.B. King saved his prized guitar from a burning building which killed two people. King named his guitar Lucille after the two people were fighting over a woman named Lucille.
- With remakes, TV theme songs, a song by John Travolta when he was on "Welcome Back Kotter" and veteran acts like the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys and the return of the Beatles, it sure made for an interesting Bicentennial summer, huh? :)
- With the Beatles charting, Paul McCartney became only the second solo Beatle to chart at the same time as the Fab Four (John Lennon was the other solo Beatle to chart at the same time as the Beatles themselves back in 1970).
#1 Soul: "Sophisticated Lady" - Natalie Cole
#1 Country: "El Paso City" - Marty Robbins
#1 Album: Wings At The Speed Of Sound

And my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's broadcast of the June 19, 1976 AT40 episode after listening on WLS 94.7 FM this Father's Day morning are below:
* BY THE NUMBERS: On the June 19, 1976 AT40 chart there are 5 female solo artists, 7 English acts, 5 duos, and 2 acts with Paul McCartney as lead singer (Beatles and Wings).
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The original "Rock 'n Roll Music" covered by the Beach Boys was originally done by Chuck Berry in 1958? 2) "I'm Easy" by Keith Carridene was first released as a single in 1975 but flopped and then got a new life after the song won the Best Song Oscar and Keith Carridene performed the song at the 1976 Academy Awards? 3) Parliment's first hit back in 1967 was "I Wanna Testify"? 4) The Beatles' "Got to Get You Into My Life" was from the 1966 "Revolver" album? 5) John Sebastian was a former member of the "Lovin' Spoonful"? 6) Gary Wright was a former member of Spooky Tooth? 7) Dorothy Moore was a former member of The Poppies?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding top 10 records moving out of the top 10 then coming back in - One example is Bachman Turner-Overdrive's #1 song in 1974 called "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" which dropped from 1-12-34, then back to the top 10 at #8 thanks to radio stations playing the B side called "Free Wheelin'" (Too bad AT40 never played the "Free Wheelin' B-side, but would Larry Morgan play this someday as an AT40 Optional Extra when there's a 1974 AT40 show with this BTO "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" song?). 2) Regarding the top 40 songs with the longest and shortest title: The shortest was a 1952 song called "I" (I don't know if the Prince 1993 song "7" counts as short!) and the longest was Ray Stevens' Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Disolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills". 3) Regarding a time when a duo was knocked out of #1 by another duo: Once in 1963 when "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo and April Stevens was replaced by "I'm Leaving It All Up To You" by Dale and Grace.
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey called Elvin "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Bishop as "The Elvin Bishop Group". 2) Casey called the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' In To The Streets" as "Take It To The Streets". 3) And Casey said the Manhattans' "Kiss and Say Goodbye" was their first Top 40 hit, WRONG! This is the second Top 40 hit for the Manhattans since their first was 1975's "Don't Take Your Love"!
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of Claudine Clark's 1962 hit "Party Lights" in a story on whatever became of singer Claudine Clark (Casey even read part of a letter sent by Claudine Clark herself at the time of a 1975 Top 40 Disappearing Acts episode!). 2) There were a few plugs kept intact for the July 4, 1976 AT40 Bicentennial Special of the 40 #1 July 4th. weekend songs (Not all stations played this AT40 special!).

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Revolver featuring 'Got to Get You into My Life' was released in 1966

Paul McCartney charted with the Beatles in 1976 and again in 1982 and 1986

[dth1971]

Jun 17, 2012 11:44:33 GMT -5 @2m said:

Revolver featuring 'Got to Get You into My Life' was released in 1966

Paul McCartney charted with the Beatles in 1976 and again in 1982 and 1986

Just fixed the info on the date.

[jdelachjr2002]

Jun 17, 2012 10:52:57 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

2) There were a few plugs kept intact for the July 4, 1976 AT40 Bicentennial Special of the 40 #1 July 4th. weekend songs (Not all stations played this AT40 special!).

And Chicago was one city that didn't air this show (According to Pete Battistini, WDHF aired the 6/26/1976 show which they pre-empted a weekend earlier). If you subscribe to Reelradio. Check out the aircheck from its' airing on WPIX in New York. It included a local newsbreak with the "Theme From Shaft" being used as the instrumental portion.

[jdelachjr2002]

June 18, 1983
LW #2: David Bowie "Let's Dance"
LW #1: Irene Cara "Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
LW TW
33 40 Christopher Cross - No Time For Talk (33)
DE 39 Prince - 1999 (12)
38 38 Alabama - The Closer You Get (38)
DE 37 The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These) (1)
DE 36 Stevie Nicks - Stand Back (5)
39 35 Chris DeBurgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman (34)
LDD: Air Supply "The One That You Love" From Osama in Cairo to Jackie in Beach Island S.C. whom he hopes to marry once he is able to move to the United States
DE 34 Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (3)
35 33 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Roll Me Away (27)
Flashback Extra: Men At Work "Down Under"
DE 32 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know (4)
20 31 Laura Branigan - Solitaire (7)
40 30 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (26)
21 29 Bryan Adams - Straight From The Heart (10)
30 28 Jim Capaldi - That's Love (28)
32 27 Rod Stewart - Baby Jane (14)
14 26 Prince - Little Red Corvette (6)
28 25 DeBarge - All This Love (17)
27 24 The Bee Gees - The Woman In You (24)
23 23 Champaign - Try Again (23)
24 22 The Little River Band - We Two (22)
Flashback Extra: The Human League "Keep Feeling (Fascination)"
26 21 Madness - Our House (7)
07 20 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (5)
22 19 The Kinks - Come Dancing (6)
18 18 Elton John - I'm Still Standing (12)
19 17 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something (5)
LDD: Dan Fogelberg "Leader Of The Band" From Diane, Phillip, Marie, Dan, Julie and Cindy to their father who is retiring after many years of hard work and being away from the house
16 16 The Tubes - She's A Beauty (10)
17 15 Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (5)
25 14 The Police - Every Breath You Take (1)
15 13 Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go (4)
12 12 Journey - Faithfully (12)
Flashback Extra: Billy Idol "White Wedding" which was a week away from hitting the countdown that week.
06 11 Michael Jackson - Beat It (1)
13 10 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Family Man (6)
10 09 Rick Springfield - Affair Of The Heart (9)
08 08 Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me (8)
09 07 Styx - Don't Let It End (6)
05 06 Lionel Richie - My Love (5)
04 05 Men At Work - Overkill (3)
11 04 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (3)
02 03 David Bowie - Let's Dance (1)
Flashback Extra: The Fixx "Saved By Zero"
03 02 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart) (2)
01 01 Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling) (1)

- The "Down Under" extra was selected by Premiere as a tribute to Men At Work member Greg Ham who died back in April at the age of 58. RIP.
- It's not often when a song announced as the biggest mover within the Top 40 does so in successive weeks. Of course when we heard the 12/26/1987 show, Tiffany's "Could've Been" was announced as the biggest mover for the second straight week.
- Casey announced that there were 16 British acts in the countdown which was up from 15 the previous week. One act (Def Leppard) fell out of the Top 40 while two acts (Duran Duran and Eurythmics) debuted. You may recall when we last covered 1986, Casey announced that there were 20 British acts that week.
- I wonder if anybody named Osama has ever written to AT40 since the 9/11 attacks. Just wondering.
- It also seems appropriate that the second LDD is read on Father's Day weekend even though that holiday was not mentioned by Casey in reading said letter.
- Of course Casey mentioned that Journey member Jonathan Cain wrote "Faithfully" for his wife Tane. Ironically, that marriage didn't last forever.
- #1 Album: Thriller - Michael Jackson
- #1 Soul: "Juicy Fruit" - Mtume
- #1 Country: "You Can't Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt

[cartman2002]

here's pos 41-100 from the 06/19/1976


41 Somebody's Gettin' It, Johnnie Taylor 33
42 Last Child, Aerosmith 21
43 Sophisticated Lady, Natalie Cole 25
44 Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton 20
45 I Need To Be In Love, Carpenters 25
46 Yes, Yes, Yes, Bill Cosby 46
47 Who Loves You Better - Part 1, The Isley Brothers 47
48 Thinking Of You, Paul Davis 45
49 A Fifth Of Beethoven, Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band 1
50 Good Vibrations, Todd Rundgren 34
51 Silver Star, The 4 Seasons 38
52 Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More, B.T. Express 52
53 Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again, Barry Manilow 10
54 Rock And Roll Love Letter, Bay City Rollers 28
55 If You Know What I Mean, Neil Diamond 11
56 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls 2
57 Show Me The Way, Peter Frampton 6
58 Fool For The City, Foghat 45
59 You're My Everything, Lee Garrett 58
60 Vaya Con Dios, Freddy Fender 59
61 C'mon Marianne, Donny Osmond 38
62 Livin' Ain't Livin', Firefall 42
63 Lipstick, Michel Polnareff 61
64 I Wanna Stay With You, Gallagher And Lyle 49
65 Framed, Cheech & Chong 41
66 Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Tavares 15
67 Something He Can Feel, Aretha Franklin 28
68 Foxy Lady, Crown Heights Affair 49
69 Nutbush City Limits, Bob Seger 69
70 Love In The Shadows, Neil Sedaka 16
71 Crazy On You, Heart 35
72 Everything's Coming Up Love, David Ruffin 49
73 Johnny Cool, The Steve Gibbons Band 72
74 Flaming Youth, Kiss 74
75 I'll Get Over You, Crystal Gayle 71
76 This Masquerade, George Benson 10
77 I'd Really Love To See You Tonight, England Dan & John Ford Coley 2
78 Rain, Oh Rain, Fools Gold 76
79 Sixteen Tons, The Don Harrison Band 47
80 I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking, The Supremes 40
81 It Keeps You Runnin', Carly Simon 46
82 The Hungry Years, Wayne Newton 82
83 A Little Bit More, Dr. Hook 11
84 Open, Smokey Robinson 81
85 Jukin, Atlanta Rhythm Section 82
86 The Lonely One, Special Delivery Featuring Terry Huff 75
87 Rainbow In Your Eyes, Leon & Mary Russell 52
88 Ten Percent, Double Exposure 54
89 Norma Jean Wants To Be A Movie Star, Sundown Company 84
90 Hold On, Sons Of Champlin 47
91 You're Just The Right Size, The Salsoul Orchestra 88
92 Union Man, Cate Bros. 24
93 Dance Wit Me, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan 39
94 Tvc 15, David Bowie 64
95 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night), The 4 Seasons 1
96 Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry 1
97 Wham Bam (Shang-A-Lang), Silver 16
98 Happy Man (Pt. I), Impact 94
99 Will You Still Love Me Tommow Dana Valley 95
100 One Piece At A Time, Johnny Cash 29

[RichR]

Jun 17, 2012 9:40:37 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

June 19, 1976
LW TW
...
07 05 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile (4)
03 03 Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue (3)
...

As always, thanks for posting this week's AT40 '70s listing. But, let's not forget #4 ...
04 04 Diana Ross - Love Hangover (1)

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