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

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 8/21/1976.

Four songs debuted this week:
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago (#28)
"Springtime Mama" - Henry Gross (#37)
"I Can't Hear You No More" - Helen Reddy (#38)
"One Love In My Lifetime" - Diana Ross (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"If You Know What I Mean" - Neil Diamond (#26)
"Something He Can Feel" - Aretha Franklin (#28)
"Let Her In" - John Travolta (#31)
"Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)" - Parliament (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Still The One" - Orleans (#38 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck (#18 to #34)

Original extras:
"Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
This song will be played as one of the optional extras this week.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (#79)
Hour #2: "That'll Be The Day" - Linda Ronstadt (#71; debuted)
Hour #3: "Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat & Tears (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 8/15/1987.

For the record, this was during the time when George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" was in the countdown and - unlike the 6/20/1987 show we heard earlier this year - Casey does not mention the song's title and since "I Want Your Sex" was at #2 the previous week, Casey does not begin the show with the full Top 3 recap as he normally did.

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Touch Of Grey" - Grateful Dead (#32)
"Lies" - Jonathan Butler (#35)
"I Heard A Rumour" - Bananarama (#36)
"Jam Tonight" - Freddie Jackson (#37)
"Who Found Who" - Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo (#38)
"I Need Love" - LL Cool J (#39)
"One Heartbeat" - Smokey Robinson (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Girls, Girls, Girls" - Motley Crue (#24)
"Hearts On Fire" - Bryan Adams (#26)
"Something So Strong" - Crowded House (#27)
"Point Of No Return" - Expose (#30)
"Don't Disturb This Groove" - The System (#31)
"Happy" - Surface (#35)
"Funkytown" - Psuedo Echo (#38)

Biggest Mover: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" - Michael Jackson Featuring Siedah Garrett (#37 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Kiss Him Goodbye" - The Nylons (#18 to #34)

Interestingly enough, Whitney Houston had the second biggest moving song ("Didn't We Almost Have It All") and the second biggest dropping song ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody").

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Lean On Me" - Club Nouveau
"Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley (the special live version of the song in honor of the 10th year anniversary of Elvis' death)

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Oh Yeah" - Yello (#82)
Hour #2: "U Got The Look" - Prince with Sheena Easton (#54)
Hour #3: "Carrie" - Europe (#46)
Hour #4: "Who Will You Run To" - Heart (#64; debuted)

[jdelachjr2002]

August 21, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 Diana Ross - One Love In My Lifetime (25)
24 39 Queen - You're My Best Friend (16)
DE 38 Helen Reddy - I Can't Hear You No More (29)
DE 37 Henry Gross - Springtime Mama (37)
21 36 Aerosmith - Last Child (21)
40 35 Lady Flash - Street Singin' (27)
18 34 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (3)
39 33 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (7)
37 32 Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway (12)
35 31 James Taylor - Shower The People (22)
34 30 Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (6)
33 29 Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang (16)
DE 28 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1)
Flashback Extra: Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots "Disco Duck (Part I)"
38 27 Orleans - Still The One (5)
30 26 The Ohio Players - Who'd She Coo (18)
32 25 Jefferson Starship - With Your Love (12)
29 24 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More (11)
19 23 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (7)
27 22 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (3)
25 21 War - Summer (7)
22 20 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (20)
23 19 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (15)
17 18 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (17)
13 17 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1)
20 16 Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (11)
06 15 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (2)
16 14 Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (12)
Flashback Extra: Linda Ronstadt "That'll Be The Day"
14 13 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven (1)
15 12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1)
12 11 George Benson - This Masquerade (10)
10 10 Vickie Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (10)
11 09 Seals And Crofts - Get Closer (6)
09 08 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1)
05 07 The Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music (5)
08 06 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (1)
07 05 England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight (2)
04 04 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (2)
03 03 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let 'Em In (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Blood, Sweat & Tears "Spinning Wheel"
02 02 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (1)
01 01 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart (1)

- For the Blood, Sweat & Tears extra, Casey gave an update on the group who were responsible for "Jazz Rock".
- For the "Disco Duck" extra, Larry Morgan mentioned that Rick Dees would go on to have his own countdown show.
- #1 Soul: Who'd She Coo
- #1 Country: Bring It On Home To Me - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: Frampton Comes Alive

[dth1971]

Aug 19, 2012 10:35:56 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

August 21, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 Diana Ross - One Love In My Lifetime (25)
24 39 Queen - You're My Best Friend (16)
DE 38 Helen Reddy - I Can't Hear You No More (29)
DE 37 Henry Gross - Springtime Mama (37)
21 36 Aerosmith - Last Child (21)
40 35 Lady Flash - Street Singin' (27)
18 34 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (3)
39 33 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (7)
37 32 Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway (12)
35 31 James Taylor - Shower The People (22)
34 30 Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (6)
33 29 Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang (16)
DE 28 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1)
Flashback Extra: Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots "Disco Duck (Part I)"
38 27 Orleans - Still The One (5)
30 26 The Ohio Players - Who'd She Coo (18)
32 25 Jefferson Starship - With Your Love (12)
29 24 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More (11)
19 23 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (7)
27 22 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (3)
25 21 War - Summer (7)
22 20 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (20)
23 19 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (15)
17 18 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (17)
13 17 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1)
20 16 Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (11)
06 15 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (2)
16 14 Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (12)
Flashback Extra: Linda Ronstadt "That'll Be The Day"
14 13 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven (1)
15 12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1)
12 11 George Benson - This Masquerade (10)
10 10 Vickie Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (10)
11 09 Seals And Crofts - Get Closer (6)
09 08 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1)
05 07 The Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music (5)
08 06 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (1)
07 05 England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight (2)
04 04 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (2)
03 03 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let 'Em In (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Blood, Sweat & Tears "Spinning Wheel"
02 02 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (1)
01 01 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart (1)

- For the Blood, Sweat & Tears extra, Casey gave an update on the group who were responsible for "Jazz Rock".
- For the "Disco Duck" extra, Larry Morgan mentioned that Rick Dees would go on to have his own countdown show.
- #1 Soul: Who'd She Coo
- #1 Country: Bring It On Home To Me - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: Frampton Comes Alive

And here are my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's episode of the August 21, 2012 AT40 chart that I heard on WLS 94.7 FM this Sunday morning:
* BY THE NUMBERS: 10 acts on this August 21, 1976 AT40 chart were newcomers at the time, and the AT40 chart had 12 disco songs on there.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Helen Reddy's "I Can't Hear You No More" was originally done in 1966 by Betty Everett? 2) The group Lady Flash is produced by Barry Manilow? 3) Cliff Richard was popular in England from the 1950's to the 1976 time and was better than Elton John? 4) Dr. Hook had a Humpty Dumpty like life story that they were rich in 1973 then went bankrupt in 1974? 5) Keith "I'm Easy" Carridene is the brother of David "Kung Fu" Carradine? 6) Lou Rawls suffered for a time amnesia after being involved in an auto accident?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the most successful son or daughter of a Top 40 artist: Rick Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriett Nelson; 2) Regarding #1 song titles that were not part of the lyrics in the song: 8 of them - "The Chipmunk Song", "Battle of New Orleans", "The Three Bells", "Sukiyaki", "Fingertips Part 2", "Ode to Billy Joe", "Annie's Song" and "Mahogony" (Although that same question was asked again in a December 1982 episode and Casey mentioned 4 out of the 8 from that answer to the August 1976 response plus added one more - "T.S.O.P."); and 3) A 3 part question involving the date the first Billboard charts were published (July 1940), the first #1 song on the first Billboard chart ("I'll Never Smile Again" by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra), and when AT40 was launched (July 4, 1970, which was on 7 radio stations and up to the August 1976 time was heard on 350 radio stations plus the American/Armed Forces Radio Network - 'nuff said!)
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey mentioned The Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life" was #21 instead of #23, 2) Casey called Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band as The Walter Murphy Orchestra.
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of a song that spent 52 weeks on any chart - "Frou Line" by Bobby "Jingle Bell Rock" Helms which spent 52 weeks on the country chart from 1957 to 1958 (Although for honorable mention, in the post Casey Kasem era a/k/a the Ryan Seacrest era of AT40 from 2005-2006 "Scars" by Papa Roach spent 52 weeks on the AT40 CHR chart and Lifehouse's "You and Me" had a long run on the Ryan Seacrest AT40 Hot AC chart - all thanks to Ryan Seacrest and his KNUCKLEHEADED NO RECURRENT RULE FOR HIS AT40 CHART! Lucky I don't post on the Pulse CHR/Pop section on the Ryan AT40 weekly threads anymore...), 2) Then 1976 Chicago AT40 radio station WDAF gets a mention, 3) There was a plug kept intact in the show for the upcoming in October 1976 AT40 special of the Top 40 songs during the Beatles years besides the kept intact AT40 Universal City, California snail mail address. 4) Casey mentioned Elizabeth Bruce of the Saturday Evening Post a thanks for a mention in an article on TV Hucksters - I wish I could see that August 1976 S.E.P. TV Hucksters article online!

FINAL NOTE: This next week's AT40 chart for August 28, 1976 following this August 21, 1976 AT40 episode would have only 1 debut on it: "Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine spending a lone week at #40. Too bad Premiere has yet to play the August 28, 1976 AT40 episode on AT40: The 70's! (Last year Premiere played the September 4, 1976 AT40 episode that was 1 week after that 1 debut week from August 28, 1976)

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 19, 2012 12:16:43 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

FINAL NOTE: This next week's AT40 chart for August 28, 1976 following this August 21, 1976 AT40 episode would have only 1 debut on it: "Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine spending a lone week at #40. Too bad Premiere has yet to play the August 28, 1976 AT40 episode on AT40: The 70's! (Last year Premiere played the September 4, 1976 AT40 episode that was 1 week after that 1 debut week from August 28, 1976)

Actually Premiere did air the 8/28/1976 show back in 2009.

[Libra]

August 15, 1987
40 -- Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (10)
39 -- LL Cool J - I Need Love (14)
38 -- Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo - Who Found Who (16)
37 -- Freddie Jackson - Jam Tonight (32)
36 -- Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour (4)
35 -- Jonathan Butler - Lies (27)
34 18 The Nylons - Kiss Him Goodbye (12)
33 36 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (23)
32 -- The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey (9)
31 33 The Outfield - Since You've Been Gone (31)
LDD: Club Nouveau "Lean on Me" from 16-year-old Jennifer in New York, as the group song she dedicates to the people of Stony Lodge, where she stayed for 6 months, essentially as "rehab" to break her addictions and her already bad ways
Flashback Extra: Yello "Oh Yeah"
30 39 The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys - Wipeout (12)
29 22 Klymaxx - I'd Still Say Yes (18)
28 17 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1)
27 32 Sammy Hagar - Give to Live (23)
26 34 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (1)
25 40 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have it All (1)
24 29 ABC - When Smokey Sings (5)
23 28 Huey Lewis & The News - Doing it All For My Baby (6)
22 25 Living in a Box - Living in a Box (17)
21 15 Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (14)
Flashback Extra: Prince "U Got the Look"
20 23 Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try (6)
19 20 Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (19)
18 10 Robbie Nevil - Wot's it to Ya (10)
17 09 Heart - Alone (1)
LDD: Elvis Presley "Suspicious Minds (Live)", as the song that Richard - and many other Elvis fans will, according to him, never get tired of hearing...and also as the song Casey himself played in memory of Elvis ten years ago
16 37 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1)
15 21 Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne - Love Power (12)
14 19 Starship - It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) (9)
13 16 Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Again (13)
12 03 Bob Seger - Shakedown (1)
Flashback Extra: Europe "Carrie"
11 14 The Whispers - Rock Steady (7)
10 06 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm is Gonna Get You (5)
09 13 Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams (4)
08 08 The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart (7)
07 12 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing (3)
06 04 T'Pau - Heart and Soul (4)
05 11 Los Lobos - La Bamba (1)
04 05 Suzanne Vega - Luka (3)
03 02 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2)
Flashback Extra: Heart "Who Will You Run To", which debuted at #64 that week
02 07 Madonna - Who's That Girl? (1)
01 01 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1)

And with seven new songs, we've got seven that fall out. Those droppers are:
"Happy" (LW: 35),
"Funkytown" (LW: 38),
"Don't Disturb This Groove" (LW: 31),
"Point of No Return" (LW: 30),
"Something So Strong" (LW: 27),
"Hearts on Fire" (LW: 26), and
"Girls, Girls, Girls (LW: 24).

NOTES:

• This week's Stations of the Week: WLXT and WEZF (for the first hour).
  
• Casey goes out of his way to avoid mention of the George Michael song title, even foregoing his usual Top 3 recap at the beginning of the show in favor of focusing on U2 hitting the top.
  
• From the "What a Difference a Year...Or Seven! Makes" files: Seven years ago on 8-16-80, we saw a pretty crazy chart. Much the same can be said...of this one!
  
• From the "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" files: Note that both Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson jump over Whitesnake this week. They would follow both of them to #1, and of the three songs in question, finish the highest on the 1987 year-end chart.
  
• Just as a point of reference, that show ten years ago featuring "Suspicious Minds" was 8-27-77.
  
• That's a really crazy spot to place that Elvis LDD - right next to the biggest mover within The 40 in nearly five years, who by the way...was also, "The King...of Pop"!
  
• Speaking of that LDD, it ran just over seven minutes long. :o
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "Strangelove" by Depeche Mode
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Whitney by Whitney Houston
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "A Long Line of Love" by Michael Martin Murphey
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Jam Tonight"

EDIT: LOL! Double posting this week.

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 19, 2012 18:55:41 GMT -5 Libra said:

EDIT: LOL! Double posting this week.

Not anymore. I removed my post. Wasn't sure if you were going to get to it or not.

[dth1971]

Aug 19, 2012 18:55:41 GMT -5 Libra said:

August 15, 1987
40 -- Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (10)
39 -- LL Cool J - I Need Love (14)
38 -- Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo - Who Found Who (16)
37 -- Freddie Jackson - Jam Tonight (32)
36 -- Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour (4)
35 -- Jonathan Butler - Lies (27)
34 18 The Nylons - Kiss Him Goodbye (12)
33 36 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (23)
32 -- The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey (9)
31 33 The Outfield - Since You've Been Gone (31)
LDD: Club Nouveau "Lean on Me" from 16-year-old Jennifer in New York, as the group song she dedicates to the people of Stony Lodge, where she stayed for 6 months, essentially as "rehab" to break her addictions and her already bad ways
Flashback Extra: Yello "Oh Yeah"
30 39 The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys - Wipeout (12)
29 22 Klymaxx - I'd Still Say Yes (18)
28 17 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1)
27 32 Sammy Hagar - Give to Live (23)
26 34 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (1)
25 40 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have it All (1)
24 29 ABC - When Smokey Sings (5)
23 28 Huey Lewis & The News - Doing it All For My Baby (6)
22 25 Living in a Box - Living in a Box (17)
21 15 Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (14)
Flashback Extra: Prince "U Got the Look"
20 23 Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try (6)
19 20 Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (19)
18 10 Robbie Nevil - Wot's it to Ya (10)
17 09 Heart - Alone (1)
LDD: Elvis Presley "Suspicious Minds (Live)", as the song that Richard - and many other Elvis fans will, according to him, never get tired of hearing...and also as the song Casey himself played in memory of Elvis ten years ago
16 37 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1)
15 21 Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne - Love Power (12)
14 19 Starship - It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) (9)
13 16 Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Again (13)
12 03 Bob Seger - Shakedown (1)
Flashback Extra: Europe "Carrie"
11 14 The Whispers - Rock Steady (7)
10 06 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm is Gonna Get You (5)
09 13 Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams (4)
08 08 The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart (7)
07 12 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing (3)
06 04 T'Pau - Heart and Soul (4)
05 11 Los Lobos - La Bamba (1)
04 05 Suzanne Vega - Luka (3)
03 02 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2)
Flashback Extra: Heart "Who Will You Run To", which debuted at #64 that week
02 07 Madonna - Who's That Girl? (1)
01 01 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1)

And with seven new songs, we've got seven that fall out. Those droppers are:
"Happy" (LW: 35),
"Funkytown" (LW: 38),
"Don't Disturb This Groove" (LW: 31),
"Point of No Return" (LW: 30),
"Something So Strong" (LW: 27),
"Hearts on Fire" (LW: 26), and
"Girls, Girls, Girls (LW: 24).

NOTES:

• This week's Stations of the Week: WLXT and WEZF (for the first hour).
  
• Casey goes out of his way to avoid mention of the George Michael song title, even foregoing his usual Top 3 recap at the beginning of the show in favor of focusing on U2 hitting the top.
  
• From the "What a Difference a Year...Or Seven! Makes" files: Seven years ago on 8-16-80, we saw a pretty crazy chart. Much the same can be said...of this one!
  
• From the "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" files: Note that both Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson jump over Whitesnake this week. They would follow both of them to #1, and of the three songs in question, finish the highest on the 1987 year-end chart.
  
• Just as a point of reference, that show ten years ago featuring "Suspicious Minds" was 8-27-77.
  
• That's a really crazy spot to place that Elvis LDD - right next to the biggest mover within The 40 in nearly five years, who by the way...was also, "The King...of Pop"!
  
• Speaking of that LDD, it ran just over seven minutes long. :o
  
• #1 on the Dance chart: "Strangelove" by Depeche Mode
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Whitney by Whitney Houston
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "A Long Line of Love" by Michael Martin Murphey
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Jam Tonight"

Has AT40: The 70's ever aired in the past the August 27, 1977 AT40 episode with the 7 minute Elvis "Suspicious Minds" live version extra intact?

[Libra]

Premiere has aired the show - see below. :) Don't remember if it was the 7-minute song when they aired the show though.

Aug 22, 2010 10:05:01 GMT -5 Libra said:

August 27, 1977
40 -- Heatwave - Boogie Nights (2)
39 -- Carly Simon - Nobody Does it Better (2)
38 -- Meco - Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band (1)
37 27 Barbra Streisand - My Heart Belongs to Me (4)
36 38 Carole King - Hard Rock Cafe (30)
35 -- Ronnie Milsap - It Was Almost Like a Song (16)
34 36 Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again (31)
33 10 The Bay City Rollers - You Made Me Believe in Magic (10)
32 32 Slave - Slide (32)
31 31 Alan O' Day - Undercover Angel (1)
30 40 Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock 'N' Roll (3)
29 34 B.J. Thomas - Don't Worry Baby (17)
28 33 The Bee Gees - Edge of the Universe (26)
27 29 Kiss - Christine Sixteen (25)
26 26 Helen Reddy - You're My World (18)
25 09 Alice Cooper - You and Me (9)
24 30 KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep it Comin' Love (2)
23 07 Peter McCann - Do You Wanna Make Love (5)
22 24 Johnny Rivers - Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') (10)
21 25 Stephen Bishop - On and On (11)
20 22 Foreigner - Cold as Ice (6)
19 20 Ram Jam - Black Betty (18)
AT40 Elvis Presley Tribute - "Suspicious Minds" live from Las Vegas, as heard in concert by Casey
18 18 Meri Wilson - Telephone Man (18)
17 19 Leo Sayer - How Much Love (17)
16 21 London Symphony Orchestra - Theme From Star Wars (10)
15 17 Supertramp - Give a Little Bit (15)
14 15 Sanford/Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire (9)
13 16 Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (7)
12 14 Heart - Barracuda (11)
11 04 Peter Frampton - I'm in You (2)
10 23 The Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 (5)
09 11 Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop (3)
08 13 The Floaters - Float On (2)
07 08 Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Just a Song Before I Go (7)
06 06 deleted Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do (6)
05 12 James Taylor - Handy Man (4)
04 05 The Commodores - Easy (4)
03 03 Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher (2)
02 02 Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything (1)
01 01 The Emotions - Best of My Love (1)

NOTES:

• Don't expect a 70s posting from me very often. I don't usually listen to the 70s show at all, but I wanted to tune in for this one to hear Casey's Elvis tribute. Having been used to four-hour countdowns since...ever, the pacing of a 3-hour show like this was a bit jarring.
  
• OK, #40 was cut to a minute in length (maybe) - not the best way to start the show.
  
• Who knew that both this show and the 80s show would have biggest droppers nearly equal in size falling from their peaks?
  
• WHNN, unlike their 80s counterpart, did not opt for Premiere's extras this week.
  
• Casey chose not just any song to pay tribute - he chose the one that moved him the most when he heard it.
  
• Casey's stories must have had better timing in the 70s - he related that Rumors set the new record for longest-running #1 album of the 70s to lead into "Don't Stop". Several of the 80s shows have had no such gift for timing.
  
• Casey ended both shows this weekend with "...and keep your radio tuned right where it is".
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Float On"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
  

[Libra]

Aug 19, 2012 19:02:47 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Aug 19, 2012 18:55:41 GMT -5 Libra said:

EDIT: LOL! Double posting this week.

Not anymore. I removed my post. Wasn't sure if you were going to get to it or not.

I actually wasn't sure if I was either. Didn't get to hear the first hour at all until earlier today.

[dth1971]

And I noticed next weekend will be another 2 episode offering for AT40: The 70's.

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 19, 2012 22:30:58 GMT -5 Libra said:

Aug 19, 2012 19:02:47 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Not anymore. I removed my post. Wasn't sure if you were going to get to it or not.

I actually wasn't sure if I was either. Didn't get to hear the first hour at all until earlier today.

At least you got the droppers this time. Of course next week is 1982 so no droppers mention this time (but there is one for the 8/28/1971 show).

[mkarns]

Aug 19, 2012 20:45:11 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Has AT40: The 70's ever aired in the past the August 27, 1977 AT40 episode with the 7 minute Elvis "Suspicious Minds" live version extra intact?

Here's the original cue sheet:
www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/08-27-77.pdf

Since the segment with "Suspicious Minds" runs for 13:54, it was evidently the full 7 minute song originally, and I think Premiere played all of it, or at least most of it (I didn't time it precisely when it aired.) That was made up for by edits elsewhere; "Boogie Nights", at #40, was less than a minute long when Premiere played it two years ago.

[dth1971]

Aug 20, 2012 17:12:55 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Aug 19, 2012 22:30:58 GMT -5 Libra said:

I actually wasn't sure if I was either. Didn't get to hear the first hour at all until earlier today.

At least you got the droppers this time. Of course next week is 1982 so no droppers mention this time (but there is one for the 8/28/1971 show).

And no mention of droppers for the other alternate AT40: The 70's show for stations that don't go for the 8/28/1971 episode.

[jdelachjr2002]

Because there are two offerings for "AT40: The '70s" this week, I will be making a two-part post about classic AT40 shows this weekend (I think this is my first preview post in the newly merged AC/Hot AC thread). '80s preview is first.

"AT40: The '80s" this week is from 8/28/1982.

Six songs debuted that week:
"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" - Michael McDonald (#33)
"Hold On" - Santana (#34)
"What's Forever For" - Michael Martin Murphey (#35)
"Do You Wanna Touch Me" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (#37)
"Never Been In Love" - Randy Meisner (#39)
"Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" - Paul Davis (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"If The Love Fits Wear It" - Leslie Pearl (#28)
"Paperlate" - Genesis (#32)
"Your Imagination" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#33)
"Personally" - Karla Bonoff (#35)
"Route 101" - Herb Alpert (#37)
"I Really Don't Need No Light" - Jeffrey Osborne (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" - Jermaine Jackson (#36 to #30)
Biggest Dropper: "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell (#23 to #31)

Original extras:
"Happy" - The Rolling Stones
"Proud Mary" - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Long Distance Dedications:
"Lost In Love" - Air Supply
"Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" - Joey Scarbury

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Nobody" - Sylvia (#89; debuted)
Hour #2: "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson (#81)
Hour #3: "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock Of Seagulls (#43)
Hour #4: "You Don't Want Me Anymore" - Steel Breeze (#67; highest debut)

'70s post is coming shortly.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now for this weekend's "AT40: '70s" shows

First up is 8/28/1971

Five songs debuted this week:
"Bangla-Desh" - George Harrison (#31)
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez (#33)
"Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36)
"Saturday Morning Confusion" - Bobby Russell (#38)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Don't Pull Your Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#31)
"Moon Shadow" - Cat Stevens (#32)
"I'm Leavin'" - Elvis Presley (#36)
"Mother Freedom" - Bread (#37)
"Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansil Collins (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond (#24 to #10)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Maybe Tomorrow" - Jackson 5 (#20 to #30)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#29 to #39)

Original extras:
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
This song will be played as one of this week's optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#50)
Hour #3: "The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#41)

The second show being featured is 8/26/1978. This is the show which of course featured the very first Long Distance Dedication. The show previously aired in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Listed below is my preview from 2011.

AT40: The '70s features 8/26/1978. This show previously aired back in 2007 and 2009.

Five songs made their debut this week:
"Get Off" - Foxy (#35)
"Don't Look Back" - Boston (#36)
"Think It Over" - Cheryl Ladd (#37)
"Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty (#38)
"Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'" - Barbra Streisand (#39)

Five song fell off the survey that week:
"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#14)
"King Tut" - Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommon (#17)
"Stay/The Load-Out" - Jackson Browne (#20)
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty (#33)
"You're A Part Of Me" - Gene Cotton & Kim Carnes (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#38 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb (#30 to #40)

Original Extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Desiree" - Neil Diamond (first-ever LDD)

Premiere optional extras:
"Who Are You" - The Who (#70; highest debut)
The Who has the only song being played as an extra this week. It happens in Hour 3. Hours 1 & 2 in place of the usual extra songs will feature interviews with the writer and recipient of the very first LDD.

[dth1971]

Aug 23, 2012 18:53:28 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now for this weekend's "AT40: '70s" shows

First up is 8/28/1971

Five songs debuted this week:
"Bangla-Desh" - George Harrison (#31)
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez (#33)
"Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36)
"Saturday Morning Confusion" - Bobby Russell (#38)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Don't Pull Your Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#31)
"Moon Shadow" - Cat Stevens (#32)
"I'm Leavin'" - Elvis Presley (#36)
"Mother Freedom" - Bread (#37)
"Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansil Collins (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond (#24 to #10)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Maybe Tomorrow" - Jackson 5 (#20 to #30)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#29 to #39)

Original extras:
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
This song will be played as one of this week's optional extras.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#50)
Hour #3: "The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#41)

The second show being featured is 8/26/1978. This is the show which of course featured the very first Long Distance Dedication. The show previously aired in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Listed below is my preview from 2011.

AT40: The '70s features 8/26/1978. This show previously aired back in 2007 and 2009.

Five songs made their debut this week:
"Get Off" - Foxy (#35)
"Don't Look Back" - Boston (#36)
"Think It Over" - Cheryl Ladd (#37)
"Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty (#38)
"Love Theme From 'Eyes Of Laura Mars'" - Barbra Streisand (#39)

Five song fell off the survey that week:
"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#14)
"King Tut" - Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommon (#17)
"Stay/The Load-Out" - Jackson Browne (#20)
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty (#33)
"You're A Part Of Me" - Gene Cotton & Kim Carnes (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#38 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb (#30 to #40)

Original Extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Desiree" - Neil Diamond (first-ever LDD)

Premiere optional extras:
"Who Are You" - The Who (#70; highest debut)
The Who has the only song being played as an extra this week. It happens in Hour 3. Hours 1 & 2 in place of the usual extra songs will feature interviews with the writer and recipient of the very first LDD.

I'll find out this Sunday morning what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago plays for AT40: The 70's. If it is The August 28, 1971 AT40 episode, I'll listen, but if it is the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode that I heard on WLS 94.7 FM last year, I won't listen.

Also: The August 26, 1978 AT40 episode will join an April 1978 AT40 episode for being the second AT40 episode to be played/aired on AT40: The 70's 4 times.

And what is it now with Premiere offering 2 AT40: The 70's shows when 1970, 1971, and 1972 episodes come up?

[RichR]

Aug 24, 2012 10:11:22 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

[... edited for brevity ...]

And what is it now with Premiere offering 2 AT40: The 70's shows when 1970, 1971, and 1972 episodes come up?

I think someone else may have mentioned that's done to provide an alternate program for those affiliates whose normal playlist does not include hits of the early '70s. In fact, two of my three AT40 The 70's affiliates fit into that group.

Personally, I like it because on those weekends I get to hear two '70s episodes. And, due to my advanced age, I'd rather Premiere would offer an early-'80s alternate anytime the '80s episode is post-1986. ;)

[dth1971]

Just tuned into WLS 94.7 FM Chicago this morning, and the station decided to air the August 26, 1978 AT40 - The 70's episode rather than the August 1971 AT40 The 70's. This is the first second airing of an AT40 The 70's episode since WLS 94.7 FM Chicago started to carry the show in Spring 2011.

So...no thoughts this week, hopefully things will be back to normal with a new fresh AT40: The 70's episode.

[Deleted]

Casey's Countdown From August 28, 1971





#40 “WHERE YOU LEAD” – Barbra Streisand

#39 “YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND” – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

#38 “SATURDAY MORNING CONFUSION” – Bobby Russell

#37 “LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH” – The Isley Brothers

#36 “MAGGIE MAY” – Rod Stewart

#35 “TIRED OF BEING ALONE” – Al Green

#34 “MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY” – B.J. Thomas

#33 “THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN” – Joan Baez

#32 “GO DOWN GAMBLIN’” – Blood, Sweat & Tears

#31 “BANGLA DESH” – George Harrison

#30 “MAYBE TOMORROW” – The Jackson 5

#29 “RINGS” – Cymarron

#28 “BRING THE BOYS HOME” – Freda Payne

#27 “STICK-UP” – The Honey Cone

#26 “IF NOT FOR YOU” – Olivia Newton-John

#25 “I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING” – The Partridge Family

#24 “NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE” – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

#23 “WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN” – The Who

#22 “HOT PANTS (PART 1)” – James Brown

#21 “IT’S TOO LATE” – Carole King

#20 “WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE/ABRAHAM MARTIN & JOHN” – Tom Clay

#19 “INDIAN RESERVATION” – The Raiders

#18 “I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE” – Rare Earth

#17 “DRAGGIN’ THE LINE” – Tommy James

#16 “WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET” – The Dramatics

#15 “RIDERS ON THE STORM” – The Doors

#14 “YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND” – James Taylor

#13 “AIN’T NO SUNSHINE” – Bill Withers

#12 “UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY” – Paul & Linda McCartney

#11 “BEGINNINGS” – Chicago

#10 “GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL” – Donny Osmond

#9 “SPANISH HARLEM” – Aretha Franklin

#8 “SMILING FACES SOMETIMES” – The Undisputed Truth

#7 “LIAR” – Three Dog Night

#6 “SWEET HITCH-HIKER” – Creedence Clearwater Revival

#5 “MR. BIG STUFF” – Jean Knight

#4 “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)” – Robert Palmer

#3 “SIGNS” – The Five Man Electrical Band

#2 “TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS” – John Denver w/Fat City

#1 “HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART” – The Bee Gees

[dth1971]

Aug 28, 2011 12:56:48 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

And now for my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's rebroadcast of the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode with the first ever Long Distance Dedication featured that I listened to on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago True Oldies:

* FIRST, FOR THE FIRST LDD. Do you think it was touching or something like that? Neil Diamond's "Desiree" is a good song for the first ever LDD, and even the AT40 Universal City, CA snail mail address to send LDD's was kept intact. And Casey said that there will be a LDD every week on AT40, but when AT40 expanded to 4 hours several weeks later, did Casey sometimes do 2 LDD's a week on average?

NOW FOR THE OTHER NON LDD RELATED THINGS:

* 2 groups from Boston in the Top 40: The Cars and the apply named Boston.
* 9 movie songs were in this AT40 episode (even "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh was featured in the movie "F.M."?)
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Cheryl Ladd, who entered AT40's August 1978 chart at #37 with "Think it Over", was prior to her role on Charlie's Angels was acting in TV commercials for Ultra Brite and Wella Balsam? (Casey didn't even mention that prior to Charlie's Angels in the early 1970's Cheryl Ladd (under the name Cherrie Moore) was the singing voice for Melody on the Hanna-Barbera produced cartoon series "Josie and the Pussycats" - On that same cartoon Casey Kasem was the voice of Alexander Cabot, believe it or not!), 2) Toby Beau is also the name of a shrimp boat? 3) Barry Manilow once gave to his fans who ordered tickets to one of his 1978 concerts free bagels?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) The most successful comedy album is Bob Newhart's "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart". 2) The Dave Clark Five became the only act with 2 different songs titled "Everybody Knows" despite the same title but a different song in each to make the Hot 100 - The first one in 1965 reaching #15, and the second one reaching #43 in 1968.
* For one set of "AT40 heart on great radio stations" - There was a set of 3 AT40 affiliate mentions all cities in the state of Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, and Philadelphia.
* Casey even gave a brief report regarding that Americans spend on money for entertainment on recorded music, beating out movies and sporting events!
* And regarding the #1 song for August 25, 1978 - "Grease" by Frankie Valli - it was the 7th. #1 song written or co-written by Barry Gibb in a calendar year for 1978.

FOR THE RECORD: These were my thoughts on the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode I posted a year ago when WLS 94.7 FM Chicago first aired it on the AT40: The 70's series.

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 26, 2012 8:36:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Aug 28, 2011 12:56:48 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

And now for my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's rebroadcast of the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode with the first ever Long Distance Dedication featured that I listened to on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago True Oldies:

* FIRST, FOR THE FIRST LDD. Do you think it was touching or something like that? Neil Diamond's "Desiree" is a good song for the first ever LDD, and even the AT40 Universal City, CA snail mail address to send LDD's was kept intact. And Casey said that there will be a LDD every week on AT40, but when AT40 expanded to 4 hours several weeks later, did Casey sometimes do 2 LDD's a week on average?

NOW FOR THE OTHER NON LDD RELATED THINGS:

* 2 groups from Boston in the Top 40: The Cars and the apply named Boston.
* 9 movie songs were in this AT40 episode (even "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh was featured in the movie "F.M."?)
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Cheryl Ladd, who entered AT40's August 1978 chart at #37 with "Think it Over", was prior to her role on Charlie's Angels was acting in TV commercials for Ultra Brite and Wella Balsam? (Casey didn't even mention that prior to Charlie's Angels in the early 1970's Cheryl Ladd (under the name Cherrie Moore) was the singing voice for Melody on the Hanna-Barbera produced cartoon series "Josie and the Pussycats" - On that same cartoon Casey Kasem was the voice of Alexander Cabot, believe it or not!), 2) Toby Beau is also the name of a shrimp boat? 3) Barry Manilow once gave to his fans who ordered tickets to one of his 1978 concerts free bagels?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) The most successful comedy album is Bob Newhart's "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart". 2) The Dave Clark Five became the only act with 2 different songs titled "Everybody Knows" despite the same title but a different song in each to make the Hot 100 - The first one in 1965 reaching #15, and the second one reaching #43 in 1968.
* For one set of "AT40 heart on great radio stations" - There was a set of 3 AT40 affiliate mentions all cities in the state of Pennsylvania - Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, and Philadelphia.
* Casey even gave a brief report regarding that Americans spend on money for entertainment on recorded music, beating out movies and sporting events!
* And regarding the #1 song for August 25, 1978 - "Grease" by Frankie Valli - it was the 7th. #1 song written or co-written by Barry Gibb in a calendar year for 1978.

FOR THE RECORD: These were my thoughts on the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode I posted a year ago when WLS 94.7 FM Chicago first aired it on the AT40: The 70's series.

Did WLS air any of the extra segments this time around?

[dth1971]

Aug 26, 2012 10:16:30 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Aug 26, 2012 8:36:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

FOR THE RECORD: These were my thoughts on the August 26, 1978 AT40 episode I posted a year ago when WLS 94.7 FM Chicago first aired it on the AT40: The 70's series.

Did WLS air any of the extra segments this time around?

No, I didn't hear the AT40 show in whole this week since it was one I heard a year ago.

[jdelachjr2002]

August 26, 1978
LW TW
30 40 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing (1)
DE 39 Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From "Eyes Of Laura Mars" (21)
DE 38 Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line (12)
DE 37 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over (34)
DE 36 Boston - Don't Look Back (4)
DE 35 Foxy - Get Off (9)
37 34 The Kinks - A Rock 'n Roll Fantasy (30)
40 33 Robin Gibb - Oh Darling! (15)
34 32 The Cars - Just What I Needed (27)
39 31 Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend (5)
31 30 Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon (30)
32 29 Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (25)
35 28 Anne Murray - You Needed Me (1)
38 27 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights (12)
27 26 The Village People - Macho Man (25)
25 25 Rita Coolidge - You (25)
26 24 Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise (22)
28 23 The Little River Band - Reminiscing (3)
23 22 Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That (21)
24 21 John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (7)
29 20 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights (5)
22 19 Rick James - You And I (13)
12 18 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good (12)
13 17 Toby Beau - My Angel Baby (13)
21 16 Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City (1)
18 15 Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over) (12)
08 14 Barry Manilow - Copacabana (8)
19 13 Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life (9)
15 12 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame (9)
16 11 Exile - Kiss You All Over (1)
03 10 Donna Summer - Last Dance (3)
10 09 Andy Gibb - An Everlasting Love (5)
09 08 Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel (8)
11 07 Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You (3)
07 06 deleted Cruise - Love Will Find A Way (6)
LDD: Neil Diamond "Desiree" From James in Louisiana to his girlfriend Desiree who moved away with her family to Germany.
05 05 Foreigner - Hot Blooded (3)
06 04 A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1)
04 03 The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1)
Flashback Extra: The Who "Who Are You" which entered the Hot 100 at #70 that week.
01 02 The Commodores - Three Times A Lady (1)
02 01 Frankie Valli - Grease (1)

- This is the fourth airing for the 8/26/1978 which was the show that marked the debut of the long-running Long Distance Dedication feature which ties the 4/8/1978 show for the most airings of a classic AT40 show.
- There was only one true optional extra segment as the first two segments were occupied by Casey Kasem interviewing the two Long Distance Dedication subjects. James was able to travel to Germany and visit Desiree there but their relationship wouldn't last much longer but they will forever be a part of AT40 lore. :)
- #1 Soul: Get Off
- #1 Country: "Talking In Your Sleep" - Crystal Gayle
- #1 Album: Grease soundtrack

A look back at the Top 40 Songs in England on this comparable date is coming up.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are the Top 40 Songs in England for the week of 8/26/1978.

LW TW
38 40 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (8)
DE 39 Crown Heights Affair - Galaxy Of Love (24)
29 38 Lindisfarme - Run For Home (10)
DE 37 Bryan Ferry - Sign Of The Times (37)
26 36 The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork (6)
19 35 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero (6)
DE 34 Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You (15)
30 33 Andrew Gold - How Can This Be Love (19)
DE 32 Jam - David Watts/'A' Bomb In Wardour Street (25)
DE 31 The Motors - Forget About You (13)
24 30 X-Ray Spex - Identity (24)
16 29 Marshall Hain - Dancin' In The City (3)
23 28 Voyage - From East To West/Scots Machine (13)
31 27 Hi Tension - British Hustle (8)
34 26 Rezillos - Top Of The Pops (17)
32 25 Andy Gibb - An Everlasting Love (10)
39 24 Foreigner - Cold As Ice (24)
21 23 The New Seekers - Anthem (21)
27 22 The Stranglers - Walk On By (21)
17 21 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good (14)
22 20 Jackson Browne - Stay (12)
12 19 Father Abraham & The Smurfs - The Smurf Song (2)
20 18 The Who - Who Are You (18)
15 17 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Come Back And Finish What You Started (15)
14 16 Child - It's Only Make Believe (10)
13 15 Bob Dylan - Baby Stop Crying (13)
09 14 Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United (9)
08 13 City Boy - 5-7-0-5 (8)
36 12 David Essex - Oh What A Circus (3)
10 11 Renaissance - Northern Lights (10)
25 10 Jilted John - Jilted John (4)
07 09 A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (3)
11 08 Cerrone - Super Nature (8)
03 07 Clout - Substitute (2)
18 06 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday (1)
06 05 Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn (5)
05 04 Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring (1)
04 03 The Darts - It's Raining (2)
02 02 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want (1)
01 01 The Commodores - Three Times A Lady (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

August 28, 1982

LW TW
LW #3: Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra"
LW #2: John Cougar "Hurts So Good"
LW #1: Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"
DE 40 Paul Davis - Love Or Let Me Be Lonely (40)
DE 39 Randy Meisner - Never Been In Love (28)
40 38 Ray Parker Jr. - Let Me Go (38)
DE 37 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Do You Wanna Touch Me (20)
38 36 Marshall Crenshall - Someday, Someway (36)
DE 35 Michael Martin Murphey - What's Forever For (19)
DE 34 Santana - Hold On (15)
DE 33 Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) (4)
26 32 The Human League - Don't You Want Me (1)
Flashback Extra: Sylvia "Nobody"
23 31 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (8)
36 30 Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (18)
34 29 Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby (7)
31 28 Billy Idol - Hot In The City (23)
22 27 The Dazz Band - Let It Whip (5)
30 26 Elton John - Blue Eyes (12)
LDD: Air Supply "Lost In Love" From Dan in rural Idaho to Lori who lives 50 miles away and who she has grown to trust despite rumors spread about him that weren't true.
25 25 Kim Wilde - Kids In America (25)
29 24 Asia - Only Time Will Tell (17)
27 23 America - You Can Do Magic (8)
24 22 Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (22)
Flashback Extra: Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out"
21 21 Gary U.S. Bonds - Out Of Work (21)
15 20 Toto - Rosanna (2)
13 19 The Motels - Only The Lonely (9)
20 18 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now (1)
19 17 Eddie Money - Think I'm In Love (16)
18 16 The Pointer Sisters - American Music (16)
17 15 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (3)
16 14 John Cougar - Jack And Diane (1)
14 13 Kenny Rogers - Love Will Turn You Around (13)
12 12 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (10)
Extra: The Rolling Stones "Happy"
11 11 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You (5)
Flashback Extra: A Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)" which was a week away from hitting the countdown that week.
10 10 Paul McCartney - Take It Away (10)
09 09 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wasted On The Way (9)
08 08 The Go-Go's - Vacation (8)
LDD: Joey Scarbury "The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" From Marissa in West Warwick R.I. to her high school softball team who made the State Championship against all odds.
07 07 REO Speedwagon - Keep The Fire Burnin' (7)
Extra: Creedence Clearwater Revival "Proud Mary", their biggest hit
06 06 Air Supply - Even The Nights Are Better (5)
05 05 Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry (1)
04 04 Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me (4)
03 03 The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1)
Flashback Extra: Steel Breeze "You Don't Want Me Anymore" which made the highest Hot 100 Debut of the week at #67 that week.
02 02 John Cougar - Hurts So Good (2)
01 01 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (1)

- The story for "Happy" was that it was the lone Top 40 single by the Stones in which Keith Richards - not Mick Jagger in previous songs - was credited as lead singer.
- The Top 12 positions held from the previous week. That was not a record however. That record goes to the 8/19/1978 show when the Top 14 positions held from the previous week.
- For the Sylvia extra, Larry Morgan mentioned a bunch of same named different acts (The Sylvia on this song was Sylvia Kirby not to be confused with the late Sylvia Robinson who hit in 1973 with "Pillow Talk") and also said "Nobody" was on its' way to #1 on the country chart. Actually, "Nobody" did hit #1 the previous week.
- #1 Album: Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
- #1 Country: "Fool Hearted Memory" - George Strait
- #1 Soul: "Dance Floor" - Zapp

[dth1971]

Aug 26, 2012 18:36:11 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

August 26, 1978
LW TW
30 40 Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing (1)
DE 39 Barbra Streisand - Love Theme From "Eyes Of Laura Mars" (21)
DE 38 Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line (12)
DE 37 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over (34)
DE 36 Boston - Don't Look Back (4)
DE 35 Foxy - Get Off (9)
37 34 The Kinks - A Rock 'n Roll Fantasy (30)
40 33 Robin Gibb - Oh Darling! (15)
34 32 The Cars - Just What I Needed (27)
39 31 Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend (5)
31 30 Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon (30)
32 29 Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (25)
35 28 Anne Murray - You Needed Me (1)
38 27 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Hollywood Nights (12)
27 26 The Village People - Macho Man (25)
25 25 Rita Coolidge - You (25)
26 24 Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise (22)
28 23 The Little River Band - Reminiscing (3)
23 22 Quincy Jones - Stuff Like That (21)
24 21 John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (7)
29 20 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights (5)
22 19 Rick James - You And I (13)
12 18 Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good (12)
13 17 Toby Beau - My Angel Baby (13)
21 16 Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City (1)
18 15 Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over) (12)
08 14 Barry Manilow - Copacabana (8)
19 13 Earth, Wind & Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life (9)
15 12 Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame (9)
16 11 Exile - Kiss You All Over (1)
03 10 Donna Summer - Last Dance (3)
10 09 Andy Gibb - An Everlasting Love (5)
09 08 Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel (8)
11 07 Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You (3)
07 06 deleted Cruise - Love Will Find A Way (6)
LDD: Neil Diamond "Desiree" From James in Louisiana to his girlfriend Desiree who moved away with her family to Germany.
05 05 Foreigner - Hot Blooded (3)
06 04 A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1)
04 03 The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1)
Flashback Extra: The Who "Who Are You" which entered the Hot 100 at #70 that week.
01 02 The Commodores - Three Times A Lady (1)
02 01 Frankie Valli - Grease (1)

- This is the fourth airing for the 8/26/1978 which was the show that marked the debut of the long-running Long Distance Dedication feature which ties the 4/8/1978 show for the most airings of a classic AT40 show.
- There was only one true optional extra segment as the first two segments were occupied by Casey Kasem interviewing the two Long Distance Dedication subjects. James was able to travel to Germany and visit Desiree there but their relationship wouldn't last much longer but they will forever be a part of AT40 lore. :)
- #1 Soul: Get Off
- #1 Country: "Talking In Your Sleep" - Crystal Gayle
- #1 Album: Grease soundtrack

A look back at the Top 40 Songs in England on this comparable date is coming up.

Too bad WLS Chicago chose this to air rather than the August 1971 AT40 episode for AT40: The 70's this weekend, guess it's choosing the later year choice instead of the 1970/1971 year choice.

[dth1971]

And next weekend AT40: The 70's will offer 2 shows again for Labor Day weekend, 1 is an AT40 special, and the other is a regular AT40 episode.

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 27, 2012 8:14:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

And next weekend AT40: The 70's will offer 2 shows again for Labor Day weekend, 1 is an AT40 special, and the other is a regular AT40 episode.

Normally when it's two '70s shows I use two posts to preview this weekend's shows but with a special involved, I will just post once.

First to the '80s show. This weekend it's 9/5/1981.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Super Freak (Part 1)" - Rick James (#33)
"Chloe" - Elton John (#36)
"Some Days Are Diamonds" - John Denver (#38)
"The Night Owls" - The Little River Band (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"You're My Girl" - Franke & The Knockouts (#27)
"Everlasting Love" - Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet (#32)
"In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins (#37)
"The Stroke" - Billy Squier (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Christopher Cross (#31 to #24)
Biggest Dropper: "Elvira" - The Oak Ridge Boys (#14 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King
"The Best Of Times" - Styx

Archive extras:
"Ode To Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
"The Letter" - The Box Tops
"To Sir With Love" - Lulu

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Burnin' For You" - Blue Oyster Cult (#60)
Hour #2: "I've Done Everything For You" - Rick Springfield (#43)
Hour #3: "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's (#90)
Hour #4: "Private Eyes" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#54)

Now for the '70s. The first is the special for the "Top Producers of the 1970's So Far" special that aired back in 1974. This show originally aired on Premiere back in 2009.

Here are the Top 10 Producers ranked by AT40
1: Rick Hall (The Osmonds, Mac Davis, Paul Anka)
2: Richard Podolor (Three Dog Night)
3: Norman Whitfield (The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr)
4: Tom Catalano (Neil Diamond, Helen Reddy)
5: Richard Perry (Streisand, Nilsson, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr)
6: Snuff Garrett (Cher)
7: Steve Barri (The Four Tops, The Grass Roots)
8: Gus Dudgeon (Elton John, David Bowie)
9: James William Guercio (Chicago)
10: Thom Bell (The Stylistics, The Spinners)

And here are the optional extras for this special (along with producer credit)
Hour #1: "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer (produced by Giorgio Moroder)
Hour #2: "Kiss You All Over" - Exile (produced by Mike Chapman)
Hour #3: "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt (produced by Peter Asher)

As for the regular countdown, it will be 8/30/1975. This show originally aired back in 2008.

Six songs debuted this week:
"I'm Sorry/Calypso" - John Denver (#20)
"Dance With Me" - Orleans (#28)
"Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" - Helen Reddy (#34)
"Rocky" - Austin Roberts (#38)
"They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" - The Spinners (#39)
"Sweet Maxine" - The Doobie Brothers (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester (#12)
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc (#14)
"The Rockford Files" - Mike Post (#23)
"Rendezvous" - The Hudson Brothers (#26)
"That's Where The Music Takes Me" - Neil Sedaka (#27)
"'Til The World Ends" - Three Dog Night (#32)

Biggest Mover: "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes (#37 to #23; why?!?)
Biggest Dropper: "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John (#10 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel (#66)
Hour #2: "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons (#78)
Hour #3: "Main Title (Theme From Jaws)" - John Williams (#65)

[dth1971]

Aug 29, 2012 21:32:36 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Aug 27, 2012 8:14:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

And next weekend AT40: The 70's will offer 2 shows again for Labor Day weekend, 1 is an AT40 special, and the other is a regular AT40 episode.

Normally when it's two '70s shows I use two posts to preview this weekend's shows but with a special involved, I will just post once.

First to the '80s show. This weekend it's 9/5/1981.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Super Freak (Part 1)" - Rick James (#33)
"Chloe" - Elton John (#36)
"Some Days Are Diamonds" - John Denver (#38)
"The Night Owls" - The Little River Band (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"You're My Girl" - Franke & The Knockouts (#27)
"Everlasting Love" - Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet (#32)
"In The Air Tonight" - Phil Collins (#37)
"The Stroke" - Billy Squier (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" - Christopher Cross (#31 to #24)
Biggest Dropper: "Elvira" - The Oak Ridge Boys (#14 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King
"The Best Of Times" - Styx

Archive extras:
"Ode To Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
"The Letter" - The Box Tops
"To Sir With Love" - Lulu

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Burnin' For You" - Blue Oyster Cult (#60)
Hour #2: "I've Done Everything For You" - Rick Springfield (#43)
Hour #3: "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's (#90)
Hour #4: "Private Eyes" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#54)

Now for the '70s. The first is the special for the "Top Producers of the 1970's So Far" special that aired back in 1974. This show originally aired on Premiere back in 2009.

Here are the Top 10 Producers ranked by AT40
1: Rick Hall (The Osmonds, Mac Davis, Paul Anka)
2: Richard Podolor (Three Dog Night)
3: Norman Whitfield (The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr)
4: Tom Catalano (Neil Diamond, Helen Reddy)
5: Richard Perry (Streisand, Nilsson, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr)
6: Snuff Garrett (Cher)
7: Steve Barri (The Four Tops, The Grass Roots)
8: Gus Dudgeon (Elton John, David Bowie)
9: James William Guercio (Chicago)
10: Thom Bell (The Stylistics, The Spinners)

And here are the optional extras for this special (along with producer credit)
Hour #1: "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer (produced by Giorgio Moroder)
Hour #2: "Kiss You All Over" - Exile (produced by Mike Chapman)
Hour #3: "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt (produced by Peter Asher)

As for the regular countdown, it will be 8/30/1975. This show originally aired back in 2008.

Six songs debuted this week:
"I'm Sorry/Calypso" - John Denver (#20)
"Dance With Me" - Orleans (#28)
"Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" - Helen Reddy (#34)
"Rocky" - Austin Roberts (#38)
"They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play)" - The Spinners (#39)
"Sweet Maxine" - The Doobie Brothers (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester (#12)
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc (#14)
"The Rockford Files" - Mike Post (#23)
"Rendezvous" - The Hudson Brothers (#26)
"That's Where The Music Takes Me" - Neil Sedaka (#27)
"'Til The World Ends" - Three Dog Night (#32)

Biggest Mover: "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes (#37 to #23; why?!?)
Biggest Dropper: "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John (#10 to #31)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel (#66)
Hour #2: "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons (#78)
Hour #3: "Main Title (Theme From Jaws)" - John Williams (#65)

I'll find out Sunday morning what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago chooses for the AT40: The 70's episode (After taking a week off last weekend since the station went with reairing the August 26, 1978 first Long Distance Dedication episode rather than the August 1971 episode), but is it odd to air the AT40 show one month before or after its original date as much as the case for the October 1974 AT40 Top 10 Producers special?

[dth1971]

AFTER A WEEK OFF THANKS TO AN AT40, THE 70'S EPISODE I HEARD PREVIOUSLY, THIS WEEK I'M BACK TO REVIEWING MY THOUGHTS FOR AT40: THE 70'S EPISODES, THIS WEEK WLS 94.7 FM CHOSE TO AIR THE AUGUST 30, 1975 AT40 EPISODE, AND HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS:

* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 7 British acts on this August 30, 1975 AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The Spinners were first formed in 1961? 2) The Spinners' song "Games People Play" is the same title as a Joe South song (but not a remake)?, 3) The Temptations were originally called The Primes (there was also a female equivelent of The Primes called The Primettes who would later go on to become the Supremes)? 4) New Birth's "Dream Merchant" was first done by Jerry Butler? 5) The Pointer Sisters never have done any business in Houston, Texas but got help from a music agent in Oakland, California? 6) The Osmonds' "The Proud One" was first done in 1966 by Frankie Valli (FOOTNOTE: The previous week on the August 23, 1975 AT40 chart the B-side of The Osmonds' "The Proud One" was accidentally played, and SXM 70's on 7 channel last weekend, belive it or not, aired the August 23, 1975 AT40 episode, but I don't think Premiere has yet)? 7) America member Dan Peek has moral lessons towards music and commercialism? 8) David Geddes got out of the music business for 4 years to study law? 9) In the Barry Manilow song "Could It Be Magic", the mention of "Sweet Melissa" in the song related to Barry's friend Melissa Manchester? 10) Elton John has used $400,000 towards 200 pairs of glasses of his? 11) Janis Ian appeared on a local Los Angeles talk show in 1975 to talk about her songwriting? 12) James Taylor's cover version of "How Sweet It Is" was first done by Marvin Gaye and then by Junior Walker? 13) Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" is about Glen's success story in song or something like that?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the record that stayed on the chart the most weeks: "Wonderful Wonderful" by Johnny Mathis with 39 weeks ("Why Me" by Kris Kristofferson is second place with 38 weeks).
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey mentioned to give out the address to send AT40 question letters but he didn't unless Premiere edited out that address from the original! 2) Casey mentioned Austin Roberts had 3 chart records, but Austin Roberts' "Rocky" is is second top 40 hit! 3) Casey mentioned The Pointer Sisters had 5 chart records, but the Pointer Sisters had 3 Top 40 hits up to 1975!
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of the original 1965 "Help Me Rhonda" by the Beach Boys to tie in with the 1975 Johnny Rivers remake. 2) The censored version of The Isley Brothers' "Fight the Power" was played. 3) WLS 94.7 FM played the second AT40: The 70's Optional Extra of the week of "Who Loves You" by the Four Seasons.