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

[dth1971]

Oct 26, 2012 8:30:04 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Back to a single post (for this week at least) for my AT40 Preview this weekend.

"AT40: The '70s" presents 10/30/1976. This show previously aired in 2007 and 2009.

Five songs debut this week:
"I Never Cry" - Alice Cooper (#34)
"Nice 'n Naasty" - Salsoul Orchestra (#36)
"Nights Are Forever Without You" - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#37)
"Anything You Want" - John Valenti (#38)
"Give It Up (Turn It Loose)" - Tyrone Davis (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Get The Funk Out Ma Face" - The Brothers Johnson (#34)
"Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang" - Silver (#36)
"With Your Love" - Jefferson Starship (#37)
"Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac (#38)
"Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" - Rod Stewart (#35 to #22)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs (#4 to #25)
"Still The One" - Orleans (#5 to #26)

Original extras:
"Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter Group
"Monster Mash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
Both of these songs will be played as optional extras

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Car Wash" - Rose Royce (#82)
Hour #2: "Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter Group (original AT40 extra)
Hour #3: "Monster Mash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 10/30/1982. This show previously aired in 2007.

Five songs debuted this week:
"It's Raining Again" - Supertramp (#31; Hot 100 Debut)
"I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)" - Donald Fa-gen (#36)
"I Need You" - Paul Carrack (#37)
"The Look Of Love (Part 1)" - ABC (#39)
"I'm So Excited" - The Pointer Sisters (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Abracadabra" - Steve Miller Band (#10)
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago (#16)
"Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (#18)
"Big Fun" - Kool & The Gang (#21)
"You Dropped A Bomb On Me" - The Gap Band (#31)

Biggest Mover: "Truly" - Lionel Richie (#36 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "Jack And Diane" - John Cougar Mellencamp (#1 to #2)

Hey, that's what happens when nearly every song was at it's highest position to date that week. :)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Through The Years" - Kenny Rogers
"You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Casey tells a Mason Williams story" (originally from show)
Hour #2: "Situation" - Yaz (#85)
Hour #3: "Africa" - Toto (#75; debuted)
Hour #4: "Shadows Of The Night" - Pat Benatar (#44)

jd: There should be no hyphen between "a" and "g" in Donald's name.

Also: It's odd to see in an AT40: The 80's show description a stretch story by Casey demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status even when its about Mason "Classical Gas" Williams without even playing a Mason Williams instrumental/song to go with it! (AT40: The 70's will have 2 Halloween extras demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status).

[dth1971]

Oct 26, 2012 10:54:41 GMT -5 @2m said:

Those 5 songs that fell off the top 40 on the 82 chart were from high spots. Higher than normal actually. That contributes to lots of moves up but nothing else dropping

that was an odd common in 1982 for songs to fall off the top 40 from the Top 10. I think it happened a few times in 1974. Also, remember the December 1991-December 1992 Shadoe Stevens AT40 Radio Monitor era when that Radio Monitor chart had a recurrent rule some songs fell off the Top 40 reaches from the Top 20 but never the Top 10? In January 1995 in the next to last week of the Shadoe Stevens AT40 era when the 1993-1995 era of using the Top 40 Mainstream chart was used, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You" fell out of the top 40 reaches from #9. And during the second Casey Kasem AT40 (CHR) incarnation in 2000 when AT40 was using from October 2000 to August 2001 Mediabase charts instead of using Radio and Records charts, "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet Jackson fell out of the Top 40 reaches into recurrent land from #10.

[Libra]

Oct 26, 2012 11:10:32 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

jd: There should be no hyphen between "a" and "g" in Donald Fagen's name.

Well, I'll be! They fixed it for his name. :)

[Libra]

October 30, 1982
LW #3: The Alan Parsons Project "Eye in the Sky"
LW #2: Men at Work "Who Can it Be Now?"
LW #1: John Cougar "Jack and Diane"
40 -- The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (30)*
39 -- ABC - The Look of Love (18)
38 38 Air Supply - Young Love (38)
37 -- Paul Carrack - I Need You (37)
36 -- Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) (26)
35 39 The Stray Cats - Rock This Town (9)
34 40 Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer (29)
33 37 Chicago - Love Me Tomorrow (22)
32 35 Rick Springfield - I Get Excited (32)
31 -- Supertramp - It's Raining Again (11)
30 34 Toni Basil - Mickey (1)
29 33 Billy Joel - Pressure (20)
28 30 The Who - Athena (28)
27 32 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (6)
26 26 REO Speedwagon - Sweet Time (26)
25 28 Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Southern Cross (18)
24 25 Sylvia - Nobody (15)
23 27 Survivor - American Heartbeat (17)
22 24 Steel Breeze - You Don't Want Me Anymore (16)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "Through the Years" from Lisa to her grandparents for their 50th anniversary (which was June 23), and for their help in raising her when she was little
Flashback Extra: Yaz "Situation", which was at #85 on the Hot 100 that week
21 23 Rush - New World Man (21)
20 22 Evelyn King - Love Come Down (17)
19 19 Michael Martin Murphey - What's Forever For (19) (4th week)
18 29 Diana Ross - Muscles (10)
17 17 Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry - Don't Fight It (17)
16 20 Glenn Frey - The One You Love (15)
15 15 Santana - Hold On (15)
14 36 Lionel Richie - Truly (1)
13 14 Laura Branigan - Gloria (2)
12 12 Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy (12)
11 11 Juice Newton - Break it to Me Gently (11)
Flashback Extra: Toto "Africa", which debuted at #75 that week
10 13 Neil Diamond - Heartlight (5)
09 09 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) (9)
08 08 America - You Can Do Magic (8) (3rd week)
LDD: Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life" from Alma to her secret admirer, Sergio, who would send her flowers on many special occasions, though they never have met, and Sergio is currently serving overseas in the armed forces
07 07 Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby (7) (3rd week)
06 06 Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack (3)
05 05 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong (1)
04 04 Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (4)
03 03 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (3) (3rd week)
Flashback Extra: Pat Benatar "Shadows of the Night", which was "a week away from hitting the countdown"
02 01 John Cougar - Jack and Diane (1)
01 02 Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now? (1)

*1982 peak.

NOTES:

• Back in the saddle again... :) This week's Station of the Week: WWIS.
  
• As noted already, three former #1s fell out of the survey this week - all from within the Top 20, and with not a single future #1 coming along to replace them. Actually, not a one of this week's debuts would even become a Top 10 hit! :o Talk about your diminishing returns...
  
• Get a load of all the peaking songs in the survey this week - seventeen of them!
  
• Say...if Premiere were to repeat the 11-3-84 show next week, that would make it back-to-back weeks with "I'm So Excited" in the countdown! That has happened only one other time...why yes, it was the last time 11-3 was played, back in 2008! (Albeit, with 11-6-82 coming right before)
  
• Is it just me, or did the bumpers between #38 and #37 get edited out accidentally? 39-36 played out as sort of one lo-o-ong segment.
  
• MORE WACKY EDITING: "It's Raining Again" got pasted onto the end of Hour 1, when it really should have started Hour 2. And Casey's "Whatever Happened to Mason Williams?" story that was used as the first hour Extra originally was between #35 and #34. I suspect all these edits were done for the 2007 airing, and Lazy Premiere simply never bothered to correct any of it this time around. Gee, Premiere...nice to know you care.
  
• It seems very, very backward to put the "Through the Years" dedication right after "You Don't Want Me Anymore".
  
• Yaz fell 53-85 on the Hot 100 this week.
  
• If a song is holding this week and I don't point out how long it's been there, that means it's only the second week at their position.
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Love Come Down"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: American Fool by John Cougar
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Close Enough to Perfect" by Alabama

[dth1971]

AFTER A WEEK OFF, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE OCTOBER 30, 1976 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:

* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 10 disco songs on this AT40 chart. Also: The first 3 songs on the AT40 chart were by Chicago based acts - Tyrone Davis ("Give It Up, Turn It Loose" at #40), Earth Wind and Fire ("Getaway" at #39), and John Valenti ("Anything You Want" at #38); also: The #1 song on this AT40 chart was by another Chicago act - you guessed it - Chicago! with "If You Leave Me Now"; and during one of the AT40 station mentions then in 1976 AT40 Chicago affiliate WDHF is mentioned.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Alice Cooper's concerts are like mini horror shows, and Alice Cooper's parents are ordained ministers (That's a double feature fact for this Halloween weekend!), 2) British superstar Cliff Richard has up to 1976 racked up 67 chart hits in the UK? 3) Peter Frampton started off 1976 being in debt? 4) Linda Rondstat switched from doing new and current songs to being a superstar with remakes of songs? 5) Rick Dees of "Disco Duck" fame (and future AT40 rival Weekly Top 40 host) at the 1976 time was a DJ in Memphis, TN.?
* BLOOPER: Casey mentioned Boston's "More Than a Feeling" was #20 when it was #19 on the AT40 chart.
* ALSO: 1) Casey did a stretch story about the world's first disc jockey named Al Jarvis (If it was a long one, it would have ended up demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status like this week's AT40: The 80's episode has a long stretch story regarding Mason Williams demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status). 2) There were no question letters in this episode. 3) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the last OPTIONAL EXTRA of the episode - One of the 2 Halloween related AT40 extras in the episode demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status: The famous Halloween song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Keepers which was a Billboard #1 hit in 1962, reissued as a #91 hit in 1970, and reissued again as a #10 hit in 1973 (Casey even mentioned in 1973 Bobby Pickett was a cab driver in New York City).

I hope everyone - AT40 fans past and present - has a safe and happy Halloween week with Halloween coming up on Wednesday, despite a possible FRANKENSTORM with parts of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy to boot that might happen this week in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states which I hope doesn't cause another 9-11-2001 tragic situation (I remember the few days aftermath of 9-11-2001 when during that post 9-11 weekend of September 15-16, 2001 thanks to the slow mail and air traffic ban most radio stations didn't get that weekend's radio shows (including AT40 and AT40 Flashback, although the radio stations carrying Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 did get that weekend's show on time!), and to make even things worse in the Chicago market: 94.7 FM Chicago, then at the 9-11-2001 time an 80's/Hot AC station called WZZN The Zone which was carrying AT40 Flashback at the time, switched to an alternative format and dropped AT40 Flashback for good! Let's hope WLS 94.7 FM Chicago never does deja va again with AT40: The 70's if FRANKENSTORM/Hurricane Sandy effects part of the Eastern US in mid atlantic/Northeast this week!

[jdelachjr2002]

Oct 28, 2012 11:04:27 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

I hope everyone - AT40 fans past and present - has a safe and happy Halloween week with Halloween coming up on Wednesday, despite a possible FRANKENSTORM with parts of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy to boot that might happen this week in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states which I hope doesn't cause another 9-11-2001 tragic situation (I remember the few days aftermath of 9-11-2001 when during that post 9-11 weekend of September 15-16, 2001 thanks to the slow mail and air traffic ban most radio stations didn't get that weekend's radio shows (including AT40 and AT40 Flashback, although the radio stations carrying Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 did get that weekend's show on time!), and to make even things worse in the Chicago market: 94.7 FM Chicago, then at the 9-11-2001 time an 80's/Hot AC station called WZZN The Zone which was carrying AT40 Flashback at the time, switched to an alternative format and dropped AT40 Flashback for good! Let's hope WLS 94.7 FM Chicago never does deja va again with AT40: The 70's if FRANKENSTORM/Hurricane Sandy effects part of the Eastern US in mid atlantic/Northeast this week!

I think with shows being downloaded via ftp password I doubt the lack of AT40 shows would be an issue.

[jdelachjr2002]

October 30, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 Tyrone Davis - Give It Up, Turn It Loose (37)
33 39 Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway (12)
DE 38 John Valenti - Anything You Want (37)
DE 37 England Dan & John Ford Coley - Nights Are Forever Without You (10)
DE 36 Salsoul Orchestra - Nice 'n Naasty
39 35 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show) (1)
DE 34 Alice Cooper - I Never Cry (12)
24 33 England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight (2)
14 32 Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (6)
29 31 Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids - Did You Boogie With Your Baby (29)
32 30 Norman Connors - You Are My Starship (27)
30 29 Barry Manilow - This One's For You (29)
31 28 Ringo Starr - A Dose of Rock 'n Roll (26)
Flashback Extra: Rose Royce, "Car Wash" which was at #82 on the Hot 100 that week.
28 27 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More (11)
05 26 Orleans - Still The One (5)
04 25 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (3)
26 24 Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do (10)
25 23 The Ritchie Family - The Best Disco In Town (17)
35 22 Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) (1)
27 21 The Spinners - The Rubberband Man (2)
22 20 Firefall - You Are The Woman (9)
21 19 Boston - More Than A Feeling (5)
20 18 ABBA - Fernando (13)
23 17 The Commodores - Just To Be Close To You (7)
19 16 Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. - Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless) (8)
17 15 KISS - Beth (7)
AT40 Flashback Extra: The Edgar Winter Group "Frankenstein"
16 14 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear (The Reaper) (12)
07 13 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (3)
12 12 The Bay City Rollers - I Only Want To Be With You (12)
11 11 Linda Ronstadt - That'll Be The Day (11)
13 10 Heart - Magic Man (9)
18 09 Captain & Tennille - Muskrat Love (4)
06 08 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1)
08 07 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (7)
09 06 The Bee Gees - Love So Right (3)
03 05 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven (1)
15 04 Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (4)
10 03 The Steve Miller Band - Rock 'n Me (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers "Monster Mash"
02 02 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots - Disco Duck (1)
01 01 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1)

- On "Frankenstein", Casey told a teaser story on the monster's creation.
- #1 Soul: "Message In Our Music" - The O'Jays
- #1 Country: "Among My Souvenirs" - Marty Robbins
- #1 Album: Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

[dth1971]

Oct 28, 2012 19:40:45 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Oct 28, 2012 11:04:27 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

I hope everyone - AT40 fans past and present - has a safe and happy Halloween week with Halloween coming up on Wednesday, despite a possible FRANKENSTORM with parts of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy to boot that might happen this week in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states which I hope doesn't cause another 9-11-2001 tragic situation (I remember the few days aftermath of 9-11-2001 when during that post 9-11 weekend of September 15-16, 2001 thanks to the slow mail and air traffic ban most radio stations didn't get that weekend's radio shows (including AT40 and AT40 Flashback, although the radio stations carrying Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 did get that weekend's show on time!), and to make even things worse in the Chicago market: 94.7 FM Chicago, then at the 9-11-2001 time an 80's/Hot AC station called WZZN The Zone which was carrying AT40 Flashback at the time, switched to an alternative format and dropped AT40 Flashback for good! Let's hope WLS 94.7 FM Chicago never does deja va again with AT40: The 70's if FRANKENSTORM/Hurricane Sandy effects part of the Eastern US in mid atlantic/Northeast this week!

I think with shows being downloaded via ftp password I doubt the lack of AT40 shows would be an issue.

Thank goodness for the age of digital and downloading!

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are the Top 40 Songs in England on 10/30/1976

LW TW
DE 40 Nilsson - Without You
40 39 The Drifters - Every Night's A Saturday Night With You
DE 38 Dorothy Moore - Funny How Time Slips Away
DE 37 Dana - Fairy Tale
27 36 Rod Stewart - The Killing Of Georgie
35 35 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
DE 34 David Essex - Coming Home
31 33 James Brown - Get Up Off That Thing
34 32 Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
25 31 Randy Edelman - Uptown Uptempo Woman
29 30 Can - I Want More
32 29 Average White Band - Queen Of My Soul
26 28 England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
20 27 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
39 26 Joan Armatrading - Love & Afternoon
21 25 J.A.L.N. Band - Disco Music
17 24 Acker Bilk - Aria
36 23 Lalo Schitrin - Jaws
28 22 Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
18 21 Wurzals - I Am A Cider Drinker
23 20 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
22 19 The Detroit Spinners - The Rubberband Man
15 18 Kiki Dee - Loving & Free/Amoureuse
08 17 Tina Charles - Dance Little Lady Dance
12 16 The Bay City Rollers - I Only Want To Be With You
24 15 Paul Nicholas - Dancing With The Captain
10 14 The Ritchie Family - The Best Disco In Town
09 13 Elvis Presley - Girl Of My Best Friend
19 12 Smokie - I'll Meet You At Midnight
07 11 Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You
06 10 Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots - Disco Duck
18 09 Tavares - Don't Take Away The Music
04 08 Sherbet - Howzat
13 07 Simon May - Summer Of My Life
02 06 ABBA - Dancing Queen
11 05 Manhattan - Hurt
14 04 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
03 03 Rod Stewart - Sailing
05 02 Demis Roussos - When Forever Has Gone
01 01 Pussycat - Mississippi (1)

[dth1971]

What I notice on the AT40/AT20 Fun and Games Message Board for next weekend:
* AT40: The 70's will be another 2 show weekend, but the years are 2 years apart.
* AT40: The 80's features a 1980 episode with all 3 AT40 Archive segments omitted.

[Deleted]

Never quite understood what the big deal was about the archive extras anyway. These songs were not in the original show

[Libra]

Oct 29, 2012 8:41:32 GMT -5 @2m said:

Never quite understood what the big deal was about the archive extras anyway. These songs were not in the original show

The three Archive songs, in this case featuring #1 songs of the 1960s? Uh...yeah, they were.

Don't confuse those with the four "extra" songs, one song per hour, that Premiere tosses in as "optional" extras.

[Deleted]

Oct 29, 2012 10:25:49 GMT -5 Libra said:

Oct 29, 2012 8:41:32 GMT -5 @2m said:

Never quite understood what the big deal was about the archive extras anyway. These songs were not in the original show

The three Archive songs, in this case featuring #1 songs of the 1960s? Uh...yeah, they were.

Don't confuse those with the four "extra" songs, one song per hour, that Premiere tosses in as "optional" extras.

OK LOL - that's what I meant. The Premiere extras that Larry Morgan introduces each show, seem to be a big deal at times here but were not part of the original show.

Sorry for getting the terms mixed up ;)

[Libra]

Oct 29, 2012 12:36:15 GMT -5 @2m said:

Sorry for getting the terms mixed up ;)

Anytime me or jd post a show recap, we label those the "Flashback Extras", if that helps. :)

[jdelachjr2002]

Oct 29, 2012 7:46:41 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

What I notice on the AT40/AT20 Fun and Games Message Board for next weekend:
* AT40: The 70's will be another 2 show weekend, but the years are 2 years apart.

You can join us there anytime you like. :)

And because of that, my weekend preview again will be a two-parter and as always the '80s comes first.

"AT40: The '80s" presents 11/1/1980. This show had first aired back in 2007 and 2008.

Five songs debut this week (including two Hot 100 debuts):
"Love On The Rocks" - Neil Diamond (#32; Hot 100 Debut)
"I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" - Jimmy Hall (#35)
"Just Like (Starting Over)" - John Lennon (#38; Hot 100 Debut)
"Theme From 'The Dukes Of Hazzard' (Good Ole Boys)" - Waylon Jennings (#39)
"Sometimes A Fantasy" - Billy Joel (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Hot Rod Hearts" - Robbie Dupree (#30)
"Lookin' For Love" - Johnny Lee (#31)
"I'm Almost Ready" - The Pure Prairie League (#34)
"Walk Away" - Donna Summer (#36)
"Touch And Go" - The Cars (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Never Be The Same" - Christopher Cross (#40 to #31)
Biggest Dropper: "Midnight Rocks" - Al Stewart (#24 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You May Be Right" - Billy Joel
"Three Times A Lady" - The Commodores

Archive extras (they're all deleted so don't even bother with these):
"The Stripper" - David Rose & His Orchestra
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Bobby Vinton
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Every Woman In The World" - Air Supply (#74)
Hour #2: "Celebration" - Kool & The Gang (#77)
Hour #3: "Deep Inside My Heart" - Randy Meisner (#50)
Hour #4: "Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (#69)

'70s coming up soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now here come the '70s preview

"AT40: The '70s" has two shows again this week. The first show is 11/4/1972.

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Convention '72" - The Delegates (#26)
"You Ought To Be With Me" - Al Green (#31)
"Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" - Jim Croce (#35)
"Rock 'n Roll Soul" - Grand Funk Railroad (#36)
"Ventura Highway" - America (#37)
"It Never Rains In Southern California" - Albert Hammond (#39)
"All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" - Mac Davis (#21)
"You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart (#29)
"Get On The Good Foot (Part 1)" - James Brown (#31)
"Go All The Way" - The Raspberries (#33)
"Speak To The Sky" - Rick Springfield (#37)
"From The Beginning" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#39)
"Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations (#38 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Why/Lonely Boy" - Donny Osmond (#13 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Living In The Past" - Jethro Tull (#76; debuted)
Hour #2: "Dancing In The Moonlight" - King Harvest (#81)
Hour #3: "Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu" - Johnny Rivers (#44)

The second show is from 11/2/1974 which first aired back in 2010.

On a footnote, this is a week that made pop music history as Dionne Warwick(e) and the Spinners' duet "Then Came You" fell from #1 to #15. A week earlier, Dionne and the Spinners replaced Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" which also fell from #1 to #15 (and Billy's song is spending it's final week in the Top 40 at #39).

Six songs made their debuts this week:
"Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" - Al Green (#33)
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" - Three Dog Night (#35)
"Angie Baby" - Helen Reddy (#36)
"Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin (#37)
"After The Goldrush" - Prelude (#38)
"You Got The Love" - Rufus & Chaka Khan (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John (#19)
"Give It To The People" - Righteous Brothers (#20)
"Skin Tight" - Ohio Players (#23)
"You Little Trustmaker" - The Tymes (#25)
"Beach Baby" - First Class (#28)
"Never My Love" - Blue Swede (#33)

Biggest Mover: "I Can Help" - Billy Swan (#36 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "Nothing From Nothing" - Billy Preston (#15 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" - Barry White (#60; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (#55)
Hour #3: "Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka (#65)

[dth1971]

Nov 1, 2012 23:33:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Oct 29, 2012 7:46:41 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

And because of that, my weekend preview again will be a two-parter and as always the '80s comes first.

"AT40: The '80s" presents 11/1/1980. This show had first aired back in 2007 and 2008.

Five songs debut this week (including two Hot 100 debuts):
"Love On The Rocks" - Neil Diamond (#32; Hot 100 Debut)
"I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" - Jimmy Hall (#35)
"Just Like (Starting Over)" - John Lennon (#38; Hot 100 Debut)
"Theme From 'The Dukes Of Hazzard' (Good Ole Boys)" - Waylon Jennings (#39)
"Sometimes A Fantasy" - Billy Joel (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Hot Rod Hearts" - Robbie Dupree (#30)
"Lookin' For Love" - Johnny Lee (#31)
"I'm Almost Ready" - The Pure Prairie League (#34)
"Walk Away" - Donna Summer (#36)
"Touch And Go" - The Cars (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Never Be The Same" - Christopher Cross (#40 to #31)
Biggest Dropper: "Midnight Rocks" - Al Stewart (#24 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You May Be Right" - Billy Joel
"Three Times A Lady" - The Commodores

Archive extras (they're all deleted so don't even bother with these):
"The Stripper" - David Rose & His Orchestra
"Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Bobby Vinton
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Neil Sedaka

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Every Woman In The World" - Air Supply (#74)
Hour #2: "Celebration" - Kool & The Gang (#77)
Hour #3: "Deep Inside My Heart" - Randy Meisner (#50)
Hour #4: "Suddenly" - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (#69)

'70s coming up soon.

I guess the omission of the 3 Archive songs in this AT40: The 80's broadcast of the November 1, 1980 AT40 episode is like the AT40 Flashback version aired in 2001 also with the archive songs omitted but it was 3 hours starting with hour #2.

Not even one of the 3 omitted archive songs in this AT40: The 80's rebroadcast gets demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status.

[dth1971]

Nov 1, 2012 23:50:04 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now here come the '70s preview

"AT40: The '70s" has two shows again this week. The first show is 11/4/1972.

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Convention '72" - The Delegates (#26)
"You Ought To Be With Me" - Al Green (#31)
"Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" - Jim Croce (#35)
"Rock 'n Roll Soul" - Grand Funk Railroad (#36)
"Ventura Highway" - America (#37)
"It Never Rains In Southern California" - Albert Hammond (#39)
"All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" - Mac Davis (#21)
"You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart (#29)
"Get On The Good Foot (Part 1)" - James Brown (#31)
"Go All The Way" - The Raspberries (#33)
"Speak To The Sky" - Rick Springfield (#37)
"From The Beginning" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#39)
"Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" - The Temptations (#38 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Why/Lonely Boy" - Donny Osmond (#13 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Living In The Past" - Jethro Tull (#76; debuted)
Hour #2: "Dancing In The Moonlight" - King Harvest (#81)
Hour #3: "Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu" - Johnny Rivers (#44)

The second show is from 11/2/1974 which first aired back in 2010.

On a footnote, this is a week that made pop music history as Dionne Warwick(e) and the Spinners' duet "Then Came You" fell from #1 to #15. A week earlier, Dionne and the Spinners replaced Billy Preston's "Nothing From Nothing" which also fell from #1 to #15 (and Billy's song is spending it's final week in the Top 40 at #39).

Six songs made their debuts this week:
"Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" - Al Green (#33)
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" - Three Dog Night (#35)
"Angie Baby" - Helen Reddy (#36)
"Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin (#37)
"After The Goldrush" - Prelude (#38)
"You Got The Love" - Rufus & Chaka Khan (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John (#19)
"Give It To The People" - Righteous Brothers (#20)
"Skin Tight" - Ohio Players (#23)
"You Little Trustmaker" - The Tymes (#25)
"Beach Baby" - First Class (#28)
"Never My Love" - Blue Swede (#33)

Biggest Mover: "I Can Help" - Billy Swan (#36 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "Nothing From Nothing" - Billy Preston (#15 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "You're The First, The Last, My Everything" - Barry White (#60; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (#55)
Hour #3: "Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka (#65)

I'll see what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago goes for AT40: The 70's this weekend, but the station mostly goes for the later year as always for the recent 2 show weeks.

As for this new to AT40: The 70's/Premiere 1972 show, I'm glad the week after this - November 11, 1972 - was aired last year, including the first ever WLS Chicago playing on any WLS station past or present of "Convention '72" which was on WLS MUSICRADIO 89's chart without getting any airplay!

[dth1971]

WLS 94.7 FM Chicago always has gone for the later year show when 2 AT40: The 70's episodes turn up, so here are my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's broadcast of the November 2, 1974 AT40 episode:

* BY THE NUMBERS: 1) The #1 song on this AT40 chart - Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin'" is the 30th. #1 song so far in 1974 (with 6 more to come before 1974 is over). 2) There are 3 songs with the word "nothing" in the title, 3 Canadian acts, and 5 British acts on this AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Harry Chapin, who writes great lyrics, once took on producing a motion picture about boxing? 2) "Second Avenue", done by Art Garfunkel, was originally written by Tim Moore? (And the long 45 version of "Second Avenue" was played on AT40 since there's a CD version with a verse omitted). 3) Motown singer Marvin Gaye according to a TIME magazine article has the power to speak to god and vice versa? 4) The Three Degrees sang on MFSB's #1 song "T.S.O.P."? 5) Neil Diamond once tried to be a doctor with a pre-med course in college? 6) Bobby Vinton (WHO?) is credited as one of America's Greatest Showmen? 6) John Denver was a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio? 7) The record label Bad Company had chart hits on - Swan Song - also a record label for Led Zepplin?
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey called Three Dog Night's song "Play Something Sweet" as "Play Me Something Sweet". 2) Casey called The Hudson Brothers' song "So You Are A Star" as "So You're A Star". 3) Casey mentioned Carl Carlton had his 3rd. chart record, but "Everlasting Love" was his first Top 40 hit! (And Carl didn't make the Top 40 for the second time until 1981 with "She's a Bad Mama Jama").
* ALSO: 1) The live version of Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover" was played. 2) There were no question letters. 3) The AT40 Universal City, CA address was kept intact.

Well, Election Day is this Tuesday, and us AT40 past and present fans give our thoughts to the victims of the Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy wrath that happened before Halloween last week, and hope the Northeast survives a possible NOREASTER storm after Election Day later this week. Till then, I'm dth1971 and I approve this message and AT40: The 70's post.

[jdelachjr2002]

November 1, 1980

LW TW
LW #3: The Pointer Sisters "He's So Shy"
LW #2: Queen "Another One Bites The Dust"
LW #1: Barbra Streisand "Woman In Love"
DE 40 Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy (36)
DE 39 Waylon Jennings - Theme From "The Dukes Of Hazzard" (21)
DE 38 John Lennon - Just Like (Starting Over) (1)
24 37 Al Stewart - Midnight Rocks (24)
39 36 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (35)
DE 35 Jimmy Hall - I'm Happy That Love Has Found You (27)
28 34 George Benson - Give Me The Night (4)
35 33 Anne Murray - Could I Have This Dance (33)
DE 32 Neil Diamond - Love On The Rocks (2)
Flashback Extra: Air Supply "Every Woman In The World"
40 31 Christopher Cross - Never Be The Same (15)
38 30 Roger Daltrey - Without Your Love (20)
18 29 Paul Simon - Late In The Evening (6)
32 28 The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold (26)
17 27 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu (8)
29 26 Stacy Lattisaw - Let Me Be Your Angel (21)
33 25 Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (9)
LDD: Billy Joel "You May Be Right" From "Stingy" and "Lorelei", two ladies in a California department store, to their "lunatic" former boss Mr. D. who befriended the ladies and helped them through good times and bad.
27 24 Jackson Browne - That Girl Could Sing (22)
25 23 Irene Cara - Out Here On My Own (19)
22 22 Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (20)
Flashback Extra: Kool & The Gang "Celebration", which was three weeks away from hitting the countdown
23 21 Daryl Hall & John Oates - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (12)
26 20 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say (2)
21 19 Devo - Whip It (14)
13 18 Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin' My Life Away (5)
20 17 Supertramp - Dreamer (15)
09 16 Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright (7)
19 15 The Jacksons - Lovely One (12)
14 14 Boz Scaggs - Look What You've Done To Me (14)
16 13 Cliff Richard - Dreamin' (10)
08 12 Air Supply - All Out Of Love (2)
12 11 Carly Simon - Jesse (11)
Flashback Extra: Randy Meisner "Deep Inside My Heart"
15 10 Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin') (5)
11 09 Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out (5)
10 08 Stephanie Mills- Never Knew Love Like This Before (6)
04 07 Diana Ross - Upside Down (1)
LDD: The Commodores "Three Times A Lady" From 15-year-old Alex in North Carolina to his stepmother Debbie who, along with his father, won custody of him away from his abusive mother.
07 06 Donna Summer - The Wanderer (3)
05 05 The Doobie Brothers - Real Love (5)
06 04 Kenny Rogers - Lady (1)
Flashback Extra: Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard "Suddenly"
03 03 The Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy (3)
02 02 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (1)
01 01 Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love (1)

- In addition to cutting all three Archive songs, Premiere also deleted the intro to Hour #2
- On the other hand, the deletion of said Archive songs did result in Premiere playing the extra long version of "Celebration".
- #1 Country: Theme From "The Dukes Of Hazzard"
- #1 Soul: Master Blaster (Jammin')
- #1 Album: Guilty - Barbra Streisand

[jdelachjr2002]

November 4, 1972

LW TW
DE 40 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (37)
DE 39 Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California (5)
27 38 Joe Cocker & The Chris Stainton Band - Midnight Rider (27)
DE 37 America - Ventura Highway (8)
44 36 Grand Funk Railroad - Rock 'n Roll Soul (29)
DE 35 Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) (17)
35 34 The Band - Don't Do It (34)
23 33 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me) (23)
24 32 Hot Butter - Popcorn (9)
DE 31 Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me (3)
34 30 Cashman And West - American City Suite (27)
30 29 Sam Neely - Loving You Just Crossed My Mind (29)
32 28 Alice Cooper - Elected (26)
Flashback Extra: Jethro Tull "Living In The Past" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #76 that week.
36 27 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now (3)
DE 26 The Delegates - Convention '72 (8)
13 25 Donny Osmond - Why (13)
25 24 Nilsson - Spaceman (23)
18 23 Arlo Guthrie - The City Of New Orleans (18)
26 22 Gallery - I Believe In Music (22)
28 21 Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze (6)
11 20 Leon Russell - Tight Rope (11)
20 19 Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again (19)
22 18 Chi Coltrane - Thunder And Lightning (17)
38 17 The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (1)
09 16 The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool (3)
16 15 The Eagles - Witchy Woman (9)
Flashback Extra: King Harvest "Dancing In The Moonlight" which entered the Hot 100 at #90 that week.
19 14 The 5th Dimension - If I Could Reach You (10)
04 13 Bill Withers - Use Me (2)
17 12 Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (1)
12 11 The Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music (11)
08 10 Michael Jackson - Ben (1)
10 09 Danny O'Keefe - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (9)
15 08 Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me (2)
14 07 The Spinners - I'll Be Around (3)
07 06 Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band - Garden Party (6)
02 05 Elvis Presley - Burning Love (2)
06 04 Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (4)
01 03 Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling (1)
Flashback Extra: Johnny Rivers "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" which was a week away from hitting the countdown.
03 02 The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (2)
05 01 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (1)

- For the record, "Nights In White Satin" did play in it's entirety.
- #1 Soul: I'll Be Around
- #1 Country: "It's Not Love But It's Not Bad" - Merle Haggard
- #1 Album: Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

[jdelachjr2002]

November 2, 1974

LW TW
DE 40 Rufus & Chaka Khan - You Got The Love (11)
15 39 Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing (1)
DE 38 Prelude - After The Goldrush (22)
DE 37 Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle (1)
DE 36 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby (1)
DE 35 Three Dog Night - Play Something Sweet (33)
34 34 Garfunkel - Second Avenue (34)
DE 33 Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) (7)
40 32 Gino Vanelli - People Gotta Move (22)
39 31 Chicago - Wishing You Were Here (11)
37 30 The Hues Corporation - Rockin' Soul (18)
35 29 The Hudson Brothers - So You Are A Star (21)
38 28 Marvin Gaye - Distant Lover (28)
27 27 ABBA - Honey Honey (27)
32 26 The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (2)
36 25 Billy Swan - I Can Help (1)
30 24 Kiki Dee - I've Got The Music In Me (12)
31 23 The Spinners - Love Don't Love Nobody (15)
29 22 Neil Diamond - Longfellow Serenade (5)
10 21 The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason (10)
24 20 The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) (18)
26 19 Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love (6)
22 18 Jim Weatherly - The Need To Be (11)
21 17 Bobby Vinton - My Melody Of Love (3)
13 16 The Miracles - Do It Baby (13)
01 15 Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners - Then Came You (1)
Flashback Extra: Carl Douglas "Kung Fu Fighting"
18 14 B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (2)
17 13 Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway (10)
16 12 Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) (8)
14 11 John Denver - Back Home Again (5)
11 10 America - Tin Man (4)
09 09 Mac Davis - Stop & Smell The Roses (9)
08 08 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (8)
07 07 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) (7)
12 06 John Lennon - Whatever Gets You Through The Night (1)
06 05 Bad Company - Can't Get Enough (5)
05 04 Elton John - The Bitch Is Back (4)
04 03 Carole King - Jazzman (2)
03 02 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (1)
02 01 Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin' (1)

- Trying to find an entire version of this show on the same weekend where I went to my sister's wedding on Saturday and where I had to go to work on Sunday did not go well. A copy I got from WWSW in Pittsburgh played only the second op extra so that's what I had there. Wouldn't be right to write about op extras #1 and #3 if I wasn't able to hear them properly.
- #1 Soul: "Let's Straighten It Out" - Latimore
- #1 Country: "I Overlooked An Orchid" - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: So Far - Crosby, Stills & Nash

[jdelachjr2002]

And finally since Premiere aired the 11/1/1980 AT40 for a third time, here's a look back at the Top 40 songs in England that same weekend.

LW TW
25 40 Gillan - Trouble (14)
22 39 Bob Marley - Three Little Birds (17)
DE 38 Motorhead - Ace Of Spades (15)
DE 37 UK Subs - Party In Paris (37)
21 36 Change - Searching (11)
29 35 Earth, Wind And Fire - Let Me Talk (29)
DE 34 UB40 - Earth Died Screaming (10)
31 33 XTC - Towers Of London (31)
28 32 Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin' (28)
DE 31 Dennis Waterman - I Could Be So Good For You (3)
32 30 Gap Band - Party Lights (30)
DE 29 The Jacksons - Lovely One (29)
11 28 Diana Ross - My Old Piano (5)
18 27 Thin Lizzy - Killer On The Loose (10)
33 26 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (4)
DE 25 Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard - Suddenly (15)
14 24 Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin') (2)
16 23 Black Slate - Amigo (9)
24 22 Showaddywaddy - Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts (22)
37 21 Kelly Marie - Loving Just For Fun (21)
DE 20 David Bowie - Fashion (5)
27 19 Gilbert O'Sullivan - What's In A Kiss (19)
17 18 Linx - You're Lying (15)
38 17 Sheena Easton - One Man Woman (14)
26 16 Kate Bush - Army Dreamers (16)
13 15 Coffee - Casanova (13)
08 14 Sweet People - And The Birds Were Singing (4)
19 13 Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog (4)
10 12 George Benson - Love X Love (10)
20 11 Air Supply - All Out Of Love (11)
03 10 The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (1)
09 09 The Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together (9)
12 08 Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark - Enola Gay (8)
05 07 Madness - Baggy Trousers (3)
07 06 Odyssey - If You're Lookin' For A Way Out (6)
15 05 Bad Manners - Special Brew (3)
06 04 Matchbox - When You Ask About Love (4)
02 03 Ottowan - D.I.S.C.O. (2)
04 02 Status Quo - What You're Proposing (2)
01 01 Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love (1)

- So Barbra Streisand's "Woman In Love" managed to hit #1 on both sides of the Atlantic at the same time. :)

[jdelachjr2002]

This weekend's "AT40: The '70s" show is one show so I will do a single post for this weekend's preview but I am lazily posting a preview from two years ago because the '70s and '80s shows for this weekend match those from a previous one.

Nov 12, 2010 15:30:26 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's upcoming AT40 shows:

AT40: The '70s this week is from 11/12/1977:

This week saw only three songs debuting:
"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again" - L.T.D. (#35)
"Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton (#37)
"Swingtown" - Steve Miller Band (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin')" - Johnny Rivers (#27)
"Surfin' U.S.A." - Leif Garrett (#31)
"Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" - Jimmy Buffett (#37)

Biggest Mover: "You Make Loving Fun" - Fleetwood Mac (#30 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" - Peter Frampton (#24 to #39)

Original extras:
"Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender
The Freddy Fender song is an optional extra while "Mr. Bojangles" stays in the broadcast.

Premiere optional extras:
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel (#89; debuted)
"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender (original AT40 extra)
"We Are The Champions" - Queen (#51)

This weekend's edition of "AT40: The '80s" is from 11/12/1983:

Seven songs debuted in the Top 40 this week:
"Ain't Nobody" - Rufus with Chaka Khan (#29)
"In A Big Country" - Big Country (#30)
"Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling (#32)
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" - Asia (#35)
"Souls" - Rick Springfield (#36)
"Twist Of Fate" - Olivia Newton-John (#38)
"My Town" - Michael Stanley Band (#39)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"This Time" - Bryan Adams (#25)
"Tell Her About It" - Billy Joel (#27)
"Foolin'" - Def Leppard (#28)
"Can't Shake Loose" - Agnetha Faltskog (#29)
"Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Jive" - Men at Work (#33)
"Automatic Man" - Michael Sembello (#34)
"She's Sexy + 17" - The Stray Cats (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Why Me" - Irene Cara (#37 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "The Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats (#23 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"All My Life" - Kenny Rogers
"(You're) Havin' My Baby" - Paul Anka

Premiere optional extras:
"Talking In Your Sleep" - The Romantics (#61)
"Holiday" - Madonna (#68)
"Send Me An Angel" - Real Life (#95; debuted)
"Let The Music Play" - Shannon (#91; debuted)

[Libra]

It may be worth coming up with an encore for 11/12/83 this week:

Nov 14, 2010 3:21:55 GMT -5 Libra said:

November 12, 1983
LW #1: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "Islands in the Stream"
40 40 Manhattan Transfer - Spice of Life (40)
39 -- The Michael Stanley Band - My Town (39)
38 -- Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate (5)
37 39 JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky (36)
36 -- Rick Springfield - Souls (23)
35 -- Asia - The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (34)
34 35 Loverboy - Queen of the Broken Hearts (34)
33 23 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (3)
32 -- Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) (14)
31 36 The Human League - Mirror Man (30)
Flashback Extra: The Romantics "Talking in Your Sleep"
30 -- Big Country - In a Big Country (17)
29 -- Rufus With Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (22)
28 37 Irene Cara - Why Me? (13)
27 32 Luther Vandross & Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (27)
26 31 Jackson Browne - Tender is the Night (25)
25 30 Journey - Send Her My Love (23)
24 22 The Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (9)
23 24 Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger (23)
22 26 Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind (10)
21 14 Stevie Nicks - If Anyone Falls (14)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "All My Life" from Amy in Nevada to the man she's worked hard to get the attention and affections of (she didn't give his name)
Flashback Extra: Madonna "Holiday", described as being "four weeks away from the countdown"
20 13 The Police - King of Pain (3)
19 21 John Cougar Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down (9)
18 20 Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (10)
17 19 Hall & Oates - Say it Isn't So (2)
16 16 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love (16)
15 18 Huey Lewis & The News - Heart and Soul (8)
14 15 David Bowie - Modern Love (14)
13 17 Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield (5)
12 10 Spandau Ballet - True (4)
11 09 Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (9)
Flashback Extra: Real Life "Send Me An Angel", which debuted at #95 that week
10 11 The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (9)
09 07 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All (2)
08 08 Prince - Delirious (8)
LDD: Paul Anka "(You're) Having My Baby" from Randy, a peacekeeping Marine Sergeant stationed in Beirut, Lebanon, to his wife Ingrid, because he can't be there when she gives birth
07 12 Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize (5)
06 04 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another (4)
05 03 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1)
04 06 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (1)
03 05 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (3)
Flashback Extra: Shannon "Let the Music Play"
02 01 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream (1)
01 02 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (1)

NOTES:

• This week's station: WRVF. Extras are from Canadian station CKRU.
  
• OK, so...we've had plenty of weeks where the biggest drop within the countdown was something like 14, 16, or more spots, yet there's no mention of "biggest drop" status by Casey. And yet, this week's biggest drop is only 10 spots...and it's the first thing he mentioned in the song intro. Go figure!
  
• Gee...I seem to remember "Telefone" trying to break into the Top 10 only three weeks ago. ;)
  
• Second LDD writer Randy, whose dedication was postmarked September 10 and whose wife's pregnancy was due November 10, was thankfully alive and well at showtime. :)
  
• So, I used to think there was consistency with when Casey would reveal the #1s on Billboard's other charts. I figured, usually leading right into the #1 song. After weeks of various reveals throughout the Top 10, with this week's leading into #6, I'm fairly convinced that that wasn't the case.
  
• Double Whammy: "Islands in the Stream" fell to #2 on both the country chart and the Hot 100 this week.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Somebody's Gonna Love You" by Lee Greenwood
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "All Night Long (All Night)"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Synchronicity by The Police
  

;)

[jdelachjr2002]

I'm going on vacation soon so here's 11/12/1977

LW TW
DE 40 The Steve Miller Band - Swingtown (17)
24 39 Peter Frampton - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (18)
38 38 Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart (38)
DE 37 Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (3)
40 36 The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (32)
DE 35 L.T.D.- (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again (4)
39 34 England Dan & John Ford Coley - Gone Too Far (23)
20 33 Ronnie McDowell - The King Is Gone (13)
36 32 James Taylor - Your Smiling Face (20)
34 31 Paul Davis - I Go Crazy (7)
35 30 Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (5)
33 29 Seals & Crofts - My Fair Share (28)
Extra: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mr. Bojangles"
23 28 Eric Carmen - She Did It (23)
Flashback Extra: Billy Joel "Just The Way You Are" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #89 that week
15 27 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love (2)
32 26 Styx - Come Sail Away (8)
26 25 The Babys - Isn't It Time (13)
28 24 Barry Manilow - Daybreak (23)
25 23 Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns (19)*
29 22 Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy (5)
17 21 Foreigner - Cold As Ice (6)
22 20 Dave Mason - We Just Disagree (12)
21 19 Brick - Dusic (18)
19 18 Peter Brown - Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me (18)
30 17 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun (9)
18 16 The Little River Band - Help Is On The Way (14)
12 15 Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Freddy Fender "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"
05 14 The Commodores - Brick House (5)
04 13 Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock 'n Roll (3)
14 12 Firefall - Just Remember I Love You (11)
16 11 Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou (3)
13 10 Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone (7)
11 09 The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (1)
10 08 Paul Nicholas - Heaven On The 7th Floor (6)
09 07 Chicago - Baby What A Big Surprise (4)
07 06 Donna Summer - I Feel Love (6)
08 05 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (2)
06 04 Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (4)
02 03 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better (2)
Flashback Extra: Queen "We Are The Champions"
03 02 Heatwave - Boogie Nights (2)
01 01 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (1)

* = 1977 peak

- It seems fitting that Premiere give us a countdown with a James Bond theme song in the chart this week ("Skyfall" opens this weekend). :)
- #1 Soul: (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
#1 Country: "More To Me" - Charlie Pride
#1 Album: Rumors - Fleetwood Mac (27th week)

[dth1971]

Nov 11, 2012 6:28:44 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

I'm going on vacation soon so here's 11/12/1977

LW TW
DE 40 The Steve Miller Band - Swingtown (17)
24 39 Peter Frampton - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (18)
38 38 Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart (38)
DE 37 Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again (3)
40 36 The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (32)
DE 35 L.T.D.- (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again (4)
39 34 England Dan & John Ford Coley - Gone Too Far (23)
20 33 Ronnie McDowell - The King Is Gone (13)
36 32 James Taylor - Your Smiling Face (20)
34 31 Paul Davis - I Go Crazy (7)
35 30 Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (5)
33 29 Seals & Crofts - My Fair Share (28)
Extra: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Mr. Bojangles"
23 28 Eric Carmen - She Did It (23)
Flashback Extra: Billy Joel "Just The Way You Are" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #89 that week
15 27 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love (2)
32 26 Styx - Come Sail Away (8)
26 25 The Babys - Isn't It Time (13)
28 24 Barry Manilow - Daybreak (23)
25 23 Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns (19)*
29 22 Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy (5)
17 21 Foreigner - Cold As Ice (6)
22 20 Dave Mason - We Just Disagree (12)
21 19 Brick - Dusic (18)
19 18 Peter Brown - Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me (18)
30 17 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun (9)
18 16 The Little River Band - Help Is On The Way (14)
12 15 Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Freddy Fender "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"
05 14 The Commodores - Brick House (5)
04 13 Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock 'n Roll (3)
14 12 Firefall - Just Remember I Love You (11)
16 11 Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou (3)
13 10 Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone (7)
11 09 The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (1)
10 08 Paul Nicholas - Heaven On The 7th Floor (6)
09 07 Chicago - Baby What A Big Surprise (4)
07 06 Donna Summer - I Feel Love (6)
08 05 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (2)
06 04 Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (4)
02 03 Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better (2)
Flashback Extra: Queen "We Are The Champions"
03 02 Heatwave - Boogie Nights (2)
01 01 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (1)

* = 1977 peak

- It seems fitting that Premiere give us a countdown with a James Bond theme song in the chart this week ("Skyfall" opens this weekend). :)
- #1 Soul: (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
#1 Country: "More To Me" - Charlie Pride
#1 Album: Rumors - Fleetwood Mac (27th week)

AND NOW FOR MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S REBROADCAST OF THE NOVEMBER 12, 1977 AT40 CHART AFTER HEARING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING:

* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 9 British acts on this AT40 chart, along with 14 groups, and 2 "spacewalk" songs (Carpenters' "Calling Occupants of Craft" and Styx's "Come Sail Away).
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Leo Sayer originally had a job illustrating British ads but didn't like painting portraits and after therapy sessions took up songwriting? 2) The Seals and Crofts song "My Fair Share" is the love theme from the movie "One on One" (I don't know if the "One on One" movie has had a DVD release)? 3) Barry Manilow is one of the reclusive music stars who never wants to give out his information or something like that? 4) Judy Collins began studying piano at 5 years old but at age 16 decided instead to take up singing folk songs buy learning to play a guitar? 5) Shaun Cassidy is the son of Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy and the half brother of David Cassidy? 6) Donna Summer has up to 1977 spent more total weeks at #1 on the Billboard disco chart?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the #1 song to spend the longest at #1 in the 1970's - Which was "Tonight's The Night" by Rod Stewart which spent 8 weeks at #1 in 1976 (The person writing the question letter to Casey thought it was "American Pie" by Don McLean, which was not but spent 4 weeks at #1), iroically, "Tonights the Night" would be dethroned by the current November 12, 1977 #1 song on AT40 called "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone a month later as it would spend 10 total weeks at #1 (In later years, "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John would spend 10 weeks at #1 from 1981-1982 on AT40, and then in 1992 "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men would spend 13 weeks at #1 on AT40, and then in 1994 "The Sign" by Ace of Base would spend 14 weeks at #1 on AT40).
* BLOOPER: Casey mentioned at the start of hour #3 of the November 12, 1977 AT40 episode welcoming 4 new radio stations joining the AT40 family when he said/mentioned 3 of the newcomer stations instead!
* ALSO: 1) Then in 1977 AT40 station WMET Chicago is mentioned, 2) The live version of Barry Manilow's "Daybreak" was played, 3) A longer though not so long version running about 2 minutes and 26 seconds of Barry White's "It's Esctacy When You Lay Down Next To Me" was played rather than the 1 minute and few second edited down version as I mentioned about on a 1977 AT40: The 70's October 1977 AT40 episode rebroadcast last year, 4) Casey played drop pieces of Red Foley's 1950 #1 hit "Chatanooga Shoe Shine Boy" and Pat Boone's 1956 #1 hit "I Almost Lost My Mind" to prove at #1 the current singer/parent/grandparent connection at #1 (Pat Boone is Red Foley's son-in-law, and Debby Boone is Pat Boone's daughter), 5) The second AT40 Optional Extra of the demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status original AT40 extra of "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" by Freddy Fender was played (the other AT40 extra of "Mr. Bojangles" by the (Nitty Gritty) Dirt Band was kept intact in this AT40 episode), and 6) To tie in with the Meco "Star Wars Theme": Casey did a stretch story on Star Wars actor Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill and how he had a lucky break by after an auto accident that caused Mark with a bad face he had to get out of being in the new ABC drama series "Eight is Enough" after the pilot was aired . Lucky Mark even went on to do the 2 Star Wars sequels (and even later voiced in cartoon shows like "Batman: The Animated Series" and "Danger Rangers", and now, with recently in 2012 with Disney recently acquiring the Lucasfilm company owned by George Lucas several years after completing the Star Wars Episode 1-3 prequels, Disney is planning to work on what George Lucas was planned to do but later withdrawn - The Star Wars Episode 7, 8, and 9 films to be released every 2-3 years starting in 2015, but will the original Luke Skywalker - Mark Hammil - be back in the role that made him famous in the Star Wars Episode 4-6 trilogy in Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015? Time will tell...)

[josephmorgan]

There is a DVD of "One On One" available on the Warner Archive website.

[jdelachjr2002]

For the few AT40 affiliates not airing Christmas music, here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this weekend features 11/17/1979. First hour is optional.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Cruisin'" - Smokey Robinson (#36)
"Confusion" - Electric Light Orchestra (#37)
"Damned If I Do" - Alan Parsons Project (#38)
"We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Lovin', Touchin' Squeezin'" - Journey (#17)
"I Know A Heartache When I See One" - Jennifer Warnes (#19)
"Gotta Serve Somebody" - Bob Dylan (#24)
"Street Life" - The Crusaders with Randy Crawford (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes (#40 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "Dirty White Boy" - Foreigner (#15 to #39)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"You're In My Heart" - Rod Stewart

Archive extras:
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" - The Four Seasons
"Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor
"Let Your Love Flow" - The Bellamy Brothers
"Disco Lady" will be played as an optional extra. The other two Archive songs remain.

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Rapper's Delight" - The Sugarhill Gang (#72)
Hour #2: "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor (original AT40 Archive)
Hour #3: "Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#71; debuted)
Hour #4: "Video Killed The Radio Star" - The Buggles (#74)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 11/17/1984.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Do What You Do" - Jermaine Jackson (#32)
"I Don't Wanna Know" - REO Speedwagon (#37)
"I Need You Tonight" - Peter Wolf (#39)
"Centipede" - Rebbie Jackson (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Swept Away" - Diana Ross (#23)
"Let's Go Crazy" - Prince & The Revolution (#32)
"Drive" - The Cars (#34)
"Cover Me" - Bruce Springsteen (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Wild Boys" - Duran Duran (#28 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "Who Wears Those Shoes?" - Elton John (#21 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Through The Years" - Kenny Rogers
"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "Hot For Teacher" - Van Halen (#57)
Hour #2: "(Pride) In The Name Of Love" - U2 (#50)
Hour #3: "Run To You" - Bryan Adams (#43)
Hour #4: "Like A Virgin" - Madonna (#48; debuted)

[johnm1120]

Not sure when it started but just found out my oldies station is carrying At40 The 70s on Sundays now.