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

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE NOVEMBER 17, 1979 AT40 EPISODE AIRED ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* As always with 4 hour episodes, WLS Chicago started this AT40 episode with hour #2 - The first song played was #32 - "Better Love Next Time" by Dr. Hook.
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 12 English acts on this AT40 chart, and 7 female solo singers on this AT40 chart. Also: The late Donna Summer is back to back at #3 in a duet with Donna Summer called "No More Tears" and at #2 on her own with "Dim All The Lights".
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Dr. Hook's 2 songs "When You're In Love With a Beautiful Woman" and "Better Love Next Time" were influenced by a #1 1960's song by Jimmy Soul called "If You Wanna Be Happy"? 2) Elton John during an interview with a magazine reporter mentioned 286 different albums? 3) Crystal Gayle is Loretta Lynn's youngest sister? 4) Anne Murray was originally considered to be a "pain in the neck" by a TV producer before she became a superstar? 5) Barry Manilow, up to 1979, has hit the Top 40 with every song released 15 times consecutively? 6) The Eagles once challenged Rolling Stone magazine to a softball game(The final score: Eagles - 13, Rolling Stone - 8)?
* DROP PIECES: Casey played 2 in the episode: One was of The Byrd's #1 1965 hit "Turn, Turn, Turn" with the oldest lyrics to make the Top 40 done from the Bible's Book of Ecclesiastes, the other was to prove that in some previous 1979 AT40 episode when Casey was mentioning big hits with titles that stutter he mentioned The Bee Gees' "Jive Talking" was one of them, but some AT40 fans thought it wasn't a stutter and the drop piece of "Jive Talking" had "It's just like jive talking" rather than "J-J-J-Jive Talking" - a case of misheard lyrics!
* ALSO: Casey made mention of a movie he starred in years back called "The Incredible Two Headed Transplant" (is this movie on DVD currently?) to prove in the Donna Summer/Barbra Striesand duet "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" that two heads are better than one! 2) The 2 Long Distance Dedications of "Blinded By The Light" and "You're In My Heart" and the 1976 AT40 Archive song "Let Your Love Flow" was kept intact with another 1976 AT40 Archive song "Disco Lady" demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status but WLS 94.7 never played the "Disco Lady" OPTIONAL EXTRAS nor the other Optional Extras (including "Rapper's Delight" and the song that launched MTV in August 1981 called "Video Killed The Radio Star") in the broadcast.

[Libra]

November 17, 1984
40 -- Rebbie Jackson - Centipede (24)
39 -- Peter Wolf - I Need You Tonight (36)
38 40 John Waite - Tears (37)
37 -- REO Speedwagon - I Do'Wanna Know (29)
36 36 Sam Harris - Sugar Don't Bite (36)
35 21 Elton John - Who Wears These Shoes? (16)
34 37 Dan Hartman - We Are the Young (25)
33 35 Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns (33)
32 -- Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do (13)
31 38 The Cars - Hello Again (20)
30 17 Madonna - Lucky Star (4)
Flashback Extra: Van Halen "Hot For Teacher", which was moving up to #57 that week
29 33 Julian Lennon - Valotte (10)
28 29 .38 Special - Teacher, Teacher (25)
27 30 Sammy Hager - I Can't Drive 55 (26)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "Through the Years" from Sherry, going to the United States to go to college, to her mother (who's back in Germany with the rest of their family along with Sherry's stepfather who's stationed there in the Army), as a way of showing her appreciation for the struggles she's had in raising Sherry and her sibling
26 16 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck (10)
25 31 Pat Benatar - We Belong (5)
24 15 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (9)
23 27 Huey Lewis & The News - Walking on a Thin Line (18)
22 26 Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough (17)
21 14 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side (7)
20 24 Survivor - I Can't Hold Back (13)
Flashback Extra: U2 "Pride (In the Name of Love)", which was "two weeks away from becoming their first Top 40 hit"
19 28 Duran Duran - Wild Boys (2)
18 25 The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love (3)
17 20 Culture Club - The War Song (17)
16 22 New Edition - Cool it Now (4)
15 18 Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, & James Ingram - What About Me? (15)
14 19 Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (6)
13 09 Chicago - Hard Habit to Break (3)
12 10 Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon (10)
11 08 David Bowie - Blue Jean (8)
10 13 Lionel Richie - Penny Lover (8)
Flashback Extra: Bryan Adams "Run to You"
09 12 Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night (5)
08 11 Sheena Easton - Strut (7)
07 07 Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me (5)
LDD: Barbra Streisand "Memories" (The Way We Were) from Jenny, better known as "Miss Robinson", to those in Baccus Marsh, Australia, who she was a teacher for many years ago, and for all the memories
06 06 Hall & Oates - Out of Touch (1)
05 02 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (1)
04 05 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (3)
03 01 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (1)
Flashback Extra: Madonna "Like a Virgin", which made the highest debut that week at #48
02 03 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (2)
01 04 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1)

Four songs debuted in this week's survey. The four songs that fall out are:
"Swept Away" by Diana Ross (LW: 23),
"Let's Go Crazy" by Prince (LW: 32),
"Drive" by The Cars (LW: 34), and
"Cover Me" by Bruce Springsteen (LW: 39).

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WFMX. It would have been WZWZ had they not kept flip-flopping between the show and Nina Blackwood's Absolute 80s last night.
  
• Another one from the "Diminishing Returns" files: A #1, two Top 10s, and a Top 20 all fall out to be replaced by a pack of four led by just one Top 20.
  
• Speaking of which, get a load of that bottom ten - only three Top 20s in that bunch, only one of which would make it onto a year-end chart.
  
• Take note of both Sammy Hagar and Van Halen both appearing in this show - albeit, the latter due to Premiere including them as an extra. Only during one instance, ever, did the two naturally appear separately within the show - during the three-week run of Sammy's "Two Sides of Love" earlier in the year, and only one week of which, 9-1, has ever been aired by Premiere (back in 2010).
  
• Speaking of Sammy, "I Can't Drive 55" makes a very odd lead-in to the first LDD, but given that it's a "Through the Years" dedication, it's not necessarily completely inappropriate (while other odd lead-ins have been!).
  
• Another very early read for the #1s on Billboard's Other Charts - right after the first song in the final hour.
  
• "Memories" was the song name given by Jenny in her dedication letter, likely read verbatim by Casey.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Give Me One More Chance" by Exile
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "I Feel For You"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution

[jdelachjr2002]

November 17, 1979

LW #3: The Commodores "Still"
LW #2: Donna Summer "Dim All The Lights"
LW #1: The Eagles "Heartache Tonight"
DE 40 Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (7)
15 39 Foreigner - Dirty White Boy (12)
DE 38 The Alan Parsons Project - Damned If I Do (27)
DE 37 Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion (37)
DE 36 Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' (4)
39 35 John Cougar - I Need A Lover (28)
30 34 Brenda Russell - So Good So Right (30)
35 33 deleted Cruise - I Want You Tonight (19)
AT40 Archives: From March 1976 - The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)", the 166th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: The Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight"
34 32 Dr. Hook - Better Love Next Time (12)
32 31 Elton John - Victim Of Love (31)
33 30 Blondie - Dreaming (27)
LDD: Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Blinded By The Light" From Chris in Albuquerque NM to her former teacher Mrs. Watkins who is retiring after a long teaching career that included her involvement in a program for special needs students.
38 29 The Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time (1)
31 28 Crystal Gayle - Half The Way (15)
29 27 Cheap Trick - Dream Police (26)
27 26 The Muppets - The Rainbow Connection (25)
28 25 Lauren Wood - Please Don't Leave (24)
37 24 The Little River Band - Cool Change (10)
40 23 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (1)
14 22 Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Love This Way Again (5)
AT40 Flashback Extra: From April 1976 - Johnnie Taylor "Disco Lady", the 167th #1 of the decade
25 21 Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night (8)
22 20 Chris Thompson & Night - If You Remember Me (17)
20 19 Michael Johnson - This Night Won't Last Forever (19)
21 18 J.D. Souther - You're Only Lonely (7)
23 17 Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home (10)
18 16 Anne Murray - Broken Hearted Me (12)
16 15 France Joli - Come To Me (15)
26 14 Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love (4)
12 13 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1)
13 12 Barry Manilow - Ships (9)
11 11 The Knack - Good Girls Don't (11)
AT40 Archives: From May 1976 - The Bellamy Brothers "Let Your Love Flow", the 168th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Don't Do Me Like That" which entered the Hot 100 at #71 that week.
05 10 M - Pop Muzik (1)
10 09 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go (2)
LDD: Rod Stewart "You're In My Heart" From Teresa in Oakland CA to her boyfriend Jerry who was sent away by his stepfather after catching the two of them together late at night (they didn't do anything wrong she says)
08 08 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (8)
09 07 Kenny Rogers - You Decorated My Life (7)
04 06 Herb Alpert - Rise (1)
01 05 The Eagles - Heartache Tonight (1)
06 04 Styx - Babe (1)
07 03 Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (1)
Flashback Extra: The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star"
02 02 Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights (2)
03 01 The Commodores - Still (1)


- Stations of the Week: WHNN (Hour #1); CKWW (remainder of show)
- For the record, "Rapper's Delight" - a song whose overall length is 14 minutes - was condensed to 2:20 by Premiere. Not only that, the editing was too severe because of the three men who made up the Sugarhill Gang, we only heard from Wonder Mike and Big Bad Hank (poor Master Gee was the odd man out; shame shame Premiere!). BTW check out the full version of "Rapper's Delight" here.
- Larry Morgan did make the obligatory mention that "Video Killed The Radio Star" was the very first music video ever played on MTV back in 1981 even though the song was recorded three years before the music video channel's launch (though I don't watch MTV much, I don't think they play a lot of videos like they used to )
- #1 Soul: Ladies Night
- #1 Country: "Come With Me" - Waylon Jennings
- #1 Album: The Long Run - The Eagles
- #1 Disco: Fever LP - Fever

[dth1971]

I learned for next weekend's AT40: The 70's episodes it's either the November 22, 1975 or November 29, 1975 AT40 episode, and rumor has it Premiere may be airing for an extra AT40: The 70's show choice one or both of the AT40 Christmas countdowns from 1971 and/or 1973 during the holiday season.

[jdelachjr2002]

Nov 19, 2012 8:32:21 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

I learned for next weekend's AT40: The 70's episodes it's either the November 22, 1975 or November 29, 1975 AT40 episode, and rumor has it Premiere may be airing for an extra AT40: The 70's show choice one or both of the AT40 Christmas countdowns from 1971 and/or 1973 during the holiday season.

Well here's this weekend's shows

AT40: The '70s this week presents 11/29/1975

Five songs debuted this week:
"Part Time Love" - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#35)
"Times Of Your Life" - Paul Anka (#36)
"Walk Away From Love" - David Ruffin (#37)
"Rock 'n Roll All Night" - Kiss (#38)
"Full Of Fire" - Al Green (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" - The Spinners (#13)
"Calypso/I'm Sorry" - John Denver (#20)
"Do It Any Way You Wanna" - People's Choice (#26)
"Something Better To Do" - Olivia Newton-John (#31)
"Brazil" - The Ritchie Family (#33)

Biggest Mover: "Love Rollercoaster" - Ohio Players (#34 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles (#12 to #39)

Original extras:
"It's Too Late" - Carole King
It will be played as one of the optional extras this week.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "It's Too Late" - Carole King (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "Paloma Blanca" - George Baker Selection (#90; debuted)
Hour #3: "Over My Head" - Fleetwood Mac (#55)

AT40: The '80s this week presents 11/22/1986.

Three songs debuted this week:
"Control" - Janet Jackson (#35)
"Victory" - Kool & The Gang (#37)
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" - Timbuk 3 (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - Aretha Franklin (#22)
"When I Think Of You" - Janet Jackson (#29)
"Somebody's Out There" - Triumph (#32)

Biggest Mover: "Notorious" - Duran Duran (#30 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Typical Male" - Tina Turner (#20 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Greatest Love Of All" - Whitney Houston

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox (#62)
Hour #2: "Keep Your Hands To Youself" - Georgia Satellites (#96; debuted)
Hour #3: "Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order
Hour #4: "Stay The Night" - Benjamin Orr (#70)

[Libra]

November 22, 1986
40 -- Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (19)
39 40 David & David - Welcome to the Boomtown (37)
38 39 Daryl Hall - Foolish Pride (33)
37 -- Kool & The Gang - Victory (10)
36 38 Billy Ocean - Love is Forever (16)
35 -- Janet Jackson - Control (5)
34 37 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
33 20 Tina Turner - Typical Male (2)
32 36 Survivor - Is This Love (9)
31 25 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - All Cried Out (8)
Flashback Extra: Samantha Fox "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", which was "four weeks away from hitting the countdown"
30 34 Howard Jones - You Know I Love You...Don't You? (17)
29 19 Anita Baker - Sweet Love (8)
LDD: Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from 17-year-old Barbara in Naples, Italy to her sister Illiana, who left for the United States back in September to be with her boyfriend, who she married
28 33 Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (25)
27 35 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
26 28 'Til Tuesday - What About Love (26)
25 18 Corey Hart - I Am By Your Side (18)
24 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die (19)
23 31 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
22 27 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (10)
21 30 Duran Duran - Notorious (2)
Flashback Extra: The Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
20 24 Steve Winwood - Freedom Overspill (20)
19 23 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (9)*
18 10 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (1)
17 15 Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion (15)
16 21 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1)
15 16 Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (6)
14 06 Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (2)
13 17 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (2)
LDD: Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All" from Renee in Michigan to her aunt and uncle, who, in the seven years that Renee lived with them, showed her that there was more to her than her cerebral palsy
12 09 Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain (9)
11 12 Toto - I'll Be Over You (11)
Flashback Extra: New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle"
10 13 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (9)
09 14 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way it Is (1)
08 11 Huey Lewis & The News - Hip to Be Square (3)
07 08 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall (1)
06 07 Cameo - Word Up (6)
05 04 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (4)
04 05 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (1)
03 03 Madonna - True Blue (3)
Flashback Extra: Benjamin Orr "Stay the Night", which was "eight weeks away from reaching the countdown"
02 01 Boston - Amanda (1)
01 02 The Human League - Human (1)

*1986 peak; hit #4 in 1961.

NOTES:

• It's another week where Casey didn't read the droppers...or did Premiere (accidentally?) edit them out again?
  
• Is it just me, or were none of the songs in the first hour shortened at all? I do know that extra "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" was cut right in half, and that "The Way it Is" was shortened (yet again! ) in the final hour, but I'm pretty sure that none of them, not even the extra, were shortened in that first hour.
  
• Incidentally...many of the songs played out longer than they normally would in the countdown this week. I'm thinking this eventually lead to bringing back the Top 3 recaps at the end of '86 and beginning of '87, as songs seemed to get shorter during this time.
  
• This is the first show where I've heard a soft '80s #12 jingle.
  
• Note that they played a shorter edit of "The Rain" last month on 10-18 - its first two weeks in the countdown had that shorter version played; 10-25, played last year, was the first to have the 5-minute version with spoken-word breakdown heard this week.
  
• There really seems to be no justification for playing "Bizarre Love Triangle" as an Extra, other than it being (as Larry Morgan points out) a still-well-known song today; note above that the song was not on the Hot 100 (nor would it chart in 1986 at all), and as Larry states, it only hit #4 on the Dance chart. Incidentally...it would be re-recorded, and re-released, in 1995 (finally charting, albeit only at #98), but the song as heard here is a bit different, missing some instrumental, than that which seems to be heard more widely today. Point being: I'm thinking the widely-heard-today version is the 1995 re-recording.
  
• Why on earth did Casey read the #1 Jazz album this week?? Anyone know of any other week when he read a way-out-there #1 song or album like that?
  
• From the "Deja Vu!" files: In 2010, Premiere played shows with both of Peter Cetera's solo #1 hits...at #1. This year, it's The Human League who get the royal treatment. :)
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Tasty Love" by Freddie Jackson
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "You're Still New to Me" by Marie Osmond & Paul Davis
  
• #1 on the Jazz chart: Tutu by Miles Davis
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Third Stage by Boston

[mkarns]

Nov 18, 2012 15:57:23 GMT -5 Libra said:

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WFMX. It would have been WZWZ had they not kept flip-flopping between the show and Nina Blackwood's Absolute 80s last night.
  
• Another one from the "Diminishing Returns" files: A #1, two Top 10s, and a Top 20 all fall out to be replaced by a pack of four led by just one Top 20.
  
• Speaking of which, get a load of that bottom ten - only three Top 20s in that bunch, only one of which would make it onto a year-end chart.
  
• Take note of both Sammy Hagar and Van Halen both appearing in this show - albeit, the latter due to Premiere including them as an extra. Only during one instance, ever, did the two naturally appear separately within the show - during the three-week run of Sammy's "Two Sides of Love" earlier in the year, and only one week of which, 9-1, has ever been aired by Premiere (back in 2010).
  
• Speaking of Sammy, "I Can't Drive 55" makes a very odd lead-in to the first LDD, but given that it's a "Through the Years" dedication, it's not necessarily completely inappropriate (while other odd lead-ins have been!).
  
• Another very early read for the #1s on Billboard's Other Charts - right after the first song in the final hour.
  
• "Memories" was the song name given by Jenny in her dedication letter, likely read verbatim by Casey.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Give Me One More Chance" by Exile
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "I Feel For You"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution

While it may not have been totally inappropriate, "I Can't Drive 55" doesn't seem right as a lead-in for a serious LDD, even if it wasn't about someone dying. Apparently there were many such questionable lead-ins to LDD's in the mid-80s, as Casey made all too clear the following year.

For the other dedication, the AT40 staff may have recontacted the letter writer to make clear she wanted to hear "The Way We Were"; it's easy to think "Memories" was the actual title.

[dth1971]

Nov 24, 2012 17:08:21 GMT -5 Libra said:

November 22, 1986
40 -- Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (19)
39 40 David & David - Welcome to the Boomtown (37)
38 39 Daryl Hall - Foolish Pride (33)
37 -- Kool & The Gang - Victory (10)
36 38 Billy Ocean - Love is Forever (16)
35 -- Janet Jackson - Control (5)
34 37 Genesis - Land of Confusion (4)
33 20 Tina Turner - Typical Male (2)
32 36 Survivor - Is This Love (9)
31 25 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - All Cried Out (8)
Flashback Extra: Samantha Fox "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)", which was "four weeks away from hitting the countdown"
30 34 Howard Jones - You Know I Love You...Don't You? (17)
29 19 Anita Baker - Sweet Love (8)
LDD: Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from 17-year-old Barbara in Naples, Italy to her sister Illiana, who left for the United States back in September to be with her boyfriend, who she married
28 33 Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (25)
27 35 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (2)
26 28 'Til Tuesday - What About Love (26)
25 18 Corey Hart - I Am By Your Side (18)
24 26 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die (19)
23 31 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (1)
22 27 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (10)
21 30 Duran Duran - Notorious (2)
Flashback Extra: The Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
20 24 Steve Winwood - Freedom Overspill (20)
19 23 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (9)*
18 10 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (1)
17 15 Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion (15)
16 21 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (1)
15 16 Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (6)
14 06 Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (2)
13 17 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (2)
LDD: Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All" from Renee in Michigan to her aunt and uncle, who, in the seven years that Renee lived with them, showed her that there was more to her than her cerebral palsy
12 09 Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain (9)
11 12 Toto - I'll Be Over You (11)
Flashback Extra: New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle"
10 13 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (9)
09 14 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way it Is (1)
08 11 Huey Lewis & The News - Hip to Be Square (3)
07 08 Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall (1)
06 07 Cameo - Word Up (6)
05 04 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight (4)
04 05 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (1)
03 03 Madonna - True Blue (3)
Flashback Extra: Benjamin Orr "Stay the Night", which was "eight weeks away from reaching the countdown"
02 01 Boston - Amanda (1)
01 02 The Human League - Human (1)

*1986 peak; hit #4 in 1961.

NOTES:

• It's another week where Casey didn't read the droppers...or did Premiere (accidentally?) edit them out again?
  
• Is it just me, or were none of the songs in the first hour shortened at all? I do know that extra "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" was cut right in half, and that "The Way it Is" was shortened (yet again! ) in the final hour, but I'm pretty sure that none of them, not even the extra, were shortened in that first hour.
  
• Incidentally...many of the songs played out longer than they normally would in the countdown this week. I'm thinking this eventually lead to bringing back the Top 3 recaps at the end of '86 and beginning of '87, as songs seemed to get shorter during this time.
  
• This is the first show where I've heard a soft '80s #12 jingle.
  
• Note that they played a shorter edit of "The Rain" last month on 10-18 - its first two weeks in the countdown had that shorter version played; 10-25, played last year, was the first to have the 5-minute version with spoken-word breakdown heard this week.
  
• There really seems to be no justification for playing "Bizarre Love Triangle" as an Extra, other than it being (as Larry Morgan points out) a still-well-known song today; note above that the song was not on the Hot 100 (nor would it chart in 1986 at all), and as Larry states, it only hit #4 on the Dance chart. Incidentally...it would be re-recorded, and re-released, in 1995 (finally charting, albeit only at #98), but the song as heard here is a bit different, missing some instrumental, than that which seems to be heard more widely today. Point being: I'm thinking the widely-heard-today version is the 1995 re-recording.
  
• Why on earth did Casey read the #1 Jazz album this week?? Anyone know of any other week when he read a way-out-there #1 song or album like that?
  
• From the "Deja Vu!" files: In 2010, Premiere played shows with both of Peter Cetera's solo #1 hits...at #1. This year, it's The Human League who get the royal treatment. :)
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Tasty Love" by Freddie Jackson
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "You're Still New to Me" by Marie Osmond & Paul Davis
  
• #1 on the Jazz chart: Tutu by Miles Davis
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Third Stage by Boston

Does Premiere have a grudge against "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby?

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE NOVEMBER 29, 1975 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:

*This was from the first month where the 1975-1984 "Shuckatoom" theme was played at the start of the show.
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 4 remakes on this AT40 chart, and there are 12 foreign acts on this AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Gladys Knight and the Pips have tied the Jackson 5 at this 1975 chart episode for most top 40 hits in the 1970's by a family act? 2) David Geddes' "The Last Game Of The Season" was inspired by the songwriter's (Sterling Whipple) death of his father? 3) Barry Manilow's "I Write The Songs" was written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys? 4) Freddy Fender was once working $1.86 an hour at a Texas car wash? 5) Freddy Fender's version of "Secret Love" is a remake of a 1954 Doris Day song? 6) Up to 1975, Willie Nelson has hit the country chart 25 times? 7) Frankie Valli had 51 chart hits in total under 4 different names? 7) The Four Seasons 1960's song "Big Girls Don't Cry" was inspired by a 1930's movie? 8) KC of KC and the Sunshine Band once got his job at TK records by being a cleanup and errand boy by cleaning out ashtrays and taking out garbage?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 4 of them in this episode! 1) Regarding the fastest and slowest to fall out of #1 and then fall out of the Hot 100 (Fastest - "Groovin'", "Rock Me Gently", and "Nothing From Nothing" which each spent 3 more weeks at #1 before falling off the Hot 100; Slowest - "Love Letters in the Sand" by Pat Boone). 2) Regarding if there was any other song and act besides "S.O.S." by ABBA to have the names read the same forwards and backwards (There wasn't any other act! So ABBA's "S.O.S." was the first and only!). 3) Regarding the act with the most Top 10 hits aside from the Beatles who were in second place (Elvis Presley with 38 top 10 hits). 4) Regarding the first Canadian artist to hit #1 on the American charts (Guy "Auld Lang Syne" Lombardo and his Royal Canadians with "It's Love, Love, Love" in 1944).
* BLOOPER: Casey mentioned Freddy Fender had his 4th. consecutive chart hit when "Secret Love" was Freddy Fender's 3rd. top 40 hit!
* ALSO: 1) The live version of KISS' "Rock and Roll All Nite" was played. 2) There were a few plugs kept intact for the upcoming 1975 AT40 Year End Countdown (But I wonder what year end countdown for AT40: The 70's Premiere will play when New Year's weekend arrives next month in December 2012? My guess is the 1979 AT40 Year End countdown when there were 50 songs for 1979 counted down and might be 4 hours with first hour optional). 3) The AT40 Universal City, California address was kept intact in the show. 4) WLS 94.7 FM played the first AT40 Optional Extra of the original AT40 extra demoted to Optional Extra status of Carole King's "It's Too Late" (which was from Carole King's "Tapestry" album which during that same November 29, 1975 week was spending a 243rd. week on Billboard's 200 album chart). 5) Casey mentioned that Pete Wingfield's "Eighteen with a Bullet" which the previous week was #18 with a bullet is for the November 29, 1975 week is #15 with a bullet (Quoteth Casey Kasem - "Am I making sense here?").

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I know th album version of 'The Way It Is' is nearly 5 minutes. The version they played on AT40 today was around 4 minutes. That might be the length of the 45 and not an edit

[Libra]

Nov 25, 2012 15:22:29 GMT -5 @2m said:

I know th album version of 'The Way It Is' is nearly 5 minutes. The version they played on AT40 today was around 4 minutes. That might be the length of the 45 and not an edit

There was a verse and chorus chopped out, which has happened multiple times before. On the previous '86 show (10-18) this year, however, the song was not shortened at all.

[Dale Latimer]

For dth1971:

Last week, the book in the Bible you refer to is Ecclesiastes...

And, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant is available as a double feature with The Thing With Two Heads from Amazon, as well as on Amazon Instant Video.

And re Rock and Roll All Nite, the original studio version only peaked in the 60s on the Hot 100 in the spring. The live version burst onto the chart in November at #56 and got as high as #12.

[jdelachjr2002]

November 29, 1975

LW TW
DE 50 Al Green - Full Of Fire (28)
12 39 The Eagles - Lyin' Eyes (2)
DE 38 Kiss - Rock And Roll All Night (12)
DE 37 David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love (9)
DE 36 Paul Anka - Times Of Your Life (7)
DE 35 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Part Time Love (22)
40 34 Glen Campbell - Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet In L.A.) (11)
37 33 The Isley Brothers - For The Love Of You (Parts 1 and 2) (22)
23 32 ABBA - S.O.S. (15)
39 31 Diana Ross - Theme From "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) (1)
36 30 David Geddes - The Last Game Of The Season (A Blind Man In The Bleachers) (18)
29 29 Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood (1)
32 28 5000 Volts - I'm On Fire (26)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Carole King "It's Too Late"
38 27 Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs (1)
35 26 Sweet - Fox On The Run (5)
30 25 The O'Jays - I Love Music (Part 1) (5)
28 24 Freddy Fender - Secret Love (20)
14 23 Jefferson Starship - Miracles (3)
22 22 Manhattan Transfer - Operator (22)
21 21 Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (21)
24 20 Leon Haywood - I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You (15)
25 19 Frankie Valli - Our Day Will Come (11)
19 18 Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You (18)
27 17 Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus And Mars Rock Show (12)
34 16 The Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster (1)
18 15 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet (15)
Flashback Extra: The George Baker Selection "Paloma Blanca" which debuted on the Hot 100 that week at #90.
16 14 Linda Ronstadt - Heatwave (5)
07 13 Morris Albert - Feelings (6)
15 12 Simon & Garfunkel - My Little Town (9)
17 11 The Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night (1)
03 10 The Four Seasons - Who Loves You (3)
11 09 The Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway (7)
06 08 Natalie Cole - This Will Be (6)
08 07 War - Low Rider (7)
09 06 Jigsaw - Sky High (3)
10 05 The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again (1)
05 04 Captain & Tennille - The Way I Want To Touch You (4)
Flashback Extra: Fleetwood Mac "Over My Head"
04 03 Elton John - Island Girl (1)
01 02 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I LIke It) (1)
02 01 The Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly (1)

So what exactly does "Paloma Blanca" mean? According to Larry Morgan, it means "white dove".
- #1 Soul: That's The Way (I Like It)
- #1 Country: "It's All In The Movies" - Merle Haggard
- #1 Album: Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship

[jdelachjr2002]

Nov 24, 2012 17:08:21 GMT -5 Libra said:

NOTES:

• It's another week where Casey didn't read the droppers...or did Premiere (accidentally?) edit them out again?

I don't think Casey listed droppers that week. A rarity from 1984 onward.

[mkarns]

Nov 25, 2012 16:35:12 GMT -5 Dale Latimer said:

For dth1971:


And, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant is available as a double feature with The Thing With Two Heads from Amazon, as well as on Amazon Instant Video.

It's also on You Tube, at least for now, in what appears to be the whole film (I have neither the time nor the desire to watch all of it.)

That isn't the only Casey Kasem film appearance that was referred to in last week's AT40 replays. SXM played the 11/13/71 AT40, in which Casey explained his absence the previous week (his first ever from AT40) by saying that he was making a film called "That Lovin' Man Jesus", with a cast including Fabian Forte (the teen hitmaker of the late 50s and early 60s who used only his first name.) That film was apparently shelved for a while and years later was given a limited release under the title "Soul Hustler" (it's also been called "The Day the Lord Got Busted.")

[dth1971]

Nov 25, 2012 16:35:12 GMT -5 Dale Latimer said:

For dth1971:

Last week, the book in the Bible you refer to is Ecclesiastes...

And, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant is available as a double feature with The Thing With Two Heads from Amazon, as well as on Amazon Instant Video.

And re Rock and Roll All Nite, the original studio version only peaked in the 60s on the Hot 100 in the spring. The live version burst onto the chart in November at #56 and got as high as #12.

Spelling on Ecclesiastes fixed up on the November 17, 1979 AT40 The 70's episode post.

[dth1971]

Nov 25, 2012 23:13:10 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Nov 25, 2012 16:35:12 GMT -5 Dale Latimer said:

For dth1971:


And, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant is available as a double feature with The Thing With Two Heads from Amazon, as well as on Amazon Instant Video.

It's also on You Tube, at least for now, in what appears to be the whole film (I have neither the time nor the desire to watch all of it.)

That isn't the only Casey Kasem film appearance that was referred to in last week's AT40 replays. SXM played the 11/13/71 AT40, in which Casey explained his absence the previous week (his first ever from AT40) by saying that he was making a film called "That Lovin' Man Jesus", with a cast including Fabian Forte (the teen hitmaker of the late 50s and early 60s who used only his first name.) That film was apparently shelved for a while and years later was given a limited release under the title "Soul Hustler" (it's also been called "The Day the Lord Got Busted.")

I don't know if the "Soul Hustler" movie is on DVD or not.

Speaking of Casey's mentioning of movie appearances, he mentioned in a December 1973 AT40 episode that a faux part of Casey's AT40 show is heard in the movie "Scarecrow", and Casey even mentioned on the December 20, 1975 AT40 episode his appearance in an ABC made for TV movie called "Mr. and Mrs. and the Bandstand Murders". But I bet Casey didn't mention his faux AT40 show voice cameo for the 1984 "Ghostbusters" movie in a 1984 AT40 episode when Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" was on the AT40 chart.

[jdelachjr2002]

This weekend's edition of "AT40: The '80s" is from 12/7/1985 which previously aired back in 2009.

Dec 5, 2009 9:48:08 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

AT40: The '80s this week features 12/7/1985

Three songs debuted this week:
"It's Only Love" - Bryan Adams & Tina Turner (#37)
"Sun City" - Artists United Against Apartheid (#39)
"Goodbye" - Night Ranger (#40)

Three songs (including two former #1's) fall off:
"Saving All My Love For You" - Whitney Houston (#38)
"Take On Me" - A-ha (#32)
"Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush (#30)

Biggest Mover: "That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick & Friends (#27 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Be Near Me" - ABC (#13 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Dancing In The Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"In My Life" - The Beatles

Premiere optional extras:
"Life In A Northern Town" - Dream Academy
"How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
"Spies Like Us" - Paul McCartney
"My Hometown" - Bruce Springsteen

The '70s report (another repeat) is coming soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

And here's this weekend's "AT40: The '70s" show. It's from 12/1/1973 which previously aired in 2007 and in 2010.

Nov 25, 2010 1:19:25 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Three songs debuted this week:
"Time In A Bottle" - Jim Croce (#18)
"Mind Games" - John Lennon (#30)
"Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#32)

Three songs likewise fell out of the Top 40:
"That Lady (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers (#34)
"Summer (The First Time)" - Bobby Goldsboro (#36)
"Yes We Can Can" - The Pointer Sisters (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" - Barry White (#30 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "Half-Breed" - Cher (#19 to #35)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Smokin' In The Boys Room" - Brownsville Station (#41)
"Let Me Be There" - Olivia Newton-John (#60)
"Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra (#89; debuted)

[dth1971]

Nov 30, 2012 14:01:42 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

This weekend's edition of "AT40: The '80s" is from 12/7/1985 which previously aired back in 1009.

Dec 5, 2009 9:48:08 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

AT40: The '80s this week features 12/7/1985

Three songs debuted this week:
"It's Only Love" - Bryan Adams & Tina Turner (#37)
"Sun City" - Artists United Against Apartheid (#39)
"Goodbye" - Night Ranger (#40)

Three songs (including two former #1's) fall off:
"Saving All My Love For You" - Whitney Houston (#38)
"Take On Me" - A-ha (#32)
"Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush (#30)

Biggest Mover: "That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick & Friends (#27 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Be Near Me" - ABC (#13 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Dancing In The Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"In My Life" - The Beatles

Premiere optional extras:
"Life In A Northern Town" - Dream Academy
"How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
"Spies Like Us" - Paul McCartney
"My Hometown" - Bruce Springsteen

The '70s report (another repeat) is coming soon.

1009? You mean 2009!

[jdelachjr2002]

Since this week's '80s show is a repeat, I'm reposting Libra's original description of the show with some alterations:

Dec 5, 2009 23:55:15 GMT -5 Libra said:

December 7, 1985
40 -- Night Ranger - Goodbye (17)
39 -- Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City (38)
38 40 Ta Mara and the Seen - Everybody Dance (24)
37 -- Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love (15)
36 23 David Foster - Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (15)
35 39 Sheena Easton - Do it For Love (29)
34 22 Olivia Newton-John - Soul Kiss (20)
33 37 Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - You're a Friend of Mine (18)
32 36 Miami Sound Machine - Conga (10)
31 35 Sting - Love is the Seventh Wave (17)
30 17 Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels (3)
Flashback Extra: The Dream Academy "Life In A Northern Town", which was "inching toward the Top 40" that week.
29 13 ABC - Be Near Me (9)
28 29 Starpoint - Object of My Desire (25)
27 34 Survivor - Burning Heart (2)
26 15 Tina Turner - One of the Living (15)
25 18 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover (1)
24 20 Freddie Jackson - You Are My Lady (12)
LDD: Bruce Springsteen "Dancing in the Dark" from high school baseball player Jamie - the song inspired him to give baseball another shot after being benched eventually led him to give it up
23 33 Stevie Nicks - Talk to Me (4)
22 14 Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (1)
21 31 Kool & The Gang - Emergency (18)
20 26 Elton John - Wrap Her Up (20)
Flashback Extra: Whitney Houston "How Will I Know" which debuted on the Hot 100 that week at #60.
19 28 Dire Straits - Walk of Life (7)
18 24 The Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' it For Themselves (18)
17 25 The Cars - Tonight She Comes (7)
16 27 Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For (1)
15 19 Scritti Politti - Perfect Way (11)
14 21 John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town (6)
13 16 Klymaxx - I Miss You (5)
12 06 Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands on Me (6)
11 11 Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking (3)
10 10 ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag (8)
Flashback Extra: Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us" which was at #41 and "poised to hit the Top 40" that week.
09 09 Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time (2)
08 07 Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who (7)
07 08 Arcadia - Election Day (6)
06 04 Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City (2)
LDD: The Beatles "In My Life" from Ricki in Maryland to friends that she's had to leave behind, to let them know she still thinks fondly of them
05 12 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me (1)
04 05 Heart - Never (4)
03 02 Starship - We Built This City (1)
Flashback Extra: Bruce Springsteen "My Hometown" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #55 that week.
02 01 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives (1)
01 03 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings (1)

Three songs debut this weekon American Top 40 this week and the three that fall out of the survey are:
"Saving All My Love For You" by Whitney Houston (LW: #38)
"Take On Me" by A-ha! (LW: #32)
and "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush (LW: #30)

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEKEND'S AT40: THE 70's EPISODE OF THE DECEMBER 1, 1973 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MONRING:

* The first of 3 debuts of the week - Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally?" doesn't come until #32, with #18 being the highest of the 3 - "Time in a Bottle" by the late Jim Croce.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Tina Tuner was from a city 60 miles from Memphis, Tennessee that's so small it's not found on a Tennessee map? It's Nutbush, Tennessee (I wonder if it has in recent Tennessee maps? In 1973 the Nutbush, Tennessee population was 150)? 2) A Sonny and Cher concert at Harrah's Lake Tahoe in 1973 received about 80,000 calls in 1 day thanks to a PUBLIC RELATIONS BLURB or something like that? 3) Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree" was the most played song for jukeboxes in 1973? 4) Johnnie Taylor was originally a member of 2 gospel groups originally with Sam Cooke as the lead singer - The Q-C's and Soulsters? 5) Between "Close To You" and the #1 AT40 song "Top Of The World" the Carpenters had 5 #2 hits?
* PREDICTING THE #1 SONG FOR THE NEXT WEEK: Casey and the AT40 staff went with 3 guesses:
a) "Photograph" by Ringo Starr returning to #1
b) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John moving into #1
c) "Top Of The World" by the Carpenters remaining at #1
The result: C, the Carpenters stayed at #1 for a second week the December 8, 1973 week with "Top Of The World" (And it would be about 2 more weeks before AT40 retired the PREDICTING THE #1 SONG OF NEXT WEEK feature for good).
* ALSO: 1) There were plugs intact for the upcoming 1973 AT40 Christmas countdown and (what was played on AT40 The 70's on New Year's Eve/New Year's Day weekend earlier this year around December 31, 2011/January 1, 2012) the AT40 Top 40 Songs of 1973 year end countdown. 2) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the second OPTIONAL EXTRA of "Let Me Be There" by Olivia Newton John. 3) Casey even mentioned the AT40 show appearance in the movie "Scarecrow" that a part of the AT40 show was heard in the scene where the star of the movie, Al Pacino, was calling on the telephone his ex-wife (And though not mentioned by Casey: According to the AT40/AT20 Fun and Games This Day In AT40 History fact for December 1, 1973 AT40 that instead of a real AT40 show portion it was a faux AT40 show portion done by Casey himself when he mentioned Aretha Franklin's 1968 song "The House That Jack Built" was on the AT40 chart rather than an extra or something like that, even though for real in 1968 AT40 didn't exist yet until 1970!)

[jdelachjr2002]

December 1, 1973

LW TW
33 40 The Four Tops - Sweet Understanding Love (33)
28 39 The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (2)
23 38 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits (22)
24 37 Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way Again (21)
40 36 Led Zeppelin - D'yer Ma'ker (20)
19 35 Cher - Half-Breed (1)
35 34 Neil Diamond - Be (34)
37 33 Al Wilson - Show And Tell (1)
DE 32 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally? (27)
21 31 Kris Kristofferson - Why Me (16)
DE 30 John Lennon - Mind Games (18)
38 29 Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (8)
Flashback Extra: Brownsville Station "Smokin' In The Boys Room", which moved up to #41 that week
25 28 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh Baby (25)
22 27 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (12)
32 26 Loggins & Messina - My Music (16)
31 25 Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This (21)
27 24 The Stylistics - Rock'n Roll Baby (14)
17 23 Garfunkel - All I Know (9)
29 22 The Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1)
14 21 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You're A Special Part Of Me (12)
30 20 Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give You Up (7)
11 19 The Rolling Stones - Angie (1)
DE 18 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (1)
26 17 Three Dog Night - Let Me Serenade You (17)
13 16 Jim Croce - I Got A Name (10)
15 15 Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper To Keep Her (15)
Flashback Extra: Olivia Newton-John "Let Me Be There"
18 14 The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (9)
20 13 Helen Reddy - Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (3)
08 12 Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (5)
16 11 Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (5)
12 10 Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (1)
05 09 The DeFranco Family - Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat (3)
10 08 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (Part 1) (7)
08 07 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (1)
07 06 Chicago - Just You 'N Me (4)
02 05 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (1)
04 04 Billy Preston - Space Race (4)
Flashback Extra: The Love Unlimited Orchestra "Love's Theme", which debuted on the Hot 100 at #89 that week.
09 03 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2)
01 02 Ringo Starr - Photograph (1)
03 01 The Carpenters - Top Of The World (1)

- #1 Soul: The Love I Lost
- #1 Country: The Most Beautiful Girl
- #1 Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Coming up I will post a list of the Top 40 Songs in England on 12/1/1973 and you won't believe who was at #1! :o

[jdelachjr2002]

Now here were the Top 40 Songs in England the week of December 1, 1973

LW TW
29 40 Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (14)
DE 39 Glyn Poole - Milly Molly Mandy (35)
31 38 Michael Ward - Let There Be Peace On Earth (Let It Begin With Me) (15)
DE 37 Elvis Presley - Raised On Rock (36)
23 36 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (12)
DE 35 Matt Monro - And You Smiled (28)
32 34 Mungo Jerry - Wild Love (32)
27 33 The Spinners - Ghetto Child (7)
36 32 Slade - My Friend Stan (2)
39 31 John Lennon - Mind Games (26)
33 30 The Four Rops - Sweet Understanding Love (29)
24 29 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (6)
DE 28 Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top (10)
22 27 Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards (22)
20 26 Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (1)
30 25 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' (18)
15 24 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight (11)
25 23 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (13)
19 22 Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards (13)
16 21 Perry Como - For The Good Times (7)
38 20 T. Rex - Truck On (Tyke) (12)
18 19 Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me (14)
14 18 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon (14)
26 17 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone (8)
21 16 Roxy Music - Street Life (9)
05 15 David Bowie - Sorrow (3)
09 14 The Carpenters - Top Of The World (5)
11 13 David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Sing (1)
17 12 Paul McCartney & Wings - Helen Wheels (12)
10 11 Ringo Starr - Photograph (8)
02 10 The Osmonds - Let Me In (2)
07 09 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance (7)
13 08 David Essex - Lamplight (7)
35 07 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (1)
12 06 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why Oh Why Oh Why (6)
04 05 Nud - Dyna-Mite (4)
06 04 Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love (4)
03 03 Marie Osmond - Paper Roses (2)
08 02 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo (2)
01 01 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1)

I told you you wouldn't believe who was at #1. I'm still stunned.

[dth1971]

FOR NEXT WEEKEND:
AT40: The 70's stations will be getting a December 9, 1978 4 hour AT40 episode with first hour optional, but no optional/alternate AT40 Christmas Countdown show from 1971 and/or 1973 at least for now.
AT40: The 80's will be getting maybe the December 12, 1981 AT40 show, although some in Christmas music mode prempting AT40: The 80's may be airing instead the American Top 10 Top 60 Christmas songs episode(s) from 2005.
(Source: The AT40 Fun and Games forums)

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are the AT40 shows for this weekend

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/9/1978.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen (#31)
"A Little More Love" - Olivia Newton-John (#35)
"Can You Fool" - Glen Campbell (#38)
"My Best Friend's Girl" - The Cars (#39)
"I Was Made For Dancin'" - Leif Garrett (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Hot Child In The City" - Nick Gilder (#28)
"Dance (Disco Heat)" - Sylvester (#31)
"One Nation Under A Groove (Part 1)" - Funkadelic (#33)
"This Is Love" - Paul Anka (#35)
"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" - Styx (#36)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Every 1's A Winner" - Hot Chocolate (#38 to #32)
"Promises" - Eric Clapton & His Band (#32 to #26)
Biggest Dropper: "You Needed Me" - Anne Murray (#13 to #28)

Original extras:
"Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
"Tracks Of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Waterloo" - ABBA
"You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
"You're So Vain" will be played as an optional extra. The other songs listed will remain in the show.

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just Remember I Love You" - Firefall
"Precious & Few" - Climax

Archive extras:
"Want Ads" - The Honey Cone
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (split medley)
"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Please Come Home For Christmas" - The Eagles (#78; debuted)
Hour #2: "Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn (#66)
Hour #3: "Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson (#51)
Hour #4: "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 12/12/1981

Four songs debuted this week:
"Shake It Up" - The Cars (#32)
"Waiting On A Friend" - The Rolling Stones (#36)
"She's Got A Way" - Billy Joel (#37)
"Castles In The Air (1981 version)" - Don McLean (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross (#33)
"The Night Owls" - The Little River Band (#35)
"The Theme From 'Hill Street Blues'" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton (#37)
"Twilight" - ELO (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson (#23 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Start Me Up" - The Rolling Stones (#10 to #28)

Original extras:
"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher" - Jackie Wilson

Long Distance Dedications:
"I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
"This Magic Moment" - The Drifters

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "WKRP In Cincinnati" - Steve Carlisle (#82)
Hour #2: "Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode (NR)
Hour #3: "Take It Easy On Me" - The Little River Band (#49)
Hour #4: "Working For The Weekend" - Loverboy (#50)

[dth1971]

Dec 7, 2012 1:48:14 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are the AT40 shows for this weekend

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/9/1978.

Five songs debuted this week:
"Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen (#31)
"A Little More Love" - Olivia Newton-John (#35)
"Can You Fool" - Glen Campbell (#38)
"My Best Friend's Girl" - The Cars (#39)
"I Was Made For Dancin'" - Leif Garrett (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Hot Child In The City" - Nick Gilder (#28)
"Dance (Disco Heat)" - Sylvester (#31)
"One Nation Under A Groove (Part 1)" - Funkadelic (#33)
"This Is Love" - Paul Anka (#35)
"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" - Styx (#36)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Every 1's A Winner" - Hot Chocolate (#38 to #32)
"Promises" - Eric Clapton & His Band (#32 to #26)
Biggest Dropper: "You Needed Me" - Anne Murray (#13 to #28)

Original extras:
"Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
"Tracks Of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Waterloo" - ABBA
"You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
"You're So Vain" will be played as an optional extra. The other songs listed will remain in the show.

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just Remember I Love You" - Firefall
"Precious & Few" - Climax

Archive extras:
"Want Ads" - The Honey Cone
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (split medley)
"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Please Come Home For Christmas" - The Eagles (#78; debuted)
Hour #2: "Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn (#66)
Hour #3: "Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson (#51)
Hour #4: "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon (original AT40 extra)

"AT40: The '80s" this week features 12/12/1981

Four songs debuted this week:
"Shake It Up" - The Cars (#32)
"Waiting On A Friend" - The Rolling Stones (#36)
"She's Got A Way" - Billy Joel (#37)
"Castles In The Air (1981 version)" - Don McLean (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross (#33)
"The Night Owls" - The Little River Band (#35)
"The Theme From 'Hill Street Blues'" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton (#37)
"Twilight" - ELO (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Turn Your Love Around" - George Benson (#23 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Start Me Up" - The Rolling Stones (#10 to #28)

Original extras:
"(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher" - Jackie Wilson

Long Distance Dedications:
"I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
"This Magic Moment" - The Drifters

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "WKRP In Cincinnati" - Steve Carlisle (#82)
Hour #2: "Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode (NR)
Hour #3: "Take It Easy On Me" - The Little River Band (#49)
Hour #4: "Working For The Weekend" - Loverboy (#50)

REGARDING AT40: THE 80's this weekend for no Christmas mode stations hencing 2 OF THE 4 OPTIONAL EXTRAS:
* The rare theme of WKRP IN CINCINNATTI by Steve Carlisle never made the Top 40, but I bet it might be the long out of print Televisions Greatest Hits short version (AT40: The 70's and AT40: the 80's should play more TV themes that never made Top 40 or never made Hot 100, some examples: Gary Portnoy's "Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (1983 and 1984); Dave Grusin's "Theme From St. Elsewhere" (1984); Mike Post's "Theme From The A Team" (1984); Barry DeVerson's "Simon and Simon Theme" (1984 - I had the 45 of this!); Jose Feliciano's "Theme From Chico and the Man" (1975); Jack Jones' "Love Boat Theme" (1980); Soul Train Gang's "Soul Train 1975 Theme" (1975); and even 3 TV themes that never made Hot 100 but made Billboard's Country Chart: Merle Haggard's "Theme From Movin' On" (1975), Sonny Curtis' "Love Is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme)" (1980), and "Theme From The Yellow Rose" (1984 - I forgot who sang it).
* Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" was released in 1981 but didn't chart in America? I guess it wasn't until 1985 Depeche Mode began to hit the charts in America.

[mkarns]

Dec 7, 2012 8:49:15 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

and "Theme From The Yellow Rose" (1984 - I forgot who sang it).
* Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough" was released in 1981 but didn't chart in America? I guess it wasn't until 1985 Depeche Mode began to hit the charts in America.

Johnny Lee and Lane Brody sang "The Yellow Rose".

Depeche Mode did chart with their 1981 debut album, "Speak and Spell", but only at #192 in Billboard. They did not make the singles chart until "People are People" in 1985.

[jdelachjr2002]

December 9, 1978

LW TW
DE 40 Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin' (10)
DE 39 The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl (35)
DE 38 Glen Campbell - Can You Fool (38)
Extra: The 5th Dimension "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
40 37 Dan Hartman - Instant Replay (29)
39 36 Switch - There'll Never Be (36)
DE 35 Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (3)
26 34 The Captain & Tennille - You Never Done It Like That (10)
37 33 Lindisfarne - Run For Home (33)
Extra: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "The Tracks Of My Tears"
38 32 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner (6)
DE 31 Queen - Bicycle Race (24)
AT40 Archives: From June 1971 - The Honey Cone "Want Ads", the 28th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: The Eagles "Please Come Home For Christmas" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #78 that week
34 30 Ace Frehley - New York Groove (13)
23 29 Barry Manilow - Ready To Take A Chance Again (11)
13 28 Anne Murray - You Needed Me (1)
LDD: Firefall "Just Remember I Love You" From Robin in MD to Adam who she broke up with after an eight-month
relationship and she has regretted since.
30 27 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (21)
32 26 Eric Clapton - Promises (9)
29 25 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - We've Got Tonite (13)
25 24 Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg - The Power Of Gold (24)
27 23 Elton John - Part-Time Love (22)
24 22 Linda Ronstadt - Ooh Baby Baby (7)
21 21 deleted Cruise - Don't Want To Live Without It (21)
AT40 Archives: From June 1971 - Carole King "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move", the 29th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real"
22 20 Alice Cooper - How You Gonna See Me Now (12)
19 19 Eric Carmen - Change Of Heart (19)
20 18 Paul Davis - Sweet Life (17)
06 17 Foreigner - Double Vision (2)
17 16 Heart - Straight On (15)
Extra: ABBA "Waterloo"
18 15 Toto - Hold The Line (5)
14 14 Chicago - Alive Again (14)
15 13 The Village People - Y.M.C.A. (2)
16 12 The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven (1)
12 11 Firefall - Strange Way (11)
AT40 Archives: From July 1971 - The Raiders "Indian Reservation", the 30th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Nicolette Larson "Lotta Love" which was at #51 that week.
11 10 Andy Gibb - (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away (9)
10 09 Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together (6)
09 08 Billy Joel - My Life (3)
08 07 Al Stewart - Time Passages (7)
07 06 Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) (5)
03 05 Ambrosia - How Much I Feel (3)
LDD: Climax "Precious And Few" From 17-year-old Ruthie in Gulfport MS to her boyfriend Ronnie who she still
loves even though he has moved 600 miles away.
05 04 Gino Vanelli - I Just Wanna Stop (4)
01 03 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Carly Simon "You're So Vain"
02 02 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (1)
04 01 Chic - Le Freak (1)

- Stations of the Week: KLFM and CKWW
A breakdown of the extras:
- Casey played the "Aquarius" medley to honor it as being the biggest medley ever in the history of the Pop charts.
- "Tracks Of My Tears" was played as the song that has charted three times (Miracles, Johnny Rivers and Linda Ronstadt)
- And ironically "Tracks Of My Tears" was played while Ronstadt was in the chart with her other Miracles remake.
- "Waterloo" was played as the song that won the 1974 Eurovision contest.
- "You're So Vain" was played as Casey mentioned the phenomenon as to who Carly was really singing about (speculation has ranged from Warren Beatty to Mick Jagger who sang background vocals). Aside from Dick Ebersol (NBC Sports boss who won the "You're So Vain" secret in an auction), the identity is still yet to be known.
- The 5th Dimension extra was teased prior to airing and I think the Carly Simon extra was teased too. The Miracles and ABBA extras were not teased at all.
- AT40 split both sides of Carole King's double-sided hit. The only other time that has happened was when the split version was played during the 1976 4th of July special (when Casey chronologically aired the #1 songs during 4th of July from 1937-'76).
- #1 Soul: Le Freak
- #1 Country: "On My Knees" - Charlie Rich with Janie Fricke
- #1 Album: 52nd Street - Billy Joel

[dth1971]

Dec 9, 2012 9:46:34 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

December 9, 1978

LW TW
DE 40 Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin' (10)
DE 39 The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl (35)
DE 38 Glen Campbell - Can You Fool (38)
Extra: The 5th Dimension "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
40 37 Dan Hartman - Instant Replay (29)
39 36 Switch - There'll Never Be (36)
DE 35 Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (3)
26 34 The Captain & Tennille - You Never Done It Like That (10)
37 33 Lindisfarne - Run For Home (33)
Extra: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "The Tracks Of My Tears"
38 32 Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner (6)
DE 31 Queen - Bicycle Race (24)
AT40 Archives: From June 1971 - The Honey Cone "Want Ads", the 28th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: The Eagles "Please Come Home For Christmas" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #78 that week
34 30 Ace Frehley - New York Groove (13)
23 29 Barry Manilow - Ready To Take A Chance Again (11)
13 28 Anne Murray - You Needed Me (1)
LDD: Firefall "Just Remember I Love You" From Robin in MD to Adam who she broke up with after an eight-month
relationship and she has regretted since.
30 27 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (21)
32 26 Eric Clapton - Promises (9)
29 25 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - We've Got Tonite (13)
25 24 Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg - The Power Of Gold (24)
27 23 Elton John - Part-Time Love (22)
24 22 Linda Ronstadt - Ooh Baby Baby (7)
21 21 deleted Cruise - Don't Want To Live Without It (21)
AT40 Archives: From June 1971 - Carole King "It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move", the 29th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real"
22 20 Alice Cooper - How You Gonna See Me Now (12)
19 19 Eric Carmen - Change Of Heart (19)
20 18 Paul Davis - Sweet Life (17)
06 17 Foreigner - Double Vision (2)
17 16 Heart - Straight On (15)
Extra: ABBA "Waterloo"
18 15 Toto - Hold The Line (5)
14 14 Chicago - Alive Again (14)
15 13 The Village People - Y.M.C.A. (2)
16 12 The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven (1)
12 11 Firefall - Strange Way (11)
AT40 Archives: From July 1971 - The Raiders "Indian Reservation", the 30th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Nicolette Larson "Lotta Love" which was at #51 that week.
11 10 Andy Gibb - (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away (9)
10 09 Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together (6)
09 08 Billy Joel - My Life (3)
08 07 Al Stewart - Time Passages (7)
07 06 Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) (5)
03 05 Ambrosia - How Much I Feel (3)
LDD: Climax "Precious And Few" From 17-year-old Ruthie in Gulfport MS to her boyfriend Ronnie who she still
loves even though he has moved 600 miles away.
05 04 Gino Vanelli - I Just Wanna Stop (4)
01 03 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Carly Simon "You're So Vain"
02 02 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park (1)
04 01 Chic - Le Freak (1)

- Stations of the Week: KLFM and CKWW
A breakdown of the extras:
- Casey played the "Aquarius" medley to honor it as being the biggest medley ever in the history of the Pop charts.
- "Tracks Of My Tears" was played as the song that has charted three times (Miracles, Johnny Rivers and Linda Ronstadt)
- And ironically "Tracks Of My Tears" was played while Ronstadt was in the chart with her other Miracles remake.
- "Waterloo" was played as the song that won the 1974 Eurovision contest.
- "You're So Vain" was played as Casey mentioned the phenomenon as to who Carly was really singing about (speculation has ranged from Warren Beatty to Mick Jagger who sang background vocals). Aside from Dick Ebersol (NBC Sports boss who won the "You're So Vain" secret in an auction), the identity is still yet to be known.
- The 5th Dimension extra was teased prior to airing and I think the Carly Simon extra was teased too. The Miracles and ABBA extras were not teased at all.
- AT40 split both sides of Carole King's double-sided hit. The only other time that has happened was when the split version was played during the 1976 4th of July special (when Casey chronologically aired the #1 songs during 4th of July from 1937-'76).
- #1 Soul: Le Freak
- #1 Country: "On My Knees" - Charlie Rich with Janie Fricke
- #1 Album: 52nd Street - Billy Joel

Rather than giving my thoughts this week on this week's AT40: The 70's episode from December 9, 1978 that I heard on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago this Sunday morning, it's sort of scaled down in thoughts this week (all because the Classic Peanuts strip in the newspaper ran a Sunday December 1960 strip instead of a December 1965 strip today):
* This was the third month of AT40 in a 4 hour format.
* Though it was a 4 hour rebroadcast with first hour optional, WLS started the show with Hour #2 as always with the first song played - #30 - "New York Groove" by Ace Freshley of KISS fame.
* FACTS: Elton John is the biggest act up to 1978 since the Beatles, Chicago originally never wanted to see their faces in publicity(?), Billy Joel was the first solo artist to have 3 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from the same album at the same time.
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding if an artist hit #1 on the album chart with the first 3 albums released - 3 did with their first 4 albums hitting #1: Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Monkees.
* WLS 94.7 FM played the last optional extra of the AT40 show extra of "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon which was demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status (At least if WLS 94.7 FM played the first AT40 December 9, 1978 hour rather than starting at Hour #2, they would have had the chance to play the Eagles Christmas related "Please Come Home For Christmas" optional extra), while I heard the other AT40 extra ("Waterloo" by ABBA), the 2 Long Distance Dedications, and the 2 AT40 Archive songs kept intact in the show.
* OTHER THINGS: There were plugs for the upcoming AT40 1978 Year End Countdown kept intact (no word on what Premiere will play for AT40 The 70's and AT40 the 80's in year end countdowns yet, maybe in a few weeks). Al Stewart's "Time Passages" was played in the about 3 minute-ish 45/radio edit version without causing a "Year of the Cat" by being cut down to about a minute or so thanks to Premiere and/or Shannon Lynn.

Maybe next week I might be in FULL THROTLE in AT40: The 70's thoughts...