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

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 9, 2012 12:03:28 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

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):

Probably because Beethoven's birthday does not fall on a Thursday?

www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1965/12/12

[jdelachjr2002]

December 12, 1981

LW #3: The Police "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
LW #2: Foreigner "Waiting For A Girl Like You"
LW #1: Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
LW TW
DE 40 Don McLean - Castles In The Air (36)
31 39 Bob Seger - Tryin' To Live My Life Without You (5)
39 38 Ringo Starr - Wrack My Brain (38)
DE 37 Billy Joel - She's Got A Way (23)
DE 36 The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend (13)
40 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (29)
29 34 Genesis - No Reply At All (29)
34 33 Survivor - Poor Man's Son (33)
DE 32 The Cars - Shake It Up (4)
Flashback Extra: Steve Carlisle "WKRP In Cincinnati"
17 31 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (1)
36 30 Ronnie Milsap - I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World (20)
15 29 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs (15)
LDD: Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out" For Archie, George, Ronnie, Daniel, Mark and Marvelous Marlowe - six prison inmates in Oklahoma who dream of one day getting released and re-entering society.
10 28 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (2)
32 27 Eddie Rabbitt - Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight (15)
28 26 Stevie Woods - Steal The Night (25)
30 25 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1)
26 24 The Steve Miller Band - Heart Like A Wheel (24)
27 23 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics(10)
24 22 Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) (22)
Flashback Extra: Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough"
25 21 Paul Davis - Cool Night (11)
21 20 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (20)
22 19 Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) (17)
06 18 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes (1)
20 17 Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (7)
Extra: Jackie Wilson "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher"
23 16 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (5)
19 15 Barbra Streisand - Comin' In And Out Of Your Life (11)
16 14 Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs (11)
18 13 Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (1)
13 12 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble (9)
12 11 Stevie Nicks with Don Henley - Leather And Lace (6)
Flashback Extra: The Little River Band "Take It Easy On Me" which was two weeks away from reaching the countdown that week.
11 10 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (9)
14 09 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart (3)
09 08 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (7)
05 07 Air Supply - Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) (5)
LDD: The Drifters "This Magic Moment" From Jeff in Huntington WV to his girlfriend Helen who he had been close with until they ran into each other in South Carolina and kissed for the first time.
08 06 Rod Stewart - Young Turks (5)
07 05 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (3)
04 04 The Commodores - Oh No (4)
03 03 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (3)
Flashback Extra: Loverboy "Working For The Weekend"
02 02 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You (2)
01 01 Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1)

- The Jackie Wilson extra was played so Casey could give an update on Wilson's condition after having suffered a stroke six years earlier (Wilson would eventually die in 1984).
- "Just Can't Get Enough" never charted in the Hot 100 but as Larry Morgan explained, the song was on its' way to #26 on the Dance chart.
- #1 Country: "Still Doing Time" - George Jones
- #1 Album: 4 - Foreigner
- #1 Soul: Let's Groove

[dth1971]

Dec 9, 2012 21:14:13 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

December 12, 1981

LW #3: The Police "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
LW #2: Foreigner "Waiting For A Girl Like You"
LW #1: Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
LW TW
DE 40 Don McLean - Castles In The Air (36)
31 39 Bob Seger - Tryin' To Live My Life Without You (5)
39 38 Ringo Starr - Wrack My Brain (38)
DE 37 Billy Joel - She's Got A Way (23)
DE 36 The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend (13)
40 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (29)
29 34 Genesis - No Reply At All (29)
34 33 Survivor - Poor Man's Son (33)
DE 32 The Cars - Shake It Up (4)
Flashback Extra: Steve Carlisle "WKRP In Cincinnati"
17 31 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (1)
36 30 Ronnie Milsap - I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World (20)
15 29 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs (15)
LDD: Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out" For Archie, George, Ronnie, Daniel, Mark and Marvelous Marlowe - six prison inmates in Oklahoma who dream of one day getting released and re-entering society.
10 28 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (2)
32 27 Eddie Rabbitt - Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight (15)
28 26 Stevie Woods - Steal The Night (25)
30 25 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1)
26 24 The Steve Miller Band - Heart Like A Wheel (24)
27 23 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (10)
24 22 Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) (22)
Flashback Extra: Depeche Mode "Just Can't Get Enough"
25 21 Paul Davis - Cool Night (11)
21 20 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (20)
22 19 Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) (17)
06 18 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes (1)
20 17 Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (7)
Extra: Jackie Wilson "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher"
23 16 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around (5)
19 15 Barbra Streisand - Comin' In And Out Of Your Life (11)
16 14 Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs (11)
18 13 Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (1)
13 12 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble (9)
12 11 Stevie Nicks with Don Henley - Leather And Lace (6)
Flashback Extra: The Little River Band "Take It Easy On Me" which was two weeks away from reaching the countdown that week.
11 10 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (9)
14 09 Quarterflash - Harden My Heart (3)
09 08 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (7)
05 07 Air Supply - Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) (5)
LDD: The Drifters "This Magic Moment" From Jeff in Huntington WV to his girlfriend Helen who he had been close with until they ran into each other in South Carolina and kissed for the first time.
08 06 Rod Stewart - Young Turks (5)
07 05 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (3)
04 04 The Commodores - Oh No (4)
03 03 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (3)
Flashback Extra: Loverboy "Working For The Weekend"
02 02 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You (2)
01 01 Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1)

- The Jackie Wilson extra was played so Casey could give an update on Wilson's condition after having suffered a stroke six years earlier (Wilson would eventually die in 1984).
- "Just Can't Get Enough" never charted in the Hot 100 but as Larry Morgan explained, the song was on its' way to #26 on the Dance chart.
- #1 Country: "Still Doing Time" - George Jones
- #1 Album: 4 - Foreigner
- #1 Soul: Let's Groove

The Royal Philharomic Orchestra song on the chart is "Hooked on Classics".

ALSO: This AT40: The 80's chart was aired 2 weeks after the end of the AT40 Archives segments of #1 songs from the 1960's and after that the AT40 Archives segments were retired for good.

[mkarns]

Dec 9, 2012 16:49:39 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Dec 9, 2012 12:03:28 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

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):

Probably because Beethoven's birthday does not fall on a Thursday?

www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1965/12/12

For anyone who doesn't know, Beethoven's birthday is December 16. That was a Thursday in 1965, as per the strip, and a Sunday this year. I've known this since I was very young, being a lifelong Peanuts fan (lifelong meaning dating back to the 1970s.)

[dth1971]

I just learned according to the AT40 Fun and Games forum that next weekend's AT40: The 70's episode will be a rerun of an AT40 episode I heard last year at this same December period with no other option or alternate show nor AT40 Christmas show of 1971 or 1973, looks like I will have to take the next weekend off of listening AT40: The 70's on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago because of this.

[RichR]

When Charis Music Group restores the shows, I'm guessing the end product is a CD-quality program. But, when I hear the shows on the radio, it's obvious they've been compressed. And, given they're not delivered to stations on CDs anymore, that's understandable. But, compressed doesn't have to mean ruined.

If anyone from Premiere monitors this forum, for the sake of preserving sound quality, please consider using a better compression method on the files you deliver to your affiliates. If it's MP3, try a higher, variable bit rate (VBR) and something slower than "Fast" compression. It might take a few minutes longer and the files might be a bit larger but, the end product will be well worth it.

I suppose it's also possible that my affiliate stations could be guilty but, since the programs sound equally bad on both of them and, because it seems there's little reason to re-compress what is likely already compressed from Premiere, it seems more likely to be Premiere's doing. After they go to all the trouble and expense of restoring the programs, I'd think they'd want to preserve the sound quality as much as it makes sense to do so.

Regardless of whether it's Premiere or the stations' fault, all of them should realize one of the greatest advantages FM has over satellite radio is the sound quality. When FM stations use crummy MP3s for their source material, they forfeit that advantage.
[soapbox mode OFF]

[Libra]

Dec 11, 2012 14:27:19 GMT -5 RichR said:

When Charis Music Group restores the shows, I'm guessing the end product is a CD-quality program. But, when I hear the shows on the radio, it's obvious they've been compressed. And, given they're not delivered to stations on CDs anymore, that's understandable. But, compressed doesn't have to mean ruined.

If anyone from Premiere monitors this forum, for the sake of preserving sound quality, please consider using a better compression method on the files you deliver to your affiliates. If it's MP3, try a higher, variable bit rate (VBR) and something slower than "Fast" compression. It might take a few minutes longer and the files might be a bit larger but, the end product will be well worth it.

I suppose it's also possible that my affiliate stations could be guilty but, since the programs sound equally bad on both of them and, because it seems there's little reason to re-compress what is likely already compressed from Premiere, it seems more likely to be Premiere's doing. After they go to all the trouble and expense of restoring the programs, I'd think they'd want to preserve the sound quality as much as it makes sense to do so.

Regardless of whether it's Premiere or the stations' fault, all of them should realize one of the greatest advantages FM has over satellite radio is the sound quality. When FM stations use crummy MP3s for their source material, they forfeit that advantage.
[soapbox mode OFF]

Compare the streams from several stations. I guarantee you that you should notice differences across-the-board - actually, I'd be shocked if you found even two that had identical sound quality.

That said, with...maybe one exception that I know of, CD-quality is like a "holy grail" that stations will just be lesser than.

[jdelachjr2002]

This weekend's "AT40" '70s/'80s shows are both repeats so my weekend preview will be a double post. We start with the '70s show

Dec 9, 2011 17:09:33 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/14/1974.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Dark Horse" - George Harrison (#32)
"Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond (#34)
"Dancin' Fool" - The Guess Who (#38)
"The Heartbreak Kid" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#39)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Touch Me" - Fancy (#19)
"Back Home Again" - John Denver (#29)
"Let's Straighten It Out" - Latimore (#31)
"Whatever I Got, You Want" - The Jackson 5 (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John (#36 to #9)
Biggest Dropper: "Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton (#14 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Best Of My Love" - The Eagles (#61)
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (#68)
"Lady" - Styx (#95; debuted)

'80s preview is coming up.

[jdelachjr2002]

Nov 27, 2009 12:26:11 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

AT40: The '80s this week features 12/15/1984:

Three songs debuted this week:
"I Wanna Know What Love Is" - Foreigner (#32)
"Bruce" - Rick Springfield (song was about being mistaken for Mr. Springsteen) (#38)
"Love Light In Flight" - Stevie Wonder (#40)

Falling off this week:
"I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder (#25)
"Desert Moon" - Dennis DeYoung (#31)
"What About Me" - Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes & James Ingram (#36)

Original extras:
None

Biggest Mover: "Like A Virgin" - Madonna (#11 to #3)
Biggest Dropper: "Carribean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" - Billy Ocean (#19 to #39)

Long Distance Dedications:
"Through The Years" - Kenny Rogers
"Stuck On You" - Lionel Richie

Premiere optional extras:
"Solid" - Ashford & Simpson (#51)
"The Heat Is On" - Glenn Frey (#64)
"Method Of Modern Love" - Hall & Oates (#50; debuted)
"I Would Die 4 U" - Prince (#42; highest debut

[RichR]

Dec 11, 2012 20:49:12 GMT -5 Libra said:

Compare the streams from several stations. I guarantee you that you should notice differences across-the-board - actually, I'd be shocked if you found even two that had identical sound quality.

Thanks for your reply.

I should have stated both of the broadcasts I mentioned are over-the-air, not streams. Certainly, if I was listening to streaming radio, the undesirable compression artifacts (e.g. the muddy or "underwater" sound of cymbals) would be expected and unavoidable.

Also, just to be clear, the compression I'm talking about is data compression. I'm not talking about the old-fashioned dynamic range compression. That's a different kind of problem which I personally don't mind as much.

Dec 11, 2012 20:49:12 GMT -5 Libra said:

That said, with...maybe one exception that I know of, CD-quality is like a "holy grail" that stations will just be lesser than.

I wouldn't ask for CD quality; that's impossible with analog FM due to design limitations of the broadcast. However, when a station cares enough to use high-quality sources—CDs, lossless file formats such as WAV or FLAC, or even higher-quality, high-bitrate MP3s—it shows. Too many stations have chosen the cheap route, converting their music libraries to lower-quality MP3 files in order to use less disk space. The difference is plain to hear and, especially given how inexpensive disk space is these days, it's just sad.

So, my point remains, if Premiere isn't doing everything within reason to deliver their programming with high-fidelity sound, they should, if for no other reason than to preserve one of the greatest advantages their FM affiliates have over satellite and Internet radio. If they're encoding MP3s with a constant bitrate, switching to a higher, variable bitrate would make a huge difference and should cost nothing.

If that's more than you cared to read, I apologize. As you might have guessed by now, this is a passion of mine. :) Thanks again for the reply.

[dth1971]

Dec 14, 2012 16:19:42 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

This weekend's "AT40" '70s/'80s shows are both repeats so my weekend preview will be a double post. We start with the '70s show

Dec 9, 2011 17:09:33 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 12/14/1974.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Dark Horse" - George Harrison (#32)
"Morning Side Of The Mountain" - Donny & Marie Osmond (#34)
"Dancin' Fool" - The Guess Who (#38)
"The Heartbreak Kid" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#39)

Four songs fell off the Top 40 this week:
"Touch Me" - Fancy (#19)
"Back Home Again" - John Denver (#29)
"Let's Straighten It Out" - Latimore (#31)
"Whatever I Got, You Want" - The Jackson 5 (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John (#36 to #9)
Biggest Dropper: "Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton (#14 to #36)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Best Of My Love" - The Eagles (#61)
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (#68)
"Lady" - Styx (#95; debuted)

This was the AT40 show I heard a year ago at around this time, so as I said before I am taking this weekend off of listening to AT40: The 70's on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago because of this.

[dth1971]

Even though this week's AT40: The 70's is rerunning the December 14, 1974 AT40 episode I heard a year ago, below were my thoughts on hit from the year before when I originally heard this:

Dec 11, 2011 15:32:16 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

REGARDING THIS WEEK'S AT40 THE 70'S BROADCAST OF THE DECEMBER 14, 1974 AT40 CHART AFTER LISTENING TO IT THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* This AT40 chart had all 4 former Beatles members with solo songs in the countdown: "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" by John Lennon (The lead off #40 song on this AT40 chart), "Dark Horse" by George Harrison (Debut), "Only You" by Ringo Starr, and "Junior's Farm" by Paul McCartney.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) "Morning Side of the Mountain" was originally a song by Tommy Edwards twice in the 1950's? 2) Kiki Dee was the first ever white foreign artist to sing with Motown Records back in 1969? 3) Neil Diamond took an arguement with his record company 3 months to get a song released? 4) The J. Geils Band were once mentioned in some music magazine review described as "primative funk"? 5) Neil Sedaka, who was on the AT40 chart with "Laughter in the Rain", had been absent from the chart since 1963 until this time? 6) The Paul McCartney song "Junior's Farm" was named after a farm in Scotland owned by Paul himself?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the song that took the longest time to reach #1 which was at the 1974 time "Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson (That would be surpased in later years first by "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder in 1978, then "Sad Eyes" by Robert John in 1979, and then "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis in 1982.)
* BLOOPER OR NOT?: Casey called the Al Green song "Sha La La Makes Me Happy" instead of "Sha La La Make Me Happy".
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a piece of the original "Everlasting Love" by Robert Knight (and Casey mentioned that at the 1974 time Robert Knight was working as a chemical engineer). 2) Casey told a brief Elvis Presley Christmas story that Elvis one Christmas gave a Hollywood hitchhiker $50 rather than a ride. 3) Did you notice a snap of fingers sound twice tied into some brief story about Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby" song? 4) To tie in with the #1 song of this chart - "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas - Casey mentioned the martial arts first were created in the 1930's by a movie character played by Peter Lorre named Mr. Moto.
* And kept intact were a few plugs for the upcoming 1974 AT40 Top 100 of 1974

Will next weekend's AT40: The 70's be the 1971 or 1973 AT40 Christmas countdown with or without 1 alternate AT40: The 70's episode?

[jdelachjr2002]

Since "AT40: The '80s" is a repeat from 2009, I've reposted Libra's post with some additions.

Nov 29, 2009 2:01:21 GMT -5 Libra said:

December 15, 1984
LW #1: Hall & Oates "Out of Touch"
40 -- Stevie Wonder - Love Light in Flight (17)
39 19 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (1)
38 -- Rick Springfield - Bruce (27)
37 39 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - Tender Years (31)
36 29 REO Speedwagon - I Do'Wanna Know (29)
35 40 Billy Ocean - Loverboy (2)
34 38 Sheila E - The Belle of St. Mark (34)
33 35 U2 - (Pride) In the Name of Love (33)
32 -- Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (1)
31 32 Toto - Stranger in Town (30)
Flashback Extra: Ashford & Simpson "Solid" which was "bubbling under the Top 40" that week.
30 37 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (2)
29 34 Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (5)
28 30 Rebbie Jackson - Centipede (24)
27 33 Ray Parker Jr. - Jamie (14)
26 15 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (2)
25 26 Dan Hartman - We Are the Young (25)
LDD: Kenny Rogers "Through the Years" from Nohah to her older brothers, who helped raise her and her sisters, and to her sisters
24 27 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Understanding (17)
23 24 The Cars - Hello Again (20)
22 28 Chicago - You're the Inspiration (3)
Flashback Extra: Glenn Frey "The Heat Is On", which was "inching its' way toward the Top 40" that week.
21 17 Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough (17)
20 12 Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me (5)
19 22 Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do (13)
18 18 Huey Lewis & The News - Walking on a Thin Line (18)
17 14 Sheena Easton - Strut (7)
16 23 Bryan Adams - Run to You (6)
15 21 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (9)
14 20 Jack Wagner - All I Need (2)
13 13 Survivor - I Can't Hold Back (13)
12 16 Julian Lennon - Valotte (9)
11 08 Lionel Richie - Penny Lover (8)
Flashback Extra: Daryl Hall & John Oates "Method Of Modern Love", which was "making its' way toward the Top 40" that week.
10 05 Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night (5)
09 10 Pat Benatar - We Belong (5)
08 02 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1)
07 09 New Edition - Cool it Now (4)
06 06 Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (6)
05 07 The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love (3)
LDD: Lionel Richie "Stuck on You" from Scott in Hawaii to Gail, who he met after his wife left him and who helped him deal with his cancer diagnosis
04 03 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (3)
03 11 Madonna - Like a Virgin (1)
Flashback Extra: Prince "I Would Die 4 U", which made the highest debut on the Hot 100 at #42 that week.
02 04 Duran Duran - Wild Boys (2)
01 01 Hall & Oates - Out of Touch (1)

Three songs debut this week. The three that fall out of the survey are:
"What About Me" by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes & James Ingram (LW: #36)
"Desert Moon" by Dennis DeYoung (LW: #31)
and the recent #1 smash "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder (LW: #25)

NOTES:

• This was a pretty fun show to listen to - definitely one of the better ones all year, along with 2/7/87, 4/19/86, and 8/16/80.
  
• Note on "Bruce": The respective LP which it is from, Beautiful Feelings, were previously unreleased sessions from 1978 which Mercury Records mixed, compiled into an LP, and released. Rick himself had no control over the release, and, according to Wiki, even took out advertisements in the press decrying it.
  
• #1 Country: "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" - Anne Murray with Dave Loggins
  
• #1 Soul: Solid
  
• #1 Album: Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
  

[Deleted]

This is true about 'Bruce'

It is somewhat difficult to obtain the track now if you don't already have it. A quick check on amazon finds that 'Beautiful Feelings' is out of print and subsequent greatest hits collections that are currently on sale at amazon does not contain the track either.

[Libra]

Dec 16, 2012 16:07:24 GMT -5 @2m said:

A quick check on amazon finds that 'Beautiful Feelings' is out of print and subsequent greatest hits collections that are currently on sale at amazon does not contain the track either.

LOL! And why would they? ;)

[mkarns]

Dec 16, 2012 16:07:24 GMT -5 @2m said:

This is true about 'Bruce'

It is somewhat difficult to obtain the track now if you don't already have it. A quick check on amazon finds that 'Beautiful Feelings' is out of print and subsequent greatest hits collections that are currently on sale at amazon does not contain the track either.

I found (but didn't download) it on iTunes, as part of an album called "The Early Sound City Sessions", which may be the original versions of the songs that later became "Beautiful Feelings" (the title song is in there as well.) But this version is apparently the original 1978 recording, not the 1984 version remixed with (then) more up to date-sounding instrumentation which Casey played.

[Libra]

To answer dth's question, this next weekend it'll be the 1971 Christmas countdown, regardless of whether the affiliate in question has gone Christmas or not.

As for the 80s: Per affiliate KOLA FM, next weekend it's 12/18/1982. (I am currently unable to log in to the AT40 board, which is why I am posting this here. :))

[dth1971]

Dec 17, 2012 2:31:52 GMT -5 Libra said:

To answer dth's question, this next weekend it'll be the 1971 Christmas countdown, regardless of whether the affiliate in question has gone Christmas or not.

As for the 80s: Per affiliate KOLA FM, next weekend it's 12/18/1982. (I am currently unable to log in to the AT40 board, which is why I am posting this here. :))

And after this weekend, the following weekend (Pre-New Year's weekend December 29-30, 2012) will be AT40: The 70's and AT40: The 80's airings of year end AT40 countdown specials, my guesses on these might be on next weekend after I listen to AT40: The 70's 1971 Christmas Countdown rebroadcast.

[RichR]

Dec 17, 2012 2:31:52 GMT -5 Libra said:

(I am currently unable to log in to the AT40 board, which is why I am posting this here. :))

Please, what AT40 board is that?

[Hot AC Archiver]

Dec 18, 2012 11:33:51 GMT -5 RichR said:

Dec 17, 2012 2:31:52 GMT -5 Libra said:

(I am currently unable to log in to the AT40 board, which is why I am posting this here. :))

Please, what AT40 board is that?

at40fg.proboards.com/

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week features the Christmas Countdown from 12/25/1971. All that needs to be said is the three optional extras are the three songs that Casey wasn't able to play back then:

Hour #1: "Merry Christmas Polka" - The Andrews Sisters
Hour #2: "Snoopy's Christmas" - The Royal Guardsmen
Hour #3: "You're All I Want For Christmas" - Frankie Laine

As for the '80s, this weekend's show is from 12/18/1982

Three songs debuted this week:
"Heart Of The Night" - Juice Newton (#38)
"Allentown" - Billy Joel (#39)
"Shame On The Moon" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#40; Hot 100 Debut)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 that week:
"Heartlight" - Neil Diamond (#17)
"Love Me Tomorrow" - Chicago (#22)
"I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)" - Donald Fagen (#26)

Biggest Mover: "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (#35 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John (#16 to #24)

Original extras:
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just Remember I Love You" - Firefall
"Out Here On My Own" - Irene Cara

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Everybody" - Madonna (NR)
Hour #2: "I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida (#58)
Hour #3: "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" - Culture Club (#62)
Hour #4: "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" - Sammy Hagar (#54)

Next weekend are the special year-end countdowns: For the '70s it's either the Top 80 of 1970 or the Top 100 of 1978 (depending on which one your '70s affiliate plays) and for the '80s it's the Top 100 of 1987.

Happy Holidays! :)

[dth1971]

Dec 21, 2012 9:39:12 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week features the Christmas Countdown from 12/25/1971. All that needs to be said is the three optional extras are the three songs that Casey wasn't able to play back then:

Hour #1: "Merry Christmas Polka" - The Andrews Sisters
Hour #2: "Snoopy's Christmas" - The Royal Guardsmen
Hour #3: "You're All I Want For Christmas" - Frankie Laine

As for the '80s, this weekend's show is from 12/18/1982

Three songs debuted this week:
"Heart Of The Night" - Juice Newton (#38)
"Allentown" - Billy Joel (#39)
"Shame On The Moon" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#40; Hot 100 Debut)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 that week:
"Heartlight" - Neil Diamond (#17)
"Love Me Tomorrow" - Chicago (#22)
"I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)" - Donald Fagen (#26)

Biggest Mover: "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (#35 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John (#16 to #24)

Original extras:
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just Remember I Love You" - Firefall
"Out Here On My Own" - Irene Cara

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Everybody" - Madonna (NR)
Hour #2: "I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida (#58)
Hour #3: "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" - Culture Club (#62)
Hour #4: "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" - Sammy Hagar (#54)

Next weekend are the special year-end countdowns: For the '70s it's either the Top 80 of 1970 or the Top 100 of 1978 (depending on which one your '70s affiliate plays) and for the '80s it's the Top 100 of 1987.

Happy Holidays! :)

Will the AT40: The 80's year end countdown for 1987 originally 8 hours in length be split into 2 4 hour parts over the December 29-30, 2012 and January 5-6, 2013 weekends like the AT40: The 80's year end countdown for 1983 was last year? I know the AT40: The 70's year end countdowns for 1970 and 1978 are both 2 parters like they were in their original airings.

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 21, 2012 15:43:49 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Dec 21, 2012 9:39:12 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week features the Christmas Countdown from 12/25/1971. All that needs to be said is the three optional extras are the three songs that Casey wasn't able to play back then:

Hour #1: "Merry Christmas Polka" - The Andrews Sisters
Hour #2: "Snoopy's Christmas" - The Royal Guardsmen
Hour #3: "You're All I Want For Christmas" - Frankie Laine

As for the '80s, this weekend's show is from 12/18/1982

Three songs debuted this week:
"Heart Of The Night" - Juice Newton (#38)
"Allentown" - Billy Joel (#39)
"Shame On The Moon" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#40; Hot 100 Debut)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 that week:
"Heartlight" - Neil Diamond (#17)
"Love Me Tomorrow" - Chicago (#22)
"I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)" - Donald Fagen (#26)

Biggest Mover: "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant (#35 to #27)
Biggest Dropper: "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John (#16 to #24)

Original extras:
"Come See About Me" - The Supremes

Long Distance Dedications:
"Just Remember I Love You" - Firefall
"Out Here On My Own" - Irene Cara

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Everybody" - Madonna (NR)
Hour #2: "I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida (#58)
Hour #3: "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" - Culture Club (#62)
Hour #4: "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" - Sammy Hagar (#54)

Next weekend are the special year-end countdowns: For the '70s it's either the Top 80 of 1970 or the Top 100 of 1978 (depending on which one your '70s affiliate plays) and for the '80s it's the Top 100 of 1987.

Happy Holidays! :)

Will the AT40: The 80's year end countdown for 1987 originally 8 hours in length be split into 2 4 hour parts over the December 29-30, 2012 and January 5-6, 2013 weekends like the AT40: The 80's year end countdown for 1983 was last year? I know the AT40: The 70's year end countdowns for 1970 and 1978 are both 2 parters like they were in their original airings.

re: '80s I trust it will likely air in two parts.

[dth1971]

I just heard this morning on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago the December 1971 AT40 Top 40 Christmas songs countdown on AT40: The 70's. This is the first 1971 AT40 episode WLS 94.7 FM aired since May 2012 (and before the 1970-1972 years began to start being offered with alternate 1973-1978 AT40: The 70's shows which WLS always chose mostly the later year).

Anyone familiar with the promo pic for the 1971 AT40 Christmas Countdown that showed Casey with a short lived mustache? This pic is even shown in the book "AT40: The Countdown of the Century".

This countdown started from #40 ("If Every Day Was Like Christmas" by Elvis Presley) to #1 ("White Christmas" by Bing Crosby) and ended with a honorable mention of Bing Crosby's "Silent Night".

It was nice to hear rarely played pre 1971 Christmas songs like "Little Altar Boy" and "Santo Natale". I even liked the Chipmunks version of "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas".

There were 3 songs skipped by Casey but got mentioned (shade of how from 1992 to 1994 for WPLJ New York listeners listening to Shadoe Stevens AT40 when since the station was antil rap/dance/R&B/hard rock Shadoe mentioned but not played the songs not suited for the radio station?), but were demoted to OPTIONAL EXTRA status, although WLS never got to play them - not even "Snoopy's Christmas" since I am a Peanuts comic strip fan!

There were a few double plays of some Christmas songs by 2 different artists.

SOME BLOOPERS AND MISCONCEPTIONS: 1) Was there a minor skip in Spike Jones' "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" that might or might not be Shannon Lynn's fault? 2) Was the Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" played a circa late 1960's-1970 re-recorded version rather than the original? 3) At the end as Larry Morgan did the end credits the AT40 1975-1984 "Shuckatoom" theme was played, but "Shuckatoom" didn't yet exist in 1971 and wouldn't exist until 4 years later first at the end of AT40 then later at the start of AT40!

ALSO: There were some kept intact plugs for the AT40 Top 40 of 1971, but next week and the following week AT40: The 70's will present 2 year end countdowns - The Top 80 of 1970 and the Top 100 of 1978 (both in 2 parts), I bet WLS 94.7 FM chooses the later year end, but not play the first hour on each of the 2 parters which run 4 hours each.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, OLD SCHOOL AT40 FANS! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TO, LARRY MORGAN, WHO ANNOUNCES THE AT40 OPTIONAL EXTRA SEGMENTS AND AT40: THE 70's/80's OPENING CREDIT/END CREDIT BUMPERS!

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 23, 2012 11:21:59 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

ALSO: There were some kept intact plugs for the AT40 Top 40 of 1971, but next week and the following week AT40: The 70's will present 2 year end countdowns - The Top 80 of 1970 and the Top 100 of 1978 (both in 2 parts), I bet WLS 94.7 FM chooses the later year end, but not play the first hour on each of the 2 parters which run 4 hours each.

Actually from what I'm told, the 1978 year-end will be two three-hour shows (same as in 2007) which means all 100 songs will be crammed into six hours the next two weeks which means you'll get the Top 100 but with a lot of songs shortened from the original broadcast.

Merry Christmas!

[jdelachjr2002]

December 18, 1982
LW TW
LW #2: Laura Branigan "Gloria"
LW #1: Toni Basil "Mickey"
DE 40 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Shame On The Moon (2)
DE 39 Billy Joel - Allentown (17)
DE 38 Juice Newton - Heart Of The Night (25)
39 37 Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey (29)
38 36 Kool & The Gang - Let's Go Dancin' (30)
36 35 Moving Pictures - What About Me? (29)
34 34 Tavares - A Penny For Your Thoughts (33)
LDD: Firefall "Just Remember I Love You" From Susie in Indianapolis to her husband Gary of the U.S. Marine Corps who has been stationed in Japan for seven months.
40 33 Fleetwood Mac - Love In Store (22)
Flashback Extra: Madonna "Everybody"
33 32 Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You (32)
37 31 The J. Geils Band - I Do (24)
32 30 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You Got Lucky (20)
30 29 Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings Of Love (29)
28 28 Jefferson Starship - Be My Lady (28)
35 27 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (12)
31 26 Kenny Loggins - Heart To Heart (15)
Extra: The Supremes "Come See About Me"
29 25 John Cougar (Mellencamp) - Hand To Hold On To (19)
16 24 Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack (3)
23 23 Dan Fogelberg - Missing You (23)
24 22 Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (10)
Flashback Extra: Frida "I Know There's Something Going On" which was "eight weeks away from hitting the countdown" that week.
27 21 The Little River Band - The Other Guy (11)
25 20 Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me (1)
20 19 ABC - The Look Of Love (18)
21 18 Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle - You And I (7)
19 17 The Clash - Rock The Casbah (8)
18 16 Toto - Africa (1)
12 15 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong (1)
15 14 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker (10)
13 13 Pat Benatar - Shadows Of The Night (13)
14 12 Men At Work - Down Under (1)
11 11 Supertramp - It's Raining Again (11)
Flashback Extra: Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"
10 10 Diana Ross - Muscles (10)
09 09 The Stray Cats - Rock This Town (9)
08 08 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (2)
LDD: Irene Cara "Out Here On My Own" From 19-year-old Karen (and her six siblings) in Charlotte NC to her mother Helen who helped her on the right track after she moved out of the house.
07 07 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry (3)
06 06 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (6)
04 05 Lionel Richie - Truly (1)
05 04 Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine (2)
02 03 Laura Branigan - Gloria (2)
Flashback Extra: Sammy Hagar "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy"
01 02 Toni Basil - Mickey (1)
03 01 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater (1)

- In the regular countdown, Casey played a mixed version of "Gloria" with the first part being Umberto Tozzi's original.
- To tie in with the Supremes extra, Casey told the story about the girls' rise from their early beginnings in Motown to being the only American group to have five consecutive #1 hits.
- Though "Everybody" did not chart in the Hot 100, Larry Morgan did note that it was Madonna's first single release and it went to #3 on the dance chart.
- #1 Country: "Somewhere Between Right And Wrong" - Earl Thomas Conley
- #1 Soul: Sexual Healing
- #1 Album: Business As Usual - Men At Work

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows.

"AT40: The '70s" is back to two shows this weekend. However because they are not regular countdowns, my weekend preview will be just one post.

First, it's Part One of the Top 80 of 1970

Here are the optional extras:
Hour #1: "Run Through The Jungle" - Creedence Clearwater Revival (original AT40 extra; was played as B-side of "Up Around The Bend" at #73)
Hour #2: "Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Parts 1 & 2)" - James Brown
Hour #3: "I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family

Then, it's Part One of the Top 100 of 1978. Just as it was when it first aired back in 2007, it will be two three-hour shows instead of two four-hour shows which means many of the songs will be severely edited so they can all fit.

Here are the optional extras:
Hour #1: "MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer
Hour #2: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Hour #3: "Le Freak" - Chic

And "AT40: The '80s" features Part One of the Top 100 of 1987.

Here are the optional extras:
Hour #1: "Paper In Fire" - John Cougar Mellencamp
Hour #2: "We're Ready" - Boston
Hour #3: "Let's Go" - Wang Chung
Hour #4: "Touch Of Grey" - The Grateful Dead

[Libra]

AMERICAN TOP 40 TOP 100 SONGS OF 1987 (PART ONE)
(Original airdate: January 2, 1988)
100 Ready For the World - Love You Down (9)
99 Pseudo Echo - Funkytown (6)
98 The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (7)
97 Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before (9)
96 Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Halfway (11)
95 Lionel Richie - Ballerina Girl (7)
94 The Breakfast Club - Right on Track (7)
93 Huey Lewis & The News - Doing it All For My Baby (6)
92 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (10)
91 Kool & The Gang - Victory (10)
90 The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart (7)
89 Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (5)
Flashback Extra: John Cougar Mellencamp "Paper in Fire", which hit #9 on the Hot 100 but "just missed the Top 100 of the year"
88 Heart - Who Will You Run To (7)
87 Smokey Robinson - Just to See Her (9)
86 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (5)
85 Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (12)
84 Bryan Adams - Heat of the Night (6)
83 Crowded House - Something So Strong (7)
82 Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (5)
81 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (5)
80 Expose - Point of No Return (5)
79 Herb Alpert - Diamonds (5)
78 Survivor - Is This Love (9)
77 Expose - Let Me Be the One (7)
76 Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (8)
Flashback Extra: Boston "We're Ready"
75 Peter Gabriel - Big Time (8)
74 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive (7)
73 The Whispers - Rock Steady (7)
72 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm is Gonna Get You (5)
71 Levert - Casanova (5)
70 ABC - When Smokey Sings (5)
69 Glass Tiger - Someday (7)
68 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (3)
67 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (9)*
66 Swing Out Sister - Breakout (6)
65 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain (4)
64 Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (6)
63 Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try (6)
Flashback Extra: Wang Chung "Let's Go"
62 Expose - Come Go With Me (5)
61 Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart (3)
60 Prince - Sign O' the Times (3)
59 Michael Jackson - Bad (1)
58 Madonna - La Isla Bonita (4)
57 The System - Don't Disturb This Groove (4)
56 Europe - Carrie (3)
55 Kenny G - Songbird (4)
54 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing (3)
53 Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour (4)
Flashback Extra: The Grateful Dead "Touch of Grey", which peaked at #9 in the Fall
52 Suzanne Vega - Luka (3)
51 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (4)

*"1987"...er, 1986, peak; hit #4 in 1961.

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WIDL.
  
• Casey started things off with a recap of the #1 songs of each previous year of the 1980s, so far.
  
• Casey noted that Lionel Richie was keeping his year-end streak alive with his appearance of "Ballerina Girl" - and as it happens, this is where that streak would end. Womp womp womp... ;)
  
• There was no jingle to kick off the second hour.
  
• From the "Jumping the Gun" files: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was the first appearance from Genesis in the year-end countdown, but in his outro Casey said that of their three, we'd heard two of them.
  
• Casey did point out that "Stand By Me" was the 63rd biggest hit...of 26 years ago!
  
• Billboard's Top New Act of the Year (Singles & Albums combined): The Beastie Boys
  
• Top New Singles Act of the Year: Expose
  
• #1 Album of the Year: Slippery When Wet

[jdelachjr2002]

Darryl, were you able to listen to AT40 on WLS today? I haven't seen your comments.

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Stand By Me peaked at #9 over the Christmas charts in late December 86 early January 87