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

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On this day in music history:

Andy Gibb (who was #1 on this weekends 1978 show) died at age 30 in 1988

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 10, 2013 14:43:45 GMT -5 Libra said:

Flashback Extra: Toto "Pamela"

"Pamela" was mentioned at the end as being "three weeks away from hitting the countdown".

[cartman2002]

Here's this week 70s chart from 1971

40: SOUL POWER - JAMES BROWN (29)
39: ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE - BREWER & SHIPLEY (10)
38: LOVES, LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES - THE 5th DIMENSION (17)
37: DO THE PUSH AND PULL (PART #1) - RUFUS THOMAS (25)
36: ANOTHER DAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY (5)
35: BURNING BRIDGES - THE MIKE CURB CONGREGATION (34)
34: JODY GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE - JOHNNY TAYLOR (28)
33: WILD WORLD - CAT STEVENS (11)
32: NO LOVE AT ALL - B.J. THOMAS (16)
31: THEME FROM "LOVE STORY" - FRANCES LAI & HIS ORCHESTRA (31)
30: YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - ARETHA FRANKLIN (17)
29: AMAZING GRACE - JUDY COLLINS (15)
28: BLUE MONEY - VAN MORRISON (23)
27: WATCHING SCOTTY GROW - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (11)
26: I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN' - DAVE EDMONDS (4)
25: OYE COMO VA - SANTANA (13)
24: FREE - CHICAGO (20)
23: THEME FROM "LOVE STORY" - ANDY WILLIAMS (9)
22: ROSE GARDEN - LYNN ANDERSON (3)
21: KNOCK THREE TIMES - DAWN (1)
20: TEMPTATION EYES - THE GRASS ROOTS (15)
19: WHAT IS LIFE - GEORGE HARRISON (10)
18: WHAT'S GOING ON - MARVIN GAYE (2)
17: DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YA - WILSON PICKETT (17)
16: CRY LIKE A BABY - BOBBY SHERMAN (16)
15: HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - SAMMI SMITH (8)
14: SWEET MARY - WADSWORTH MANSION (7)
13: THEME FROM "LOVE STORY" - HENRY MANCINI (13)
12: MR. BOJANGLES - THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (9)
11: AMOS MOSES - JERRY REED (8)
10: IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (5)
9: DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED - THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY (6)
8: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (8)
7: PROUD MARY - IKE & TINA TURNER (4)
6: MAMA'S PEARL - THE JACKSON FIVE (2)
5: SHE'S A LADY - TOM JONES (2)
4: JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING AWAY WITH ME) - THE TEMPTATIONS (1)
3: FOR ALL WE KNOW - THE CARPENTERS (3)
2: ME AND BOBBY McGHEE - JANIS JOPLIN (1)
1: ONE BAD APPLE - THE OSMONDS (1)

[dth1971]

Just learned next weekend's AT40 - The 70's offerings is another 2 show weekend, one of them will be a 1979 episode which is 4 hours (will first hour still be optional for this?), the other will be an early 1970's episode which is 3 hours.

[richie]

The other one is from 1972,

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 10, 2013 21:27:34 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Just learned next weekend's AT40 - The 70's offerings is another 2 show weekend, one of them will be a 1979 episode which is 4 hours (will first hour still be optional for this?), the other will be an early 1970's episode which is 3 hours.

And because of that, for the second straight week my weekend preview will be a two-parter. As always, the '80s come first (especially now that we're through one hour on WWIS at this point)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/16/1985

Three songs debuted this week:
"Crazy For You" - Madonna (#32)
"All She Wants To Do Is Dance" - Don Henley (#38)
"Radioactive" - The Firm (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Jungle Love" - The Time (#30)
"The Borderlines" - Jeffrey Osborne (#38)
"The Boys Of Summer" - Don Henley (#39)

Biggest Mover: "One More Night" - Phil Collins (#14 to #5)
Biggest Dropper: "Method Of Modern Love" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#20 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Help Is On Its' Way" - The Little River Band
"Colour My World" - Chicago

Premiere optional extras
Hour #1: "New Attitude" - Patti LaBelle (#60)
Hour #2: "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" - Tears For Fears (#70; debuted)
Hour #3: "Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#64; debuted)
Hour #4: "Some Like It Hot" - The Power Station (#57; debuted)

My '70s preview is coming up soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now for this weekend's '70s preview

First up is the "A" show which is from 3/17/1979 (first hour optional)

Six songs debuted this week:
"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie (#26)
"Precious Love" - Bob Welch (#36)
"Superman" - Herbie Mann (#37)
"Dog And Butterfly" - Heart (#38)
"Bustin' Loose (Part 1)" - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers (#39)
"Take Me Home" - Cher (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" - Gonzalez (#26)
"No Tell Lover" - Chicago (#27)
"Blue Morning, Blue Day" - Foreigner (#28)
"Song On The Radio" - Al Stewart (#29)
"Somewhere In The Night" - Barry Manilow (#32)
"Too Much Heaven" - The Bee Gees (#36)

Biggest Mover: "I Want Your Love" - Chic (#39 to #28)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson (#12 to #24)
"Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn (#13 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications (in Hour #1 only):
"Always And Forever" - Heat Wave

Archive extras (they will all air in the show):
"Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
"Love Train" - The O'Jays
"The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Rubber Biscuit" - The Blues Brothers (#51)
Hour #2: "Reunited" - Peaches & Herb (#76; debuted)
Hour #3: "Roxanne" - The Police (#59)
Hour #4: "In The Navy" - The Village People (#67; debuted)

The "B" show this week is from 3/18/1972. It first aired back in 2009.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Rockin' Robin" - Michael Jackson (#33)
"Glory Bound" - The Grass Roots (#35)
"Every Day Of My Life" - Bobby Vinton (#39)
"Take A Look Around" - The Temptations (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Never Been To Spain" - Three Dog Night (#26)
"The Nickel Song" - Melanie (#35)
"You Want It, You Got It" - The Detroit Emeralds (#36)
"Until It's Time For You To Go" - Elvis Presley (#40)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"A Cowboys Work Is Never Done" - Sonny & Cher (#33 to #23)
"In The Rain" - The Dramatics (#27 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - Donnie Elbert (#22 to #38)

Original extras:
"Penny Lane" - The Beatles
This song will be played as one of the optional extras

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Penny Lane" - The Beatles (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack (#42)
Hour #3: "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John (#53)

[dth1971]

Mar 15, 2013 14:56:16 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now for this weekend's '70s preview

First up is the "A" show which is from 3/17/1979 (first hour optional)

Six songs debuted this week:
"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie (#26)
"Precious Love" - Bob Welch (#36)
"Superman" - Herbie Mann (#37)
"Dog And Butterfly" - Heart (#38)
"Bustin' Loose (Part 1)" - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers (#39)
"Take Me Home" - Cher (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" - Gonzalez (#26)
"No Tell Lover" - Chicago (#27)
"Blue Morning, Blue Day" - Foreigner (#28)
"Song On The Radio" - Al Stewart (#29)
"Somewhere In The Night" - Barry Manilow (#32)
"Too Much Heaven" - The Bee Gees (#36)

Biggest Mover: "I Want Your Love" - Chic (#39 to #28)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson (#12 to #24)
"Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn (#13 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications (in Hour #1 only):
"Always And Forever" - Heat Wave

Archive extras (they will all air in the show):
"Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
"Love Train" - The O'Jays
"The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Rubber Biscuit" - The Blues Brothers (#51)
Hour #2: "Reunited" - Peaches & Herb (#76; debuted)
Hour #3: "Roxanne" - The Police (#59)
Hour #4: "In The Navy" - The Village People (#67; debuted)

The "B" show this week is from 3/18/1972. It first aired back in 2009.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Rockin' Robin" - Michael Jackson (#33)
"Glory Bound" - The Grass Roots (#35)
"Every Day Of My Life" - Bobby Vinton (#39)
"Take A Look Around" - The Temptations (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Never Been To Spain" - Three Dog Night (#26)
"The Nickel Song" - Melanie (#35)
"You Want It, You Got It" - The Detroit Emeralds (#36)
"Until It's Time For You To Go" - Elvis Presley (#40)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"A Cowboys Work Is Never Done" - Sonny & Cher (#33 to #23)
"In The Rain" - The Dramatics (#27 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" - Donnie Elbert (#22 to #38)

Original extras:
"Penny Lane" - The Beatles
This song will be played as one of the optional extras

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Penny Lane" - The Beatles (original AT40 extra)
Hour #2: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack (#42)
Hour #3: "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John (#53)

I'll find out this Sunday morning what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago airs for AT40: The 70's this weekend - either the 4 hour March 17, 1979 AT40 starting with hour #2 (Last time Premiere offered a 4 hour with first optional extra AT40: The 70's show back in January which was the Top 50 Hits of the 1970's, WLS 94.7 FM Chicago aired instead a repeat of the AT40: The 70's episode from a year ago of the January 8, 1977 AT40 episode for no reason at all) or the 3 hour March 18, 1972 episode (Fact: This was the week before the Dick Clark guest hosted AT40 episode, why couldn't Premiere wait until next weekend to rerun it again for those who didn't chose that show over a 1979 show?) Will WLS go for the later year as always every time 2 AT40: The 70's shows are offered? Results to come...

[dth1971]

FOR WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE.

WLS chose the later year as always - March 17, 1979 but not playing the first hour and starting with Hour #2 (even with a brief sponsor tag for State Farm - "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There") with the song to start out at #34 "I Was Made For Dancing" by Leif Garrett to kick off hour #2. So...
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 2 Canadian acts on this AT40 chart (Frank Mills and Anne Murray) and 14 disco records (Quoteth Casey Kasem - "Pop, disco, and soul cross over like you and I crossing the street!") on this AT40 chart as well.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Evelyn "Champagne" King was originally nicknamed "Bubbles" as a child? 2) In 1979 Kenny Rogers wrote and released a book about how to make it into music?
3) The group Blondie (which had the highest AT40 entry at #26 with "Heart of Glass" has nothing to do with Dagwood, Daisy the Dog, and Mr. Dithers of the Blondie comic strip fame, but relates to a blonde girl (Deborah Harry) who does the lead singing? 4) Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" was the first ever record co-produced by a father and son? 5) Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer" was originally for Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations but a copy was accidentally sent to a rock station by mistake? 6) "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart was originally done first by Eddie Floyd and later by Otis and Carla? 7) Billy Joel had the 1978 song of the year with "Just The Way You Are"? 8) The Babys were the first recording act to perform on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" without any publicity? 9) The Dire Straits song "Sultains of Swing" is about a DIXIELAND JAZZ band? 10) A Gloria Gaynor pre-show concert helped break the losing streak of a soccer team called the New York Cosmos?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the single who's orignal version took the longest time to make the Top 40 - Paul Wynn ("Benny Bell") with "Shaving Cream" first released in 1946 but didn't make the Top 40 until 1975 thanks to help of airplay on the Dr. Demento radio show, 2) Regarding the recording act with the most singles on the chart during the 1970's - Elton John, of course!
* ALSO: 1) Casey gave stories about Rock 'n Roll Shrink Eugene Landry and whatever became of the 1960's group The Mamas and the Papas, 2) I heard the intact AT40 Archives songs from 1973 of "Love Train" by The O Jays and "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence, too bad WLS 94.7 FM didn't play any OPTIONAL EXTRAS this week, not even the butchered to 2 minute version of "Rubber Biscuit" by the Blues Brothers!

FINAL NOTE: Be the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day today, and in honor of our new Vatican Pope named Pope Francis who comes from Argentina in honor to what Shadoe Stevens said as the old AT40 was in its last weeks in January 1995 when he made fun of a line from the Evita Broadway musical song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina": "Don't cry for me, AT40!"

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 17, 2013 10:19:52 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

FOR WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE.

WLS chose the later year as always - March 17, 1979 but not playing the first hour and starting with Hour #2 (even with a brief sponsor tag for State Farm - "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There") with the song to start out at #34 "I Was Made For Dancing" by Leif Garrett to kick off hour #2. So...
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 2 Canadian acts on this AT40 chart (Frank Mills and Anne Murray) and 14 disco records (Quoteth Casey Kasem - "Pop, disco, and soul cross over like you and I crossing the street!") on this AT40 chart as well.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Evelyn "Champagne" King was originally nicknamed "Bubbles" as a child? 2) In 1979 Kenny Rogers wrote and released a book about how to make it into music?
3) The group Blondie (which had the highest AT40 entry at #26 with "Heart of Glass" has nothing to do with Dagwood, Daisy the Dog, and Mr. Dithers of the Blondie comic strip fame, but relates to a blonde girl (Deborah Harry) who does the lead singing? 4) Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" was the first ever record co-produced by a father and son? 5) Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer" was originally for Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations but a copy was accidentally sent to a rock station by mistake? 6) "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart was originally done first by Eddie Floyd and later by Otis and Carla? 7) Billy Joel had the 1978 song of the year with "Just The Way You Are"? 8) The Babys were the first recording act to perform on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" without any publicity? 9) The Dire Straits song "Sultains of Swing" is about a DIXIELAND JAZZ band? 10) A Gloria Gaynor pre-show concert helped break the losing streak of a soccer team called the New York Cosmos?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the single who's orignal version took the longest time to make the Top 40 - Paul Wynn ("Benny Bell") with "Shaving Cream" first released in 1946 but didn't make the Top 40 until 1975 thanks to help of airplay on the Dr. Demento radio show, 2) Regarding the recording act with the most singles on the chart during the 1970's - Elton John, of course!
* ALSO: 1) Casey gave stories about Rock 'n Roll Shrink Eugene Landry and whatever became of the 1960's group The Mamas and the Papas, 2) I heard the intact AT40 Archives songs from 1973 of "Love Train" by The O Jays and "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence, too bad WLS 94.7 FM didn't play any OPTIONAL EXTRAS this week, not even the butchered to 2 minute version of "Rubber Biscuit" by the Blues Brothers!

FINAL NOTE: Be the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day today, and in honor of our new Vatican Pope named Pope Francis who comes from Argentina in honor to what Shadoe Stevens said as the old AT40 was in its last weeks in January 1985 when he made fun of a line from the Evita Broadway musical song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina": "Don't cry for me, AT40!"

1. "Rubber Biscuit" was the op extra in Hour #1 so WLS couldn't play it if it wanted to (unless it aired all four hours of course)

2. The first run of AT40 ended in January 1995 not 1985.

[Libra]

March 16, 1985
LW #1: REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This Feeling"
40 -- The Firm - Radioactive (28)
39 26 Ashford & Simpson - Solid (12)
38 -- Don Henley - All She Wants to Do is Dance (9)
37 20 Hall & Oates - Method of Modern Love (5)
36 40 Chicago - Along Comes a Woman (14)
35 36 The Cars - Why Can't I Have You (33)
34 35 David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group - This is Not America (32)
LDD: The Little River Band "Help is On Its Way" from 19-year-old Patrick in Jena, LA to his younger brother Jeff in a San Francisco hospital, who was paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident two years ago, and who, missing Patrick, wants to see him - but he'll have to wait four weeks until Patrick finishes his 90-day jail sentence for drinking and driving
33 37 DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night (3)
32 -- Madonna - Crazy For You (1)
Flashback Extra: Patti LaBelle "New Attitude", which was #60 that week
31 19 New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man (12)
30 33 Prince & The Revolution With Apollonia - Take Me With U (25)
29 31 Autograph - Turn Up the Radio (29)
28 32 Animotion - Obsession (6)
27 23 John Parr - Naughty Naughty (23)
26 34 Diana Ross - Missing You (10)
25 29 Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (6)
24 28 The Commodores - Nightshift (3)
23 27 Bryan Adams - Somebody (11)
22 16 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (2)
21 24 Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (18)
Flashback Extra: Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", which debuted at #70 that week
20 11 Billy Ocean - Loverboy (2)
19 13 John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road (10)
18 25 Mick Jagger - Just Another Night (12)
17 09 Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls (9)
16 21 Duran Duran - Save a Prayer (16)
15 08 Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (1)
14 22 Survivor - High on You (7)
13 10 Kool & The Gang - Misled (10)
LDD: Chicago "Color My World" from Ronald, working in Saudi Arabia, to "Funny Face", his second wife, who helped pick him up out of a downward spiral after they met after he lost both his job and his first wife a few years ago
12 07 The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (6)
11 18 Journey - Only the Young (9)
Flashback Extra: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More", which debuted at #64 that week
10 17 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (10)
09 15 Tina Turner - Private Dancer (7)
08 12 Teena Marie - Lovergirl (4)
07 02 Wham! - Careless Whisper (1)
06 06 Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes (5)
05 14 Phil Collins - One More Night (1)
04 04 David Lee Roth - California Girls (3)
03 05 Madonna - Material Girl (2)
Flashback Extra: Power Station "Some Like it Hot", which debuted at #57 that week
02 03 Glenn Frey - The Heat is On (2)
01 01 REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (1)

Three songs debut in this week's countdown, and the three that fall out are:
"The Boys of Summer" Don Henley (LW: 39),
"The Borderlines" by Jeffrey Osborne (LW: 38), and
"Jungle Love" by The Time (LW: 30).

NOTES:

• First LDD writer Patrick called the song "Hang On".
  
• What's very interesting is that the show from the week before (3-9) started the second hour all the way in at #28, while this week, it's at #31.
  
• Several songs seemed to have been played out in full length, like the show was trying to make the most of every second. One notable exception is "Save a Prayer", which always seems to be cut down no matter the week.
  
• One song receiving a softer jingle because of its intro is odd enough. Try having that happen three times, with "Loverboy", "Relax" (!), and "California Girls"!
  
• From the "The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same" files: Nearly two years later (off by just a week) on 3-7-87, Charlie Van Dyke would again tell the story of the not-so-sporty REO Speedwagon as lead-in to "That Ain't Love".
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Make it Big by Wham!
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Nightshift"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "Crazy For Your Love" by Exile
  
• #1 on the Dance & Disco chart: "New Attitude"

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 17, 2013 15:49:35 GMT -5 Libra said:

[/li][li]From the "The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same" files: Nearly two years later (off by just a week) on 3-7-87, Charlie Van Dyke would again tell the story of the not-so-sporty REO Speedwagon as lead-in to "That Ain't Love".[/quote]

And 18 months after that, Shadoe Stevens would tell this story before "Here With Me".

[jdelachjr2002]

March 17, 1979

LW TW
LW #3: The Bee Gees - Tragedy
LW #2: Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
LW #1: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
DE 40 Cher - Take Me Home (8)
DE 39 Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose (Part 1) (34)
DE 38 Heart - Dog & Butterfly (34)
DE 37 Herbie Mann - Superman (26)
DE 36 Bob Welch - Precious Love (19)
LDD: Heatwave "Always And Forever" From Julie in Montana to Frank, a soldier who she met while she was a high school exchange student in Switzerland
40 35 Giorgio Moroder - Chase (33)
AT40 Archives: From February 1973 - Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly With His Song", the 64th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: The Blues Brothers "Rubber Biscuit"
31 34 Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin' (10)
38 33 Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (9)
37 32 Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night) (15)
35 31 Eddie Rabbitt - Every Which Way But Loose (30)
34 30 Evelyn "Champagne" King - I Don't Know If It's Right (24)
33 29 Eddie Money - Maybe I'm A Fool (22)
39 28 Chic - I Want Your Love (7)
17 27 Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (16)
DE 26 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (1)
13 25 Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real (12)
12 24 Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love (8)
30 23 Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer (3)
AT40 Archives: From March 1973 - The O'Jays "Love Train", the 65th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: Peaches & Herb "Reunited" which debuted at #76 that week
25 22 Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman - Stumblin' In (4)
24 21 Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans (20)
18 20 Nigel Olsson - Dancin' Shoes (18)
23 19 Poco - Crazy Love (17)
20 18 Anne Murray - I Just Fall In Love Again (12)
22 17 Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood (1)
21 16 Billy Joel - Big Shot (14)
11 15 Chic - Le Freak (1)
19 14 The Little River Band - Lady (10)
16 13 The Babys - Every Time I Think Of You (13)
09 12 The Village People - YMCA (2)
AT40 Archives: From April 1973 - Vicki Lawrence "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia", the 66th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: The Police "Roxanne" which was "three weeks away from making the countdown" that week
14 11 Melissa Manchester - Don't Cry Out Loud (10)
15 10 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (9)
06 09 Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (3)
10 08 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (4)
04 07 The Pointer Sisters - Fire (2)
08 06 The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (1)
07 05 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing (5)
05 04 Donna Summer - Heaven Knows (4)
02 03 Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (1)
Flashback Extra: The Village People "In The Navy"
03 02 The Bee Gees - Tragedy (1)
01 01 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1)

- Stations of the Week: WODC and CKWW. I got a copy of the WODC airing from someone since I forgot to record it.
- Casey updated the LDD by saying Julie plans to move to Italy where Frank is stationed and they plan to get married.
- #1 Country: "Golden Tears" - Dave & Sugar
- #1 Album: Spirits Having Flown - The Bee Gees
- #1 Soul: "I've Got My Mind Made Up" - Instant Funk

[dth1971]

Mar 17, 2013 14:36:57 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Mar 17, 2013 10:19:52 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

FOR WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO, HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE.

WLS chose the later year as always - March 17, 1979 but not playing the first hour and starting with Hour #2 (even with a brief sponsor tag for State Farm - "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There") with the song to start out at #34 "I Was Made For Dancing" by Leif Garrett to kick off hour #2. So...
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 2 Canadian acts on this AT40 chart (Frank Mills and Anne Murray) and 14 disco records (Quoteth Casey Kasem - "Pop, disco, and soul cross over like you and I crossing the street!") on this AT40 chart as well.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Evelyn "Champagne" King was originally nicknamed "Bubbles" as a child? 2) In 1979 Kenny Rogers wrote and released a book about how to make it into music?
3) The group Blondie (which had the highest AT40 entry at #26 with "Heart of Glass" has nothing to do with Dagwood, Daisy the Dog, and Mr. Dithers of the Blondie comic strip fame, but relates to a blonde girl (Deborah Harry) who does the lead singing? 4) Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real" was the first ever record co-produced by a father and son? 5) Frank Mills' "Music Box Dancer" was originally for Easy Listening/Beautiful Music stations but a copy was accidentally sent to a rock station by mistake? 6) "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart was originally done first by Eddie Floyd and later by Otis and Carla? 7) Billy Joel had the 1978 song of the year with "Just The Way You Are"? 8) The Babys were the first recording act to perform on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" without any publicity? 9) The Dire Straits song "Sultains of Swing" is about a DIXIELAND JAZZ band? 10) A Gloria Gaynor pre-show concert helped break the losing streak of a soccer team called the New York Cosmos?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the single who's orignal version took the longest time to make the Top 40 - Paul Wynn ("Benny Bell") with "Shaving Cream" first released in 1946 but didn't make the Top 40 until 1975 thanks to help of airplay on the Dr. Demento radio show, 2) Regarding the recording act with the most singles on the chart during the 1970's - Elton John, of course!
* ALSO: 1) Casey gave stories about Rock 'n Roll Shrink Eugene Landry and whatever became of the 1960's group The Mamas and the Papas, 2) I heard the intact AT40 Archives songs from 1973 of "Love Train" by The O Jays and "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence, too bad WLS 94.7 FM didn't play any OPTIONAL EXTRAS this week, not even the butchered to 2 minute version of "Rubber Biscuit" by the Blues Brothers!

FINAL NOTE: Be the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day today, and in honor of our new Vatican Pope named Pope Francis who comes from Argentina in honor to what Shadoe Stevens said as the old AT40 was in its last weeks in January 1985 when he made fun of a line from the Evita Broadway musical song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina": "Don't cry for me, AT40!"

1. "Rubber Biscuit" was the op extra in Hour #1 so WLS couldn't play it if it wanted to (unless it aired all four hours of course)

No, WLS started the March 17, 1979 AT40: The 70's broadcast with hour #2.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" is one show this week so this weekend's preview will be just one post.

"AT40: The '70s" this week is from 3/24/1973

Four songs debuted this week:
"The Cisco Kid" - War (#26)
"The Twelfth Of Never" - Donny Osmond (#29)
"A Letter To Myself" - The Chi-Lites (#39)
"Daisy A Day" - Jud Strunk (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Dancing In The Moonlight" - King Harvest (#21)
"You're So Vain" - Carly Simon (#26)
"Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend" - Lobo (#28)
"Soul Song" - Joe Stampley (#38)

Biggest Mover: "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" - Vicki Lawrence (#16 to #30)
Biggest Dropper: "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John (#13 to #27)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter Group (#87)
Hour #2: "Stuck In The Middle With You" - Stealers Wheel (#48)
Hour #3: "Drift Away" - Dobie Gray (#50)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/21/1987

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Come As You Are" - Peter Wolf (#34)
"Looking For A New Love" - Jody Watley (#35)
"Smoking Gun" - Robert Cray Band (#36)
"I Just Died In Your Arms" - Cutting Crew (#37)
"Light Of Day" - The Barbusters (a.k.a. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) (#38)
"What's Going On" - Cyndi Lauper (#39)
"I Will Be There" - Glass Tiger (#40)

Seven songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Ballerina Girl" - Lionel Richie (#28)
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox (#29)
"Love You Down" - Ready For The World (#31)
"At This Moment" - Billy Vera & The Beaters (#34)
"We Connect" - Stacey Q (#36)
"Skin Trade" - Duran Duran (#39)
"Open Your Heart" - Madonna (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Sign O The Times" - Prince (#35 to #24)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Keep Your Hands To Yourself" - The Georgia Satellites (#16 to #28)
"I'll Be Alright Without You" - Journey (#18 to #30)

Original extras:
"Rapture" - Blondie

Long Distance Dedications:
"Things Can Only Get Better" - Howard Jones
"Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi (at #12 this week)
"Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (at #5 this week)

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "The Lady In Red" - Chris DeBurgh (#44)
Hour #2: "With Or Without You" - U2 (#64; debuted)
Hour #3: "La Isla Bonita" - Madonna (#49; highest debut)
Hour #4: "Talk Dirty To Me" - Poison (#66)

[Libra]

March 21, 1987
LW #1: Huey Lewis & The News "Jacob's Ladder"
40 -- Glass Tiger - I Will Be There (34)
39 -- Cyndi Lauper - What's Going On (12)
38 -- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Light of Day (33)
37 -- Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms (1)
36 -- The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun (22)
35 -- Jody Watley - Looking For a New Love (2)
34 -- Peter Wolf - Come As You Are (15)
33 38 Robbie Nevil - Dominoes (14)
32 37 Kool & The Gang - Stone Love (10)
LDD: Howard Jones "Things Can Only Get Better", from Joelle Landenburg in Downingtown, PA, to Linda, her stepmother who her father met years after her mother was killed in a car accident, and who through the years has made not only her father happy again, but has helped make the rest of the family happy again as well
Flashback Extra: Chris DeBurgh "The Lady in Red", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
31 33 Hipsway - The Honeythief (19)
30 18 Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You (14)
29 19 Chicago - Will You Still Love Me? (3)
28 16 The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself (2)
27 32 The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street (11)
26 30 Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (8)
AT40 Extra: Blondie "Rapture", the first song featuring rap to hit #1
25 27 Shirley Murdock - As We Lay (23)
24 35 Prince - Sign O' the Times (3)
23 26 REO Speedwagon - That Ain't Love (16)
22 25 Tina Turner - What You Get is What You See (13)
Flashback Extra: U2 "With or Without You"
21 22 Cameo - Candy (21)
20 14 Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back (14)
19 24 Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (7)
18 15 Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover (15)
17 23 Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1)
16 21 Wang Chung - Let's Go (9)
15 11 The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (7)
14 20 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (2)
13 09 The Jets - You Got it All (3)
12 04 Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer (1) (also a LDD from Mark Haford in Wallington, NJ to his St. Mary's basketball team, who, as evidenced by Mark being the entire cheering section at a recent away game, are in for one rough season of being regularly outmatched)
11 17 Europe - The Final Countdown (8)
Flashback Extra: Madonna "La Isla Bonita", which made the Hot Shot Debut that week at #49
10 08 Peter Gabriel - Big Time (8)
09 13 Expose - Come Go With Me (5)
08 07 Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (5)
07 01 Huey Lewis & The News - Jacob's Ladder (1)
06 12 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (3)
05 02 Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (2) (also a LDD from Kelly in Oklahoma to her mother, who placed her and her siblings in the Tipton Children's Home because she was unable to take care of them, and who she still misses now)
04 06 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain (4)
Flashback Extra: Poison "Talk Dirty to Me"
03 10 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1)
02 03 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (2)
01 05 Club Nouveau - Lean on Me (1)

And since we're sayin' hello to seven new songs this week, we have to say goodbye to these seven:
"Open Your Heart" by Madonna (LW: 40),
"Skin Trade" by Duran Duran (LW: 39),
"We Connect" by Stacey Q (LW: 36),
"At This Moment" by Billy Vera & The Beaters (LW: 34),
"Love You Down" by Ready For the World (LW: 31),
"Touch Me" by Samantha Fox (LW: 29), and
"Ballerina Girl" by Lionel Richie (LW: 28).

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WIDL. By pure chance, that makes three straight weeks (3-14, 3-21, and 3-28-87) that I've heard on there, all under wildly different circumstances.
  
• Another "low opening note gets the softer jingle", in the form of "Looking For a New Love". That's the only such one this week, though.
  
• From the "Casey The Mind Reader?" files: Within the past month on the AT40 Proboard, there was a thread started asking about songs that named their own peak positions. That very question was asked right here, after #36.
  
• There is a full story behind "Rapture" as an Extra, but the fact that it was the first song featuring rap to hit #1 is more-or-less a short version of its being there.
  
• A footnote for the second LDD: After two straight years of just one-win seasons, the season in question turned out to have nine wins. :)
  
• Casey says not to be surprised if Starship's momentum in moving from 10 to 3 takes them right to the top. Tell that to Janet Jackson, who did the exact same thing just the week before, and who gets blocked by Club Nouveau jumping right over her this week. ;)
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Looking For a New Love"
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "I'll Still Be Loving You" by Restless Heart
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Licensed to Ill by The Beastie Boys

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S BROADCAST OF THE MARCH 24, 1973 AT40 EPISODE HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:

* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 2 Canadian acts in the Top 10 on this AT40 chart (Anne Murray and Edward Bear) and there are 4 remakes on this AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Jud "Daisy a Day" Strunk is known as "The hillbilly singer from New England"? 2) Alice Cooper uses confetti, fog, and bubble machines in his concerts? 3) John Denver replaced Chad Mitchell as a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio? 4) War originally had worked with Deacon Jones and Eric Burdon? 5) Seals and Crofts were originally members of the group The Champs, famous for their hit instrumental "Tequilla"? 6) Seals and Crofts had to change musical instruments because of religious beliefs? 7) Vicki Lawrence's "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" was turned down first by Sonny and Cher? 8) Dr. Hook's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" was banned by the BBC because it might have been a 3 minute commercial for a magazine? 9) The original version of "Also Sprach 2001" done on the chart by Deodato was first done circa 1969 by the Berlin Philmartic Orchestra but only got the #90 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the record dropping out of the Hot 100 from the highest position - Tommy James and the Shondells with "Crimson and Clover" falling off the Hot 100 from #18, 2) Regarding the last time up to the 1973 AT40 episode date when a male artist had back to back #1 songs - Bobby Vinton with "Blue Velvet" and "There, I Said It Again".
* BLOOPERS AND OTHER CORRECTIONS: 1) Casey mentioned Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" was at #13 when the song was at #27! 2) Casey did a correction regarding the longest time span for a song (original and remake) that instead of the 21 year span of "I'll Never Smile Again" there was a 22 year time span (original and remake) for "Maria Lena".
* PREDICTING THE #1 SONG FOR NEXT WEEK: The previous 1973 week Casey and the AT40 staff were wrong that Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" would remain at #1 but "Love Train" by the O Jays moved into #1, the prediction for #1 next week would go to "Love Train", but on the next week "Killing Me Softly" rebounded back into the #1 spot for the March 31, 1973 AT40 chart (Premiere played the March 31, 1973 AT40 chart episode last year).
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of the original Bobby Freeman version of "Do You Want To Dance" to tie in with the Bette Midler remake (Too bad Casey didn't mention another remake version done by the Beach Boys in the 1960's!). 2) There were plugs intact for the upcoming 1973 AT40 special of the Top 40 Songs of the Past 5 Years. 3) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the first optional extra of "Frankenstein" by the Edgar Winter Group.

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 40 years ago this week

40: DAISY A DAY – JUD STRUNK (14)
39: A LETTER TO MYSELF – THE CHI-LITES (33)
38: ONE LESS SET OF FOOTPRINTS – JIM CROCE (38)
37: GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE – DIANA ROSS (34)
36: COOK WITH HONEY – JUDY COLLINS (32)
35: HELLO HURRAY – ALICE COOPER (35)
34: MASTER OF EYES – ARETHA FRANKLIN (33)
33: GIVE ME YOUR LOVE – BARBARA MASON (31)
32: LITTLE WILLY – THE SWEET (2)
31: KISSING MY LOVE – BILL WITHERS (31)
30: PEACEFUL – HELEN REDDY (12)
29: THE TWELFTH OF NEVER – DONNY OSMOND (8)
28: ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH – JOHN DENVER (9)
27: CROCODILE ROCK – ELTON JOHN (1)
26: CISCO KID - WAR (2)
25: DO YOU WANT TO DANCE – BETTE MIDLER (17)
24: STIR IT UP – JOHNNY NASH (12)
23: BIG CITY MISS RUTH ANN - GALLERY (23)
22: MASTERPIECE – THE TEMPTATIONS (7)
21: HUMMINGBIRD – SEALS & CROFTS (21)
20: SPACE ODDITY – DAVID BOWIE (15)
19: TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - DAWN (1)
18: DADDY’S HOME – JERMAINE JACKSON (9)
17: DEAD SKUNK – LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III (16)
16: THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA – VICKI LAWRENCE (1)
15: AUBREY - BREAD (15)
14: COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE – THE SPINNERS (4)
13: CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) – AL GREEN (10)
12: I’M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND) – THE MOODY BLUES (12)
11: SING – THE CARPENTERS (3)
10: AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) – THE FOUR TOPS (4)
9: BREAK UP TO MAKE UP – THE STYLISTICS (5)
8: DANNY’S SONG – ANNE MURRAY (7)
7: DUELING BANJOS - ERIC WEISSBERG (2)
6: THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE – DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW (6)
5: LAST SONG – EDWARD BEAR (3)
4: NEITHER ONE OF US (WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE) – GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (2)
3: ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA (2001) - DEODATO (3)
2: KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG – ROBERTA FLACK (1)
1: LOVE TRAIN – THE O’JAYS (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 24, 2013 13:15:48 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

7) Vicki Lawrence's "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" was turned down first by Sonny and Cher?

To be specific, Cher was offered to sing "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" but Sonny made her turn it down.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 3/27/1976

Four songs debuted this week:
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Abba (#36)
"Livin' For The Weekend" - The O'Jays (#37)
"Lorelei" - Styx (#39)
"Fopp" - The Ohio Players (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Just You And I" - Melissa Manchester (#27)
"Love Is The Drug" - Roxy Music (#30)
"The White Knight" - Cledus Maggard And The Citizen's Band (#32)
"Love To Love You Baby" - Donna Summer (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Boogie Fever" - The Sylvers (#35 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "Love Machine" - The Miracles (#6 to #21)

Original extras:
"Shop Around" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"I Am, I Said" - Neil Diamond
Both songs will be played as optional extras this week in Hours #1 and #3 respectively. John Sebastian's "Welcome Back" (which debuted at #84) is the optional extra in Hour #2.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 3/31/1984

Five songs debuted this week:
"The Authority Song" - John Cougar Mellencamp (#35)
"Head Over Heels" - The Go-Go's (#36)
"A Fine Fine Day" - Tony Carey (#38)
"To All The Girls I've Loved Before" - Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias (#39)
"One In A Million" - The Romantics (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" - The Police (#23)
"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club (#24)
"Livin' In Desperate Times" - Olivia Newton-John (#31)
"Let The Music Play" - Shannon (#32)
"Don't Let Go" - Wang Chung (#38)

Biggest Mover: "You Might Think" - The Cars (#39 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Nobody Told Me" - John Lennon (#19 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King
"So Far Away" - Carole King

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Holding Out For A Hero" - Bonnie Tyler (#42)
Hour #2: "Wouldn't It Be Good" - Nik Kershaw (#93; debuted)
Hour #3: "The Longest Time" - Billy Joel (#47)
Hour #4: "Rock You Like A Hurricane" - The Scorpions (#76)

[dth1971]

How did you like this week's AT40: The 70's episode regarding the March 27, 1976 AT40 chart though Larry Morgan didn't mention it at the start of the show despite the mention of the State Farm sponsor?

The question letters talked about the most popular British solo act (Elton John) and the year the British occupied the most weeks at #1 (28 in 1965).

I didn't know Natalie Cole was an OLYMPIANS OF MUSIC winner in Greece in 1973, and one of the AT40 staff members still had the 1972 Raspberries cover in 1976 that still smelled fresh without a faint!

I even liked the drop piece Casey played of "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE" by James Brown with mention it was first released in 1956 but after it sold a million copies it made the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 peeking at #95.

I am in fast mode this week because I had internet troubles all morning.

[dth1971]

A SPECIAL EASTER SURPRISE:

Starting this Summer, Premiere is finally going to offer to 1990's-present leaning radio stations AMERICAN TOP 40: THE SHADOW STEVENS ERA. Yes, the original 4 hour Shadoe Stevens hosted AT40 shows from the August 13, 1988 - January 28, 1995 era, including July 1994-January 1995 AT40 episodes never heard in the USA before, plus 4 optional extras (One could be a LDD or Sneak Peak song in occassion).

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EARLY APRIL FOOLS!!!
(Happy Easter to AT40 fans for real as well!)

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1976

40: FOPP - OHIO PLAYERS (30)
39: LORALI - STYX (27)
38: HE'S A FRIEND - EDDIE KENDRICKS (36)
37: LIVIN' FOR THE WEEKEND - OJAYS (20)
36: I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO - ABBA (15)
35: YOU LOSE A GOOD THING - FREDDIE FENDER (33)
34: LOOKIN' FOR SPACE - JOHN DENVER (29)
33: LOVE FIRE - JIGSAW (30)
32: INSEPARABLE - NATALIE COLE (32)
31: SLOW RIDE - FOGHAT (20)
30: ONLY LOVE IS REAL - CAROLE KING (28)
29: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER - PAUL SIMON (1)
28: THEME FROM "S.W.A.T." - RHYTHM HERITAGE (1)
27: LOVE HURTS - NAZARETH (8)
26: GOOD HEARTED WOMAN - WAYLON & WILLIE (25)
25: BOOGIE FEVER - THE SYLVERS (1)
24: THERE'S A KIND OF HUSH - CARPENTERS (12)
23: ACTION - SWEET (20)
22: CUPID - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (22)
21: LOVE MACHINE - THE MIRACLES (1)
20: JUNK FOOD JUNKIE - LARRY GROSS (9)
19: TANGERINE - THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA (18)
18: SHOW ME THE WAY - PETER FRAMPTON (6)
17: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN (9)
16: TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT - THE EAGLES (4)
15: SWEET LOVE - THE COMMODORES (5)
14: DEEP PURPLE - DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (14)
13: ONLY SIXTEEN - DR. HOOK (6)
12: FANNY - THE BEE GEES (12)
11: GOLDEN YEARS - DAVID BOWIE (10)
10: MONEY HONEY - BAY CITY ROLLERS (9)
9: RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM - MAXINE NIGHTENGALE (2)
8: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW - THE BELLAMY BROTHERS (1)
7: DREAM ON - AEROSMITH (6)
6: SWEET THING - RUFUS FEATURING/ CHAKA KHAN (5)
5: DISCO LADY - JOHNNY TAYLOR (1)
4: ALL BY MYSELF - ERIC CARMEN (2)
3: LONELY NIGHT - THE CAPTAIN AND TENNILLE (3)
2: DREAM WEAVER - GARY WRIGHT (2)
1: DECEMBER 1963 - THE FOUR SEASONS (1)

[cartman2002]

here's the 80s chart from 1984

40: ONE IN A MILLION - THE ROMANTICS (37)
39: TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE - JULIO IGLESIAS AND WILLIE NELSON (5)
38: A FINE FINE DAY - TONY CAREY (22)
37: THE KID'S AMERICAN - MATTHEW WILDER (37)
36: HEAD OVER HEELS - THE GO-GO'S (11)
35: THE AUTHORITY SONG - JOHN COUGAR MELLANCAMP (15)
34: RED RED WINE - UB40 (34)
33: NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON (5)
32: LEAVE IT - YES (24)
31: LET'S STAY TOGETHER - TINA TURNER (26)
30: TONIGHT - KOOL & THE GANG (13)
29: DON'T ANSWER ME - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (15)
28: YOU MIGHT THINK - THE CARS (7)
27: NEW SONG - HOWARD JONES (27)
26: LOVE SOMEBODY- RICK SPRINGFIELD (5)
25: THEY DON'T KNOW - TRQACEY ULLMAN (8)
24: COME BACK AND STAY - PAUL YOUNG (22)
23: RUNNER - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND (22)
22: GIVE IT UP - K.C. (18)
21: GIRLS - DWIGHT TWILLEY (16)
20: BACK WHERE YOU BELONG - .38 SPECIAL (20)
19: RADIO GA-GA - QUEEN (16)
18: NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN (10)
17: THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE - DAN FOGELBERG (13)
16: GOT A HOLD ON ME - CHRISTINE McVIE (10)
15: THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (4)
14: EAT IT - "WEIRD" AL YANKOVIC (12)
13: HELLO - LIONEL RICHIE (1)
12: HOLD ME NOW - THOMPSON TWINS (3)
11: 99 LUFTBALLONS - NENA (2)
10: MISS ME BLIND - CULTURE CLUB (5)
9: ADULT EDUCATION - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (8)
8: AUTOMATIC - THE POINTER SISTERS (5)
7: AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS (1)
6: I WANT A NEW DRUG - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (6)
5: GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER (2)
4: HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - EURYTHMICS (4)
3: JUMP - VAN HALEN (1)
2: SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME - ROCKWELL (2)
1: FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 4/9/1977. This show had previously aired in 2008.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Calling Dr. Love" - Kiss (#31)
"Sometimes" - The Facts Of Life (#37)
"Dancing Man" - Q (#38)
"Spring Rain" - Silvetti (#40; re-entry)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Gloria" - Enchantment (#25)
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac (#27)
"All Strung Out On You" - John Travolta (#34)
"Somethin' 'Bout Cha" - Latimore (#37)

Biggest Mover: "I'm Your Boogie Man" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (#35 to #25)
Biggest Dropper (tie):
"Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor (#16 to #33)
"Night Moves" - Bob Seger (#17 to #34)

Original extras:
"At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
This song has been deleted from the broadcast. This was presumably the same case back in 2008 when the show first aired.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett (#72)
Hour #2: "Gold Dust Woman" - Fleetwood Mac (NR)
Hour #3: "(Theme From) Charlie's Angels" - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (#70)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 4/4/1981

Four songs debuted this week:
"Living Inside Myself" - Gino Vanelli (#32)
"You Better You Bet" - The Who (#35)
"I Love You" - The Climax Blues Band (#38)
"The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)" - Journey (#39)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" - Stevie Wonder (#26)
"Guitar Man" - Elvis Presley (#28)
"Games People Play" - The Alan Parsons Project (#31)
"Fade Away" - Bruce Springsteen (#35)

Biggest Mover: "Being With You" - Smokey Robinson (#27 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "Hearts On Fire" - Randy Meisner (#19 to #34)

Original extras:
"Down On The Corner" - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Long Distance Dedications:
"This One's For You" - Barry Manilow
"Here Comes The Sun" - The Beatles

Archive extras:
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" - The Righteous Brothers
"This Diamond Ring" - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
"My Girl" - The Temptations
All three Archive songs will be played this week.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Hold On Loosely" - .38 Special (#45)
Hour #2: "Watching The Wheels" - John Lennon (#52)
Hour #3: "Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield (#72)
Hour #4: "Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes (#57)

[dth1971]

I guess the Janis Ian "At Seventeen" extra never got demoted to optional extra status like in 2008 even in 2013.

And is "Gold Dust Woman" a track from the Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" album?

[mkarns]

Apr 5, 2013 18:47:10 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

I guess the Janis Ian "At Seventeen" extra never got demoted to optional extra status like in 2008 even in 2013.

And is "Gold Dust Woman" a track from the Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" album?

Yes; "Gold Dust Woman" is the second non-single track from "Rumours" to be used as an optional extra this year ("The Chain" was first.)

[johnnywest]

^Good choice for an optional! It's a brilliant song and it's nice that someone is choosing the not-so obvious choices for extras.

[jdelachjr2002]

Hey Darryl,

I have yet to see your recap of "AT40: The '70s" so far. Were you able to listen to WLS FM?

[dth1971]

Apr 7, 2013 16:35:12 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Hey Darryl,

I have yet to see your recap of "AT40: The '70s" so far. Were you able to listen to WLS FM?

No, I was on vacation this weekend and listened portions of AT40: The 70's - The April 1977 episode - on Sunny 105.9 Orlando. (Was "Sometimes" by Facts of Life butchered by Premiere in 2008 besides Olvia Newton John's "Sam"?)

I even heard in the AT40 Book of Records that in 1970 CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) had 11 gold records in a calendar year.

Why didn't Premiere reinstate the omitted in 2008 Janis Ian "At Seventeen" song as an Optional Extra?

And I learned next weekend's AT40: The 70's will be a 2 episode weekend - either 1971 and 1974 or 1972 and 1975 (And from a hint on the AT40 Fun 'n Games Forums - One show is new to Larry Morgan though both are previously aired.

One final thing: As I checked WLS 94.7 FM Chicago's facebook page it is still carrying AT40 The 70's Sundays and hasn't dropped the show yet despite being a CHICAGO CLASSIC HITS rock leaning format as we are in April 2013 (I remember in April 1994 when WXLC 102.3 FM was in modern rock leaning mode that on April 10, 1994 the old then hosted by Shadoe Stevens AT40 which has been on Sunday mornings despite the September-October 1993 WXLC switch from Top 40 to modern rock (This was the same time WHTZ Z 100 in New York City, then carrying Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Casey's Top 40 modified its top 40 format into modern rock leaning, of course WPLJ in New York was carrying Shadoe Stevens AT40 Sunday mornings in a personalized version with the R&B/rap/not suited for the station songs omitted but mentioned by Shadoe), was dropped for good and replaced temporary by 2 1 hour modern rock radio shows - "Modern Roots" and "Post Modern Weekly". But by late May 1994 WXLC went back to Top 40 format and I hoped the station would reinstate Shadoe Stevens AT40, but with the old AT40 about to be withdrawn in the USA in July 1994 when did WXLC replace the 2 modern rock 1 hour shows with? Not the soon to be cancelled old AT40 and not even Casey's Top 40 (which had to be heard on WBUS 99.9, Casey's AC Countdown was even on WTMX 101.9 at the time), but - RICK DEES WEEKLY TOP 40! SHUTTER! I hope WLS still carries AT40: The 70's even as it approaches its 2 year anniverary of the station carrying it without any DEJA VU or something like that.