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

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 7, 2013 19:43:46 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

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"?)

If you didn't hear "Rich Girl" consider yourself fortunate. Premiere edited out the lines with "b----" in them.

You're a Rich Girl and you're going too far but you know it don't matter anyway.
Say money but it won't get you too far get you too far.

I still think Premiere deleted "Rich Girl" from the AT40 Archives from one of the 1980 shows for that reason.

[cartman2002]

Here's the 80s chart from 1981

40: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLIN' - DONNA SUMMER (40)
39: THE PARTY'S OVER - JOURNEY (34)
38: I LOVE YOU - CLIMAX BLUES BAND (12)
37: TURN ME LOOSE - LOVERBOY (35)
36: HOW 'BOUT US - CHAMPAIGN (12)
35: YOU BETTER YOU BET - WHO (18)
34: HEARTS ON FIRE - RANDY MEISNER (19)
33: IT'S A LOVE THING - WHISPERS (28)
32: LIVING INSIDE MYSLF - GINO VANELLI (2)
31: SWEETHEART - FRANKIE & THE KNOCKOUTS (10)
30: TREAT ME RIGHT - PAT BENETAR (18)
29: TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS - STYX (9)
28: TIME OUT OF MIND - STEELY DAN (22)
27: TAKE IT ON THE RUN - REO SPEEDWAGON (5)
26: AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT - JOHN COUGAR (17)
25: JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME - APRIL WINE (21)
24: A LITTLE IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD (17)
23: I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT - EDDIE RABBITT (1)
22: PRECIOUS TO ME - PHIL SEYMOUR (22)
21: DON'T STOP THE MUSIC - YARBROUGH & PEOPLES (19)
20: BEING WITH YOU - SMOKEY ROBINSON (2)
19: SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN' - TERRI GIBBS (13)
18: HER TOWN TOO - JAMES TAYLOR & J.D. SOUTHER (11)
17: CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG (1)
16: 9 TO 5 - DOLLY PARTON (1)
15: ANGEL OF THE MORNING - JUICE NEWTON (4)
14: THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL - ABBA (8)
13: I CAN'T STAND IT - ERIC CLAPTON (13)
12: DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - POLICE (10)
11: MORNING TRAIN - SHEENA EASTON (1)
10: WHAT KIND OF FOOL - BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB (20)
9: WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE - STEVE WINWOOD (7)
8: KEEP ON LOVING YOU - REO SPEEDWAGON (1)
7: JUST THE TWO OF US - GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. (2)
6: HELLO AGAIN - NEIL DIAMOND (6)
5: CRYING - DON McLEAN (5)
4: KISS ON MY LIST - HALL & OATES (1)
3: THE BEST OF TIMES - STYX (3)
2: WOMAN - JOHN LENNON (2)
1: RAPTURE - BLONDIE (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

As reported earlier, there are two "AT40: The '70s" shows this weekend and because of that, this weekend's preview will be a two-parter. As always, the '80s show comes first.

"AT40: The '80s" presents 4/17/1982

Four songs debuted this week:
"Empty Garden" - Elton John (#36)
"Stars On 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder)" - Stars On 45 (#38)
"Still In Saigon" - The Charlie Daniels Band (#39)
"Making Love" - Roberta Flack (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"My Guy" - Sister Sledge (#23)
"Juke Box Hero" - Foreigner (#26)
"Centerfold" - The J. Geils Band (#31)
"Bobbie Sue" - The Oak Ridge Boys (#32)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"The Beatles Movie Medley" - The Beatles (#34 to #22)
"The Other Woman" - Ray Parker, Jr. (#40 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Take Off" - Bob & Doug MacKenzie (#19 to #38)

Original extras:
"To Sir With Love" - Lulu

Long Distance Dedications:
"Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" - Jimmy Buffett
"Come Together" - The Beatles

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Wake Up Little Susie (Live)" - Simon & Garfunkel (#54)
Hour #2: "When It's Over" - Loverboy (#71)
Hour #3: "Rosanna" - Toto (#81; debuted)
Hour #4: "Heat Of The Moment" - Asia (#68; highest debut)

[jdelachjr2002]

Now for this weekend's '70s post. One is a repeat from last year but first...

The "A" show this week is from 4/15/1972. This show previously aired back in 2007.

Six songs debuted this week:
Back Off Boogaloo" - Ringo Starr (#31)
"Oh Girl" - The Chi-Lites (#35)
"I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers (#37)
"The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (#38)
"Hot Rod Lincoln" - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (#39)
"Run Run Run" - Jo Jo Gunne (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Precious And Few" - Climax (#31)
"Bang A Gong (Get It On)" - T. Rex (#34)
"We've Got To Get It On Again" - The Addrisi Brothers (#36)
"Ain't Understanding Mellow" - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (#37)
"Take A Look Around" - The Temptations (#39)
"King Heroin" - James Brown (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Look What You've Done For Me" - Al Green (#33 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Rock And Roll Lullaby" - B.J. Thomas (#15 to #28)

Original extras:
"Somethin' Stupid" - Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Believe it or not, this song will actually be played in the show rather than be an optional extra.

Optional extras:
Hour #1: "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" - Paul Simon (#49)
Hour #2: "Sylvia's Mother" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#78)
Hour #3: "Changes" - David Bowie (#96; debuted)

Apr 20, 2012 13:55:04 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 4/19/1975 ("B" show). This show first ran back in 2009 and in 2012.

Six songs debuted this week:
"Beer Barrel Polka" - Bobby Vinton (#33)
"Young Americans" - David Bowie (#34)
"Bad Time" - Grand Funk Railroad (#35)
"Shaving Cream" - Benny Bell (#37)
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris (#39)
"Shakey Ground" - The Temptations (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Satin Soul" - Love Unlimited Orchestra (#22)
"Tangled Up In Blue" - Bob Dylan (#31)
"Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company (#35)
"Living A Little, Laughing A Little" - The Spinners (#37)
"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Jerry Corbetta & Sugarloaf (#39)
"Who's Sorry Now" - Marie Osmond (#40)

Biggest Mover: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#23 to #5)
Biggest Dropper: "Harry Truman" - Chicago (#13 to #38)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt (#52)
"Sister Golden Hair" - America (#46)
"The Immigrant" - Neil Sedaka (#47)

[dth1971]

Apr 12, 2013 12:38:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now for this weekend's '70s post. One is a repeat from last year but first...

The "A" show this week is from 4/15/1972. This show previously aired back in 2007.

Six songs debuted this week:
Back Off Boogaloo" - Ringo Starr (#31)
"Oh Girl" - The Chi-Lites (#35)
"I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers (#37)
"The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (#38)
"Hot Rod Lincoln" - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (#39)
"Run Run Run" - Jo Jo Gunne (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Precious And Few" - Climax (#31)
"Bang A Gong (Get It On)" - T. Rex (#34)
"We've Got To Get It On Again" - The Addrisi Brothers (#36)
"Ain't Understanding Mellow" - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (#37)
"Take A Look Around" - The Temptations (#39)
"King Heroin" - James Brown (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Look What You've Done For Me" - Al Green (#33 to #16)
Biggest Dropper: "Rock And Roll Lullaby" - B.J. Thomas (#15 to #28)

Original extras:
"Somethin' Stupid" - Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Believe it or not, this song will actually be played in the show rather than be an optional extra.

Optional extras:
Hour #1: "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" - Paul Simon (#49)
Hour #2: "Sylvia's Mother" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#78)
Hour #3: "Changes" - David Bowie (#96; debuted)

Apr 20, 2012 13:55:04 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 4/19/1975 ("B" show). This show first ran back in 2009 and in 2012.

Six songs debuted this week:
"Beer Barrel Polka" - Bobby Vinton (#33)
"Young Americans" - David Bowie (#34)
"Bad Time" - Grand Funk Railroad (#35)
"Shaving Cream" - Benny Bell (#37)
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris (#39)
"Shakey Ground" - The Temptations (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Satin Soul" - Love Unlimited Orchestra (#22)
"Tangled Up In Blue" - Bob Dylan (#31)
"Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company (#35)
"Living A Little, Laughing A Little" - The Spinners (#37)
"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Jerry Corbetta & Sugarloaf (#39)
"Who's Sorry Now" - Marie Osmond (#40)

Biggest Mover: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#23 to #5)
Biggest Dropper: "Harry Truman" - Chicago (#13 to #38)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt (#52)
"Sister Golden Hair" - America (#46)
"The Immigrant" - Neil Sedaka (#47)

I will find out what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago airs this Sunday morning (as long as it still carries AT40: The 70's on Sunday mornings), if it is the April 15, 1972 AT40 episode, I'll listen; but if it is the April 19, 1975 AT40 episode (Why didn't Premiere choose to air the April 12, 1975 AT40 episode instead of this one?) which I heard a year ago, I won't listen. But will WLS still go for the later year as always or not this time? Find out this Sunday...

[BillboardBoy]

Apr 12, 2013 15:19:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Why didn't Premiere choose to air the April 12, 1975 AT40 episode instead of this one?

All of the B-shows so far have been reruns. If they only have one engineer working on both shows, then they're not gonna have him do twice the work.

[dth1971]

Apr 12, 2013 17:15:45 GMT -5 BillboardBoy said:

Apr 12, 2013 15:19:33 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Why didn't Premiere choose to air the April 12, 1975 AT40 episode instead of this one?

All of the B-shows so far have been reruns. If they only have one engineer working on both shows, then they're not gonna have him do twice the work.

But I guess Premiere has never aired for AT40: The 70's yet the April 12, 1975 AT40 episode since April 19, 1975 (rerun twice with a 3rd. this weekend in B areas) and April 26, 1975 (aired in 2011).

[dth1971]

Apr 7, 2013 20:36:24 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Apr 7, 2013 19:43:46 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

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"?)

If you didn't hear "Rich Girl" consider yourself fortunate. Premiere edited out the lines with "b----" in them.

You're a Rich Girl and you're going too far but you know it don't matter anyway.
Say money but it won't get you too far get you too far.

I still think Premiere deleted "Rich Girl" from the AT40 Archives from one of the 1980 shows for that reason.

Well, I know Premiere has aired in the past the July 19, 1975 AT40 episode, but on it, for the second week of the Isley Brothers "Fight The Power, Part 1", did Premiere edit out the swear word part kept intact before AT40 replaced the swear with something to censor it for the rest of the "Fight the Power" chart run?

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 12, 2013 19:27:01 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Apr 7, 2013 20:36:24 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

If you didn't hear "Rich Girl" consider yourself fortunate. Premiere edited out the lines with "b----" in them.

You're a Rich Girl and you're going too far but you know it don't matter anyway.
Say money but it won't get you too far get you too far.

I still think Premiere deleted "Rich Girl" from the AT40 Archives from one of the 1980 shows for that reason.

Well, I know Premiere has aired in the past the July 19, 1975 AT40 episode, but on it, for the second week of the Isley Brothers "Fight The Power, Part 1", did Premiere edit out the swear word part kept intact before AT40 replaced the swear with something to censor it for the rest of the "Fight the Power" chart run?

They did. Premiere wasn't fooled.

[dth1971]

Well, WLS 94.7 FM Chicago has AT40: The 70's on now, and the station as always chose the later episode of April 19, 1975 (with State Farm sponsor tag and no AT40 date intro by Larry Morgan at the start) which I heard a year ago instead of April 1972. So, I won't listen to it again with no recap this week

Let's hope next weekend there's an AT40: The 70's I haven't heard.

[dth1971]

Apr 22, 2012 10:31:52 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Apr 22, 2012 9:38:31 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

April 19, 1975

LW TW
-- 40 The Temptations - Shakey Ground (26)
-- 39 Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait (5)
13 38 Chicago - Harry Truman (13)
-- 37 Benny Bell - Shaving Cream (30)
27 36 Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You (1)
-- 35 Grand Funk Railroad - Bad Time (4)
-- 34 David Bowie - Young Americans (28)
-- 33 Bobby Vinton - Beer Barrel Polka (33)
18 32 Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (5)
19 31 Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow (1)
36 30 Pure Prairie League - Amie (27)
38 29 Kraftwerk - Autobahn (25)
34 28 The Carpenters - Only Yesterday (4)
32 27 Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy (18)
Flashback Extra: Linda Ronstadt - "When Will I Be Loved"
33 26 John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy (1)
05 25 Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man (5)
30 24 John Lennon - Stand By Me (20)
29 23 Ace - How Long (3)
26 22 Queen - Killer Queen (12)
24 21 Barry Manilow - It's A Miracle (12)
25 20 Jimmy Castor Bunch - Bertha Butt Boogie (16)
04 19 B.T. Express - Express (4)
10 18 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started (10)
28 17 Paul Anka with Odia Coates - I Don't Like To Sleep Alone (8)
21 16 Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (3)
20 15 Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) (9)
17 14 Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star (1)
Flashback Extra: America - "Sister Golden Hair"
16 13 L.O.V.E. (Love) - Al Green (13)
15 12 The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm (6)
07 11 LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (1)
14 10 Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls (1)
11 09 Hot Chocolate - Emma (8)
09 08 Barry White - What Am I Gonna Do With You (8)
08 07 Sammy Johns - Chevy Van (5)
12 06 Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing (5)
23 05 Tony Orlando & Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) (1)
03 04 Ringo Starr - No No Song (3)
02 03 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (1)
Flashback Extra: Neil Sedaka - "The Immigrant", which was bubbling under the countdown that week.
06 02 B.J. Thomas - (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (1)
01 01 The Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom (1)

- Elton John snaps a string of 13 consecutive songs that spent a week at #1. Coincidentally, the last song that spent more than a week at #1 was Elton John's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".
- "Shaving Cream" was mentioned by Casey to be the oldest song (released 28 years ago) to ever hit the Top 40.
- It's not often that the highest debuting song of the week turned out to be in its' peak position but Bobby Vinton manages to pull off the feat here.
- Another unusual chart feat were two songs dropping 20 or more positions on the chart which Chicago and Phoebe Snow did.
- This is the third straight '70s show to be rerun by Premiere joining the 4/8/1978 show that aired two weeks ago and the 4/10/1971 chart that aired last week.

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE APRIL 19, 1975 AT40 BROADCAST THAT I HEARD THIS MORNING ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:
* BY THE NUMBERS: 10 songs are by British acts.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Major Harris was a former member of the Delfonics? 2) Casey called "Harry Truman" by Chicago sort of a novelty record (I guess?), 3) "Beer Barrel Polka" was first done in 1939? 4) The B-side of Bobby Vinton's "Beer Barrel Polka" is called "Dick and Jane"? 5) Olivia Newton-John isn't really a country singer? 6) The group Pure Prairie League comes from Kentucky? 7) John Denver had other jobs like a tractor driver and a logging camp member before taking on a singing job? 8) Jimmy Castor was once a stand in for Frankie Lymon on his tours? 9) The Ozark Mountain Daredevils come from Springfield, Missouri (and no, it isn't the same Springfield town the cartoon Simpsons family live!)? 10) Leo Sayer was once worried that a band would beat him up if he performed on stage? 11) The B-side of Ringo Starr's "No No Song" is called "Snookeroo"?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the song that charted the longest without hitting #1: Johnny Mathis with his #17 song "Wonderful Wonderful" that charted for 39 weeks.
* DROP PIECES PLAYED BY CASEY ON THIS EPISODE: 1) A drop piece of the original "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King was played to tie in to the 1975 John Lennon remake, 2) A drop piece of Billie Holiday's "Gloomy Sunday" was played to tie into a stretch story about the biggest suicide song and the 1967 death of the hungarian composer who wrote this song (and to tie in with the 1975 suicide song by Hot Chocoalte called "Emma" a/k/a "Emmaline" (not "Emily").

These were my thoughts on the April 19, 1975 AT40: The 70's episode when I heard it a year ago for the record.

Well, like I said before, why didn't Premiere chose the April 12, 1975 AT40 show to rerun instead of running for a 3rd. time the April 19, 1975 AT40 show?

[Libra]

April 17, 1982
LW #3: Vangelis "Chariots of Fire"
LW #2: The Go-Gos "We Got the Beat"
LW #1: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts "I Love Rock & Roll"
40 -- Roberta Flack - Making Love (13)
39 -- The Charlie Daniels Band - Still in Saigon (22)
38 -- Stars On - Stars On 45 III (Tribute to Stevie Wonder) (28)
37 19 Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off (16)
36 -- Elton John - Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) (12)
35 35 Meco - Pop Goes the Movies (Part 1) (35)
34 36 Mike Post - Theme From Magnum, P.I. (25)
33 37 The Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (31)
32 39 The Human League - Don't You Want Me (1)
Flashback Extra: Simon & Garfunkel "Wake Up Little Susie"
31 33 Junior - Mama Used to Say (30)
30 38 The Rolling Stones - Hang Fire (20)
29 17 Air Supply - Sweet Dreams (5)
LDD: Jimmy Buffett "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" from John J. White in Florida to his parents in California, who've never stopped believing in him
28 40 Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman (4)
27 13 The Pointer Sisters - Should I Do It (13)
26 30 Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind (5)
25 27 Dr. Hook - Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk (25)
24 11 Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever (9)
23 28 Charlene - I've Never Been to Me (3)
22 34 The Beatles - The Beatles Movie Medley (12)
Flashback Extra: Loverboy "When It's Over"
21 29 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory (1)
20 25 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It (10)
19 22 Greg Guidry - Goin' Down (17)
18 20 Le Roux - Nobody Said it Was Easy (18)
17 24 Hall & Oates - Did it in a Minute (9)
16 18 Quarterflash - Find Another Fool (16)
15 21 Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (4)
AT40 Extra: Lulu "To Sir, With Love"
14 15 Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram - One Hundred Ways (14)
13 16 Paul Davis - '65 Love Affair (6)
12 14 Van Halen - Oh, Pretty Woman (12)
Flashback Extra: Toto "Rosanna"
11 12 Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen (11)
10 08 Stevie Wonder - That Girl (4)
09 07 Journey - Open Arms (2)
LDD: The Beatles "Come Together" from Melanie in West Woodstock, VT to her orthodonist...and to her teeth (!); she has braces, and unlike most who have them, she really likes them and has a very positive attitude about them in general
08 09 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo (8)
07 10 Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe in Love (7)
06 06 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers (2)
05 05 Olivia Newton-John - Make a Move on Me (5)
04 04 The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame (4)
03 03 Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1)
Flashback Extra: Asia "Heat of the Moment", which made the highest debut that week at #68
02 02 The Go-Gos - We Got the Beat (2)
01 01 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll (1)

NOTES:

• I'm told that this is the last show with the early 80s theme package (originally started in 1979); thus, last year's 4-24 show is the first one with the 1982-83 theme package.
  
• Casey notes both of the week's Biggest Movers, at the second one (#22).
  
• Note that every single record in the third hour goes up at least one notch.
  
• Casey welcomes new radio stations three times during the show, with a total of 14 new stations. I do believe that may be a record for any one show, and it's said to be largely spurred by ABC's purchase of Watermark in early 1982, with many places moving the show onto like-affiliated stations.
  
• Story behind "To Sir, With Love" as an Extra: It was the B-side to "The Boat That I Row", a song that was written for Lulu by Neil Diamond, but never got near the chart. It later became the title song to its movie, and smashed after that did.
  
• #1 on the Country chart: "The Clown" by Conway Twitty
  
• #1 on the Soul chart: "That Girl"
  
• #1 on the Album chart: Soundtrack of Chariots of Fire by Vangelis

[jdelachjr2002]

FYI, since Premiere is airing 4/19/1975 for a third time, here is the English charts from this comparable week (I had to jot them down earlier this week before the UMD web site is unavailable). You will not believe who had a song at #28.

LW TW
DE 40 The Carpenters - Only Yesterday (7)
DE 39 Betty Wright - Where Is The Love (25)
25 38 Yin & Yan - If (25)
37 37 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were (4)
DE 36 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night (7)
31 35 Bad Company - Good Lovin' Gone Bad (31)
35 34 B.T. Express - Express (34)
DE 33 Kiki Dee Band - How Glad I Am (33)
22 32 Fox - Only You Can (3)
DE 31 Stephanie De Sykes - We'll Find Our Day (17)
32 30 Diana Ross - Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right (23)
24 29 Al Green - L.O.V.E. (Love) (24)
18 28 Telly Savalas - If (1)
17 27 LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (17)
28 26 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (21)
34 25 Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good (4)
21 24 Peter Skellern - Hold On To Love (14)
DE 23 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (2)
40 22 Three Degrees - Take Good Care Of Yourself (9)
20 21 Gilbert Becaud - A Little Love And Understanding (10)
14 20 Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out, I'll Be There (14)
15 19 Barry White - What Am I Gonna Do With You (5)
26 18 Teach-In - Ding-A-Dong (13)
12 17 Elton John Band - Philadelphia Freedom (12)
29 16 Glitter Band - The Tears I Cried (8)
13 15 Shadows - Let Me Be The One (12)
23 14 10cc - Life Is A Minestone (7)
16 13 Wigan's Ovation - Skiing In The Snow (12)
09 12 Rubettes - I Can Do It (7)
10 11 Duane Eddy - Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar (9)
11 10 Mike Reid - The Ugly Duckling (10)
19 09 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (2)
05 08 Kenny - Fancy Pants (4)
06 07 Moments & Whatnauts - Girls (3)
03 06 Guys And Dolls - There's A Whole Lot Of Loving (2)
04 05 Goodies - The Funky Gibbon (4)
07 04 Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy (4)
08 03 Peter Shelley - Love Me Love My Dog (3)
02 02 Sweet - Fox On The Run (2)
01 01 Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

For the record, Telly "Kojak" Savalas did sing his version of the Bread hit from 1971.

[cartman2002]

Here's the top 40 chart from 1972

40: RUN RUN RUN – JO JO GUNNE (27)
39: HOT ROD LINCOLN – COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN (9)
38: THE CANDY MAN – SAMMY DAVIS, Jr.
37: I’LL TAKE YOU THERE – THE STAPLE SINGERS (1)
36: HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT – GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (33)
35: OH GIRL – THE CHI-LITES (1)
34: DO YOUR THING – ISAAC HAYES (30)
33: SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS – WAR (16)
32: DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER – THE OSMONDS (4)
31: BACK OFF BOOGALOO - RINGO STARR (9)
30: JUMP INTO THE FIRE – NILSSON (27)
29: EVERYTHING I OWN – BREAD (5)
28: ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY – B.J. THOMAS (16)
27: WITHOUT YOU – NILSSON (1)
26: SUAVECITO - MALO (14)
25: EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE – BOBBY VINTON (24)
24: THE WAY OF LOVE – CHER (7)
23: THE DAY I FOUND MYSELF – THE HONEY CONE (23)
22: CRAZY MAMA – J.J.CALE (22)
21: GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH – WINGS (21)
20: VINCENT – DON McLEAN (12)
19: BABY BLUE – BADFINGER (14)
18: TAURUS – DENNIS COFFEY (18)
17: LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME – AL GREEN (4)
16: DOCTOR MY EYES – JACKSON BROWNE (8)
15: FAMILY OF MAN – THREE DOG NIGHT (12)
14: JUNGLE FEVER – CHAKACHAS (8)
13: ROUNDABOUT – YES (13)
12: THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT – ROBERT JOHN (3)
11: MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION – PAUL SIMON (4)
10: A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE – SONNY & CHER (7)
9: DAYDREAMING – ARETHA FRANKLIN (5)
8: BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW – THE STYLISTICS (3)
7: PUPPY LOVE – DONNY OSMOND (3)
6: IN THE RAIN – THE DRAMATICS (5)
5: HEART OF GOLD – NEIL YOUNG (1)
4: ROCKIN’ ROBIN – MICHAEL JACKSON (2)
3: I GOTCHA– JOE TEX (2)
2: A HORSE WITH NO NAME - AMERICA (1)
1: THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE – ROBERTA FLACK (1)

[dth1971]

I notice according to the AT40/AT20 Fun 'n Games Forums that next weekend's AT40: The 70's episodes will be another 2 show offering depending on demographics - 1 show from April 1971 which is 3 hours originally in mono and the other show will be from April 1979 which is 4 hours with first hour optional. The 1971 show was first played in 2011 and the 1979 show is a newcomer to AT40: The 70's.

[jdelachjr2002]

As mentioned before, once again there are two options for "AT40: The '70s" this week that means for the second straight week my weekend preview will once again be a two-parter. As always, the '80s come first.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 4/26/1986.

Three songs debuted this week:
"Stick Around" - Julian Lennon (#37)
"Feel It Again" - Honeymoon Suite (#38)
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" - Starship (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Nikita" - Elton John (#32)
"This Could Be The Night" - Loverboy (#34)
"A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes)" - New Edition (#38)

Biggest Mover: "Live To Tell" - Madonna (#35 to #24)
Biggest Dropper: "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A." - John Cougar Mellencamp (#11 to #27)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"You've Got A Friend" - James Taylor

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Wanna Be A Cowboy" - Boys Don't Cry (#56)
Hour #2: "Tuff Enuff" - The Fabulous Thunderbirds (#77)
Hour #3: "Rain On The Scarecrow" - John Cougar Mellencamp (#64; debuted)
Hour #4: "Nothin' At All" - Heart (#48)

The '70s preview is coming soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now for this weekend's '70s preview.

The "A" show this week is from 4/21/1979

Three songs debuted this week:
"Love You Inside Out" - The Bee Gees (#37; Hot 100 Debut)
"Just When I Needed You Most" - Randy Vanwarmer (#38)
"Sweet Lui-Louise" - Ironhorse (#39)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Maybe I'm A Fool" - Eddie Money (#31)
"Bustin' Loose (Part 1)" - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers (#34)
"Rubber Biscuit" - The Blues Brothers (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Rock 'n Roll Fantasy" - Bad Company (#40 to #32)
Biggest Dropper: "I Don't Know If It's Right" - Evelyn "Champagne" King (#30 to #40)

Original extras:
"Close The Door" - Teddy Pendergrass

Long Distance Dedications:
"Piano Man" - Billy Joel
"Colour My World" - Chicago

Archive extras:
"We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
"Half-Breed" - Cher
"Angie" - The Rolling Stones

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Honesty" - Billy Joel (#71; debuted)
Hour #2: "The Logical Song" - Supertramp (#48)
Hour #3: "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer (#79)
Hour #4: "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" - Dr. Hook (#83)

And this week's "B" show ran in 2011. Here it is:

Apr 15, 2011 13:28:44 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

AT40: The '70s this week features 4/17/1971. This show previously ran back in 2011.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Timothy" - The Buoys (#32)
"I Don't Blame You At All" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#37)
"Don't Change On Me" - Ray Charles (#38)
"I Love You For All Seasons" - Fuzz (#39)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Cried Like A Baby" - Bobby Sherman (#31)
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds (#34)
"Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed (#36)
"Free" - Chicago (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" - Daddy Dewdrop (#39 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "Oye Como Va" - Santana (#18 to #29)

Original extras:
"Half Moon" - Janis Joplin
"Mule Train" - Frankie Laine
"Sleep Walk" - Santo & Johnny
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
"Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley
All of the extras will stay in the show except for "Harper Valley P.T.A." which is one of the optional extras this week.

Premiere optional extras:
"Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" - Lobo (#47)
"Want Ads" - Honey Cone (#73)
"Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley (original AT40 extra)

[dth1971]

Apr 18, 2013 20:45:13 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now for this weekend's '70s preview.

The "A" show this week is from 4/21/1979

Three songs debuted this week:
"Love You Inside Out" - The Bee Gees (#37; Hot 100 Debut)
"Just When I Needed You Most" - Randy Vanwarmer (#38)
"Sweet Lui-Louise" - Ironhorse (#39)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Maybe I'm A Fool" - Eddie Money (#31)
"Bustin' Loose (Part 1)" - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers (#34)
"Rubber Biscuit" - The Blues Brothers (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Rock 'n Roll Fantasy" - Bad Company (#40 to #32)
Biggest Dropper: "I Don't Know If It's Right" - Evelyn "Champagne" King (#30 to #40)

Original extras:
"Close The Door" - Teddy Pendergrass

Long Distance Dedications:
"Piano Man" - Billy Joel
"Colour My World" - Chicago

Archive extras:
"We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
"Half-Breed" - Cher
"Angie" - The Rolling Stones

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Honesty" - Billy Joel (#71; debuted)
Hour #2: "The Logical Song" - Supertramp (#48)
Hour #3: "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer (#79)
Hour #4: "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" - Dr. Hook (#83)

And this week's "B" show ran in 2011. Here it is:

Apr 15, 2011 13:28:44 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

AT40: The '70s this week features 4/17/1971. This show previously ran back in 2011.

Four songs debuted this week:
"Timothy" - The Buoys (#32)
"I Don't Blame You At All" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#37)
"Don't Change On Me" - Ray Charles (#38)
"I Love You For All Seasons" - Fuzz (#39)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Cried Like A Baby" - Bobby Sherman (#31)
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds (#34)
"Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed (#36)
"Free" - Chicago (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" - Daddy Dewdrop (#39 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "Oye Como Va" - Santana (#18 to #29)

Original extras:
"Half Moon" - Janis Joplin
"Mule Train" - Frankie Laine
"Sleep Walk" - Santo & Johnny
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
"Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley
All of the extras will stay in the show except for "Harper Valley P.T.A." which is one of the optional extras this week.

Premiere optional extras:
"Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" - Lobo (#47)
"Want Ads" - Honey Cone (#73)
"Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley (original AT40 extra)

I bet WLS 94.7 FM Chicago will go for the later year this weekend as always but if it is 1979, won't play hour #1.

[dth1971]

Despite the new look Pulse Music Board and this past week's Boston Marathon tragedy that ended with a Friday night manhunt and capture of the surviving suspect (Going off topic: Does the Boston, Massachusetts area have a radio station carrying AT40: The 70's and/or AT40: The 80's? Kiss 108 Boston carries current Ryan Seacrest AT40, and former AT40 guest hosts Charlie Van Dyke and Ed McMann did DJ duties on Boston radio stations), here are my thoughts on this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode aired on WLS 94.7 FM Chicago:

* As always, WLS choose the later year of April 21, 1979 over 1971, and the show, a 4 hour show, started with Hour #2. First song played was at #32 - Bad Company's "Rock 'n Roll Fantasy".
* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart had 21 groups on the chart, 17 soul hits, 5 duos, and since the April 1979 time was part the disco craze - 16 disco songs!
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Donna Summer's "Heaven Knows" was co-produced by Georgio Miroder? 2) Herb Fame of Peaches and Herb originally worked in a US Mint stacking uncut sheets of money and burning out old worn out money? 3) The Jacksons' song "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" was the first ever Jacksons song written by members of the group? 4) 2 members of Chic - Nile Rogers and Bernard Evans - can't really dance and don't even like disco? 5) The group Blondie may be considered punk rock or new wave but to them they are a rock 'n roll group?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the biggest country crossover act of the 1970's - No, not Dolly Parton nor Kenny Rogers, but...wait for it...a Tex/Mex country singer named Freddy Fender!
* ALSO: 1) Casey gave a report on whatever became of the group The Turtles (originally started in 1964 as a surf group called the Crossfires) and mentioned one of its members became part of a duo called Flo and Eddie; 2) I heard the 2 AT40 Archive songs from 1973 - "Half Breed" by Cher and "Angie" by the Rolling Stones - plus the Long Distance Dedication of Chicago's "Color My World".

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 21, 2013 10:20:21 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Despite the new look Pulse Music Board and this past week's Boston Marathon tragedy that ended with a Friday night manhunt and capture of the surviving suspect (Going off topic: Does the Boston, Massachusetts area have a radio station carrying AT40: The 70's and/or AT40: The 80's? Kiss 108 Boston carries current Ryan Seacrest AT40, and former AT40 guest hosts Charlie Van Dyke and Ed McMann did DJ duties on Boston radio stations)

* ALSO: 1) Casey gave a report on whatever became of the group The Turtles (originally started in 1964 as a surf group called the Crossfires) and mentioned one of its members became part of a duo called Flo and Eddie

1. The CBS-owned Oldies station in Boston (WODS) used to air "AT40: The '70s" until the station changed formats and dropped the '70s show.

2. It was members Howard Kaylan (Flo) and Mark Volman (Eddie) of the Turtles that formed the duo.

[jdelachjr2002]

April 21, 1979

LW TW
LW #3: Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
LW #2: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
LW #1: The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
30 40 Evelyn "Champagne" King - I Don't Know If It's Right (23)
-- 39 Iron Horse - Sweet Lui Louise (36)
-- 38 Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most (4)
LDD: Billy Joel "Piano Man" From Arnold in New York to six friends who were students at Washington University in St. Louis who were like fraternity brothers; Arnold is not in school as he is recuperating from mono during the Holidays.
-- 37 The Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out (1)
38 36 April Wine - Roller (34)
39 35 The Pointer Sisters - Happiness (30)
36 34 The Police - Roxanne (32)
35 33 The Allman Brothers Band - Crazy Love (29)
AT40 Archives: From September 1973 - Grand Funk Railroad "We're An American Band", the 79th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Billy Joel "Honesty" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #71 that week.
40 32 Bad Company - Rock 'n Roll Fantasy (13)
29 31 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (9)
26 30 Donna Summer - Heaven Knows (4)
33 29 Styx - Renegade (16)
32 28 GQ - Disco Nights (Rock Freak) (12)
19 27 Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1)
27 26 Herbie Mann - Superman (26)
28 25 Orleans - Love Takes Time (11)
18 24 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing (5)
25 23 Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (20)
24 22 George Harrison - Blow Away (16)
AT40 Archives: From October 1973 - Cher "Half-Breed", the 80th #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Supertramp "The Logical Song"
23 21 Bob Welch - Precious Love (19)
22 20 George Benson - Love Ballad (18)
12 19 Anne Murray - I Just Fall In Love Again (12)
21 18 England Dan & John Ford Coley - Love Is The Answer (10)
10 17 The Little River Band - Lady (10)
20 16 The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (7)
16 15 Bell & James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night) (15)
LDD: Chicago "Colour My World" From Betty in Michigan to her husband Brian who is afraid that despite being together for 6 1/2 years and having two sons, she'll leave him for another man.
17 14 Cher - Take Me Home (8)
15 13 Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (9)
14 12 The Village People - In The Navy (3)
AT40 Archives: From October 1973 - The Rolling Stones "Angie", the 81st #1 of the decade.
Flashback Extra: Donna Summer "Hot Stuff" which debuted on the Hot 100 at #79 that week
13 11 Paul McCartney & Wings - Goodnight Tonight (5)
04 10 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (4)
11 09 Chic - I Want Your Love (7)
06 08 The Bee Gees - Tragedy (1)
09 07 Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman - Stumblin' In (4)
07 06 Peaches & Herb - Reunited (1)
01 05 The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (1)
Extra: Teddy Pendergrass "Close The Door"
05 04 Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer (3)
08 03 Blondie - Heart Of Glass (1)
Flashback Extra: Dr. Hook "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman", which was six weeks away from hitting the countdown that week
02 02 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1)
03 01 Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood (1)

- Larry Morgan was apparently off on some facts. First, in the Billy Joel extra he said "Honesty" was the second release off Billy's "52nd Street" album. Nope, that was his third (after "My Life" and "Big Shot") and he included "& The Medicine Show" to Dr. Hook's group even though they shortened the name a few years earlier.
- "The Logical Song" was notably shortened (the entire second verse was removed) and I think the same went for "Hot Stuff".
- #1 Soul: Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
- #1 Country: "All I Ever Need Is You" - Kenny Rogers & Dottie West
- #1 Disco: "Dance To Dance/Dancer" - Gino Soccio
- #1 Album: Spirits Having Flown - The Bee Gees

[cartman2002]

here's the 80s chart for this week

40: TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT - STARSHIP (26)
39: FOR AMERICA - JACKSON BROWNE (30)
38: FEEL IT AGAIN - HONEYMOON SUITE (34)
37: STICK AROUND - JULIAN LENNON (32)
36: THESE DREAMS - HEART (1)
35: OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER (24)
34: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF - JOURNEY (9)
33: MOVE AWAY - CULTURE CLUB (12)
32: NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME - SADE (20)
31: ROUGH BOY - ZZ TOP (22)
30: SECRET LOVERS - ATLANTIC STARR (3)
29: I CAN'T WAIT - STEVIE NICKS (16)
28: IS IT LOVE - MR. MISTER (8)
27: R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (2)
26: SATURDAY LOVE - CHERELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL (26)
25: ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE - MIKE & THE MECHANICS (5)
24: LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA (1)
23: I DO WHAT I DO - JOHN TAYLOR (23)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKkyaaxEGU

22: I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ (3)
21: ON MY OWN - PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (1)
20: SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - LEVEL 42 (7)
19: SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS (19)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rs9rCP_wpY

18: IF YOU LEAVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (4)
17: TENDER LOVE - FORCE MD'S (10)
16: I THINK IT'S LOVE - JERMAINE JACKSON (16)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W9TWoGkLU8

15: LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - SLY FOX (7)
14: AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (13)
13: BAD BOY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (8)
12: GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON (1)
11: WHAT YOU NEED - INXS (5)
10: TAKE ME HOME - PHIL COLLINS (7)
9: YOUR LOVE - THE OUTFIELD (6)
8: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON (4)
7: ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO (1)
6: THE HARLEM SHUFFLE - THE ROLLING STONES (5)
5: WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN (3)
4: MANIC MONDAY - THE BANGLES (2)
3: WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS (1)
2: ADDICTED TO LOVE - ROBERT PALMER (1)
1: KISS - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

Apr 21, 2013 10:20:21 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

4) 2 members of Chic - Nile Rogers and Bernard Evans - can't really dance and don't even like disco?

BTW you misspelled the names of Chic's members - Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.

And while I'm at it, the reason for Teddy Pendergrass' song played as an extra was Casey told the story of how Pendergrass wanted to have "Ladies' Only" concerts but discrimination laws put a kibosh to that idea. A heavily promoted "Ladies Only" concert in Philadelphia had guys account for 20% of the audience. Still, nobody left until the curtain came down.

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows.

We're back to one "AT40: The '70s" show and this week it's from 4/29/1978

Three songs debuted this week:
"Ego" - Elton John (#37)
"Let's All Chant" - Michael Zager Band (#38)
"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything" - Rubicon (#28)
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" - Styx (#29)
"Rocket Ride" - KISS (#39)

Biggest Mover: "On Broadway" - George Benson (#37 to #25)
Biggest Dropper: "We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again" - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#9 to #24)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Take A Chance On Me" - Abba (#50)
Hour #2: "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty (#67)
Hour #3: "Every Kinda People" - Robert Palmer (#42)

"AT40: The '80s" this week is from 4/27/1985. This show had previously aired in 2009.

Five songs debuted this week:
"In My House" - Mary Jane Girls (#31)
"Heaven" - Bryan Adams (#35)
"'Til My Baby Comes Home" - Luther Vandross (#38)
"Lost In Love" - New Edition (#39)
"Say You're Wrong" - Julian Lennon (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Just Another Night" - Mick Jagger (#25)
"Radioactive" - The Firm (#28)
"High On You" - Survivor (#31)
"Too Late For Goodbyes" - Julian Lennon (#32)
"The Bird" - The Time (#36)

Biggest Mover: "Things Can Only Get Better" - Howard Jones (#37 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Somebody" - Bryan Adams (#18 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Always And Forever" - Heatwave
"Keep On Loving You" - REO Speedwagon

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Through The Fire" - Chaka Khan (#84; debuted)
Hour #2: "Smuggler's Blues" - Glenn Frey (#42)
Hour #3: "Voices Carry" - 'Til Tuesday (#61)
Hour #4: "The Search Is Over" - Survivor (#54)

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUHGTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE APRIL 29, 1978 AT40 CHART I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING:
* BY THE NUMBERS: There are 9 foreign acts on this AT40 chart.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Meatloaf, leading off at #40 with "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad", is 1 guy and not a group? 2) In 1978, Elton John landed in 3rd. place behind Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley for most #1 albums by a male solo artist? 3) Eddie Money's song "Baby Hold On" had a line inspired by the song "Que Sera, Sera"? 4) Brian Connerly, lead singer of the British group Sweet, was once worried he might not sing again after getting into a fight with strangers? 5) Dolly Parton almost passed up a chance to be a country/pop crossover star? 6) The 5 original members of Parliament/Funkadelic originally worked in a barber shop? 7) Olivia Newton-John had to cancel a concert tour in Japan to protest the killing of dolphins?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the #1 song that kept the most #2 songs out of the #1 position - "Theme From a Summer Place" by Percy Faith which kept 5 #2 songs from moving into #1 (That record would later be tied in 1991 when Bryan Adams 7 week #1 champ "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" did keep 5 #2 peeked songs out of #1 as well); 2) Regarding the act who took the longest span of time from first chart single to first #1 - David Rose with "The Stripper" with an 18 year span (The record would later be broken by Johnny Mathis and then Tina Turner).
* BLOOPER: Casey called George Benson's song "On Broadway" as "OFF Broadway".
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of Paul McCartney's "Mull of Kyntire" which spent 7 weeks at #1 in the UK/England but never made the Hot 100 in the USA (Only to surface as the B-side of the Paul McCartney/Wings single "Girls School"), 2) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the second optional extra of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" (with Larry Morgan mentioning it was also the same street Sherlock Holmes lives on!), and 3) To tie in with the #1 song by the Bee-Gees called "Night Fever", Casey mentioned that when he was co-host with Danny Thomas of a July 1977 5 hour St. Jude Telethon there was a $100,000 donation done by Robert Stigwood, president of RSO Records!
* FINAL NOTE: For those who are still offended by the 1 minute butchered version of "Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch played on the 2007 and 2012 airings of the AT40 Top 100 songs of 1978 countdown, on this AT40 chart episode the single 45 version was heard complete without any butchering of it!

[Libra]

Well...

Apr 26, 2009 10:03:57 GMT -5 Libra said:

April 27, 1985
40 -- Julian Lennon - Say You're Wrong (21)
39 -- New Edition - Lost in Love (35)
38 -- Luther Vandross - 'Til My Baby Comes Home (29)
37 18 Bryan Adams - Somebody (11)
36 23 REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (1)
35 -- Bryan Adams - Heaven (1)
34 40 Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine (9)
33 39 Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth (26)
32 38 REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night (19)
31 -- Mary Jane Girls - In My House (7)
30 33 Kenny Loggins - Vox Humana (29)
29 35 David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (12)
28 37 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (5)
LDD: Heatwave "Always and Forever" from a man (he was in one of the armed services, I think) to his wife
27 34 Kool & The Gang - Fresh (9)
26 27 Eric Clapton - Forever Man (26)
25 15 Teena Marie - Lover Girl (4)
24 29 Billy Ocean - Suddenly (4)
23 13 Madonna - Material Girl (2)
22 30 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (3)
21 24 Patti LaBelle - New Attitude (17)
20 22 John Fogerty - Rock and Roll Girls (20)
19 21 Hall & Oates - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (18)
18 26 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1)
17 20 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (13)
16 19 Wham! - Everything She Wants (1)
15 17 Foreigner - That Was Yesterday (12)
14 14 Chicago - Along Comes a Woman (14)
13 10 Diana Ross - Missing You (10)
12 16 Sade - Smooth Operator (5)
11 04 Phil Collins - One More Night (1)
10 11 Don Henley - All She Wants to Do is Dance (9)
09 06 Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire (6)
08 12 Power Station - Some Like it Hot (6)
07 07 Animotion - Obsession (6)
06 09 Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok (3)
05 08 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (1)
04 03 The Commodores - Nightshift (3)
LDD: REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving You" from a man in Trinidad to a woman named Joanie for loving him just the way he is
03 05 DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night (3)
02 02 Madonna - Crazy For You (1)
01 01 USA For Africa - We Are the World (1)

That's what it looked like the last time around.

This time around, WCRZ played all four extras (!), which is quite a surprise given the total lack of them last time. (And last time, they were: "Smuggler's Blues", "The Neverending Story", "Would I Lie to You?", and "High on You", in that order.)

"Things Can Only Get Better" is, as already noted above, the week's Biggest Mover.

Casey called "Somebody", which peaked at #11, a recent Top 10 hit. OOPS! ;)

You couldn't ask for a more fitting lead-in to "Missing You" than the question letter revealing Marvin Gaye as the artist with the most duet partners in Top 40 hits, leading in to one of those partners with a tribute song to him...other than the story of the song's origin itself.

That letter that Casey read before "We Are the World" almost acts like an unofficial third LDD for this week, even though Casey didn't even hint at calling it one.

#1 on the Soul chart: "Rhythm of the Night"
#1 on the Country chart: "Girls Night Out" by The Judds
#1 on the Album chart: We Are the World by USA For Africa

And incidentally...though Casey didn't read it, the original version of "Point of No Return", sung by the original line-up of Expose, was this week's #1 on the Dance & Disco chart. (Though we did get one in "Through the Fire", that one would've made for a real curveball Extra. )

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1978

40: TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD – MEAT LOAF (11)
39: THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND – ANDREW GOLD (25)
38: LET’S ALL CHANT – THE MICHAEL ZAGER BAND (36)
37: EGO – ELTON JOHN (34)
36: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC – SHAUN CASSIDY (31)
35: EBONY EYES – BOB WELCH (14)
34: EMOTION – SAMANTHA SANG (3)
33: MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES (32)
32: FANTASY – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (32)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CVoFsUhC4

31: IT’S A HEARTACHE – BONNIE TYLER (3)
30: BABY HOLD ON – EDDIE MONEY (11)
29: MOVIN’ OUT – BILLY JOEL (17)
28: LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - SWEET (8)
27: LOVE IS THICKER THAN WATER – ANDY GIBB (1)
26: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON – WARREN ZEVON (21)
25: ON BROADWAY – GEORGE BENSON (7)
24: WE’LL NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE – ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (9)
23: TWO DOORS DOWN – DOLLY PARTON (19)
22: SHADOW DANCING – ANDY GIBB (1)
21: GOODBYE GIRL – DAVID GATES (15)
20: THIS TIME I’M IN IT FOR LOVE - PLAYER (10)
19: DISCO INFERNO - TRAMMPS (11)
18: OUR LOVE – NATALIE COLE (10)
17: SWEET TALKING WOMAN – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (17)
16: FLASHLIGHT - PARLIAMENT (16)[/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkLYlrE2lPs

15: FEELS SO GOOD – CHUCK MANGIONE (4)
14: IMAGINARY LOVER – ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (7)
13: STAYIN’ ALIVE – THE BEE GEES (1)
12: COUNT ON ME – THE JEFFERSON STARSHIP (8)
11: RUNNIN’ ON EMPTY – JACKSON BROWNE (11)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHg4QEmBvk

10: TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE – JOHNNY MATHIS & DENIECE WILLIAMS (1)
9: YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT – JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1)
8: JACK & JILL - RAYDIO (8)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnmG-6aAaWY

7: DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS (6)
6: LAY DOWN SALLY – ERIC CLAPTON (3)
5: WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS (1)
4: THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU – ROBERTA FLACK (2)
3: CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU – BARRY MANILOW (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1OMxEYaQbw

2: IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU – YVONNE ELLIMAN (1)
1: NIGHT FEVER – THE BEE GEES (1)
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Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 5/10/1975

Four songs debuted this week:
"Old Days" - Chicago (#18)
"Magic" - Pilot (#36)
"Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor)" - Joe Simon (#39)
"The Last Farewell" - Roger Whittaker (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Emma" - Hot Chocolate (#19)
"Stand By Me" - John Lennon (#20)
"Supernatural Thing (Part 1)" - Ben E. King (#21)
"What Am I Gonna Do With You" - Barry White (#22)

Biggest Mover: "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt (#33 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "The Bertha Butt Boogie (Part 1)" - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#16 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Pinball Wizard" - Elton John (NR)
Hour #2: "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" - Bad Company (#56)
Hour #3: "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (#58)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 5/7/1983

Four songs debuted this week:
"Family Man" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#32)
"I Couldn't Say No" - Robert Ellis Orrall with Carlene Carter (#35)
"She's A Beauty" - The Tubes (#37)
"Gimme All Your Loving" - ZZ Top (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Back On The Chain Gang" - The Pretenders (#37)
"I Know There's Something Going On" - Frida (#38)
"Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring (#39)
"I Like It" - DeBarge (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" - Culture Club (#30 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "You Are" - Lionel Richie (#20 to #38)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Hold On Tight" - ELO
"Weekend In New England" - Barry Manilow

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Bang The Drum All Day" - Todd Rundgren (#78; debuted)
Hour #2: "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" - U2 (NR)
Hour #3: "I'm Still Standing" - Elton John (#56; highest debut)
Hour #4: "Our House" - Madness (#76; debuted)