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

[dth1971]

This is the August 21, 1976 AT40 chart plus my thoughts on this from last year for the record...

Aug 19, 2012 12:16:43 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Aug 19, 2012 10:35:56 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

August 21, 1976

LW TW
DE 40 Diana Ross - One Love In My Lifetime (25)
24 39 Queen - You're My Best Friend (16)
DE 38 Helen Reddy - I Can't Hear You No More (29)
DE 37 Henry Gross - Springtime Mama (37)
21 36 Aerosmith - Last Child (21)
40 35 Lady Flash - Street Singin' (27)
18 34 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (3)
39 33 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (7)
37 32 Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway (12)
35 31 James Taylor - Shower The People (22)
34 30 Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (6)
33 29 Silver - Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang (16)
DE 28 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1)
Flashback Extra: Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots "isco Duck (Part I)"
38 27 Orleans - Still The One (5)
30 26 The Ohio Players - Who'd She Coo (18)
32 25 Jefferson Starship - With Your Love (12)
29 24 Dr. Hook - A Little Bit More (11)
19 23 The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life (7)
27 22 Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (3)
25 21 War - Summer (7)
22 20 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (20)
23 19 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (15)
17 18 Keith Carradine - I'm Easy (17)
13 17 Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight (1)
20 16 Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (11)
06 15 Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (2)
16 14 Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way (12)
Flashback Extra: Linda Ronstadt "That'll Be The Day"
14 13 Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven (1)
15 12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1)
12 11 George Benson - This Masquerade (10)
10 10 Vickie Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around (10)
11 09 Seals And Crofts - Get Closer (6)
09 08 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye (1)
05 07 The Beach Boys - Rock & Roll Music (5)
08 06 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty (1)
07 05 England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight (2)
04 04 Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (2)
03 03 Paul McCartney & Wings - Let 'Em In (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: Blood, Sweat & Tears "Spinning Wheel"
02 02 The Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing (1)
01 01 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart (1)

- For the Blood, Sweat & Tears extra, Casey gave an update on the group who were responsible for "Jazz Rock".
- For the "isco Duck" extra, Larry Morgan mentioned that Rick Dees would go on to have his own countdown show.
- #1 Soul: Who'd She Coo
- #1 Country: Bring It On Home To Me - Mickey Gilley
- #1 Album: Frampton Comes Alive

And here are my thoughts on this week's AT40: The 70's episode of the August 21, 2012 AT40 chart that I heard on WLS 94.7 FM this Sunday morning:
* BY THE NUMBERS: 10 acts on this August 21, 1976 AT40 chart were newcomers at the time, and the AT40 chart had 12 disco songs on there.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Helen Reddy's "I Can't Hear You No More" was originally done in 1966 by Betty Everett? 2) The group Lady Flash is produced by Barry Manilow? 3) Cliff Richard was popular in England from the 1950's to the 1976 time and was better than Elton John? 4) Dr. Hook had a Humpty Dumpty like life story that they were rich in 1973 then went bankrupt in 1974? 5) Keith "I'm Easy" Carridene is the brother of David "Kung Fu" Carradine? 6) Lou Rawls suffered for a time amnesia after being involved in an auto accident?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the most successful son or daughter of a Top 40 artist: Rick Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriett Nelson; 2) Regarding #1 song titles that were not part of the lyrics in the song: 8 of them - "The Chipmunk Song", "Battle of New Orleans", "The Three Bells", "Sukiyaki", "Fingertips Part 2", "Ode to Billy Joe", "Annie's Song" and "Mahogony" (Although that same question was asked again in a December 1982 episode and Casey mentioned 4 out of the 8 from that answer to the August 1976 response plus added one more - "T.S.O.P."); and 3) A 3 part question involving the date the first Billboard charts were published (July 1940), the first #1 song on the first Billboard chart ("I'll Never Smile Again" by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra), and when AT40 was launched (July 4, 1970, which was on 7 radio stations and up to the August 1976 time was heard on 350 radio stations plus the American/Armed Forces Radio Network - 'nuff said!)
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey mentioned The Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life" was #21 instead of #23, 2) Casey called Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band as The Walter Murphy Orchestra.
* ALSO: 1) Casey played a drop piece of a song that spent 52 weeks on any chart - "Frou Line" by Bobby "Jingle Bell Rock" Helms which spent 52 weeks on the country chart from 1957 to 1958 (Although for honorable mention, in the post Casey Kasem era a/k/a the Ryan Seacrest era of AT40 from 2005-2006 "Scars" by Papa Roach spent 52 weeks on the AT40 CHR chart and Lifehouse's "You and Me" had a long run on the Ryan Seacrest AT40 Hot AC chart - all thanks to Ryan Seacrest and his KNUCKLEHEADED NO RECURRENT RULE FOR HIS AT40 CHART! Lucky I don't post on the Pulse CHR/Pop section on the Ryan AT40 weekly threads anymore...), 2) Then 1976 Chicago AT40 radio station WDAF gets a mention, 3) There was a plug kept intact in the show for the upcoming in October 1976 AT40 special of the Top 40 songs during the Beatles years besides the kept intact AT40 Universal City, California snail mail address. 4) Casey mentioned Elizabeth Bruce of the Saturday Evening Post a thanks for a mention in an article on TV Hucksters - I wish I could see that August 1976 S.E.P. TV Hucksters article online!

FINAL NOTE: This next week's AT40 chart for August 28, 1976 following this August 21, 1976 AT40 episode would have only 1 debut on it: "Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine spending a lone week at #40. Too bad Premiere has yet to play the August 28, 1976 AT40 episode on AT40: The 70's! (Last year Premiere played the September 4, 1976 AT40 episode that was 1 week after that 1 debut week from August 28, 1976)

[Libra]

August 21, 1982
LW #3: The Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra"
LW #2: John Cougar "Hurts So Good"
LW #1: Survivor "Eye of the Tiger"
40 -- Ray Parker Jr. - Let Me Go (38)
39 39 Jeffrey Osborne - I Really Don't Need No Light (39)
38 40 Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway (36)
37 37 Herb Alpert - Route 101 (37)
36 -- Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (18)
35 19 Karla Bonoff - Personally (19)
34 -- Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby (7)
33 33 Hall & Oates - Your Imagination (33)
32 32 Genesis - Paperlate (32) (3rd week)
Flashback Extra: A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran (So Far Away)", which was "two weeks away from making the countdown"
31 34 Billy Idol - Hot in the City (23)
30 38 Elton John - Blue Eyes (12)
29 35 Asia - Only Time Will Tell (17)
28 28 Leslie Pearl - If the Love Fits, Wear It (28)
27 -- America - You Can Do Magic (8)
26 15 The Human League - Don't You Want Me (1)
25 25 Kim Wilde - Kids in America (25)
LDD: Tom T. Hall "I Love" from Paige in Harvey, LA to her biological mother, who she's never met due to having been given up for adoption, but who she'd like to meet one day
24 26 Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (22)
23 17 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (8)
22 16 The Dazz Band - Let it Whip (5)
21 22 Gary U.S. Bonds - Out of Work (21)
Flashback Extra: Laura Branigan "Gloria"
20 24 Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now? (1)
19 21 Eddie Money - Think I'm in Love (16)
18 20 The Pointer Sisters - American Music (16)
17 23 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (2)
16 27 John Cougar - Jack and Diane (1)
AT40 Extra: George Harrison "My Sweet Lord", his biggest hit
15 08 Toto - Rosanna (2)
14 18 Kenny Rogers - Love Will Turn You Around (13)
13 11 The Motels - Only the Lonely (9)
12 14 Donna Summer - Love is in Control (10)
11 13 Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You (5)
Flashback Extra: The Gap Band "You Dropped a Bomb on Me", at #72 that week
10 12 Paul McCartney - Take it Away (10)
09 10 Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Wasted on the Way (9)
08 09 The Go-Gos - Vacation (8)
LDD: Barry Manilow "Somewhere Down the Road" from Susie in New York to Brett in Oregon, who she had been in love with while she lived in Oregon, but she wasn't sure that they were ready for complete commitment, particularly at the expense of her dream of becoming an actress
07 07 REO Speedwagon - Keep the Fire Burnin' (7)
06 06 Air Supply - Even the Nights Are Better (5)
05 05 Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (1) (3rd week)
04 04 Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me (4) (5th week)
03 03 The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1) (3rd week)
Flashback Extra: Glenn Frey "The One You Love"
02 02 John Cougar - Hurts So Good (2) (3rd week)
01 01 Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1)

NOTES:

• How often is it that we get to hear an ex-#1 song in two shows in the same year as an ex-#1 song - in this case, "Don't You Want Me"? I was reminded of "Need You Tonight", from 2-13 and 3-5-88 earlier this year.
• "My Sweet Lord" was an impromptu Extra.
• I've heard a couple of shows with other hosts where the final hour station reads were given in the final segment, but this is the first Casey-hosted show where I've heard that happen.
• You know...one of the things that Ryan Seacrest gets flak for in the current incarnation of AT40, is how it often lends itself to Hollywood interests during the show. So in a way, it's a bit surprising to find an equally non-music-related (while also completely unsleazy) Hollywood story in this week's final segment! ;)
• #1 on the Album chart: Mirage by Fleetwood Mac
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Dance Floor" by Zapp
• #1 on the Country chart: "Nobody" by Sylvia

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1970

40: IT'S A SHAME - THE SPINNERS (14)
39: WESTBOUND #9 - THE FLAMING EMBER (24)
38: SNOWBIRD - ANNE MURRAY (8)
37: I'M LOSING YOU - RARE EARTH (7)
36: I'VE LOST YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY (32)
35: I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER - IKE & TINA TURNER (34)
34: GROOVY SITUATION - GENE CHANDLER (12)
33: JULIE DO YOU LOVE ME - BOBBY SHERMAN (5)
32: DO YOU SEE MY LOVE FOR YOU GROWING - JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS (32)
31: THE LOVE YOU SAVE - THE JACKSON FIVE (1)
30: THE SLY, THE SLICK AND THE WICKED - THE LOST GENERATION (30)
29: BIG YELLOW TAXI - THE NEIGHBORHOOD (29)
28: SOLITARY MAN - NEIL DIAMOND (21)
27: SUMMERTIME BLUES - THE WHO (27)
26: HAND ME DOWN WORLD - THE GUESS WHO (17)
25: EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE - THE SUPREMES (21)
24: OHIO - CROSBY STILLS, NASH & YOUNG (14)
23: DON'T PLAY THAT SONG - ARETHA FRANKLIN (11)
22: HI-DE-HO - BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS (14)
21: GET ON UP (SEX MACHINE) - JAMES BROWN (15)
20: LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (2)
19: TELL IT ALL BROTHER - KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION (17)
18: OVERTURE FROM "TOMMY" - THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDE (16)
17: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - DIANA ROSS (1)
16: OOH CHILD - THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS (8)
15: MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME - THREE DOG NIGHT (1)
14: BALL OF CONFUSION - THE TEMPTATIONS (3)
13: 25 OR 6 TO 4 - CHICAGO (4)
12: WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU - RONNIE DYSON (8)
11: LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME - ROBIN McNAMARA (11)
10: TIGHTER AND TIGHTER - ALIVE & KICKIN' (7)
9: I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVIN' - B.J. THOMAS (9)
8: BAND OF GOLD - FREDA PAYNE (3)
7: PATCHES - CLARENCE CARTER (4)
6: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - STEVIE WONDER (3)
5: IN THE SUMMERTIME - MUNGO JERRY (3)
4: WAR - EDWIN STARR (1)
3: SPILL THE WINE - ERIC BURDON & WAR (3)
2: CLOSE TO YOU - THE CARPENTERS (1)
1: MAKE IT WITH YOU - BREAD (1)

[jdelachjr2002]

OK here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 8/31/1974

Three songs debuted this week:
"Sugar Baby Love" - The Rubettes (#37)
"Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie" - Cheech & Chong (#39)
"Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Annie's Song" - John Denver (#28)
"My Thang" - James Brown (#29)
"Radar Love" - Golden Earring (#40)

Biggest Mover: "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John (#39 to #26)
Biggest Dropper: "Waterloo" - Abba (#6 to #24)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Jazzman" - Carole King (#86; debuted)
Hour #2: "Kings Of The Party" - Brownsville Station (#85; debuted)
Hour #3: "One Hell Of A Woman" - Mac Davis (#41)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 8/30/1986

Six songs debuted this week:
"Missionary Man" - The Eurythmics (#34)
"Velcro Fly" - ZZ Top (#35)
"Love Walks In" - Van Halen (#36)
"All Cried Out" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force (#37)
"Twist And Shout" - The Beatles (#39)
"Money$ Too Tight (To Mention)" - Simply Red (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"All The Love In The World" - The Outfield (#25)
"Rumbleseat" - John Cougar Mellencamp (#29)
"Suzanne" - Journey (#30)
"Invisible Touch" - Genesis (#33)
"One Step Closer To You" - Gavin Christopher (#34)
"Hanging On A Heart Attack" - Device (#35)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Throwing It All Away" - Genesis (#38 to #27)
"Press" - Paul McCartney (#39 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Love Touch" - Rod Stewart (#17 to #30)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"When The Heart Rules The Mind" - GTR
"Love Child" - Diana Ross & The Supemes

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper (#63; debuted)
Hour #2: "Typical Male" - Tina Turner (#49; highest debut)
Hour #3: "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" - Robert Palmer (#53)
Hour #4: "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel (#86; debuted)

But I'm not done yet. There's a bonus show that might be airing on only one station this weekend. Details coming up. :)

[jdelachjr2002]

Here's the AT40 bonus show that's airing this Labor Day weekend but as far as I know only one station is committed to airing it and not at a set time.

WJER in Dover Ohio will air the AT40 "Top 40 Hits of the 1990's" special following Cleveland Indians games both on Saturday and Monday. Saturday's game (@ Detroit) starts at 7PM and Monday's game (vs. Baltimore) starts at 4PM so expect WJER to air AT40 some three-and-a-half hours later (more or less).

Here's the playlist

#40: IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE - Roxette (1990)
#39: MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) - En Vogue (1992)
#38: VOGUE - Madonna (1990)
#37: NOTHING COMPARES 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (1990)
#36: VISION OF LOVE - Mariah Carey (1990)
#35: BABY BABY - Amy Grant (1991)
#34: ROMANTIC - Karyn White (1991)
#33: SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST - Vanessa Williams (1992)
#32: WEAK - SWV (1993)
#31: (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - Bryan Adams (1991)
#30: THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES - Janet Jackson (1993)
Optional Extra: I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - The Rembrandts (1995)
#29: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston (1992)
#28: END OF THE ROAD - Boyz II Men (1992)
#27: NAME - Goo Goo Dolls (1995)
#26: DREAMLOVER - Mariah Carey (1993)
#25: GENIE IN A BOTTLE - Christina Aguilera (1999)
#24: EVERY MORNING - Sugar Ray (1999)
#23: ALL I WANNA DO - Sheryl Crow (1994)
#22: ALL STAR - Smash Mouth (1999)
#21: ON BENDED KNEE - Boyz II Men (1994)
Extra: MACARENA (BAYSIDE BOYS MIX) - Los Del Rio (1996)
Optional Extra: ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE - Phil Collins (1990)
Optional Extra: SMOOTH - Santana featuring Rob Thomas (1999)
#20: YOU LEARN - Alanis Morissette (1996)
#19: TUBTHUMPING - Chumbawumba (1997)
#18: STAY (I MISSED YOU) - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (1994)
#17: ONE SWEET DAY - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (1995)
#16: I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - Aerosmith (1998)
#15: KISS FROM A ROSE - Seal (1995)
#14: SLIDE - Goo Goo Dolls (1999)
#13: SEMI-CHARMED LIFE - Third Eye Blind (1997)
#12: ...BABY ONE MORE TIME - Britney Spears (1999)
Extra: LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA - Ricky Martin (1999)
#11: FLY - Sugar Ray (1997)
Optional Extra: CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 - Elton John (original extra)
#10: MY HEART WILL GO ON - Celine Dion (1998)
#9: THE SIGN - Ace Of Base (1994)
#8: YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME - Jewel (1997)
#7: I KNOW - Dionne Farris (1995)
Extra: RUN-AROUND - Blues Traveler (1995)
#6: ANOTHER NIGHT - Real McCoy (1994)
#5: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY - Savage Garden (1998)
#4: IRIS - Goo Goo Dolls (1998)
#3: DON'T SPEAK - No Doubt (1996)
Optional Extra: MISSING - Everything But The Girl (1996)
#2: TORN - Natalie Imbruglia (1998)
#1: I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER - Donna Lewis (1996)

[dth1971]

Aug 29, 2013 19:37:16 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

OK here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 8/31/1974

Three songs debuted this week:
"Sugar Baby Love" - The Rubettes (#37)
"Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie" - Cheech & Chong (#39)
"Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Annie's Song" - John Denver (#28)
"My Thang" - James Brown (#29)
"Radar Love" - Golden Earring (#40)

Biggest Mover: "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John (#39 to #26)
Biggest Dropper: "Waterloo" - Abba (#6 to #24)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Jazzman" - Carole King (#86; debuted)
Hour #2: "Kings Of The Party" - Brownsville Station (#85; debuted)
Hour #3: "One Hell Of A Woman" - Mac Davis (#41)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 8/30/1986

Six songs debuted this week:
"Missionary Man" - The Eurythmics (#34)
"Velcro Fly" - ZZ Top (#35)
"Love Walks In" - Van Halen (#36)
"All Cried Out" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force (#37)
"Twist And Shout" - The Beatles (#39)
"Money$ Too Tight (To Mention)" - Simply Red (#40)

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"All The Love In The World" - The Outfield (#25)
"Rumbleseat" - John Cougar Mellencamp (#29)
"Suzanne" - The Police (#30)
"Invisible Touch" - Genesis (#33)
"One Step Closer To You" - Gavin Christopher (#34)
"Hanging On A Heart Attack" - Device (#35)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Throwing It All Away" - Genesis (#38 to #27)
"Press" - Paul McCartney (#39 to #28)
Biggest Dropper: "Love Touch" - Rod Stewart (#17 to #30)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"When The Heart Rules The Mind" - GTR
"Love Child" - Diana Ross & The Supemes

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper (#63; debuted)
Hour #2: "Typical Male" - Tina Turner (#49; highest debut)
Hour #3: "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" - Robert Palmer (#53)
Hour #4: "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel (#86; debuted)

But I'm not done yet. There's a bonus show that might be airing on only one station this weekend. Details coming up. :)

"Suzanne" is by Journey, not the Police.

[johnnywest]

Thank you for posting the 90s chart, JD. I'm surprised "Rush Rush" didn't make it.

[dth1971]

It's too bad there's no AT40: The 90's series because of 1990-1995 Shadoe Stevens hosted AT40 episodes and 1998-1999 Casey Kasem hosted AT40 revival episodes.

[jdelachjr2002]

Aug 30, 2013 10:26:22 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Thank you for posting the 90s chart, JD. I'm surprised "Rush Rush" didn't make it.

Of course this is R&R's charts that AT40 used not Billboard's. Also given the fact that pre-1994 songs were at a clear disadvantage compared to post-1994 songs.

[friday]

Aug 30, 2013 19:12:50 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

It's too bad there's no AT40: The 90's series because of 1990-1995 Shadoe Stevens hosted AT40 episodes and 1998-1999 Casey Kasem hosted AT40 revival episodes.

I should think if there was ever a 90s countdown series, it would much simpler to use "Casey's Top 40" episodes from 1990 thru 1998 rather than use the Shadoe episodes and lose three years right in the middle of the decade.

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE AUGUST 31, 1974 AT40 CHART I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS MORNING:

* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart has 17 foreign acts which include 10 British acts and 4 Canadian acts.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The Rubettes' "Sugar Baby Love" is considered a 1970's DOO-WOP song? 2) Charlie Rich thought piano playing was just too good when he started out to be a musician? 3) Lynyrd Skynyrd once owned a 250 acre farm in Jacksonville, Florida? 4) Johnathan King, the producer on First Class' "Beach Baby", almost had caused an arrest warrant on himself? 65) When Helen Reddy came to the USA, she had $256 then took out a $500,000 loan? 6) Jim Stafford's "Wildwood Weed" was produced by Don "American Country Countdown" Bowman? 7) Paul Anka's first hit in 1956 called "Diana" made him a millionaire?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the act with the most #1's since 1970 (up to the 1974 date) - The Jackson 5 with 4 #1's, 2) Regarding the act with the most top 10 records than anyone else - Bing Crosby with 63 top 10 records, 3) Regarding the Canadian act to spend the most weeks at #1 - "Sh-Boom" by the Crew Cuts which spent 7 weeks at #1, HONORABLE MENTION: Many fans of Paper Lace's "The Night Chicago Died" wrote in to Casey to find out if it was based on a true story, well...according to songwriters Murray and Calender, despite being inspired by the 1930's conflict between the Chicago policemen and the gang mob, it wasn't since there was never a 100 Chicago policemen death for real!
* KEPT INTACT IN THE SHOW 1974 RADIO STATION I.D.'S: WKVO in Cherry Point, North Carolina; KGY in Olympia, Washington; KOIL in Omaha, Nebraska; KBBK in Boise, Idaho; WTB? in Albany/Troy, New York; 3XL in Victoria, Australia; WLOM in Orlando, Florida; WTOF in Richmond, Virginia; and WTXL in Indianapolis, Indiana.
* ALSO KEPT INTACT: The AT40 Universal City, California address and a plug for an upcoming AT40 Top Producers of the 1970's special.
* AND: WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the first 2 AT40 Optional Extras of "Jazzman" by Carole King and the rare "Kings of the Party" by Brownsville Station.
* ONE FINAL THING: During the national AT40: The 70's commercial breaks there were a few promo spots for the upcoming 10 night NBC September 2013 "The Million Second Quiz" featuring voice over announcing by the current AT40 host (who will also host this NBC game show) Ryan Seacrest (SHUDDER! IN JANUARY IT WILL BE A DECADE SINCE RYAN SEACREST TOOK CASEY KASEM'S AT40 PLACE AND MADE A NO RECURRENT RULE FOR HIS AT40 CHART!).

[Libra]

August 30, 1986
LW #1: Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"
40 -- Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) (28)
39 RE The Beatles - Twist and Shout (23)*
38 26 Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (2)
37 -- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - All Cried Out (8)
36 -- Van Halen - Love Walks In (22)
35 -- ZZ Top - Velcro Fly (35)
34 -- Eurythmics - Missionary Man (14)
33 40 Loverboy - Heaven in Your Eyes (12)
32 32 Mike & The Mechanics - Taken In (32)
31 37 Patti LaBelle - Oh, People (29)
Flashback Extra: Cyndi Lauper "True Colors", which debuted at #63 that week
30 17 Rod Stewart - Love Touch (6)
29 19 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (1)
28 39 Paul McCartney - Press (21)
27 38 Genesis - Throwing it All Away (4)
LDD: GTR "When the Heart Rules the Mind" from Angie in Rome, NY to her husband Jim's biological birth parents, who found him just this year after 35 years of searching, having given him up for adoption; they re-united just a couple of months ago
26 36 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You (1)
25 31 Stacey Q - Two of Hearts (3)
24 27 Double - The Captain of Her Heart (16)
23 28 Daryl Hall - Dreamtime (5)
22 24 Billy Ocean - Love Zone (10)
Flashback Extra: Tina Turner "Typical Male", which made the Hot Shot Debut that week at #49
21 13 Jeffrey Osborne - You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) (13)
20 21 The Monkees - That Was Then, This is Now (20)
19 22 Klymaxx - Man Size Love (15)
18 23 Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) (2)
17 10 Wham! - The Edge of Heaven (10)
16 18 David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose (16)
15 20 Run DMC - Walk This Way (4)
14 14 Regina - Baby Love (10)
13 16 Miami Sound Machine - Words Get in the Way (5)
12 05 Peter Cetera - Glory of Love (1)
11 08 Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (5)
Flashback Extra: Robert Palmer "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
10 04 Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (3)
09 15 Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You (1)
LDD: Diana Ross & The Supremes "Love Child" from Shirley in Jacksonville, FL to her biological mother - she was adopted, and originally felt hurt and rejected at having been given up, but over time, came to understand what her mother had to go through even as she came to the decision
08 09 The Timex Social Club - Rumors (8)
07 11 Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (7)
06 12 Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers (2)
05 06 Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling (2)
04 07 Berlin - Take My Breath Away (1)
03 01 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (1)
Flashback Extra: Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes", which debuted at #86 that week
02 03 Bananarama - Venus (1)
01 02 Steve Winwood - Higher Love (1)

*1986 peak; hit #2 in 1964.

The six songs that fall out of the survey are:
"Hanging On a Heart Attack" by Device (LW: 35),
"One Step Closer to You" by Gavin Christopher (LW: 34),
"Invisible Touch" by Genesis (LW: 33),
"Suzanne" by Journey (LW: 30),
"Rumbleseat" by John Cougar Mellencamp (LW: 29), and
"All the Love in the World" by The Outfield (LW: 25).

NOTES:

• Another member of the "both their #1s airing in the same year" club - and yet another one involving 1986, to boot: Steve Winwood's two #1s bookend the month of August, which all by itself stands out as an interesting event.
• In his intro for the song, Casey seemingly refers to #39 as "Shake it Up Baby" - oopsie.
• Both LDDs this week deal with adoption. If we put weeks where both LDDs were of the "lovey-dovey" type aside, I can think of only one other week where both LDDs dealt with the same subject: 9-7-85, where they both concerned suicide.
• Speaking of that second LDD, the writer mentioned that she was born October 4, 1965 - that makes her exactly 20 years older than me.
• Did any other single in the 1980s go back up in the Top 40 after going down the previous week - besides those that hit #1, fell out, then returned there? "Rumors" went back up a notch here after going down a notch the previous week.
• #1 on the Album chart: True Blue by Madonna
• #1 on the Country chart: "Heartbeat in the Darkness" by Don Williams
• The #1 Soul single is another matter entirely. Casey stated it was "Do You Get Enough Love" by Shirley Jones. However, per this week's issue of Billboard - which is in fact available to read on Google Books - it was instead this week's #22 song, "Love Zone"! Turns out there's another such mistake out there as well - on 7-16-88, Casey said "Paradise" by Sade was the week's #1 on the Black Singles chart; it was really "Roses Are Red" by The Mac Band. (That one is not available on Google to look at, however.)

[dth1971]

I learned next weekend's AT40: The 70's offerings are 2 shows again, one will be a 4 hour show (first hour optional) from 1979, the other a 3 hour September 1971 show originally heard in 2011.

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from 1974

40: CAN'T GET ENOUGH - BAD COMPANY (5)
39: EARACHE MY EYE - CHEECH & CHONG (9)
38: DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - ELTON JOHN (2)
37: SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES (37)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsNy4NoZUs

36: I LOVE MY FRIEND - CHARLIE RICH (24)
35: SURE AS I'M SITTING HERE - THREE DOG NIGHT (16)
34: CALL ON ME - CHICAGO (6)
33: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS - BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE (12)
32: TIME FOR LIVIN' - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (32)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRvKZcip75M

31: DON'T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET - TOWER OF POWER (26)
30: FREE MAN IN PARIS - JONI MITCHELL (22)
29: WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS (15)
28: SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD (8)
27: ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT - CAT STEVENS (15)
26: I HONESTLY LOVE YOU - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1)
25: BEACH BABY - FIRST CLASS (4)
24: WATERLOO - ABBA (6)
23: LET'S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER - STYLISTICS (18)
22: KEEP ON SMILIN' - WET WILLIE (10)
21: IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL - ROLLING STONES (16)
20: SHININ' ON - GRAND FUNK (11)
19: YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' - STEVIE WONDER (1)
18: PLEASE COME TO BOSTON - DAVE LOGGINS (5)
17: CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN - GUESS WHO (6)
16: RUB IT IN - BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK (16)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEHtfdGElKo

15: WILD THING - FANCY (14)
14: HANG ON IN THERE BABY - JOHNNY BRISTOL (8)
13: SIDESHOW - BLUE MAGIC (8)
12: NOTHING FROM NOTHING - BILLY PRESTON (1)
11: THEN CAME YOU - DIONNE WARWICK & THE SPINNERS (1)
10: YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD - HELEN REDDY (9)
9: CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE - BARRY WHITE (1)
8: ROCK ME GENTLY - ANDY KIM (1)
7: WILDWOOD WEED - JIM STAFFORD (7)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyQi-1Z2tN8

6: I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU - DONNY & MARIE OSMOND (4)
5: FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE - ROBERTA FLACK (1)
4: THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED - PAPER LACE (1)
3: TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - RUFUS (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm_cFzVAoo8

2: I SHOT THE SHERIFF - ERIC CLAPTON (1)
1: (YOU'RE) HAVING MY BABY - PAUL ANKA(1)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHWl-ZyRAg

[friday]

Sept 1, 2013 18:49:49 GMT -5 Libra said:

Did any other single in the 1980s go back up in the Top 40 after going down the previous week - besides those that hit #1, fell out, then returned there? "Rumors" went back up a notch here after going down a notch the previous week.

Off the top of my head, the only one I know is "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz. It moved six spots to #2 on May 14, 1988, slipped back to #3, then spent two more weeks at #2.

[Libra]

Sept 2, 2013 20:17:02 GMT -5 friday said:

Sept 1, 2013 18:49:49 GMT -5 Libra said:

Did any other single in the 1980s go back up in the Top 40 after going down the previous week - besides those that hit #1, fell out, then returned there? "Rumors" went back up a notch here after going down a notch the previous week.

Off the top of my head, the only one I know is "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz. It moved six spots to #2 on May 14, 1988, slipped back to #3, then spent two more weeks at #2.

Oh yeah, that's right - I forgot about that one. Good catch!

[jdelachjr2002]

Sept 1, 2013 20:50:01 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

I learned next weekend's AT40: The 70's offerings are 2 shows again, one will be a 4 hour show (first hour optional) from 1979, the other a 3 hour September 1971 show originally heard in 2011.

And because of that my weekend preview this week will be a two-parter. As always the '80s come first.

"AT40: The '80s" this week is from 9/5/1987

Four songs debuted this week:
"Casanova" - Levert (#34)
"Let Me Be The One" - Expose (#36)
"Never Let Me Down" - David Bowie (#39)
"Fake" - Alexander O'Neal (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Jam Tonight" - Freddie Jackson (#32)
"Shakedown" - Bob Seger (#34)
"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine (#36)
"Alone" - Heart (#40)

Biggest Mover (tie):
"Lost In Emotion" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (#30 to #21)
"Carrie" - Europe (#29 to #20)
Biggest Dropper: "Back In The High Life Again" - Steve Winwood (#22 to #37)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" - Glenn Medeiros
"Lean On Me" - Club Nouveau
"Who's That Girl" - Madonna (#3 this week)

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Causing A Commotion" - Madonna (NR; debuted in Hot 100 following week)
Hour #2: "I Won't Forget You" - Poison (#87; debuted)
Hour #3: "I've Been In Love Before" - Cutting Crew (#75; debuted)
Hour #4: "Little Lies" - Fleetwood Mac (#47)

I'll have the '70s preview coming up soon.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now it's time for this weekend's '70s preview and it's a two-show week. The "A" show this week is from 9/1/1979

Four songs debuted this week:
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson (#35)
"What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" - Stephanie Mills (#36)
"Saturday Night" - Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (#38)
"Youngblood" - Rickie Lee Jones (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Was Made For Lovin' You" - Kiss (#16)
"Is She Really Going Out With Him" - Joe Jackson (#21)
"Makin' It" - David Naughton (#31)
"Gold" - John Stewart (#35)

Biggest Mover: "Rise" - Herb Alpert (#34 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "You Can't Change That" - Raydio (#13 to #34)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Tragedy" - The Bee Gees
"You And Me Against The World" - Helen Reddy

Archive extras:
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli
"Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle
"Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton
"Lady Marmalade" will be played as an optional extra this week. "My Eyes Adored You" and "Lovin' You" will remain in the show.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Street Player" - Chicago (NR)
Hour #2: "Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band (#76)
Hour #3: "Spooky" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#50)
Hour #4: "Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle (original AT40 Archive)

The "B" show this week is from 9/4/1971. It previously aired back in 2007 and in 2011. Here is my post from the 2011 airing.

Sept 2, 2011 15:22:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Eight (yes, eight!) songs debuted this week:
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac & Katie Kissoon (#30)
"The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#31)
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#34)
"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" - Paul Stookey (#36)
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder (#37)
"Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#38)
"So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" - Carole King (#39)
"I Likes To Do It" - People's Choice (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#21)
"Never Ending Song Of Love" - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#24)
"Bring The Boys Home" - Freda Payne (#28)
"Rings" - Cymarron (#29)
"Mighty Clouds Of Joy" - B.J. Thomas (#34)
"Love The One You're With" - The Isley Brothers (#37)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#39)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "Draggin' The Line" - Tommy James (#17 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#65)
"Superstar" - The Carpenters (#49; highest debut)
"Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#19)

[dth1971]

Sept 5, 2013 23:33:56 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Now it's time for this weekend's '70s preview and it's a two-show week. The "A" show this week is from 9/1/1979

Four songs debuted this week:
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson (#35)
"What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" - Stephanie Mills (#36)
"Saturday Night" - Herman Brood & His Wild Romance (#38)
"Youngblood" - Rickie Lee Jones (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"I Was Made For Lovin' You" - Kiss (#16)
"Is She Really Going Out With Him" - Joe Jackson (#21)
"Makin' It" - David Naughton (#31)
"Gold" - John Stewart (#35)

Biggest Mover: "Rise" - Herb Alpert (#34 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "You Can't Change That" - Raydio (#13 to #34)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Tragedy" - The Bee Gees
"You And Me Against The World" - Helen Reddy

Archive extras:
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli
"Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle
"Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton
"Lady Marmalade" will be played as an optional extra this week. "My Eyes Adored You" and "Lovin' You" will remain in the show.

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Street Player" - Chicago (NR)
Hour #2: "Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band (#76)
Hour #3: "Spooky" - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#50)
Hour #4: "Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle (original AT40 Archive)

The "B" show this week is from 9/4/1971. It previously aired back in 2007 and in 2011. Here is my post from the 2011 airing.

Sept 2, 2011 15:22:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Eight (yes, eight!) songs debuted this week:
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac & Katie Kissoon (#30)
"The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues (#31)
"Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels (#34)
"Wedding Song (There Is Love)" - Paul Stookey (#36)
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder (#37)
"Rain Dance" - The Guess Who (#38)
"So Far Away/Smackwater Jack" - Carole King (#39)
"I Likes To Do It" - People's Choice (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move" - Carole King (#21)
"Never Ending Song Of Love" - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (#24)
"Bring The Boys Home" - Freda Payne (#28)
"Rings" - Cymarron (#29)
"Mighty Clouds Of Joy" - B.J. Thomas (#34)
"Love The One You're With" - The Isley Brothers (#37)
"You've Got A Friend" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#39)
"Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Maggie May/Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#36 to #19)
Biggest Dropper: "Draggin' The Line" - Tommy James (#17 to #29)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle (#65)
"Superstar" - The Carpenters (#49; highest debut)
"Reason To Believe" - Rod Stewart (#19)

We'll see what WLS 94.7 FM Chicago plays this weekend, but I bet the station goes for the September 1, 1979 AT40 starting with hour #2 (If the station plays the September 4, 1971 AT40 episode I heard in 2011, I won't listen).

[Libra]

September 5, 1987
40 -- Alexander O'Neal - Fake (25)
39 -- David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (27)
38 28 The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart (7)
37 22 Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Again (13)
36 -- Expose - Let Me Be the One (7)
35 39 Herb Alpert - Making Love in the Rain (35)
34 -- Levert - Casanova (5)
33 23 Sammy Hager - Give to Live (23)
32 37 John Cougar Mellencamp - Paper in Fire (9)
31 38 Heart - Who Will You Run To (7)
LDD: Glenn Medeiros "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" from Steven, a U.S. Army soldier currently in training in Egypt, to his girlfriend Nancy in Alabama, who was recently in a car accident and faces a long recovery ahead
Flashback Extra: Madonna "Causing a Commotion", which was "two weeks away from hitting the countdown"
30 33 Natalie Cole - Jump Start (13)
29 35 Prince - U Got the Look (2)
28 18 T'Pau - Heart and Soul (4)
27 27 Jonathan Butler - Lies (27)
26 17 Living in a Box - Living in a Box (17)
25 11 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1)
24 29 Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat (10)
23 26 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (23)
22 31 Europe - Carrie (3)
21 30 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion (1)
Flashback Extra: Poison "I Won't Forget You"
20 25 Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo - Who Found Who (16)
19 13 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2)
18 24 LL Cool J - I Need Love (14)
17 21 Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour (4)
16 20 The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys - Wipeout (12)
15 19 The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey (9)
14 09 Starship - It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) (9)
13 04 Suzanne Vega - Luka (3)
LDD: Club Nouveau "Lean on Me" from Rob, a competitive swimmer in Cambridge, OH, to his coach, who led him to his first state and national swimming titles after he'd hit a losing skid
12 12 Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne - Love Power (12)
Flashback Extra: Cutting Crew "I've Been in Love Before", which debuted at #75 that week
11 16 ABC - When Smokey Sings (5)
10 14 Huey Lewis & The News - Doing it All For My Baby (6)
09 07 The Whispers - Rock Steady (7)
08 15 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (1)
07 10 Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try (6)
06 03 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing (3)
05 08 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have it All (1)
04 05 Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams (4)
03 02 Madonna - Who's That Girl? (1) (also a...Short, Distance Dedication from Erica to her best friend Suzanne, who recently dyed her hair - which is making everybody ask, "Who's that girl?")
Flashback Extra: Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies", which was "a week away from hitting the countdown"
02 06 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (1)
01 01 Los Lobos - La Bamba (1)

Now, if we have four debuts, we gotta have four songs that fall out - and those are:
"Jam Tonight" by Freddie Jackson (LW: 32),
"Shakedown" by Bob Seger (LW: 34),
"Rhythm is Gonna Get You" by Miami Sound Machine (LW: 36), and
"Alone" by Heart (LW: 40).

NOTES:

• Larry Morgan didn't point this out, but "Causing a Commotion" was chosen as an Extra despite not being on the Hot 100 that week - it debuted the following week at #41, but that week was hosted by Charlie Van Dyke. Still, to the best of my knowledge, this is something Premiere hasn't done since January 2009 for the 1-23-82 show.
• Another one from the "Deja Vu" files: Casey gives us the chart fact - again - of how Sheena Easton was the first artist to hit the Top 10 on the Pop, Country, Soul, and Dance charts. He first told this back on 3-16-85.
• WAIT...MAKE THAT TWO?: He also points out how "Mary's Prayer" names the girl who appears in the most song titles in the Rock Era. He answered a Question Letter to this effect on a previous show, but I don't remember which one that is offhand.
• Quite a few songs skipped in this one. Nice going with the production, guys.
• The third LDD - if you can really call it that - was totally impromptu, with no advance tease from Casey. He simply read the (short) letter before the song, and followed it with, "Okay Erica, here's your Long Distance Dedication!" And then he went and called it a Short Distance Dedication in his outro...so I opted to title it that and be done with it.
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Love is a House" by Force MDs
• #1 on the Dance chart: "When Smokey Sings"
• #1 on the Country chart: "She's Too Good to Be True" by Exile
• #1 on the Album chart: Whitney by Whitney Houston

[dth1971]

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:

* WLS chose to run the September 1, 1979 episode over the September 1971 episode aired 2 years ago. Since WLS started the September 1, 1979 with hour #2, the song that started hour #2 was the #34 song of "You Can't Change That" by Raydio.
* This AT40 September 1, 1979 episode was also the first week with the new jingle package but the new 1979-1984 AT40 closing theme and hour #2, #3, and #4 bumper theme (which also temporary replaced the Shuckatoom theme in the opening for several weeks) didn't start until I think about a week later on the September 8, 1979 AT40 episode (The same week Australian born Gordon Elliott guest hosted for Casey Kasem in his first of 2 AT40 guest host stints).
* This September 1, 1979 AT40 chart had 10 British acts, 14 soul/R&B crossover hits, 10 female solo artists, and 14 foreign acts.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Neil Schoen of the group Journey was originally a member of the group Santana? 2) The act M is a 1 man band with a 1 letter name? 3) Nick Lowe was a member of the not so hot British group Brimsley Schwartz? 4) The Rockets come from Detroit, Michigan? 5) The group Blackfoot comes from Jacksonville, Florida? 6) Patrick "Born to Be Alive" Hernandez comes from Paris, France? 7) G.Q.'s "I Do Love You" is called SHOOP-SHOOP-SHOOBY DOO WOP music? 8) The lead singer of the group Night is Stevie Lange? 9) The Commodores once had their musical instruments stolen? 10) Elton John's producer for Rocket Records, John Reed, had to climb a 12 foot wall to meet Elton in the backyard of some club? ) 11) The Charlie Daniels song "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" is a gambling related song? 12) Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra is the one man act behind the group? 13) For their debut album cover, the Knack (at #1 on the September 1, 1979 AT40 chart with "My Sharona") had to pose like the Beatles?
* QUESTION LETTER: Regarding the most top 10 songs by a solo artist without hitting #1 - Fats Domino with 8 top 10's but no #1 (A record later broken by Bruce Springsteen).
* ALSO: 1) Casey mentioned to tie into Spyro Gyra coming from Buffalo, New York that it was also the birthplace of then AT40 staffer Matt Wilson. 2) A POOSIBLE BLOOPER that casey mentioned the 27 acts in the rock era to make the Top 40 named after food, with the most coming from the snack/dessert category with 17, and he mentioned a group named P-Nut Gallery, however, P-Nut Gallery didn't reach the Top 40 at all since their 1971 song "Do You Know What Time It Is?" missed the top 40 reaches!
* AND: I heard the AT40 archive song of 1975 of "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton (Minnie Riperton passed away of cancer at the 1979 time) plus the Long Distance Dedication of Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against The World". As well as the AT40 optional extras of "Please Don't Go" by KC and the Sunshine Band (The first #1 for the 1980's) and the rare, Halloween leaning song "Spooky" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section.

ONE FINAL NOTE: Rumor has it next weekend's AT40: The 70's offerings will be another 2 episode offering.

[johnnywest]

Sept 8, 2013 11:43:39 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* WLS chose to run the September 1, 1979 episode over the September 1971 episode aired 2 weeks ago.

You mean 2 years ago?

[dth1971]

Sept 8, 2013 12:01:29 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Sept 8, 2013 11:43:39 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

* WLS chose to run the September 1, 1979 episode over the September 1971 episode aired 2 weeks ago.

You mean 2 years ago?

Just fixed the description.

[dth1971]

Below are my thoughts on that September 1971 AT40 episode I heard 2 years ago when 1970-1972 AT40 shows were not secondary choices with 1973-1979 AT40 shows in the AT40: The 70's series:

Sept 4, 2011 12:43:59 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Here are my thoughts after listening to this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode of the September 4, 1971 AT40 episode on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago:

* Casey said at the start of the show that this week's countdown is a "Wild countdown". Why is it?
* Also at the start, Casey mentioned the 8 droppers from AT40 for this week, it would be about a month or so Casey would stop mentioning the droppers dropping out of AT40 of each week's AT40 show but resume that mentioning of the droppers every week starting in December 1983 (Footnote: For a time from November 1988 to June 1989 months after Shadoe Stevens took over Casey Kasem's AT40 place the mentioning of droppers dropping out of AT40 every week was withdrawn until demand to bring it back happened)
* Twice on the show after the first and second hours Casey did the rare recap of debuts in the AT40 chart.
* Casey made a correction to the previous week's 1971 AT40 chart that Carole King the week before had written 4 songs on the chart when he mentioned there were 3.
* SLOWEST CLIMNBING SONG IN THE AT40 SEPTEMBER 4, 1971 CHART: "If Not For You" by Olivia Newton John.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary was once voted as the 3rd. ugliest man(!) on campus while in college at Michigan State University? 2) Rod Stewart was under contract with 2 record labels in 1971 (on the Warner Bros. label as a member of Faces/Small Faces, and on the Mercury label as a solo artist)? 3) Donny Osmond got the idea to cover "Go Away Little Girl" from Steve Lawrence's son David?
* QUESTION LETTER: In the 12 year gap from 1959-1971 the record spending the longest at #1 was a 3 way tie between "Hey Jude" by the Beatles, "Theme From a Summer Place" by Percy Faith, and "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin each spending 9 weeks at #1.
* The #1 song on that September 4, 1971 AT40 chart was "Uncle Albert/Admiral Haisley" by Paul and Linda McCartney moving from #12 to #1 becoming the biggest leap to #1 outside of the top 10 since The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" in 1966.
* ALSO: 1) Did you notice that AT40 started in that 1971 week began to be heard on a radio station in Western Australia? 2) Did you like the 1971 mail order record album commercial of The American Top 40 Double Dozen kept intact in the show? It was $4.99, but I bet it's a lot more on e-bay today (And I wish it was reissued on CD for a limited time, unless someone made a CD-R copy of this AT40 Double Dozen 1971 record set).
* AND...by surprise, at the end of the second hour and before the third hour, WLS 94.7 FM played the second optional extra of this week's AT40: The 70's episode - "Superstar" by the Carpenters.
* FINALLY: With this week's AT40 the 70's broadcast from September 4, 1971 I have now heard at least 1 AT40 show from every year of the 1970's since I started to listen to it on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago in June 2011.

Now, I wonder if next week's AT40: The 70's show will be a 1970 show with the song "War" by Edwin Starr in it which could tie in to the September 11, 2001 tragic event 10th. anniversary...

[jdelachjr2002]

September 1, 1979

LW TW
LW #3: Barbra Streisand "The Main Event/Fight"
LW #2: Chic "Good Times"
LW #1: The Knack "My Sharona"
DE 40 Rickie Lee Jones - Young Blood (40)
40 39 Triumph - Hold On (38)
DE 38 Herman Brood and His Wild Romance - Saturday Night (35)
38 37 Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams (37)
DE 36 Stephanie Mills - What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' (22)
LDD: The Bee Gees "Tragedy" From 11-year-old Moira to the neighborhood of North Hampton NH. She calls herself "Queen Of The Neighborhood" because she is the only girl that lives there.
DE 35 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1)
AT40 Archives: From March 1975 - Frankie Valli "My Eyes Adored You", the 133rd #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: Chicago "Street Player"
13 34 Raydio - You Can't Change That (9)
37 33 Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (16)
36 32 Diana Ross - The Boss (19)
39 31 M - Pop Muzik (1)
33 30 The Rockets - Oh Well (30)
12 29 Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (1)
32 28 Maureen McGovern - Diffrent Worlds (18)
30 27 Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind (12)
27 26 Blackfoot - Highway Song (26)
28 25 Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive (16)
24 24 Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (24)
25 23 GQ - I Do Love You (20)
Flashback Extra: KC & The Sunshine Band "Please Don't Go", which was at #76 that week
29 22 Sniff 'n The Tears - Driver's Seat (15)
26 21 Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (14)
22 20 Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You (11)
34 19 Herb Alpert - Rise (1)
20 18 Night - Hot Summer Nights (18)
LDD: Helen Reddy "You And Me Against The World" From Eileen in Fairbanks AK to her boyfriend of seven years Jim in Arlington VA whom she met when both were 13 years old and vowed to remain in contact despite the fact Eileen moved thousands of miles away.
11 17 Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (6)
18 16 Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger (15)
17 15 The Cars - Let's Go (14)
23 14 The Commodores - Sail On (4)
15 13 Eddie Rabbitt - Suspicions (13)
AT40 Archives: From April 1975 - Minnie Riperton "Lovin' You", the 135th #1 of the decade
Flashback Extra: The Atlanta Rhythm Section "Spooky", which was a week away from hitting the countdown
19 12 The Little River Band - Lonesome Loser (6)
05 11 Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1)
14 10 Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Love This Way Again (5)
09 09 Elton John - Mama Can't Buy You Love (9)
10 08 Robert John - Sad Eyes (1)
08 07 Maxene Nightingale - Lead Me On (5)
07 06 The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (3)
06 05 Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down (4)
04 04 Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone (2)
03 03 Barbra Streisand - The Main Event/Fight (3)
AT40 Flashback Extra: From March 1975 - LaBelle "Lady Marmalade", the 134th #1 of the decade
02 02 Chic - Good Times (1)
01 01 The Knack - My Sharona (1)

- So why was "Street Player" chosen as an optional extra even though it never made the Hot 100? Well, according to Larry Morgan, the song was sampled by the Bucketheads and Pitbull.
- Incidentally, Chicago debuted in the Hot 100 that week with "Must Have Been Crazy", a song that got no higher than #83 (Chicago wouldn't hit the Top 40 until three years later when they had their second #1 with "Hard To Say I'm Sorry")
- #1 Soul Good Times
- #1 Country: "Heartbreak Hotel" - Willie Nelson & Leon Russell
- #1 Disco: The Boss
- #1 Album: "Get The Knack" - The Knack

[dth1971]

Sept 8, 2013 14:57:26 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Below are my thoughts on that September 1971 AT40 episode I heard 2 years ago when 1970-1972 AT40 shows were not secondary choices with 1973-1979 AT40 shows in the AT40: The 70's series:

Sept 4, 2011 12:43:59 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

Here are my thoughts after listening to this weekend's AT40: The 70's episode of the September 4, 1971 AT40 episode on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago:

* Casey said at the start of the show that this week's countdown is a "Wild countdown". Why is it?
* Also at the start, Casey mentioned the 8 droppers from AT40 for this week, it would be about a month or so Casey would stop mentioning the droppers dropping out of AT40 of each week's AT40 show but resume that mentioning of the droppers every week starting in December 1983 (Footnote: For a time from November 1988 to June 1989 months after Shadoe Stevens took over Casey Kasem's AT40 place the mentioning of droppers dropping out of AT40 every week was withdrawn until demand to bring it back happened)
* Twice on the show after the first and second hours Casey did the rare recap of debuts in the AT40 chart.
* Casey made a correction to the previous week's 1971 AT40 chart that Carole King the week before had written 4 songs on the chart when he mentioned there were 3.
* SLOWEST CLIMNBING SONG IN THE AT40 SEPTEMBER 4, 1971 CHART: "If Not For You" by Olivia Newton John.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary was once voted as the 3rd. ugliest man(!) on campus while in college at Michigan State University? 2) Rod Stewart was under contract with 2 record labels in 1971 (on the Warner Bros. label as a member of Faces/Small Faces, and on the Mercury label as a solo artist)? 3) Donny Osmond got the idea to cover "Go Away Little Girl" from Steve Lawrence's son David?
* QUESTION LETTER: In the 12 year gap from 1959-1971 the record spending the longest at #1 was a 3 way tie between "Hey Jude" by the Beatles, "Theme From a Summer Place" by Percy Faith, and "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin each spending 9 weeks at #1.
* The #1 song on that September 4, 1971 AT40 chart was "Uncle Albert/Admiral Haisley" by Paul and Linda McCartney moving from #12 to #1 becoming the biggest leap to #1 outside of the top 10 since The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" in 1966.
* ALSO: 1) Did you notice that AT40 started in that 1971 week began to be heard on a radio station in Western Australia? 2) Did you like the 1971 mail order record album commercial of The American Top 40 Double Dozen kept intact in the show? It was $4.99, but I bet it's a lot more on e-bay today (And I wish it was reissued on CD for a limited time, unless someone made a CD-R copy of this AT40 Double Dozen 1971 record set).
* AND...by surprise, at the end of the second hour and before the third hour, WLS 94.7 FM played the second optional extra of this week's AT40: The 70's episode - "Superstar" by the Carpenters.
* FINALLY: With this week's AT40 the 70's broadcast from September 4, 1971 I have now heard at least 1 AT40 show from every year of the 1970's since I started to listen to it on WLS 94.7 FM True Oldies Chicago in June 2011.

Some other things I didn't know when I heard this AT40: The 70's episode back in September 2011: Is it true the #40 song by Peoples Choice and the "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and the "If You Really Love Me" songs were edited by Premiere and not original AT40 version edits?

[jdelachjr2002]

As reported earlier, this weekend "AT40: The '70s" has two shows again this week. So for the second straight week, my weekly preview will be a two-parter. As always, the '80s will come first.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/21/1985

Five songs debuted this week:
"Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)" - Night Ranger (#35)
"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer (#37)
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" - Paul Young (#38)
"Head Over Heels" - Tears For Fears (#39)
"Sunset Grill" - Don Henley (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"What About Love?" - Heart (#30)
"Do You Want Crying" - Katrina & The Waves (#37)
"Mystery Lady" - Billy Ocean (#38)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - Sting (#39)
"Spanish Eddie" - Laura Branigan (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Dancing In The Street" - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (#25 to #17)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"Summer Of '69" - Bryan Adams (#11 to #21)
"Shout" - Tears For Fears (#22 to #32)
"Never Surrender" - Corey Hart (#23 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Sukiyaki" - Kyu Sakamoto
"Don't Walk Away" - Rick Springfield

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Miss You" - Klymaxx (#74)
Hour #2: "Lay Your Hands On Me" - Thomspon Twins (#56; highest debut)
Hour #3: "You Belong To The City" - Glenn Frey (#46)
Hour #4: "We Built This City" - Starship (#45)

The '70s preview is coming up soon.

[Libra]

Sept 13, 2013 12:54:24 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Hour #3: "You Belong To The City" - Glenn Frey

#46. Took the liberty of checking, after "Causing a Commotion" last week.

[jdelachjr2002]

Now it's time for this week's '70s preview and it's a two-show week. First , let's preview the "A" show which is from 9/9/1972.

Six songs debuted this week:
"Ben" - Michael Jackson (#26)
"My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry (#31)
"Use Me" - Bill Withers (#33)
"The City Of New Orleans" - Arlo Guthrie (#36)
"Good Foot, pt. 1" - James Brown (#38)
"Burning Love" - Elvis Presley

Six songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton (#25)
"Small Beginnings" - Flash (#29)
"Where Is The Love" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#31)
"How Do You Do" - Mouth & MacNeal (#36)
"Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead" - Barbra Streisand (#37)
"When You Say Love" - Sonny & Cher (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Play Me" - Neil Diamond (#33 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Coconut" - Nilsson (#17 to #32)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Witchy Woman" - The Eagles (#78; debuted)
Hour #2: "Garden Party" - Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (#42)
Hour #3: "Summer Breeze" - Seals & Crofts (#88; debuted)

Now here's this weekend's "B" show which is from 9/13/1975. This show had previously aired in 2007 and in 2010.

Seven songs debuted this week:
"Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman (#31)
"Miracles" - Jefferson Starship (#34)
"Lady Blue" - Leon Russell (#35)
"Carolina In The Pines" - Michael Martin Murphey (#36)
"Main Title (Theme From "Jaws") - John Williams (#37)
"Do It Any Way You Wanna" - People's Choice (#38)
"Your Love" - Graham Central Station (#39)

Seven songs fell off this week:
"Holdin' On To Yesterday" - Ambrosia (#17)
"Tush" - ZZ Top (#20)
"Why Can't We Be Friends" - War (#30)
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (#32)
"Help Me Rhonda" - Johnny Rivers (#36)
"Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John (#37)
"Two Fine People" - Cat Stevens (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" - Helen Reddy (#28 to #17)
Biggest Dropper: "One Of These Nights" - The Eagles (#10 to #19)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
"Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons (#54)
"Bad Blood" - Neil Sedaka (#66; highest debut)
"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles (#79; debuted)

[dth1971]

Sept 13, 2013 12:54:24 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

As reported earlier, this weekend "AT40: The '70s" has two shows again this week. So for the second straight week, my weekly preview will be a two-parter. As always, the '80s will come first.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/21/1985

Five songs debuted this week:
"Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Anymore)" - Night Ranger (#35)
"Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer (#37)
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" - Paul Young (#38)
"Head Over Heels" - Tears For Fears (#39)
"Sunset Grill" - Don Henley (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"What About Love?" - Heart (#30)
"Do You Want Crying" - Katrina & The Waves (#37)
"Mystery Lady" - Billy Ocean (#38)
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - Sting (#39)
"Spanish Eddie" - Laura Branigan (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Dancing In The Street" - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (#25 to #17)
Biggest Dropper (three-way tie):
"Summer Of '69" - Bryan Adams (#11 to #21)
"Shout" - Tears For Fears (#22 to #32)
"Never Surrender" - Corey Hart (#23 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
"Sukiyaki" - Kyu Sakamoto
"Don't Walk Away" - Rick Springfield

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Miss You" - Klymaxx (#74)
Hour #2: "Lay Your Hands On Me" - Thomspon Twins (#56; highest debut)
Hour #3: "You Belong To The City" - Glenn Frey (#46)
Hour #4: "We Built This City" - Starship (#45)

The '70s preview is coming up soon.

This AT40: The 1980's entry for this weekend was originally aired the week after the AT40 episode with the infamous Shannon/Dead Dog Long Distance Dedication, but I guess Premiere won't air that September 14, 1985 AT40 episode (previously ran in 2007 and again in 2010 for its 25th. anniversary) ever again until either next year or September 2015 (If the AT40: The 70's/80's series still airs on radio stations, and which would be 3 decades after that episode originally aired, even if Larry Morgan won't intro and outro an OPTIONAL EXTRA segment for this involving how the Dead Dog LDD was made with Casey's censored rant remarks/bloopers!)