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

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Why would the show not air on radio stations?

[dth1971]

Sept 13, 2013 15:13:51 GMT -5 @2m said:

Why would the show not air on radio stations?

What are you talking about?

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Sept 13, 2013 14:34:44 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

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

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(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!)

Why would the series not air on radio stations?

[dth1971]

Sept 13, 2013 20:32:49 GMT -5 @2m said:

Sept 13, 2013 14:34:44 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

(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!)

Why would the series not air on radio stations?

It depends on the contracts...

[areyoureadytojump]

Stations that play AT40:

tunein.com/radio/options/American-Top-40---The-80s-p154285/

[Libra]

Sept 13, 2013 23:38:30 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

Stations that play AT40:

tunein.com/radio/options/American-Top-40---The-80s-p154285/

That list seems to not be accounting for Daylight Savings Time (or doing it incorrectly).

Try this one: at40fg.proboards.com/thread/1674/stations-list-updated-september-2013 It's updated regularly. :)

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There is a good 70s list too that is also pretty complete on the same board

[dth1971]

HERE ARE 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 air the September 13, 1975 AT40 episode (I know they always choose the later year when there are 2 show weekends!).
* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart has 6 English acts, plus 27 songs written or co-written by the person/act who sings it; Plus among the 7 debuts are 2 Jaws related records: John Williams' "Theme From Jaws" and Dickie Goodman's "Mr. Jaws"; speaking of "Mr. Jaws", 5 songs in the AT40 chart are heard in "Mr. Jaws" as well - "One of These Nights", "How Sweet it Is", "Jive Talkin'", "Get Down Tonight", and the #1 song "Rhinestone Cowboy".
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Leon Russell, despite having 2 top 40 hits, mostly played piano on other artists; 1960's-1970's hits and even wrote songs for other arists? 2) Jefferson Starship was the new name for Jefferson Airplane? 3) The Ritchie Family consists of a 40 piece orchestra plus 3 girls and a guy named Ritchie? 4) Morris "Feelings" Albert is from Rio De Janero, Brazil? 5) James Taylor once broke his hands in a motorcycle accident and even ended up in a mental hospital for a time? 6) Freddy Fender first did "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" in 1959? 7) David Bowie had a fear of being a success as a child? 8) Janis Ian's first top 40 hit "Society's Child" was done in 1967 when she was 16 years old? 8) At that 1975 time, Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" became the first song to be #1 on the pop and country charts at the same time since "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean in 1961?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the song in the rock era to make the top 40 in the most versions - "Unchained Melody" and "Banana Boat Song (Day-O)" with 5 versions each; 2) Regarding the artist with the most big top 10 hits in the shortest span of time - Glenn Miller with 36 top 10 hits 1940-1943.
* BLOOPERS: 1) Casey said that Jefferson Starship's "Miracles" was at #35 when it was at #34! 2) Casey said that James Taylor's "How Sweet It Is" was moving up the chant when it was moving down the chart!
* ALSO: 1) WLS played all 3 AT40 optional extras of "Who Loves You", "Bad Blood", and "Lyin' Eyes"; 2) Casey played a drop piece of Sly and the Family Stone's 1968 song "Dance to the Music" to tie in that S&TFS Larry Graham now has his own group with Graham Central Station (At #39 with "Your Love"); 3) Then in 1975 AT40 Chicago station WDHF is mentioned; 4) The AT40 Universal City, California address was kept intact; 5) Casey recalled a Newsweek riddle to an act in the countdown - "What has 150 white teeth, feeds on milk and stew, and rides motorcycles backwards? The Osmonds!"; and 6) To tie in with the Theme From Jaws, which was in 4th. place at the 1975 time as the all time grossing movie, Casey mentioned the other top 3 high grossing movies of all time up to the 1975 time:
1) Gone With the Wind
2) The Sound of Music
3) The Godfather
(FOOTNOTE: That Top 3 would change in later years post 1975 as other big high gross all time movies "Star Wars", "E.T.", "Titanic", and maybe "Avatar" would take the top 3 spots).

[jdelachjr2002]

Sept 15, 2013 10:45:52 GMT -5 dth1971 said:

speaking of "Mr. Jaws", 5 songs in the AT40 chart are heard in "Mr. Jaws" as well - "One of These Nights", "How Sweet it Is", "Jive Talkin'", "Get Down Tonight", and the #1 song "Rhinestone Cowboy".

And for the record, here are the pieces of songs played in order.
"Dynomite" - Bazuka
"Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John
"How Sweet It Is" - James Taylor
"Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
"Get Down Tonight" - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
"The Hustle" - Van McCoy
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"One Of These Nights" - The Eagles
"Jive Talkin'" - The Bee Gees
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
"Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1972

40: BURNING LOVE – ELVIS PRESLEY (2)
39: SEALED WITH A KISS - BOBBY VINTON (19)
38: THIS WORLD - THE STAPLE SINGERS (38)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLc9ZBwiXU0

37: GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (Part 1) – JAMES BROWN (18)
36: THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS – ARLO GUTHRIE (18)
35: BABY LET ME TAKE YOU - DETROIT EMERALDS (24)
34: THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. - DONNA FARGO (11)
33: USE ME – BILL WITHERS (2)
32: COCONUT - NILSSON (8)
31: MY DING-A-LING – CHUCK BERRY (1)
30: YOU'RE STILL A YOUNG MAN - TOWER OF POWER (30)
29: SPEAK TO THE SKY - RICK SPRINGFIELD (14)
28: NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - THE MOODY BLUES (1)
27: LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - THE JACKSON 5 (18)
26: BEN – MICHAEL JACKSON (1)
25: POP THAT THANG – THE ISLEY BROTHERS (25)
24: I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT - LUTHER INGRAM (3)
23: POPCORN – HOT BUTTER (8)
22: EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL – THE MAIN INGREDIENT (3)
21: PLAY ME - NEIL DIAMOND (11)
20: RUN TO ME - BEE GEES (16)
19: MOTORCYCLE MAMA – SAILCAT (12)
18: POWER OF LOVE - JOE SIMON (11)
17: JOIN TOGETHER - THE WHO (17)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDMCCLlGl4

16: BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY - DANIEL BOONE (15)
15: GO ALL THE WAY – THE RASPBERRIES (5)
14: GOODBYE TO LOVE – CARPENTERS (7)
13: HONKY CAT - ELTON JOHN (8)
12: HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - ARGENT (5)
11: GUITAR MAN - BREAD (11)
10: SATURDAY IN THE PARK - CHICAGO (3)
9: BLACK AND WHITE - THREE DOG NIGHT (1)
8: YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM - JIM CROCE (8)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQrTGE4wwwA

7: ROCK & ROLL PART 2 - GARY GLITTER (7)[/b][/font]
6: BACK STABBERS – THE O’JAYS (3)
5: BRANDY - LOOKING GLASS (1)
4: BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME - MAC DAVIS (2)
3: I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU - AL GREEN (3)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MymMPYWSZU0

2: LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS - HOLLIES (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ

1: ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN (1)[/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8

[cartman2002]

here's the 80s chart from 1985

40: SUNSET GRILL - DON HENLEY (22)
39: HEAD OVER HEELS - TEARS FOR FEARS (3)
38: I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN - PAUL YOUNG (13)
37: MIAMI VICE THEME - JAN HAMMER (1)
36: NO LOOKIN' BACK - MICHAEL McDONALD (34)
35: FOUR IN THE MORNING (I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE) - NIGHT RANGER (19)
34: LIFE IN ONE DAY - HOWARD JONES (19)
33: NEVER SURRENDER - COREY HART (3)
32: SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS (1)
31: THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO/MY GIRL - DARYL HALL, JOHN OATES, DAVID RUFFIN, EDDIE KENDRICK (20)
30: LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT - LOVERBOY (9)
29: I'M GOIN DOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (9)
28: I GOT YOU BABE - UB40 WITH CHRISSIE HYDE (28)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH7tXaoNRSo

27: SHAME - THE MOTELS (27)
26: EVERY STEP OF THE WAY - JOHN WAITE (25)
25: C-I-T-Y - JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND (14)
24: PART TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER (1)
23: FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART - STING (8)
22: THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL - EURYTHMICS (22)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkmZmzBXXgI

21: SUMMER OF '69 - BRYAN ADAMS (5)
20: SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - MOTLEY CRUE (16)
19: CRY - GODLEY & CREME (16)
18: YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND) - BILLY JOEL (9)
17: DANCING IN THE STREET - MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE (7)
16: FREEWAY OF LOVE - ARETHA FRANKLIN (3)
15: LONELY 'OL NIGHT - JOHN COUGAR MELLANKAMP (6)
14: SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON (1)
13: TAKE ON ME - A-HA (1)
12: INVINCIBLE - PAT BENETAR (10)
11: DARE ME - THE POINTER SISTERS (11)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wyA8S83sU4

10: DRESS YOU UP - MADONNA (5)
9: OH SHEILA - READY FOR THE WORLD (1)
8: POWER OF LOVE - HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS (1)
7: POP LIFE - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (7)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGGIUbT4VI

6: FREEDOM - WHAM (3)
5: DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER - PHIL COLLINS (4)
4: WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO - TINA TURNER (2)
3: ST. ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) - JOHN PARR (1)
2: CHERISH - KOOL & THE GANG (2)
1: MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS (1)[/font]

[jdelachjr2002]

This weekend there is just one episode of "AT40: The '70s" so we're back to just a single post for this weekend's preview.

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/23/1978

Five songs debuted this week:
"Beast Of Burden" - The Rolling Stones (#35)
"Josie" - Steely Dan (#36)
"Almost Like Being In Love" - Michael Johnson (#37)
"Devoted To You" - Carly Simon & James Taylor (#38)
"Heartbreaker" - Dolly Parton (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Close The Door" - Teddy Pendergrass (#25)
"Rock & Roll Fantasy" - The Kinks (#30)
"Love Will Find A Way" - deleted Cruise (#37)
"Two Tickets To Paradise" - Eddie Money (#38)
"My Angel Baby" - Toby Beau (#39)

Biggest Mover: "Get Off" - Foxy (#28 to #21)
Biggest Dropper: "Miss You" - The Rolling Stones (#20 to #33)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Summer Nights" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#6 this week)

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Double Vision" - Foreigner (#67; highest debut)
Hour #2: "MacArthur Park" - Donna Summer (#50)
Hour #3: "Straight On" - Heart (#79; debuted)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/22/1984

Three songs debuted this week
"Swept Away" - Diana Ross (#35)
"Desert Moon" - Dennis DeYoung (#39)
"Strut" - Sheena Easton (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Round And Round" - Ratt (#26)
"I Can Dream About You" - Dan Hartman (#27)
"Leave A Tender Moment Alone" - Billy Joel (#38)

Biggest Mover: "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder (#18 to #9)
Biggest Dropper: "All Of You" - Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross (#25 to #38)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Chicago
"My Way" - Elvis Presley

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "I Feel For You" - Chaka Khan (#49)
Hour #2: "Blue Jean" - David Bowie (#44)
Hour #3: "I Can't Hold Back" - Survivor (#64)
Hour #4: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham! (#48)

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE SEPTEMBER 23, 1978 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO THIS SUNDAY MORNING:

* This AT40 episode was originally 2 weeks before AT40 expanded from 3 hours to 4 hours.
* SONG OF NOTE: The #39 song was the nearly 8 minute "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" by Meat Loaf but AT40 did a 5 minute edited version of the song (even keeping the Phil Rizzuto faux play by play part intact!).
* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart contained 4 remakes, 2 Rolling Stones song, 6 disco songs, 13 foreign acts, and 2 "DEVOTED TO YOU" songs - "Devoted to You" by Carly Simon and James Taylor and "Hopelessly Devoted To You" by Olivia Newton John.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) The Carly Simon/James Taylor duet "Devoted To You" was a remake of an Everly Brothers song? 2) Alicia "I Love The Night Life" Bridges' first job was as a disc jockey at age 13? 3) Toni Tenille of the Captain and Teneille is from Montgomery, Alabama? 4) The Captain and Teneille's song "You Never Done It Like That" was written by Neil Sedaka? 5) Linda Rondstat's big hits were mostly remakes of other artists songs? 6) Linda Rondstat's remake of "Back in the USA" was originally done by Chuck Berry? 7) Frankie Valli's "Grease" was produced by Barry Gibb? 8) Foxy was warned a few times not to perform at a Miami night club the song "Get Off" (and the night club manager warned after 3 nights of doing the song: "If you perform that song again, I gonna choke you into the ocean!")? 7) Rick James once produced records for the Spinners? 8) Nick Gilder was once a member of the group Sweeney Todd, who made it to #90 in 1976 with a song called "Roxy Roller"?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the act with the most top 40 instrumentals in the rock era - Duane Eddy with 15 top 40 instrumentals (The writer of this question thought it was Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, but it wasn't), and 2) Regarding the biggest song in the rock era with a man's name in the title - "Mack the Knife" (9 weeks at #1).
* ALSO: 1) There was a then just new to AT40 in 1978 LONG DISTANCE DEDICATION for the #6 song of "Summer Nights" by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta, 2) Casey did an AT40 BOOK OF RECORDS report about the man with the most gold records - Hal Blaine with 150! (Hal was a musician for some acts mostly), 3) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the optional extras of "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer and "Straight On" by Heart.

[Libra]

September 22, 1984
LW #3: Cyndi Lauper "She Bop"
LW #2: John Waite "Missing You"
LW #1: Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It"
40 -- Sheena Easton - Strut (7)
39 -- Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon (10)
38 25 Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross - All of You (19)
37 39 Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy (29)
36 40 Elton John - Who Wears These Shoes? (16)
35 -- Diana Ross - Swept Away (19)
34 34 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave (34)
33 35 Rick Springfield - Bop 'Til You Drop (20)
Flashback Extra: Chaka Khan "I Feel For You"
32 37 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side (7)
31 36 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck (10)
LDD: Chicago "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" from Pedro in Manitoba, Canada to "Mystery", a mysterious girl whose real name he never learned, who was taken in by his family after she showed up at their farm one day, but who ran away after he blew up at her for tricking him out of his wheelchair, and has been gone ever since
30 21 Peabo Bryson - If Ever You're in My Arms Again (10)
29 33 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (9)
28 32 The Fixx - Are We Ourselves? (15)
27 31 Lindsay Buckingham - Go Insane (23)
26 30 Donna Summer - There Goes My Baby (21)
25 29 Laura Branigan - The Lucky One (20)
24 16 Billy Squier - Rock Me Tonite (15)
23 17 Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (1)
22 28 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (1)
Flashback Extra: David Bowie "Blue Jean"
21 23 Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It (21)
20 11 Corey Hart - Sunglasses at Night (7)
19 22 The Jacksons - Torture (17)
18 12 Peter Wolf - Lights Out (12)
17 19 Night Ranger - When You Close Your Eyes (14)
16 24 Madonna - Lucky Star (4)
15 15 Jermaine Jackson - Dynamite (15)
14 20 Chicago - Hard Habit to Break (3)
13 09 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (1)
12 05 Lionel Richie - Stuck on You (3)
11 14 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me (7)
Flashback Extra: Survivor "I Can't Hold Back"
10 13 Bananarama - Cruel Summer (9)
09 18 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (1)
08 10 Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (7)
LDD: Elvis Presley "My Way" from Scott to all the people out there doing it their way - Scott had had a cherished swim towel destroyed by his teammates for refusing to join them out partying one night and saying it was a bad idea, but hearing this song lifted his spirits back up
07 08 Scandal - The Warrior (7)
06 06 Huey Lewis & The News - If This is It (6)
05 07 The Cars - Drive (3)
04 01 Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It (1)
03 03 Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (3)
Flashback Extra: Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", which was "two weeks away from reaching the countdown"
02 04 Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy (1)
01 02 John Waite - Missing You (1)

Three songs debuted this week, so three songs fell out:
"Round and Round" by Ratt (LW: 26),
"I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman (LW: 27), and
"Leave a Tender Moment Alone" by Billy Joel (LW: 38).

NOTES:

• WCRZ sure played some games with this one. They started the show at #38, played the last segment of the first hour twice, and even faded the show out a bit early (during Casey's outro for #1 "Missing You"). On the other hand, they also played all four extras for the first time in a while, so...there's that, I guess?
• This is probably easily the most oddly-paced 1984 show. It's the only one from that year to play all of Last Week's Top 3, and with the second hour also starting at #32, it harks back to earlier-80s shows. Oh yes, in that second hour, two of the original six segments had three songs - unusual for any show.
• The first LDD didn't actually name a song to play - it ended just asking to play a song for Mystery.
• #1 on the Album chart: Purple Rain by Prince
• #1 on the Country chart: "Let's Chase Each Other 'Round the Room" by Merle Haggard
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Caribbean Queen"

[cartman2002]

Here's the 70s chart from this week in 1978

40: HEARTBREAKER – DOLLY PARTON (37)
39: PARADISE BY DASHBOARD LIGHTS – MEAT LOAF (39)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMR3Hy3yrbw

38: DEVOTED TO YOU – CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR (36)
37: ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE – MICHAEL JOHNSON (32)
36: JOSIE – STEELY DAN (26)
35: BEAST OF BURDEN – THE ROLLING STONES (8)
34: MAGNET AND STEEL – WALTER EGAN (8)
33: MISS YOU – THE ROLLING STONES (1)
32: 5-7-0-5 – CITY BOY (27)
31: TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP – CRYSTAL GAYLE (18)
30: I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE – ALICIA BRIDGES (5)
29: WHO ARE YOU – THE WHO (14)
28: YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT – THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE (10)
27: JUST WHAT I NEEDED – THE CARS (27)
26: SHE’S ALWYS A WOMAN – BILLY JOEL (17)
25: COME TOGETHER - AEROSMITH (23)
24: BACK IN THE U.S.A. – LINDA RONSTADT (16)
23: GREASE – FRANKIE VALLI (1)
22: LOVE THEME FROM EYES OF LAURA MARS – BARBRA STREISAND (21)
21: GET OFF – FOXY (9)
20: RIGHT DOWN THE LINE – GERRY RAFFERTY (12)
19: SHAME – EVELYN “CHAMPAGNE” KING (9)
18: OH DARLIN’ – ROBIN GIBB (15)
17: GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (9)
16: WHENEVER I CALL YOU “FRIEND” – KENNY LOGGINS (5)
15: HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (12)
14: YOU NEEDED ME – ANNE MURRAY (1)
13: YOU AND I – RICK JAMES (13)
12: FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER – CHRIS REA (12)[/b][/font]
11: LOVE IS IN THE AIR – JOHN PAUL YOUNG (7)
10: REMINISCING – THE LITTLE RIVER BAND (3)
9: HOT CHILD IN THE CITY – NICK GILDER (1)
8: HOT BLOODED - FOREIGNER (3)
7: DON’T LOOK BACK - BOSTON (4)
6: SUMMER NIGHTS – JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (5)
5: AN EVERLASTING LOVE – ANDY GIBB (5)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-xygO44FM

4: THREE TIMES A LADY – THE COMMODORES (1)
3: HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (3)
2: KISS YOU ALL OVER - EXILE (1)
1: BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE – A TASTE OF HONEY (1)
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[cartman2002]

By the way, the 80s episode from 9/15/84 featured a trivia question I wrote to Casey on AT40 but sadly it will never air because Charlie Van Dyke was sitting in for Casey that week.

[dth1971]

Sept 22, 2013 21:08:51 GMT -5 cartman2002 said:

By the way, the 80s episode from 9/15/84 featured a trivia question I wrote to Casey on AT40 but sadly it will never air because Charlie Van Dyke was sitting in for Casey that week.

What was that September 15, 1984 AT40 Question you submitted like, cartman?

[cartman2002]

The question was "Which song spend the most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 without making the top 40?" and the answer was "Around The World in 80 Days" by Bing Crosby.

[country62fan]

Hi everybody,
This is my first post. I'm a 80s fan of AT40 & ACC.

Here is that question and answer - I removed your name Cartman :)

<<
A listener in Massachusetts wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the theme song from the movie that won the oscar in 1956 for best picture.
A movie about travelling in a big balloon.
Details coming up.

Now let's answer that question about long charts runs below the top 40.
A listener in Westfield Massachusetts <xxx> wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the vocal version of the theme song from the movie that won the Oscar for best film of 1956.
Along with Oscars for best screenplay, best cinematography and best editing.
It's a film which also holds an american trivia record.
According to Guiness, it used more extras than any other american film in history: over 68,000 people.
Now the instrumental version of the theme from this movie hits the top 40 twice : once by Mona Vonie and once by Victor Young.
But the vocal version never got any higher than #54 even tough it spend a long 29 weeks in the Hot 100:
the vocal version of the theme song from the movie 'Around The World In 80 Days' recorded by none other than the great Bing Crosby.
And there's your answer <xxx>, the song that spend the most time in the Hot 100 without ever breaking into the top 40 is Bing Crosby's version of 'Around The World In 80 Days'.
It spend 29 weeks on the Billboard chart without getting any higher than #54.
Thanks for writing in.
>>

Cheers

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 9/25/1976

Four songs debuted this week:
"Beth" - Kiss (#30)
"You Are The Woman" - Firefall (#37)
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (#38)
"Fernando" - ABBA (#40)

Four songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Street Singin'" - Lady Flash (#27)
"I Can't Hear You No More" - Helen Reddy (#32)
"Kiss And Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans (#34)
"Dr. Tarr and Professor Feather" - Alan Parsons Project (#37)

Biggest Mover: "I Only Want To Be With You" - Bay City Rollers (#35 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee (#14 to #25)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless)" - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. (#47)
Hour #2: "I Never Cry" - Alice Cooper (#90; debuted)
Hour #3: "More Than A Feeling" - Boston (#76)

BTW I failed to note in last week's '70s show the Long Distance Dedication (forgot they just started those then). It was "Summer Nights" and I made the correction in last week's entry.

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 9/26/1981

Three songs debuted this week:
"Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#31)
"She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" - Carl Carlton (#35)
"Say Goodbye To Hollywood" - Billy Joel (#40)

Three songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"You Could Take My Heart Away" - Silver Condor (#32)
"Chloe" - Elton John (#34)
"I'm In Love" - Evelyn King (#40)

Biggest Mover: "Private Eyes" - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#27 to #18)
Biggest Dropper: "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" - Greg Kihn Band (#17 to #32)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"How Much Love" - Leo Sayer
"The Wanderer" - Donna Summer

Archive extras (all will be heard in the show including the second one listed):
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" - Otis Redding
"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro
"Tighten Up" - Archie Bell & The Drells

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" - Air Supply (#54; highest debut)
Hour #2: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - The Police (#66; debuted)
Hour #3: "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's (#51)
Hour #4: "No Reply At All" - Genesis (#85; debuted)

[Libra]

September 26, 1981
LW #1: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie "Endless Love"
40 -- Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood (17)
39 39 The Allman Brothers - Straight From the Heart (39)
38 36 John Denver - Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) (36)
37 30 Pat Benatar - Fire and Ice (17)
36 24 Gary Wright - Really Wanna Know You (16)
35 -- Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama (22)
34 35 The Afternoon Delights - General Hospit-ale (33)
33 38 Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram - Just Once (17)
32 17 The Greg Kihn Band - The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) (15)
AT40 Archives: From March 1968 - Otis Redding "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", the 178th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: Air Supply "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)", which made the highest debut that week at #54
31 -- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Tryin' to Live My Life Without You (5)
30 37 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl (11)
29 16 deleted Cruise - Cool Love (13)
28 28 Kim Carnes - Draw of the Cards (28)
27 33 Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together (15)
LDD: Leo Sayer "How Much Love" from Debbie in Wellsville, OH to Keith, who she met last September and was the first man she had feelings for, but who also said he only loved her as a friend; "How Much Love" was on a tape that he had her listen to
26 31 Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything For You (8)
25 15 Joey Scarbury - Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe it Or Not) (2)
24 29 Dan Fogelberg - Hard to Say (7)
23 26 Rick James - Super Freak (16)
22 23 Balance - Breaking Away (22)
AT40 Archives: From April 1968 - Bobby Goldsboro "Honey", the 179th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: The Police "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic"
21 22 Lulu - I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) (18)
20 21 REO Speedwagon - In Your Letter (20)
19 24 Kenny Rogers - Share Your Love With Me (14)
18 27 Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (1)
17 20 The Little River Band - The Night Owls (6)
16 18 The Moody Blues - The Voice (15)
15 13 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (1)
14 19 Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only (4)
13 14 The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Medley (12)
12 10 The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand (2)
11 12 The Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight (10)
AT40 Archives: From May 1968 - Archie Bell & The Drells "Tighten Up", the 180th #1 of the 60s
Flashback Extra: The Go-Gos "Our Lips Are Sealed"
10 11 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (2)
09 08 The Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up) (8)
08 09 Eddie Rabbitt - Step By Step (5)
LDD: Donna Summer "The Wanderer" from Carla in Tokyo, Japan to her family, whose members have been scattered throughout the world at different times, and who have been encouraging her to steady her life choices though she prefers to continually travel the world
07 07 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (1)
06 06 Journey - Who's Crying Now (4)
05 05 Ronnie Milsap - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me (5)
04 04 Foreigner - Urgent (4)
03 03 Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (3)
Flashback Extra: Genesis "No Reply at All", which debuted at #85 that week
02 02 Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts (2)
01 01 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love (1)

NOTES:

• This week's Station of the Week: WGHN.
• Another show with an influx of the bands (see also 5-24-86), though this time it's around the end of the third hour, both before and after that point.
• The 4s sure have it 4 4eigner, um...for Foreigner...this week: 4 weeks at #4 for "Urgent", from the album 4, and that's where the song peaked, too.
• #1 on the Country chart: "Tight Fittin' Jeans" by Conway Twitty
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Endless Love"
• #1 on the Album chart: Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones

[dth1971]

Sept 24, 2013 4:04:49 GMT -5 country62fan said:

Hi everybody,
This is my first post. I'm a 80s fan of AT40 & ACC.

Here is that question and answer - I removed your name Cartman :)

<<
A listener in Massachusetts wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the theme song from the movie that won the oscar in 1956 for best picture.
A movie about travelling in a big balloon.
Details coming up.

Now let's answer that question about long charts runs below the top 40.
A listener in Westfield Massachusetts <xxx> wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the vocal version of the theme song from the movie that won the Oscar for best film of 1956.
Along with Oscars for best screenplay, best cinematography and best editing.
It's a film which also holds an american trivia record.
According to Guiness, it used more extras than any other american film in history: over 68,000 people.
Now the instrumental version of the theme from this movie hits the top 40 twice : once by Mona Vonie and once by Victor Young.
But the vocal version never got any higher than #54 even tough it spend a long 29 weeks in the Hot 100:
the vocal version of the theme song from the movie 'Around The World In 80 Days' recorded by none other than the great Bing Crosby.
And there's your answer <xxx>, the song that spend the most time in the Hot 100 without ever breaking into the top 40 is Bing Crosby's version of 'Around The World In 80 Days'.
It spend 29 weeks on the Billboard chart without getting any higher than #54.
Thanks for writing in.
>>

Cheers

Welcome country62fan!

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70's EPISODE OF THE SEPTEMBER 25, 1976 AT40 EPISODE I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart had 3 former #1's, a dozen disco hits, and 4 San Francisco acts.
* DID YOU KNOW: Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was dedicated to a disaster of a ship of the same name whose 29 men died in late 1975 (No real cause of it was known)? 2) The group Firefall comes from Denver, Colorado? 3) Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was once a quarterback on a high school football team? 4) Linda Rondstat is the remake queen of the 1970's? 4) The group Silver in Feb. 1976 had a chance to come up with a top 40 hit or go someplace else? 5) Rick "Disco Duck" Dees while as a Memphis D.J. did 300 character voice impersonations? 6) Rick Dees was also fired from his D.J. job at the 1976 for a conflict of interest (And rumor has it that Rick Dees may be out of a job if his Weekly Top 40 radio countdown show, celebrating its 30th. anniversary this month, ceases after 31 years at the end of 2013 - This could be the latest demise of a countdown show long on the air - Remember when the old AT40 then hosted by Shadoe Stevens in its final years ended in 1994-1995?)? 7) Cliff Richard once had a job impersonating Elvis Presley? 8) In 1976, Wild Cherry (at #1 on the AT40 chart with "Play That Funky Music") became the first white group to hit #1 on Billboard's Soul Chart since 1963 when the white group Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs hit #1 on the Billboard Soul Chart with "Sugar Shack"?
* QUESTION LETTERS: 1) Regarding the first country song to hit #1 on the pop charts - "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette" by Tex Williams in 1947 (A drop piece of the song was played), 2) Regarding the longest named solo artist to make the Top 40 charts - For singers, it's Engelbert Humperdink (20 letters); for non singers, it's Everett McKinley Dirkson (22 letters).
* ALSO: 1) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played all 3 AT40 Optional extras of Barry DeVerizon's "Nadia's Theme", Alice Cooper's "I Never Cry", and Boston's "More Than a Feeling"; 2) Casey mentioned a rumor that the mystery background singer of Diana Ross' "One Love In My Lifetime" might be Motown's founder Berry Gordy, Jr., or it may not be - we'll never tell or know...

[cartman2002]

Sept 24, 2013 4:04:49 GMT -5 country62fan said:

Hi everybody,
This is my first post. I'm a 80s fan of AT40 & ACC.

Here is that question and answer - I removed your name Cartman :)

<<
A listener in Massachusetts wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the theme song from the movie that won the oscar in 1956 for best picture.
A movie about travelling in a big balloon.
Details coming up.

Now let's answer that question about long charts runs below the top 40.
A listener in Westfield Massachusetts <xxx> wants to know what song has spend the most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 without ever making it into the top 40.
Well the song that holds that record was the vocal version of the theme song from the movie that won the Oscar for best film of 1956.
Along with Oscars for best screenplay, best cinematography and best editing.
It's a film which also holds an american trivia record.
According to Guiness, it used more extras than any other american film in history: over 68,000 people.
Now the instrumental version of the theme from this movie hits the top 40 twice : once by Mona Vonie and once by Victor Young.
But the vocal version never got any higher than #54 even tough it spend a long 29 weeks in the Hot 100:
the vocal version of the theme song from the movie 'Around The World In 80 Days' recorded by none other than the great Bing Crosby.
And there's your answer <xxx>, the song that spend the most time in the Hot 100 without ever breaking into the top 40 is Bing Crosby's version of 'Around The World In 80 Days'.
It spend 29 weeks on the Billboard chart without getting any higher than #54.
Thanks for writing in.
>>

Cheers

Thanks for posting the question there. It gives me great memories of the show.

[cartman2002]

here's the 70s chart from 1976

40: FERNANDO - ABBA (13)
39: DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (33)
38: THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (2)
37: YOU ARE THE WOMAN - FIREFALL (9)
36: SUNRISE - ERIC CARMEN (34)
35: SUPERSTAR - PAUL DAVIS (35)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUWZhGP7uw4

34: GET THE FUNK OUT MA FACE - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON (30)
33: BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY - PETER FRAMPTON (12)
32: IT'S O.K. - THE BEACH BOYS (29)
31: THIS MASQUERADE - GEORGE BENSON (10)
30: BETH - KISS (7)
29: LET 'EM IN - WINGS (3)
28: HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - TAVARES (15)
27: (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER - BLUE OYSTER CULT (12)
26: ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME - DIANA ROSS (25)
25: DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE (1)
24: MAGIC MAN - HEART (9)
23: I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - BAY CITY ROLLERS (12)
22: SHOWER THE PEOPLE - JAMES TAYLOR (22)
21: ROCK'N ME - THE STEVE MILLER BAND (1)
20: YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - THE BEE GEES (1)
19: THAT'LL BE THE DAY - LINDA RONSTADT (11)
18: WHO'D SHE COO - THE OHIO PLAYERS (18)
17: WHAM BAM - SILVER (16)
16: SHE'S GONE - HALL & OATES (7)
15: GETAWAY - EARTH, WIND & FIRE (12)
14: A LITTLE BIT MORE - DR. HOOK (11)
13: STILL THE ONE - ORLEANS (3)
12: WITH YOUR LOVE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (12)
11: SAY YOU LOVE ME - FLEETWOOD MAC (11)
10: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE - LOU RAWLS (2)
9: DISCO DUCK (PART 1) - RICK DEES (1)
8: IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - CHICAGO (1)
7: SUMMER - WAR (7)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQAlfyaKyc

6: DEVIL WOMAN - CLIFF RICHARD (6)[/font]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKinndVm2zY

5: LOWDOWN - BOZ SCAGGS (3)
4: (SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY - K.C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND (1)
3: A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN - WALTER MURPHY & THE BIG APPLE BAND (1)
[b]2: I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (2)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUVgKT4roQ

1: PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY (1)
[/b]

[jdelachjr2002]

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 10/12/1974

Eight - yes, eight - songs debuted this week:
"My Melody Of Love" - Bobby Vinton (#33)
"The Need To Be" - Jim Weatherly (#34)
"Devotion" - Earth, Wind & Fire (#35)
"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" - The Raspberries (#36)
"Higher Plane" - Kool & The Gang (#37)
"Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton (#38)
"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I" - James Brown (#39; re-entry)
"Honey Honey" - ABBA (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" - Barry White (#22)
"I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton (#23)
"I Love My Friend" - Charlie Rich (#24)
"(You're) Having My Baby" - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#25)
"Who Do You Think You Are" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#29)
"Free Man In Paris" - Joni Mitchell (#30)
"You And Me Against The World" - Helen Reddy (#31)
"One Day At A Time" - Marilyn Sellars (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Back Home Again" - John Denver (#40 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "Rock Me Gently" - Andy Kim (#12 to #32)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (#94; debuted)
Hour #2: "I Can Help" - Billy Swan (#69)
Hour #3: "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin (#73)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 10/8/1983

Five songs debuted this week:
"Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel (#32)
"Dr. Heckyll And Mr. Jive" - Men At Work (#37)
"Heart And Soul" - Huey Lewis & The News (#38)
"Can't Shake Loose" - Agnetha Faltskog (#39)
"Foolin'" - Def Leppard (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Tell Him No" - Juice Newton (#27)
"Lawyers In Love" - Jackson Browne (#29)
"Human Touch" - Rick Springfield (#35)
"Lady Love Me (One More Time)" - George Benson (#36)
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya" - Culture Club (#39)

Biggest Mover: "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie (#28 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer (#24 to #34)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Martha My Dear" - The Beatles
"When I Need You" - Leo Sayer

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder (#61)
Hour #2: "Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling (#69)
Hour #3: "Love Is A Battlefield" - Pat Benatar (#48)
Hour #4: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" - Michael Jackson (#65; highest debut)

[dth1971]

Oct 4, 2013 11:55:11 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Here are this weekend's shows

"AT40: The '70s" this week presents 10/12/1974

Eight - yes, eight - songs debuted this week:
"My Melody Of Love" - Bobby Vinton (#33)
"The Need To Be" - Jim Weatherly (#34)
"Devotion" - Earth, Wind & Fire (#35)
"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" - The Raspberries (#36)
"Higher Plane" - Kool & The Gang (#37)
"Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton (#38)
"Papa Don't Take No Mess Part I" - James Brown (#39)
"Honey Honey" - ABBA (#40)

Eight songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" - Barry White (#22)
"I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton (#23)
"I Love My Friend" - Charlie Rich (#24)
"(You're) Having My Baby" - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#25)
"Who Do You Think You Are" - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#29)
"Free Man In Paris" - Joni Mitchell (#30)
"You And Me Against The World" - Helen Reddy (#31)
"One Day At A Time" - Marilyn Sellars (#37)

Biggest Mover: "Back Home Again" - John Denver (#40 to #23)
Biggest Dropper: "Rock Me Gently" - Andy Kim (#12 to #32)

Original extras:
None

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (#94; debuted)
Hour #2: "I Can Help" - Billy Swan (#69)
Hour #3: "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin (#73)

"AT40: The '80s" this week presents 10/8/1983

Five songs debuted this week:
"Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel (#32)
"Dr. Heckyll And Mr. Jive" - Men At Work (#37)
"Heart And Soul" - Huey Lewis & The News (#38)
"Can't Shake Loose" - Agnetha Faltskog (#39)
"Foolin'" - Def Leppard (#40)

Five songs fell out of the Top 40 this week:
"Tell Him No" - Juice Newton (#27)
"Lawyers In Love" - Jackson Browne (#29)
"Human Touch" - Rick Springfield (#35)
"Lady Love Me (One More Time)" - George Benson (#36)
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya" - Culture Club (#39)

Biggest Mover: "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie (#28 to #14)
Biggest Dropper: "She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer (#24 to #34)

Original extras:
None

Long Distance Dedications:
"Martha My Dear" - The Beatles
"When I Need You" - Leo Sayer

Premiere optional extras:
Hour #1: "Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder (#61)
Hour #2: "Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling (#69)
Hour #3: "Love Is A Battlefield" - Pat Benatar (#48)
Hour #4: "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" - Michael Jackson (#75; highest debut)

jdel: 1) For this weekend's 1974 AT40: The 70's - "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" at #39 was a top 40 re-entry, it fell off the top 40 the same week AT40 did a special.
2) For this weekend's 1983 AT40: The 80's - "P.Y.T." by Michael Jackson debuted at #65, not #75.

[Libra]

^ No, he has it right. "Mirror Man" by The Human League was #65.

October 8, 1983
LW #1: Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
40 -- Def Leppard - Foolin' (28)
39 -- Agnetha Faltskog - Can't Shake Loose (29)
38 -- Huey Lewis & The News - Heart and Soul (8)
37 -- Men at Work - Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive (27)
36 40 David Bowie - Modern Love (14)
35 38 Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love With You) (35)
34 24 Donna Summer - She Works Hard For the Money (3)
33 34 Madness - It Must Be Love (33)
32 -- Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (3)
31 37 Bryan Adams - This Time (24)
Flashback Extra: Matthew Wilder "Break My Stride"
30 25 Elton John - Kiss the Bride (25)
29 32 The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance (29)
28 31 The Moody Blues - Sitting at the Wheel (27)
27 22 Shalamar - Dead Giveaway (22)
26 20 The Police - Every Breath You Take (1)
25 33 Stevie Nicks - If Anyone Falls (14)
LDD: The Beatles "Martha My Dear" Suneil, working in Doha, Qatar, to Martha, an American woman who he met while on a business trip in Miami and became attracted to; the feeling was mutual, and they've remained in contact ever since then
24 15 Michael Jackson - Human Nature (7)
23 30 The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (9)
22 16 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1)
21 26 Robert Plant - Big Log (20)
Flashback Extra: Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)", which was "five weeks away from hitting the countdown"
20 23 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (16)
19 11 Asia - Don't Cry (10)
18 14 Taco - Puttin' On the Ritz (4)
17 21 Prince - Delirious (8)
16 19 Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (9)
15 18 The Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (9)
14 28 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (1)
13 08 Michael Sembello - Maniac (1)
12 13 Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (12)
LDD: Leo Sayer "When I Need You" from Sherry in Germany to Bill, who she met while his family (like hers) was stationed in the military in Germany; they dated for ten months before his family moved to Kentucky, where he will be attending college - but they plan to write each other and eventually see each other again in the meantime
11 12 Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (11)
Flashback Extra: Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield"
10 10 Frank Stallone - Far From Over (10)
09 17 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another (4)
08 03 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (3)
07 02 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (1)
06 09 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream (1)
05 05 The Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy + 17 (5)
04 07 Spandau Ballet - True (4)
03 06 The Police - King of Pain (3)
Flashback Extra: Michael Jackson "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", which made the highest debut that week at #75
02 03 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All (2)
01 01 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1)

NOTES:

• In the first LDD, Casey noted that its writer forgot to choose a song - so, they chose one for him. As has been the case with other such LDDs, they certainly hit the bullseye. :)
• Casey states that the show moved to KIQQ in L.A. at the beginning of Hour 3; that was where the show turned up there following their departure from KIIS in '83.
• Another week with a very early reading of the other Billboard #1s (leading into #9 this week); particularly unusual for a 1983 show.
• Just two weeks ago, Casey told the story of how The Babys landed a record deal through a label seeing their music video. He tells a story with a similar path this week, with Spandau Ballet getting notice from record labels courtesy of a documentary on the New Romantic scene, which they were a part of, airing on British TV.
• Another show where Casey gives the final hour's station mentions to start the final segment. Speaking of that final segment, you probably already know the story Casey tells there, if you've been to the American Top 40 Wiki page at any point before now. ;) It's not quite word-for-word there, but the jist of it is there.
• #1 on the Country chart: "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" by Ronnie Milsap
• #1 on the Soul chart: "Cold Blooded" by Rick James
• #1 on the Album chart: Synchronicity by The Police

[dth1971]

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S AT40: THE 70'S EPISODE OF THE OCTOBER 12, 1974 AT40 CHART I HEARD ON WLS 94.7 FM CHICAGO:

* The previous 1974 week AT40 had a special of the top 10 producers of the 1970's.
* BY THE NUMBERS: This AT40 chart had 4 Canadian acts and 5 British acts.
* DID YOU KNOW: 1) Jim Weatherly wrote 3 big hits for Gladys Knight and the Pips? 2) Andy Kim co-wrote "Sugar Sugar" by the non existant cartoon group The Archies? 3) John Lennon is sometimes known as "Dr. Winston 'O Boogie"? 4) John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" features backing vocals by Elton John? 5) Donny Osmond of The Osmonds is sometimes an electronic whiz kid? 6) Mac Davis (the "Cool Texan") became a singer as a good way to get girls? 7) Mac Davis' song "Stop and Smell The Roses" was co-written by Doc Sereiveson of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson fame? 8) Cat Stevens wrote and illustrated a children's book called "Teaser and the Firecat"? 9) Olivia Newton John (occupying #1 on this AT40 chart with "I Honestly Love You") is sometimes not really a country singer?
* QUESTION LETTER: Which was regarding the top 10 songs of the 1940's which were:
1) Buttons and Bows
2) I'll Never Smile Again
3) 'Til the End of Time
4) The Gypsy
5) Near You
6) Heartaches
7) I've Heard That Song Before
8) Paper Doll
9) Frente
10) Riders in the Sky
HONORABLE MENTION: Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"
* And though not a question letter, Casey, in response to a Cowsills fan, gave a report on whatever became of the Cowsills after their 1972 breakup from the music business to do different jobs (Although mother Barbara Cowsill would pass away in 1985), and a drop piece of Casey's favorite Cowsills song "Hair" was played.
* ALSO: 1) This was the week Casey went back to mentioning the AT40 affiliates after 2 and a 1/2 months of using real radio station I.D.'s (and then in 1974 Chicago station WDAF was mentioned by Casey in one of the 3 sets), 2) The AT40 Universal City, California address was kept intact, 3) WLS 94.7 FM Chicago played the first 2 optional extras of "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas and "I Can Help" by Billy Swan, and 4) Casey mentioned that at the 1974 time the Armed Forces Radio Network was carrying a 1 hour version of American Top 40 which would expand to 2 hours before 1974 was over (Maybe there were lots of editing for the songs to cram a 3 hour show into a 1 hour-2 hour show?)

[cartman2002]

Here's this week charts from 1974

40: HONEY HONEY - ABBA (27)
39: PAPA DON’T TAKE NO MESS PART 1 – JAMES BROWN (31)
38: EVERLASTING LOVE – CARL CARLTON (6)
37: HIGHER PLACE – KOOL & THE GANG (37)
36: OVERNIGHT SENSATION (HIT RECORD) – THE RASPBERRIES (18)
35: DEVOTION – EARTH, WIND & FIRE (33)
34: THE NEED TO BE – JIM WEATHERLY (11)
33: MY MELODY OF LOVE – BOBBY VINTON (3)
32: ROCK ME GENTLY – ANDY KIM (1)
31: KINGS OF THE PARTY – BROWNSVILLE STATION (31)
30: DO IT (‘TIL YOU’RE SATISFIED) – B.T. EXPRESS (2)
29: STRAIGHT SHOOTIN’ WOMAN - STEPPENWOLF (29)
28: CAREFREE HIGHWAY – GORDON LIGHTFOOT (10)
27: FALLIN’ IN LOVE – SOUTHER, HILLMAN, FURAY BAND (27)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUy5102GFN8

26: GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE – THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS (20)
25: LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME) - REUNION (8)
24: WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT – JOHN LENNON (1)
23: BACK HOME AGAIN – JOHN DENVER (1)
22: YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET – BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE (1)
21: HANG ON IN THERE BABY – JOHNNY BRISTOL (8)
20: TIN MAN - AMERICA (4)
19: SWEET HOME ALABAMA – LYNYRD SKYNYRD (8)
18: CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN – THE GUESS WHO (6)
17: LOVE ME FOR A REASON – THE OSMONDS (10)
16: DO IT BABY – THE MIRACLES (14)
15: JAZZMAN – CAROLE KING (2)
14: YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER – THE TYMES (12)
13: SKIN TIGHT – OHIO PLAYERS (13)
12: STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES – MAC DAVIS (9)
11: STEPPIN’ OUT TONIGHT (GONNA BOOGIE TONIGHT) – TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (7)
10: CAN’T GET ENOUGH – BAD COMPANY (5)
9: EARACHE MY EYE FEATURING ALICE BOWIE – CHEECH & CHONG (9)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3bN-pI5oMg

8: NEVER MY LOVE – BLUE SWEDE (7)
7: THE BITCH IS BACK – ELTON JOHN (6)
6: ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT – CAT STEVENS (6)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQGzmSox2Xc

5: YOU HAVEN’T DONE NOTHIN’ – STEVIE WONDER (1)
4: BEACH BABY – FIRST CLASS (4)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeGPpwFpIAA

3: THEN CAME YOU – DIONNE WARWICK & THE SPINNERS (1)
2: NOTHING FROM NOTHING – BILLY PRESTON (1)
1: I HONESTLY LOVE YOU – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac24COCKTVM