Rick Dees WT40 to XM 8 & 9!

[friday]

This week they did 1998.

4/18/1998
SS React - Can't Keep My Hands off You
40 Destiny's Child - No No No (28)
39 Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (12) [skipped]
38 She Moves - It's Your Love (37)
37 S.O.A.P. - This Is How We Party (21)
36 Uncle Sam - I Don't Ever Want to See You Again (28)
35 Hanson - Weird (32)
34 Chumbawumba - Tubthumping (1)
33 Tonic - Open Up Your Eyes (30)
32 Shania Twain - You're Still the One (3)
31 Dakota Moon - A Promise I Make (31)
30 Jimmy Ray - Are You Jimmy Ray? (8)
29 Brian McKnight - Anytime (6)
28 Edwin McCain - I'll Be (9)
27 Paula Cole - Me (20)
26 Usher - Nice and Slow (22)
25 Lorenna McKennitt - The Mummer's Dance (13)
24 Robyn - Show Me Love (3)
23 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (21)
22 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (10)
21 The Tuesdays - It's Up to You (21)
20 Chumbawumba - Amnesia (18)
19 Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes (16)
18 Usher - You Make Me Wanna (7)
17 Aqua - Turn Back Time (16)
16 Ben Folds Five - Brick (14)
15 Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun (3)
14 Robyn - Do You Really Want Me (8)
13 Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be (11)
12 Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy (1)
11 Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy With It (6)
10 Nsync - I Want You Back (5)
09 Janet Jackson - Together Again (5)
08 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (3)
07 Billie Myers - Kiss the Rain (5)
06 Madonna - Frozen (4)
05 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (1)
04 K-Ci and Jojo - All My Life (2)
03 Matchbox Twenty - 3 AM (3)
02 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply (1)
01 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1)

[friday]

This week it was 1997.

4/26/1997
SS Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor
40 Crystal Waters - Say... If You Feel Alright
39 Dru Hill - In My Bed
38 The Blackout All-Stars - I Like It
37 Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To
36 OMC - How Bizarre
35 Leah Andreone - It's Alright, It's OK [skipped >:(]
34 Wild Orchid - Talk to Me
33 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32 Blackstreet - No Diggity
31 Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
30 Juice - If Tomorrow Never Comes
29 R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly [skipped]
28 Jon Secada - Too Late, Too Soon
Extra: Bee Gees - Alone
27 Az Yet with Peter Cetera - Hard to Say I'm Sorry
26 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There
25 White Town - Your Woman
24 Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
23 INXS - Elegantly Wasted
22 U2 - Staring at the Sun
21 Hanson - Mmmbop
20 Keith Sweat - Nobody
19 Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
18 Counting Crows - A Long December
17 Blackstreet - Don't Leave Me
16 Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
15 Real McCoy - One More Time
14 Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
13 Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
12 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
11 Monica - For You I Will
10 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
09 The Wallflowers - One Headlight
08 Babyface - Every Time I Close My Eyes
07 Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is a Winding Road
06 Celine Dion - All by Myself
05 Savage Garden - I Want You
04 No Doubt - Don't Speak
03 Spice Girls - Wannabe
02 The Cardigans - Lovefool
01 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

[lucyyy]

Wow... thanks for posting these. I love listening to it on the weekends. Brings me way back!

[friday]

This week it was 1994. I thought this would be the week that reflected R&R's shift to PPW tabulation, but I guess Dees shifted to two weeks behind the chart shortly before this episode, so that wouldn't happen until the episode following this one.

4/30/1994
SS: Katy Segal - Can't Hurry the Harvest
Extra: Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing
40 Masta Ace - Born to Roll (40) [skipped]
Extra: Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
39 Warren G - Regulate (38) [skipped]
38 Gabrielle - I Wish (35)
37 I to I - The Right Time (34)
36 Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (31)
35 All-4-One - I Swear (1)
34 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin and Juice (28) [skipped]
33 Joshua Kadison - Beautiful in My Eyes (27)
32 Lighter Shade of Brown - Hey DJ (29)
31 Alice in Chains - No Excuses (31)
Extra: Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas
30 Celine Dion - The Power of Love (3) [skipped]
29 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance (10)
28 The Cranberries - Dreams (19)
27 US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (6)
26 Janet Jackson - Because of Love (2)
25 Michael Bolton - Completely (25)
24 Zhane - Groove Thang (14)
23 Rosco Martinez - Neon Moonlight (21)
22 General Public - I'll Take You There (10)
21 Brand New Heavies - Dream on Dreamer (21)
20 Richard Marx - Now and Forever (7)
19 Juliet Roberts - I Want You (16)
18 Bonnie Raitt - Love Sneakin' Up on You (18)
17 Melissa Etheridge - Come to My Window (15)
16 Beck - Loser (16)
15 Babyface - And Our Feelings (15)
14 Toni Braxton - You Mean the World to Me (4)
13 Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia (10)
12 R. Kelly - Bump and Grind (12)
11 Salt N' Pepa and En Vogue - Whatta Man (4)
10 Madonna - I'll Remember (1)
09 Enigma - Return to Innocence (3)
08 Mariah Carey - Without You (2)
07 Tevin Campbell - I'm Ready (7)
06 All-4-One - So Much in Love (2)
05 Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (5)
04 Ace of Base - The Sign (1)
03 Counting Crows - Mr. Jones (1)
02 Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way (2)
01 Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1)

[jazklash]

May 3, 2009 14:54:26 GMT -5 friday said:

40 Masta Ace - Born to Roll (40) [skipped]
39 Warren G - Regulate (38) [skipped]
34 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin and Juice (28) [skipped]
27 US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (6)
11 Salt N' Pepa and En Vogue - Whatta Man (4)

As we can see, the problem at the time wasn't so much rap music per se, but the type of rap music which made the charts. Little did Top 40 radio's big bosses knew that, by the early 00's, their downfall would be not playing this type of rap.

[BillboardBoy]

Thanks for posting that chart! I missed the whole PPW transition since my station in college was no longer airing Casey or Rick. I too am surprised that Rick was 2 weeks behind R&R so early. I didn't think that that would happen until July of '94.

[friday]

This week it was 1996. A bit of a butcher job this week. For some reason, #31 was not played or mentioned at all. And Sirius somehow repeated the segment for songs 33 and 32 over songs 22 and 21, though the display on my receiver still showed the correct songs.

5/11/1996
SS Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen - Theme from Mission: Impossible
40 2Pac & Dr. Dre - California Love [skipped]
Extra:Kenny Wayne Sheppard - Deja Voodoo
39 Gloria Estefan - Reach
38 Joe - All the Things Your Man Won't Do
37 Spacehog - In the Meantime
36 R. Kelly - Down Low
35 Melissa Etheridge - I Want to Come Over [skipped]
Extra: Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
34 Bone Thugs N Harmony - Tha Crossroads
33 Joan Osborne - One of Us
32 Whitney Houston - Count on Me
31 ???
30 No Doubt - Just a Girl
29 Deborah Cox - Who Do You Love
28 George Michael - Fastlove
27 Oasis - Wonderwall
26 3T - Anything
25 Blues Traveler - Hook
24 Mary J. Blige - Not Gon' Cry
23 Goo Goo Dolls - Name
22 Coolio - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)
21 Jann Arden - Insensitive
20 Foo Fighters - Big Me
19 Color Me Badd - The Earth, the Sun, the Rain
18 Natalie Merchant - Wonder [skipped]
17 La Bouche - Sweet Dreams
16 Tina Arena - Chains
Extra: Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross - The Best Things in Life Are Free
15 Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
14 Collective Soul - The World I Know
13 Dog's Eye View - Everything Falls Apart
12 La Bouche - Be My Lover
11 Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
10 Hootie & the Blowfish - Old Man and Me (When I Get to Heaven)
09 Everything but the Girl - Missing
08 The BoDeans - Closer to Free
07 Fugees - Killing Me Softly
06 Brandy - Sittin' Up in My Room
05 Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down
04 Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
03 Alanis Morissette - Ironic
02 Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
01 Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me

[shadster]

I'm gonna guess the missing song @#31 is one of these:
Red Hot chilli peppers, "Aeroplane"
Voice of the beehive, "Scary kissies"
Deep blue somethin, "Halo"

leaning toward the 1st one, as it would of been its 3rd week on the chart. The 3rd song only spent 5 wks in the top50.

[BillboardBoy]

May 10, 2009 22:22:19 GMT -5 shadster said:

Deep blue somethin, "Halo"

Is that the same as the Beyonce song? :)

[friday]

This week it was 1997. I missed the beginning, so I can't tell you what the debuts or the skipped song(s) was.

5/10/1997
SS No Doubt - Sunday Morning
40 ???
39 SWV - Can We
38 Blackstreet - No Diggity
37 Juice - If Tomorrow Never Comes
36 Sister Hazel - All For You
35 Blessid Union of Souls - I Wanna Be There
34 Dru Hill - In My Bed
33 Erasure - In My Arms
32 Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To
31 Robyn - Do You Know What It Takes
30 Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
29 Keith Sweat - Nobody
28 OMC - How Bizarre
27 Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
26 La Clique - Tonight Is the Night
25 Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
24 INXS - Elegantl Wasted
23 Celine Dion - All by Myself
22 Real McCoy - One More Time
21 Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
20 U2 - Staring at the Sun
19 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
18 Az Yet with Peter Cetera - Hard to Say I'm Sorry
17 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
16 Spice Girls - Wannabe
15 White Town - Your Woman
14 Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
13 Blackstreet - Don't Leave Me
12 Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is a Winding Road
11 Babyface - Every Time I Close My Eyes
10 Marc Morrison - Return of the Mack
09 No Doubt - Don't Speak
08 Hanson - Mmmbop
07 The Cardigans - Lovefool
06 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There
05 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
04 The Wallflowers - One Headlight
03 Monica - For You I Will
02 Savage Garden - I Want You
01 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

[friday]

This week it was 1992. I think this is the first time since November they've featured an episode from this year (and of course, I was out of the house and wasn't able to catch it >:().

5/23/1992
SS Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross - The Best Things in Life Are Free
40 Mariah Carey - I'll Be There (1)
39 The Outfield - Closer to Me (21)
38 Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back (13)
37 Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway (5)
36 Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven (3)
35 Color Me Badd - Slow Motion (6)
34 Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last (1)
33 Mariah Carey - Make It Happen (1)
32 Linear - TLC (14)
31 Shanice - Silent Prayer (30)
30 Colorhaus - Innocent Child (26)
29 Michael Bolton - Steel Bars (10)
28 Mitch Malloy - Anything at All (25)
27 Rod Stewart - Your Song (25)
26 Wilson Phillips - You Won't See Me Cry (15)
25 Lionel Richie - Do It for Me (10)
24 Jon Secada - Just Another Day (4)
23 The Cure - High (22)
22 Chris Walker - Take Time (13)
21 Bonnie Raitt - Not the Only One (19)
20 TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (19)
19 Jody Watley - I'm the One You Need (8)
18 Howard Jones - Lift Me Up (13)
17 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (3)
16 Amy Grant - I Will Remember You (9)
15 Genesis - Hold On to My Heart (4)
14 Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart (8)
13 Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You (10)
12 Celine Dion - If You Asked Me To (2)
11 Prince & the New Power Generation - Money Don't Matter 2Night (6)
10 Def Leppard - Let's Get Rocked (10)
09 Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover (4)
08 Michael Jackson - In the Closet (2)
07 Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven (4)
06 U2 - One (2)
05 Paula Abdul - Will You Marry Me (5)
04 Kris Kross - Jump (3)
03 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge (1)
02 Joe Public - Live and Learn (2)
01 En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (1)

[Slinky]

Slow Motion, Take Time, and Money Don't Matter Tonight weren't skipped. I was actually in and out throughout the countdown, but I'm 100% sure I heard all three of those songs. I'm guessing that was some bad data on Dogstar Radio (I assume the chart is compiled from there?).

[friday]

Thanks. Yeah, they basically log whatever is displayed on the receiver. I was skeptical about the Prince and Color Me Badd songs; for some reason, I guess those songs weren't displayed when they were played. Here's the log during the time the show aired. Whoever's transcribing the displays for the countdown needs to be fired. According to him or her, "High" was by Robert Smith, Queen's song was titled "This Is It," and Shanice's song was called "The Words Are Yours."

[Slinky]

Hmm.. . not hearing WT40 right now. Either someone dropped the ball or there was an unanounced schedule change.

[rcrandall89]

Rick Dees not on this week (6/14/09) either. I just wrote Sirius XM an email and chewed them out for not broadcasting the show and not telling us why they didn't,etc. Heard someone on another board say that they had cancelled the Weekly Top 40 on the 90s, just like they did on the 80s and Hitlist earlier this year. Hope AT40 isn't next-if that happens then I'll cancel.

Crossing my fingers for Liberty Media to fire Mel and Jon Zellner and somehow try to get XM back to its better days.

[friday]

I searched last weekend's logs and couldn't find the show on at any time. I doubt a search of this weekend's logs would do any better. If they have shelved it, I hope they replace it with something quickly, which shouldn't be too hard even if it's an in-house program, but ever since the merger you just never know with them.

[shadster]

I don't think there is going to be any replacement an its not coming back either. Its a cost cutting measure @sxm. The 1 year countract w/ Dee's has expired an so thats it.......no more classic Dees on ANY radio. rick.com an ebay will be our only sources now.

I expect AT40 to be next on the chopping block this august.

[rcrandall89]

While there are rumors about Rick Dees being cancelled on SXM 90s, management is still not ready to admit that. I got a reply to my post--all they said was to contact programming department, thus passing the buck to someone else.

With them acting in this manner, it probably would be best for them to go out of business. I've seen posts all over the other boards (there were probably some here too) that AT40 is extremely popular. Assuming that Mel and Zellner still care what the fans want, they would hesitate about cancelling AT40. As far as the WT40, they are probably telling themselves that the shows are available on Rick.com and only the hard core fans, not the average listener, will miss them.

[Slinky]

Jun 14, 2009 22:12:57 GMT -5 rcrandall89 said:

With them acting in this manner, it probably would be best for them to go out of business.

LOL... yes I'm sure they'll be going out of business after canceling a show that only appealed to chart geeks.

I enjoyed the archived Dees shows but I know I'm in a small minority of the 90's on 9 audience. No one's going to cancel their subscription just because one show isn't on anymore.

If anyone does cancel over this, I'd question why they were subscribing in the first place considering the shows are available online. No one subscribes to XM just for Rick Dees.

[rcrandall89]

Actually the shows were not on Rick.com this time last year. They were put there after 80s on 8 cancelled Rick Dees. While Rick Dees being taken off may not upset that many people, we all have to wonder what's next. AT40 being taken off would probably lead to a lot of people unsubscribing, however.

[Slinky]

Jun 15, 2009 15:32:17 GMT -5 rcrandall89 said:

AT40 being taken off would probably lead to a lot of people unsubscribing, however.

I really doubt there are people who subscribe to Sirius/XM only for the countdowns. Aren't there stations online that play the countdowns for free? Why would someone pay $13 a month just to hear a 3 hour countown every week?

[shadster]

^^ I am one of those people you describe. I only subscribed to XM because AT40 was coming to it back in Aug '06. I rarely ever listen to XM except for those countdown shows, which were AT40 the 80s, an Dees 80s & 90s. Even now, I rarely even turn on my XM receiver as I usually tape the shows off my SAT receiver now anyway. Since the merger w/ Sirius, they are now available on Dishnet. If AT40 goes, I will likely cancel XM at the end of the year. I'm not that impressed w/ the other content, cept maybe the NFL. Now if they started to stream actual radio stations, specifically Z100, I'd definitly listen a LOT more. There is the quality issue as well, the sound quality is not that good IMO. It almost sounds like an internet stream via a dialup internet connection from circa 1999. Not quite that bad but far from perfect.

[Hervard]

Bringing this topic back from the graveyard three years later...

May 3, 2009 14:54:26 GMT -5 friday said:

This week it was 1994. I thought this would be the week that reflected R&R's shift to PPW tabulation, but I guess Dees shifted to two weeks behind the chart shortly before this episode, so that wouldn't happen until the episode following this one.

Actually, Dees never used the oddball chart for the week of April 22 (the week of the switchover). The week before, he did a request special (a repeat of the one he had done back in November of the previous year, only several songs were replaced or rearranged). Then, the week of May 7, he used the April 29 chart, the week after the shift to PPW - the same one used by Casey Kasem that week. I'm assuming that he avoided the April 22 chart to avoid having to call attention to the chart change (of course, he could have done the same as Casey and just not mentioned the previous week's chart positions).

[BillboardBoy]

Apr 16, 2012 21:14:01 GMT -5 Hervard said:

I'm assuming that he avoided the April 22 chart to avoid having to call attention to the chart change (of course, he could have done the same as Casey and just not mentioned the previous week's chart positions).

Casey did mention some chart movements, such as "I'll Take You There" moving up 8 notches. But nothing radical, like Celine Dion rebounding 20 spots.

I don't think "Found Out About You" was called a re-entry at #17. In fact, in the next few weeks, Casey would mistakenly call them debuts or just "survey song" whenever a song came back onto the chart.

[Slinky]

Keeping the resurrection going...

Jun 15, 2009 16:33:00 GMT -5 shadster said:

Now if they started to stream actual radio stations, specifically Z100, I'd definitly listen a LOT more.

So do you listen more now?

(Z was added last year :) )

[shadster]

Actually, No. I can listen to Z on my phone now (iheart). I still have XM though but, its because I loaned my tuner to my Dad an he now likes to listen to it so....still paying for XM but not using it. Once a yr it comes in handy on road trips to listen to the NFL. Could watch games on my phone if only cellular reception was good everywhere.

[kani]

May 17, 2009 16:32:05 GMT -5 friday said:

This week it was 1997. I missed the beginning, so I can't tell you what the debuts or the skipped song(s) was.

5/10/1997
SS No Doubt - Sunday Morning
40 ???
39 SWV - Can We
38 Blackstreet - No Diggity
37 Juice - If Tomorrow Never Comes
36 Sister Hazel - All For You
35 Blessid Union of Souls - I Wanna Be There
34 Dru Hill - In My Bed
33 Erasure - In My Arms
32 Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To
31 Robyn - Do You Know What It Takes
30 Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
29 Keith Sweat - Nobody
28 OMC - How Bizarre
27 Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
26 La Clique - Tonight Is the Night
25 Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart
24 INXS - Elegantl Wasted
23 Celine Dion - All by Myself
22 Real McCoy - One More Time
21 Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
20 U2 - Staring at the Sun
19 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
18 Az Yet with Peter Cetera - Hard to Say I'm Sorry
17 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
16 Spice Girls - Wannabe
15 White Town - Your Woman
14 Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
13 Blackstreet - Don't Leave Me
12 Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is a Winding Road
11 Babyface - Every Time I Close My Eyes
10 Marc Morrison - Return of the Mack
09 No Doubt - Don't Speak
08 Hanson - Mmmbop
07 The Cardigans - Lovefool
06 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There
05 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
04 The Wallflowers - One Headlight
03 Monica - For You I Will
02 Savage Garden - I Want You
01 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

Looking at this chart. It HAS to be May 17, 1997. NOT May 10, 1997.  Sorry to bump up the thread which is 6 years old thread