Casey's Top 40 - May 30/31 1992

[bigcountdownfan]

Hi all,

To be upfront, I'm posting this chart for a few reasons:

1) To share some memories with you
2) Because I have the original CT40 4 CD show for sale if anyone is interested (I'm asking only $25 plus S&H for all four CD's). It comes with the cue sheets (they are a little colored/dirty looking but definitely viewable). Email me at [e-mail] if you want this show. First come, first served.
3) Because I have many, many other CT40 CD copied shows for trade copied from the original master CD's with cue sheets. It's almost exactly like the original, and even if you have nothing to trade, you can trade with me for FREE if you sign up as a referral under me on a free-stuff website (but that's free too). Email me to ask how.

Now, on with the countdown :)

#40, Arrested Development, "Tennessee"
#39, Annie Lennox, "Why"
#38, Chris Walker, "Take Time"
#37, Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
#36, Jody Watley, "I'm The One You Need"
#35, Sir Mix A Lot, "Baby Got Back"
#34, The Outfield, "Closer To Me"
#33, TLC, "Aint 2 Proud 2 Beg"
#32, Tom Cochrane, "Life Is A Highway"
#31, Vandross & Jackson, "The Best Things In Life Are Free"
#30, Shanice, "Silent Prayer"
#29, Ugly Kid Joe, "Everything About You"
#28, Colourhaus, "Innocent Child"
#27, Color Me Badd, "Slow Motion"
#26, Mitch Malloy, "Anything At All"
#25, Rod Stewart, "Your Song"
#24, Linear, "TLC"
#23, Michael Bolton, "Steel Bars"
#22, The Cure, "High"
#21, Wilson Phillips, "You Wont See Me Cry"

More later! Remember, email me if you are interested in this original show as sent to radio stations for airplay. Includes all forty songs, dedications, network commercials, promos, and that weeks "Casey's Biggest Hits" shows.

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[bigcountdownfan]

Got some more free time so lets keep going...

#20, Prince & The NPG, "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
#19, Bonnie Raitt, "Not The Only One"
#18, Lionel Richie, "Do It To Me"
#17, Jon Secada, "Just Another Day"
#16, Mariah Carey, "I'll Be There"
#15, Howard Jones, "Lift Me Up"
#14, U2, "One"
#13, Bryan Adams, "I Thought I'd Died & Gone To Heaven"
#12, Amy Grant, "I Will Remember You"
#11, Paula Abdul, "Will You Marry Me"
#10, Def Leppard, "Lets Get Rocked"
#9, Mr Big, "Just Take My Heart"
#8, Genesis, "Hold On My Heart"
#7, Celine Dion, "If You Asked Me To"
#6, Sophie B Hawkins, "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
#5, Joe Public, "Live And Learn"
#4, Michael Jackson, "In The Closet"
#3, Kris Kross, "Jump"
#2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under The Bridge"

And the number one song in the USA on "Casey's Top 40" this week is................

#1, En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"

FUN fun week in music. Email me to get this show!!!

[tico]

Thanks for posting this. A good majority of those songs aren't played on the radio anymore. "Under the Bridge", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Life Is A Highway" are the ones I hear the most.

Speaking of "Life Is A Highway", do you have the episode when Casey is reading a story about the meaning of life?

[BillboardBoy]

R&Ds:

When I'm Back On My Feet Again - Michael Bolton
Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt f/Aaron Neville
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men

Droppers:
Make It Happen - Mariah Carey
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams

#1 a year ago this week:
I Don't Wanna Cry - Mariah Carey

[Hervard]

This was the weekend that "I'll Be There" took the biggest jump ever on the R&R chart (in a single week that is - one song tied it and another song bested it by one spot, but I don't count those, since they happened over a holiday weekend).

The song that tied the 24-spot jump of "I'll Be There" was "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon. On the last chart of 1975, the song debuted at number 36. By the first of 1976, which was three weeks later, it was number twelve. Had they only skipped one week, the song would have likely been in the 20s during the chart in between.

"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees debuted on the chart at #30 the week of December 23, 1977. On the first chart of 1978, which was also after a two-week break, the song was number five. I estimate the song would have been somewhere in the lower reaches of the Top 20 had they had a chart between those two weeks. (Strangely enough, I received the charts for 1978 the weekend before and found out about the large move of that song, and then just a week later, another big jump occurred).

Anyway, back to the chart posted here. I agree that very few of these songs receive recurrent airplay. Who knows, this may inspire me to resume with AT40/CT40 trades that I used to do about five years ago, shortly after it was made known that AT40 Flashback had nixed shows from the first two years of the 1980s.

[bigcountdownfan]

tico said:

Speaking of "Life Is A Highway", do you have the episode when Casey is reading a story about the meaning of life?

Wow, maybe. But unless you can remember some more details about what song he was introing, I wouldn't even begin to know where to look. Was it "Life Is A Highway" or did that just make you think of the story?

I have just about every AT40 show on CD. I have a show from just about every month or so of CT40. I have the entire first year (on original LP's even!), and most all of the last year (from original CD's even!).

[johnnywest]

As for recurrent airplay, sometimes I'll hear "I'll Be There" on AC stations; "Bohemian Rhapsody" on oldies/classic stations and "Under The Bridge" at alternative. Some songs like "Take Time" and "Innocent Child" completely disappeared once they fell off the charts some 22 years ago.