AT10 - November 23, 2008

[StephL]

Guest Host: Mike Kasem
Spotlight: Top Charity Hits
Note: This is the final regular AT10 for 2008.


HOUR 1

°10. Whatever It Takes - Lifehouse: reentry

°(#1 POP This Week in 1979) Babe - Styx

°(Spotlight from 2008) Just Stand Up! - Artists Stand Up to Cancer; produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface & features Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, and Carrie Underwood.

°09. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz: holding

°(From 2002) Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow; her career stalled for 4 years during the late 90's after she cut her long blonde hair & colored it dark.

°(Spotlight from 1985) That's What Friends Are For - Dionne and Friends; Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight raised $3mil for American Foundation for AIDS Research.

°(From 1972) Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts; song features a toy piano.

°(#1 POP This Week in 2007) Apologize - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic

The wax head of Paul McCartney was lost on a train in route to an auction. A homeless man named Anthony Silva found it in a trash can at a rail station. He thought it was a Halloween mask, and turned it in. He also received the $4000 reward that was being offered.

°08. Realize - Colbie Caillat: holding for 3rd week

°(Spotlight from 2008) Better In Time - Leona Lewis; song was used to aid Sport Relief.

°07. Feels Like Tonight - Daughtry: holding for 5th week; other members of the group are guitarist Josh Steely & Brian Craddock, bass player JP Paul, and drummer Joey Barnes.

°(From 1981) Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's


HOUR 2

°(From 1978) How Much I Feel - Ambrosia; group's name is also a fruit salad.

°06. Say - John Mayer: holding for 4th week; was told at age 13 by his parents to give up guitar playing because after 6 months of lessons, he still could not read music. So, he taught himself by imitating artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix.

°(Spotlight from 1984) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid; Bob Geldof assembled such acts as Culture Club, U2, Bananarama, The Police, Spandau Ballet, and Duran Duran.

°(From 1975) That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band

°05. Love Song - Sara Bareilles: down 1 & 34th week in the top-10; title has been used in songs by The Cure, Kenny Rogers, Tesla, Anne Murray, 311, Elton John, Sky, and the Oak Ridge Boys.

°(Spotlight & #1 This Week in 2001) Only Time - Enya; following the 9-11 tragedy, a remixed version of the song was released with the profits going to the International Association of Firefighters.

°(#1 POP This Week in 1981) Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner; features Thomas Dolby on synthesizer.


#1's on the Other Charts
POP - So What - P!nk
Digital Download - Heartless - Kanye West
Country - Love Story - Taylor Swift


°04. Viva la Vida - Coldplay: up 1

°(From 1967) Reflections - Diana Ross & the Supremes; she will headline this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in honor of Martti Ahtisaari. Elton John, Willie Nelson, Sting, Jewel, Annie Lennox, and Bon Jovi are among those who have previously participated in the event.

°(Spotlight from 2001) Never Had a Dream Come True - S Club 7; was the official Children in Need single for 2000.

°(From 1997) As Long as You Love Me - Backstreet Boys; group now consists of 4 instead of 5 members.

°(From 1987) Mony Mony - Billy Idol


HOUR 3

°(From 1976) Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley

°(From 2007) Hurt - Christina Aguilera; Music News - On the POP Chart: Britney Spears' "Womanizer" is in the top-10, while P!nk's "So What" is at #1. On the Country Chart: Taylor Swift's "Love Story" is #1. Lastly, Christina Aguilera recently released "Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits".

°03. Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield: holding for 5th week; other "pocket" songs include "Hand in My Pocket" and "Brass in Pocket".

°(From 2003) It's My Life - No Doubt; original was by Talk Talk.

°(From 1981) Ain't Even Done With The Night - John Cougar; is a creature of habit, so he still rehearses in his garage & wears the same style of clothing.

°(Spotlight from 2007) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback; all the digital sales of the song went to Amnesty International & International Children's Awareness Canada.

°02. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis: holding for 8th week; song spent 9 weeks at #1 on the POP Chart.

°(Spotlight from 1997) Candle in the Wind 1997 - Elton John; single has sold 33mil copies with all the royalties donated to Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

°(From 2002) The Game of Love - Santana featuring Michelle Branch; song was co-written by Gregg Alexander of the New Radicals.

°(Spotlight from 1985) We Are the World - USA for Africa; top-selling single (4mil) of the 80's and helped raise millions of dollars to fight famine in Ethiopia.

°01. The Time of My Life - David Cook: holding for 8th week & 9th week at #1; was not interested in singing until his 2nd grade teacher gave him a solo part in a Christmas pageant.

[johnm1120]

No LDD this week?

[StephL]

Nope, and not on AT20 either. Anybody know if there has ever been a time (non-Christmas or year-end) where there was no LDD? Perhaps this was a first.

[johnm1120]

Maybe they ran out of inmates

[radiobrett]

The last show without a Long Distance Dedication was the weekend of October 8/9, 2005. Charlie Tuna was the guest host. Prior to that, I do not know when the last show without a dedication was. Also, don't forget, back in the 90s with Casey's Westwood One shows and early in this decade, the shows would feature three dedications rather than one.

[StephL]

2005? Wonder how I missed that. Anyway, if I remember correctly, Charlie Tuna was the morning personality for KIIS-FM in Los Angles before being replaced by Rick Dees.

[johnnywest]

I don't think the year-end shows and Christmas specials have LDDs.