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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1260 on: June 14, 2009, 07:20:23 PM »
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Quote from: Gazoo on June 14, 2009, 10:46:10 AM
Van Stephenson's "Modern Day Delilah," with the sublimely ridiculous line "She'll love you like a lion, then leave you like a lamb."  Are lambs notoriously flaky?

Maybe he means she'll love you for the entire month of March?

April Showers, Van Deflowers
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1261 on: June 15, 2009, 12:30:47 AM »
TANC: Casey played part of "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by way of informing the listeners of Mickey Thomas's pre-JStarship past before "No Way Out" in the '80s cast.  And now, in the '70s (which I'm only now hearing the first hour of), we have the song in its original chart run.  BOS to Maxine Nightingale and "Right Back Where We Started From," one of the very first ever songs I remember hearing as a kid.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1262 on: June 15, 2009, 12:49:42 AM »
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WOS - John Travolta, not even close.  Fine, John, Let Her In, but you gotta stay in the sound proof chamber.  ay-yi-yi....

He gushes that Macca is singing lead with 2 diff bands in the same week, but ignores the fact that George Martin was back-to-back with himself, producing America's "Today's the Day" at 30 and the Fabs' "GTGYIML" at 29.

Agreed on the Travolta.  I bought his GH comp on a whim during one of my recent SF visits, and I can't even listen to it ironically.

As for the Beatles - I'd love to know what precipitated this single's release.  I have a love-hate relationship with its production.  There's something warm, and yet something seems off.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1263 on: June 15, 2009, 07:45:19 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on June 15, 2009, 12:49:42 AM

As for the Beatles - I'd love to know what precipitated this single's release.  I have a love-hate relationship with its production.  There's something warm, and yet something seems off.

no big secret, really -- Capitol decided to to a major re-marketing of the Beatles in 1976, with the compilation LP Rock'n'Roll Music (ironically, the Beach Boys single of "RmRM" was a hit at the same time).  "GTGYIML" was a song that had always tested well, and was thought of by many as one of those "it shoulda been a single" tracks.

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1264 on: June 18, 2009, 08:53:46 AM »
FYI, WHNN is going the '80s route again this week, playing Casey's this-week-in-1985 chart:

http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

so far no clue as to what the '70s year will be.

ETA: it's June 26, 1971!!

http://www.957kjrfm.com/pages/events.html?feed=111843&article=4192995
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1265 on: June 20, 2009, 07:17:56 AM »
James Brown's "Escape-ism (Part 1)" is NTM: it's not on either of the JB comps I own.  Pretty typical period groove for him.

Earlier we had Paul Humphries' Cool-Aid Chemists: he may have been a fine drummer, but someone was a horrid producer; the fake applause is even worse than that on "I Play and Sing."
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1266 on: June 20, 2009, 07:53:05 AM »
BOS to the Fortunes, who for years I thought were the Four Seasons on "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again."  Doo-do bop bop!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1267 on: June 20, 2009, 08:07:25 AM »
WOS to Tom Jones' "Puppet Man."  Embarrassing backing vox on that.  Unlistenable.

BOS2 to Gladys Knight & the Pips' "I Don't Want to Do Wrong," one of the very best cheating songs I know.  PoC sent me a grand live version by New Birth, but the original is the best.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1268 on: June 20, 2009, 08:10:17 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on June 20, 2009, 07:53:05 AM
BOS to the Fortunes, who for years I thought were the Four Seasons on "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again."  Doo-do bop bop!

i tuned in just as this one was playing, and it was a nice welcome to the Chico stream -- btw, the list I checked has errors, it's missing tunes #30-28. I filled in 28 based on your info above, but do you know the others?


#40 “COOL AID” – Paul Humphrey & His Cool Chemists
#39 “GET IT ON” – Chase
#38 “DRAGGIN’ THE LINE” – Tommy James
#37 “ESCAPE-ISM” – James Brown
#36 “TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS” – John Denver w/Fat City
EXTRA: “TEEN ANGEL” – Mark Dinning
#35 “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM” – Yvonne Elliman
#34 “NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE” – Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
#33 “BRING THE BOYS HOME” – Freda Payne
#32 “RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE” – Brenda & The Tabulations
#31 “SOONER OR LATER” – Grass Roots
#30 "High Time We Went" - Joe Cocker
#29 "Albert Flasher" - Guess Who
#28 "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" - Fortunes
#27 “ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO” – Lobo
#26 “PUPPET MAN” – Tom Jones
#25 “I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
#24 “NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE” – Isaac Hayes
#23 “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM” – Helen Reddy
#22 “SUPERSTAR” – Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers
EXTRA: “TOO YOUNG” – Nat “King” Cole
#21 “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER/BRAND NEW ME” – Aretha Franklin
#20 “FUNKY NASSAU – PART 1” – The Beginning Of The End
#19 “THAT’S THE WAY I’VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE” – Carly Simon
#18 “MR. BIG STUFF” – Jean Knight
#17 “SHE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN” – 8th Day
#16 “NATHAN JONES” – The Supremes
#15 “DOUBLE LOVIN’” – The Osmonds
#14 “YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND” – James Taylor
#13 “DON’T KNOCK MY LOVE – PART 1” – Wilson Pickett
#12 “JOY TO THE WORLD” – Three Dog Night
#11 “I’LL MEET YOU HALFWAY” – The Partridge Family
#10 “SWEET AND INNOCENT” – Donny Osmond
#9 “WHEN YOU’RE HOT, YOU’RE HOT” – Jerry Reed
#8 “DON’T PULL YOUR LOVE” – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
#7 “IT DON’T COME EASY” – Ringo Starr
#6 “BROWN SUGAR” – The Rolling Stones
#5 “TREAT HER LIKE A LADY” – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
#4 “INDIAN RESERVATION” – The Raiders
#3 “WANT ADS” – Honey Cone
#2 “RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS” – The Carpenters
#1 “IT’S TOO LATE” – Carole King
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1269 on: June 20, 2009, 08:12:33 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on June 20, 2009, 08:07:25 AM
WOS to Tom Jones' "Puppet Man."  Embarrassing backing vox on that.  Unlistenable.

BOS2 to Gladys Knight & the Pips' "I Don't Want to Do Wrong," one of the very best cheating songs I know.  PoC sent me a grand live version by New Birth, but the original is the best.

sounds like he recorded that for -- and WITH -- the Muppets themselves.  (And speaking of Muppets, good to see your blog back.  10-4, good buddy.)

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1270 on: June 20, 2009, 08:17:19 AM »
Thanks, John!

#30 was Joe Cocker, "High Time We Went."
I'm blanking on 29, though - must not have been memorable.

So how did Helen Reddy's inferior "I Don't Know How to Love Him" outchart Whinyface Elliman's?
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1271 on: June 20, 2009, 08:31:21 AM »
BOS3 to "Funky Nassau."  Junkanoo!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1272 on: June 20, 2009, 08:45:22 AM »
Just remembered: #29 was the Guess Who, "Albert Flasher."  Who liked that?
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1273 on: June 20, 2009, 08:49:53 AM »
WOS2 to "Double Lovin'."  Besides it being a knockoff of a J5 knockoff, it's distasteful to have a mental image of young Donny bragging about having two bullets in his gun.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #1274 on: June 20, 2009, 08:54:49 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on June 20, 2009, 08:49:53 AM
WOS2 to "Double Lovin'."  Besides it being a knockoff of a J5 knockoff, it's distasteful to have a mental image of young Donny bragging about having two bullets in his gun.


eww, that was the Osmonds?  I thought I was hearing a pre-op Michael Jackson.  I wasn't paying close attention.

But I was digging on The Supremes' Nathan Jones -- BOS.
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