Casey Kasem American Top 40

[kahunaburger]

While "Why Me" by Kris Kristofferson had a long run (19 weeks in the 40) it only reached #16. It ended up in the top 10 for 1973 (#6 as a matter of fact).

Is there a way to get the Billboard end-of-year charts?

Sorry I didn't get to hear this; easily one of the more diverse charts, sonically, in memory.

   Here's a great site to see all of Billboard Magazine's year end charts.                                            http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php

[Wayback]

Is there a way to get the Billboard end-of-year charts?
Sorry I didn't get to hear this; easily one of the more diverse charts, sonically, in memory.

   Here's a great site to see all of Billboard Magazine's year end charts.  http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php

Nice resource, thanks Kahuna!

[Wayback]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

[kahunaburger]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

 
  
 
      
 
 Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - October 25, 2009

 


Originally Aired - October 30, 1976

#40 “GIVE IT UP (TURN IT LOOSE)” – Tyrone Davis
#39 “GETAWAY” – Earth, Wind & Fire
#38 “ANYTHING YOU WANT” – John Valenti
#37 “NIGHTS ARE FOREVER WITHOUT YOU” – England Dan & John Ford Coley
#36 “NICE ‘N’ NAASTY” – Salsoul Orchestra
#35 “YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A STAR (TO BE IN MY SHOW)” – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
#34 “I NEVER CRY” – Alice Cooper
#33 “I’D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT” – England Dan & John Ford Coley
#32 “DEVIL WOMAN” – Cliff Richard
#31 “DID YOU BOOGIE (WITH YOUR BABY)” – Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids
#30 “YOU ARE MY STARSHIP” – Norman Connors
#29 “THIS ONE’S FOR YOU” – Barry Manilow
#28 “A DOSE OF ROCK AND ROLL” – Ringo Starr
AT40 Extra: “CAR WASH” – Rose Royce
#27 “A LITTLE BIT MORE” – Dr. Hook
#26 “STILL THE ONE” – Orleans
#25 “LOWDOWN” – Boz Scaggs
#24 “DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO” – Peter Frampton
#23 “THE BEST DISCO IN TOWN” – Ritchie Family
#22 “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT (GONNA BE ALRIGHT)” – Rod Stewart
#21 “THE RUBBERBAND MAN” – The Spinners
#20 “YOU ARE THE WOMAN” – Firefall
#19 “MORE THAN A FEELING” – Boston
#18 “FERNANDO” – Abba
#17 “JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU” – The Commodores
#16 “NADIA’S THEME (THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS)” – Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
#15 “BETH” – Kiss
AT40 Extra: “FRANKENSTEIN” – The Edgar Winter Group
#14 “(DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER” – Blue Oyster Cult
#13 “(SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY” – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
#12 “I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU” – Bay City Rollers
#11 “THAT’LL BE THE DAY” – Linda Ronstadt
#10 “MAGIC MAN” – Heart
#9 “MUSKRAT LOVE” – The Captain & Tennille
#8 “PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC” – Wild Cherry
#7 “SHE’S GONE” – Hall & Oates
#6 “LOVE SO RIGHT” – The Bee Gees
#5 “A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN” – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
#4 “THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD” – Gordon Lightfoot
#3 “ROCK’N ME” – The Steve Miller Band
AT40 Extra: “MONSTER MASH” – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
#2 “DISCO DUCK (Part 1)” – Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
#1 “IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW” – Chicago


 

 
  Any countdown with "Tonight's The Night"  "Beth" and "Don't Fear The Reaper" (MORE COW BELL!) is grade "A"!!!
  
 
  
  
  

[SFGuy]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

People sure had bad taste back then. #2 is a HFH.

[RGMike]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

 
     
 
 Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - October 25, 2009


#38 “ANYTHING YOU WANT” – John Valenti

#31 “DID YOU BOOGIE (WITH YOUR BABY)” – Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids

Wow -- 2 there that I *totally* do not remember (I've heard of FC&TCK -- a ShaNaNa-styled outfit -- but whothehell is John Valenti?)

[urth]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

People sure had bad taste back then. #2 is a HFH.

Not just #2. See also #4, #9, #15, and several other candidates.

And we should nominate Nadia's Theme next time AL does a Strictly Instrumental set (or whatever she's calling it nowadays.)

[Wayback]

This weekend Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  The Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

People sure had bad taste back then. #2 is a HFH.

Not just #2. See also #4, #9, #15, and several other candidates.
And we should nominate Nadia's Theme next time AL does a Strictly Instrumental set (or whatever she's calling it nowadays.)

Hey, I like #4 "Wreck o' the Ed Fitzgerald," but yes, many on that chart make the rockers cringe.  Two I wasn't familiar with, #36 "Anything You Want" by John Valenti (turns out to be a one hit disco-ish tune from a Chicago singer that only got as high as #37) and #31 "Did You Boogie With Your Baby" by Flash Cadilliac & the Continental Kids (with spoken bits by Wolfman Jack!), a 50's-style tune that got as high as #29.  And, for Halloween week: "Frankenstein," "Monster Mash," "Devil Woman," "Don't Fear the Reaper," "Muskrat Love," "Disco Duck" 

[RGMike]

Hey, I like #4 "Wreck o' the Ed Fitzgerald," but yes, many on that chart make the rockers cringe.  Two I wasn't familiar with, #36 "Anything You Want" by John Valenti (turns out to be a one hit disco-ish tune from a Chicago singer that only got as high as #37) and #31 "Did You Boogie With Your Baby" by Flash Cadilliac & the Continental Kids (with spoken bits by Wolfman Jack!), a 50's-style tune that got as high as #29.  And, for Halloween week: "Frankenstein," "Monster Mash," "Devil Woman," "Don't Fear the Reaper," "Muskrat Love," "Disco Duck" 

Magic 98's stream was down Sat nite, so I had to wait until this morning for my Kasem fix. The John Valenti was NTM -- a white "blue-eyed soul singer", according to Whitburn.  And he does one of the best white-guy Stevie Wonder imitations I've ever heard. But the Salsoul Orch's "Nice'n'Naaasty" gets the week's WOS (which is saying something, given some of the HFHs noted above).

[SFGuy]

Hey, I like #4 "Wreck o' the Ed Fitzgerald," but yes, many on that chart make the rockers cringe.  Two I wasn't familiar with, #36 "Anything You Want" by John Valenti (turns out to be a one hit disco-ish tune from a Chicago singer that only got as high as #37) and #31 "Did You Boogie With Your Baby" by Flash Cadilliac & the Continental Kids (with spoken bits by Wolfman Jack!), a 50's-style tune that got as high as #29.  And, for Halloween week: "Frankenstein," "Monster Mash," "Devil Woman," "Don't Fear the Reaper," "Muskrat Love," "Disco Duck" 

Magic 98's stream was down Sat nite, so I had to wait until this morning for my Kasem fix. The John Valenti was NTM -- a white "blue-eyed soul singer", according to Whitburn.  And he does one of the best white-guy Stevie Wonder imitations I've ever heard. But the Salsoul Orch's "Nice'n'Naaasty" gets the week's WOS (which is saying something, given some of the HFHs noted above).

Speaking of Whitburn, I got his latest Top Pop Singles book and he mentioned on his iPod, that he has 41,520 songs on it or every song listed in the book.

[kahunaburger]

This weekend, 10/24-25, Casey70's visits Oct 30, 1976.  Playlist:
http://www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.whnn.com/Article.asp?id=583277&spid=

People sure had bad taste back then. #2 is a HFH.

Not just #2. See also #4, #9, #15, and several other candidates.

And we should nominate Nadia's Theme next time AL does a Strictly Instrumental set (or whatever she's calling it nowadays.)

   Dissing on my distant cousin Gordon Lightfoot and R'n'R HOF nominees KISS and the classic rock ballad "Beth"!!!  I just don't know!!!

[Wayback]

This weekend, Casey70's does Oct 29, 1977. We heard this chart a year ago. HFH at #1 (for ten weeks!) http://www.957kjrfm.com/pages/events.html?feed=111843&article=4192995

[Tinka Cat]

Chart Date: October 29, 1977

#40 You Make Lovin’ Fun – Fleetwood Mac
#39 Do Your Dance (Part 1) – Rose Royce
#38 Changes In Lattitudes, Changes In Attitudes – Jimmy Buffett
#37 I Go Crazy – Paul Davis
#36 My Fair Share – Seals & Crofts
#35 Come Sail Away – Styx
#34 It’s So Easy – Linda Ronstadt
#33 I Just Want To Make Love To You – Foghat
#32 Isn’t It Time – The Babys
#31 Daybreak – Barry Manilow
#30 Send In The Clowns – Judy Collins
#29 It Was Almost Like A Song – Ronnie Milsap
#28 On And On – Stephen Bishop
At40 Extra: You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) – Rod Stewart
#27 I Just Want To Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
#26 We Just Disagree – Dave Mason
#25 Dusic – Brick
#24 She Did It – Eric Carmen
#23 Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me – Peter Brown
#22 Help Is On Its Way – The Little River Band
#21 Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt
#20 Surfin’ Usa – Leif Garrett
#19 Swayin’ To The Music (Slow Dancin’) – Johnny Rivers
#17 We’re All Alone – Rita Coolidge
#16 Just Remember I Love You – Firefall
#15 How Deep Is Your Love – The Bee Gees
At40 Extra: If You Leave Me Now – Chicago
#14 Cold As Ice – Foreigner
#13 The King Is Gone – Ronnie Mcdowell
#12 Heaven On The 7th Floor – Paul Nicholas
#11 Baby, What A Big Surprise – Chicago
#10 Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
#9 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band – Meco
#8 It’s Ecstasy (When You Lay)…– Barry White
#7 I Feel Love – Donna Summer
#6 Brickhouse – The Commodores
Extra: You're Sixteen – Ringo Starr
#5 Keep It Comin’ Love – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
#4 Boogie Nights – Heatwave
#3 That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll – Shaun Cassidy
At40 Extra: We Are The Champions – Queen
#2 Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
#1 You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone


Thsi seems really familiar... not much to really look forward to, but I can't place this: #23 Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me – Peter Brown

[RGMike]

Chart Date: October 29, 1977


At40 Extra: If You Leave Me Now – Chicago

how odd: the #1 song from last week's 1976 chart is an extra this week. WTF?  Obviously "Butters" Stotch is working as an intern at AT40!

[Tinka Cat]

#33, I Just Want To Make Love To You by Foghat is a live cut, w crowd noises, applause, etc. 

Makes me wonder: What live song charted the highest? 

-- and by "live" I mean a version that was truly recorded live, w obvious crowd noises, concert setting etc.  I know engineers can augment live recording w extra studio tracks, and fudge the fidelity, etc., and there are studio songs that have "live" effects thrown in (a poor example of what I mean here is the segment of Rush's Spirit Of Radio where Geddy mentions "Concert Hall!" and you hear some crowd noise), but I mean something recorded in front of an audience.  I'm guessing Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like We Do? is up there, maybe Kiss' RnRAN, too...?

We hear the Babys chart debut at 32 with "Isn't It Time," and Casey's back announce was funny to me, because he says something like "That's Isn't It Time, the 32nd song by the Babys," and I heard it as "That's, Isn't It Time,  the thirty second song by the Babys...!"   Yes, it was a brief edit.

Julie Collins' Send In The Clowns sounded warped.  Did anyone else catch that?  Isn't it queer?