Casey Kasem American Top 40

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BOS TJ, gone country on "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" -- Elvis shoulda recorded this instead of "Moody Blue".

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Love the Canadian "extras" this Ontario station plays. This tune by the not-dead Gordon Lightfoot is NTM. "Brand New Man"?

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baby, I'm amazed that the orig studio version of "Maybe I'm Amazed" was never a single, and that this live take ended up as a Top Ten make-good in '77.

VHM Smokie's "Living Next Door To Alice" -- it's like Dr Hook without Ray Sawyer's creepy/annoying vocals. (Indeed if Dr Hook had done it, it'd probably have gone Top Ten.)

ah, it's the Leo Sayer-getting-beat-up story again. If you looked like Leo, you'd get beat up too. No truth to the rumor that Leo had a sister named Sooth.

And speaking of dorky-looking guys, BOS2 (of course) Stephen Bishop feat Chaka. Actually, Stephen, I dunno what that hot rich chick is doing with you either.

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Love the Canadian "extras" this Ontario station plays. This tune by the not-dead Gordon Lightfoot is NTM. "Brand New Man"?

you listening to CKRU from Peterborough Ontario?   I just added that station to the Wikipedia list of 70s AT40 stations

Chart Date: Feb 26, 1977

#40 I've Got Love On My Mind – Natalie Cole
#39 Right Time Of The Night – Jennifer Warnes
#38 The First Cut Is The Deepest – Rod Stewart
#37 So Into You – The Atlanta Rhythm Section
#36 Sam – Olivia Newton-John
#35 Walk This Way – Aerosmith
#34 Here Come Those Tears Again – Jackson Browne
#33 Moody Blue / She Thinks I Still Care – Elvis Presley
#32 Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance) – Elton John
#31 Hot Line – The Sylvers
#30 Crackerbox Palace – George Harrison
#29 Dazz – Brick
#28 Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow – Tom Jones
#27 Don't Give Up On Us – David Soul
Extra: I'm Your Boogie Man – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
#26 Maybe I'm Amazed – Wings
#25 Living Next Door To Alice – Smokie
#24 Long Time – Boston
#23 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer
#22 Save It For A Rainy Day – Stephen Bishop
#21 Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
#20 Lost Without Your Love – Bread
#19 The Things We Do For Love – 10cc
#18 Rich Girl – Daryl Hall & John Oates
#17 Don't Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
#16 Boogie Child – The Bee Gees
#15 Hard Luck Woman – Kiss
#14 Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
#13 I Wish – Stevie Wonder
Extra: Southern Nights – Glen Campbell
#12 Car Wash – Rose Royce
#11 Year Of The Cat – Al Stewart
#10 Weekend In New England – Barry Manilow
#9 Dancing Queen – Abba
#8 Night Moves – Bob Seger
#7 Torn Between Two Lovers – Mary Macgregor
#6 Enjoy Yourself – The Jacksons
#5 I Like Dreamin' – Kenny Nolan
#4 Fly Like An Eagle – The Steve Miller Band
#3 Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Extra: Swearin' To God – Frankie Valli
#2 Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen) – Barbra Streisand
#1 New Kid In Town – The Eagles

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Barry M asks, "When will this strong yearning end?" Whenever you finally come out of the closet, girlfriend. But VHM anyway to his re-jiggering of Randy Edelman's "Wknd in NE"

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Love the Canadian "extras" this Ontario station plays. This tune by the not-dead Gordon Lightfoot is NTM. "Brand New Man"?

you listening to CKRU from Peterborough Ontario?   I just added that station to the Wikipedia list of 70s AT40 stations

Merci buckets! having their version available in the morning frees up my Sat nite for other stuff.

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aaack! a couple of proxy-of-GazWOSes in the Top Ten: Mary MacGregor disses her man's, er, manhood, and Kenny Nowan wikes dweamin'.

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'80s VHM to Vallejo's own Con Funk Shun, channeling EWF on "Too Tight" -- I barely remember this one from it's brief chart run in '81. Oddly, it sounds a lot like EWF's "Let's Groove" -- which it predates by 8 months.

And WTF is this Firefall-featuring-a-female-singer thing? I'm gobsmacked. But BOS1 and proxy of cairo Terry Gibbs, singin' 'bout somebody's knockers.

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It's Sefra and Sue! Every girl that ah knew!  BOS2 MJ & his bros -- I still don't understand why they had to change the title to "This Place Hotel".  uber-BOS3 Sheena on that morning train -- cheeze for Sunday brunch!

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OMGWTFLOL -- super duper BOS4 the late Phil Seymour's wonderful "Precious to Me" -- Frampton-meets-PowerPop. I begged Dave to play this in an '81 set to no avail.

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Russell turns to Graham and softly says, "you're every woman in the world to me..." WOS Air Supply. And Leo Sayer, barely sounding like himself, isn't much better on "Living in a Fantasy"  The adult-contempo-ization of Top 40 radio was in full swing in '81, sadly.

But H&O to the rescue with the still-great "Kiss on My List", the #1 single that jump-started their career.

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The adult-contempo-ization of Top 40 radio was in full swing in '81

What! What kind of fool!  if only all adult-contempo were as drop-dead gorgeous as Babs'n'Barry. BOS5.

Dame Cliff is "A Little in Love". And a lot in the closet.

VHM Tierra's lovely, forgotten cover of the Intruders' "Together", baby.

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Damned if it ain't a Canadian "extra" that's the treat of the day: BNLs, "Get In Line" -- guess it was a north-of-the-border hit.

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one more VHM to the off-the-wall WTF-ness of the Stevie-goes-country ditty, "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It".  Some current country act should really revive this one.

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Odd to see Fogelberg's holiday-themed "Same Old Lang Syne" still in the Top Ten in late Feb.