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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2205 on: May 09, 2010, 09:55:34 AM »
This 1980 set was entertaining for its you'd-never-hear-this-anywhere-else-ishness, but nothing really inspired a BOS vote.  The top 8 were unchanged from the previous week, and the top 6 (I think) were holding steady for 3-4 weeks.  Yeesh.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2206 on: May 09, 2010, 10:05:35 AM »
The 70s!

Originally Aired – May 14, 1977

#40 “SLOWDOWN” – John Miles
#39 “JET AIRLINER” – The Steve Miller Band
#38 “BACK IN THE SADDLE” – Aerosmith
#37 “MAINSTREET” – Bob Seger
#36 “SLOW DANCIN’ DON’T TURN ME ON” – Addrisi Brothers
#35 “LOVE’S GROWN DEEP” – Kenny Nolan
#34 “CINDERELLA” – Firefall
#33 “MARGARITAVILLE” – Jimmy Buffett
#32 “MY SWEET LADY” – John Denver
#31 “DON’T GIVE UP ON US” – David Soul
#30 “UPTOWN FESTIVAL, PT. 1” – Shalamar
#29 “SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO” – The Jacksons
#28 “UNDERCOVER ANGEL” – Alan O’Day
#27 “YOUR LOVE” – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
#26 “WHODUNIT” – Tavares
#25 “HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG” – Marshall Tucker Band
#24 “DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY” – Thelma Houston
#23 “DANCING MAN” – Q
#22 “AIN’T GONNA BUMP NO MORE (WITH NO BIG FAT WOMAN)” – Joe Tex
#21 “GONNA FLY NOW (THEME FROM ‘ROCKY’)” – Bill Conti
#20 “ANGEL IN YOUR ARMS” – Hot
#19 “FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME” – Foreigner
#18 “I’VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND” – Natalie Cole
#17 “HELLO STRANGER” – Yvonne Elliman
#16 “CALLING DR. LOVE” – Kiss
#15 “LONELY BOY” – Andrew Gold
#14 “DREAMS” – Fleetwood Mac
#13 “CAN’T STOP DANCING” – The Captain & Tennille
#12 “LUCILLE” – Kenny Rogers
#11 “LIDO SHUFFLE” – Boz Scaggs
#10 “I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU” – Rose Royce
#9 “GOT TO GIVE IT UP” – Marvin Gaye
#8 “I’M YOUR BOOGIE MAN” – K.C. & The Sunshine Band
#7 “SO IN TO YOU” – Atlanta Rhythm Section
#6 “RIGHT TIME OF THE NIGHT” – Jennifer Warnes
#5 “COULDN’T GET IT RIGHT” – Climax Blues Band
#4 “SOUTHERN NIGHTS” – Glen Campbell
#3 “HOTEL CALIFORNIA” – The Eagles
#2 “SIR DUKE” – Stevie Wonder
#1 “WHEN I NEED YOU” – Leo Sayer
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2207 on: May 09, 2010, 10:20:54 AM »
This 1980 set was entertaining for its you'd-never-hear-this-anywhere-else-ishness, but nothing really inspired a BOS vote.  The top 8 were unchanged from the previous week, and the top 6 (I think) were holding steady for 3-4 weeks.  Yeesh.

Top 40 sho' was goin' thru dem changes in 1980.  And here's Firefall, making '70s and '80s appearances this week. "Headed for a (Fire)Fall", indeed.

Followed by EJ's "Daniel"-esque "Little Jeannie", his bounce-back from the "Victim Of Love" failure.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2208 on: May 09, 2010, 10:34:34 AM »
VHM Dolly's forgotten "Starting Over Again" -- as sweet and tender as Bernadette Peters' cover of "Gee Whiz" is unnecessary.

BOS smooth Smokey, whose "Let Me Be The Clock" is also unfairly overlooked, being the less-successful follow-up to "Cruisin'".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2209 on: May 09, 2010, 11:03:45 AM »
BOS2 Jermaine (with some help from Stevie) and his fabulous "Let's Get Serious" -- how a song that was #1 R&B for 6 weeks only got to #9 Pop is a mystery.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2210 on: May 09, 2010, 11:06:35 AM »
BOS2 Jermaine (with some help from Stevie) and his fabulous "Let's Get Serious" -- how a song that was #1 R&B for 6 weeks only got to #9 Pop is a mystery.

I've got this on in the background while I get ready for softball, and you're right, LGS is BOS.

WOS to this precursor to Kenny G, which I'm glad I slept through this morning.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2211 on: May 09, 2010, 11:09:24 AM »
Mike, get ready to summon the ghost of Karen Carpenter!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2212 on: May 09, 2010, 11:10:21 AM »
BOS2 Jermaine (with some help from Stevie) and his fabulous "Let's Get Serious" -- how a song that was #1 R&B for 6 weeks only got to #9 Pop is a mystery.

WOS to this precursor to Kenny G, which I'm glad I slept through this morning.

ha! your characterization is dead-on. Casey didn't mention it's from American Gigolo.

Damned indecision! Should I BOS or VHM MJ with Tom Bahler's ode to Karen Carpenter?
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2213 on: May 09, 2010, 11:15:28 AM »
BOS3 the Spinners -- "Working My Way" is one of the better discofied "oldies" of the period, and also a sledgehammery memory of driving around the Bronx with my first BF with this on the car radio.

coming up: "Coming Up", NOT live from Glasgow.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2214 on: May 09, 2010, 11:48:08 AM »
Paul Davis's "Do Right" is one I totally don't remember.

BOS4 The Divine Miss M's "The Rose" -- which got disqualified for the Best Song Oscar when the songwriter (Amanda McBroom) went on The Tonight Show and mentioned she'd written it years before the movie was made. Oops!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2215 on: May 09, 2010, 12:45:16 PM »
This 1980 set was entertaining for its you'd-never-hear-this-anywhere-else-ishness, but nothing really inspired a BOS vote. 

what, not even "Pilot of the Airwaves"?

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2216 on: May 09, 2010, 01:07:52 PM »
Shouldn't Chris Isaak and Huey Lewis team up for a remake of "The Biggest Part of Me"?  ;)

BOS5 Jimmy Ruffin's "Hold On to My Love".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2217 on: May 09, 2010, 05:41:15 PM »
This 1980 set was entertaining for its you'd-never-hear-this-anywhere-else-ishness, but nothing really inspired a BOS vote.  The top 8 were unchanged from the previous week, and the top 6 (I think) were holding steady for 3-4 weeks.  Yeesh.

This doesn't beat April 2, 1983. The top 11 were unchanged. 6 other songs in the top 20 were unchanged and no song dropped out of the top 20 from the previous week.

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2218 on: May 09, 2010, 06:38:59 PM »
To be honest, I don't remember most of the top 40 for the 1980 show.

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #2219 on: May 10, 2010, 09:23:44 AM »
This 1980 set was entertaining for its you'd-never-hear-this-anywhere-else-ishness, but nothing really inspired a BOS vote. 

what, not even "Pilot of the Airwaves"?

You're right; forgot about that.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”