Saturday, October 30, 2010

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - October 30th 2010


AT40 the 70s this week November 2nd 1974

The Top Ten singles


10 - Tin Man - America
9 - Stop and Smell the Roses - Mac Davis
8 - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynrd
7 -
Steppin' Out - Tony Orlando and Dawn

6 -
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - John Lennon

5 -
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company

4
- The Bitch is Back - Elton John

3 -
Jazzman - Carole King

2
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

1 - You Haven't Done Nuthin' - Stevie Wonder

(1 week at #1)



The Top Ten Albums

10 -
Welcome Back My Friends To The Show.... - Emerson Lake and Palmer

9 -
Anka - Paul Anka

8 -
Photographs and Memories/Greatest Hits - Jim Croce

7 -
Holiday - America

6 -
Body Heat - Quincy Jones

5 -
Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive

4
- Walls and Bridges - John Lennon

3 -
Can't Get Enough - Barry White

2 -
Wrap Around Joy - Carole King

1 - So Far (Greatest Hits) - Crosby,Stills, Nash and Young
(1 week at #1)


The Greatest hits LP for the foursome was released to high anticipation of the 1974 reunion tour of CSN&Y.
This contained the classics "Our House", "Teach Your Children", "Ohio", "Woodstock", "Deja Vu", "Wooden Ships" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes".



Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - October 30th 2010

AT40 the 80s this week October 31st 1981

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Step by Step - Eddie Rabbit
9 - I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield
8 - The Night Owls - The Little River Band
7 - Hard To Say - Dan Fogleberg
6 - Trying To Live My Life Without You - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
5 - Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Ross
4 - For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
3 - Private Eyes - Hall and Oates
2 - Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones
1 - Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
(3rd of 3 weeks at #1)



The Top 10 Albums

10 - Private Eyes - Hall and Oates
9 - Precious Time - Pat Benatar
8 - Songs in the Attic - Billy Joel
7 - Ghost in the Machine - The Police
6 - The Innocent Age - Dan Fogleberg
5 - Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks
4 - 4 - Foreigner
3 - Nine Tonight - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
2 - Escape - Journey
1 - Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
(7th of 9 weeks at #1)


The 18th American studio album by the legendary group was also their last to reach the top spot on the Billboard Album chart.
3 singles released from the album reached the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100. The first release was the smash "Start Me Up" which is this weeks #2 single and reached #7 in the UK, followed by "Waiting on a Friend" #13 and "Hang Fire" #20.
The sales of this album were very strong and they reached #2 on the UK album charts and have been certified Platinum 4 times in the US alone.
The album cover was designed by Peter Corriston who won a Grammy award for Best Album Package.




Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Today's Billboard Hot Country Charts



For the Week ending October 23rd 2010

The Top Ten Country singles

10 - Why Wait - Rascal Flatts
9 - Anything Like Me - Brad Paisley
8 - Farmer's Daughter - Rodney Atkins
7 - As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band w/Alan Jackson
6 - Mine - Taylor Swift
5 - Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
4 - The Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney
3 - Come Back Song - Darius Rucker
2 - Roll With It - Easton Corbin
1 - All Over Me - Josh Turner


The Top Ten Country Albums

10 - Play On - Carrie Underwood

9 - NOW That's What I Call Country Music Vol 3 - Various Artist

8 - Revolution - Miranda Lambert
7 - The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
6 - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

5 - Enjoy Yourself - Billy Currington

4 - The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
3 - You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band

2 - Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
1 - Bullets In The Gun - Toby Keith

(Debut)


Today's Billboard Hot 100 and Album Chart

For the Week ending October 23rd 2010

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna

9 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida w/David Guetta

8 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
7 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz

6 - Only Girl (In the World) - Rhianna
5 - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher w/Pitbull

4 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

3 - Just a Dream - Nelly

2 - Like a G6 - Far East Movement w/Cataracts & Dev

1 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars



The Top Ten Albums

10 -
A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & The Scene
9 - Passion, Pain & Pleasure - Trey Songz
8 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
7 - A Thousand Suns - Lincoln Park
6 - Flockaveli - Waka Flocka Flame (Debut)
5 - You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
4 - Recovery - Eminem
3 - Doo- wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars (Debut)
2 - Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
1 - Bullets In The Gun - Toby Keith
(Debut)



Monday, October 25, 2010

Today in Music History October 25th

1984 - John Cougar Mellencamp reached the two-million-dollar sales mark with his album, Uh-Huh.



Also in on this day in 1984 country group Alabama went to the three-million-dollar mark with two albums:Mountain Music and Feels So Right.






Sunday, October 24, 2010

Cover of the Week

The cover version of the week is from 1990.
The Proclaimers had a #9 hit in the UK with their version of the Roger Miller classic "King of the Road".

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - October 23rd 2010

AT 40 The 70s this week October 23rd 1976

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Rock N' Me - The Steve Miller Band
9 - Love So Right - The Bee Gees
8 - She's Gone - Hall and Oates
7 - Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
6 - Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
5 - Still The One - Orleans
4 - Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
3 - A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy
2 - Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
1 - If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 5 Albums

5 - Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
4 - Spirit - Earth, Wind and Fire
3 - Fly Like an Eagle - The Steve Miller Band
2 - Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
1 - Songs in the Key Life - Stevie Wonder
(2nd of 14 weeks at #1)

Released in September of 1976 this was a double LP that turned out some of Stevie Wonder's greatest hits. This was the 3rd album in Billboard chart history to debut in the #1 spot, the first 2 were by Elton John (Captain Fantastic and Brown Dirt Cowboy and Rock of the Westies) and both from 1975.
After 13 weeks (the last of 1976 and January of 1977) it was replaced by The Eagles Hotel California but then returned for one more week and eventually became the 2nd biggest selling album of 1977 behind Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.
Nominated for 7 Grammy awards, Stevie took home four with Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Performer and Producer of the Year.
Four singles were released from the album (even though Motown requested another one after all four charted in the top forty, Stevie refused) and the 2 biggest both hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first release was "I Wish" which topped the chart for one week in January 1977.

The second single was "Sir Duke" which reached #1 in May of 1977 and spent 3 weeks atop the chart.

The next 2 singles were not as successful on the Hot 100, "Another Star" reached #32 and "As" made it to #36. Motown requested Stevie release "Isnt She Lovely" as the 5th single but he refused but the song did get plenty of airplay as stations began playing all of the album.

Album Spotlight


This week we turn the spotlight on one of the legendary groups of heavy metal rock n roll, Black Sabbath and their classic album Paranoid.



Released in September of 1970 this was their only album to top the UK album charts, spending one week at the #1 in October of 1970. It replaced and then was itself replaced at the top by Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Paranoid made it to #12 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and has sold over 4 million copies in the United States.
This is considered the "magum opus" for Black Sabbath and includes their 3 biggest selling singles in "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and of course the title track "Paranoid".
Oddly enough the song "Iron Man" was awarded the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2000, 30 years after its release.





Thursday, October 21, 2010

#1 Song of the Week

This weeks #1 song is too celebrate today being the 70th birthday of Manfred Mann.

Today its "Blinded by the Light" which spent one week at #1 in February of 1977. Written by Bruce Springsteen, this was the second and to date last #1 for Manfred Mann and the first with his Earth Band. Formed in 1971 this was the third chart single for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, debuting on the Hot 100 at #95 it took 13 weeks to climb to the top of the chart.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

This week its from Buck Owens and his Buckaroos.
Today in 1963 - Buck started a 16-week run at top of the U.S. Country chart with Love’s Gonna Live Here.
It eventually became the biggest of all the Buck Owens hits.

Top Digital Downloads

From the USA Today, the top 5 downloaded songs for the week ending October 10th 2010

5 - Just a Dream - Nelly

4 - Runaway - Kanye West w/Pusha T

3 - Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

2 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift


1 - Like G6 - Far East Movement w/The Cataracs

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Casey Kasem America's Top Ten Special

From January 1983, Casey counts down the Top 10 Songs of 1982.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - October 9th 2010

AT40 The 80s this week October 11th 1986

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Dreamtime - Daryl Hall
9 - True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
8 - Friends and Lover - Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
7 - Heartbeat - Don Johnson
6 - Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News
5 - Typical Male - Tina Turner
4 - Throwing It All Away - Genesis
3 - Two of Hearts - Suzy Q
2 - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
1 - When I Think of You - Janet Jackson
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Control - Janet Jackson
9 - Invisible Touch - Genesis
8 - Back in the Highlife - Steve Winwood
7 - The Bridge - Billy Joel
6 - True Blue - Madonna
5 - Raising Hell - Run D.M.C.
4 - Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
3 - Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
2 - Fore - Huey Lewis & The News
1 - Top Gun - The Soundtrack
(5th of 5 Non Consecutive weeks at #1)


Producing the #1 single "Take My Breath Away" this soundtrack also gave us the #2 hit "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins and the #12 hit by Loverboy "Heaven in Your Eyes"

Friday, October 8, 2010

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - October 9th 2010

AT40 The 70s this week October 9th 1971

The Top Ten Songs

10 - Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders


9 - If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
8 - Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
7 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
6 - Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
5 - Yo - Yo - The Osmonds
4 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
3 - Superstar - The Carpenters
2 - Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
1 - Maggie May - Rod Stewart
(2nd of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - The Partridge Family Sound Magazine - The Partridge Family

9 - Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
8 - Who's Next - The Who

7 - Carpenters - Carpenters
6 - Ram - Paul McCartney
5 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
4 - Shady Groove - Jerry Garcia & David Grisham

3 - Imagine - John Lennon

2 - Tapestry - Carol King

1 - Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

(2nd of 4 consecutive weeks at #1)


The 3rd album by Rod Stewart contained 3 singles including this weeks #1 single and its A side hit "Reason To Believe" along with a cover of The Temptations hit "(I Know) I'm Losing You". This album topped both the US and UK Album Charts during the same weeks and "Maggie May" also topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Top 40 at the same time, making Rod Stewart the first artist to accomplish this feat.
Rod Stewart was still the lead singer of the group Faces during this time and they all played on the album but due to contractual problems the credits are vague as too actually performed on what songs.
To the point this was a Rod Stewart album but it was a Faces project.


Wednesday, October 6, 2010

GLEE Surpasses Beatles

From TVGuide.com
Today October 6th 2010 the cast of GLEE set a new record for most hits on the Billboard Hot 100 for a non solo act.
They have 75 as of today which surpasses the Beatles previous record of 71.

The only acts in front of them now are James Brown and Elvis Presley.

It is now officially a cultural phenomenon!


read the article here

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - October 2nd 2010

AT40 The 80s, this week October 4th 1980

The Top 10 Singles

10 - Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John
9 - Lookin For Love - Johnny Lee
8 - I'm Allright - Kenny Loggins
7 - Woman in Love - Barbara Striesand
6 - Late in the Evening - Paul Simon
5 - Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbit
4 - Give Me the Night - George Benson
3 - Upside Down - Diana Ross
2 - All Out of Love - Air Supply
1 - Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
(1st of 3 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Back in Black - AC/DC
9 - Hold Out - Jackson Browne
8 - Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar
7 - Urban Cowboy - Soundtrack
6 - Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones
5 - Panorama - The Cars
4 - Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John/ELO
3 - Give Me The Night - George Benson
2 - Diana - Diana Ross
1 - The Game - Queen
(3rd of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)


The 8th studio album by the british band and their first #1 album in the US and also reached the top of the UK Album chart. This album is the groups biggest seller, with over 4 million copies sold, surpassing their previous bestseller "News of The World" from 1977.
Featuring 2 singles that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, including this weeks chart topper "Another One Bites The Dust" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" which was #1 for 4 consecutive weeks earlier in 1980.