Your Classic Country Video of the Week

From October 1977 a #1 Country hit for the Kendalls.

"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - November 27th 2010

AT40 the 80s this week November 29th 1980

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Dreaming - Cliff Richard
9 - Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond
8 - (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
7 - Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder
6 - More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer
5 - I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
4 - Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
3 - The Wanderer - Donna Summer
2 - Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand
1 - Lady - Kenny Rogers
(3rd of 6 consecutive weeks at #1)


Top Ten Albums

10 - Triumph - The Jacksons
9 - One Step Closer - The Doobie Brothers
8 - Diana - Diana Ross
7 - Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar
6 - Back in Black - AC/DC
5 - The Game - Queen
4 - Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder
3 - Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers
2 - Guilty - Barbra Streisand
1 - The River - Bruce Springsteen
(4th of 4 consecutive weeks at #1)

Springsteen's 5th release and first to reach #1 album on the Billboard 200 album chart.
It was a double album that yielded one top 40 single with "Hungry Heart", which reached #5 on the Hot 100.

(a personal note on this video, I found several clips of this song being done live in concert but the first 2 verses were sung by the crowd. Now this is a pet peeve of mine and why I dont do concerts anymore. I did not pay to sing nor to hear the 10 people around me sing, I paid to here the guy on stage! So I finally found this "video" of the the song where its all sung by Bruce Springsteen).

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - November 28th 2010

This week on AT40 the 70s December 1st 1973.

The Top Ten Singles

10 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Charlie Rich
9 - Heartbeat, Its a Lovebeat - The Defranco Family
8 - The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
7 - Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
6 - Just You and Me - Chicago
5 - Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
4 - Space Race - Billy Preston
3 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
2 - Photograph - Ringo Starr
1 - Top of the World - The Carpenters
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Los Cochinos - Cheech & Chong
9 - Life and Times - Jim Croce
8 - Brothers & Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
7 - The Joker - The Steve Miller Band
6 - Goats Head Soup - The Rolling Stones
5 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
4 - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond
3 - Quadrophenia - The Who
2 - Ringo - Ringo Starr
1 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
(4th of 8 consecutive weeks at #1)

The 7th and best selling studio album for the superstar from England. A double LP that had 4 singles reach the top 40 in the US and UK.

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (#2 US, #6UK),


"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" (#7 UK, #12 US)


"Bennie & The Jets" (#1 US)


"Candle in the Wind" (#11 UK). "Candle in the Wind" was not released as a single in the US until 1987 and then it also went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album itself spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK album chart and 8 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

This week our country classic is George Strait and his #1 hit from July of 1987 "All My Ex's Live in Texas"

#1 Song of the Week

This weeks song goes back to this day in 1993 when Meatloaf had his first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Top 40.
The song he took to the top was "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Wont Do That)". Meatloaf spent 5 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and 7 weeks on the UK Top 40, becoming the UK's #1 single of 1993.

Top of the Charts (November 20th 2010)

Here are Billboard's #1 songs on the various charts for the week ending November 20th 2010

Hot 100 and Digital Song: What's My Name - Rhianna w/Drake



Billboard 200, Country Album Chart and Digital Album: Speak Now - Taylor Swift



Hot Country Chart: As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band w/Alan Jackson


Billboard Rock Song Chart: Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour


UK Top Single and UK Digital Single: Only Girl (In the World) - Rhianna



UK Album Chart: The Gift Susan Boyle



UK Country Album:
The Age of Miracles - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Top of The Pops 1982

This week because AT40 the 80s is a so so week from 1982 I decided to do the top 5 for our Top of the Pops installment.

The Top 5 singles for the Week of November 20th 1982


5 - Heartlight - Neil Diamond
From the monster smash movie "ET".


4 - Gloria - Laura Branigan
On the way to peaking at #2


3 - Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John
In its 3rd week of 4 weeks at #3


2 - Truly - Lionel Richie
The former lead singer of the Commodores is looking for his first #1 single as a solo artist.


1 - Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
In the 3rd of 3 weeks at the top, from the soundtrack to the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman"

Top of the Charts Retro Hot 100 (US)

Today is November 20th 2010

The top of the Billboard Hot 100:

45 Years Ago: I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes


40 Years Ago: I'll Be There - The Jackson 5


35 Years Ago: Island Girl - Elton John


30 Years Ago: Lady - Kenny Rogers


25 Years Ago: We Built This City - Starship


20 Years Ago: Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey


15 Years Ago: Fantasy - Mariah Carey


10 Years Ago: Independent Women Part 1 - Destiny's Child


5 Years Ago: Gold Digger - Kayne West w/Jamie Foxx

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - November 20th 2010

This week on AT40 the 70s November 22 1975

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers
9 - Sky High - Jigsaw
8 - Low Rider - War
7 - Feelings - Morris Albert
6 - This Will Be - Natalie Cole
5 - The Way I Want to Touch You - The Captain & Tennille
4 - Island Girl - Elton John
3 - Who Loves You - The Four Seasons
2 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
1 - That's The Way I Like It - KC & The Sunshine Band
(1 week at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Breakaway - Art Garfunkel
9 - The Who By Numbers - The Who
8 - Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
7 - Wind of the Water - David Crosby and Graham Nash
6 - Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
5 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4 - Prisoner in Disguise - Linda Rondstadt
3 - Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
2 - Windsong - John Denver
1 - Rock of the Westies - Elton John
(3rd of 3 consecutive weeks at #1)

The second of Elton John's albums to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart it contained last weeks #1 single (and this weeks #4 hit) "Island Girl".

Today's Billboard Hot Country Charts 11/13/2010

Here are the Billboard Country Charts for the week ending November 13th 2010

The top 10 singles

10 - Turn on the Radio - Reba
9 - Why Wait - Rascal Flatts
8 - Roll With It - Easton Corbin
7 - If I Die Young - The Band Perry
6 - Farmer's Daughter - Rodney Atkins
5 - Anything Like Me - Brad Paisley
4 - As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band w/Alan Jackson
3 - Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
2 - Mine - Taylor Swift
1 - Come Back Song - Darius Rucker
(2 weeks at #1)




The Top 10 Country Albums

10 - The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
9 - Revolution - Miranda Lambert
8 - Need You Know - Lady Antebellum
7 - Bullets in the Gun - Toby Keith
6 - You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
5 - Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
4 - The Band Perry - The Band Perry
3 - Charleston, SC 1968 - Darius Rucker
2 - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland
1 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
(Debut)

Today in Music History November 8th

1947 - Born on this day, Minnie Riperton
(1975 US No.1 & UK No.2 with the Stevie Wonder produced single 'Loving You').
Died of cancer 12th July 1979.


1952 - The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns.
‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks.


1963 - Spending his last of 5 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 is Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs with Sugar Shack.


1969 - 'Something' the first Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison entered the UK singles chart, it peaked at No.4 in the UK and went on to be a No.1 on the US chart.


1975 - Elton John’s album, Rock of the Westies, debuted at #1 on US album charts. It was his second album to jump on the chart at number one.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy had debuted at #1 six months earlier. Tracks on Rock of the Westies: Medley (Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly), Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future), Island Girl, Grow Some Funk Of Your Own, I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford), Street Kids, Hard Luck Story, Feed Me, Billy Bones and the White Bird.




1980 - Bruce Springsteen’s album, The River, hit #1 for four weeks in the U.S.
Tracks on the album: The Ties that Bind, Sherry Darling, Jackson Cage, Two Hearts, Independence Day, Hungry Heart, Out in the Street, Crush on You, You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch), I Wanna Marry You, The River, Point Blank, Cadillac Ranch, I’m a Rocker, Fade Away, Stolen Car, Ramrod, The Price You Pay, Drive All Night, Wreck on the Highway.





2008 - AC/DC started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Black Ice’ the bands fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008

Top of The Pops

Changing things up a little this week its Top of The Pops for this week in 1987 in the UK.


5 - China in Your Hands - T'Pau
Making a huge leap from 19 last week to 5 this week on its way to the top. This is the best known song of the group in the UK and spent 5 weeks at #1.


4 - Love in The First Degree - Bananarama
After peaking at #3 this singles drops to #4. The biggest selling UK single for the UK group.


3 - Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley
Jumping 8 spots this week and peaking at #3 is a song not released in the US.


2 - Faith - George Michael
Hold and peaking at #2 with what would be come the best selling single of 1988 in the US.


1 - You Win Again - Bee Gees
This song is in its 4th week at #1 and helped the Bee Gees become the first group to have a UK #1 in each of the last 3 decades (60s,70s & 80s).

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - November 7th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week November 3rd 1979

The Top Ten Singles

10 - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) - Barbra Steisand/Donna Summer
9 - You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
8 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
7 - Babe - Styx
6 - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
5 - Still - Commodores
4 - Rise - Herb Alpert
3 - Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer
2 - Heartache Tonight - The Eagles
1 - Pop Muzik - M
(1 week at #1)




The Top Ten Albums

10 - Get the Knack - The Knack
9 - Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
8 - Rise - Herb Alpert
7 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
6 - Dream Police - Cheap Trick
5 - Head Games - Foreigner
4 - Cornerstone - Styx
3 - Midnight Magic - Commodores
2 - In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
1 - The Long Run - The Eagles
(1st of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)


The sixth studio album released by the group and the first without founding member Randy Meisner, who was replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt. The album debuted at #2 October 20th 1979 and then stayed there until knocking Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door from the top spot after 7 weeks at #1. Three singles were released from the album including this weeks #2 next week's #1 song "Heartache Tonight" , the #8 hit "I Can't Tell You Why" and the #7 title track "The Long Run".

The UK Top 10 Singles and Albums 11/06/2010

Here are the Top Ten singles and the Top Ten albums in the UK for this week.

Top Ten Singles

10 - Written in the Stars - Tinie Tempah w/Eric Turner
9 - Heart Vacany - Wanted
8 - Just a Dream - Nelly
7 - Barbra Streisand - Ducksauce
6 - Firework - Katy Perry
5 - Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
4 - Forget You - Cee Lo Green
3 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
2 - Only Girl (In The World) - Rhianna
1 - Promise This - Cheryl Cole
(Debut)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Letters Home - Soldiers
9 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
8 - The Ultimate Collection - Barbra Streisand
7 - Disc-overy - Tinie Tempah
6 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
5 - In and Out of Consciousness (Greatest Hits) - Robbie Williams
4 - The Wanted - The Wanted
3 - Wide Awake - Joe McElderry
2 - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
1 - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
(2nd week at #1)

Today's Billboard Top 200 Album Chart

For the Week ending November 6th 2010

The Top Ten Albums

10 - Charleston SC 1966 - Darius Rucker


9 - Move - Third Day (debut)


8 - Recovery - Eminem

7 - Sale El Sol - Shakira (debut)


6 - Glee : Rocky Horror Glee Show (debut)


5 - I Am Not a Human Being - Lil Wayne


4 - Fly Me To The Moon (The Great American Songbook) - Rod Stewart (debut)


3 - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell (debut)


2 - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon (debut)


1 - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland (debut)

The 4th studio album for the country duo and it debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and the Hot Country Album chart with sales of 203,000 in the first week.
The first single from the album is "Stuck Like Glue" and it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in August at #20, making it the highest debut for a country duo or group on the Hot 100.

Today in Music History November 3rd

1957 - Sun Records released 'Great Balls Of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis.
The single went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, a No.1 in the UK & No.2 in the US.


1973 - David Bowie scored his second UK No.1 album when 'Pinups' started a five-week run at the top of the charts.
The set contained Bowie covering his favourite 60's songs; his version of The Mersey's 'Sorrow' made No.3 on the UK singles chart.


1979 - One hit wonder M went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pop Muzik'.
M was Robin Scott who scored one other UK top 40 hit, 'Pop Muzik' made No.2 in the UK.



1984 - Paul McCartney went to No.1 on the UK album chart with the film soundtrack to 'Give My Regards To Broad Street', featuring the UK No.2 single 'No More Lonely Nights.'


1990 - 25 years after their version was recorded, The Righteous Brothers went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Unchained Melody'.
The track had been featured in the Patrick Swayze film Ghost. Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret, 'Unchained Melody' is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.



2002 -Lonnie Donegan, died mid-way through a UK tour and shortly before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The Rolling Stones.
He was aged 71. Donegan who launched the skiffle craze in the UK had the 1959 hit ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour’, the 1960 UK No.1 single 'My Old Man's A Dustman', 'Rock Island Line', plus over 30 other UK Top 40 singles.