Top of The Pops (Beatles Edition)

Today is a monumental day in music,chart and cultural history for the US.
On this day in 1964 it was the peak of the phenomenon called Beatlmania with the song "Can't Buy Me Love" reaching the top of Billboard's Hot 100 and setting 5 records that were never equaled in the pre-digital download/soundscan era.
The Greatest Monopoly of the Top 5, Greatest Monopoly of the Hot 100, Biggest leap to #1, Most Consecutive #1 singles and Largest Advance Sale.

With the sudden success of the Beatles, Capitol records were forced to realize what a goldmine they had and with so many labels issuing so many Beatles singles the group had a lock on the Top 5 with the release of "Can't Buy Me Love".

Here is the Top 5 for April 4th 1964

5- Please Please Me


4- I Want To Hold Your Hand
The first #1 single in the US for the Fab Four, 7 weeks at the top.


3- She Love You
this was the 2nd consecutive #1 for the Beatles, 2 weeks on top of the Hot 100.


2- Twist and Shout
One of the very few non Lennon/McCartney songs the Beatles had that were big hits. This peaked at #2.


1- Can't Buy Me Love
This is probably THE greatest hit of the Fab Four. It set the record for biggest leap to #1, which debuted last week at #27 and then leapt all the way to the top this week. It also had the largest advance sale of any single in the rock era with 2.1 million copies. Finally it was the 3rd consecutive #1 single for the Beatles which broke the record held by the King, Elvis Presley, set in 1956.


The next week the Beatles would have the greatest monopoly of the Hot 100 ever seen before or since. The previous record of most singles in the Hot 100 at one time was 9, set of course by Elvis Presley, but on April 11th of 1964 with "Can't Buy Me Love" at the top the Beatles had 14 total singles in the Hot 100.
81- Love Me Do
78- Roll Over Beethoven
74- There's a Place
61- Thank You Girl
52- From Me to You
50- All My Loving
48- You Can't Do That
38- I Saw Her Standing There
14- Do You Want to Know a Secret
9- Please Please Me
7- I Want to Hold Your Hand
4- She Loves You
2- Twist and Shout

Needless to say that with our fractured society and short attention spans this type of phenomenon will never be seen again.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 5

Here are the Top 5 songs currently on the Billboard Hot 100.

5- Telephone - Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce
4- Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
3- Hey, Soul Sister - Train
2- Nothin' On You - B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
1- Rude Boy - Rhianna

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s -April 3rd 2010

This week AT40 the 70s is from April 3rd 1971

10- Another Day - Paul McCartney
9- Love Story (Where Do I Begin) - Andy Williams
8- Help Me Make it Through the Night - Sammi Smith
7- Doesnt Somebody Want to Be Wanted - Partridge Family
6- Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
5- What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
4- She's A Lady - Tom Jones
3- For All We Know - The Carpenters
2- Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
1- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
1st of 2 consecutive weeks at #1

News Bites

Ozzy Osbourne has changed the title of his upcoming studio album. First called Soul Sucka, his Ozzness has chucked the name and is now calling it Scream. The first single, “Let Me Hear You Scream,” will debut on the April 14th episode of CSI: NY.

Short n’ to the point: Motley Crue’s Mick Mars is working on a solo CD



KIAH-TV in Houston caught up with rocker Ronnie James Dio during one the legendary frontman’s stops in Houston for chemotherapy. Ronnie, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer late last year, flies from LA to Houston to be treated at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. "I've been poked and prodded in holes I never had before," quipped Dio, and he had a special message for the unwelcome cells: "Cancer, I'll kick the hell out of you." On a great note, the chemo is working and the tumor is shrinking.

Really? why?

Breaking News! A&E fills primetime slot with 'real life drama' from Dee Snider & family!!

Soon, you'll be able to see "Growing Up Twisted" a new A&E series starring our lovable host Dee Snider, along with his wife Suzette, and kids Jesse, Cheyenne and Shane. A&E, as you probably know, is also the home of "Dog the Bounty Hunter," "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", "Kirstie Alley's Big Life" and "The First 48."
The same people that brought us "Real Housewives of Orange County" are behind Dee's new venture, so it's pretty much guaranteed to be entertaining. Watch Dee and Suzette navigate parental waters as they interact with wannabe rock star Jesse, budding filmmaker Shane and 12-year-old Cheyenne, who we also hear has a band of her own.
The network (which is now the #5 ranked cable network in the country) has ordered a guaranteed 6 episodes. Get yer Tivos ready, we say this is a can't miss series!!
Dee and his wife, Suzette, pictured right.

and to think I used to enjoy A&E when they had City Confidential and Justice Files....now this?

New #1 album on Billboard 200 sets record

Justin Bieber Scores #1 Album, Youngest Male Solo Artist To Do It Since '63

It truly is Justin Bieber's "World." The teen sensation's sophomore album, My World 2.0, has debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart with first week sales of 283 thousand copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan. That makes Justin the youngest male solo act to score a #1 album since 1963, when a then-13-year-old Stevie Wonder pulled off the same feat.

But that's not all. Justin's first album, My World, is currently at #5 on the chart. That makes the Canadian singer the first act to have two Billboard top-five albums at the same time since Nelly did it in 2004 with his two albums, Suit and Sweat. But those Nelly albums were released on the same day -- Justin's albums came out four months apart.

Elsewhere on the chart, Still Standing, the new album by Monica, debuts at #3, while Now! That's What I Call Music Vol. 33 is in at #3.

(courtesy LiteRock 93R)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - April 4th 2010

This weekend AT40 the 80s April 3rd 1982

10- Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
9- Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
8- Don't Talk to Strangers - Rick Springfield
7- Freeze-Frame - The J. Geils Band
6- Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
5- Make a Move on Me - Olivia Newton-John
4- That Girl - Stevie Wonder
3- We Got the Beat - The Go-Gos
(from the #1 album "Beauty and the Beat")
2- Open Arms - Journey
1- I Love Rock N Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
(3rd of 7 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100)