Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 11th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week September 8th 1973

The Top 10 Songs
10 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) -Al Green
9 - Gypsy Man - War
8 - We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
7 - Live and Let Die - Wings
6 - Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon
5 - Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
4 - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
3 - Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
2 - Brother Louie - Stories
1 - Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Fresh - Sly and The Family Stone
9 - Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
8 - Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
7 - A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
6 - Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
5 - We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
4 - Foreigner - Cat Stevens
3 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2 - Chicago VI - Chicago
1 - Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
(1st of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)

The only Allman Brothers album to reach the top of the Billboard Album chart and contained their only top 40 single, the classic Ramblin' Man which reached #2 on the Hot 100 in October of 1973.
This was the first album the group recorded completely without Duane Allman who had died in a motorcycle accident in 1971.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - September 11th 2010

AT40 The 80s, This Week September 14th 1985

The top 10 singles

10 - Invincible - Pat Benatar
9 - Pop Life - Prince & The Revolution
8 - Freedom - Wham!
7 - Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
6 - Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
5 - Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
4 - Cherish - Kool and The Gang
3 - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
2 - We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
1 - St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr
(2nd of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Heart - Heart
9 - Theater of Pain - Motley Crue
8 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
7 - Greatest Hits Vols I & II - Billy Joel
6 - No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
5 - Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
4 - Reckless - Bryan Adams
3 - Songs From the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
2 - The Dream of the Blue Turtle - Sting
1 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
(3rd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)


I had just graduated High School in 1985 when this album came out and it was huge and on the radio all the time, it was a great album and the start of the CD becoming the format of the future.
Brothers in Arms was the first album to sell 1 million copies on CD and outsell the vinyl LP version.
It is Dire Straits biggest selling album with over 30 million copies sold worldwide and reached #1 on the UK album chart and spent at total of 228 weeks on the chart.
The album had 3 top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 with their biggest hit being this weeks #3 hit on the way to 3 weeks at #1, Money For Nothing.
The other charting singles in the US were Walk of Life (#7) and So Far Away (#19). These songs also charted in the UK along with the title track Brothers in Arms (#16) and Your Latest Trick (#26).
They did not reach the top of the UK chart but Walk of Life made it to #2, while Money For Nothing reached #4.

Today's Billboard Hot 100 and Album Chart

The Billboard charts for the Week ending September 11th 2010

The Top 10 Songs

10 - Take it Off - Ke$ha
9 - Mine - Taylor Swift
8 - Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
7 - California Gurls - Katy Perry
6 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5 - DJ Got Us Fallin in Love - Usher w/Pitbull
4 - I Like It - Enrique Iglesias w/Pitbull
3 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
2 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
1 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Zombie (EP) - The Devil Wears Prada (debut)
9 - God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne
8 - Burning the Day - Randy Rogers Band (debut)
7 - My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
6 - Intimacy: Album III - Kem
5 - The Reason Why - Little Big Town (debut)
4 - Versus (EP) - Usher (debut)
3 - Recovery - Eminem
2 - Back To Me - Fantasia (debut)
1 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (debut)

Magic

In the history of the Billboard Top 40 there have been 3 songs chart that had the title "Magic".

Here is the last of the 3 to chart, from 1984 and peaking at #12, its The Cars.


The first of the "Magic" songs was by Pilot and went to #5 in 1975.


The second of the 3 "Magic" songs was the most successful and went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.
Here is Olivia Newton-John with her chart topping "Magic"

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

Today in 1984 the "Texas Troubadour", Ernest Tubb died at the age of 70.
In his memory here is the classic multi-million seller "Walkin' the Floor Over You"

UK Top 10 September 4th 2010

Here are the Top 10 singles in the UK for the week ending September 4th 2010.

10 - Airplanes - B.o.B with Hayley Williams
9 - Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo
8 - Crossfire - Brandon Flowers
7 - Billionaire - Travie McCoy with Bruno Mars
6 - We Speak No Americano - Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup
5 - Katy on a Mission - Katy B
4 - Green Light - Roll Deep
3 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida with David Guetta
2 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem with Rhianna
1 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
(Debut at #1)



The Top Ten Albums this week in the UK

10 - Surfing the Void - Klaxons
9 - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
8 - Headlines - Saturdays
7 - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
6 - The Fame - Lady GaGa
5 - Eliza Doolittle - Eliza Doolittle
4 - The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
3 - The Final Frontier - Iron Maiden
2 - The Defamation of Strickland Banks - Plan B
1 - Recovery - Eminem


Album Spotlight

Lets look at this weeks #3 album "Final Frontier" by Iron Maiden. It debuted last week at the #1 position and its their first album since 2006. This is the band's first album to debut at #1 in the UK since 1992's "Fear of the Dark" .
However, they debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, which is the highest charting album for Iron Maiden in the US. Their previous highest charting LP was the 2006's
"A Matter of Life and Death" which made it to #9.
This is the fourth Iron Maiden album to reach the top of the UK Album charts, the first was the legendary "The Number of the Beast" in1982.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 4th 2010

AT40 The 70s, this week September 5th 1970

10 - Lookin Out My Backdoor - Creedance Clearwater Revival
9 - Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
8 - Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson
7 - Patches - Clarence Carter
6 - 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
5 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
4 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
3 - Make It With You - Bread
2 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
1 - War - Edwin Starr
(2nd of 3 Weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums this week in 1970

10 - John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
9 - Live at Leeds - The Who
8 - Absolutely Live - The Doors
7 - Tommy - The Who
6 - Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad
5 - Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills and Nash
4 - Chicago II - Chicago
3 - Blood, Sweat and Tears 3 - Blood, Sweat & Tears
2 - Woodstock - Movie Soundtrack
1 - Cosmo's Factory - Creedance Clearwater Revival
(3rd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)

One of the biggest selling albums of 1970, this is the 5th album and 4th platinum album by the California based, Louisana bayou sounding band led by John Fogerty.
The album prodcued 3 top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 of which also made the top 3 in the UK.
The first single was "Travelin Band b/w Who'll Stop the Rain", it peaked at #2 in the US and #8 in the UK. The next 2 sided single was "Up Around the Bend b/w Run Through the Jungle" and peaked at #4 in the US and #3 in the UK. The last single is in the top ten this week in 1970 "Lookin' Out My Backdoor" is at #10 after peaking in July at #2 but only made it to #20 in the UK.
Another single from the LP "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was edited and released in January of 1976 but failed to crack the Top 40.
CCR still holds the record for most songs to reach #2 on the Hot 100 without going to #1.