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