Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s

[sadchild]

Whenever I see "cover" and "Puddle Of Mudd" I'm reminded of this



And then I don't click on it

 

[scotchandcigar]

I am not familiar with it. It is from 1974 which makes it more Classic Vinyl. Perhaps they played it right after "Horse With No Name".

See, here's where I get confused. You say you started listening to radio in 1978. So probably 75% of the music played on radio stations in 1978 was from the late 60's and early to mid 70s. They didn't just play "only" new music on rock/pop radio. So for every song by Boston, or Billy Joel, or whoever was new in '78, they probably played 3 songs by Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, The Who, Backman-Turner Overdrive, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, or countless other 60s and early 70s artists. Right?

 

[sadchild]

He later said "Well, I did just listen to it and I do recognize it. I wouldn't change the channel for it but it does nothing for me."

 

[scotchandcigar]

He later said "Well, I did just listen to it and I do recognize it. I wouldn't change the channel for it but it does nothing for me."

I saw that. It's just that IRBS and I are the same age. And all those bands I mentioned (Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, The Who, Backman-Turner Overdrive, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan) are artists I was introduced to by listening to the radio. And I assume that as he continued listening to radio throughout the late 70s, 80s, and 90s, that he heard those early 70s songs a thousand times each (like I did).

 

[sadchild]

I'm often shocked at what songs he says he doesn't know from the late 70s too. I just assume he probably doesn't recognize them by name.

On a related note, I have a whole lot of 70s songs I don't recognize by name. I bet half of the ones I put under "?" I've actually heard at some point in my life.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

See, here's where I get confused. You say you started listening to radio in 1978. So probably 75% of the music played on radio stations in 1978 was from the late 60's and early to mid 70s. They didn't just play "only" new music on rock/pop radio. So for every song by Boston, or Billy Joel, or whoever was new in '78, they probably played 3 songs by Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, The Who, Backman-Turner Overdrive, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, or countless other 60s and early 70s artists. Right?

I saw that. It's just that IRBS and I are the same age. And all those bands I mentioned (Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, The Who, Backman-Turner Overdrive, The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan) are artists I was introduced to by listening to the radio. And I assume that as he continued listening to radio throughout the late 70s, 80s, and 90s, that he heard those early 70s songs a thousand times each (like I did).

The station I listened to was top 40 pop/disco/rock. 95% of their playlist was the current top 40 or new releases. Much the same as a new music station today if you have the tolerance to listen to one. I think they did mix in some stuff that was within the last year. I am more familiar with 1977 music than earlier years. Now obviously I did get some exposure to older music. They had various weekends: 25 years of R&R playing in sequence songs from years 1954-1979. Top 500 countdown weekends etc. They also did Sunday Sixties every Sunday morning but I avoided this as I found 60s music in general pretty boring. But I actually don't specifically remember how I found older music I liked. A lot if it wound up in my library with the purchase of the Greatest Hits CDs etc.

The bands you listed are 70s bands. And if I had been normal, they would have been my formative rock bands. But I started listening in 1978. A lot of those bands had passed their peak. And I started listening when disco was at it's peak. Which is why I have a much greater like for old disco music than others on this board.

As to Bad Company specifically, first song of theirs I heard (also liked) was "Rock'N'Roll Fantasy". The older stuff never really caught my attention.

When I first started listening to XM I listened to TopTracks. I loved it, it had rock from all eras. I could tolerate some 60s or early 70s song because they would be playing a late 70s or 80s track shortly. Then one day it kind of started sucking. All 60s and early 70s. Then I found out that they had split TopTracks and BigTracks. It wasn't till a couple months later that the Canadian service added BigTracks and I listened to that almost exclusively.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I'm often shocked at what songs he says he doesn't know from the late 70s too. I just assume he probably doesn't recognize them by name.

On a related note, I have a whole lot of 70s songs I don't recognize by name. I bet half of the ones I put under "?" I've actually heard at some point in my life.

The names do mess with me sometimes. And I am too lazy to go to youtube in most cases. Sometimes someone calls me on one and I check it out. Example Outfield: "Your Love". I had indeed heard it but I thought it would have been called "Jose" or something like that.

 

[hwkn]

Tonight’s wheel is 4/17/76.

 

[nysfboy328]

April 17, 1976:
40. KISS - Shout It Out Loud (NEW!)
39. Glen Campbell - Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (NEW!)
38. Blackbyrds - Happy Music (NEW!)
37. Cate Brothers - Union Man (NEW!)
36. Olivia Newton-John - Come On Over (NEW!)
35. Wings - Silly Love Songs (NEW!)
34. Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie (NEW!)
33. Eric Carmen - All By Myself (↓14)*
32. Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
31. Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
30. Ohio Players - Fopp
29. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile
28. Styx - Lorelei
27. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
26. The Miracles - Love Machine
25. Barry Manilow - Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again (↑12)*
24. O'Jays - Livin' for the Weekend
23. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
22. Henry Gross - Shannon
21. ABBA - I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do
20. Sweet - Action
19. Bay City Rollers - Money Honey
18. Donny Osmond & Marie Osmond - Deep Purple
17. David Bowie - Golden Years
16. Aerosmith - Dream On
15. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
14. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night)
13. Carpenters - There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
12. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
11. John Sebastian - Welcome Back
10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
9. Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
8. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
7. Commodores - Sweet Love
6. Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
5. Sylvers - Boogie Fever
4. Captain & Tennille - Lonely Night (Angel Face)
3. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
2. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
1. Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady

 

[sadchild]

Great/good/ok 13

*****
32. Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
16. Aerosmith - Dream On
14. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night)
10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

****
29. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile
11. John Sebastian - Welcome Back

***
40. KISS - Shout It Out Loud (NEW!)
35. Wings - Silly Love Songs (NEW!)
27. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
17. David Bowie - Golden Years
9. Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
2. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

**
33. Eric Carmen - All By Myself (↓14)*
23. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
12. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
3. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From

*
[none i recognize]

? 23

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

18 good/ok from 1976:

35. Wings - Silly Love Songs (NEW!)
34. Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie (NEW!)
32. Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
28. Styx - Lorelei
27. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
23. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
21. ABBA - I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do
17. David Bowie - Golden Years
16. Aerosmith - Dream On
14. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night)
13. Carpenters - There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
11. John Sebastian - Welcome Back
10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
9. Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
8. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
6. Dr. Hook - Only Sixteen
5. Sylvers - Boogie Fever
3. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From

 

[HecticArt]

Sixteen of various levels.

40. KISS - Shout It Out Loud (NEW!)
35. Wings - Silly Love Songs (NEW!)
32. Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
29. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile
28. Styx - Lorelei
27. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
23. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
20. Sweet - Action
17. David Bowie - Golden Years
16. Aerosmith - Dream On
14. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night)
12. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
9. Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
8. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
2. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow

 

[scotchandcigar]

16 for 1976:

40. KISS - Shout It Out Loud (NEW!)
35. Wings - Silly Love Songs (NEW!)
33. Eric Carmen - All By Myself (↓14)*
32. Fleetwood Mac - Rihannon
29. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile
28. Styx - Lorelei
27. Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
23. Eagles - Take It to the Limit
17. David Bowie - Golden Years
16. Aerosmith - Dream On
14. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What a Night)
12. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
11. John Sebastian - Welcome Back
10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
9. Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
8. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver

 

[Channel98]

Eric Carmen's All By Myself borrowed from.....no, let's say plagiarized.....the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Here is a concert performance with Carmen's vocals dubbed in:

 

[scotchandcigar]

Eric Carmen's All By Myself borrowed from.....no, let's say plagiarized.....the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Here is a concert performance with Carmen's vocals dubbed in:

And I'll bet that Rachmaninoff ripped it off from Tchaikovsky.

 

[Channel98]

Minuet In G Major, a movement from a suite for harpischord, was written by German composer/organist Christian Petzold (1677-1733). It is often erroneously attributed to Bach.



The Toys, a trio from Jamaica, Queens, New York, used the tune for A Lover's Concerto, which reached #2 on the Hot 100 in October 1965.

 

[Listener]

George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" plagiarized from the Chiffons' "He's So Fine."

 

[HecticArt]

Eric Carmen's All By Myself borrowed from.....no, let's say plagiarized.....the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Here is a concert performance with Carmen's vocals dubbed in:

There isn't a version with his vocals dubbed out?

 

[Channel98]

James Last, Ronnie Aldrich, Franck Pourcel, Fausto Papetti, Barry De Vorzon, Music Box Mania, the Living Strings and more than 30 other artists have recorded an instrumental version of All By Myself. You might like this version from Paul Mauriat's 1976 album Michelle:

 

[nysfboy328]

October 21, 1978:
40. Pablo Cruise - Don't Want to Live Without It (NEW!)
39. Wings - London Town
38. Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (NEW!)
Extra: Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
37. Meco - Themes from the Wizard of Oz (NEW!)
36. Paul Davis - Sweet Life
35. Player - Prisoner of Your Love (NEW!)
34. Al Stewart - Time Passages (NEW!)
33. David Gates - Took the Last Train
32. Michael Johnson - Almost Like Being in Love
31. Commodores - Three Times a Lady
Archive: The Jackson 5 - ABC
30. Stonebolt - I Will Still Love You
29. Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights (↓17)*
28. Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)
LDD: Shaun Cassidy - Hey Deanie
27. Dr. Hook - Sharing the Night Together (↑10)*
26. Steely Dan - Josie
25. Barry Manilow - Ready to Take a Chance Again
24. Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop
23. Daryl Hall & John Oates - It's a Laugh
22. Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
21. Crystal Gayle - Talking in Your Sleep
Archive: Guess Who - American Woman
20. Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife
19. Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You
18. The Who - Who Are You
17. Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman
16. Linda Ronstadt - Back in the U.S.A.
Extra: Stevie Wonder - Superstition
15. Captain & Tennille - You Never Done It Like That
14. Foxy - Get Off
13. Foreigner - Double Vision
12. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
11. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
Archive: Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful
10. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
9. Boston - Don't Look Back
8. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
7. John Paul Young - Love is in the Air
Extra: Natalie Cole - This Will Be
6. Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend
5. Anne Murray - You Needed Me
LDD: Chicago - Colour My World
4. Little River Band - Reminiscing
3. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
1. Exile - Kiss You All Over