Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s

[HecticArt]

Ten(ish)

38. Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (NEW!)
34. Al Stewart - Time Passages (NEW!)
26. Steely Dan - Josie
18. The Who - Who Are You - Sooooo tired of this it's hard to vote for, but it's still a good song.
13. Foreigner - Double Vision
12. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
9. Boston - Don't Look Back
4. Little River Band - Reminiscing - A little Yacht nostalgia.
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
1. Exile - Kiss You All Over - A little Yacht nostalgia.

 

[Channel98]

"Who sang Who Are You?" "Yes." "Yes sang Who Are You?" "Yes did not sing that song!" "Well then, who did?" "Yes." "You just said they didn't. Look, all I want to know is who sang Who Are You." "Who sang it!" "What are ya askin' me for?"

Country-rock singer Gretchen Wilson and Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive co-founder Randy Bachman recorded the song for Who Are You: An All-Star Tribute To The Who, released October 2, 2012.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

31 good/ok for 1978 (excluding extras):

38. Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (NEW!)
34. Al Stewart - Time Passages (NEW!)
33. David Gates - Took the Last Train
31. Commodores - Three Times a Lady
30. Stonebolt - I Will Still Love You Canadian
29. Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights (↓17)*
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 Canadian
22. Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
21. Crystal Gayle - Talking in Your Sleep
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.
15. Captain & Tennille - You Never Done It Like That
13. Foreigner - Double Vision
12. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
11. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
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
6. Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend
5. Anne Murray - You Needed Me Canadian
4. Little River Band - Reminiscing
3. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City Canadian
1. Exile - Kiss You All Over

Some comments:

LDD: Shaun Cassidy - Hey Deanie

The letter that went with this LDD to Shaun Cassidy was pure stalker mentality although she was only 14 or something. If AT40 was being made today they would not have aired this letter.

30. Stonebolt - I Will Still Love You

I know we had a discussion on Stonebolt here at some point. When I hear one of the 3 or 4 countdowns which have Stonebolt in the top 40 I chuckle. This is the last week it is on the countdown. It rose from 32 to 30 and falls out of the 40 next week.

Archive: Guess Who - American Woman Canadian

Another Canadian hit. There seem to be a lot of them in this week's countdown.

Archive: Ray Stevens - Everything is Beautiful

I would have thought Ray Stevens was a novelty 1 hit wonder for "The Streak". He had several hits including the above #1. I have heard the above song before but never made the connection between the artist.

 

[Channel98]

Ray Stevens has had nine top-40 hits and two number ones (Everything Is Beautiful, The Streak) on the Billboard Hot 100. On the country chart, he's had 14 top-40 hits and three top-ten hits. His first top-40 hit, Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green & Purple Pills – say that five times fast! – peaked at #35 in September 1961. By the way, the children who sing on Everything Is Beautiful are Stevens' two daughters Suzi and Timi and the second-grade class of Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville.

 

[sadchild]

I know we had a discussion on Stonebolt

Each time I see this band name posted on the forum, I kneel like the tribe in Ace Ventura 2 when someone says Shikaka.

 

[sadchild]

Great/good/ok 12

*****
26. Steely Dan - Josie
18. The Who - Who Are You
13. Foreigner - Double Vision
9. Boston - Don't Look Back

****
29. Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights (?17)*
20. Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City

***
34. Al Stewart - Time Passages childhood nostalgia
22. Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
17. Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman
12. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
6. Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend

**
31. Commodores - Three Times a Lady
27. Dr. Hook - Sharing the Night Together (?10)*
24. Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop
19. Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You
11. Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
10. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
8. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
7. John Paul Young - Love is in the Air
5. Anne Murray - You Needed Me
4. Little River Band - Reminiscing

*
[none i recognize]

? 18

 

[scotchandcigar]

13 for 1978:

38. Styx - Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (NEW!)
34. Al Stewart - Time Passages (NEW!)
29. Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights (↓17)*
26. Steely Dan - Josie
18. The Who - Who Are You
17. Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman
16. Linda Ronstadt - Back in the U.S.A.
13. Foreigner - Double Vision
12. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line
10. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
9. Boston - Don't Look Back
6. Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You Friend
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City

 

[hwkn]

Tonight’s wheel is 2/17/73.

 

[sadchild]

Don't have the wheel countdown, but here's the weekend

October 30th, 1971:

40 DE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
39 DE COVEN - ONE TIN SOLDIER (THE LEGEND OF BILLY JACK)
38 DE THE GRASS ROOTS - TWO DIVIDED BY LOVE
37 26 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - LOVING HER WAS EASIER
36 37 LAURA LEE - WOMEN’S LOVE RIGHTS
35 DE CHICAGO - QUESTIONS 67 AND 68
34 38 LOU RAWLS - A NATURAL MAN
33 32 PAUL STOOKEY - WEDDING SONG (There Is Love)
32 36 JAMES TAYLOR - LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
31 24 MAC AND KATIE KISSOON - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP
30 34 THE 8TH DAY - YOU’VE GOT TO CRAWL (Before You Walk)
29 35 LES CRANE - DESIDERATA
28 DE SANTANA - EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING
27 16 CAROLE KING - SO FAR AWAY
26 28 LIGHTHOUSE - ONE FINE MORNING
25 25 TOMMY ROE - STAGGER LEE
24 27 DELANEY & BONNIE - ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
23 23 RAIDERS - BIRDS OF A FEATHER
22 18 BILL WITHERS - AIN’T NO SUNSHINE
21 DE CHI-LITES - HAVE YOU SEEN HER
20 29 FREDDIE HART - EASY LOVING
19 21 MARVIN GAYE - INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER)
18 13 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
17 19 THE 5TH DIMENSION - NEVER MY LOVE
16 08 STAMPEDERS - SWEET CITY WOMAN
15 17 THE PERSUADERS - THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE
14 10 STEVIE WONDER - IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME
13 14 DENISE LASALLE - TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE
12 12 AL GREEN - TIRED OF BEING ALONE
11 07 DONNY OSMOND - GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL
10 11 THE FREE MOVEMENT - I’VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN
09 15 CAT STEVENS - PEACE TRAIN
08 05 JOAN BAEZ - THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
07 06 LEE MICHAELS - DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
06 20 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - IMAGINE
05 09 ISAAC HAYES - THEME FROM SHAFT
04 02 CARPENTERS - SUPERSTAR
03 03 THE OSMONDS - YO-YO
02 04 CHER - GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES
01 01 ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY

 

[HecticArt]

It was bleak for a while there, but it ended up with a four.

22 18 BILL WITHERS - AIN’T NO SUNSHINE
18 13 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
06 20 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - IMAGINE
05 09 ISAAC HAYES - THEME FROM SHAFT

 

[Channel98]

Bob Stone wrote Gypsys, Tramps & White Trash. Cher wanted to record the song but Snuff Garrett, her producer, didn't like the title and asked Stone to change it. It became Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves. Garrett should have also asked Stone to spell "Gypsies" correctly. The song has been recorded by more than 50 artists. A few, including Vikki Carr, the Chartbusters, the Anti-Nowhere League and the Ray Conniff Singers, spelled the title correctly. Lisa Loeb recorded Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves for the 2005 CD An All Star Tribute To Cher. In 2007, she released the song on a three-track EP and spelled it correctly – but added an unnecessary comma.

 

[sadchild]

I don't recognize most of these songs. But two of them are in my top 5 favorite songs of all ever

Great/good/okay 8

*****
27 16 CAROLE KING - SO FAR AWAY
06 20 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - IMAGINE

****
22 18 BILL WITHERS - AIN’T NO SUNSHINE
09 15 CAT STEVENS - PEACE TRAIN

***
35 DE CHICAGO - QUESTIONS 67 AND 68
18 13 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
05 09 ISAAC HAYES - THEME FROM SHAFT
01 01 ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY

**
none i recognize

*
21 DE CHI-LITES - HAVE YOU SEEN HER

? 31

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

8 good/ok from 1971:

40 DE FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND - ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
39 DE COVEN - ONE TIN SOLDIER (THE LEGEND OF BILLY JACK)
18 13 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
16 08 STAMPEDERS - SWEET CITY WOMAN
09 15 CAT STEVENS - PEACE TRAIN
08 05 JOAN BAEZ - THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
06 20 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - IMAGINE
01 01 ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY

 

[scotchandcigar]

11 for 1971:

35 DE CHICAGO - QUESTIONS 67 AND 68
27 16 CAROLE KING - SO FAR AWAY
22 18 BILL WITHERS - AIN’T NO SUNSHINE
18 13 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY
09 15 CAT STEVENS - PEACE TRAIN
08 05 JOAN BAEZ - THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
06 20 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - IMAGINE
05 09 ISAAC HAYES - THEME FROM SHAFT
04 02 CARPENTERS - SUPERSTAR
02 04 CHER - GYPSYS, TRAMPS & THIEVES
01 01 ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY

 

[hwkn]

Tonight’s wheel 9/10/77.

 

[nysfboy328]

September 10, 1977:
40. Dorothy Moore - I Believe You (NEW!)
39. Bay City Rollers - You Made Me Believe in Magic
38. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (NEW!)
Extra: Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle
37. Pablo Cruise - Whatcha Gonna Do (↓23)*
36. Kenny Rogers - Daytime Friends (NEW!)
35. George Benson - The Greatest Love of All
34. Ram Jam - Black Betty
33. Peter Frampton - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (NEW!)
32. Carole King - Hard Rock Cafe
31. Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again
30. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
29. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (↑11)*
28. Ronnie Milsap - It Was Almost Like a Song
27. Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
26. Bee Gees - Edge of the Universe
25. KISS - Christine Sixteen
24. Elvis Presley - Way Down (↑11)*
23. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
22. Heatwave - Boogie Nights
21. Leo Sayer - How Much Love
20. B.J. Thomas - Don't Worry Baby
19. Shaun Cassidy - That's Rock N Roll
18. Meco - Star Wars Theme
17. Johnny Rivers - Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')
16. Stephen Bishop - On and On
15. KC & the Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
14. Foreigner - Cold as Ice
13. Heart - Barracuda
12. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just a Song Before I Go
11. London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars
10. Sanford-Townsend Band - Smoke from a Distant Fire
9. Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
8. Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
7. Commodores - Easy
6. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
5. Floaters - Float On
4. James Taylor - Handy Man
3. Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything
2. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
1. Emotions - Best of My Love

 

[sadchild]

Great/good/okay 12

*****
6. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

****
38. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (NEW!)
16. Stephen Bishop - On and On
10. Sanford-Townsend Band - Smoke from a Distant Fire
14. Foreigner - Cold as Ice

***
34. Ram Jam - Black Betty
30. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
27. Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
23. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
18. Meco - Star Wars Theme
11. London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars
7. Commodores - Easy

**
25. KISS - Christine Sixteen
17. Johnny Rivers - Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')
4. James Taylor - Handy Man
2. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
1. Emotions - Best of My Love

*
29. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (?11)*
13. Heart - Barracuda
3. Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything

? 20

 

[HecticArt]

Twelve

34. Ram Jam - Black Betty
30. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
27. Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
17. Johnny Rivers - Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') - Not one of my picks, but today was Rivers’ birthday. They said it on the radio this morning and played this song. I probably haven’t heard the song in 25 years. That’s enough for the next 25 years.
16. Stephen Bishop - On and On
14. Foreigner - Cold as Ice
13. Heart - Barracuda
11. London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars
10. Sanford-Townsend Band - Smoke from a Distant Fire
9. Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
7. Commodores - Easy
6. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
2. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

18 good/ok for 1977:

39. Bay City Rollers - You Made Me Believe in Magic
34. Ram Jam - Black Betty
30. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
29. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (↑11)*
27. Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
23. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
18. Meco - Star Wars Theme
15. KC & the Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
14. Foreigner - Cold as Ice
13. Heart - Barracuda
12. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just a Song Before I Go
11. London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars
9. Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
7. Commodores - Easy
6. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
3. Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything
2. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher
1. Emotions - Best of My Love

 

[scotchandcigar]

16 for 1977:

38. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever (NEW!)
34. Ram Jam - Black Betty
33. Peter Frampton - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (NEW!)
30. Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
29. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (↑11)*
27. Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
25. KISS - Christine Sixteen
23. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
16. Stephen Bishop - On and On
15. KC & the Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
14. Foreigner - Cold as Ice
13. Heart - Barracuda
12. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just a Song Before I Go
9. Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
6. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
4. James Taylor - Handy Man