Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
I do these lists based upon my familiarity with the song names and my ability to match this to a song.
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Understand. While I will occasionally YouTube a song I'm not sure about, I often don't.
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
It is entirely possible there are songs which I have heard which are these songs but I never matched them to a name. I don't listen in general to a lot of radio stations that play a lot of early 70s rock so it is still possible I have not heard.

I just did a quick listen on youtube to "Hello It's Me". I am familiar.
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I would only bring this up if it's a song that got frequent airplay throughout the 70s and 80s (and beyond).
 
scotchandcigar said:
19: LIVING FOR THE CITY - STEVIE WONDER - an iconic song, which I expected to be on everyone's list.
6: HELLO IT'S ME - TODD RUNDGREN - an iconic song, which I expected to be on everyone's list.
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#19, my comment below applies (about looking at lyrics). The only Stevie song with "Da la la" that I can think of is a ballad. Maybe "Cheri Amour"?
#6 it's on my list, but not high.
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
It was used as a Friday at 5 song on one of the radio stations I listened to in the 90s.
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WAAF out of Boston did the same thing for years.
scotchandcigar said:
While I will occasionally YouTube a song I'm not sure about, I often don't.
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I won't listen to see if I know it, but sometimes I'll look at the lyrics and if I can't get the melody in my head from that, I put it as a "?" song.
 
scotchandcigar said:
6: HELLO IT'S ME - TODD RUNDGREN - an iconic song, which I expected to be on everyone's list.
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Iconic for sure, but it doesn't trip my trigger.
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
I do these lists based upon my familiarity with the song names and my ability to match this to a song. It is entirely possible there are songs which I have heard which are these songs but I never matched them to a name.
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Same. There have been a number of songs that you guys have made me realize that I did indeed recognize.
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
It is not a channel changer but I don't like enough to make my list.
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Same.
 
Hello It's Me was a #5 hit for Todd Rundgren in December 1973. He wrote the song and first recorded it in April 1968 as a member of Nazz, a Philadelphia rock band. Robert Antoni was the lead singer. Rundgren played guitar. Here is the original version of Hello It's Me. This got to #71 on the Hot 100 in March 1969. It re-entered the chart in January 1970 and got to #66.

 
January 5, 1974:
40: IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER - MERLE HAGGARD
39: AMERICAN TUNE - PAUL SIMON
38: I GOT A NAME - JIM CROCE
37: JUNGLE BOOGIE - KOOL & THE GANG
36: PAINTED LADIES - IAN THOMAS
35: SPACE RACE - BILLY PRESTON
34: COME GET TO THIS - MARVIN GAYE
33: WHO'S IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH WITH SALLY - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN
32: PHOTOGRAPH - RINGO STARR
31: WALK LIKE A MAN - GRAND FUNK
30: SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD
29: SISTER MARY ELEPHANT - CHEECH & CHONG
28: MY MUSIC - LOGGINS & MESSINA
27: THE LOVE I LOST - HAROLD MELVION & THE BLUE NOTES
26: D'YER MAKER - LED ZEPPELIN
25: MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON
24: LIVIN' FOR YOU - AL GREEN
23: JUST YOU AND ME - CHICAGO
22: ROCKIN' ROLL BABY - SYTLISTICS
21: IF YOU'RE READY COME GO WITH ME - STAPLE SINGERS
20: ME AND BABY BROTHER - WAR
19: ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT - DONNY OSMOND
18: UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME - ARETHA FRANKLIN
17: LOVE'S THEME - LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA
16: YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR
15: THE WAY WE WERE - BARBRA STREISAND
14: HELLO IT'S ME - TODD RUNDGREN
13: LET ME BE THERE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
12: HELEN WHEELS - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
11: TOP OF THE WORLD - CARPENTERS
10: I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
9: LIVING FOR THE CITY - STEVIE WONDER
8: NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - BARRY WHITE
7: GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN
6: SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - BROWNSVILLE STATION
5: SHOW AND TELL - AL WILSON
4: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - CHARLIE RICH
3: LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS) - HELEN REDDY
2: THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER
1: TIME IN A BOTTLE - JIM CROCE
 
13 good/ok from 1974:

36: PAINTED LADIES - IAN THOMAS
32: PHOTOGRAPH - RINGO STARR
30: SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD
26: D'YER MAKER - LED ZEPPELIN
25: MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON
16: YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR
13: LET ME BE THERE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
12: HELEN WHEELS - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
11: TOP OF THE WORLD - CARPENTERS
7: GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN
6: SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - BROWNSVILLE STATION
2: THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER
1: TIME IN A BOTTLE - JIM CROCE

1 channel changers from 1974:
15: THE WAY WE WERE - BARBRA STREISAND
 
18 of varying degrees

37: JUNGLE BOOGIE - KOOL & THE GANG
35: SPACE RACE - BILLY PRESTON
32: PHOTOGRAPH - RINGO STARR
30: SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD
29: SISTER MARY ELEPHANT - CHEECH & CHONG
26: D'YER MAKER - LED ZEPPELIN
25: MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON
23: JUST YOU AND ME - CHICAGO
16: YOU'RE SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR
14: HELLO IT'S ME - TODD RUNDGREN
13: LET ME BE THERE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
12: HELEN WHEELS - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
11: TOP OF THE WORLD - CARPENTERS
9: LIVING FOR THE CITY - STEVIE WONDER
7: GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN
6: SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - BROWNSVILLE STATION
2: THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER
1: TIME IN A BOTTLE - JIM CROCE

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
I thought it was familiar. We had 1973/12/15 last weekend.
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Then we can argue about the same songs all over again.
 
D'yer Mak'er means "Do you make her?" and is pronounced with a Cockney accent. I don't think any American DJs in 1973-74 pronounced the title correctly. They all said "Dyer Maker." Robert Plant explained that the title came from an old British joke. One man tells another man, "My wife is going on vacation." "Jamaica?" "No, she's going on her own accord." (Get it?)

Great White recorded the song for their 1999 14-track CD Great Zeppelin: A Tribute To Led Zeppelin, which, surprisingly, never made the Billbaord 200 album chart.

 
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37: JUNGLE BOOGIE - KOOL & THE GANG
26: D'YER MAKER - LED ZEPPELIN
14: HELLO IT'S ME - TODD RUNDGREN - Meh
9: LIVING FOR THE CITY - STEVIE WONDER
8: NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - BARRY WHITE
7: GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN
6: SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - BROWNSVILLE STATION
2: THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER
1: TIME IN A BOTTLE - JIM CROCE - Good tune, but a downer.
 
In late 1964 when Downtown became Petula Clark's first U.S. hit, many DJs pronounced her name as "Petch-ə-la."

One day in 1987, a DJ on country KZLA – I don't remember who it was – played Rosanne Cash's remake of Tennessee Flat Top Box, then asked traffic reporter Paul Johnson, "Do you know what that song is about?" "It's about a guitar, isn't it?,' Johnson replied. "No," the DJ said. "It's about a train. Her father Johnny would know about that." Oy vey!

One day in 1993, "94.7 The Wave" KTWV afternoon host J.J. Johnson played Dreamlover and said, "That's Mariah Carey, bringing back the old Bobby Darin hit Dreamlover. I emailed him and asked, "Do you even listen to what you play? Bobby Darin's 1959 hit is Dream Lover – two words. And Mariah's song is completely different!" He never responded.
 
December 18, 1976:
40: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
39: KEEP ME CRYIN' - AL GREEN
38: WALK THIS WAY - AEROSMITH
37: MADEMOISELLE - STYX
36: WHISPERING/CHERCHEZ LA FEMME/C'EST SI BON - DR. BUZZARD
35: I LIKE DREAMIN' - KENNY NOLAN
34: DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - TAVARES
33: THIS SONG - GEORGE HARRISON
EXTRA: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED RAINDEER - JACKSON FIVE
32: JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU - COMMODORES
31: ENJOY YOURSELF - JACKSON FIVE
30: SATURDAY NIGHT - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
29: SHAKE YOUR RUMP TO THE FUNK - BAR KAYS
28: JEANS ON - DAVID GEDDES
27: DISCO DUCK - RICK DEES
26: LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - BREAD
25: THE WRECK OF THE EDMOND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
24: HELLO OLD FRIEND - ERIC CLAPTON
23: BETH - KISS
22: SOMEBODY TO LOVE - QUEEN
21: LOVE SO RIGHT - BEE GEES
20: LOVE BALLAD - L.T.D.
19: LIVIN' THING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
18: I WISH - STEVIE WONDER
17: CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE
16: LOVE ME - YVONNE ELLIMAN
15: STAND TALL - BURTON CUMMINS
14: HOT LINE - SYLVERS
13: I NEVER CRY - ALICE COOPER
12: DAZZ - BRICK
11: AFTER THE LOVIN' - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
10: NIGHTS ARE FOREVER WITHOUT YOU - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY
9: YOU ARE THE WOMAN - FIREFALL
8: NADIA'S THEME - BARRY DE VORZON & PERRY BOTKIN
7: SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD - ELTON JOHN
6: MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON
5: YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - LEO SAYER
4: MUSKRAT LOVE - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
3: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR - MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR.
2: THE RUBBERBAND MAN - THE SPINNERS
1: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - ROD STEWART
 
13 good/ok from 1976 (excluding extras):

40: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
38: WALK THIS WAY - AEROSMITH
25: THE WRECK OF THE EDMOND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
23: BETH - KISS
22: SOMEBODY TO LOVE - QUEEN
19: LIVIN' THING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
17: CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE
15: STAND TALL - BURTON CUMMINGS
6: MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON
5: YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - LEO SAYER
4: MUSKRAT LOVE - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
2: THE RUBBERBAND MAN - THE SPINNERS
1: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - ROD STEWART
 
37: MADEMOISELLE - STYX
In an old Looney Toons my fam just watched, Mel Blanc pronounced this mad-a-MOY-sull. He was the best.

Great/good/ok 13

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38: WALK THIS WAY - AEROSMITH
23: BETH - KISS
13: I NEVER CRY - ALICE COOPER
6: MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON

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22: SOMEBODY TO LOVE - QUEEN

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40: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
27: DISCO DUCK - RICK DEES so bad it's kinda good?
25: THE WRECK OF THE EDMOND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
19: LIVIN' THING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
12: DAZZ - BRICK
9: YOU ARE THE WOMAN - FIREFALL guilty pleasure (to sing along to)
7: SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD - ELTON JOHN
1: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - ROD STEWART

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5: YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - LEO SAYER
3: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR - MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR.
2: THE RUBBERBAND MAN - THE SPINNERS

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4: MUSKRAT LOVE - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE

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I have read dozens of biographies and autobiographies. Mel Blanc's That's Not All, Folks is my favorite. My second-favorite is Bob Hope's Don't Shoot, It's Only Me. In addition to voicing Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, the Tasmanian Devil, Barney Rubble, Dino, Secret Squirrel and other characters, Mel Blanc provided the sounds of Jack Benny's 1923 Maxwell automobile on radio and television. Here are Mel and Jack on The Tonight Show, January 23, 1974:



We now return you to your regularly scheduled AT40 discussion.
 
Thirteen

40: BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
38: WALK THIS WAY - AEROSMITH
27: DISCO DUCK - RICK DEES - Novelty/Nostalgia
25: THE WRECK OF THE EDMOND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
23: BETH - KISS
22: SOMEBODY TO LOVE - QUEEN
19: LIVIN' THING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
18: I WISH - STEVIE WONDER
17: CAR WASH - ROSE ROYCE
12: DAZZ - BRICK
6: MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON
4: MUSKRAT LOVE - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - Very much not on my list, but the muskrat solo is hysterical.
2: THE RUBBERBAND MAN - THE SPINNERS
1: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - ROD STEWART
 
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