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Jake Holmes, btw, is the songwriter of Dazed and Confused, made famous by Led Zeppelin. He also co-wrote the most experimental albums by both The Four Seasons and Frank Sinatra. The Sinatra album, Watertown, while his least successful album commercially, is absolutely brilliant. #AT40
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Jake Holmes, btw, is the songwriter of Dazed and Confused, made famous by Led Zeppelin. He also co-wrote the most experimental albums by both The Four Seasons and Frank Sinatra. The Sinatra album, Watertown, while his least successful album commercially, is absolutely brilliant. #AT40
The real #39 song the week of 12/19/70 was Love The One You’re With by Stephen Stills, which debuted on the Top 40 that week, jumping all the way from #67. It eventually peaked at #14. I guess Casey figured the song would still be around after the holidays and he could play it then. #AT40
December 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The real #39 song the week of 12/19/70 was Love The One You’re With by Stephen Stills, which debuted on the Top 40 that week, jumping all the way from #67. It eventually peaked at #14. I guess Casey figured the song would still be around after the holidays and he could play it then. #AT40
Jake Holmes So Close at #39 on 12/19/70 #AT40 is just plain fake. The song peaked at #49 the week of November 28 and by 12/19 had fallen off the Hot 100 entirely. Why did Casey stick it into the show? Did he just like it and wanted to play it once? Was it a favor to someone? Heaven forbid, payola?
December 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Jake Holmes So Close at #39 on 12/19/70 #AT40 is just plain fake. The song peaked at #49 the week of November 28 and by 12/19 had fallen off the Hot 100 entirely. Why did Casey stick it into the show? Did he just like it and wanted to play it once? Was it a favor to someone? Heaven forbid, payola?
Cher and Sonny & Cher with two hits in the upper reaches of this week’s #at40 chart. Shows the power of having your own prime time variety series back then. The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premiered in Aug. 1971 and immediately started to pay dividends on the charts.
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cher and Sonny & Cher with two hits in the upper reaches of this week’s #at40 chart. Shows the power of having your own prime time variety series back then. The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premiered in Aug. 1971 and immediately started to pay dividends on the charts.
Ritchie Family, formed by future Village People Svengali Jacques Morali, score their 2nd hit with a medley of disco hits: Gloria Gaynor’s remake of Reach Out I'll Be There, Philly soul hits I Love Music, Bad Luck, and TSOP, Silver Convention’s Fly, Robin, Fly, and their own cover of Brazil. #at40.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ritchie Family, formed by future Village People Svengali Jacques Morali, score their 2nd hit with a medley of disco hits: Gloria Gaynor’s remake of Reach Out I'll Be There, Philly soul hits I Love Music, Bad Luck, and TSOP, Silver Convention’s Fly, Robin, Fly, and their own cover of Brazil. #at40.
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word was the final US Top 10 single of Elton’s incredible 70s hit streak. He didn’t return to the top 10 until the second half of 1979. #at40
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word was the final US Top 10 single of Elton’s incredible 70s hit streak. He didn’t return to the top 10 until the second half of 1979. #at40
Yvonne Elliman’s cover of The Bee Gees’ Love Me is another great Freddie Perren production. He also produced Elliman’s recording of a later Gibb composition, If I Can’t Have You, which went to #1 from Saturday Night Fever. Most fans think Barry Gibb produced it, but it was Freddie Perren. #at40
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Yvonne Elliman’s cover of The Bee Gees’ Love Me is another great Freddie Perren production. He also produced Elliman’s recording of a later Gibb composition, If I Can’t Have You, which went to #1 from Saturday Night Fever. Most fans think Barry Gibb produced it, but it was Freddie Perren. #at40
Hot Line is another great hit produced by the great Freddie Perren, who not only was involved in all the earliest Jackson 5 #1 hits, but also did the Miracles’ #1 Love Machine, Tavares’ More than a Woman, Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive and much more. An underrated genius of 70s pop/soul. #at40
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hot Line is another great hit produced by the great Freddie Perren, who not only was involved in all the earliest Jackson 5 #1 hits, but also did the Miracles’ #1 Love Machine, Tavares’ More than a Woman, Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive and much more. An underrated genius of 70s pop/soul. #at40
The Salsoul Orchestra was largely comprised of former members of MFSB, who performed on all the big early 70s Philly soul hits and had their own #1 hit in ‘74 with TSOP. They left Gamble & Huff’s Philly Int’l label because they felt underpaid, and had more success as the house band at Salsoul. #at40
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Salsoul Orchestra was largely comprised of former members of MFSB, who performed on all the big early 70s Philly soul hits and had their own #1 hit in ‘74 with TSOP. They left Gamble & Huff’s Philly Int’l label because they felt underpaid, and had more success as the house band at Salsoul. #at40
Casey says he’s going to play the biggest song ever adapted from an ad jingle, but right now we’re hearing Jeans On by David Dundas, originally recorded as a British TV ad for a brand called Brutus Jeans. After the commercial became popular, a full length version made it to #3 in the UK. #at40
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Casey says he’s going to play the biggest song ever adapted from an ad jingle, but right now we’re hearing Jeans On by David Dundas, originally recorded as a British TV ad for a brand called Brutus Jeans. After the commercial became popular, a full length version made it to #3 in the UK. #at40
Happy Thanksgiving from the Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. Pass the possum, Granny!
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. Pass the possum, Granny!
Listening to Hall & Oates’ It’s A Laugh now, you can really hear it as the moment their 70s sound begins to morph into their soon to be 80s sound. #at40
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Listening to Hall & Oates’ It’s A Laugh now, you can really hear it as the moment their 70s sound begins to morph into their soon to be 80s sound. #at40
Without breaking stride or missing a week on the top 40, Billy Joel segues from his final hit off The Stranger to his first single from 52nd street. #at40
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Without breaking stride or missing a week on the top 40, Billy Joel segues from his final hit off The Stranger to his first single from 52nd street. #at40
This was the last of Gene Cotton‘s four top 40 heads and it peaked right here at number 40. He falls firmly in the Michael Johnson/Paul Davis school of 70s MOR singer-songwriters. And I have no idea what this song is about. #at40
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This was the last of Gene Cotton‘s four top 40 heads and it peaked right here at number 40. He falls firmly in the Michael Johnson/Paul Davis school of 70s MOR singer-songwriters. And I have no idea what this song is about. #at40
What a treat watching New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band play at NYC’s City Winery.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What a treat watching New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band play at NYC’s City Winery.
RIP Costello, our cat of 13 years. You’ll be missed.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
RIP Costello, our cat of 13 years. You’ll be missed.
When Casey Kasem first aired this medley of number 1 songs back in 1974, I was a kid and taped it off the radio. I must’ve listened to it a lot of times, because I can still sing the entire medley by heart. #at40
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When Casey Kasem first aired this medley of number 1 songs back in 1974, I was a kid and taped it off the radio. I must’ve listened to it a lot of times, because I can still sing the entire medley by heart. #at40
At the No Kings rally in NYC
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At the No Kings rally in NYC
September 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Avery Cochrane wows the crowd at the Washington State Fair.
September 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Avery Cochrane wows the crowd at the Washington State Fair.
There would be one more number one country song that went number one pop that year, which was I’m Sorry by John Denver. So that makes five for the year— the most ever. #at40
September 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
There would be one more number one country song that went number one pop that year, which was I’m Sorry by John Denver. So that makes five for the year— the most ever. #at40
Casey notes that James Taylor wrote most of his hits, and of course he is a legendarily great songwriter. But actually all of his top 10 singles except for Fire and Rain are covers, which is surprising. #at40
September 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Casey notes that James Taylor wrote most of his hits, and of course he is a legendarily great songwriter. But actually all of his top 10 singles except for Fire and Rain are covers, which is surprising. #at40
John Denver’s I’m sorry made it all the way to number one for a week, but then DJs flipped the record and the b-side Calypso spent four weeks at number two. #at40
September 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
John Denver’s I’m sorry made it all the way to number one for a week, but then DJs flipped the record and the b-side Calypso spent four weeks at number two. #at40