a 70s AT40
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acroyearMarch 31, 1979, with the recap starting with The Doobie Brothers' What a Fool Believes.
At this point, I was 8 years old and most of my Sundays were spent in the youth choir at church, so mom and I would listen to the AT40 on the way there and back (AT40 started at 8am and we lived about half an hour away or so) and sing with the songs to warm up. If the song was any good, of course. Many sucked. Anyways, we'd hear the first half hour or so on the way there-
to interupt: AUGH
augh augh augh augh augh
"I will survive" just showed up in the #2 spot of the recap. *sigh* muting for the next 4 minutes...
- and then catch the top 10 on the way back, arriving home just as Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life (well, during 1978 anyways) would be declared #1 for yet another week. :)
This continued 'til summer of '79, when we moved to San Diego (specifically, Chula Vista) and I kinda lost touch with pop music for most of that time aside from what little made it to "Solid Gold" starting in 1980. Mom listened to oldies stations, then, and dad was listening to his LPs and making 8tracks to take with him on the Connie.
The #1 in the recap was the Bee Gee's Tragedy. Not sure what to make of it, as hearing it now it's kinda a hybred between rock and disco, like they were trying to carve out a direction to go to get away from the strictly dance image they'd spent the last 3 years building up.
And the countdown begins with...a rather forgettable Eric Clapton track called "Watch Out For Lucy". Not everything a genius does is genius, I guess.
But much better, historically speaking, is #39: The Blues Brothers' Rubber Biscuit. I didn't know this one at the time, but I love it today. Really a college song, I think. Wings was still around, with "(Don't Say) Goodnight Tonight", a song with a REALLY strange instrumental section in the middle. John Waite and Journey's future Jonathan Cain strike again with another Babys song, Every Time I Think Of You, which is much more 70s than the song I mentioned a couple of weeks back...not much going for it.
now, Chuck Brown feels like 'bustin' loose', followed a late era jackson five disco track.
...
7 songs later, we have IN THE NAVY...i liked it better with the viking pigs...
...
otherwise it's been mostly disco, including disco from later 80s pop sensations like Eddie Money and the eternal Cher.
Interesting trivia - their "#1 songs of the 70s" recap included both George Harrison and Paul McCartney, both of whom had debuts this week as well.
...
oh now THERE's the "earworm" of the year - Frank Mill's Musicbox Dancer. Kinda like the "Cheers" theme 5 years later, this was the thing *everybody* learning the piano had to learn to play...
...
into the top 10, and Rod Stewart wants to know if YOU think he's sexy...
...
a few more disco hits later and we find the same 3, 2, 1 this week as last. and yes, that means i have to hit the mute button for 4 minutes once again.
see you tomorrow for something from the 80s.
At this point, I was 8 years old and most of my Sundays were spent in the youth choir at church, so mom and I would listen to the AT40 on the way there and back (AT40 started at 8am and we lived about half an hour away or so) and sing with the songs to warm up. If the song was any good, of course. Many sucked. Anyways, we'd hear the first half hour or so on the way there-
to interupt: AUGH
augh augh augh augh augh
"I will survive" just showed up in the #2 spot of the recap. *sigh* muting for the next 4 minutes...
- and then catch the top 10 on the way back, arriving home just as Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life (well, during 1978 anyways) would be declared #1 for yet another week. :)
This continued 'til summer of '79, when we moved to San Diego (specifically, Chula Vista) and I kinda lost touch with pop music for most of that time aside from what little made it to "Solid Gold" starting in 1980. Mom listened to oldies stations, then, and dad was listening to his LPs and making 8tracks to take with him on the Connie.
The #1 in the recap was the Bee Gee's Tragedy. Not sure what to make of it, as hearing it now it's kinda a hybred between rock and disco, like they were trying to carve out a direction to go to get away from the strictly dance image they'd spent the last 3 years building up.
And the countdown begins with...a rather forgettable Eric Clapton track called "Watch Out For Lucy". Not everything a genius does is genius, I guess.
But much better, historically speaking, is #39: The Blues Brothers' Rubber Biscuit. I didn't know this one at the time, but I love it today. Really a college song, I think. Wings was still around, with "(Don't Say) Goodnight Tonight", a song with a REALLY strange instrumental section in the middle. John Waite and Journey's future Jonathan Cain strike again with another Babys song, Every Time I Think Of You, which is much more 70s than the song I mentioned a couple of weeks back...not much going for it.
now, Chuck Brown feels like 'bustin' loose', followed a late era jackson five disco track.
...
7 songs later, we have IN THE NAVY...i liked it better with the viking pigs...
...
otherwise it's been mostly disco, including disco from later 80s pop sensations like Eddie Money and the eternal Cher.
Interesting trivia - their "#1 songs of the 70s" recap included both George Harrison and Paul McCartney, both of whom had debuts this week as well.
...
oh now THERE's the "earworm" of the year - Frank Mill's Musicbox Dancer. Kinda like the "Cheers" theme 5 years later, this was the thing *everybody* learning the piano had to learn to play...
...
into the top 10, and Rod Stewart wants to know if YOU think he's sexy...
...
a few more disco hits later and we find the same 3, 2, 1 this week as last. and yes, that means i have to hit the mute button for 4 minutes once again.
see you tomorrow for something from the 80s.
