Casey Kasem is actually an incredibly nice Detroiter. Greetings, subby here-I'm celebrating since this thread is my 500th Green(Of course this doesn't include several mysteriously reverted greens, & my only Epic Thread that was pulled after Farkers got into a border skirmish with the webmistress of the linked website), empirical evidence I have no life. Indulge me with this link to my 1st Green, the tag was a mistake, but a buncha liters prove There's No Hate Like Subby Hate; Link (new window)

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars, my man!

I remember listening to the late-night broadcast of AT40 when working the late shift (the station would run it once in the morning and once at night).

This was when Billy Ray Cyrus had come out with that infamous tune, and it was in the Top 10 that week.

Kasem comes on after the #6 song and says, "This week, Billy Ray Cyrus comes in at #5 with 'Achy Breaky Heart'."

A second later he says, "And now, on with the countdown."

I don't know if the radio station cut the tune, or if Kasem didn't want to play it, but I thought that was funny as hell.

/was the only place you didn't hear that damn song

AT40 was a Sunday afternoon ritual for me in the 1980s, especially in the summertime when I would usually wash my parents' car while listening to all 4 hours of AT40. These days I look back and realize "it took them 4 hours to play 40 songs?" Yeah, it was about 2:10 of music and 1:50 of commercials but who cares, it was Casey Kasem!

Then in January came the "top 100 of the year" countdown, which I always hated because they edited the fark out of the songs to make them about 1:45 apiece so they could get all 100 songs in 6 hours with the same amount of commercial time per hour. That and the radio station would move the countdown from Noon to 6am that week.

/Keep your feet on the ground off my lawn

I enjoyed listening to Casey Kasem in the 1980s. I would be driving back to University after visiting home and listen to it on Sunday nights.

Mental_Knife: They still replay his old AT40 on the Sirius 70's & 80's channels periodically.

Plenty of stations around the country play'em too.
Clever Farkers listen.

TWO!??!

puddleonfire: NEGATIVLAND

I still don't know what I'm looking for.

ChrisPC: Actually, it's pretty cool to hear what was really on the charts, in order, and not the Clear Channel version of the '70s or '80s. The stuff at the bottom is really cool, or really bad. Sometimes there are acts I never knew existed.

This weekend on broadcast radio:

GIRLS OF THE ROCK ERA - 7/2/77
7TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
40: SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN (1973)
39: RAMBLIN' ROSE - NAT KING COLE (1962)
38: LADY MARMALADE - PATTI LaBELLE (1975)
37: MANDY - BARRY MANILOW (1975)
36: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - ELTON JOHN (1975)
35: CLAIR - GILBERT O' SULLIVAN (1973)
34: HELP ME RHONDA - BEACH BOYS (1965)
33: VENUS - SHOCKING BLUE (1970)
32: DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY - MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS (1966)
EXTRA: MICHELLE - BEATLES (1966)
31: JACKIE BLUE - OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS (1975)
30: CANDIDA - DAWN (1970)
29: SHEILA - TOMMY ROE (1962)
28: SUNDOWN - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (1974)
27: MARIANNE - TERRY GILKYSON & THE EASY RIDERS (1957)
26: CRACKLIN' ROSIE - NEIL DIAMOND
25: SUSIE DARLIN' - ROBIN LUKE (1958)
24: OH JULIE - CRESCENDOS (1958)
23: ANGIE - ROLLING STONES (1973)
22: ANNIE'S SONG - JOHN DENVER (1974)
EXTRA: LAYLA - DEREK & THE DOMINOS (1972)
21: ANGIE BABY - HELEN REDDY (1974)
20: MRS. ROBISON - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (1968)
19: RUNAROUND SUE - DION (1961)
18: JUDY IN DISGUISE - JOHN FRED AND HIS PLAYBOY BAND (1968)
17: BRANDY - LOOKING GLASS (1972)
16: HEY PAULA - PAUL AND PAULA (1963)
15: DELTA DAWN - HELEN REDDY (1973)
14: PEGGY SUE - BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS (1958)
13: ME AND MRS. JONES - BILLY PAUL (1972)
12: WINDY - THE ASSOCIATION (1967)
11: SHERRY - FOUR SEASONS (1962)
10: DONNA - RICHIE VALENS (1959)
9: SARA SMILE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1976)
8: HONEY - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (1968)
7: VENUS - SHOCKING BLUE (1959)
6: CATHY'S CLOWN - EVERLY BROTHERS (1960)
5: HELLO DOLLY - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1964)
4: DIANA - PAUL ANKA (1957)
EXTRA: MONTAGE OF LITTLE RICHARD HITS - LONG TALL SALLY, LUCILLE, JENNY JONES, GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY
3: MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART
2: WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE - EVERLY BROTHERS (1957)
1: TAMMY - DEBBIE REYNOLDS (1957)

And on XM(70's):

CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 7/4/70
DEBUT SHOW
40: END OF OUR ROAD - MARVIN GAYE
39: SILVER BIRD - MARK LINDSEY
38: SPILL THE WINE - ERIC BURDEN
37: GO BACK - CRABBY APPLETON
36: I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING - B.J. THOMAS
35: SPIRIT IN THE DARK - ARETHA FRANKLIN
34: MISSISSIPPI - JOHN PHILLIPS
33: WESTBOUND #9 - FLAMING EMBER
32: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - FOUR TOPS
31: SAVE THE COUNTRY - FIFTH DIMENSION
30: OHIO - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG
29: EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - RAY STEVENS
28: CHECK OUT YOUR MIND - IMPRESSIONS
27: QUESTION - MOODY BLUES
26: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED - STEVIE WONDER
25: SUGAR, SUGAR - ARCHIES
24: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
23: WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY - THE POPPY FAMILY
OLDIE: LITTLE OLE MAN - BILL COSBY
22: LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - MOMENTS
21: MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - MOUNTAIN
20: MAKE IT WITH YOU - BREAD
19: ARE YOU READY - PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC
18: LOVE LAND - CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103RD STREET RHYTHM BAND
17: TIGHTER & TIGHTER - ALIVE AND KICKING
16: MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' - WHITE PLAINS
15: A SONG OF JOY - MIGUEL RIOS
OLDIE: HELLO DOLLY - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
14: UNITED WE STAND - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
13: GET READY - RARE EARTH
12: OOH CHILD - STAIRSTEPS
11: GIMME DAT DING - THE PIPKINS
10: HITCHIN' A RIDE - VANITY FAIR
OLDIE: SPINNING WHEEL - BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS
9: THE WONDER OF YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY
8: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - BEATLES
7: CLOSE TO YOU - CARPENTERS
6: LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE WIND) - MELANIE
5: BAND OF GOLD - FREDA PAYNE
4: RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - BLUES IMAGE
3: BALL OF CONFUSION - TEMPTATIONS
2: THE LOVE YOU SAVE - JACKSON FIVE
OLDIE: SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES
1: MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME - THREE DOG NIGHT

Anyone else ever have to work with his wife besides me? What a pain in the arse!

Ahh, ATF, I agree with the Farker above, free tape singles if you didn't mind a little patter before hand. It supplied me with a go-to source for all those songs I was never fast enough to record off the radio without missing the intro.

that dude was the voice of cliffjumper from the transformers.

LonMead: Because I can...


Some of Casey's best work, I must say...

More, please!

These guys are from England, and who gives a shiat?

+1 subby

Great, where am I supposed to get my gawddamned death dedications now?

aesc: AT40 was required listening when I was a kid. I didn't have a dual cassette recorder so I would hold my recorder up to the radio.

/my lawn
//off of it

You too? 1970 Radio Shack cassette recorder, single tape.

These names don't mean diddly-shiat!

Zumaki: before I RTFA, I thought this story was about his death.

Whew.

Same here. But I stopped listening to his show in the 80's, had no idea he was still doing it.

N. S. Radieaux: It's a real end of an era: According to Radio-Info's Tom Taylor, radio legend Casey Kasem will end his final countdown show, the Adult Contemporary-targeted "American Top 20," on the July 4th weekend.

Wait for it...