American top 40 the 80s book

Radio and broadcast history library with thousands of books. The top 100 mystery novels of all time mystery writers of. Battistini painstakingly documented approximately 425 weekly, casey kasemhosted countdown programs from the 80s, and compiled individual program summaries for each week exclusively for this book. American top 40 with casey kasem the 80s this is a trip back in time. Casey founded the radio staple american top 40, which continues to be the most relevant source for pop music hits. Battistinis book contains hundreds of american top 40 program summaries from 19701979 two sample summaries are located elsewhere on this site, a listing of every radio station that carried casey kasems countdown during the 70s, the authors confessions of an at40 enthusiast, countless illustrations including at40s billboard ads, memos.

Explore each year, week by week including power plays, drops and debuts. Now comes the followup, american top 40 with casey kasem the 1980s. Millions of fans around the world still find his name synonymous with musical countdowns. Its fun to listen and remember the good times and the great music. Many videos of classic american top 40 weekly countdowns.

American top 40 the 70s free internet radio tunein. Coupled with numerous testimonials of both at40 insiders and listeners, and more than a hundred illustrations from the 80s, this book is. Jan 14, 2005 long regarded as an expert of casey kasem. Pete battistini released american top 40 with casey kasem the 1970s in 2005. American top 40 the 80s magic 98 real music variety. The talking machine world 19051928 trade journal of the gramophone industry. This show will be available on fri, sep 20 at 10pm. Stephen kings 70s and 80s classics are still so widely celebrated today that its easy to forget just how many genre standouts disappeared. By the 1970s the show was providing music fans around the world with behind the scenes trivia about the pop stars of the day. Proudly powered by mpress a wordpress based cms by midwest family marketing. July 4, 1970 through august 6, 1988 american top 40 debuted the weekend of july 4, 1970.

Complete chart information about americas most popular songs and artists, 19552009 whitburn, joel on. Download classic american top 40 weekly countdowns mp3. The 70s shows that were originally produced in mono are being converted to true stereo by ken martin. American top 40, the radio program cofounded in the 1960s by host casey kasem and producer don bustany, developed a winning formula of countdown and commentary. American top 40 the 80s with casey kasem super station. Listen to classic american top 40 live casey kasem. And if american top 40 was anything to people who came of age in the 70s and 80s, it was a comforting a smooth, structured, consistent fmradio thread that ran, week in, week out. American top 40 with casey kasem the 1980s by pete. Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. And in 1998 casey restarted at40 and abandoned ct40. Iowas classic hits kokz american top 40 with casey. Jun 19, 2010 casey kasems american top 40 the 80s june 19t.

Profile of late70s and early 80s pop music genre soft rock. Check out our partner website singles chronology for all the hot 100 releases for 1983. The biggest us top 40 chart archive based on research dating back to 1975. By the 1970s the show was providing music fans around the world with behindthescenes trivia about the pop stars of the day. Previous books have only listed the top 40 by the way. Battistini painstakingly documented approximately 425 weekly, casey kasemhosted countdown programs from the 80s, and compiled indivi.

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Rob durkees book the countdown of the century gives us a behind the scenes look into the shows inaugural challenges and a thorough history of its time on the air while pete battistinis two books, american top 40 the 70s and american top 40 the 80s, offer a deepdive of each shows chart history and information worthy of trivia contests. Download and convert classic american top 40 weekly countdowns to mp3 and mp4 for free. The spy who came in from the cold by john le carre. Thousands of top 40 record charts plus air checks and more. Anyway, i hope that you enjoy taking an american pop music history lesson about the 70s and 80s. A contest the weekly top 40 challenge and a prerecorded interview special instudio guest were other enduring features that helped give ricks show a younger more contemporary sound when compared to american top 40. Site maintained by rob durkee site designed by scott lakefield. American top 40 with casey kasem the 1980s by pete battistini.

List of billboard hot 100 numberone singles of the 1980s. Back to american top 40 1970current playlist 40 top newcomers of the 80s. The concept of playing the 40 most popular songs from a national chart was a new one, and no one was sure of the success of the show at the time. It is great he got published and the book is a great reference of many years of radio. American top 40 the 80s free internet radio tunein. To this day, there is no better way to experience classic hits from the 80s than with casey and the classic american top 40 the 80s countdown. These full 3hour length classic american top 40 shows from 19701978, all in their original broadcast form.

The songs featured on barry scott presents the lost 45s of the 70s and 80s volume one. Magic 98 takes you back in time every weekend with retro broadcasts of american top 40 as part of sunday at the 80s. The reel top 40 repository has pictures of at40 superfans collection, including an example of a script card from one of caseys shows. Pete battistini released american top 40 with casey kase.

Casey kasem was one of the most recognizable voices in radio and television. This group was created to the great at 40 shows hosted by casey kasem that first originated july 4, 1970. Today, casey kasems american top 40 the 70s and casey kasems american top 40 the 80s continue to be distributed and broadcast by premiere networks on more than. James caesar petrillo a collection of articles, books and links about the controversial head of the american federation of.

The biggest joy for me though was the companion eighties hits book which is full to the brim of. At the very least, unlike current radio of today, every record did not sound the same. Dec 21, 2010 pete battistini released american top 40 with casey kasem the 1970s in 2005. By 1985, the rick dees weekly top 40 could be heard on radio stations around the world as far away as new zealand. Check out our partner website singles chronology for all the hot 100 releases for 1970. Battistini tells us that outside of his 80s book, one of a pair he has written about american top 40, no one has ever been able to disprove his conclusion that this was a bogus longdistance. March 27, 2020 at audio collection free download listen to a rare, very early casey kasem recording on krla, pasadena, ca from may 27, 1965 mp3file, 192 kbits mono 87,080 kb 1 h 2 min with commercials most of them done by casey himself. From 1989 to 1995 at40 with shadoe stevens and ct40 with casey kasem ran parallel each week. The billboard hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the american music industry and is. This book, unfortunately now long out of print, is a must read for fans of at40. Tw lw title artist labelweeks on chart peak to date. Note the chart was frozen last week week ending 30th december, 1983. Profile of college rock the original 80s alternative. Pop music acts with the most eighties billboard hits.

The eighties is an essential gathering together of all the. In 1971, battistini heard casey kasems american top 40 for the first time and was instantly captivated. American top 40 at40 on air date 19920620 with shadoe stevens on ok radio hamburg. You can also learn about his book, american top 40. American top 40, the radio program cofounded by host casey kasem and producer don bustany. American top 40 commonly abbreviated to at40 is an internationally syndicated.