July 4th, 1970 - American Top 40 debut

[Bapu]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/american-top-40-countdown-casey-kasem-s-first-show-july-4-1970/ar-AA1dpFI7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8cf684a6422542418a0f15d8fbc9547b&ei=12

tl;dr?

 

Here, we look back at his inaugural lineup, which debuted on July 4, 1970.

40. The End of Our Road (Marvin Gaye)

39. Silver Bird (Mark Lindsay)

38. Spill the Wine (Eric Burdon and War)

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 (The 5th Dimension)

30. Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)

29. Everything Is Beautiful (Ray Stevens)

28. Check Out Your Mind (The Impressions)

27. Question (The Moody Blues)

26. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (Stevie Wonder)

25. Sugar, Sugar (Wilson Pickett)

24. Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

23. Which Way You Goin’ Billy? (The Poppy Family)

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 & Kicking)

16. My Baby Loves Lovin’ (White Plains)

15. A Song of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) (Miquel Rios)

14. United We Stand (The Brotherhood of Man)

13. Get Ready (Rare Earth)

12. O-o-h Child (The Five Stairsteps)

11. Gimme Dat Ding (The Pipkins)

10. Hitchin’ a Ride (Vanity Fair)

9. The Wonder of You (Elvis Presley)

8. The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles)

7. (They Long to Be) Close to You (The Carpenters)

6. Lay Down (Candle in the Wind) (Melanie)

5. Band of Gold (Freda Payne)

4. Ride Captain Ride (Blues Image)

3. Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) (The Temptations)

2. The Love You Save (Jackson Five)

1. Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (Three Dog Night)

[Old Joad]

Ohio was the 1st song I learned on guitar?

[Bapu]

Two songs with Mississpi in the title.

[craigb]

I wonder if anyone else has ever had this idea (and acted on it!):

- Make a YouTube playlist of the top-40 for each year in descending order

That would be cool!

(I'm just too lazy to see if they have right now! ?)

[Old Joad]

It's messed up that Gimme Dat Ding out charted Spill the Wine?

Edited July 4, 2023 by Old Joad

[JnTuneTech]

4 hours ago, Bapu said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/american-top-40-countdown-casey-kasem-s-first-show-july-4-1970/ar-AA1dpFI7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8cf684a6422542418a0f15d8fbc9547b&ei=12

I didn't catch that particular episode, my family had just returned to the States after 3yrs in Germany... But I picked up on that show about a year later and probably never missed it much, until about '76... I admit, if you look at the covers I do in Cakewalk, I am still stuck in that era more often than not!  Casey Kasem & AT40, -and actual radio, -wow.  Happy 4th!

Edited July 4, 2023 by JnTuneTech

[Gswitz]

On 7/4/2023 at 12:55 PM, Bapu said:

Two songs with Mississpi in the title.

Mississippi diety darn. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by Gswitz

[RBH]

A goodly portion are still pretty cutting edge to this day, composition wise. Remember chords and key changes? I kind of miss that stuff.