70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

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November 16, 2024 Episode 83: The Week Ending November 17, 1979 Good Girls Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
This week it’s so good, so right, that we have some guest rankings to go along with ours. Still, there is a potential
that there will be a heartache tonight. Will we rise above our individual biases and say “enough is enough”? This
week we listen to the pop muzic in the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending November 17, 1979. Will this be ladies night, or something that appeals more to a dirty white boy? Who knows? Damned if I do. This night won’t last forever, so dim all the lights and close your eyes. Perhaps you will dream, just beware of the dream police.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1979-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_For_The_Week_Ending_17th_November_1979
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.

Rejected Episode Titles:
Do That to Me One More Time Dirty
White Boy
You Decorated My Tusk
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough Pop Muzic
Take the Long Way Home to Escape from
the Dream Police

Things we talked about in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c617Nh0RHgU
Rory Gallagher – Toads Place New Haven 1979: https://youtu.be/c617Nh0RHgU?si=9CMszdDdOe4aNSl5
Celebrity Comedy Football Classic TV Special Trailer: https://youtu.be/51A08eUGu6c?si=T3BdpPXevjuiktIF
Album Art:
#37 Confusion: https://www.discogs.com/master/17491-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Discovery/image/SW1hZ2U6NTI1MzMxOA==
#33 I Want You Tonight: https://www.discogs.com/master/299747-Pablo-Cruise-Part-Of-The-Game/image/SW1hZ2U6NDY1ODc5Ng==
#26 The Rainbow Connection: https://www.discogs.com/master/110529-The-Muppets-The-Muppet-Movie-Original-Soundtrack-Recording/image/SW1hZ2U6ODg5MTQ5NQ==
# 17 Take the Long Way Home: https://www.discogs.com/master/25362-Supertramp-Breakfast-In-America/image/SW1hZ2U6MjI0NDc1NTU=
#9 Please Don’t Go: https://www.discogs.com/master/180906-KC-And-The-Sunshine-Band-Do-You-Wanna-Go-Party/image/SW1hZ2U6MjA0OTE4NjQ= (scroll for postcard)

2 hr 37 min
October 17, 2024 Episode 82: The Week Ending October 19, 1974 Can’t Get Enough of Nothing from Nothing
Well it may seem like this podcast is an overnight sensation, but actually, it took an everlasting love and devotion for the need to be the best that got us here. Sure you may be saying “What? You haven’t done nothin’!”. Well to that we say, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Our 2 listeners can’t get enough of the show, and they consider us the kings of the party. This week the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending October 19, 1974 makes me feel like I got the music in me! So much
so that we may just break into our Longfellow serenade, that one is my melody of love.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_19th_October_1974
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Things we talked about in the episode:
“Straight Down the Middle” Bing Crosby song /video: https://youtu.be/XDkV_41qEVM?si=O6x9Qh2GZOcpMD6d
James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party - SNL: https://youtu.be/xeSwrFKFNFw?si=YgPjkvg9kHyrDgkp

2 hr 21 min
September 20, 2024 Episode 81: The Week Ending September 20, 1975 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Playing Solitaire
The movie Jaws came out in June of 1975, and by September we all had a lot of bad blood about sharks and swimming in the ocean. The movie advertisements said it “may be too intense for younger children”, but I suppose at 17 it was ok. Sometimes it only takes a minute to
overcome your fears and what a difference a day makes. I guess that’s just the
way of the world.
This week we have included celebrity ratings and comments from Nate at the Deep Purple Podcast. It's amazing we can get input from someone with that level of fame. Sure he wouldn’t be classified as a Black Superman, but nevertheless, on his show, he’s the proud one. This week we all provide our feelings for the songs in the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending
September 20, 1975. How will Nate’s ratings influence the overall grade of the countdown? Will they be enough to fight the power of Mark and Pete?
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1975-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_20th_September_1975
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.

Rejected Episode Titles:
Fallin’ in Love With Mr. Jaws
Fame at Seventeen
It Only Takes a Minute to Fight the Power
What a Difference a Ballroom Blitz Makes

Things we talked about in the episode:
The Pointer Sisters “Steppin” Album Art: https://www.discogs.com/release/707004-The-Pointer-Sisters-Steppin/image/SW1hZ2U6OTUzNTEw
“Run Joey Run” cover art: https://musicbrainz.org/release/63622864-cae7-41f7-8e04-363bff30a798/cover-art
Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers sings “Feelings” from the Bionic Woman Episode “Bionic Beauty”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAYCk4j-xE
Run Joe Run children’s TV show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FM3Z2NEowo

2 hr 39 min
August 26, 2024 Episode 80: The Week Ending August 28, 1976 Heaven Must Be Missing a Devil Woman
For those of you that don’t like ‘70s music, don’t go breaking my heart, for I can’t here you no more. So let’s end this masquerade right now! Here’s the lowdown, ‘70s music, you were the one love in my lifetime and you’ll never find another love like mine. In this episode, we’re going to play that funky music in the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending August 28th, 1976. We can’t get away from the fact that summer is coming to an end, but there’s still time to turn the beat around with some great rock and roll music.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1976-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_28th_August_1976
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Play That Funky Music Beethoven
Shake Your Teddy Bear
Moonlight Feels Right Afternoon Delight
Don’t Go Breaking My Booty
Wham Bam Shang-a-lang Who’d She Coo
Baby I Love Your Rock and Roll Music
Get Closer or Get Away
Things
we talked about in the episode:
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/dean-martin-jerry-lewis-reunion-anniversary
Lou Rawls PSA for an Engineering Career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LrW5YBeZM

Album
Art
#34 Moonlight Feels Right:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1814448-Starbuck-Moonlight-Feels-Right/image/SW1hZ2U6Mjc1MTc1OQ==
#19 With Your Love:
https://www.discogs.com/master/108375-Jefferson-Starship-Spitfire/image/SW1hZ2U6NDE5MDA3MzU=
#17 Heaven Must be Missing and Angel: https://www.discogs.com/master/76637-Tavares-Sky-High/image/SW1hZ2U6MTk0ODY3NQ==
#9 Get Closer: https://www.discogs.com/release/1598352-Seals-Crofts-Get-Closer/image/SW1hZ2U6MTg1MzU2NTM=
2 hr 2 min
August 05, 2024 Episode 79: The Week Ending August 6, 1977 I Just Want To Be Your Handy Man
Do you remember the days of the old school yard? How about getting your first place and having the
telephone man put in a new telephone line? You otherwise probably had to be your own handy man back then. In 1977, being able to take a jet airliner down
to Margaritaville meant you were livin’ the life. It’s easy for those memories to fade like smoke from a distant fire, but don’t worry baby, we’re gonna give a little bit
of a reminder so those memories don’t slide way on down. This week we float on through the Billboard
top 40 for the week ending August 6, 1977, and don’t stop early at the very end, the editor may have inserted just a song before I go.
Link to a listing of
the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_6th_August_1977
Data
Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the
countdown was based.
Websites:
allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com
(because Mark’s lazy)
Books:
“Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American
Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by Pete Battistini.
Rejected
Episode Titles:
I Just Want To Be Your Barracuda
Telephone Lineman
I’m In You Barracuda
Looks Like We Made It Easy
Knowing Me Knowing Black Betty
Do You Remember the Days of the Old Jetliner?
Things we talked about in the episode:
Album Art
Give a Little Bit:https://www.discogs.com/master/25381-Supertramp-Even-In-The-Quietest-Moments/image/SW1hZ2U6OTUyODM3MQ==
Knowing Me, Knowing You: https://www.discogs.com/master/5649-ABBA-Arrival/image/SW1hZ2U6MjU3NDc0NzA=
Barracuda:
https://www.discogs.com/master/106530-Heart-Little-Queen/image/SW1hZ2U6OTE2NjQ4NA==
My Heart Belongs to Me: https://www.discogs.com/release/1489968-Barbra-Streisand-Streisand-Superman/image/SW1hZ2U6MTQ0NzUyODQ=
2 hr 8 min
July 08, 2024 Episode 78: The Week Ending July 10, 1971 Draggin’ the Line in the Summer Sand
Sooner or later you knew we would get back to 1971. It is high time we went back before it’s too late! Wild horses
couldn’t keep us away because in reality, we never can say goodbye for good. Maybe it wasn’t as obvious as a request in the want ads, but there were certainly signs that our audience wanted it. So join us for some escape-ism into the Billboard top 40 for the week ending July 10th, 1971. We promise to treat her like a lady, even if she is not so sweet and innocent.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1971-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_10th_July_1971
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
It’s Too Late to Treat Her Like a Lady
Double Barrel Lovin’
Sooner or Later You’re Gonna Put It in the Want Ads
Bring the Boys Home Country Roads
Country Road Signs
How Can You Mend and Indian Reservation?
Things we talked about in the episode:
Teaser and the Firecat Album Cover: https://www.discogs.com/master/37157-Cat-Stevens-Teaser-And-The-Firecat/image/SW1hZ2U6ODMwMTMzNTk=
Mr. Big Stuff Album Cover: https://www.discogs.com/release/1217386-Jean-Knight-Mr-Big-Stuff/image/SW1hZ2U6NTU4NzE0MzQ=
2 hr
June 03, 2024 Episode 77: The Week Ending May 31, 1975 Walking in Rhythm on Shakey Ground
How long has it been since we went back to
1975, it seems like it was back in the podcast old days, but maybe it was only yesterday? For some it was a bad time, when air travel was on shaky ground. The risk of a hijack was all too real and you feared at any moment to hear “get down, get down, get on the floor”! Fortunately for most of us, the only time we heard that was in the disco. This week we do the hustle through the Billboard Top 40 songs from the week ending May 30th, 1975. With a shining star or two, and some magic within, we can say we haven’t said the last farewell to 1975.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1975-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_31st_May_1975
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
How Long? Only Yesterday
The Hustle, Now That’s Attitude Dancing
I’m Not Lisa, I’m the Shoeshine Boy
Hijack! So Much for my Philadelphia Freedom
The Way We Were, Try to Remember What I Told You to Forget
Some links to things we discussed in this episode:
K-tel Records "The Roger Whittaker Album"
commercial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyMuycdnOMk
Ozempic commercial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIBj90D3YA
2 hr 21 min
May 23, 2024 Episode 76: Our 2nd Anniversary Extravaganza, Rock the Boat in the Navy
The last time we had them on, our fans cried for “more, more, more” of John and Nate from the
wonderful Deep Purple Podcast. So in order to calm the widespread le freak of our audience, we invited them back to help us celebrate our 2 year anniversary.
When the listeners said of John and Nate “we miss you”, they were serious. So when we ask them to be our guests, we were adamant with the guys that if we can’t have you, we don’t want anybody else. After 2 years, nobody has told us yet that we got to give it up, so knock on wood, we’ll be stayin’ alive for a bit longer. This week we check out all the hot stuff from the Billboard’s Top 40 Hits from the Disco Era (Broadcast the week of July 7, 1979). This countdown is a reminder
that you should be dancing. So get up and boogie and shake your body down to the ground!
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://leemichaelwithers.tripod.com/at40_disco.htm
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Disco Inferno at the Y.M.C.A.
I’m Your Boogie Man, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?
Dance Dance Dance, More More More
I Love the Nightlife in MacArthur Park
Check out “The Deep
Purple Podcast” with Nathan Beaudry and John Mottola: https://deeppurplepodcast.com/
2 hr 53 min
May 10, 2024 Episode 75: The Week Ending April 30, 1977 Can’t Stop Dancin’ the Lido Shuffle
Hello stranger. We’re a little late this week,
but don’t give up on us just yet. The editing process took awhile because we sometimes made mistakes and couldn’t get it right. At some point we just said we got to give it up, because every time we thought we were done, the episode kept telling us “Don’t leave me this way!” Maybe I’m amazed at how good the Billboard Top 40 songs from the week ending April 30th, 1974 were. Whether you’re a cheery baby, an old fashioned boy, a dancing queen, or a dancing man, sometimes it’s just the right time of the night to hear them.
Link to a listing of the songs in this
week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_30th_April_1977.
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came
from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by
Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
So In To You Cinderella
Dancing Queen, Dancin’ Man, Lonley Boy
Right Time of the Southern Nights
Calling Dr. Boogie Man
Some links to things we discussed in this episode:
Andrew Gold “What’s Wrong with this Picture” Album Cover: https://www.discogs.com/master/198285-Andrew-Gold-Whats-Wrong-With-This-Picture/image/SW1hZ2U6MzAwODQzNg==
Leo Sayer “Endless Flight” Album Cover: https://www.discogs.com/release/1242181-Leo-Sayer-Endless-Flight/image/SW1hZ2U6MTc1ODU4Ng==
Sanford and Son “The Sandfords Own A Racehorse” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgGuCFD1Zts
The Official Website of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.:
https://mccoodavis.com/
Old El Paso Cheese Boogie Man 90s Commercial (1996): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PMlH_G1xw4
Harold Melvin and Blue Notes version of “Don’t Leave Me
this Way”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnIkcB8GObo
Roy Clark & Glen Campbell Ghost Riders In the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LIdPGK42Gc
2 hr 30 min
April 15, 2024 Episode 74; The Week Ending April 14, 1973 Stuck in the Middle with a Dead Skunk
This week we go so long we eclipse all other episodes as we go all the way to the last song in the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending April 14, 1973. It may be the twelfth of never when you finally finish listening to this one!
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_14th_April_1973
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites:
allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com
(because Mark’s lazy)
Books:
“Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American
Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s)" by Pete Battistini.
Rejected Episode Titles:
Reeling in the Funky Worm
The Night the Lights Went Out Round the Old Oak Tree
The Cisco Kid Ain’t No Woman
Stir it Up and Cook with Honey
Little Willy is a Funky Worm
Dueling Little Willys
Dueling Funky Worms
2 hr 45 min

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