70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

70's Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete

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  • Episode 53: The Week Ending May 6th 1978 Two Doors Down on Broadway

    I guess it’s a heart ache to say that this is the last episode of Season 1 and yet in reality, it really feels so good. At this point we’ve been stayin’ alive for 53 episodes, but since we feel like we are running on empty, a short break will do us good.  But baby hold on, before we go, we are going to shine a flashlight on the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of May 6th,1978. There’s no need to get the deacon blues, we won’t be going away like dust in the wind. If you believe in magic, and with a little luck, we’ll be back in a couple of months. You can count on me and my co-host because it takes every kind of people to make a podcast.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1978-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_6th_May_1978

    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:

    Shadow Dancing in the Flashlight

    Werewolves of London On Broadway

    Movin’ Out Two Doors Down

    Too Much, Too Little, Too Late, Two Doors Down

    Dust in the Wind Feels So Good

    Take a Chance on Deacon Blues

    Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:

    Harry Belafonte Banana Boat Song Day O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZABxj718uA

    ROCK-N--ROLL SPORTS CLASSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlmEwFAxW1o

    HOT L BALTIMORE opening credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMuft7yMHD0

    2 hr 14 min
  • Episode 52: Our One Year Anniversary Spectacular, The Top 50 Songs of the 1970s

    Tonight’s the night for our one year anniversary show. It’s a family affair as we welcome and are reunited with our special guests Nathan Beaudry and John Mottola from The Deep Purple Podcast. My sweet lord, as green as the way we were when we first began, I can see clearly now how we’ve been stayin’ alive for 52 episodes.  We won’t be going as far back as December 1963, but we will be looking at the Billboard top 50 Songs from the 1970s, as broadcast on the AT40 Episode from January 5, 1980. Although there are quite a few foreign acts in this countdown, for the most part it is a big slice of American pie. We’ll be talking about a few bad girls we knew, like Maggie May from Britain who was three times a lady, and my Sharona, who was a true blue

    American woman. There may be a few silly love songs, and perhaps a stinker, but one bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://jkmusicyearendcharts.wordpress.com/decade-end-charts/american-top-40-top-50-songs-of-the-1970s/

    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.

    The amazing Deep Purple Podcast

    https://deeppurplepodcast.com/

    https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deeppurplepodcast

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcThTTLtAC_k7m9sTV5HIw

    https://twitter.com/deeppurplepod

    https://www.instagram.com/deeppurplepodcast/


    Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:

    Buh Wheat Sings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0epZ9tjYdA&list=PLT3kVMZ4pEFg-2QvlBFOFEoxtk-t-_VEs

    “My Bologna” by Weird Al Yankovic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxLaFJf9Jk

    Sharona Alperin (The Woman who inspired “My Sharona”: https://www.mysharona.com/

    “Smoke on the Water” Flaming Lips cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BunbFcgzUFo

    “Smoke on the Water” Pat Boone cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fChDn66naeU

    The Saga Begins (Lyrical Adaption of "American

    Pie") Weird Al Yankovic  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncBVU02buZM

    “American Pie” The Brady Bunch cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qLr040WIk

    2 hr 18 min
  • Episode 51: The Week Ending April 20th, 1974 Help Me I’m a Train

    In the ‘70s it was easy to have an identity crisis. Would you have said I’m a train, a piano man, or a dancing machine? Perhaps you remember doing the jungle boogie with the dark lady after midnight at the oasis? She said, “Come and get your love”.  Oh my my, that night I truly got hooked on a feeling, although I felt guilty, because I confess she was an outside woman and so very young. I ultimately sought penance in the Lord’s Prayer. Alas, we could reminisce about things all day, but the show must go on. This week we boogie down to the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of April 20st, 1974. Will it be the best thing that ever happened to me? Probably not, but I’m willing to otherwise let it ride.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_20th_April_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:

    Midnight at the Oasis with the Dark Lady

    Help Me I’m a Dancing Machine

    Bennie and the Jets?  I’m a Train

    The Loco-motion, I’m a Train

    Keep On Singing The Lords Prayer

    Outside Lady at the Oasis

    Piano Man the Entertainer

    Piano Man, Dark Lady, Star Baby

    1 hr 52 min
  • Episode 50: The Week Ending April 29, 1972 Crazy Momma and Child Reunion

    I’ll never forget the day I found myself in the doctor’s office and he said “don’t give me the roundabout, mister

    can’t you see?”.  My response was “doctor my eyes, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, can you just give me
    something to help me make it through the night!”.  He then said, “I betcha’ by golly wow, no
    problem, I gotcha!”.  Whatever it was he gave me worked. I awoke after a sound sleep to the rockin’ robin letting me
    know that morning has broken. Look what you done for me doctor, your name may really be Vincent, but to me you are now the candy man.

    Like the good doctor, a cowboy’s work is never done, and perhaps neither is ours as we jump into the fire that is the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of April 29st, 1972.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1972-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_29th_April_1972

    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:

    Give Suavecito Back to the Irish

    I Gotcha Rockin’ Robin

    Me and the Candy Man Down By the Schoolyard

    Hot Rod Lincoln Taxi

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Horse With No Name

    Morning Has Broken, Doctor My Eyes, Slippin’ Into Darkness

    Some points of interest we talked about in this episode:

    SNL Soylent Green Skit (Phil Hartman): https://vimeo.com/541196478

    Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Tex Williams

    (inspiration for Hot Rod Lincoln): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUCsULR6ODA

    1 hr 40 min
  • Episode 49: The Week Ending April 21st, 1979 Heaven Knows What a Fool Believes

    I know a guy that is out to prove he’s the greatest

    dancer. Oh what a fool believes! He has dreams
    of living it up in those disco nights where he effortlessly shakes his body
    down to the ground. He thinks he’s a superman that can just blow all those
    other sultans of swing right off the floor. I don’t want to witness the tragedy
    when he goes stumblin’ in and breaks his heart of glass. I don’t know if it’s
    right, but heaven knows whatever gives him happiness is fine. This week we get
    reunited with the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of April 21st,
    1979. Since it’s mostly disco, it may not be the best rock and roll fantasy.
    You’d better knock on wood that this episode is a going to be good one!

    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_21st_April_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:

    Shake Your Groove Swing

    He’s the Greatest Music Box Dancer

    I Will Survive the Rock and Roll Fantasy

    Stumblin’ In the Navy

    Renegade Sultans of Swing

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    Van Morrison, George Benson, Dr. John, Santana, Etta James

    & Tom Scott Moondance - April 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWpQzfGcwc

    2 hr 2 min
  • Episode 48: The Week Ending April 3rd, 1971 One Bad Apple Over the Line

    Hey, what’s going on, or should I say oye como va? It may

    be just another day, but sit yourself down and stay awhile. For all we know, it is just my imagination, but I think the Billboard Top
    40 from the Week of April 3rd, 1971 is pretty neat. Maybe it was due to the
    soul power, but me and Bobby McGee both liked it.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1971-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_3rd_April_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:

    For All We Know, She’s a Lady

    Joy to the Wild World

    Me, Proud Mary, and Bobby McGee

    What’s Going On, Is it Just My Imagination?

    Heavy D Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)

    Sit Yourself Down and Stay Awhile

     

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    Dark Shadows: Final Scene (4-2-1971): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMZFHOKvkME

    Use of “nice” as adjective : Everyone thinks things are

    awesome, cool, and nice: https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2019/06/24/who-uses-slang

    Tom Jones & Stevie Wonder Medley - This is Tom Jones

    TV Show 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Cl4xuFCJg

    1 hr 59 min
  • Episode 47: The Week Ending April 12th, 1975 Chevy Van on the Autobahn

    Back in 1977, where you looking for a miracle, a shining

    star, or did you miss the no nonsense approach of Harry Truman? If you went
    looking for a job, did you get that old line “don’t call us, we’ll call you”? It
    was difficult for the president right on down to the shoeshine boy.  It’s a miracle we made it through those tough
    times and it really only seem like yesterday. This week we are walking in rhythm to the songs of Billboard Top 40 from
    the Week of April 12th, 1977. It would be a shame, shame, shame if you missed
    it.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1975-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_12th_April_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:

    Have You Never Been Mellow on the Autobahn?

    Thank God I’m a Shoeshine Boy

    Tangled Up in Jackie Blue

    The Harry Truman Boogie

    Bertha Butt, Killer Queen

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    Give 'Em Hell, Harry by James Whitmore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtLpjTKL2s

    2 hr 13 min
  • Episode 46: The Week Ending March 19, 1977 Torn Between Rod and Al Stewart

    Well we survived the Nor’easter, which

    was really nothing more than a weekend in New England. If we had gotten a lot
    of snow, we know it would take a long time to clear. Still, we know that when
    you sink the shovel into the snow pack, the first cut is the deepest.  Those older folks are smart and either retire
    to a place where they can enjoy those warm southern nights, or make an extended
    stay in a hotel out in California, instead of waiting for that spring rain to
    melt all the snow away. I like dreaming, and someday I hope I can meet a dancing
    queen who is also a rich girl. Then we can fly like an eagle on out of here. In
    the meantime, maybe I’m amazed by the songs of Billboard Top 40 from the Week
    of March 19, 1977.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this

    week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1977-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_19th_March_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:

    Disco Lucy Dancing Queen

    The Crackerbox Palace Hotel

    Southern New England Nights

    Don’t Give Up on the Lido Shuffle

    The Year of the Cat Stevens

    Carry On My Boogie Child

    Weekend in the New England Hotel California

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    David Soul as The Covered Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLxxaOtl0c

    Glen Campbell & Carol Burnett ~ A Star Is Born 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdSpiyNJjqg


    2 hr 12 min
  • Episode 45: The Week Ending March 13, 1976 There’s a Kind of Hush All Over Deep Purple

    I can’t do this all by myself. It would really be great if I had a disco lady or a money honey to show me the way. This week we are going to take it to the limit and at the same time get right back where we started from as we visit the golden years of Billboard Top 40 from the Week of March 13, 1976. Maybe in the music I will find a sweet thing that cupid will set me up with so I no longer have to spend another lonely night. Let’s just make sure she is more than just sixteen. Perhaps if we verify that she was born before late December 1963. Yeah, sure, dream on dream weaver.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1976-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_13th_March_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

    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:

    Deep Purple Fanny

    50 Ways to Leave Your Love Machine

    Money Honey, Junk Food Junkie

    Slow Ride To Right Back Where We Started From

    Tangerine You Sweet Thing

    December 1963, Back in the Golden Years

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    The Jacksons & McKenzie Phillips - Junk Food Junkie: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3667l

    The Brady Bunch Hour - All By Myself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSeWcZICF7E

    1 hr 55 min
  • Episode 44: The Week Ending March 4, 1978 My Flashlight is Running on Empty

    At his point, I hope that we’re not running on empty, and in terms of our content, I hope it is more than just dust in the wind. If you are still with us, then I want to thank you for being a friend, or at the very least for having some sympathy for poor pitiful me. Whether you’re a native New Yorker, from Thunder Island, or otherwise a long long way from home;  we can’t smile without you.  Especially since we are getting very close to wishing ourselves a happy anniversary. This week, the name of the game is Disco and it is stayin’ alive in the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of March 4, 1978. So dance, dance, dance yowsah, yowsah, yowsah.

    Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1978-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_4th_March_1978

    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:

    Night Fever, Hand Me the Flashlight

    Short People on Thunder Island

    Stayin’ Alive on Thunder Island

    What’s Your Name of the Game

    Thank You For Being a Native New Yorker

    Dust in the Wind Gets In My Ebony Eyes

    Sometimes When We Touch It’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Jack and Jill Falling, Which Way is Up?

    I Go Crazy, Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah

    Things we talked about in the episode:

    Chautauqua Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chautauqua

    Time March 6, 1978 Cover: Cheryl Tiegs: https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19780306,00.html

    Bituminous coal strike of 1977–1978: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bituminous_coal_strike_of_1977%E2%80%931978#:~:text=The%20Bituminous%20coal%20strike%20of,not%20beneficial%20to%20union%20members.

    Playboy Magazine: Goldie Hawn Interview Addition : https://extratv.com/photos/image_jpg_20101103_e07907660cee526da405141787ff01a3/

    Goldie Hawn Special March 1, 1978 with The Harlem Globtrotters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SX8f1__RY

    1 hr 53 min

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This Podcast is a show where two friends review a randomly chosen American Top 40 Episode from the 1970’s, the most interesting decade in pop music. In each episode we will review all 40 songs in the…