https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:40:53 +0000 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:29:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9901 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62748&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62748 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9901
Posted: 19 March 2023 at 4:29am

I just came across this. WLS in Chicago had Debbie Boone at
#1 on their Big 89 of 1977. (John Landecker's favorite song
in the whole world LOL)

https://www.wlshistory.com/big89/1977.htm]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:29:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62748&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62748 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62747&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62747 Author: Vince
Subject: 9901
Posted: 18 March 2023 at 5:13pm

EdisonLite wrote: Was the AT40 Top 100 of 1977 different from Billboard's that year?

Yes. AT40's 1977 year-end countdown had had "I Just Want
To Be Your Everything" at #1, and "You Light Up My Life"
at #51. Billboard's 1977 year-end pop singles chart had
"Tonight's the Night" at #1, and "You Light up My Life"
was not included.

YLUML came in at #3 on Billboard's 1978 year-end pop
singles chart because the eligibility period began the
first week of November 1977, thus 7 of its 10 weeks at #1
were 1978 survey period.

Edited by Vince]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2023 17:13:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62747&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62747 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62711&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62711 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 9901
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 8:37pm

eriejwg wrote: Looks like Debbie Boone did appear on the year end AT40 chart for 1977 at #51.

My memory only had it off by 2 positions. Not bad considering I heard that
countdown 45 years ago :)]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:37:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62711&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62711 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62710&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62710 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9901
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 7:15pm

Looks like Debbie Boone did appear on the year end AT40
chart for 1977 at #51.

http://www.hbr3.sakura.ne.jp/at40/1977.htm

]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:15:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62710&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62710 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62708&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62708 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 9901
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 6:14pm

Was the AT40 Top 100 of 1977 different from Billboard's that year?]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 18:14:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62708&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62708 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62699&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62699 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9901
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 5:06pm

Debbie Boone did not chart in the year end for 1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-
End_Hot_100_singles_of_1977]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:06:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62699&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62699 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62683&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62683 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 9901
Posted: 11 March 2023 at 3:23pm

Scanner wrote: I first listened to the year-end countdown in 1978. I wondered why "You Light Up My Life" ranked at #3 when it spent its ten weeks at #1 in 1977. It was my introduction to the concept of a "chart year." (Years later, when I tracked down the 1977 year-end Billboard, I was stunned "Light" did not even make the year-end Top 100 at all!)

Didn't "You Light Up My Life" peak at #53-ish for 1977 (even though all 10
weeks of its #1 run were in 1977)? I remember hearing Casey's year-end top
100 in 1977 on the radio and shocked it was that low (though the next year
it would be #3 for the year). But then again, maybe Billboard and AT40 were
2 different YE charts for '77. Did it chart or not in Billboard's YE for '77?]]> Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:23:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62683&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62683 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62464&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62464 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9901
Posted: 18 January 2023 at 1:27pm

I think you're right, Vince. I never realized how skewed
that list is towards songs that charted during the first
half of the year...or peaked in 1979. JD Souther's "You're
Only Lonely" and Herb Alpert's "Rise" were #2 and #9
respectively for 1980, but reached #1 in 1979 just like
"Lead Me On." Besides "Magic," I wonder how many other
songs were screwed out of a year-end placement that year
because of that timeframe. I especially wonder why
Billboard would have chosen such a timeframe - they needed
five months to compile this?]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:27:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62464&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62464 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62460&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62460 Author: Vince
Subject: 9901
Posted: 16 January 2023 at 11:40pm

Billboard's Year-End AC chart for 1980 looks like it has an
eligibility period from August 1979 though July 1980. That
is even worst than the eligibility period for their 1980
pop singles chart, which runs from 10/6/1979 through
9/27/1980.

Edited by Vince]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:40:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62460&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62460 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62453&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62453 Author: davidclark
Subject: 9901
Posted: 14 January 2023 at 8:52am

whyaduck, when referring to "Magic", Scanner mentions the 1980 year-end
AC chart, not the "Hot 100" YE chart.]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2023 08:52:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9901&PID=62453&title=at40-yearend-countdowns#62453