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Paul Haney 
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I think the annual Opus countdown shows are also worth mentioning. IIRC, these only aired once a year and
counted down the Top 100 songs. Not sure what source(s) they used or exactly how many years they ran. I vividly remember listening to them in the late 70s and very early 80s for sure. |
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Hykker
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Posted: 14 November 2023 at 5:25am |
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It was 2 guys, I think the other one might have been named Elliot. Somewhere I saved one of the countdown shows, but a quick search didn't turn it up. |
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mjb50
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Posted: 14 November 2023 at 7:14am |
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I asked a collector about this thread. He is having trouble getting signed up to post here himself, so I'm relaying what he told me:
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Posted: 14 November 2023 at 12:57pm |
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I updated my original post above based on answers I've gotten on here so far
and on AT40 Fun & Games. There's a LOT of new info there for those who are interested. But there are still many unanswered questions, so I hope some people can answer some of those. Part of my asking these questions is that I'm hoping to get recordings for some of these countdowns (and I already have some). But before I do, I want to know what years the countdowns ran - and what chart was the basis for the countdown - before making any decisions. Edited by EdisonLite |
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Posted: 14 November 2023 at 3:46pm |
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I thought I'd sum up the remaining questions here, since this is much shorter:
REBIRTH OF AT40 (Casey) after Shadoe: AT40 (Hot AC) - 2004 (or 1998?) until when - R&R Hot AC chart, then official Mediabase Hot AC chart DICK CLARK: National Music Survey (hosted by Bill St. James & Charlie Tuna after Clark) - 85 until ? - R&R AC Countdown America (also included other hosts) - '83? - 86? (at least) - R&R CHR Possibly: Countdown America (AC version) - years? - R&R? RICK DEES Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (CHR version) - 9/83-now - Cashbox thru 1/12/85; then R&R -which chart?, then their own chart Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC - years? - R&R Hot AC? Rick Dees Weekly Top 30 (AC version) - years? - R&R AC? Edited by EdisonLite |
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Paul Haney
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Gordon, I know for certain that the Dick Clark's Countdown America used the Radio & Records CHR chart at
least during the times I played it on the air in 1986. IIRC, Clark did both a CHR and AC version of the countdown (at least for awhile) and I believe that he used the R&R charts for both, but I can't be 100% sure without hearing some examples of those show(s). |
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Posted: 15 November 2023 at 5:05pm |
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Thanks Paul. I've updated the lists above.
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Posted: 15 November 2023 at 5:08pm |
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BTW, does anyone know how I can format my posts above to go all the way to
the right and not stop at about 5"? I know this was discussed elsewhere last year, and I think we figured out the reason why. I don't recall if there's any way the original poster can correct for this. I think the listings above would be easier to read if I could fix that. |
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Posted: 15 November 2023 at 7:43pm |
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@EdisonLite, when editing a post, stretch the message box so there are no line breaks where you don't want them.
Depending on how long your paragraphs are, you may need to greatly reduce the size of the text in your browser temporarily. Edited by mjb50 |
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I don't recall the show but this must be Elliot Segal -- he and Elvis hosted the Z100 Morning Zoo together in the '90s, before Elliot went to Washington - he's been doing mornings on DC101 for decades.
Ha! Yes - it was the Top 40 Satellite Survey but at least some stations received it on vinyl. I have shows ranging from June 1984 to May 1986, so it ran at least that long. Edited by eric_a |
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