AMERICAN TOP 40: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REBROADCAST OF
FIRST AMERICAN TOP 40 BROADCAST, PT. 2 (RADIO)
Summary
Part two of this three-part rebroadcast of the first "American Top Forty," a weekly series of radio programs -- which premiered July 4, 1970 -- in which Casey Kasem counts down the forty most popular songs in the U.S.A. Music includes: (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), a comedy oldie from Bill Cosby called "Little Old Man" -- which is set to the Stevie Wonder tune "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"; (22) "Love on a Two-Way Street" (the Moments); (21) "Mississippi Queen" (Mountain); (20) "Make It With You" (Bread); (19) "Are You Ready?" (Pacific Gas & Electric); (18) "Love Land" (Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band); (17) "Tighter, Tighter" (Alive and Kicking); (16) "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (White Plains); (15) "A Song of Joy" (Miguel Rios), an oldie recording of "Hello, Dolly!" (Louis Armstrong) -- which is preceded by a brief biography of the musician and some of his musical accomplishments -- and (14) "United We Stand" (the Brotherhood of Man). Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: July 5, 1975
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:10984
- GENRE: Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music; Rock music
- SERIES RUN: Syndicated - Radio series, 1970-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Kasem, Casey (Kemal Kasem) … Host
- Alive and Kicking
- Bread
- Brotherhood of Man, The
- Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- Bill Cosby
- Crosby Stills Nash & Young (See also: Crosby Still & Nash)
- The Moments
- Mountain
- Pacific Gas & Electric
- Poppy Family, The
- Miguel Rios
- White Plains
- Stevie Wonder