"American Top 40's first show" (5th Anniversary show) was rebroadcast on the 4th of July weekend 1975. As with the first show the acts' influence was considered as well as its chart position in determining the rankings. "Top 40 Disappearing Acts Of the Rock Era" (2nd take) - over the weekend of 5th of April 1975. Each producer was profiled and 3-5 songs they produced were played. A spotlight of the 10 biggest producers in the pop music business at the time. "Top 10 Producers Of the 70s"- Weekend of 5 October, 1974. The Top 40 songs by British artists of the rock era were counted down.ġ970s" (1st take) (4th Anniversary show) ran 4th of July weekend 1974. Minor changes from the 1971 chart.īritish Hits Of the Rock Era"-Ran weekend of 6 April 1974. Most memorable for its 13 minute "Beatles Medley".Ĭountdown" (2nd take) - Ran in conjunction with the "Top 40 Hits of 1973" countdown that was broadcast the following weekend. A simple countdown of listing the biggest recording acts from 1955 to the year of the countdown. "Top 40 Acts of the Rock Era (1955-1973)" (2nd take) - Ran the weekend of 6 October 1973. So some low charting but well remembered songs made the survey, while some higher charting songs did not. Unlike other countdowns a subjective criteria of the acts influence on music was considered in the rankings as well as its chart run. As a result, many acts that had one Top 40 hit but one or more Hot 100 hit (such as Lorne Green) were excluded. An act must have had only 1 appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 and been absent form the chart for at least 2 years. Unlike other "one-hit-wonder" special programs, AT40 stuck to a strict criteriaįor inclusion into this countdown. ![]() ![]() Ran on AT40s 3rd anniversary (4th of July weekend 1973). Of the Rock Era" (1st take) (3rd Anniversary show)- One of the most popular of all the special countdowns. A tabulation of the biggest hits from 1 March 1968 - 1 March 1973. Years (1968-1973)" - Broadcast during the weekend of 7 April 1973. A tabulation of the biggest acts from 1 September 1967-1 September, 1972) The Past 5 Years (1967-1972)" - Broadcast during the weekend of 30 September, 1972. (#1 album: "Honky Chateau" by Elton John) Instead of counting down the Top 40 singles, Casey counted down the Top 40 albums of the week. "National Album Countdown" - Done the weekend of 5 August, 1972. "All-Time Rock & Roll Countdown" (2nd Anniversary show)-Top 40 songs from 1955-1972 Broadcast 4th Of July weekend 1972. wall poster (in red, white and blue) of the official AT40 logo could be had by writing to American Top 40. An interesting side note: a playlist of the songs played, and a 2 ft. Top Christmas songs were profiledĪnd played. "Top 40 Recording Acts of the Rock Era (1955-1971)" (1st take) - Broadcast during the weekend of 1 May, 1971.Ĭountdown" (1st take) - Done over Christmas weekend in 1971 in conjunction to the year end countdown. Any help in "filling in the gaps" would be greatly appreciated.ĬHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF SPECIAL AMERICAN TOP 40 PROGRAMS What follows is a rather thorough listing of all the special countdowns done. This was ideal as the special countdowns brought in slightly higher audiences than the normal weekly countdowns. Previous to most of these countdowns, ads would appear in radio and record magazines announcing the special countdown and requesting interested markets to add AT40 to their lineup. The special countdowns were used by AT40 as a promotional tool to get new stations to sign on to carry AT40. However by the early 80s these special countdowns were done much less frequently, although they remained apart of the program as late as 1991. In the early years the special countdowns aired the first week in April, the first week in October and over AT40's anniversary weekend of July 4th. ![]() These countdowns were tabulated by AT40 and were independent of Billboard except that its charts were used to compile the list. Special countdowns included: "Top 40 Disappearing Acts", "Top 40 Hits Of the Beatles", "Top 40 Acts of the Rock Era", and "Top 40 Hits From the Movies". Done every few months, these countdowns were devoted to some topic of interest outside the normal weekly countdown. One of the most unique features of American Top 40 was its occasional special countdowns. Lakefield for help in developing this page) (Special thanks to Pete Battistini and Scott Please note: This is a temporary mirror site for THE AMERICAN TOP 40 CELEBRATION PAGE, which seems to have disappeared faster than you can say, "Shuckatoom!" ![]() WATERMARK ON THE WEB: AMERICAN TOP 40 - Special Countdowns
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