The song that SHOULD have been the #1 song of the decade. Still shake my head over Art Garfunkel initially telling Paul Simon he didn't want to sing it and PAUL should sing it. Amazing. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" from (yes!) 1970. #AT40

Um, Maggie wrecked his BED, Casey. (Where, oh where are your writers this week???) 1971's "Maggie May" is, apparently, the 13th biggest selling song of the 70's on #AT40

Herb Alpert told us in concert: surprised by The Brass' hit with his vocal on "This Guy's In Love With You," he tried singing "Close To You." Befuddled by why his other vocal was a hit, he played his "Close To You" to others and asked "Is this good?" They answered "No!" Thus, The Carpenters 😉 #AT40

I'm exhausted bouncing between pages, feeds, scrolling, scrolling, trying to find my #AT40 friends. I really wanted to "play" today, but Bluesky f**ks us again. I'm gonna go make a sandwich...

Not that anyone can read this (thanks again, Bluesky, for being the wonky site you are,) but at least we're hearing the version of The Beatles' "Let It Be" with George's killer guitar solo. (Paul, LET GEORGE PLAY ON YOUR DAMN SONG! He improves EVERYTHING!) #AT40

The Beatles popularizing long hair and... BELL BOTTOMS??? JFC, Team Casey, you just reached for the easiest 60's cliche. Why not beads and Nehru jackets? Or peace signs?? Casey must have let his erstwhile writers off for the holiday. Anyway, here's "Let It Be" from 1970. #AT40

Had hoped Casey would have been going chronologically year-by-year through the 70's. If Team Casey went by raw sales + chart position for "Top Records of The 70's," I fear each year won't be equally represented, giving short shrift to the earlier part of the decade. (And here's f**king Exile.) #AT40

USPS becomes even MORE unreliable, under the leadership of Postmaster & Trump hack Louis DeJoy. The Biden administration fell asleep on removing DeJoy, and now we all pay the price. This will be a BIG story during coming elections (re: mail-in voting.)

I can't tell you how relieved I am that the #1 song for 1979 was not by a guy named Andy. Thoroughly derivative of better power pop bands who'd been championing the style for years, but The Knack was, nonetheless, a breath of fresh air that year. Wishing you all Happy New Year! #AT40

Although there's no doubt Sir Rod has come to terms with it, for years Rod took a comment from a fellow musician to heart when performing "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" was referred to as wearing a pink toilet seat around one's neck. #AT40

Wow! I'd love to know if Casey went "rogue" (as I often suspect) vs. taking input (and valuable research) from his staff. Did they rely on press releases from the bands/artists, or did they have the ability (and the TIME) to check things on their own? Definitely report back to us! #AT40

Oh, Casey is in fine form today. Olivia Newton-John's "A Little More Love" a "rock ballad???" It's like he had NO help today! (That said, it's this end of the 70's/very early 80's period for ONJ which is my favorite!) #AT40

America FINALLY clicks into Blondie... 3 years 🙄 after they'd started releasing PERFECT pop-rock albums. Of course, it was a disco song which hit for them 😬. (Sigh.) "Heart of Glass" in '79 on #AT40

Casey... come ON. Check with your staff before you say these things: fine to call out Pat Simmons for his tenure in The Doobie Brothers, but, even though I STRONGLY prefer early Doobs, it's Michael McDonald who kept them in the charts in the latter 70's ("What A Fool Believes") #AT40

Anyone else getting Olivia Newton-John vibes from Maxine Nightingale's "Lead Me On?" #AT40

Interesting factoid that Supertramp is comprised of obstetricians. What - did I not get that story right? #AT40

Billy Joel... "Tough?" "Aggressive?" Oh, Casey... 🙄 #AT40

THANK GOODNESS FOR CHEAP TRICK! After 3 albums chock-full of blistering rock 'n' roll, they break through in the U.S. with a cut from the live album which was originally meant to be a Japanese-only release (they were already a big deal there.) Thanks to fans & DJ's for discovering the import! #AT40

Elton John in 1977: "Let's see, I've fired most of my band, and I've stopped working with Bernie. NOW things will really click!" Result: going 2+ years without a hit, then having to rely on outsider composers to get semi-hit "Mama Can't Buy You Love" in '79. #AT40

"One of 19 disco songs on the countdown" isn't the selling point you think it is, Casey. #AT40

Ugh. Way to end a shitty year, Sirius. An extra long #AT40 show from '79, the crappiest year of music from the 70's. I hope they'll play the second half of this special next week, when Casey said he'd survey the top hits from all the decade. I'll drop in an out today, but otherwise... 🙄

If anyone is still here: Dave Hoeffel is doing a pan-60's Christmas song show over on the 60's channel! #AT40

I'd always felt "Tears Of A Clown" sounded more mid-60's than 1970. Found out why only recently: it's actually from 1967, with some bits re-recorded & remixed. "The more you know... " #AT40

On this hearing of The Partridge Family's classic "I Think I Love You," let's give a big shout out to composer TONY ROMEO for creating this gem! THANKS TONY! Dec. '70 on #AT40

Bryan Hyland's "Gypsy Woman" Dec. '70 on #AT40. Folks, this is the same guy who hit with "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" years before!

Always happy to hear Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" every holiday season. But, if this were Britain, this gem from Slade would once again be omnipresent. Lucky Brits!! #AT40

I can't, for the life of me, imagine that Cummings & Bachman wouldn't have many offers from U.S. promoters to bring their '26 Guess Who tour to America. Which makes me think it's a conscious decision that they've only booked Canadian stops and are staying out of the U.S. Trump costs us again. #AT40

Who had the better 1970: Simon & Garfunkel or The Jackson Five? Tough call. Here's J5's "I'll Be There" Dec. 1970 on #AT40

I think most of us have an artist or two who just... bugs us. Van Morrison is that for me. #AT40

Despite Mike Nesmith's disdain for the song, I'll always tip my hat to Andy Kim for co-writing The Archies' "Sugar Sugar." (Wiki says he sang on that recording, too.) "Be My Baby" Dec. '70 on #AT40

For some reason, I get a kick out of Casey's use of "show biz lingo" when he refers to Eric Clapton as an English "act." #AT40

Boy, I hope that story about Neil Diamond is true. Sweet! #AT40

Observed before, but here again: all I had to do to hear James Taylor during school year 1970-71 was walk the halls of Mellon Jr. High School in Mt. Lebanon, PA. Hearing "Fire and Rain" takes me back there every time. #AT40

Three Dog Night on their way from being a big band to being a HUGE band. Oh, what a 1971 they'd have. But, here's "One Man Band" from Dec. '70 on #AT40

Bigger picture, after these years of diving into #AT40 shows I never listened to at the time (because... albums!), I've been surprised by the continuous presence of Elvis Presley. At the time, as a young teenager, I'd relegated Elvis to the oldies world, and he just wasn't on my radar.

Ohh!.... That piano "waterfall" move in Perry Como's "It's Impossible" brings us all the way back from 1970 to the grown-up albums from the 1950's. Classic! #AT40

Donald Trump is just scum. The absolute worst of us. To every American who voted for this psychopath: what the actual FUCK were you thinking? #RobReiner

Called it. (OK, NOW I'm gone 😉) #AT40

The biggest song of the 70's? And it's late '77?? OMG, I think I know what's coming. Since I'll instantly change the station when it comes on, I'll say "see you next Saturday" now. #AT40

Not often heard from musicians considering their next move when their band is, essentially, over: "I wonder if I can get my old job at The Ice Follies back?" Player "Baby Come Back" Dec. '77 on #AT40

Long ago, one of my best friends mentioned he was trying to find a song by a band called "Babies" for another friend, but couldn't find it anywhere. I explained that they spelled their band "Babys." His reply was along the lines of "Oh, for the luvva... " and we laughed. RIP, Mitch. #AT40

The Doobie Brothers showing 1977 how it's done. All hail 1973! ("Long Train Running" as an extra on the Dec. '77 #AT40)

Aha! Casey actually filling in some blanks: Leif and Shaun worked with THE SAME PRODUCER. Explains a lot! (Shaun Cassidy with "Hey Deanie" Dec. '77 on #AT40)

Zep's "Houses of The Holy" song appeared on "Physical Graffiti," not its namesake album. And, my favorite song on Queen's "News of The World" was "Sheer Heart Attack" - the title of their album by the same name from 3 years earlier. What the hell, guys?! #AT40

Enjoying Carlos' cover of "She's Not There" makes me wish there was a forum where our group could get into all the 60's music. True, most of us were either in single digits (or not yet born!), but we're a knowledgeable bunch! Item #1: it's a crime The Zombies weren't a bigger band. #AT40

When these later '70's oldies covers cue up, I can never keep it straight if it's Leif Garrett or Shaun Cassidy. ("Runaround Sue" by, it turns out, Leif. Dec. '77 on #AT40)

After firing founding member/bassist Alan Longmuir for the crime of being too old (he was in his LATER 20'S,) The Bay City Rollers brought in a kid to replace him, then fired him and got ANOTHER KID, then fired him and decided to plow ahead as a quartet. "The Way I Feel Tonight" fall '77 on #AT40

ELO just had it down at this point. 1976's "New World Record" album provided them hits throughout 1977, and now here's the 1st single from their new fall '77 album, "Out Of The Blue"- which would have hits throughout '78. ("Turn To Stone" Dec. '77 on #AT40)

Andy Gibb? Bailing out. See ya'll Saturday. #AT40

Is "Grease" a guilty pleasure? Because I don't feel guilty. "You're The One That I Want" June '78 on #AT40