[SamAdams76]

Dorky as he sounds today (you can still hear replays of his show on the 70s station at Sirius/XM), I grew up with the guy.

For most of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, I listened to him count down the Top 40 hits on a weekly basis. I remember especially the early-1970s when his show came on Sunday nights on WRKO in Boston and I'd have my portable radio under my pillow with the single earplug (everything was mono back then) listening to see what was number one that week.

There were a lot of great pop songs during the 1970s and this list of the Top 40 from Independence Day weekend in 1970 (Casey's first show) had some pretty incredible music including some lost classics like "Westbount #9" by Flaming Ember and "Silver Bird" by Mark Lindsey.

Good times.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

The summer I turned 16.

[bgill]

Well, lookie there. Many are black musicians. Remind me again how they’re being kept down by da man.

[OttawaFreeper]

I listened to his countdown beginning about 1982. And I also remember “America’s Top Ten” on Saturday morning TV at about the same time, lol.

[Rinnwald]

You know it’s the ‘70’s when Three Dog Night is topping The Beatles.

[lee martell]

Where did the time go? As they often say.
I doesn’t feel like half a century since I listened to many of those songs, but it is.

Your post reminds me, that I need to buy a few rock bottom basic transistor radios. The Bay Area in North Cal is likely to have a few planned Brown-Outs this summer. All in the name of
‘Global Warming’ & other very expensive fairy tales.

[dfwgator]

03 The Temptations – “Ball Of Confusion”

Probably even more relevant now than then.

[Texas Eagle]

Miss those days.

[BenLurkin]

Alive And Kicking - Tighter, Tighter (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjG9wK-Cn-o

[Big Red Badger]

Mountain
“Mississippi Queen”
.
To think ElCajon California.

[bgill]

Here’s the show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__a06FLchTY

[aimhigh]

Great post!

[BenLurkin]

O-O-OH CHILD - THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrU3geNtsJo

[mad_as_he$$]

WoW! Number 2 and 3 were black bands. Strange for a racist country.

[CatOwner]

I believe The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles was their last singles release from the Let It Be album. Seems Casey Kasem started right when The Beatles would no longer be a group.

Speaking only for myself, The Beatles peaked with the Rubber Soul and Revolver albums, along with some singles releases mixed in during that period (Day Tripper, We Can Work It Out, Paperback Writer, Rain). A lot of Beatles' fans thought Sgt. Pepper was their best album, but for me, it was a big "meh".

[VTenigma]

It was a great summer.

[SamAdams76]

"Which Way You Going Billy" by The Poppy Family.

Forgot how great that song was.

Terry Jacks would go solo and have a massive hit in 1974 called "Seasons In The Sun."

[Fair Paul]

I just finished listening to it on SiriusXM.

[W.]

The local AM station in Findlay, O would play the program on Sunday 9-12 and would give the box set to a listener whose postcard was drawn from the week’s entries. Won it once, in 1974. Big stuff, eh? Thinnest LP’s I ever owned...wish I still had ‘em!

[Leaning Right]

I’m still a CD guy when it comes to music. And when I’m looking for something good on Amazon, I always start with a Casey Kasem search. Good stuff.

[Bruiser 10]

Pretty meager pickings.

Not that I was listening as I was patrolling up on the Cambodian border.