American Top 40
with Casey Kasem
old radio shows from the 1970s and 1980s
last update: April 19, 2013
free download:
Listen
to the very first words of the very first AT40-show from July 4, 1970 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 674 KB / 43 s)!
“Here
we go with the Top 40 hits of the nation this week on American Top 40, the
best-selling and most-played songs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
Canada to Mexico. This is Casey Kasem in Hollywood, and in the next three hours
we'll count down the 40 most popular hits in the United States this week, hot
off the record charts of Billboard magazine for the week ending July 11th,
1970. In this hour at number 32 in the countdown, a song that's been a hit four
different times in 19 years! And we're just one tune away from the singer with
the 10,000 Dollar gold hubcaps on his car! Now, on with the countdown!”
(rem.:
The airing was one week before the official date! One station even aired it on
July 3.)
You
can get the whole show (also for free) - see below!
free download:
(almost)
complete 5th show from August 1, 1970 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 131,615 KB / 2 h 20 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 3 hours)
Playlist as PDF-file
new (added April 19, 2013)
free download:
Top 40 Christmas Songs 1940 - 1971
complete
and even extended* show from December 25, 1971 (MP3-file, 192 kBit/s - 245,487 KB / 2 h 55 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 3 hours)
*
some songs were added by The Premiere Radio Networks and some by myself
Playlist as PDF-file
free download:
complete
show from June 7, 1975 (MP3-file, 96 kBit/s - 106,012 KB / 2 h 31 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 3 hours)
Playlist as PDF-file
free download:
complete
show from June 28, 1980 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 188,538 KB / 3 h 21 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 4 hours)
Playlist as PDF-file
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You
can find detailed information about AT40 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Top_40 Details
about Casey Kasem (* April 27, 1932) can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Kasem free download: interview with Casey Kasem from 2004, after his last AT40-show (MP3-file, 128
kBit/s - 5,234 KB / 5 min 34 s) |
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Casey
Kasem, late 1970s |
You
can get the following shows also for free as MP3-files. With "WeTransfer" I can send e-mail attachments with
up to 2 GB per e-mail for free to you! All shows are without commercials
- this is my extra service! Just write me an e-mail (address see below).
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July 4, 1970 |
128
kBit/s - 134,849 KB / 2 h 24 min (rem.: debut show - the very first AT40!) |
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May 29, 1971 |
96 kBit/s - 102,713 KB / 2 h 26 min |
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May 6, 1972 |
96 kBit/s - 106,862 KB / 2 h 32 min (rem.:
first 35 seconds accidentally recorded in surround sound) |
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June 23, 1973 |
96 kBit/s - 106,123 KB / 2 h 31 min |
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July 22, 1978 |
128
kBit/s - 142,600 KB / 2 h 32 min |
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September 27, 1980 |
128
kBit/s - 183,018 KB / 3 h 15 min (rem.: guest hosted by Lon Thomas) |
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July 3, 1982 |
128
kBit/s - 188,138 KB / 3 h 21 min |
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July 23, 1988 |
128
kBit/s - 188,196 KB / 3 h 21 min |
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This
list is steadily growing. So watch out for updates!
General:
Most shows were recorded from re-runs on a radio station livestream. Some
"Extras" were added recently (done by a different
host). Recording was done with "No23
Recorder". Commercials were manually cut out using "Audacity". All playlists were created by
myself and contain new entries, re-entries, "Extras",
"Specials", "Archives", "Oldies",
"Recaps" (top 3 songs of last week) and "Long
Distance Dedications".
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I
haven't yet had time to edit the following shows: |
October 16, 1971 |
192
kBit/s |
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July 27, 1974 |
192
kBit/s |
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August 30, 1975 |
192
kBit/s |
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October 30, 1976 |
192
kBit/s |
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August 13, 1977 |
192
kBit/s |
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September 10, 1977 |
128
kBit/s |
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July 30, 1983 |
192
kBit/s |
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August 11, 1984 |
192
kBit/s |
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July 19, 1986 |
192
kBit/s |
Therefore
they are still with commercials. You can also get them for free. Just write me an e-mail
(address see below). You can find playlists at http://www.oldradioshows.com/at40/at40calendar.html,
but be aware that they might contain (small) mistakes and missing "Extras".
free download:
Listen
to the Top 10 of 77-year-old Casey Kasem's very last countdown show
(AT20) from July 4, 2009 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 64,876 KB / 1 h 9 min) without
commercials!
Playlist
as PDF-file
Comment:
The “Long Distance Dedication” is from a listener who thanks Casey for counting
down the hits for 39 years. Between #2 (with the ironic title “If Today Was
Your Last Day”) and #1 Casey himself gives a brief history of his countdown
programs and how they grew over the years. And after the #1 (which, by the way,
is ironically titled “[Sometimes Goodbye Is A] Second Chance”) he states this
wisdom: “I'd like to share with you something I've learned over the years:
Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work
with, and the people you work for. I've been lucky; I've worked for and with
the very best!” Casey ends the show with - of course - his legendary
tagline “Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars!”.
Please
send your enquiries and orders to: martin.fuernkranz@yahoo.de
postal address: Martin Fürnkranz,
Weidmanngasse 43, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
mobile
telephone: +43 (0)664 4317477
Everything
is for free.
Nevertheless any donation would be very welcome because of the enormous amount
of work (and money) that my service implies: doing the recording (or buying the
shows), cutting out the commercials, writing the playlists (including data
research), sending out the files.
banking
connection: Raiffeisenbank Millstättersee, SWIFT-BIC: RZKTAT2K479, IBAN: AT30
3947 9000 3101 4467
(only
for Austrians: national bank code number (BLZ): 39479, national account number:
31 014 467)