American Top 40
with Casey Kasem
old radio shows from the 1970s and 1980s
last update: April 23, 2024 (at “audio
collection”)
free download:
Listen
to a rare, very early Casey Kasem
recording on KRLA, Pasadena, CA from May 27, 1965 (MP3-file, 192 kBit/s mono - 87,080 KB / 1 h 2
min) with commercials - most of them done by Casey himself !
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.)
free download:
Listen
to the whole show from July 4, 1970
(MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 134,849 KB / 2 h 24 min) without commercials
(original time with commercials was about 3 hours)!
Playlist as PDF-file
free download:
Listen
to the 50th anniversary extras from radio station KCOW, including an
interview with Pete Battistini,
broadcast on July 4, 2020 (MP3-file, 320 kBit/s - 34,877 KB / 15 min)
free download:
Listen
to the 50th anniversary extras from radio station WTOJ (Magic
103.1), including an explanation by Ken Martin, broadcast on July 4, 2020 (MP3-file, 320 kBit/s - 15,850 KB / 7 min)
free download:
Listen
to the 50th anniversary news from NPR (National Public Radio),
broadcast on July 3, 2020
in the “Morning Edition” (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 3,449 KB / 4 min)
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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, † June 15, 2014) 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 |
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
free download:
complete
show from May 29, 1971 (MP3-file, 96 kBit/s - 102,713 KB / 2 h 26 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 3 hours)
Playlist as PDF-file
free download:
Top
40 Christmas Songs 1940 - 1971
complete
and even extended* show from December 25, 1971 (MP3-file, 160 kBit/s - 204,820 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 May 6, 1972 (MP3-file, 96 kBit/s - 106,862 KB / 2 h 32 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 3 hours)
Playlist as PDF-file
(rem.:
first 35 seconds accidentally recorded in surround sound)
free download:
complete
show from June 23, 1973 (MP3-file, 96 kBit/s - 106,123 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 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 July 22, 1978 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 142,600 KB / 2 h 32 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
free downloads:
Top 100 of 1985
complete
show, officially from January 6, 1986 (MP3-files,
160 kBit/s) without commercials
part 1 - #100 - #51 (233,993 KB / 3 h 20 min)
part 2 - #50 - #1 (234,486 KB / 3 h 20 min)
(original
time with commercials was about 4 hours respectively)
Playlist
as PDF-file
free download:
complete
show from July 23, 1988 (MP3-file, 128 kBit/s - 188,196 KB / 3 h 21 min) without
commercials (original time with commercials was about 4 hours)
Playlist
as PDF-file
free downloads: Casey
Kasem and me (when I still called myself
“Levi Bolotin”)
# Letter
from Westwood One Entertainment to me, dated May 29,
1997, pre-announcing that my Request and Dedication for “Casey’s Top
40” is going to be broadcast on June 7, 1997
(MP3-file, 192 kBit/s - 8,878 KB / 6 min). It was also included into the
“Casey’s Hot 20” and “Casey’s Countdown” shows of the same date. This R&D
was in memory of my late friend Peter Sager who fell from the Matterhorn.
# 1st
letter from Casey Kasem personally to me, dated July
9, 1997: Letter,
Envelope
(front), Envelope
(back)
# 2nd
letter from Casey Kasem personally to me, dated April
6, 1998: Letter,
signed
photograph, New
York Times article, Envelope
(front)
#
Casey Kasem personally also gave me a phone call!
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!”.
General:
Most shows were recorded from remastered re-runs on radio station livestreams.
Some "Extras" were added recently (done by a different
host). Recording was done with "No23
Recorder" and "Audacity".
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".
free download:
The
Sad, Strange Battle Over Casey Kasem
article
written by Hal Espen, taken from Billboard magazine (print version) from
February 22, 2014
(PDF-file - 12,050 KB, 6 large pages)
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unfortunately, there will be no more new shows!
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2024)
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