American_Top_40_1980 February_23rd

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is one I found originally torrented on Demonoid.

In this countdown:

Queen has their first number one hit.

The song ABC-TV used as the theme for the 1980 Winter Olympics is in the countdown.

Casey answers a letter that reads, "Dear Casey, I'd like to know how many song titles about writing letters have hit number one. The answer would be particularly interesting to people in my line of work. Signed: The Post-Master General of the United States."

There is a woman in the countdown whose male fans are so intense that to prove their adoration, one man swam a mile across the Mississippi and another destroyed his own car with a sledgehammer. Casey gives the details.

A listener wants to know if any songs about sports teams or athletes have ever charted. Casey says there was one about a home-run champ, and another about a champion boxer.

Casey tells how "Hey Jude" (the biggest hit The Beatles ever had) came to be written.

LW#3: Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
LW#2: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
LW#1: Do That To Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
40: I Can't Help Myself - Bonnie Pointer
39: Kiss Me In The Rain - Barbra Streisand
38: Three Times In Love - Tommy James
37: Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
36: I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
35: Let Me Go Love - Nicolette Larson
34: Déjà Vu - Dionne Warwick
33: Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
ARCHIVES: Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
32: Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
31: Give It All You've Got - Chuck Mangione
30: 99 - Toto
29: Heartbreaker - Pat Benetar
28: Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
27: The Long Run - The Eagles
26: Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
LDD: I Feel Love - Donna Summer
25: Wonderland - The Commodores
24: Him - Rupert Holmes
23: Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
ARCHIVES: Gonna Fly Now - Bill Conti
22: When I Wanted You - Barry Manilow
21: Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
20: How Do I Make You - Linda Ronstadt
19: Too Hot - Kool & The Gang
18: September Morn - Neil Diamond
17: The Second Time Around - Shalimar
16: This Is It - Kenny Loggins
15: Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
14: An American Dream - The Dirt Band
13: Working My Way Back To You - The Spinners
12: Daydream Believer - Anne Murray
11: Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
ARCHIVES: Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
10: Sara - Fleetwood Mac
9: Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
Extra: Hey Jude - The Beatles
8: Desire - Andy Gibb
7: On The Radio - Donna Summer
6: Longer - Dan Fogelberg
5: Rock With You - Michael Jackson
4: Crusin' - Smokey Robinson
3: Yes I'm Ready - Terry Deserio W/ KC
2: Do That To Me One More Time - The Captain & Tennille
1: Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen