American Top 40 1975 September 27th

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

Casey says "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" by The Average White Band (at number 39) is a ballad. Not to be outdone, the ABOVE Average White Band will soon issue a remake of the White Album with guest vocals by Betty White and a few musicians from White Snake.

A listener wants to know, "What artist in chart history has had the most Top 10 records?" Casey says a good guess would be Elvis or the Beatles, good, but not right, because that record belongs to an artist who first hit the charts back in 1940.

Tag team time: In this corner, the one and only, the original, Boxer and his team-mate weighing in with some heavy poetry (Man!) Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow with "Gone At Last" (at number 26). And in this other corner (next in the countdown anyway), is Neil "Bad Blood" Sedaka, and the Madman from Across the Water, Elton John (at number 25).

Casey reports The Richie Family is a 44 member group that is on the chart with the second oldest remake in history, "Brazil" at number 23. Cuban singer-songwriter-band leader Xavier Cugat took his version to number 2 way back in 1943 (yes, there is a RocketMan copy as an extra, but don't scratch it up; I want it back).

There is an artist in the countdown whose first release 19 years earlier was issued under his own label, Universe Records. Unfortunately there was already a Universe Records, so he and three friends had to put pen to 45 and change "Universe" to LUniverse" twenty thousand times. "Mr. Jaws" by Dickie Goodman is at number 14.

Casey says Elvis managed to stay in Billboard's Top 10 for 52 weeks, and if not for the one week he fell out of the Top 10, he could have added another 24 weeks onto that 52. Casey calls it "the safest record in chart history."

Casey says the most popular question he gets is, "What is the biggest hit so far this year?" He responds, first you have to define "biggest hit." Then he lists the records with most weeks at number 1, most weeks in the Top 10, most weeks in the Top 40, and most weeks in the Hot 100 so far in 1975.

40: Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles
39: If I Ever Lose This Heaven - The Average White Band
38: I Only Have Eyes For You - Art Garfunkel
37: I Got Stoned And I Missed It - Jim Stafford
36: Solitaire - The Carpenters
35: What A Diff'rence A Day Makes - Esther Phillips
34: You're All I Need To Get By - Tony Orlando & Dawn
33: Do It Any Way You Wanna - Peoples Choise
32: Theme From "Jaws" - John Williams
31: Carolina In The Pines - Michael Murphy
30: Who Loves You - The Four Seasons
29: Lady Blue - Leon Russell
28: Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
27: Miracles - Jefferson Starship
26: Gone At Last - Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow
25: Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
24: Rocky - Austin Roberts
23: Brazil - The Richie Family
22: The Proud One - The Osmonds
21: How Long (Betcha' Got A Chick On The Side) - The Pointer Sisters
20: Daisy Jane - America
19: Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
18: They Just Can't Stop It (The Games People Play) - The Spinners
17: It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares
16: Feelings - Morris Alpert
15: I Believe There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
14: Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman
13: That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire
12: Dance With Me - Orleans
11: Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady - Helen Reddy
10: Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
9: Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
8: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
7: At Seventeen - Janis Ian
6: Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow
5: Run Joey Run - David Geddes
4: Fight The Power Pt. 1 - The Isley Brothers
3: Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
2: Fame - David Bowie
1: I'm Sorry - John Denver