American Top 40 1976 October 9th

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 makes a fuss about Nadia Comaneci as he introduces Nadia's Theme (at number 28 by Perry Bodkin Jr). She was the first athlete in the history of the Olympics to get a perfect score of 10 points in any gymnastic event. I've included video of her fantastic gymnastics as a RocketMan Extra (YouTube uploaders comaneci1 and Olympics).

A listener writes in to ask, "What has been the most successful dance record in the rock era?" Casey says this record was so popular, it hit the chart twice, and went to number one both times!

Another listener asks, "In the Rock Era, what American group holds the record for most weeks at number one?" The answer happens to be the group with the song that's identified as the very first rock 'n' roll song ever to hit number one on the chart.

"I Only Want To Be With You" by Bay City Rollers (at number 17) is a remake of the Dusty Springfield hit from January of 1964. Casey plays a clip. As a RocketMan Extra, I included my own clip of Miss Springfield singing "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" (YouTube uploader is rleltzroth).

"Say You Love Me" by Fleetwood Mac is at number 15. It is from the first album (also titled "Fleetwood Mac") in 32 years of Billboard's keeping track that hit number one after paying its dues on the Album Chart for a year.

Yet another listener has a question. "What's the longest period of time in which the number one spot was occupied by a different song every week?" Casey says this twelve week streak of one week wonders occurred in January of 1975. The event was also book-ended by Elton John holding the number one spot for two weeks. Casey lists each one week wonder in order (but only once).

40: This One's For You - Barry Manilow
39: Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
38: You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
37: Just To Be Close To You - Commodores
36: Like A Sad Song - John Denver
35: Rubber-Band Man - The Spinners
34: Did You Boogie With Your Baby - Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids
33: Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
32: Muskrat Love - The Captain and Tenille
31: The Best Disco In Town - The Richie Family
30: Get The Funk Out Of My Face - The Brothers Johnson
29: It's Ok - The Beach Boys
28: Nadia's Theme - Perry Bodkin, Jr
27: You Are The Woman - Firefall
26: One Love In My Lifetime - Diana Ross
25: Summer - War
24: Fernando - ABBA
23: Love So Right - The Bee Gees
22: With Your Love - Jefferson Starship
21: The Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
20: Beth - KISS
19: Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
18: Wham Bam - Silver
17: I Only Want To Be With You - Bay City Rollers
16: Magic Man - Heart
15: Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
14: That'll Be The Day - Linda Ronstadt
13: Rockin' Me - Steve Miller Band
12: Get Away - Earth, Wind & Fire
11: A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook
10: She's Gone - Daryl Hall & John Oates
9: Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
8: I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
7: Still The One - Orleans
6: Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
5: If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
4: Disco Duck - Rick Dees
3: Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
2: Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
1: A 5th Of Beethoven - The Walter Murphy Band