American Top 40 1978 March 4th

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:

No soundtrack album has ever put four songs in the top 40 until this countdown.

Casey tells how Peter Asher (1977's # 1 producer of the year) of Peter and Gordon came to produce acts such as James Taylor, Andrew Gold, and Linda Ronstadt, who has her latest hit, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" at number 32.

A listener wants to know which rock group has had the most top 10 albums in the history of the album chart. It was a tie between the Beatles (releasing compilation albums), and The Rolling Stones until a few months before this countdown. Now one of the groups put their 24th album into the top 10. Casey tells who.

There is a remake of a song originally performed by The Temptations, a group who put 46 songs on the soul chart, had 37 top 10 songs, and 14 number 1 hits. Rita Coolidge moves her version of their former hit, "The Way You Do The Things You Do" from number 26 to number 22.

The Bee Gees hold on to a spot in the top 10 for their seventeenth consecutive week with their song, "How Deep Is Your Love" a feat last performed by Jimmy Dorsey back in 1957.

Finally, Paul Davis has been in the top 40 for 19 weeks with his hit "I Go Crazy" (at number 9) with this only his first week in the top 10.

40: Runnin' On Empty - Jackson Browne
39: Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold
38: Native New Yorker - Odyssey
37: Long, Long Way From Home - Foreigner
36: Lady Love - Lou Rawls
35: Before My Heart Finds Out - Gene Cotton
34: Which Way Is Up - Stargard
33: Flashlight - Parliament
32: Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
31: You're In My Heart - Rod Stewart
30: Goodbye Girl - David Gates
29: If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
28: Jack & Jill - Raydio
EXTRA: Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
27: Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
26: Dust In The Wind - Kansas
25: Always & Forever - Heatwave
24: Baby Come Back - Player
23: Our Love - Natalie Cole
22: The Way You Do The Things You Do - Rita Coolidge
21: Falling - Leblanc & Carr
20: Wonderful World - Art Garfunkel w/ James Taylor & Paul Simon
19: Short People - Randy Newman
18: Happy Anniversary - Little River Band
17: Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow
16: Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson
15: What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd
14: Name Of The Game - Abba
13: Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" - John Williams
12: Peg - Steely Dan
11: We Are The Champions - Queen
10: How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees
9: I Go Crazy - Paul Davis
8: Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
7: Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
6: Dance, Dance, Dance, Yowsah Yowsah - Chic
5: Night Fever - The Bee Gees
4: Emotion - Samantha Sang
3: Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
2: Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees
1: Love Is Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb