American Top 40 1982 August 7th

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:

Herb Alpert is at number 38 with an instrumental, "Route 101." Casey calls him the only one recording artist in the history of the Billboard charts ever to hit number one with both a vocal and an instrumental. Casey tells how Billy Preston was only one notch away from making Alpert having to share that title (I'll bet that makes feel so good . . .)

Casey tells how Ronnie Van Zant (original leader of Lynyrd Skynyrd) gifted a special belt to his younger brother Donnie, which was the stolen but later returned. Donnie's band, 38 Special has their song "Caught Up In You" at number 35.

A listener asks, "What soul act has had the most number one hits on the pop chart?" This soul act is the rock 'n' roll era's most successful of all American groups. Casey says they put 12 number one songs on the pop chart in their first five years, and had more number one pop hits than any other American group of any type!

The highest debuting song of the week is the first American hit by an Australian group calling themselves 'Men At Work.' Their song, "Who Can It Be Now" comes from down-under to land in position number 27.

The Pointer Sisters (at number 25) with their latest hit, "American Music" Casey tells how, as children, their church frowned on them for singing traditional hymns with too much spirit. The last time I went to church, I brought my pet skunk with me and they made us sit in our own pew.

Donna Summer is at number 16 (headed for number 2) with "Love to Love You Baby." Giorgio Moroder helped out with keyboards, percussion, and arrangement. He also worked with her on "I Feel Love" which went to number six. Both songs went to number one on the dance charts.

Fleetwood Mac is at number 4 with their latest, "Hold Me." Casey says their earlier self-titled album "Fleetwood Mac" was the first album in the history of Billboard's album chart to hit number one after being on that chart for over the year.

LW#3: Hurts So Good - John Cougar
LW#2: Rosanna - Toto
LW#1: Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
40: Early In The Morning - The Gap Band
39: Still They Ride - Journey
38: Route 101 - Herb Alpert
37: Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
36: Hot In The City - Billy Idol
35: Caught Up In You - .38 Special
34: Your Imagination - Hall & Oates
33: Jack And Diane - John Cougar
32: Paperlate - Genesis
31: I Found Somebody - Glenn Frey
30: If The Love Fits, Wear It - Leslie Pearl
29: And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Jennifer Holiday
28: Eye In The Sky - Alan Parsons Project
27: Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
26: Kids In American - Kim Wilde
25: American Music - Pointer Sisters
24: Think I'm In Love - Eddie Money
LDD: Making Love - Roberta Flack
23: Out Of Work - Gary U.S. Bonds
22: Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers
21: What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield
20: Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
19: Personally - Karla Bonoff
EXTRA: I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
18: Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
17: Tainted Love - Soft Cell
16: Love Is In Control - Donna Summer
15: You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
14: Take It Away - Paul McCartney
13: Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
12: Vacation - Go-Go's
11: Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills And Nash
10: Don't You Want Me - Human League
9: Only The Lonely - The Motels
8: Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon
7: Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
6: Rosanna - Toto
5: Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
4: Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
3: Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band
2: Hurts So Good - John Cougar
1: Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor