American Top 40 1982 July 10th

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:

Leslie Pearl has her first ever top 40 debut with "If The Love Fits, Wear It" (at number 36). Casey says we have all heard her voice for years singing commercials for cars and soft drinks.

Casey gives a special report on how TV soap operas have been using recording artists to boost their ratings. Looking back from 2014 we can see it didn't work, but since I saw a soap once where a woman fell of a building on a Monday and didn't hit the ground till Friday, I can see why the idea took so long to fail.

"Crimson And Clover" (at number 29) by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts is a remake of a former number one hit. The original was by Tommy James & the Shondells and Casey plays some of the original.

The group Kansas has their song "Play The Game Tonight" at number 17. Casey says ten years earlier they were paying their road crew more than they were making themselves, and the roadies were making only $1.50 a day!

Casey plays an extra by Aretha Franklin, the only recording act in the history of the Grammys to win in the same category eight years in a row. If she were my next door neighbor, I'd be over at her house all the time.

The biggest mover in the countdown is "Hold Me" by Fleetwood Mac. It leaps 10 big notches from number 22 to number 12.

Casey tells a story about Paul McCartney (who is at number 8 with Stevie Wonder singing "Ebony And Ivory") and how one time he spent $200 to give his neglected chickens a taxicab ride so they wouldn't get an inferiority complex. Well maybe he shouldn't have named that one band "Wings" then, huh? Anyway, Casey tells the story.

LW#3: Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
LW#2: Rosanna - Toto
LW#1: Don't You Want Me - Human League
40: Angel In Blue - J. Geils Band
39: Out Of Work - Gary U.S. Bonds
38: Dancing In The Street - Van Halen
37: Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie
36: If The Love Fits, Wear It - Leslie Pearl
35: Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond
34: Hooked On Swing - Larry Elgart & His Manhattan Swing Orchestra
33: This Man Is Mine - Heart
32: You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
31: Break It Up - Foreigner
30: The Other Woman - Ray Parker, Jr.
29: Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
28: Early In The Morning - The Gap Band
27: Going To A Go-Go - The Rolling Stones
LDD: Just Remember I Love You - Firefall
26: Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
25: Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills and Nash
24: Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
23: Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
22: Personally - Karla Bonoff
21: What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield
20: Still They Ride - Journey
19: Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
18: Take Me Down - Alabama
17: Play The Game Tonight - Kansas
16: Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon
15: Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band
14: Any Day Now - Ronny Milsap
EXTRA: Respect - Aretha Franklin
13: Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
12: Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
11: Only The Lonely - The Motels
10: Caught Up In You - .38 Special
9: Tainted Love - Soft Cell
8: Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
7: Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
6: Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
5: Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
4: Heat Of The Moment - Asia
3: Hurts So Good - John Cougar
2: Rosanna - Toto
1: Don't You Want Me - Human League