American Top 40 1983 January 15th

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 two listeners want to know, "What singer in the Rock Era has had the most hits in the top 40 at the same time. Casey says the most hits in the 40 by a singer at once was five. It was a chart overdosed on Elvis. He was at numbers 38, 35, 17, 11, and 10 in January, 1957 (it was in all the papers). Casey tells all about it right after "Memory" by Barry Manilow (at number 39) from the musical "Cats."

And since I am allergic to cats, I had to skip the double-dose of Stray Cats: at #26 with "Rock This Town" and #35 with "Stray Cat Strut." I'm allergic to tigers and lions and all those other kinds of cats that can kill me.

This is the 4th week "What About Me" by Moving Pictures has been at the #34 spot. If they knew they were just going to sit in the same spot forever, they should have named the band "Freeze Frame."

Culture Club debuts at #34 with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me." If you have to ask how much it is, you really can't afford it.

Casey answers the question, "What family act has hit #1 the most?" He reports the Top Five alphabetically are The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, The Carpenters, The Everly Brothers, and the Jacksons. Hear the answer right after The J. Geils Band performs "I Do" (at number 24).

Casey plays a sax-sampler (get your mind out of the gutter, there's not room down here for both of us). He plays famous riffs by King Curtis of The Coasters, Chuck Rio of The Champs, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Bobby Keys, Clarence Clemons, Rafael Ravenscroft, and Greg Ham.

Casey tells how Patti Austin (at number 8 singing "Baby Come To Me"), made her singing debut at the age of four on stage with the Queen of the Blues, Dinah Washington.

LW#3: Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
LW#2: The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
LW#1: Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
40: Bad Boy - Ray Parker Jr.
39: Memory - Barry Manilow
38: Two Less Lonely People In The World - Air Supply
37: Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
36: Does It Make You Remember - Kim Carnes
EXTRA: Traveling Man – Rick Nelson
35: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
34: What About Me - Moving Pictures
33: A Penny For Your Thoughts - Tavares
32: Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
31: Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
LDD: Got To Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
30: Let's Go Dancin' - Kool & The Gang
29: Heart Of The Night - Juice Newton
28: Truly - Lionel Richie
27: Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy - Sammy Hagar
26: Rock This Town - Stray Cats
25: Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
24: I Do - The J. Geils Band
23: Allentown - Billy Joel
22: Love In Store - Fleetwood Mac
21: You Got Lucky - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
20: Hand To Hold On To - John Cougar
19: Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
18: The Look Of Love - ABC
17: Heart To Heart -Kenny Loggins
16: Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger & The Silber Bullett Band
15: You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
14: The Other Guy - Little River Band
13: Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
12: You And I - Eddie Rabbitt And Crystal Gayle
11: Gloria - Laura Branigan
10: Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
9: Rock The Casbah - The Clash
8: Baby, Come To Me - Patti Austin
7: Africa - Toto
6: Mickey - Toni Basil
LDD: Sweet Life – Paul Davis
5: Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
4: Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
3: Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
2: The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
1: Down Under - Men At Work