![]() We're not going to remove it from the menu, but we fail to promote it because we know it works. Is there a "hit" then that continues to be a "hit" now? Maybe it's a top-selling menu item we've had for 30 years. However, I suggest you work the problem backward. Subtraction of excess and sub-performing products is obvious if you have the intel. The goods and services that worked then may not be "hits" now. ![]() In the same week, King of Pain received 88 spins. Every Breath You Take got 2,811 spins from monitored radio stations in the U.S., according to Mediabase. I looked at airplay for the week ending 5/27/23. was the bigger hit.įorty years later, it's not even close. Both songs are from the massive album, Synchronicity, and were big hits in 1983. Every Breath You Take by The Police was the #1 song for the entire year. Let's fast-forward.after I've moved a box of memorabilia from one side of the garage to the other. ![]() In the 1983 countdown, King of Pain by The Police was song #54 on the year-end countdown. These years produced a Golden Age of Top 40 radio with artists like Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Madonna, Huey Lewis and the News, The Police, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, and Tina Turner owning the charts.Īs someone involved in music research on multiple music formats for decades, I'm continually fascinated by what worked then and what works now. My listening experience with the consecutive countdowns focused on two years: 19. Although, I have several of those in my collection. I don't want you to think this audio enthusiast was listening to the countdown on a tabletop radio. I gave you a paragraph about countdowns so you would know why the Memorial Day Weekend garage project was highlighted by listening to Classic AT-40 annual Top 100 countdowns on my Apple AirPods Pro. It features pop hits from the '70s and '80s. Today, he hosts America's Greatest Hits every weekend. Scott Shannon hosted Rockin' America: The Top 30 Countdown in the '80s. It continues today on more than 1,100 radio stations hosted by William Bryan III. ![]() Brother Jon Rivers hosted 20 The Countdown Magazine, contemporary Christian music's most popular and longest-running countdown, from the mid-80s until 2019. Bob Kingsley hosted American Country Countdown, and it continues today as Country Top 40 with Fitz every week from Bob's former studio. The Countdown with Walt "Baby" Love chronicled the best of the R&B chart. Casey Kasem's countdown was the king of all pop music countdowns. Sidebar: if you're managing a Walmart or an Acura dealership, how do you create perpetual motion with your customers to get them from one point to the next? Casey Kasem ![]() In the radio world, we call it TSL, or Time Spent Listening. I continue to listen to the current American Top 40 hosted by Ryan Seacrest, although, not as aggressively because life gets in the way.Ĭountdowns are important because the feature creates perpetual motion. If you don't know me, I'm a veteran radio talent, brand manager, and modern-day radio/audio enthusiast. The channel played every annual Top 100 countdown, hosted by Casey Kasem, each year starting in 1970 and ending in 1987. I found Classic American Top 40 Countdowns on the iHeart Radio app. Maybe we'll make a run to the Goodwill donation center and my junk will become someone else's treasure."Ī new segment was added to the Saturday custom this year. The thought process goes something like this: "Let's move stuff from one side of the garage to the other side of the garage. Memorial Day Weekend felt like Groundhog Day. "The numbers get smaller and the hits get bigger." ![]()
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