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70s Weekly Countdown with Mark and Pete
by Mark Roback
A show where two friends review a randomly chosen episode of American Top 40 from the 1970s, the most interesting decade in pop music. In each episode we will rate, provide critical analysis, and provide educational facts on the background of each song in the chosen week's countdown. We will also discuss the prominent news and pop culture events at the time of the countdown along with some insight into what was going on in our lives at the time as kids growing up in the '70s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Episode 105 The Week Ending October 5, 1974
This week we have smiling faces as we review the American Top 40 from the week ending October 5th, 1974. This was a special episode of AT40 where Casey presents information and associated hit songs from the biggest music producers of the early 70s. Betcha by golly wow, sooner or later we’re sure…
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Episode 104 The Week Ending August 19, 1978
Every once in a while you should take time out and acknowledge how life’s been good. So this week we will be reminiscing about those summer nights listening to the Billboard Top 40 from the week ending August 19, 1978. In addition to some recent concert reviews and stuff like that, the music in...
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Episode 103: The Week Ending July 3, 1976: (The Fourth of July’s Number One Records 1937-1976)
This week Casey Kasem takes us on a sentimental journey as AT40 takes us through the number one songs on the 4th of July’s from the Bicentennial back to 1937. Along with Casey’s recap of the top news stories of each year, Pete and Mark provide a little personal family history detailing their...
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Episode 102 The Week Ending June 24, 1972
How do you do, it’s so nice to be with you again! In anticipation of this episode, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all. Then today, as I saw the light and realized morning has broken, I thought, oh well, it’s too late to turn back now. Day by day we have edged closer to that time when…
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Episode 101: The Week Ending June 1, 1974
Oh my my, this week we keep the streak going as we fire up the dancing machine and listen to the AT40 from the week ending June 1, 1974. Don’t you worry bout a thing, we’re not doing this for the love of money, we just want to be thankful for what we’ve got. Link to a listing of the songs in this...
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Episode 100
This is our 100th Episode! This week we are joined by Podcaster Extroidinaire Scott Haskin as he helps us review the 1976 Telly Savalas album “Who Loves Ya Baby”. We also explore all things going on around this time in 1976. Crocker! Spoiler alert, we get a special congratulations from a 70s TV...
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Episode 99: The Midnight Special from March 22, 1974
Let’s face it, nobody want you when you’re down an out. During those times, you just want some sunshine on your shoulders, you’re looking for love, someone to look at you with bright eyes and say “He’s the one”. I remember walking in the green grass with my sweet tattooed lady, unlike anyone…
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Episode 98: The Week Ending February 20, 1971
My sweet lord we found it impossible not to love the music from the Billboard Top 40 from the week of February 20, 1971. Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1971-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_20th_February_1971 The Boneless Podcasting…
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Episode 97: The Week Ending January 20, 1979
Baby I’m burnin’, my head is on fire, and only heaven knows if I will survive the flu this year. It seems like love don’t live here anymore, because you don’t bring me flowers when I’m sick. I could really use a little more love in my life. Now I know what you’re saying, don’t cry out loud. You...
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Episode 96: Our 2025 Christmas Spectacular
This week we turn back time to Christmas 1975 and take a look at the “Dark Lady’s” Christmas special of The Cher Show” that aired December 21, 1975. Cher is joined by here special guests The Hudson Brothers, The Lennon Sisters, Redd Foxx, and Chastity. I’m not sure we believe in life after love,...
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Episode 95: The Week Ending November 11, 1972
In 1972 were you one of all the young dudes that acted like crazy horses? Looking around, it seems like it’s starting all over again. If the youth of today wish to use me as an example, all I can say is don’t do it. If you don’t know me now, there used to be a light of thunder and lightning…
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Episode 94: The Week Ending October 1, 1977
When we think of 1977, our brains immediately cue the Star Wars theme. We have so many great memories between those daytime friends and boogie nights. If you don’t have those, I am afraid to say I wouldn’t want to be like you. However, far from being as cold as ice, don’t worry baby, I believe…
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Episode 93 The Week Ending July 29, 1978
Episode 93: The Week Ending July 29, 1978 Magnet and Steel, Stuff Like That Well if you thought the show was gone, you’d be a fool to think it’s over. We’re not sure if you really missed us, but boy did we miss you, and at least we’d like to ask if we can still be friends. Please stay a little…
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Episode 92 The Week Ending July 7, 1973
This week we kick of a wonderful summer. Whether you catch the next plane to London, or take a cruise on the sea of love, in the summertime, it’s time to string up those party lights. This week Casey Kasem proves he’s got the whole world in his hands as he counts down the Watermark Productions...
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Episode 91: Our Third Anniversary Spectacular
This week we are doing something a little different. We are watching and reviewing Episode 71 of “The Midnight Special” that aired June 7, 1974. This episode had a couple of artists that are favorites of Mark and Pete. Link to the video of the Midnight Special episode:...
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Episode 90: The Week Ending May 17, 1975
1975; seems like it was only yesterday. During that time of high unemployment, you wondered if you ever would amount to more than a shoeshine boy. It was a bad time. You felt like you were standing on shaky ground, wondering if you would get hijacked, or trampled underfoot. Who would of known…
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Episode 89: The Week Ending April 17, 1976
Whether you were a union man or not in the ‘70s, just about everybody was livin’ for the weekend. As Friday rolled in, you were probably struck with a serious case of boogey fever. That disco lady was waiting to entice you to get up and boogey. That’s right, when you found her at the club, you...
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Episode 88: The Week Ending March 24, 1973
Lately we get the feeling that the show may be rotting like a dead skunk, but neither one of us wants to be the first to say goodbye. That would leave one less set of footsteps, but as the saying goes, maybe you have to break up to make up. This week; do you want dance or maybe just sing along to...
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Episode 87: The Week Ending February 2, 1972
I admit sometimes I just ain’t understanding mellow. I would say its that footstompin’ music that fits more in my world. That being said, it’s one of those nights that I feel so much joy that I’d like to teach the world to sing! Perhaps even trying out a brand new key. Day after day we realize…
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Episode 86: The Week Ending January 19, 1974
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_19th_January_1974 Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based. Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com...
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Episode 85: Christmas Special 2024
Hark; the herald angels sing, “Do you hear what I hear”? I think it’s the most wonderful time of year again. Do you have a favorite that you consider to be the Christmas song? I looked out the window this morning, and it looked like a winter wonderland. I can’t deny that it’s beginning to look a...
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Episode 84: The Week Ending November 27, 1971
Ah Thanksgiving, that one fine morning in the midst of the week that you don’t have to go to work. Thanksgiving always falls on the 4th Thursday in November which means it is always under the sign of Sagittarius, never Scorpio. When it comes to getting together on this holiday, a lot of people…
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Episode 83: The Week Ending November 17, 1979
This week it’s so good, so right, that we have some guest rankings to go along with ours. Still, there is a potential that there will be a heartache tonight. Will we rise above our individual biases and say “enough is enough”? This week we listen to the pop muzic in the Billboard Top 40 from the...
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Episode 82: The Week Ending October 19, 1974
Well it may seem like this podcast is an overnight sensation, but actually it took an everlasting love and devotion for the need to be the best that got us here. Sure you may be saying “What? You haven’t done nothin’!”. Well to that we say, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Our 2 listeners can’t get...
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Episode 81: The Week Ending September 20, 1975
The movie Jaws came out in June of 1975, and by September we all had a lot of bad blood about sharks and swimming in the ocean. The movie advertisements said it “may be too intense for younger children”, but I suppose at 17 it was ok. Sometimes it only takes a minute to overcome your fears and…
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Episode 80: The Week Ending August 28, 1976
For those of you that don’t like ‘70s music, don’t go breaking my heart, for I can’t here you no more. So let’s end this masquerade right now! Here’s the lowdown, ‘70s music, you were the one love in my lifetime and you’ll never find another love like mine. In this episode, we’re going to play…
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Episode 79: The Week Ending August 6, 1977
Do you remember the days of the old school yard? How about getting your first place and having the telephone man put in a new telephone line? You otherwise probably had to be your own handy man back then. In 1977, being able to take a jet airliner down to Margaritaville meant you were livin’ the...
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Episode 78: The Week Ending July 10, 1971
Sooner or later you knew we would get back to 1971. It is high time we went back before it’s too late! Wild horses couldn’t keep us away because in reality, we never can say goodbye for good. Maybe it wasn’t as obvious as a request in the want ads, but there were certainly signs that our audience...
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Episode 77: The Week Ending May 31, 1975
How long has it been since we went back to 1975, it seems like it was back in the podcast old days, but maybe it was only yesterday? For some it was a bad time, when air travel was on shaky ground. The risk of a hijack was all too real and you feared at any moment to hear “get down, get down, get...
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Episode 76: Our 2nd Anniversary Extravaganza
The last time we had them on, our fans cried for “more, more, more” of John and Nate from the wonderful Deep Purple Podcast. So in order to calm the widespread le freak of our audience, we invited them back to help us celebrate our 2 year anniversary. When the listeners said of John and Nate “we...
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Episode 75: The Week Ending April 30, 1977
Hello stranger. We’re a little late this week, but don’t give up on us just yet. The editing process too awhile because we made sometimes mad mistakes and couldn’t get it right. At some point we just said we got to give it up because every time we thought we were done, the episode kept telling us...
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Episode 74 The Week Ending April 14, 1973
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1973-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_14th_April_1973 Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based. Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com, wikipedia.com...
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Episode 73: The Week Ending April 1, 1972
This week we talk about how back in the 70’s, I grew up on a farm down by the lazy river where I had a horse with no name. The horse was sickly, but it had a heart of gold. Then there was the day that I found myself in the court of king heroin. I realized I was runnin’ away and slipping into...
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Episode 72: The Week Ending March 17, 1979
Don’t cry out loud, we know it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Maybe I’m a fool, or just falling for what a fool believes, but I once saw a leprechaun and gave chase. I don’t know if it’s right, but I swear it’s got to be real, he was the greatest dancer that I’ve ever seen! This week we go stublin’ in to…
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Episode 71: The Week Ending March 1, 1975
We’re back in ‘75 again and somehow it feels like I’ve been this way before. It seems like it is high time we hop in our Chevy Van, get movin’ on, and roll on down the highway in the express lane. This week it is part of the plan to review the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of March 1st, 1975.…
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Episode 70: The Week Ending Valentine’s Day, 1976
As you look back on the times of your life, what was Valentine’s Day like? Back in the 70s, were you a love machine who used your charms to land a money honey? Did you break the heart of a sweet thing? Perhaps the tables turned at some point and you rode a love rollercoaster with an evil woman. I...
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Episode 69: The Week Ending January 25, 1975
Seems like we never can say goodbye to the 70s, we just can’t get it out of our head. It is probably because as a nightingale would, we were struttin’ our stuff like a free bird back then. This week we call on the entertainer to be the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of January 25, 1975. When we…
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Episode 68: Special
Back in the 70s there may have been a little to many visits to the cookie jar. You hoped that when you chose to dance a little bit closer; you hoped your partner liked a little bit more of you. Alas it is only you who could decide when you’re just the right size. This week, let’s spend the night...
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Episode 67: Bottom 25 of the Top 80 of 1972
I don’t know what you are doing this New Year’s Eve, but back in 1972, in places like the city of New Orleans, there were likely people getting ready to bang a gong with the Witch Queen at midnight. I’m not really sure how they celebrate in other parts of the world; in Hawaii perhaps they express...
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Episode 66: Christmas Special 2023
Christmas music and the ‘70s, these are just a few of my favorite things. Since I believe in Father Christmas, our Christmas card to you will include a little St. Nick up on the house top in a winter wonderland. Hey America, oh come all ye faithful as we take a sleigh ride through some of the…
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Episode 65: The Week Ending December 10, 1977
We all know a sentimental lady who is asking; “Isn’t it time you have a listen to the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of December 10, 1977?”. As it is, it may be that we’re all alone at the end, and that might make our hearts turn to stone. However, the way I feel tonight, I think this is going to...
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Episode 64: Special
They say there’s no business like show business and that’s why we decided to have some guests from another show! This week we welcome Nathan Beaudry and John Mottola from the spectacular Deep Purple Podcast, and we have something for the boys that is really special. I’m not too bashful to brag…
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Episode 63: The Week Ending November 13, 1976
Hello old friend! You’re probably back because your love of 70s music is a living thing, and you’re not about to give it up or turn it loose. That’ll be the day, but tonight’s the night we get the lowdown on the Billboard Top 40 from the Week of November 13, 1976. Will it be like visiting the…
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Episode 62: The Week Ending November 3, 1973
Oh my Maria, was she the most beautiful girl in China Grove? Even though I was a bit of a ramblin’ man, she still loves me like a rock. Whether I was off on that midnight train to Georgia, or on that Rocky Mountain way seeking higher ground, I always kept her photograph close to my heart. She…
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Episode 61: The Week Ending October 14, 1978
Some may say the past is the past and just don’t look back. We say there is nothing wrong with a little reminiscing. Maybe you took a trip to London town, or some other foreign destination. Chances are, no matter how nice the trip was, at some point you were glad to be back in the U.S.A. Where…
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Episode 60: Special
This week we try and answer that eternal question; what is hip? Apparently, back in 2004, it was hip to release an album of remixed songs from the 70s. As the summer breeze fades and we leave behind memories of midnight at the oasis, we listen to the music and critique the 2004 Warner Brothers...
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Episode 59: The Week Ending September 25, 1971
In the ‘70s there were signs that crime was on the uptick. Did you surrender any money as the victim of a stick up? After you were scammed, did you vow I won’t get fooled again? At times it seemed like there was a breakdown in society where there ain’t no sunshine to be found. Yet we all know…
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Episode 58: The Week Ending September 2, 1972
It was Labor Day weekend 1972. Saturday in the park, did you ask your daddy not to walk so fast, and on the beautiful Sunday did you go for a ride with your motorcycle mama? When you say love, does it make you think of a long cool woman in a black dress named Brandy, with a dream to spend nights…
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Episode 57: The Week Ending August 15, 1970
O-o-h child, in the summertime in the ‘70s, it was a groovy situation. Maybe you were just a solitary man hitchin’ a ride because you missed that big yellow taxi trying to escape the summertime blues. Well hi-de-ho, are you ready? Don’t spill that wine because this week we just can’t help…
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Episode 56: The Week Ending August 3, 1974
How good was the music back in 1974? Well you might be afraid that I’m leaving it all up to you to tell me something good about it. Even if you talk in your sleep, that’s not my thang. This week as sure as I’m sitting here we go on and on about the songs in the Billboard Top 40 from the week…
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A show where two friends review a randomly chosen episode of American Top 40 from the 1970s, the most interesting decade in pop music. In each episode we will rate, provide critical analysis, and provide educational facts on the background of each song in the chosen week's countdown. We will also discuss the prominent news and pop culture events at the time of the countdown along with some insight into what was going on in our lives at the time as kids growing up in the '70s.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Mark Roback
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