Re: Future 4th of July Specials -- American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century

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Date Posted: 20:46:52 07/01/02 Mon
Author: JB
Subject: Re: Future 4th of July Specials
In reply to: Tom Best 's message, "Future 4th of July Specials" on 07:02:24 07/01/02 Mon

>Remember the old days of the AT40 4th of July
>Specials? Wouldn't it be great if that tradition
>resumed? And if so, what could be some of the topics
>of the specials:
>
>July 4, 2003: "The Guest Host Reunion Special".
>Casey's off doing "Scooby Doo, II" playing the part of
>Shaggy's father. As many of the willing surviving
>guest hosts are recorded to do parts of this show.
>
>July 4, 2004: "Rock and Roll Heaven Special". All the
>deceased artists that have hit the top 40 since AT40
>began are counted down. Groups with at least half of
>their original members deceased are included (Beatles,
>The Who).
>
>July 4, 2005: "The New AT40 Book of Records special".
>An update to the previous specials ('80 and '89) with
>an emphasis on chart records that were broken since
>the chart methodology changed in 1991.
>
>July 4, 2006: "The 'Featured Artist' special". This
>special counts down all the Top 40 acts that were
>"Featured" on another artist hits.
>
>July 4, 2007: "Top 40 hits about Men." With so many
>female acts on the chart, this show updates the Top 40
>hits about women special from 30 years prior.
>
>July 4, 2008: "The All Long Distance Dedication
>Special." Casey plays clips of classic LDDs and
>follows up the writers on their stories.
>
>July 4, 2009: "The Top 40 All Time Rap Hits Special".
>With Rap nostalgia in full swing (the 20 year rule),
>Casey counts down the greatest Rap hits of all time.
>"Rapper's Delight" is played as an extra to start the
>countdown and Casey apologizes for missing the two
>weeks that this song was on the chart early in 1980.
>
>July 4, 2010: "The 40th Anniversary Special". What
>else... the 40 top hits of the AT40 era.
>
>July 4, 2016: "The 40 Top Hits of the past 40 4th of
>Julys." This special picks up where the 1976
>Bicentennial special left off.
>
>Any other ideas?

1. Top 40 Families of the Rock Era.
2. Top 40 Hits with Numbers.
3. Top 40 Canadian Acts of the Rock Era.
4. Top 40 Foreign Acts of the Rock Era.
5. Top 40 Songs about Infidelity.
6. Top 40 Novelty Songs of all-time
7. Top 40 Hits during the summer months.
8. Top 40 R&B Acts of the Rock Era.
9. Top 40 Songs that weren't Top 10 Hits.
10. Top 40 list of Top 10 Hits that didn't hit No. 1.

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Re: Future 4th of July Specials -- Craig, 01:23:24 07/02/02 Tue
- Re: Future 4th of July Specials -- Doug Bowden, 10:49:08 07/02/02 Tue