Re: December 13 1980(John Lennon tribute show) -- American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century

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Date Posted: 09:46:12 04/14/02 Sun
Author: scott s.
Subject: Re: December 13 1980(John Lennon tribute show)
In reply to: Darren W. Alexander 's message, "Re: December 13 1980(John Lennon tribute show)" on 21:26:28 04/13/02 Sat

>I know this sounds ridiculous, but what is the
>starting song for the second hour of the 12/13/80,
>Lennon tribute. It seems pretty clear that the
>criteria is not so much how special a show is as
>whether the song is fast. I'm assuming that the first
>song we would hear is either, "Time is Time" by Andy
>Gibb or "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbit.
>Personally I think it would be in our best interest if
>"Rainy Night" leads it off.

unfortunately, Time is Time leads off my original side 2a of # 804-11 at # 31. still it's medium tempo, nothing too sleepy....but not as up as I love a rainy night. at I have never heard the flashback program, I assume they take hours 2 and 4 as a glimpse of the whole top 40 show.

>On a side note, you know 1980 is from a time long past
>when everyone I have mentioned in this post is no
>longer with us!

Indeed....

speaking of side notes, in canada, as john lennon died on a monday night, there was a 2 hour radio special nationally syndicated produced in a mad rush like AT40's tribute, for airing the following weekend. Producer Doug Thompson spent 3 days straight with the announcer and other staff piecing together and getting it out to stations in time for airing. He told this story in the dec 2000 edition of Broadcast Dialogue. He would eventually go on to produce series with Ringo Starr and John Candy(radio kandy). Ringo's Yellow Submarine was a ABC Watermark distributed project in the US and elsewhere, and in canada, telemedia.

Anyways, to my point, this special I found on two reels years later at a station I worked for.."can we erase that and reuse the tape?" was managements mentality..."well, let me dub the show off and bring it back" I said. I never did. After I e-mailed doug about having it, he said he never did get a copy of it, and we traded specials, the one he did in 1980, and a 3 hour tribute he did for airing in canada in dec 2000. Never thought i'd be trading shows with the producer...go figure.

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