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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Casey Casem's Top 100
Message-ID: <758@grkermi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 17:03:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 17:03:55 1986
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In article <571@harvard.UUCP> lo@harvard.UUCP (Bert S.F. Lo) writes:
>...also Casey seems to use a better ranking scheme (does anyone know what
>his system is?).

I believe CK rates 'em on position within the Top 40, while Billboard rates
'em on position within the Hot 100.

> How can Billboard claim that Careless Whisper did better than
>Like A Virgin, when the former was at #1 for only 2 weeks while the latter was
>#1 for 6 weeks, and both seemed to stay around the hot 100 equally long?

Beats me!  I'm still trying to figure out how Booker T. and the M.G.'s cover
of "Groovin'" made it to #21 for 1967 when it didn't even peak that high!  (It
wasn't on the charts an inordinate length of time, either!)

>Does anyone is the Boston area know when Casey's Top 40 countdown is on and on
>what station?

I haven't listened in a while - too depressing - but last thing I knew it
was on Sunday morning (around 11) on WROR (or maybe it was WHTT).  


AWR

PS: You used to be able to write away for a hardcopy of CK's year-end survey -
any station that broadcasts AT40 would know if this is still true (and where 
to write).