"Three hours once a week with American Top 40 and you know where your favorite songs are on the national music scene."


American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

A listener asks this question. "During the rock era, which number one song holds the record for staying in the top 10 the least number of weeks?" Casey says this song was by a former Beatle.

Another listener wants to know if there ever been a year in the rock era when only groups and no solo singers occupied the number one spot. Casey says no but tells how it almost happened in 1965.

Yet another listener asks, "What's the greatest number of weeks it has taken for any song to climb to its highest position on the chart?" The song in question took 32 weeks to get to number 16 according to Casey.

There is a song in the countdown by a band who once wore disguises and then tried to pretend they were their own opening act. Casey tells how they were almost booed off the stage.

40:    Hit The Road Jack - The Stampeders
39:    Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) - Fleetwood Mac
38:    Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore            
37:    Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - Barry Manilow
36:    We Can't Hide It Anymore - Larry Sexton
35:    Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra
34:    Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
33:    Fopp - The Ohio Players
EXTRA: All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
32:    You'll Lose A Good Thing - Freddy Fender
31:    Lorelei - Styx
30:    Love Fire - Jigsaw
29:    Looking For A Space - John Denver
28:    Only Love Is Real - Carole King
27:    Livin' For The Weekend - The O'Jays        
26:    Shannon - Henry Gross
25:    Tangerine - Salsoul Orchestra
24:    Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
23:    I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - ABBA
22:    Love Machine Pt. 1 - The Miracles
21:    Action – Sweet
20:    Welcome Back - John Sebastian
19:    All By Myself - Eric Carmen
18:    Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
17:    Deep Purple - Donny & Marie Osmond
16:    Money Honey - The Bay City Rollers
15:    There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World) - The Carpenters
14:    December 1963 (Oh What A Night) - The Four Seasons
13:    Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
12:    Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
11:    Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
10:    Golden Years - David Bowie
9:    Sweet Love - The Commodores
8:    Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook
7:    Boogie Fever - The Sylvers
6:    Dream On - Aerosmith
5:    Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
4:    Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
3:    Lonely Night (Angel Face) - The Captain & Tennille
2:    Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
1:    Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor