1980 American Top 40 Casey Kasem Radio Program 802-1 4 Vinyl Record April 26

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CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 – 4/26/80LW#3: RIDE LIKE THE WIND - CHRISTOPHER CROSS

LW#2: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

LW#1: CALL ME - BLONDIE

40:    THE SEDUCTION - THE JAMES LAST BAND

39:    THE ROSE - BETTE MIDLER

38:    TRAIN IN VAIN - THE CLASH            

37:    ONLY A LONELY HEART SEES - FELIX CAVALIERE

36:    SET ME FREE - UTOPIA

35:    THE SECOND TIME AROUND - SHALAMAR

34:    HIM - RUPERT HOLMES

33:    HEART HOTELS - DAN FOGELBERG

32:    FIRE IN THE MORNING - MELISSA MANCHESTER

ARCHIVES: YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS - NEIL DIAMOND & BARBRA STREISAND

31:    DO RIGHT - PAUL DAVIS

30:    HOW DO I MAKE YOU - LINDA RONSTADT

29:    FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS, INC.

28:    AND THE BEAT GOES ON - THE WHISPERS

27:    CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN        

26:    BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD - BOZ SCAGGS

25:    BRASS IN POCKET - THE PRETENDERS

LDD: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - LED ZEPPELIN

24:    STOMP - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON

23:    ANY WAY YOU WANT IT - JOURNEY

22:    CARS - GARY NUMAN

ARCHIVES: LE FREAK - CHIC

21:    I CAN'T HELP IT - ANDY GIBB & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

20:    THINK ABOUT ME - FLEETWOOD MAC

19:    I PLEDGE MY LOVE - PEACHES & HERB

18:    HURT SO BAD - LINDA RONSTADT

17:    BIGGEST PART OF ME - AMBROSIA

16:    OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON

15:    PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES - CHARLIE DORE

EXTRA: AT THE HOP - DANNY & THE JUNIORS

14:    TOO HOT - KOOL & THE GANG

13:    DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES

12:    HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN

ARCHIVE: TOO MUCH HEAVEN - THE BEE GEES

11:    WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU - THE SPINNERS

10:    SEXY EYES - DR. HOOK

9:    YOU MAY BE RIGHT - BILLY JOEL

LDD: MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION - PAUL SIMON

8:    I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY - THE EAGLES

7:    FIRE LAKE - BOB SEGER

6:    LOST IN LOVE - AIT SUPPLY

5:    SPECIAL LADY - RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN

4:    WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA

3:    ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

2:    RIDE LIKE THE WIND - CHRISTOPHER CROSS

1:    CALL ME - BLONDIE

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American DJ Kemal Amin 'Casey' Kasem (1932–2014) was the long-running host (from 1970–88 and 1998–2004) of the syndicated weekly American Top 40 radio program, which as the name suggests, played the Top 40 pop songs in the US each week.

Kasem conceived the idea in 1970 and by the later part of that decade, it was played on close to 1,000 stations across the US. As of writing (in 2023), the show continues to be produced.

American Top 40 was also a fixture on commercial radio stations all over the world.

The programs arrived at radio stations as four LPs in a box. The first disc had a 1Khz line-up tone so the radio station technical operators could set the output level; the rest were carefully labelled and numbered so they could be played in the correct sequence. There was a track break approximately every 10 minutes so the local broadcaster could stop the disc and insert local advertise