"Every week we countdown the most popular songs in the land from O'Brien, Oregon, to O'Fallon, Missouri; from O'Donnell, Texas, to Odell Illinois; and, at number 32 this week, here's John O'Banion."


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:

"Kiss On My List" by Daryl Hall & John Oates was badly edited as last week's number one, but sounds up to standard as this week's repeat number one.

Emmylou Harris is at number 37 with her song "Mister Sandman." Instead of playing the single release this week, Casey plays the album cut which has Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt singing back-up and tells why that version couldn't be released as a single

A listener wants to know, "What singer has had the longest span of hits on the Billboard charts?" This man had the very first number 1 song on the first Billboard chart ever published in 1955, and went on to hit the chart 108 times in the next 40 years.

Casey gives a report on the new wave of hair styles, a fashion that he says came straight out of the 1950's.

The is an artist in the countdown so intent on getting his Master's Degree in musical composition at Temple University in Philadelphia, that he won't let his record company send him on tour. He keeps practiced by playing concerts in local Philadelphia jails. Casey says if you want to see this artist, ". . . get busted in Philadelphia."

Casey intros the final segment by saying, "Every week we countdown the most popular songs in the land from the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, to the Rock Island Line; and up a notch to number two this week, here is Sheena Easton with, 'Morning Train'." "Rock Island Line" is a song popularized by Lead Belly in 1937, and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a song by Judy Garland from the film, "The Harvey Girls." It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1946.

LW#1: Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates
40:    Say You'll Be Mine - Christopher Cross
39:    Wasn't That A Pity - The Rovers
38:    A Woman Needs Love - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio            
37:    Mister Sandman - Emmylou Harris
36:    What Are We Doin' In Love - Dottie West
35:    Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
34:    The Party's Over - Journey
33:    Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
32:    Love You Like I Never Loved Before - John O'Banion
31:    Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough And Peoples
30:    Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
ARCHIVES: Help Me Rhonda – The Beach Boys
29:    I Missed Again - Phil Collins
28:    It's A Love Thing - The Whispers
27:    I Love You - Climax Blues Band        
26:    How 'Bout Us - Champaign
25:    Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
24:    You Better You Bet - The Who
23:    Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts
22:    Time Out Of Mind - Steely Dan
LDD: The Name Of The Game - ABBA
21:    Just Between You And Me - April Wine
ARCHIVES: Back In My Arms Again – The Supremes
20:    Ain't Even Done With The Night - John Cougar
19:    Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
18:    Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
17:    Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
16:    Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
15:    Crying - Don Mclean
14:    Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
13:    Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs
12:    Her Town Too - James Taylor & J.D. Souther
EXTRA: Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
11:    I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton & his Band
ARCHIVES: I Can't Help Myself – The Four Tops
10:  Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
9:    The Best Of Times - Styx
8:    Woman - John Lennon
LDD: If You Remember Me - Chris Thompson
7:    While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
6:    Rapture - Blondie
5:    Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton
4:    Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr.
3:    Being With You - Smokey Robinson
2:    Morning Train - Sheena Easton
1:    Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates