American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This rebroadcast is one of many I have recorded from internet radio. A few are incomplete but most are not and I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

In this broadcast:

Casey tells about a 45 RPM single that was selling for $10 a copy in 1973! That recording is in this countdown.

A listener asks, "If Roberta Flack's record 'Killing Me Softly' made Record-Of-The-Year that would mean she had Record-Of-The-Year two years in a row. Has this ever happened before?"

One singer-songwriter in the countdown named himself after a dog, to save his real name for when he made it big. Casey tells who.

There is one song in the countdown that the BBC refused to play, causing that song not to be released in the UK.

Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd is on the chart with their first top 40 hit, "Money."

One singer in the coundown got her big break singing in a club to an audience of nearly naked men.

One song in the countdown was first a hit in 1962. The singer learned he had made a comeback while he was earning a living driving a cab.

One song in the countdown tells of the buring down of the studio the song was about to be recorded in. (I know that doesn't make sense but that's what Casey says.)

40: My Love - Paul McCartney and Wings
39: The Hurt - Cat Stevens
38: Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
37: Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
36: Young Love/A Million To One - Donny Osmond
35: Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
34: Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
33: Gypsy Man - War
32: Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers
31: Give Me Love - George Harrison
30: Are You Man Enough - Four Tops
29: Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
28: Where Peaceful Waters Flow - Gladys Knight & The Pips
27: How Can I Tell Her - Lobo
26: Angel - Aretha Franklin
25: So Very Hard To Go - Tower Of Power
24: Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
23: Natural High - Bloodstone
22: Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
21: Kodachrome - Paul Simon
20: If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone
19: Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green
18: Money - Pink Floyd
17: LetΓÇÖs Get It On - Marvin Gaye
16: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler
15: Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels
14: Get Down - Gilbert OΓÇÖ Sullivan
13: I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) - Johnny Taylor
12: Monster Mash - Bobby ΓÇ£BorisΓÇ¥ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers
11: FeelinΓÇÖ Stronger Everyday - Chicago
10: Shambala - Three Dog Night
9: Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston
8: Brother Louie - Stories
7: Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
6: Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts
5: Yesterday Once More - Carpenters
4: Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
3: Live And Let Die - Wings
2: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
1: The Morning After - Maureen McGovern