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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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American Top 40: The Countdown Of The Century,
By SKC (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American Top Forty: The Countdown of the Century (Hardcover)
Next July marks the 30th anniversary of American Top 40. Like millions, I grew up listening to AT 40. I recently heard that Casey was back doing the original AT 40 show. I developed a renewed interest and started browsing the web for AT 40 history, etc. I stumbled on this book, "American Top 40: The Countdown Of The Century" by Rob Durkee. After reading this book, I must tip my hat to the author. Mr. Durkee gives the reader a behind the scenes look at the history of this show from the first show, w/ Casey Kasem to Shadoe Stevens, to the demise and dramatic rebirth of the show. AMAZING! This book will appeal to the chart fanatic, the historian, and anyone who enjoyed spending their Sunday mornings listening to Casey. The author discusses, in depth, the long distance dedication, as well as other popular features of the show. What is also delightful is his listing of what the number one songs were at the time various events were transpiring with the show, (As well as the lists of charts at the end of the book). I highly recommend this book as I enjoyed reading this cover to cover. In fact, it is time for this book to be made into a movie.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Must Reading For Casey Kasem Radio Programmers & Listeners,
By Pete Battistini (Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American Top Forty: The Countdown of the Century (Hardcover)
If you have/had ANY connection to Top 40 radio during the 70s, 80s & 90s - from radio station manager to listener - "American Top 40: The Countdown Of The Century" is a book that you will enjoy. It is obvious that Rob Durkee spent a lot of time researching Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" radio program, and provides many insightful interviews, historical perspectives and details! As a longtime AT40 listener and collector of radio station copies of the program, I often find myself using the book as a point of reference. (I believe this book has fueled interest in collecting AT40 copies.) "American Top 40" has touched millions of radio listeners around the world, and Rob did an excellent job in capturing a true start-to-finish perspective about it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Brings back memories...,
By A Customer
This review is from: American Top Forty: The Countdown of the Century (Hardcover)
While growing up I, like thousands, if not millions of others spent 4 hours glued to my radio every weekend listening to American Top 40. When the show left American airwaves in 1994, I really felt a profound sense of loss. With this book, I felt like I gained a part of it back. Durkee does a wonderful job telling the story of AT40 and all of the colorful characters involved. It also tells the early story of Casey Kasem and how he became involved in this american tradition. Durkee also speaks of how the show came to it's tragic end, and rebirth in the mid and late 90's. If you are a fan of this show and spent the weekends of your youth glued to the radio because of it, I recommend you get this book. It also contains a lot of different charts in the appendix that will hold great interest to the chart fanatic.
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