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episode date - April 23, 2008
The charter for American Hit Radio has been based on hits, which translated to hit singles. In the past year or so, we’ve broadened our coverage to include album tracks, and shows like this explain the reason why we’ve changed. By 1978, the singles market was suffering from a lack of consumer interest, with albums dominating the market. A few singles were still exciting and memorable, but most of the great music was only available on 33-RPM albums (naturally, this was a decade before the CD took over).
While reviewing the charts for April 1978, we can only find three singles that are worthy of praise. Meanwhile, there’s a mother lode of memorable albums. We try to squeeze a fair proportion of both into this program.
A list of songs from today’s show includes:
1) Always and Forever- Heatwave
2) Because the Night – Patti Smith
3) Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
4) Soft and Wet – Prince
5) Glory – Television
6) Ain’t That Nothin’ – Television
7) Till Victory – Patti Smith
8) All the Children Sing – Todd Rundgren
9) Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll) – Funkadelic
10) This Year’s Girl – Elvis Costello
11) Lipstick Vogue – Elvis Costello
 
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