The October 6th Chicago Tribune had an article on the possibility that Top 40 Music is back in style and gaining more and more fans. Top 40 radio plays popular songs, no matter what genre they belong to.
Case in point, the October 10th Billboard Top 40, which had 13 Hip-hop/Rap, 4 Rock, 13 Pop, 7 Country, and 3 Dance songs. That is a nice spread, but I'm disappointed that there are no more than four Rock songs.
Plus, the group Black Eyed Peas has had 26 weeks at No. 1 with "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" which is presently #1.
These numbers harken back to the prime time of Top 40 and its mouthpiece, Kasey Kasem. All that's missing is a novelty song like, say, Ray Steven's "The Streak."
Radio stations are fast to jump on crazes. According to InsideRadion.com, there are now 944 stations in the US playing Top 40, up from 879 the year before.
This harkens back to the days of two of my favorite stations here in Chicagoland, WLS and WCFL. These two played essentially the same songs and there was a great variety of them.
I think it is good to have Top 40 Back as it has that great variety.
In Lake County, Illinois, there is a good Top 40 station WXLC.
Give Me That Good Old Rock and Roll, Though. --RoadDog
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