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  • Episode #48 - Songs #2060-#2041
    Jan 22 2026

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    Episode 48 discusses songs #2060-#2041, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Led Zeppelin
    | Elton John
    | Carrie Underwood
    | Huey Lewis & The News
    | Michael McDonald
    | Lorde
    | INXS
    | Bruce Springsteen

    The main theme of this set as we start to close out the first 1000 songs is catchy pop tunes. We have a ton of them, from Huey Lewis to The Dave Clark Five. Even the Boss's entry is a catchy pop tune. 3 more #1 hits are in this round, including the shortest #1 hit of the rock era, time wise (96 seconds!).

    The first and ONLY single from Led Zeppelin made this countdown, which one is it? And INXS makes it's countdown debut, another catch pop song! And the master of Yacht Rock, Michael McDonald, makes a rare solo appearance.

    I'm recording on location today, from an R&R resort in Puerto Aventura, Mexico! So you might hear birds in the background!

    Wonderful nostalgic ride of pop songs from throughout rock history in the greatest countdown podcast ever! Come take a listen! We have fans in over 70 countries and almost 1000 cities worldwide!!

    I am not affiliated with Billboard nor with American Top 40. Just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music.

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    54 min
  • Episode #47 - Songs #2080-#2061
    Jan 15 2026

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    Episode 47 discusses songs #2080-#2061, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Prince
    | Elton John
    | The Beatles
    | Jay-Z
    | Bee Gees
    | Ke$ha
    | Beyonce
    | Three Dog Night

    Some of the real heavyweights coming out to play in this set. See that roster? Some fantastic #1 hits, including the lowest rated #1 song from the Bee Gees out of their 9 #1 hits. Which one is it? An interesting double set of the same song, released simultaneously with different tempos, and a listener's count of their favorite songs featuring the word 'Sun' in the title. Also, the best hit in Billboard History that spent less than 10 weeks in the Top 40 and DIDN'T hit #1! What song meets that criteria??

    Wonderful nostalgic ride of pop songs from throughout rock history in the greatest countdown podcast ever! Come take a listen! We have fans in over 70 countries and almost 1000 cities worldwide!!

    I am not affiliated with Billboard nor with American Top 40. Just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music.

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    56 min
  • Episode #46 - Songs #2100-#2081
    Jan 8 2026

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    Episode 46 discusses songs #2100-#2081, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Boyz II Men
    | Donna Summer
    | Dion & the Belmonts
    | Santana
    | Creedence Clearwater Revival
    | Destiny's Child
    | Lil Wayne
    | Billy Ocean

    The theme of this episode, as we start to wind down Season 1 and the first 1000 songs of this countdown, is debuts from the legends! There are 7 artists/acts that are household names making their first entry into this countdown... after 900 songs without hearing any of them! Billy Ocean! Santana! Boyz II Men! Destiny's Child! All with memorable tracks that kick off their Billboard Top 40 stay! Also a double sided #2 hit from that time when 2 songs could chart together. And 2 early rap pioneers, both funky, but one of them... not as funky. So many of these hits you've heard and remember before.

    Wonderful nostalgic ride of pop songs from throughout rock history in the greatest countdown podcast ever! Come take a listen! We have fans in over 70 countries and almost 1000 cities worldwide!!

    I am not affiliated with Billboard nor with American Top 40. Just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music.

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    57 min
  • Episode #45 - Songs #2120-#2101
    Jan 1 2026

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    Episode 45 discusses songs #2120-#2101, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Kenny Loggins
    | Naughty by Nature
    | Cyndi Lauper
    | Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
    | Aretha Franklin
    | Sam Smith
    | Kenny Rogers
    | Lil Baby

    Happy New Year everyone! Starting out the new year with another fantastic set of 20 songs, from throughout the rock era, but in particular the year 1991. 4 songs from that year alone! Dance pop hits, some old classics from the early 60's. Did you know that the Ray Charles Singers were for a DIFFERENT Ray Charles? Some late 60's folk rock, a couple of remakes of classic dramatic ballads, one from the 60's and one from the 80's. And Aretha is back!

    And what songs do you like that feature various references to illnesses in the title? Sick, Fever, Cold, Disease... let's call the Doctor DJ and find out!

    Wonderful nostalgic ride of pop songs from throughout rock history in the greatest countdown podcast ever!

    I am not affiliated with Billboard nor with American Top 40. Just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music.

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    57 min
  • Episode #44 - Songs #2140-#2121
    Dec 18 2025

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    Episode 44 discusses songs #2140-#2121, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Chicago
    | Bruno Mars
    | Janet Jackson (Finally!!)
    | The O'Jays
    | David Lee Roth
    | Harry Styles
    | Herman's Hermits
    | Grand Funk Railroad

    This is my 50th recording (44 regular episodes and 6 bonus), on the one-year anniversary of my very first recording. And we continue on the greatest countdown podcast ever with another excellent selection of 20 songs. Janet Jackson makes her debut in this countdown (Finally Finally!) as does Herman's Hermits. A great modern #1 hits by Harry Styles, and a 90's R&B Hip Hop Supergroup with their 1 big hit! George Harrison gets nostalgic, and the 80's Top 500 subgroup starts right here! And what are the greatest Billboard hits with the shortest titles? (3 letters.. 2 letters... even 1 letter!)

    Come make my Christmas wish and join the ride, you'll be glad you did! Wonderful nostalgic ride of pop songs from throughout rock history.

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    58 min
  • Episode #43 - Songs #2160-#2141
    Dec 11 2025

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    Episode 43 discusses songs #2160-#2141, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Rod Stewart
    | James Brown
    | Avril Levigne
    | Michael Jackson
    | The Beatles
    | Doja Cat
    | Andy Gibb
    | Salt-N-Pepa

    The greatest countdown podcast in history adds another chapter as we move toward the end of the first 1000 songs, an eclectic mix in this set as we follow-up dance pop with 50's Cuban instrumental big band and then 2000's alternative followed by 80's love ballads, then 60's bubblegum classics (quite literally), THEN 2020's rap! What a rollercoaster ride, eh? Then to cleanse the palette we add the Beatles, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart, and the first song in this countdown by the hardest working man in show business.

    Plus a special segment on the holiday year end countdowns, and amazing luck of the month of December in #1 hits. Please come join the ride, you'll love it!


    I am in no way affiliated with Billboard or with American Top 40. I'm just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music. I hope you enjoy.

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    55 min
  • Episode #42 - Songs #2180-#2161
    Dec 4 2025

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    Episode 42 discusses songs #2180-#2161, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Daryl Hall & John Oates
    | REO Speedwagon
    | Roy Orbison
    | Jose Feliciano
    | Creed
    | Phil Collins
    | DJ Khaled
    | Billy Preston

    Do you have your parachute pants and Aqua Net ready? Cause this is an 80's heavy podcast. 8 songs from the 80's from 7 different years within that magnificent decade. But not leaving out the 70's (5 songs), or a #1 song from the 60's (1961). 3 more instrumentals; in fact, it takes 3 songs to get to one with a lyric! Do you remember the anthem for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign run in 1992? It's on this podcast. And what is the greatest song in Billboard History that peaked at #15? That will be revealed here. And what song did you like that has a name of a food in the title? Come join us for another wonderful set of 20 songs in the greatest music countdown podcast ever!


    I am in no way affiliated with Billboard or with American Top 40. I'm just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music. I hope you enjoy.

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    59 min
  • Episode #41 - Songs #2200-#2181
    Nov 26 2025

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    Episode 41 discusses songs #2200-#2181, as we inch closer and closer to the #1 song in Billboard History. Artists featured include:

    | Elton John
    | Mariah Carey
    | Cheap Trick
    | John Cougar Mellencamp
    | The Rolling Stones
    | Bow Wow
    | Lady Gaga
    | Kansas

    The Greatest Countdown Podcast ever continues as we dip into the 2100's for the first time. 2 great songs that started out as 50's-60's classics and then were remade into 80's Top 10 hits, one song from each side of the timeline! The Stones are back with a bit of a chart oddity; Mariah Carey is back with a hit that charted between the great SoundScan dividing line of December 1991 (The biggest dividing line in Billboard History). Another wonderful instrumental, our 6th one in the last 3 podcasts, all of them classics. And 8 Casey-era songs from the 70's and 80's, including the first hit on the countdown from John Cougar Mellencamp. And what were the greatest songs that peaked at #16? Such a wonderful, fascinating journey of the greatest hits in Billboard History. Wanna hitch a ride?


    I am in no way affiliated with Billboard or with American Top 40. I'm just a huge fan that loves to talk about pop music. I hope you enjoy.

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    57 min