Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 May 31 1985 4xLP Radio Show *EXC* w/CUE Madonna Prince

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Vinyl is EXCELLENT, a few minor scuffs from being played and handled at the station, some pressure marks from years in storage. 

Sleeve is EXCELLENT, solid, no splits. Comes with Original Cue Sheets and Radio Station Broadcast Mailer.

Original radio-station broadcast transcription set for Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40, distributed for the weekend of May 31–June 2, 1985.

This complete four-hour countdown was produced and distributed by The United Stations / America’s Target Radio Networks. Rick Dees counts down the week’s major pop hits from Night Ranger’s “Sentimental Street” at No. 40 to Wham!’s “Everything She Wants” at No. 1.

Featured artists include Madonna, Prince, Whitney Houston, Sting, Wham!, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, Bryan Adams, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Glenn Frey, Cyndi Lauper, Howard Jones, Sade, Eurythmics, David Lee Roth and others.

The set includes its original lavender Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40 program binder, complete original cue sheets, station commercial and local-insert instructions, and an original Proof of Broadcasting Clearance Report card.

Item Details

Program: Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40
Cycle Number: 852
Program Number: 9
Weekend: May 31–June 2, 1985
Network: The United Stations / America’s Target Radio Networks
Host: Rick Dees
Format: Four-hour syndicated radio transcription set
Records: 4 LPs
Record Size: 12-inch
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Program Sides: Eight sides
Included: Original program binder, complete cue sheets and Proof of Broadcasting Clearance Report

Cue Sheet Program Contents

Hour One — Side A

Sure Shot

• Set Them Free — Sting

Countdown

40. Sentimental Street — Night Ranger
41. You Give Good Love — Whitney Houston
42. Crazy in the Night — Kim Carnes
43. Lucky in Love — Mick Jagger

Hour One — Side B

36. Oh Girl — Boy Meets Girl
37. Show Some Respect — Tina Turner
38. Everytime You Go Away — Paul Young
39. Into the Groove — Madonna
40. ’Til My Baby Comes Home — Luther Vandross

The cue sheet notes a show promotional announcement at the end of Hour One.

Hour Two — Side A

31. We Are the World — U.S.A. for Africa
32. Tough All Over — John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band
33. The Goonies ’R’ Good Enough — Cyndi Lauper
34. Invisible — Alison Moyet
35. Rhythm of the Night — DeBarge

Hour Two — Side B

26. One Night in Bangkok — Murray Head
27. Voices Carry — ’Til Tuesday
28. Would I Lie to You? — Eurythmics
29. Some Like It Hot — The Power Station
30. Never Ending Story — Limahl

Hour Three — Side A

21. Smuggler’s Blues — Glenn Frey
22. A View to a Kill — Duran Duran
23. One Lonely Night — REO Speedwagon
24. Crazy for You — Madonna
25. Say You’re Wrong — Julian Lennon
26. The Search Is Over — Survivor

Hour Three — Side B

15. Raspberry Beret — Prince
16. Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody — David Lee Roth
17. Smooth Operator — Sade
18. Fresh — Kool & the Gang
19. Sussudio — Phil Collins

Hour Four — Side A

10. Walking on Sunshine — Katrina and the Waves
11. In My House — Mary Jane Girls
12. Angel — Madonna
13. Things Can Only Get Better — Howard Jones
14. Heaven — Bryan Adams

Hour Four — Side B

5. Suddenly — Billy Ocean
6. Don’t You (Forget About Me) — Simple Minds
7. Axel F — Harold Faltermeyer
8. Everybody Wants to Rule the World — Tears for Fears
9. Everything She Wants — Wham!

The original cue sheets document the complete program sequence, segment running times, jingles, national advertising, announcer out-cues, local commercial positions and station-identification breaks.

Advertisers represented in the cue sheets include Dr Pepper, Union Bay, U.S. Army, Oxy, Chewels, Coppertone, Snickers, Helena Curtis, Equal, Jean Naté, Hawaiian Tropic, Stridex and Orion Pictures.

Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40 was a nationally syndicated countdown program featuring the week’s leading chart hits, artist information, comedy, recurring jingles and contemporary advertising. These transcription discs were distributed directly to participating radio stations and were not standard commercial record-store releases.

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