Author Archives: Jeff Winfield

This weekend Casey's Kasem takes us back to March 30th, 1985 on American Top 40 The 80's. You'll hear today's Forgotten 45 on that show, it's Foreigner and "That Was Yesterday". The song was the secon...

A dreary day like today needs a spark and I found one with today's Forgotten 45. On this date in 1979 Amii Stewart's "Knock on Wood" was certified gold. The song was a worldwide smash hitting #1 on th...

On what would've been his 73rd birthday, we remember Eddie Mahoney, better known as Eddie Money. Eddie was born in Brooklyn, a tried & true New Yorker who was born into a generational family of po...

There's something about tv, movies, and music that imprints moments in your life permanently in your memories, takes you to a specific place & time, and freezes people in time. One of my all-time ...

Every Saturday night from 9 to midnight, we welcome MTV VJ Nina Blackwood for Absolutely 80's, three hours of great 80's tunes and stories. Well it doesn't get any more 80's than Duran Duran! Today's ...

I absolutely loved Bruce Hornsby & The Range album "The Way It Is", the title track was their biggest hit rocketing to #1 and the album sold over 3 million copies in the U.S. and they went on to w...

This Saturday morning on American Top 40 the 70's Casey takes you back to 1978 when this song was on the charts. "Jack & Jill" by Raydio, their first ever hit from the debut album that climbed all...

Since I went down the 1980 Iowa Final Four rabbit hole yesterday, I thought I'd feature the song that was used by NBC for the tournament that year. Today's Forgotten 45 is "This Is It" by Kenny Loggin...

Daylight Savings Time, love it or hate it, we've sprung forward an hour so today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is "Only Time Will Tell" by supergroup Asia. The band is celebrating their 40th Anniversary with...

What a couple of weeks for Iowa Basketball! First the Iowa women win a share of the B1G regular season, then win the B1G Tournament. Then the men won 4 games in 4 days to win their first B1G Tourney s...