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Casey Kasem
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Lebanese American radio Casey Kasem born as Kemal Amin Kasem on April 27, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan. He is a Lebanese-American radio personality and voice actor.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningCasey KasemFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchCasey Kasem (born Kemal Amin Kasem on April 27, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan) is a Lebanese-American radio personality and voice actor.Contents1 Radio1.1 Outtakes2 Television3 Personal life4 Further reading5 External links[edit]RadioKasem is best known by name as a music historian and disc jockey, most notably as host of the weekly American Top 40 radio program from 1970 to 1988, and again from March 1998 until January 10, 2004, when Ryan Seacrest succeeded him. He hosted a spin-off television show called Americas Top 10 for a time in the 1980s. He was the host of the short-lived American version of 100% in 1999. For a period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kasem was the staff announcer for the NBC television network. More recently, he has appeared on infomercials about CD music compilations. Kasem was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1992. He is a graduate of Wayne State University.From January 1989 to March 1998 when he was not at the helm of American Top 40, he was host of Caseys Top 40, Caseys Hot 20, and Caseys Countdown syndicated out of the Westwood One Radio Networks. These shows competed with his former show, American Top 40, which was hosted by Shadoe Stevens from 1988-1995.Currently, Kasem is the host of American Top 20 a weekly 3-hour countdown show of the Top 20 Hot Adult Contemporary (Hot AC) hits and American Top 10, a weekly 3-hour countdown show for The Top 10 Soft Adult Contemporary hits (AC), both syndicated through the Premiere Radio Networks. Interestingly enough, when Casey was hosting these shows in addition to American Top 40 Ryan Seacrest would sometimes guest host for Kasem before taking over the hosting duties of American Top 40.In August 2006 XM Satellite Radio began airing newly restored versions of the original American Top 40 radio show from the 1970s and 1980s.Casey Kasem developed his rock-trivia persona from his work as a disc jockey in the early 1960s at KEWB in Oakland, California.Many times, Kasem starts talking (usually after a commercial break or song) with, Ya know...[edit]OuttakesA notorious perfectionist in the studio, recordings of a frustrated Kasem in an extended profane rant during a rehearsal for American Top 40 appeared on Negativlands single U2. In it, Kasem is heard introducing a U2 single by reading the names and instruments of the entire personnel of the band from a script. Kasem interrupts and says:This is bullshit Nobody cares ... These guys are from England and who gives a shitAnother notorious Kasem outtake from the September 14, 1985 AT40 was also used by Negativland in U2. It involves reading a Long Distance Dedication from a man to his deceased dog Snuggles. Casey objects to the dedication (Shannon by Henry Gross) following an up-tempo song (Dare Me by the Pointer Sisters) and explodes:...I want a goddamn concerted effort to come out of a record that isnt a fuc
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