"...and she writes, Dear Casey"

Happy 77th birthday to Countdown King Casey Kasem. He is seeing a resurgence in his popularity thanks the reairing of his original American Top 40 shows from the 70s and 80s.
I love to listen to those shows and see how it evolved over the years and expanded to four hours from 3 in the early 80s. Still love the long distance dedications and its amazing what people would share and then the song they wanted to hear. My wife wonders if sometimes they just made them up to have dedications each week.
"I'm Casey Kasem and American Top 40 is coming to you from Hollywood, now on with the countdown..."