On the air for over 50 years, Casey Kasem founded the radio staple, American Top 40, which continues to be the most relevant source for pop music hits. To this day, there is no better way to experience classic hits than with Casey and the Classic 80’s American Top 40 Countdown.

Music fans relive their pasts and enjoy the songs that never get old, spun with style by the most iconic voice in radio history.

Every weekend, these full, 4-hour length classic American Top 40 shows from 1980-1988 are available in their original broadcast form. Take a trip back in tack every Sunday morning with Casey Kasem’s American Top 40.

About Casey Kasem

Kasem’s radio career began as a young actor on The Lone Ranger during his student years at Wayne State University in Detroit. During his military service in Korea, Kasem worked with the Armed Forces Radio Service. Following his discharge in 1954, he worked as a disc jockey in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

One day in 1962, while struggling with the idea of a new format for his show, Kasem found a discarded magazine that contained facts about recording artists. That evening he began introducing songs with stories about the lives of musicians and singers with “teaser” lead-ins. This “teaser” biography is now a standard in the industry.

The undisputed “King of the Countdowns” has worked for ABC, Westwood One, and currently for the AMFM Radio Networks. Kasem has also frequently served as host of the annual Radio Hall of Fame awards broadcast.

On the week of July 4, 2009, after 39 years on air, Casey Kasem ended his run on the radio. American Top 20 and American Top 10 aired their final shows, with Casey giving a brief retrospective of his 39 years of counting down the hits.