America's Top 10

"America's Top 10" was a television program of music hits based on Billboard's Hot 100, with the exception of the last season in 1992 which used the Radio and Records chart. It aired in syndication by All-American Television from 1980 to 1992. The show was hosted by Casey Kasem, the host of "American Top 40" and "Casey's Top 40", until 1991. After that point, the show was hosted by Siedah Garrett and then Tommy Puett; Kasem later returned as host until he closed down the show in 1992 to focus on launching "Casey's Countdown," an adult contemporary music spinoff of Casey's Top 40. ("Casey's Countdown" is now known as "American Top 10" and remains on the air to this day, with Kasem still as its host.)

Charlie Tuna served as announcer.

Format

Much like American Top 40, "America's Top 10" counted down the top 10 songs of the past week, airing the accompanying music video to each hit.

"Should've Been a Top 10 Hit"

Like "AT40", "America's Top 10" also had extras, one of the more common being the "Should've Been a Top 10 Hit." In this feature, Casey would pick out a song that never made it to the Top 10 (peaking anywhere from #11 down), but that he felt should have, based on a number of different things. He would justify why he felt it should have been a Top 10 hit as the video for the song was played. He would end the segment by repeating the name of the song and say what position it peaked at; "That's (song title) by (artist). A number XX song that should've been a top ten hit."

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