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Post by jmack19 on Aug 1, 2012 1:22:50 GMT -5
About 10 yrs ago, I charted the Top 40 six months at a time from 1979 to 1989 by artist(no song titles). Later, I went back to 1975, but I never finished the 2nd half of 1977. I got most of the info from a Japanese site that disappeared 5 years ago. Here are some sites that are useful if you need an artist chart history or #1 & #2 singles: www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13100 www.worldcharts.co.uk/sitemap.htm
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Post by mct1 on Aug 1, 2012 20:30:47 GMT -5
About 10 yrs ago, I charted the Top 40 six months at a time from 1979 to 1989 by artist(no song titles). Later, I went back to 1975, but I never finished the 2nd half of 1977. I got most of the info from a Japanese site that disappeared 5 years ago. This site? (Cut and paste the entire URL; for some reason the first half is showing up as a link and the second half isn't.) web.archive.org/web/20011007041946/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~TF1K-MCD/index.htmlThat's an archived version that does not reflect the site in its ultimate form; there was definitely more material added to the site before it later disappeared. I think it eventually got all the way to the end of the '80s. The operator of the site then went back and began moving forward from the beginning of the '60s, but before getting too far stopped adding to the site. After a lengthy period with no further updates, the site disappeared. About ten years ago I used that site to "reconstruct" the charts I used to write down back in the '80s, in the same format I used to write them down, on looseleaf paper. As a kid I wrote down the Top 40 from April 1982 to April 1987, but I used the site to expand back into 1981 and ahead through 1988 and into 1989. I was planning to do the entire decade of the '80s, and maybe even continue into the '70s, but I eventually set things aside and never came back to it. I still have the binders but now usually use oldradioshows.com for this type of reference.
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Post by jmack19 on Aug 1, 2012 21:21:42 GMT -5
Yes, mct1 that is the site. You are also right that the site had made it to March 1989 before it went back to the 1960s and went away.
Thanks. This will make it easy to complete the section I was missing and complete the 15 year period from 1975-1989.
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Post by bandit73 on Aug 1, 2012 22:57:48 GMT -5
Who wrote down the charts each week and then wrote an "obituary" for each song when it dropped off the chart by writing down its chart peak, weeks on chart, and "score" based on an inverse point system?
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Post by bandit73 on Aug 1, 2012 23:02:54 GMT -5
Along with the "obituary" for each song, I'd keep a mental list of which songs held the record for lowest "score" for a #1 hit, lowest for a #2 hit, biggest droppers, biggest jumps before dropping, etc. I did this from the "Beat It" era up until AT40 finally stopped using the Hot 100.
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Post by The Max on Jun 20, 2014 19:56:20 GMT -5
Apologies for bumping up an old topic (I'm new at posting here. If this is frowned upon, let me know and I'll read and enjoy old threads instead) but I wrote them in a book from 1995 until 2002. I still have them too. I had a particular format for writing them down and used several different colour pens, and a pencil for the songs/artists.
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 21, 2014 12:34:07 GMT -5
Actually, bumping old threads is preferred to starting new ones on the same subjects. It prevents cyber garbage.
Anyway, yes, I kept notebooks of AT40 with Shadoe Stevens, Casey's Top 40 and Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (lots of missing charts in those archives though).
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Post by mstgator on Jun 21, 2014 21:08:23 GMT -5
Apologies for bumping up an old topic (I'm new at posting here. If this is frowned upon, let me know and I'll read and enjoy old threads instead) but I wrote them in a book from 1995 until 2002. I still have them too. I had a particular format for writing them down and used several different colour pens, and a pencil for the songs/artists. Welcome to the board, The Max (you're well known to those of us who've passed through R&R/Pulse over the past decade and a half).
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Post by The Max on Jun 21, 2014 22:52:26 GMT -5
Apologies for bumping up an old topic (I'm new at posting here. If this is frowned upon, let me know and I'll read and enjoy old threads instead) but I wrote them in a book from 1995 until 2002. I still have them too. I had a particular format for writing them down and used several different colour pens, and a pencil for the songs/artists. Welcome to the board, The Max (you're well known to those of us who've passed through R&R/Pulse over the past decade and a half). Thanks! I remember you too. You used to be an admin at Pulse. Where'd you go? BTW, is there a general thread or anything here? I did want to introduce myself somewhere but didn't see any place appropriate to do so.
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Post by mstgator on Jun 22, 2014 14:17:01 GMT -5
Welcome to the board, The Max (you're well known to those of us who've passed through R&R/Pulse over the past decade and a half). Thanks! I remember you too. You used to be an admin at Pulse. Where'd you go? Here! No, seriously, I was going through a lot in my life back then and had to wean myself away from the internet (and Pulse was taking up a lot of my free time). I do lurk around there every now and then, glad to see it's still going strong. I don't think there are any general "welcome" threads, but there are a few in the vein of "when did you first hear AT40" where you can tell everyone about yourself. You'll fit in pretty quickly!
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Post by paulhaney on Aug 13, 2021 11:43:08 GMT -5
Me and my older brother starting writing down AT40 every week, starting in August 1974 (I was 8 and he was 14). After a couple of years, he lost interest but I kept on going until I left home for college in the fall of 1984. Even in college, I still listened to AT40 every week, but I had easy access to Billboard at the local library and would just photocopy the Hot 100 each week.
Every year my Mom would buy me a new folder (usually with some sort of movie scene on it) and a bunch of loose leaf paper so I could keep track. Not only did I write down the Top 40 each week, but I had separate sheets for peak position, weeks charted and what I called "chart action" (the week-by-week positions for each song's entire Top 40 run). Little did I know, but all of this was the perfect training ground for my future career at Record Research (now 29+ years strong)!
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 13, 2021 13:32:39 GMT -5
Me and my older brother starting writing down AT40 every week, starting in August 1974 (I was 8 and he was 14). After a couple of years, he lost interest but I kept on going until I left home for college in the fall of 1984. Even in college, I still listened to AT40 every week, but I had easy access to Billboard at the local library and would just photocopy the Hot 100 each week. Every year my Mom would buy me a new folder (usually with some sort of movie scene on it) and a bunch of loose leaf paper so I could keep track. Not only did I write down the Top 40 each week, but I had separate sheets for peak position, weeks charted and what I called "chart action" (the week-by-week positions for each song's entire Top 40 run). Little did I know, but all of this was the perfect training ground for my future career at Record Research (now 29+ years strong)! Gotta love it!
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Post by Michael1973 on Aug 14, 2021 8:18:22 GMT -5
I would write it down on loose paper, one show per sheet. I also remember many years later, once the slower-paced charts had become the norm, copying the old charts into a new format and being stunned how fast the songs had once moved up and down.
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