Selected Special R&R Issues on Digital Archives

[rayshae3]

The following link gives you access to digital reproductions of the 20th, 25th, 30th, and the 35th anniversary supplements that classic Radio and Records put out in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 respectively, plus the first R&R special supplement called “Top 40 Story” that came out way back in the summer of 1977 when the format was still relatively young.
www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio-and-Records-Anniversary-and-Special-Issues.htm
(I used to own a couple of these anniversary issues that came out with their own audio CDs chronicling the evolution of the radio industry since 1973.)

Of special note is the year-by-year rankings of the R&R year-end charts covering most of the important formats (Top 25s for the 25th anniversary issue, and Top 10s of the ‘70s& Top 10s/Top 20s for the 30th anniversary issue); plus a complete recap for all the year-end #1s for the 35th anniversary issue.

BTW, more of the regular issues of R&R will be available on PDF soon. For now you can browse thru a couple: Jan, 2, 1987 & March 1, 2002 issues thru www.americanradiohistory.com/RandR-Magazine-Page-Range-Guide.htm
and click on 1/2 & 3/1 links to see the digitalized copies.

As you flip through the pages you might recognize some of the famous countdown hosts like John Leader, Walt ‘Baby’ Love, Joel Denver (of Future Hits) and Lon Helton who were at one time or another part of its editorial department.
But for the greatest hits, see p. 146 of the R&R’s 25th anniversary issue for a real surprise as Casey reflects on his career inspiration, his role model and much more. The 30th Anniversary issue also has an exclusive and longer perspective on Casey titled ‘Reaching For The Stars’ on p. 97.

[rayshae3]

Here’re some stats regarding top monster radio titles and big acts across multiple R&R yearly charts that saturated the airwaves; so all the following positions here pertain to the year-end charts.

1974: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN I Honestly Love You
#3 Rock and #3 Pop.
Top 3 in two charts on the first R&R year-end ranking. BTW, as explained in detail in the anniversary supplement, according to the first half of the 1970s terminology, what Radio and Records referred to as ‘Rock’ was the equivalent of today’s Top 40/CHR. And Pop back then was today’s AC. However today’s ‘Rock” was called AOR Airplay in the mid-70S.

1975: CAPTAIN & TENNILE Love Will Keep Us Together
Only the 2nd year of the R&R year-end ranking, the title was #1 on two of its yearly charts: Rock and Pop.

1976: STARLAND VOCAL BAND Afternoon Delight #1 Pop/Adult & #3 Top 40; plus
CHICAGO If You Leave Me Now #3 Pop/Adult & #1 Top 40

1978: BEE GEES
Night Fever #1 Top 40 & Stayin’ Alive #2 Top 40

1979: DOOBIE BROTHERS What A Fool Believes #2 Top 40 & Minute by Minute #2 AOR Album; plus
ANNE MURRAY I Just Fall In Love Again #2 Country & #3 Pop/Adult

1980: AIR SUPPLY
All Out Of Love #1 Pop/Adult & Lost In Love #2 Pop/Adult

1981: DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE Endless Love #1 AC & #2 CHR

1982: CHICAGO Hard To Say I’m Sorry #2 Adult Contemporary & #2 Contemporary Hit Radio; plus
KENNY ROGERS Love Will Turn You Around #3 Adult Contemporary & #2 Country

1983: LIONEL RICHIE You Are #2 Adult/Contemporary & All Night Long (All Night) #3 Black Radio; plus
POLICE Every Breath You Take #1 Contemporary Hit Radio & King Of Pain #1 AOR Hot Track; plus
DEF LEPPARD Photograph #2 AOR Hot Track & Pyromania #1 AOR Album

1984: LIONEL RICHIE Hello #1 Adult/Contemporary & Stuck On You #2 Adult/Contemporary; plus
VAN HALEN Jump #1 Contemporary Hit Radio & Panama #2 AOR Hot Track
ALABAMA Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) #1 Country & When We Make Love #2 Country

1985: RONNIE MILSAP Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night) #2 Country & She Keeps The Home Fires Burning #3 Country; plus
WHITNEY HOUSTON Saving All My Love For You #2 Black/Urban & You Give Good Love #3 Black/Urban

1986: PATTI LABELLE & MICHEL MCDONALD On My Own #1 AC Full-Service & #2 Back/Urban; plus
MOODY BLUES Your Wildest Dream #2 AC Full-Service & #1 Adult Contemporary; plus
PETER CETERA Glory Of Love #3 AC Full-Service & #2 Adult Contemporary; plus
RONNIE MILSAP Happy Happy Birthday Baby #2 Country & In Love #3 Country

1987: U2 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For #1 AOR Track & Where The Streets Have No Name #2 AOR Track & The Joshua Tree #1 AOR Album

1989: PAULA ABDUL Cold Hearted #2 CHR & Forever Your Girl #3 CHR; plus
CLINT BLACK Better Man #1 Country & Killin’ Time #2 Country; plus
TOM PETTY Full Moon Fever #1 AOR Album & Runnin’ Down A Dream #1 AOR Track & Free Fallin’ #2 AOR Track; plus
PAT METHENEY Letter From Home #1 Contemporary Jazz & Letter From Home #1 NAC

1990: WILSON PHILLIPS Release Me #3 AC & Hold On #3 CHR

1991: BRYAN ADAMS (Everything I Do) I Do It For You #1 AC & #1 CHR; plus
QUEENSRŸCHE Empire #1 AOR Album & Silent Lucidity #1 AOR Track

1992: VANESSA WILLIAMS Save The Best For Last #3 AC & #2 CHR; plus
U2 Achtung Baby #1 New Rock Album & #1 AOR Album

1993: KENNY G Forever In Love #3 AC & Breathless #2 NAC Album

1994: BOYZ II MEN I’ll Make Love To You #1 CHR & #1 Urban

1995: DIONNE FARRIS I Know #1 CHR/Pop & #2 Hot AC; plus
SEAL Kiss From A Rose #3 CHR/Pop & #3 Hot AC; plus
MONTELL JORDAN This Is How We Do It #2 CHR/Rhythmic & #1 Urban

1996: CELINE DION Because You Loved Me #1 Adult Contemporary & #2 Hot AC; plus
TONY RICH PROJECT Nobody Knows #2 Adult Contemporary & #2 CHR/Pop; plus
ERIC CLAPTON Change The World #3 Adult Contemporary & #3 Hot AC; plus
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart #1 Active Rock & #3 Alternative; plus
EVERCLEAR Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) #2 Active Rock & #3 Rock; plus
DISHWALLA Counting Blue Cars #3 Active Rock & #1 Alternative & #1 Rock; plus
TRACY CHAPMAN Give Me One Reason #1 Hot AC & #3 Adult Alternative Track; plus
**DUNCAN SHEIK Barely Breathing 1996 #2 Adult Alternative Track & 1997 #1 Hot AC
JOE All The Things (Your Man Won’t Do) #2 Urban & #1 Urban AC

1997: JEWEL You Were Meant For Me #3 AC & #1 CHR/Pop; plus
TONIC If You Could Only See #2 Active Rock & #3 Alternative; plus
GEORGE STRAIT Carrying Your Love With Me #2 Country & One Night At A Time #3 Country; plus
WALLFLOWERS One Headlight #3 Hot AC & #2 Rock & #1 Adult Alternative Track

1998: GOO GOO DOLLS Iris #1 CHR/Pop & #1 Adult Alternative Track
NEXT Too Close #1 CHR/Rhythmic & #1 Urban

2000: 3 DOORS DOWN Kryptonite #1 Active Rock & #1 Alternative & #1 Rock; plus
VERTICAL HORIZON Everything You Want #1 CHR/Pop & #1 Hot AC; plus
JOE I Wanna Know #1 Urban & #1 Urban AC

2001: STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN Live Out Loud #1 Christian AC & Christian CHR; plus
MUSIQ Love #1 Urban & #1 Urban AC

2002: PUDDLE OF MUDD Blurry #1 Alternative & #1 Rock

2003: TRAPT Headstrong #1 Active Rock & #1 Alternative; plus
3 DOORS DOWN When I’m Gone #1 CHR/Pop & #1 Rock; plus
MERCYME Word Of God Speak #1 Christian AC & #1 Inspo

2004: NICKELBACK Figured You Out #1 Active Rock & #1 Rock; plus
USHER FEAT. LIL JON & LUDACRIS Yeah! #1 CHR/Pop & #1 CHR/Rhythmic & #1 Urban; plus
HOOBASTANK The Reason #1 Canada Rock & #1 Canada CHR/Pop & #1 Canada Hot AC

2005: KELLY CLARKSON Breakaway #1 AC & Since U Been Gone #1 CHR/Pop; plus
MARIAH CAREY We Belong Together #1 CHR/Rhthmic & #1 Urban; plus
JEREMY CAMP Take You Back #1 Christian AC & #1 Christian CHR; plus
GREEN DAY Boulevard Of Broken Dreams #1 Hot AC & #1 Rock & #1 Canada Rock

2006: MARY J. BLIGE Be Without You #1 All Format & #1 Urban; plus
JAMES BLUNT You’re Beautiful #1 AC & #1 Canada AC; plus
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Dani California #1 Alternative & #1 Canada Rock

2007: T-PAIN FEAT. YUNG JOC Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) #1 Rhythmic & #1 Urban
JOHN MAYER Waiting On The World To Change #1 AC & #1 Canada AC; plus
MAROON 5 Makes Me Wonder #1 Hot AC & #1 Canada Hot AC; plus
FINGER ELEVEN Paralyzer #1 Active Rock & #1 Canada Rock

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I hope the day comes Whitburn puts out a R&R chart reproduction book or DVD-ROM and a Top 40 book on them. I'd love to get them.

[donwa001]

I would love if Record Research would cover both Radio & Records along with Cashbox to get a complete view of the charts back then.

[Shadoe Fan]

Thanks for posting the links to the old R&R issues! I'm looking forward to more.

[rayshae3]

Apr 30, 2013 20:22:23 GMT -5 donwa001 said:

I would love if Record Research would cover both Radio & Records along with Cashbox to get a complete view of the charts back then.

There are full lines of Cashbox chartbooks that were published when the trade was alive and well. They include week-by-week charts positions for all titles, too (something Whitburn has done only for selected positions in his ‘Pop Annual’ book.) The books have long been out-of-print, but they do show up on e-bay every now and then. In order of publication they were:
Cashbox Pop Album Charts 1955-1974
Cashbox Country Singles Charts 1958-1982
Cashbox Black Contemporary Singles Charts 1960-1984
Cashbox Pop Album Charts 1975-1985
Cashbox Black Contemporary Album Charts 1975-1987
Cashbox Country Album Charts 1964-1988
Cashbox Charts For the Post-Modern Age 1978-1988 (This one has CashBox other charts’ stats like Disco, Midline/Catalog albums, video, etc.)
Cashbox Pop Singles Charts 1950-1993 (updated version of the 1981/82 book).

By no means a complete picture: the books except the one apparently never got updated.

[rayshae3]

Apr 28, 2013 21:46:11 GMT -5 rayshae3 said:

The following link gives you access to digital reproductions of the 20th, 25th, 30th, and the 35th anniversary supplements that classic Radio and Records put out in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008 respectively, plus the first R&R special supplement called “Top 40 Story” that came out way back in the summer of 1977 when the format was still relatively young.
www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio-and-Records-Anniversary-and-Special-Issues.htm
(I used to own a couple of these anniversary issues that came out with their own audio CDs chronicling the evolution of the radio industry since 1973.)

Of special note is the year-by-year rankings of the R&R year-end charts covering most of the important formats (Top 25s for the 25th anniversary issue, and Top 10s of the ‘70s& Top 10s/Top 20s for the 30th anniversary issue); plus a complete recap for all the year-end #1s for the 35th anniversary issue.

BTW, more of the regular issues of R&R will be available on PDF soon. For now you can browse thru a couple: Jan, 2, 1987 & March 1, 2002 issues thru www.americanradiohistory.com/RandR-Magazine-Page-Range-Guide.htm
and click on 1/2 & 3/1 links to see the digitalized copies.

As you flip through the pages you might recognize some of the famous countdown hosts like John Leader, Walt ‘Baby’ Love, Joel Denver (of Future Hits) and Lon Helton who were at one time or another part of its editorial department.
But for the greatest hits, see p. 146 of the R&R’s 25th anniversary issue for a real surprise as Casey reflects on his career inspiration, his role model and much more. The 30th Anniversary issue also has an exclusive and longer perspective on Casey titled ‘Reaching For The Stars’ on p. 97.

For historical purposes two dozen R&R rating directory supplements from 1980 thru 2009 are also here now:
www.americanradiohistory.com/R&R_directories.htm

And another real gem: Written by Casey himself in Gavin Report’s commemorative issue from 1998 (p. 51/52). You’d find its link in PDF here:
www.americanradiohistory.com/Programming-Commorative-Editions.htm

[rayshae3]

Apr 30, 2013 20:57:11 GMT -5 Shadoe Fan said:

Thanks for posting the links to the old R&R issues! I'm looking forward to more.

For those of you who are interested in the digital archives of the regular issues of R&R, the collection is now grown to include 127 ranging in date from November 16, 1973 to November 28, 2008. Use the link for the following website and click on the date links to read them via PDF:
www.americanradiohistory.com/RandR-Magazine-Page-Range-Guide.htm

Unfortunately there’re large gaps yet to be filled for 76-87 and 89-99 years, but this digital collection has been growing at a fairly good pace in the last few months.