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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 10, 2019 18:55:42 GMT -5
In the foreword to his Radio & Records book,Joel Whitburn mentions that Robert Kardashian,yes that Robert Kardashian ,was one of the founders of R&R.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 11, 2019 7:13:53 GMT -5
I really liked the Comparison Book (BB/CB/RW) and I hope they do another this time with R & R/BB/CB perhaps covering the 1973-2009 period. Although the Billboard chart info is burned into my brain it is interesting to see how a song charted elsewhere.
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Post by mrjukebox on May 3, 2019 19:01:46 GMT -5
Joel Whitburn's "Top Pop Singles 1955-2018" is due for release next month.
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Post by paulhaney on May 5, 2019 12:54:15 GMT -5
Order now and save $15 off the new Top Pop Singles book. I'm working on the final editing as we speak!
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Post by doofus67 on May 5, 2019 15:51:59 GMT -5
Order now and save $15 off the new Top Pop Singles book. I'm working on the final editing as we speak! Awesome, Paul. You only have the coolest job on the planet! |
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Post by mitchm on Aug 14, 2020 11:56:44 GMT -5
I really like the Comparison Book that Record Research came up with a few years ago. It features, in alphabetical order by artist, each song that charted on any of the Hot 100 type charts for Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World. I am hoping that someday Record Research will follow this up with a similar book that covers between 1973-2009 for Billboard, Cash Box, and Radio & Records.
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Post by paulhaney on Sept 24, 2020 10:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 24, 2020 18:25:43 GMT -5
Nice to see an update for this book. The last one came out a long time ago.
For years, it looked like there was little distinction between the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock/Alternative charts in Billboard. I guess that's because there wasn't much difference between the two genres at rock radio. The main difference was Mainstream Rock still featured some traditional rock acts like the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty. But when I check more recent charts, they're starting to look a lot different again. Mainstream Rock is now mostly hard rock/metal while Modern Rock is almost exclusively alternative acts.
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Post by paulhaney on Sept 28, 2020 14:05:50 GMT -5
Nice to see an update for this book. The last one came out a long time ago. For years, it looked like there was little distinction between the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock/Alternative charts in Billboard. I guess that's because there wasn't much difference between the two genres at rock radio. The main difference was Mainstream Rock still featured some traditional rock acts like the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty. But when I check more recent charts, they're starting to look a lot different again. Mainstream Rock is now mostly hard rock/metal while Modern Rock is almost exclusively alternative acts. Very true. There's very little crossover between the 2 charts in recent years. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Sept 28, 2020 19:30:00 GMT -5
The Shinedown sample page on your site is a great example of that. Their songs were hitting both charts throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, but after the mid-2010s they're almost exclusively on the Mainstream Rock chart.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 7, 2021 18:27:36 GMT -5
Got an email about the latest update to "Top Pop Singles". www.recordresearch.com/books/top-pop-singles-1955-1989/I like that the book is being split up into two, especially with all the changes to the charts post-Soundscan. Personally, I would have loved to see the two volumes be standalone books similar to "Pop Hits Singles and Albums 1940-1954". So for example, Volume One could be about the pre-Soundscan rock era and be made continuously available like the '40-'54 book, and Volume Two could be the post-Soundscan rock/hip-hop era and get updated every 2-3 years similar to earlier "Top Pop Singles" editions. I also would have loved the books to be split up a little closer to the Soundscan change, so the first volume would cover up to 1990 or 1991 instead of 1989, but I can understand splitting it up between the '80s and '90s decades. |
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Post by chadstevens on Aug 16, 2021 21:38:00 GMT -5
I'd have made the break point at the end of 1999. A clean delineation between the era of radio airplay selling discs sold and the digital era, and it just happens to coincide with Y2K. But 1989 makes sense too. I'd prefer classic non-Hot 100 tracks be listed as before rather than with the albums that contain them.
I think the Canadian #1 references are a great addition and I had proposed it here when the UK #1 cross-references were added. I'd assume the Canadian charts referenced are the CHUM Chart (1957-1964), RPM (1964-2000), Nielsen SoundScan (2000-2007) and Billboard (2007-present).
In fact, an all-encompassing Canadian charts anthology would benefit from a Whitburn treatment with the Big Four American trade publications having been covered. The Canadian charts are similar in some ways, yet very different in others than the US charts. I have two amateur-published anthologies, but nothing compares to a Record Research anthology.
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Post by chadstevens on Sept 20, 2022 7:18:21 GMT -5
The latest Record Research compilation is the Gavin Report 1958-2000 which comes out in December and will hopefully be waiting under my Christmas tree. The preview pages already show some interesting tidbits: the Beatles entire catalog up to that point being listed as one chart entry at the height of Beatlemania, Rainy Day Women getting booted from the charts for drug references, and loads of "Regional" hits. I'm guessing Gavin didn't distinguish what "region" - state(s)?, cities? - these songs were trending in since none were listed.
So, with Billboard, Cashbox, MV/RW, R&R, and now Gavin anthologized, are there any other trade publications or charts still out there that haven't been covered? The AC, C&W, and R&B charts of the non-Billboard trades?
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Post by mitchm on Oct 5, 2023 9:57:34 GMT -5
Record Research says that the Top Pop Singles 1990-2022 book is currently at the printer and should be in stock in early November. Pre-orders will be shipped as soon as the books arrive. Thanks for your patience.
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 7, 2023 21:03:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up-I pre-ordered Volume 2 back in May.
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