This section details books about the charts within the USA. Please click on the links below to access information about the books listed here.
The Pop Singles Decade Series
Following on from my successful UK Singles Decade Series, I now launch the same for the Billboard Pop Charts, begun in 1940 and continuing to this day.
For those wishing to purchase, please note that each is available as a free gift to those subscribing to either a full year, or the full series of my Billboard 85 Years series.
Pop Singles 1940-1949
Volume 1 contains over 1,200 pages, in full colour, covering full chart data with exact peak positions as denoted on each chart for the Billboard best Sellers In Stores Chart, begun in 1940 and stoped being compiled in 1958, as well as almost 5 years worth of Regional charts (from the East Coast, Mid-West, South and West Coast), together with the 1944 begun Juke Box chart and the 1945 begun Disk Jockey (radio plays) chart.
Each entry contains the composer, duration, B-Side, and full chart history for each appearance on each chart.
Check out the sample pages below!
The volume is available to purchase for £10 as a PDF download (supplied manually, so this may take a few hours to appear once payment has cleared, though I try and supply as soon as possible).
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Pop Singles 1950-1959
Volume 2 contains over 800 pages, in full colour, covering full chart data with exact peak positions as denoted on each chart for the Billboard Best Sellers In Stores Chart, from 1950 to its end in 1958. IN additon, we also have the full Top 100 chart data, as wlel as full Billboard Hot 100 data form 1958-1959 and the full data on those records to appear in the Bubbling Under chart from its start in 1959 to years end. The charts covered in full for the period are
- Best Sellers In Stores
- Best Sellers In Stores – Coming Up Strong
- Disk Jockey Charts
- Juke Box Charts
- Top 100 (1955-1958)
- Billboard Hot 100
- Bubbling Under The Hot 100
Each entry contains the composer, duration, B-Side, and full chart history for each appearance on each chart.
Check out the sample pages below!
Other Volumes
Please click the links below to go to specific pages for other volumes I have created over the years.