ISBN: 978-0-89820-235-9
1st-ever Record Research book to include EVERY Top 10 hit from Billboard, Cash Box, Music Vendor/Record World, and Radio & Records!
This is THE definitive book of Top 10 hits, spanning 70 years of America’s most popular hit recordings! From the early hits of Perry Como, Patti Page and Johnnie Ray to the most recent hits of Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish and Ed Sheeran, they are ALL here, at your fingertips, in this compact, easy-to-use volume!
The peak position for each song is taken from the national pop singles chart on which it achieved its highest ranking. Abbreviations in the CH column (BB, MV, RW, CB, RR) indicate on which music industry trade magazine’s chart the song reached its highest ranking.
Total weeks charted is of song’s longest chart run.
Chart debut date is of song’s earliest chart debut.
If a song also hit the Top 10 on any other chart publication, this information appears to the right of the title.
Original label and number are also shown, along with any gold and platinum certification status (includes RIAA and non-RIAA certified titles).
Many artists have greatly added to their Top 10 hit totals.
Some additional #1 hits that never hit #1 in Billboard include …
– Twist And Shout … The Beatles
– Proud Mary … Creedence Clearwater Revival
– Don’t Stop … Fleetwood Mac
– Sunny … Bobby Hebb
– Louie Louie …The Kingsmen
– Imagine … John Lennon
– Crying … Roy Orbison
– Blue Suede Shoes … Carl Perkins
– Burning Love … Elvis Presley
– Purple Rain … Prince
– Bohemian Rhapsody … Queen
– Jumpin’ Jack Flash … The Rolling Stones
– Be My Baby … The Ronettes
– Soul Man … Sam & Dave
– Rhythm Of My Heart … Rod Stewart
– Donna … Ritchie Valens
Popular album cuts (ineligible on Billboard’s Hot 100) are now included, including “Pinball Wizard” by Elton John, “All My Love” by Led Zeppelin and “Into The Groove” by Madonna.
Also includes a full-color, 12-page insert of 420 different artist photos, mostly taken from original 45 rpm picture sleeves!
Red type is used for artist names, publication names and peak positions.
From pastime to passion to profitable enterprise, the growth of Record Research has been the outgrowth of Joel Whitburn’s hobby. Joel began collecting records as a teenager in the 1950s. As his collection grew, he began to sort, categorize and file each record according to the highest position it reached on Billboard magazine's charts. He went on to publish this information — first on individual artists’ cards, then in book form in 1970 — and a business was born.
Over the nearly six decades since, Record Research has created data of the life of a recording on America's major music charts, publishing 189 reference books in print. Joel also collaborated with Warner/Rhino Records in creating a series of 150 CD albums, plus five CD albums with Curb Records.
The Joel Whitburn Music Archive remains unrivaled and includes every charted Hot 100 and pop single (back to 1936), every charted pop album (back to 1945), collections of nearly every charted Country, R&B, Bubbling Under The Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary records. The collection also boasts one of the world’s largest picture sleeve collections, many of which are displayed in the series of books (Top 40 Hits, Top 40 Albums, Top 40 Country Hits, Top 40 R&B Hits) he authored for Billboard’s book division.
The world's most authoritative historian on charted music passed away in 2022, still researching the charts until his final day. His Record Research legacy continues.
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