Joel Whitburn Presents The Billboard Hot 100 Annual

A must for every music enthusiast's bookshelf, the Hot 100 Annual is a year-by-year ranking, in numerical order according to the highest chart position reached, of the 25,000 singles that peaked on Billboard's pop singles charts from January 1955 through December 2005. Features comprehensive, essential chart data and more arranged for fast, easy reference. The special bonus section also features: Top 500 artists ranking * charted Christmas singles section * Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning songs and records * complete alphabetical song title list * other artist, songwriter, and record achievements.

Reproductions of Billboard's Best Sellers charts from January 7, 1950 through July 28, 1958 followed by reproductions of the Hot 100 charts from August 4, 1958 through December 28, 1959.

Includes alphabetical list of song titles.

One of our all-time bestsellers now spans the entire rock era! Billboard Top 10 Singles Charts 1955-2000 draws each weekly Top 10 from Billboard's "Best Sellers" charts for the years 1955, 1956, 1957 and the first half of 1958. From then on, it's the "Hot 100" all the way, with the weekly Top 10s of the premier Pop chart from its debut on August 4, 1958 right through the end of 2000. Each weekly Top 10 chart shows each record's current week's chart position, previous week's chart position, total weeks charted, label and number, and all "Hot 100" hits peak positions are shown in boldface type. Special sections include the highest debuts and biggest movers of each year, decade, and all time; the fastest and slowest movers to #1; and the biggest jumps to and falls from #1. (650+ pages, 6 inch. x 9-1/4 inch.)

The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 1 and 2 covers the full range of popular music recordings with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. In this 2-volume encyclopedia, Sullivan explores approximately 1,000 song recordings from 1889 to the present, telling the stories behind the songs, recordings, performers, and songwriters. From the Victorian parlor ballad and ragtime hit at the end of the 19th century to today’s rock classics, the Encyclopedia progresses through a parade popular music styles, from jazz to blues to country Western, as well as the important but too often neglected genres of ethnic and world music, gospel, and traditional folk. This book is the ideal research tool for lovers of popular music in all its glorious variety.

This book is a complete reference of the top pop Billboard top ten hits from 1955 - 1997 (Compiled by Joel Whitburn). Each entry includes a biography, debut date, peak position, weeks on chart, top 50 artists, top 50 hits and the biggest movers.