Download or read book Hit Singles written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This entertaining book presents the U.S. and U.K. Top 20 charts side by side, month by month showing how rock and pop developed on each side of the Atlantic. Fully updated, it lists the hits from 1954 through 2003. Alongside every song listing, readers will find important facts such as the artist's name and nationality, current and previous month's chart position, record label, weeks on the chart, and simultaneous position on the other side of the pond. Includes an alphabetical listing of song titles with artists, and an alphabetical listing of artists with song titles and chart-entry dates, enabling easy cross-referencing to help you track down any Top 20 record since 1954.
Download or read book The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell written by Eric Beall and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell unveils the secrets to climbing the charts and reaching success in today’s ultracompetitive music industry. Eric Beall supplies his firsthand knowledge of today’s record business, as well as interviews with successful writers, producers, and executives from the worlds of pop, hip-hop, country, adult contemporary, and R&B. The result: a proven approach to constructing songs that open doors, create careers, and communicate to listeners around the world. Key areas explored include: •How does a song become a hit? •What makes a song a single? •Is there a formula for creating a hit? Fun and practical exercises provide opportunities to hone skills and expose specific talents, helping songwriters combine their unique voices to the demands of the commercial marketplace. Filled with fresh ideas that will spark beginners and veterans alike, this book will lead the way toward the industry’s ultimate challenge: the creation of that chart-topping hit song.
Download or read book The Book of Hit Singles written by Dave McAleer and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Based on the official Top 20 charts from Billboard in the US and NME/Music Week in the UK, this entertaining book shows at a glance the monthly international status of the hits. The fully updated and revised fourth edition lists the charts since they began in January 1954 all the way through December 2000. Each song is listed with artist name and nationality, current and previous month's chart position, record label, weeks on the chart, and simultaneous position on the "other side of the pond." Special symbols indicate million-sellers, plus artists' first and most recent hits. All stars and songs are indexed separately, making it especially easy to pinpoint any Top 20 hit. Includes 200 photos, plus new pop trivia and star gossip!
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits written by Joel Whitburn and published by Watson-Guptill Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete chart information about the artists and their songs, 1955-2000.
Download or read book The Book of Hit Singles written by Dave McAleer and published by Backbeat Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists American and British top 20 hits since 1954 using monthly charts based on the official "Billboard" and "NME/Music Week" charts
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Number One Hits written by Fred Bronson and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bill Haley's song "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" hit number one on Billboard magazine's chart of best-selling single records in the US on July 9, 1955, the rock era began. For each of the 860 number one hits from July 1955, through October 1997, the author provides an interpretive history and a black-and-white photograph of the performers, and lists the writers, producers, record label and number, and the songs that filled the number 2 through 5 spots. Includes artist, title, and label indexes, and appends statistics regarding the charts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book I Love Charts written by Jason Oberholtzer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever shared, laughed at, cried over, or thrown darts at a chart? Have you ever put together a report and thought, gee, I could use a chart here. Then I Love Charts: The Book is the perfect addition to your collection. Based on the highly successful humor blog, this compilation includes the best never-before-seen charts. The book ranges across many subjects from the absurd and ironic to the starkly literal, with charts dedicated to love, the minutiae of every day life, and pop culture, as well as charts about politics, technology, and social issues.
Download or read book Billboard s Hottest Hot 100 Hits written by Fred Bronson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New updated and expanded edition of the classic best-seller! The third edition ofBillboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hitsfollows the recorded history of popular music through the end of 2001. Written by Fred Bronson, author of the best-sellingBillboard Book of Number One Hits, this time-honored and reliable source of information about the most popular songs of the rock era is a must-have for all pop and chart fans. Unique in its approach to the history of recorded music, the book devotes separate chapters to such categories as the artists, the writers, the producers, the labels, the years, and the subjects. Each chapter narrows in to the best of the best—including “The Top 100 Songs of The Beatles,” “The Top 50 Songs Written by Carole King,” “The Top 50 Songs Produced by Phil Spector,” “The Top 100 Songs on Atlantic Records,” “The Top 100 Songs of 2001,” and “The Top 100 Love Songs.” This fabulous book also contains a list of “The Top 5000 Hits of the Rock Era,” from 1956 through the end of 2001. Immensely entertaining, endlessly informative, and filled with fascinating facts and figures, this brand-new third edition ofBillboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hitsis an essential music reference. • New third edition follows the history of popular music through the end of 2001 • Tracks Hot 100 charts from 1956 to the present and focuses on over 100 categories of songs • Fred Bronson is also the author of the best-selling Billboard Book of Number One Hits, now in its fourth edition • Authoritative information about the rock era and a treasury of entertaining trivia
Download or read book Climbing the Charts written by Gabriel Rossman and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Climbing the Charts' examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. Looking at the relationships between record labels, tastemakers, and the public, Gabriel Rossman develops a clear picture of the roles of key players and the gatekeeping mechanisms in the commercial music industry.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 9th Edition written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart information on every artist and song to hit Billboard’s Top 40 pop singles chart all the way back to 1955. Inside, you’ll find all of the biggest-selling, most-played hits for the past six decades. Each alphabetized artist entry includes biographical info, the date their single reached the Top 40, the song’s highest position, and the number of weeks on the charts, as well as the original record label and catalog number. Other sections—such as “Record Holders,” “Top Artists by Decade,” and “#1 Singles 1955-2009”—make The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits the handiest and most indispensable music reference for record collectors, trivia enthusiasts, industry professionals and pop music fans alike. Did you know? • Beyoncé’s 2003 hit “Crazy in Love” spent 24 weeks in the Top 40 and eight of them in the #1 spot. • Billy Idol has had a total of nine Top 40 hits over his career, the last being “Cradle of Love” in 1990. • Of Madonna’s twelve #1 hits, her 1994 single “Take a Bow” held the spot the longest, for seven weeks—one week longer than her 1984 smash “Like a Virgin.” • Marvin Gaye’s song “Sexual Healing” spent 15 weeks at #3 in 1982, while the same song was #1 on the R&B chart for 10 weeks. • Male vocal group Boyz II Men had three of the biggest chart hits of all time during the 1990s. • The Grateful Dead finally enjoyed a Top 10 single in 1987 after 20 years of touring. • Janet Jackson has scored an impressive 39 Top 40 hits—one more than her megastar brother Michael!
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Number One Hits written by Fred Bronson and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides lists of hit songs by date with information on the artist, songwriter, producer, label, and offering interviews with popular artists.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 R B and Hip hop Hits written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the days of Louis Jordan and Bullmoose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats, swing, and World War II,Billboardmagazine started keeping tabs on the best-sellers in record stores in New York City’s Harlem. That Harlem Hit Parade chart of 1942, the starting point of this book, wasBillboard’s first accounting of the growing interest in the music that would come to be known as R&B. Today, more than sixty years later, Billboard is proud to present the first edition of The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits, packed with complete, authoritative chart information on the most popular songs and artists, including everyone from the Nat King Cole Trio to Ray Charles to Mary J. Blige to Jay-Z. Great for music fans, record collectors, industry professionals, and trivia lovers, this book will answer questions, resolve arguments, and inspire new ideas. • Capitalizes on one of W-G’s top-selling titles, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits— more than 50,000 copies sold of the 7th edition! • Complete history of Top 40 R&B and hip-hop hits, covering 62 years • 300 pictures of top recording artists • Author Joel Whitburn is the leading authority on charted music
Download or read book The Go Set Chart Book written by Chart Book and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, the popular Australian music magazine Go-Set introduced the first ever national Australian singles chart. Four years later the national albums chart followed. This book is the first publication dedicated to the Go-Set charts. This book includes: - A comprehensive list of every single and album ever to appear on the Go-Set national charts. - Records arranged by both artist and title in separate sections. - Each entry has complete chart information: peak position, weeks at number one, entry date and number of weeks on the chart. - For the first time ever: gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales certifications for records selling over 50,000 copies. - Complete chronological list of all the number 1 singles and albums on the Go-Set charts. - Find out which artists had the most number one hits, the most charting singles and albums, and much more. Music and chart lovers can now complete their collection of the Australian charts by going back to where it all began - with Go-Set.
Download or read book The Billboard Book of USA Top 40 Hits written by Joel Whitburn and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits written by Joel Whitburn and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the information since the earliest Billboard charts were originally compiled in 1942 is gathered into this one essential reference on country music that has been updated and expanded to capture today's top recording artists and their biggest songs. Original.
Download or read book Billboard Hot 100 Charts written by Joel Whitburn and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that reveal a "spectacular story!" With creative characters, humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's Christmas musical your kids will love performing.
