From "Rock Around the Clock" to "Smooth," this book by chart music authority Joel Whitburn ranks the 1,000 highest-charted singles of the entire rock era side by side in order of all-time popularity. This must-own reference book for record collectors, DJs, popular music fans and trivia sleuths is based on the Billboard pop charts and lists each record's highest chart position and total number of weeks it held that position, plus other significant stats and data. Separate sections cross-reference all Top 1000 singles alphabetically by title and by artist. A special full-color section shows the Top 100 albums from 1955-2000.
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Good Idea, bad results,
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This review is from: Billboard Top 1000 Singles - 1955-2000 (Paperback)
The simplistic rating system ruins all the book: (example: a song that reached #1 one week and stayed on chart only 12 or 13 weeks is ranked well above a song that couldn't get #1 but stayed 9 weeks in #2 and total 42 (almost a year) in chart.) It doesn't show the real impact of a song seen through time. A lot of big hits are left out and then, the other compilations that depend of it lack of credibility. The picture selection could have been more large, but the idea of a ranking of this 45 years is great.
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These are the Top 1000 hits compiled from Billboard magazine's pop single charts from January 1, 1955 through December 30, 2000. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Weeks Top, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Bee Gees, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, The Supremes, Phil Collins, John Oates, Daryl Hall, Olivia Newton-John, Pat Boone, Lionel Richie, Paula Abdul, Puff Daddy, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Donna Summer New!
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These are the Top 1000 hits compiled from Billboard magazine's pop single charts from January 1, 1955 through December 30, 2000. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Weeks Top, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Bee Gees, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, The Supremes, Phil Collins, John Oates, Daryl Hall, Olivia Newton-John, Pat Boone, Lionel Richie, Paula Abdul, Puff Daddy, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Donna Summer New!
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