Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs (1961-2006) [Hardcover]

Joel Whitburn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

A comprehensive collection of one of today's hottest music formats. This book provides a 46-year history of Adult Contemporary (AC) music complete with over 8,500 songs, and 2,000 artists that appeared in Billboard's "Adult Contemporary" and "Adult Top 40" charts. This is the first time ever that a complete Adult Top 40 Chart history book has been published and it covers artists as diverse as Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Goo Goo Dolls, Lenny Kravitz, James Blunt, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Johnson and Daniel Powter. In the standard format that Record Research has made standard, all the essential song and artist info is included. Also, for the first time, songwriters are shown for every title. Many other bonus sections are added including lists of top artists organized by different themes and all-time rankings. Previous edition: Top Adult Contemporary, ISBN 089201497

Product Details

• Hardcover: 410 pages
• Publisher: Record Research (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898201691
• ISBN-13: 978-0898201697
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs (1961-2006) (Hardcover)

When it comes to musical history and Billboard charts, there is no one better to go to than Joel Whitburn. This time through I got "Billboards Top Adult songs from 1961-2006. I needed this book because I make a lot of CD's up for adults and 1961 through the 1970's is there era. I've been a rocker all my life so I've never paid that much attention to this segment. While I didn't agree with everything, this book turned out to be a good basic foundation to start with. So if you're into music history and adult music, you can get the information you need in Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Songs, and Joel is nice enough to write you a little about each artist listed in this book. I got the 4th Edition and it worked really well for me. if you need to know about musical chart history and of course if you want to get a good buy, always check Amazon first.