Chartmasters' Rock 100: An Authoritative Ranking of the Most Popular Songs for Each Year, 1954 Through 1991 (Paperback)

by Jim Quirin (Author), Barry Cohen (Author)

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Product Description
An Authoritative Ranking Of The Most Popular Songs From 1954 Through 1991, contains the rankings for some 3700 records, including Title, Artist, Label, and Chart Information for each. Quirin & Cohen's book traverses that varied and broad expanse of musical terrain from Kitty Kallen's "LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT" (the #1 recording of 1954) to "STRIKE IT UP" by Black Box (#100 for 1991).

From the Publisher
For some time, there has been a growing interest in the idea of a year-by-year ranking of popular music single records. The simplest and most obvious system of rankings might be one based solely on record sales. Due to the unavailability or unreliability of sales figures, however, such a system will probably never be instituted. Thus record rankings lean toward popularity (as measured by, for example, retail sales reports, radio station requests, jukebox plays, and disk jockey polls) as the standard of comparison. Although numerous record ranking systems based on popularity are currently in existence, most seem to suffer in varying degrees from credibility problems. The authors of ROCK 100 have attempted to resolve this difficulty by creating a unique system formulated on a firm, objective, mathematical basis. ROCK 100 is now in its 5th printing and is sold internationally.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Chartmasters; 5th edition (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917190211
• ISBN-13: 978-0917190216
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,591,869 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars ChartMaster's an Authority, June 13, 2007

By	Glen Turnbull "Fax Man" (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book years ago while doing research into a game board game that uses song title trivia and song titles.
The infomration was accurate, sufficient and very helpful.

5.0 out of 5 stars ROCK 100 extremely fair, December 20, 1999

By	Ross Gidcumb (Peoria, Illinois) - See all my reviews

I've followed the charts since the early 70s and done DJ work for 15 years. Quirin and Cohen level the playing field for songs that straddle New Years. By calculating points for each title, ROCK 100 considers more than chart position alone. Though there's a limit to the years Billboard charts covers, I'd like to see years before and after the span of this volume, and I've had lots of requests for a Country version and an R&B version. I hope there's a market for them. Great investment!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Year Ranking of Hit Records Ever, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

No other listing of the top hits of each year gives full credit to those songs released at the beginning or end of the year. These rankings are as accurate as i've seen and i've followed the charts for over 45 years. I would like the years 1992 to 1998 done though.