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All 605 singles to reach the top spot on Billboard 's pop charts during the rock era are profiled in this handsome reference work. Coverage begins July 9, 1955 with Bill Haley's ``Rock Around the Clock'' and ends April 13, 1985 with USA for Africa's ``We Are the World.'' Each full-page entry includes a picture of the artist(s) and lists label number, songwriter(s), producer(s), date first reached number one, weeks at top, and the top five hits for that first week. The accompanying essays give important background information on the songs and artists. Norm N. Nite's Rock On books are more comprehensive but not as detailed on the top hits and hitmakers as Bronson. Suitable for all but the smallest libraries and highly recommended as a worthy companion to Joel Whitburn's The Billboard Book of Top Forty Hits.
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Featuring the 800 records which have reached the top of the "Hot 100" chart published in America by "Billboard" since 1955, this book includes background information, chart data, anecdotes and interviews. Each entry gives the record label and number, songwriter, producer, date of reaching number one, number of weeks at the top, and a listing of the top five singles in the chart in the first week the record reached the top.
About the Author:
Fred Bronson has been called “America’s foremost chart journalist.” He writes the popular “Chart Beat” column in Billboard magazine, as well as his own chart-oriented section of Billboard.com. The author of Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100 Hits, now in its third edition, he lives in Los Angeles.
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- PublisherGullane Children's Books
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0851127037
- ISBN 13 9780851127033
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages848
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