All Music Guide to Hit Singles 1954 to Present Day (All Music Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879304251 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Stanl. Just what I wanted. "Update this book!" according to Sam Quintin. I really love this book and pop/rock music fans will spend hours with itHOWEVER this book really needs an editor to catch those little mistakes, ie, its "Topsy II" (Cozy Cole) not "Topsy Li"; "Affair of The Heart" (Rick Springfield) not "Affair of The Night". And with each succeeding edition, the charts need to be updated, (Britney Spears, for instance, has had more than one hit- "Baby, One More Time" listed as first and last both right off the bat in each succeeding edition! Adam Ant had a US Top 20 hit with "Goody Two Shoes",(198Update this book! I really love this book and pop/rock music fans will spend hours with itHOWEVER this book really needs an editor to catch those little mistakes, ie, its "Topsy II" (Cozy Cole) not "Topsy Li"; "Affair of The Heart" (Rick Springfield) not "Affair of The Night". And with each succeeding edition, the charts need to be updated, (Britney Spears, for instance, has had more than one hit- "Baby, One More Time" listed as first and last both right off the bat in each succeeding edition! Adam Ant had a US Top 20 hit with "Goody Two Shoes",(1983) so why is the book listing "Room At The Top"(1990)as his first and last, just as i. ) so why is the book listing "Room At The Top"(1990)as his first and last, just as i. Not up to Joel Whitburn but an interesting variation A variation on pop-chart history books, McAleer summarizes a month's worth of charts into a single top twenty. Each page contains 3 months of singles charts, with the even numbered pages showing UK charts directly opposite the same month's summary in the US. The margins are filled with the music trivia of the day. The odd format of monthly charts exaggerates the chart success of songs that were around at the start of the month, but hurts songs that peaked in mid-month. Also odd, each country's chart also include a cross-reference to the WEEKLY position in the other country. But as a nostalgia tool, it's great fun t
The fully updated and revised fourth edition lists the charts since they began in January 1954 all the way through December 2000. Includes 200 photos, plus new pop trivia and star gossip!. (Book). All stars and songs are indexed separately, making it especially easy to pinpoint any Top 20 hit. 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 m
He has also been record label manager for Pye, Stax and RCA amongst others. He does chart research for Sky Television's "UK Top 40," supplies daily trivia for radio and writes regularly for Vox, Replay/Gold CD and Country Music People. Dave McAleer is a music journalist and author whose previous books include The Chart Book (published by Guinness in the US) and Chart Beats (published by Guinness in the US). He was also a contributor to The G
Each section opens with an overview of the decade before presenting the charts year by year. Whitburn covers recordings weekly rather than monthly and looks at the top 40, not just the top 20. At this price, public libraries will want to own both. McAleer allows easy access by date and covers the hits in the U.K. The title index cross-references the user to the artist index.The All Music Book of Hit Singles complements rather than competes with Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (5th ed., Watson-Guptill, 1992). U.K. Alongside the charts are sidebars with music trivia, illustrated with black-and-white photographs.Two indexes allow access by artist and song title. From Booklist In the middle of the night, Slim W