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Pop Annual 1950-2023

Now In Stock! 74 yearly rankings of every song and artist to appear on Billboard’s pop singles charts!

Record Research T-Shirt

Show your heart for the charts! Available in various sizes.

Top Pop Singles 1990-2022

Artist-by-artist encyclopedia of every song to appear on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart – in color!

The Record Research Library

... by Artist

... by Decade

... by Year

Pop Annual 1950-2023 Pop Annual 1950-2023

2002 Music Yearbook 2002 Billboard Music Yearbook

Pop Hits Singles & Albums 1940-1954 Pop Hits Singles & Albums 1940-1954

Top 10 Pop Hits 1940-2011 Top 10 Pop Hits 1940-2011

Top 10 Albums 1955-2011 Top 10 Albums 1955-2011

Top 10 Country Hits 1944-2010 Top 10 Country Hits 1944-2010

Country Annual 1944-1997 Country Annual 1944-1997

Top 10 R&B Hits 1942-2010 Top 10 R&B Hits 1942-2010

... by Month

Top Pop Playlists !985-1999 Top Pop Playlists 1985-1999

Top Pop Playlist 1970-1984 Top Pop Playlists 1970-1984

Top Pop Playlist 1955-1969 Top Pop Playlists 1955-1969

... by Week

America's Greatest Hits 1940-2015 America’s Greatest Hits 1940-2015

America's Greatest Albums 1956-2015 America’s Greatest Albums 1956-2015

#1 Album Pix 1945-2004 #1 Album Pix 1945-2004

#1 Pop Pix 1953-2003 #1 Pop Pix 1953-2003

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Across The ChartsNOW 24.95(was24.95 (was 24.95(was49.95) Instantly see an artist's crossover power and command of charts of various genres!See More

Cash Box Looking AheadNOW 24.95(WAS24.95 (WAS 24.95(WAS59.95) The Looking Ahead chart was at 50-position 'bubbling under' chart for much of its run. Featured here are its 3,262 artists and 6,378 titles, over half of which are exclusive to this book! See More

Top Pop Playlists 1985-1999180 monthly Playlists containing 3,900 recordings equals a fascinating retrospective of a swiftly changing music industry. ach Playlist is a ranking of all songs that reached their peak popularity during that month on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart.See More

Cash Box Regional Hits 1956NOW 24.95(was24.95 (was 24.95(was39.95) Colorful book of rare records showing DJs, record shops and juke box locales! Brand-new research of Cash Box magazine’s Top 10 hits listings, city by city, coast to coast, in 1956!See More

Cash Box Regional Hits 1957An exhaustive investigation of Cash Box magazine’s Top 10 hits listings of 1957, city by city, coast to coast, yielded a host of rare rockabilly, doo wop and rock ‘n’ roll records. On average, 33 new entries each week never appeared on the national Top 100 or Bubbling Under charts of Billboard, Cash Box or Music Vendor magazines.See More

Cash Box Regional Hits 1958To rediscover the long lost gems of this era, Joel researched the regional charts of Cash Box magazine, city by city, town by town, coast to coast. This artist-by-artist anthology uncovers all of the records that only appeared on the local listings (Disc Jockey, Juke Box and Retail Outlets) and did not appear on the national pop singles charts of Billboard, Cash Box or Music Vendor magazines. Now, these rare records have definitive research showing the exact dates and places that they tasted fame.Click Here

Top 10 Pop Hits 1940-2011NOW 9.95(was9.95 (was 9.95(was17.95) From radio’s stars of swing to YouTube's sensations, a lot of musical ground is covered in this artist-by-artist listing of every Top 10 hit on Billboard’s pop singles charts!See More

Top 10 Albums 1955-2011NOW 9.95(was9.95 (was 9.95(was17.95). Every Top 10 Album! Lists Tracks Of Every Top 10 Album! 1st-ever Albums Annual = 57 separate listings of each year’s top albums!See More

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