Saturday, 23 March 2024

Billboard Charts 1940-1969 completed, As & Bs

 

   

Top Pop; Hot 100 & BU; Country; R&B; Easy L.
total number of tracks: nearly 40 000

one flip missing:  
Red Herring - Wasting My Tears (Country '60) 


      Started 5 years ago with 5% missing - many thanks to all the supporters.

      Links to all charts in “Content”.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! All your hard work is much appreciated!

Dockman

Mike Britcom said...

Congratulations! That is quite an achievement. Definitely my favorite decades for recorded music.

Manny Kent said...

fantastic achievement Prof, you are a real asset to the music blogosphere!

Professor RnR said...

Thank you all for your kind words. Yes, I'm very happy. Probably no one else has such a collection, perhaps Whitburn only (all tracks are remastered and originality verified). I have speeded up with the wish-list four years agoo, when I have started searching the missing 45s on Internet auctions - there is no other way to get rarities. More than 2000 45s purchased - cost me lot of money but I have some savings and do not intend to take them with me to the other side.

dexx500 said...

BEWARE MY HEART - LARRY DOUGLAS (Signature SRC 410)
Here's the link to the original 78rpm recording:
archive.org/details/78_beware-my-heart_larry-douglas-ray-blochs-radio-seven-sam-coslow_gbia0433498b

Professor RnR said...

I have this copy. It has destorted start and I'm looking for better, not distorted copy. For now on, I have edited the start and nobody is able do detect this edit, except me. Thanks for your concern, I'm leaving this song on the wish-list.

RickB said...

Professor, this is pretty unbelievable! I am starting with the country charts as I grew up in late 50s and early 60s, and while I heard some country in those days, I missed a lot. Now that I'm older it is amazing to be able to go back and hear the gamut of what was on the charts. I grew up listening to mostly rock, and have steadily been exploring as much as possible of other music I missed. This is invaluable for true music lovers and explorers, and your incredible work is very, very much appreciated. Thank you!

Professor RnR said...

Mny thanks Rick. Me too, "I grew up listening to mostly rock, and have steadily been exploring as much as possible of other music I missed." Now I have time and money and can explore countless treasures of music, which is 60++