The turn of the 1950s and 1960s was a breaking point in the history of pop music, golden age of rockabilly, teen pop and doo wop. In
1959, Billboard BU has been launched and extended the number
of chart entries, Cash Box, Music Vendor and
Regional Charts (Gavin, Breakout, Territorial) added many other entries.
Nevertheless, many “good” Artists from American music scene didn’t enter any
chart and they are worth to be saved from obscurity. Discographies of Artists
that recorded between 1956 (beginning of RnR) and 1963 (year preceding British Invasion) one/few singles*, create Parts divided into five categories
·
Rock(abilly) and C&W
· Instrumental
· Instrumental
and denoted as Xnn: X=,R,Q,V,T,P. For many Artists, categorization is fuzzy!!!
* If discography spans beyond this period, then selected earlier/later recordings can be taken into account as suplement
* If discography spans beyond this period, then selected earlier/later recordings can be taken into account as suplement
Popcorn category has been extracted. This style, established in Belgium in the 1970s, includes a wide variety of American obscure Trad-pop, Soul and R&B recorded in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Missing updated 30.03.2025
also see the below Teen Collectors Record Guide
Sound quality is essential = digital rips only*
Having a
pleasure in listening obscure records in good sound quality is more important than collecting poor rips. Sound quality of majority of YouTube rips also many tracks from CD compilations
is very poor and such copies are disregarded. Making a
good rip is very simple, modern (produced in the XXI century) turntable and Audacity (freeware) is all
that you need. I have prepared Vinyl-to-PC (Tutorial) - please follow the guidelines.
* every single track is professionally remastered - see Project Description
https://www.rocknroll-schallplatten-forum.de
This Guide lists singles from Kreiter’s collection and can’t be considered as
a database of Teen Sound discographies, rather as a comprehensive list
of Teen Sound Artists.
Numerous errors have been rectified, omissions added
(denoted by K’).
Kreiter's Preface: "Before 1956 the Teen Sound and even Rock and Roll were practically non-existent.
Shortly after the British Invasion, in 1964 the Teen Sound was gone.”
Therefore, recordings made after 1963 are taken
into account only exceptionally. Other exclusions:
1. Non-American Artists (UK, Canada, Australia, etc.)
2. Popular Artists who entered chart(s)
and/or recorded many (>7) singles,
recordings of such artists are not collector's items, they are commonly available
3. Rare Artists not confirmed on Discogs/45cat and/or records with release year not confirmed
4. Budget labels
5. Generally, Artists who can be classified to teen pop, rock and white doo-wop are included.
If the Artist represents another genre (country, soul, trad. pop), then this genre is given in Remarks
You
can download this sheet and mark your personal collection.
Missing are highlighted (color is meaningless) and I would greatly
appreciate your help.
Access to passes only for collectors who actively participate in the project = help to reduce missing (highlighted on the sheet above)
If you are not able to find any missing track, you can search the missing 45 on Discogs or e-bay, buy, rip and send mp3 to me.
"I need the pass" request will remain unanswered!
Previously posted files (detailed track-lists) can be found below this post Observations after five years
CASH BOX LOOKING AHEAD 1959-1963
non-Billboard (all charts); non-Breakout Hits; non- Music Vendor; non-Gavin Report
no re-entries and re-issues, single edits only
392 singles ≈ ¼ of all singles that entered Looking Ahead 1959-1963.
no re-entries and re-issues, single edits only
392 singles ≈ ¼ of all singles that entered Looking Ahead 1959-1963.
As & Bs - no missing tracks!
Looking Ahead chart started on October 3, 1959 (with 20 positions) and grew up to 50 positions by April 29, 1961.
MV HIT RECORDS 101-150 1959-1963
≈ 750 45's (SP or EP) ≈ 70% of all 45's that entered MV 100+ 1959-1963, In majority, from the original 45's (from my record collection). Mono single edits only.
One 45 (Dennis Day) missing (denoted on the sheet)
Every track is professionally remastered and tagged (see Project Description}. Data are
collected from original charts, as printed in Music Vendor = numerous omissions
and errors present in Whitburn’s book are rectified.
Links to H01-H50 below.
* On February 23, 1959, Music Vendor magazine introduced “Beat Of The Week - Heading For The Top 100” chart (5-35 entries). This was 15 weeks prior to Billboard introducing its “Bubbling Under” chart. In September of 1962, Music Vendor’s "Heading For The Top 100" chart grew to 50 positions
and changed its name to “Looking Up”. In April of 1964**, Music Vendor became
Record World and this chart was retitled “Singles Coming Up”.
** The last
issue of Music Vendor was released on the 11th of April 1964. Track-list for 15 weeks of 1964 below, links to corresponding files (H51-H55) above (no missing tracks).
you can download and sort by charts (column F): Bill, Bill R&B (B), Bill Country (C), Gavin (NG), Breakout Hits (NB), Music Vendor (NV) and Cash Box (N and NL)
Links to
already posted non-Billboard Cash Box, Music Vendor, Gavin Report can be found
in
non-Bill CB, MV & GR
non-Bill CB, MV & GR
Links to
Territorial and Breakout Hits can be found in
