Let the good times roll: March 2024

The Music Part of the blog has been launched in Oct. 2018. Initially, Billboard Hot 100 (up to 1969) files were posted. Then, other charts, other thematic sections have been added. List of all sections (subsections), with links, can be found in “Content” post.

In the first 1.5 years, thousands of anonymous downloaders and less than 100 Active Followers, Project Supporters. Therefore, from Spring 2020, passes are added to all files and

passes* are visible to Active Followers only

Creation of the Let The Good Times Roll Club, the Society that shares the same passion, was my goal. My reflections after five years can be found here

You may apply to the Club, by supporting the blog

directly, by finding

MISSING - see Content post and Obscure American Artists (hundreds of songs)

or indirectly, by making a donation**

PayPal , 1$=4PLN, e.g. 25$=100PLN (average gross cost of one 45)

You can contact me via Contact Form (preferred) or Facebook,

Let The Good Times Roll Fan Club.

"what is the pass" request will be unanswered!

* sheet with passes consists not only the library of passes but, first of all, the register of all already posted files, documentation of all updates.

Google Drive cloud is used: 1. not banned worldwide, 2. updates are uploaded automatically, 3. no pop-ups, 4. no Time2Delete – no need for re-ups,

all links are active as long as I'm paying for the Google cloud.

Sound quality is essential = no mic rips(1) , no poor YouTube

(1) Sharing music recorded by a camera mic (mobile or other) is murdering of the music.

>50% from the original 45s, >10% from my record collection

Every single track is remastered (2), iZotope RX7 licenced software and Audacity freeware are applied. All files are properly tagged.

Tags: 1. Title, 2. Artist, 3. Album, 4. Publisher, 5. Copyright, 6. Comment, 7. www, 8. Cover

(2) remastering = fixing any shortcomings of the ripped vinyl or the transferred CD track (de-click, de-noise, normalization, intro/outro silence). The frequency spectrum is not "improved", it remains unchanged, as the norm.

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** Instead of donation (indirect support), you can buy missing 45, rip it (or buy mp3) and send mp3 to me and this is the preferred (direct) way of support.

Monday, 25 March 2024

Non-Billboard Cash Box, Music Vendor, (Gavin Report) 1954(58)-1969

On the week ending November 12, 1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time. In 1959, Billboard Bubbling Under Chart has been launched. In parallel, two other charts existed on American music industry scene, Cash Box and Music Vendor.

Cash Box Top 50 between 1954 and 1956, Top 75 between 1956 and 1958, Top 100 from 1958.

Music Vendor Top 100 between 1954 and 1964, renamed Record World Top 100 in 1964.

The number of hits that entered these charts and didn’t appear on Billboard Charts (Pop, R&B, Country, AC), even as flips, was significant. Then, to have complete overview on American music industry scene from 1954 to 1969, also two "other" charts have to be taken into account*.

Remarks:

Hits that entered Billboard charts as flips, and/or entered charts other than Pop, are omitted.
The research of Whitburn’s Billboard Top Pop Singles begins with the issue dated January 1, 1955 and includes songs that first charted in 1954. The Comparison Book (primary reference) lists songs that charted from October 2, 1954, i.e. songs with at least one debut date that satisfies the boundary (other debut date(s) can be earlier).
Earlier 1954 non-Billboard (Whitburn’s Pop Hits) songs researched for Cash Box Pop Hits (secondary reference) and yet not researched for the Comparison Book are also included in this project, as separate files.
Songs recorded by multiple artists were listed by Cash Box and Music Vendor together at one chart position. As a rule, only "hit" secondary versions included in the Comparison Book are taken into account. However, for the 1960s the comparison is based on original CB charts and all secondary CB versions are included.

In majority, the singles are not available on CD or on the Internet, some two hundred 45s from my collection have been ripped and remastered.

Please share your comments, suggestions.

*The total number of hit singles that were not listed on Billboard Charts, as Hits or Flips: 1197
·         Cash Box 1950’s: 404 (310+94)
·         Cash Box 1960’s: 120
·         Music Vendor: 673
·         Record World: 33

Together with B-sides they create 80 Parts, 5 songs are missing (Music Vendor only):

Vince Carson - Till You're Back In My Arms
Vince Carson - Homesick
Bill Cecere - Jealous Heart
Jerry Cooper - Nobody's Sweetheart
Jerry Cooper - I Ain't Got Nobody

track-list non-Bill Cash Box 1954-1969

nB60s.1 nB60s.2 nB60s.3 nB60s.4 nB60s.5 nB60s.6 nB60s.7 nB60s.8

nB5901 nB5902 nB5903 nB5904 nB5801 nB5802 nB5803 nB5804 nB5805

nB5701 nB5702 nB5703 nB5601 nB5501 nB5502 nB5503 nB5504 nB5505 nB5506

nB5401 nB5402 nB5403 nB5404 nB5407 nB5408 nB5409 nB5410 nB5411 nB5412 nB5413

track-list Non-Bill Music Vendor (Rec. World) 1954-1969

nB5405 nB5406 nB5507 nB5508 nB5509 nB5510 nB5511 nB5512 nB5513

nB5602 nB5603 nB5604 nB5605 nB5606 nB5607 nB5608

nB5704 nB5705 nB5706 nB5707 nB5708 nB5709 nB5710

nB5806 nB5807 nB5808 nB5809 nB5810 nB5811 nB5812

nB5905 nB5906 nB5907 nB5908 nB5909 nB6001 nB6002 nB6003 nB6004

nB6101 nB6102 nB6103 nB6104 nB6201 nB6202 nB6203 nB6301 nB6302

nB6x01 nB6x02 nB6x03

The Gavin Report was a San Francisco–based radio industry trade publication

Top 40 non-Billboard (CB, MV) + Regional Hits, as listed in Joel Whitburn’s book

761 Singles*, 1525 tracks

>90% of tracks are not available on CD

>100 Singles from the original 45s, from my collection

5 (0.5%) still missing (see MISSING in “Content”)

* non-Single tracks (EP, Album) are not taken into account

track-list Gavin Report: in “Content”

G5801  G5901  G5902  G5903  G6001  G6002  G6003  G6004  G6005  G6006  G6007  G6008
G6101  G6102  G6103  G6104  G6105  G6106  G6107  G6108  G6109  G6110  G6111  G6112
G6113  G6201  G6202  G6203  G6204  G6205  G6206  G6207  G6208  G6209  G6210  G6301
G6302  G6303  G6304  G6305  G6306  G6307  G6401  G6402  G6403  G6404  G6501  G6502
G6503  G6601  G6701  G6702  G68+01  G68+02

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Project Description, Terms of Participation

Individual posts with track-lists can be found below this post Observations after five years

Sunday, 24 March 2024

BREAKOUT / TERRITORIAL HITS 1955-1969

In the 13^th edition of Top Pop Hits (1955-2010) Joel Whitburn introduced new, never-before-seen research of the songs and artists that hit only on Billboard's influential Territorial and Breakout charts.

Billboard published the Territorial Top 10 Best Selling charts, which were separate rankings of the Top 10 hits from 23 major cities, weekly from January 1, 1955 through October 13, 1958.
Billboard introduced its Breakout Singles chart on January 9, 1961. The chart listed new records, not yet on Hot 100, but have been reported getting strong sales action by dealers in 34 major markets.

Both charts have been researched for hits which made these charts but did not make any of the other charts researched already, i.e. all Billboard, Cash Box, Music Vendor (Record World), Gavin Report. Hits that entered other charts as flips are also excluded. In other words, only singles that have not yet been researched (posted) are included.

Breakout
390 singles, 780 tracks (26 files)
around forty singles from the original 45's (from my record collection)
8 tracks missing, 1967-69 only,
denoted on the sheet Breakout Hits tracks
Please help me to reduce the wish-list

BH01 BH02 BH03 BH04 BH05 BH06 BH07 BH08 BH09 BH10 BH11 BH12 BH13 BH14

BH15 BH16 BH17 BH18 BH19 BH20 BH21 BH22 BH23 BH24 BH25 BH26

Territorial (US pressing only)
70 singles, 140 tracks (5 files)
no missing tracks, around ten singles from my record collection

Territorial Hits tracks

TH01 TH02 TH03 TH04 TH05

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Project Description, Terms of Participation

Previously posted files can be found below this post Observations after five years

HONOR ROLL OF HITS / COMING UP STRONG Charts

The Honor Roll Of Hits chart was a weekly ranking that included all versions of a popular song as one listing. The Coming Up Strong chart was a continuation of Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart. Whitburn researched The Honor Roll Of Hits chart and The Coming Up Strong chart only for records which made these charts but did not make any of the other Billboard pop charts. The 26 songs that hit Honor Roll Of Hits and Coming Up Strong charts exclusively have been shown in the main artist section of Top Pop Singles 1955-1996. They are not shown in next editions.

All 26 hits can be found in the already posted files (location in the last column of the sheet).

track-list Non-Bill CU & HR

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”.

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

British Lost Pop 1957-1966

Discographies of Artists that

- didn't chart and/or

- are difficult or impossible to find on CD

- recorded between 1957 and 1966

also selected songs
   recorded before 1957,
   after 1966,
    album tracks (full albums in exceptional cases)

Track-list BL

BI01

BL01 BL02 BL03 BL04 BL05 BL06 BL07 BL08 BL09 BL10 BL11 BL12 BL13 BL14 BL15

BL16 BL17 BL18 BL19 BL20 BL21 BL22 BL23 BL24 BL25 BL26 BL27 BL28 BL29 BL30

BL31 BL32 BL33 BL34 BL35 BL36 BL37 BL38 BL39 BL40 BL41 BL42 BL43 BL44 BL45

BL46 BL47 BL48 BL49 BL50 BL51 BL52 BL53 BL54 BL55 BL56 BL57 BL58 BL59 BL60

BL61 BL62 BL63 BL64 BL65 BL66 BL67 BL68 BL69 BL70 BL71 BL72 BL73 BL74 BL75

BL76 BL77 BL 78 BL79 BL80 BL81 BL82 BL83 BL84 BL85 BL86 BL87 BL88 BL89 BL90

BL91 BL92 BL93 BL94 BL95 BL96 BL97 BL98 BL99 BR00

BL101=BR01

BR01 BR02 BR03 BR04 BR05 BR06 BR07 BR08 BR09 BR10 BR11 BR12 BR13 BR14

BR15 BR16 BR17 BR18 BR19 BR20 BR21 BR22 BR23 BR24 BR25 BR26 BR27 BR28

BR29 BR30 BR31 BR32 BR33 BR34 BR35 BR36 BR37 BR38 BR39 BR40 BR41 BR42

BR43 BR44 BR45 BR46 BR47 BR48 BR49 BR50.1 BR50.2 BR51 BR52 BR53 BR54 BR55

BR56 BR57 BR58 BR59 BR60 BR61 BR62 BR63 BR64 BR65.1 BR65.2 BR66 BR67.1 BR67.2

BR68 BR69.1 BR69.2 BR70 BR71 BR72 BR73.01 BR73.02 BR74 BR75 BR76 BR77 BR78

BR79 BR80 BR81 BR82.1 BR82.2 BR83 BR84 BR85 BR86 BR87.1 BR87.2 BR88 BR89

BR90.1 BR90.2 BR90.3 BR91 BR92 BR93 BR94 BR95 BR96 BR97 BR98 BR99 BT00

BL201=BT01

BT01 BT02 BT03 BT04 BT05 BT06 BT07 BT08 BT09 BT10 BT11 BT12.1 BT12.2 BT13

BT14 BT15 BT16 BT17 BT18 BT19

Biographies of posted Artists (186 and next) can be found below this post Observations after five years

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Project Description, Terms of Participation

If the lost artist did not appear already and is not present on the spreadsheet of missing songs*, then it does not mean that I have forgotten this artist. It means that the discography is not complete and there are many such artists.
* Not every song/artist that is missing is included on the spreadsheet, which is overloaded already.

Lost Gems of non-Brit Artists:

Tracklist Lost Gems

LG 01 LG 02 LG 03 (S.Allen)

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

The Bachelors LPs & 45s 1963-1975 - Complete, including Italian

Track-list - The Bachelors

B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 B 5 B 6 B 7 B 8 B 9 B10 B11

BS1 BS2 BS3

British Singles Chart 1952-1966

1952-1959: New Musical Express chart track-list UK Chart 60's
1960-1969: Record Retailer chart + NME chart entries that didn’t enter RR chart

The compilations are not copies of Acrobat British Hit Parade Series - large number of discrepancies can be found there also sound quality of many tracks is questionable, nearly all are speeded-up!!!