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.
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*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, 8+1 songs are missing (Music Vendor only):
Vince
Carson - Till You're Back In My Arms
Bill Cecere
- Jealous Heart
Jerry Cooper
- Nobody's Sweetheart
Jerry
Cooper - I Ain't Got Nobody
Jerry Martin
- What A Diff'rence A Day Made
Dick Roman
- How Many Others
Dick Roman
- I'm Your BoyThe Zanies
- Rockin'-Chopin' (alt. flip)
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
8 (0.5%)
still missing (see MISSING in “Content”)
* non-Single
tracks (EP, Album) are not taken into account
track-list Gavin Report: in “Content”
Please do
not send “what is a pass” request, please read
passes in column P
Please bear
in mind, that many Regional Hits have been recorded by small independent labels
and the sound quality may be below standards of big renown labels.