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.

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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, 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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