Saturday, 17 January 2026

File Naming and Tagging - Tips

 

99% of songs posted on the Internet are improperly named and tagged, including CDs. Common mistakes:

1.       Many tags are added to Filename. Use a clean, consistent format like Artist - Title or Track - Artist - Title. Artist and Title are obligatory, do not add other tags, such as Year, Genre, Label, etc., add them to internal tags (metadata).

https://gomusic1.com/knowledge/importing-data-2/whats-the-best-way-to-name-my-audio-files/ 

2.       The Filename differs from the internal tag (metadata) that shows in music players. Very often content of internal tag does not correspond to its description, e.g. tag described as Title contains both Title and Artist.

3.       Do not add “& The Group” in both Filename and Artist tag – all songs are recorded with The Group of musicians, except acapella, and adding “& The Group” does not add any information.

4.       In many cases, song titles do not follow common title capitalization rules. Following capitalization rules used in popular libraries of music is recommended = every word in Title should be capitalized.
In Artist tag, use ampersand (&) and short-form abbreviations (w. or w/; ft.), Forename Surname & ...

Tags used in this project:

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

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NO to unauthorized further sharing

 





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Friday, 16 January 2026

Billboard Country 1960.03 updated

 

1. Jimmie Skinner - Lonesome Road Blues (2:24)
2. Jimmie Skinner - Two Squares Away (2:23)
3. Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy The Wine (2:36)
4. Charlie Walker - I Go Anywhere (To Forget You) (2:38)
5. Frankie Miller - Baby Rocked Her Dolly (2:41)
6. Frankie Miller - Rain, Rain (2:14)
7. Marion Worth - That's My Kind Of Love (2:20)
8. Marion Worth - I Lost Johnny (3:12)
9. Ernie Ashworth - Each Moment (Spent With You) (2:35)
10. Ernie Ashworth - Night Time Is Cry Time (2:06)
11. Wynn Stewart - Wrong Company (2:15)
12. Wynn Stewart - We'll Never Love Again (2:24)
13. Carl Belew - Too Much To Lose (2:46)
14. Carl Belew - That's What I Get for Loving You (2:40)
15. Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl (2:17)
16. Loretta Lynn - Whispering Sea (2:14)
17. Bill Anderson - The Tip Of My Fingers (2:34)
18. Bill Anderson - No Man's Land (2:40)
19. Jimmy Newman - A Lovely Work Of Art (2:31)
20. Jimmy Newman - What About Me (2:12)
21. Carl Smith - Cut Across Shorty (2:41)
22. Carl Smith - Why Did You Come My Way (2:45)
23. Ray Godfrey - The Picture (2:57)
24. Ray Godfrey - The Overall Song (2:09)
25. Lewis Pruitt - Softly And Tenderly (2:34)
26. Lewis Pruitt - Riches And Gold (2:23)
27. Laverne Downs - But You Used To (2:42)
28. Laverne Downs - What Have I Done (2:44)
29. Red Herring - Wasted Love (2:52)
30. Red Herring - Wasting My Tears (2:24)
the last missing of all Billboard Charts = no missing songs 1940-1969 (A's & B's)

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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”.

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Thursday, 15 January 2026

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!!!

E53.01  E53.02  E53.03  E53.04  E53.05






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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, no missing songs!

 

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

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Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Rare British 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)
NO PSYCHEDELIC Music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Missing are denoted by a red cell in the leftmost column (extracted on the sheet below).

Location of the file containing the discography of the Artist you are looking for can be found in column S.


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  BT20  BT21  BT22  BT23  BT24  BT25  BT26  BT27  BT28
BT29  BT30  BT31  BT32  BT33  BT34  BT35  BT36  BT37

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

Rare Brit posts

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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:

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