With a career spanning decades, a front position with Little Feat and currently on tour with Bob Seger, she has also toured along the way with such notables as Bruce Hornsby, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and The Moody Blues.
RECORD WORLD is pleased to present her new single "Loretta" due to be released in early February.
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Expand your knowledge of pop music with Joel’s brand-new book, Hit Records 1954-1982. Here you will find thousands of new artists and songs (not seen in any other Record Research book) that appeared on the Music Vendor and Record World pop singles charts.
The Music Vendor trade magazine began publication in 1947 and furnished charts based on surveys of record performances in juke boxes nationwide. On October 4, 1954, it introduced a weekly “Popular Programming Guide” chart which featured 80 titles, far surpassing the number of songs on other charts of the time. Reporting solely on jukebox plays and record sales, the chart was a clear indication of what was being played in the hamburger joints and purchased at record shops. As radio airplay was not a factor, there was a great deal of R&B on the Music Vendor chart; teens were buying original rock ‘n’ roll (Fats Domino vs. Pat Boone) long before it was embraced by radio. Evidence for this is clearly seen in Hit Records with the hundreds of rock ‘n’ roll songs that hit nationally but do not appear in any of our other books!
In 1964, two former Cash Box employees purchased Music Vendor and renamed it Record World. It remained one of the leading music trade magazines during the heyday of the vinyl record, until it ceased publication in 1982.
The main section of Hit Records is an artist-by-artist listing of every song that appeared on the Music Vendor/Record World pop charts. Listed for each title is its debut date, peak position, total weeks charted, B-side, record label & number, and a special star symbol indicating that the song does not appear with chart information in our Top Pop Singles book. Also included is a song title index and song and artist rankings.
Here’s what you’ll discover in Hit Records:
- • Hundreds of new ‘oldies’ artists (never before seen in any of our books!)
- • 1000s of classic hits with chart data from The Clovers, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, George Thorogood, and on and on
- • Major artists with many more charted hits
- • The Beatles 24 #1 hits
- • CCR’s 3 #1 hits
- • Original R&B songs hitting the charts alongside their pop covers in the mid-‘50s
This is a must-have reference for music history enthusiasts! But, remember our print run is limited.
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All-new research on records not seen in any other Record Research pop singles book!
Very Limited Print Edition
On February 23, 1959, Music Vendor magazine introduced “Beat of the Week … And Heading For the Top 100 – Popular” chart. This was 15 weeks prior toBillboard magazine introducing its “Bubbling Under” chart. Music Vendor’schart grew to 50 positions. In April of 1964, Music Vendor became Record World and this chart was retitled “Singles Coming Up.” From 1974 until Record World’s end in 1982, while Billboard’s Bubbling Under chart featured only 10 song titles, Record World’s “ #101-150” chart hosted 40 more titles!
#101-150 Hit Records: 1959-1982 is the research of approximately 4,500 song titles that do not appear in our Top Pop Singles book, which features all songs that made Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart and “Bubbling Under the Hot 100” chart,nor do they appear in our Hit Records book, which features all songs that made the Music Vendor / Record World "Top 100" pop singles charts.
Now, finally accounted for in music history are many songs that are “Hall of Fame” classics, regional surf, hot rod, garage rock, and doo-wop. The #101-150 chart was also the home of the popular compositions of many jazz and blues artists. These along with thousands of obscurities are thoroughly researched. Also appearing is the B-side of every single, plus a biography for every new artist. Here’s a sampling of classics that now have chart data:
- - Aerosmith … Train Kept A Rollin’
- - The Beach Boys … Surf’s Up
- - Black Sabbath … Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
- - David Bowie ... Heroes
- - Captain Beefheart … Diddy Wah Diddy
- - Eric Clapton … Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- - Deep Purple … Stormbringer
- - Bob Dylan … Blowin’ In The Wind
- - Emerson, Lake & Palmer … Fanfare For The Common Man
- - Grateful Dead … U.S. Blues
- - Elton John … Take Me To The Pilot
- - Carole King … Up On The Roof
- - Bob Marley … Waiting In Vain
- - Marilyn Monroe … I Wanna Be Loved By You
- - Pink Floyd … Comfortably Numb
- - James Taylor … Sweet Baby James
- - The Who … Substitute
Over 100 major artists have 5-10 titles in this book. Those songs do not appear in any of our other pop singles books, including songs by:
- - Annette
- - Chuck Berry
- - Johnny Cash
- - The Beach Boys
- - Dion
- - Fats Domino
- - The Drifters
- - The Fireballs
- - Bill Haley & His Comets
- - Herman's Hermits
- - Brian Hyland
- - The Kingston Trio
- - Ricky Nelson
- - Johnny Rivers
- - Tommy Roe
- - Jack Scott
- - Frank Sinatra
- - The Ventures
There will only be one print run on this book, so get it while you can. When it’s gone, it’s gone.
