The Golden Age of Top 40 Music (1955-1973) on Compact Disc

by Pat Downey

Lists all compact disc releases of top 40 hits from the nostalgic era of rock and roll (1955-1981) by performer and song title. The text includes details of song quality, chart performance and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963371819
• ISBN13: 9780963371812
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: P. Downey Enterprises
• Length: 453 Pages

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive "pop music on compact disc" book.

Only a handful of books exist that provide collectors of popmusic withinformation on whether a certain song that hit the charts is available on compact disc or not. This is the best of them. Not only does it take the approach of listing every CD that a song may have appeared on, it also, as much as possible, provides important info on whether a song was a single or lp version, its time, stereo/mono, etc. Downey links all songs to its highest chart position and year of release using rankings in record industry mag, Cashbox, possible its only drawback considering that Billboard is the leading indicator. Nonetheless a fine book providing collectors with a much needed resource!