The Cash Box Black Contemporary Album Charts, 1975-1987

by Frank Hoffmann, George Albert

Overview

This book makes available the wealth of data contained in Cash Box's black contemporary album (78 rpm sets and 33 1/3 rpm stereo and monaural lp records) charts over a 22-year period. The information, previously available only through a search of the weekly charts themselves, has been completely integrated and accessed via artist and song title entries. The compilation contains many features not currently availaable in any other reference tool of its type, most notable the week-by-week listing of song chart positions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810822122
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/1989
Series:	Cash Box Music Charts Series
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.72(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Frank Hoffmann is Assistant Professor, School of Library Science, Sam Houston State University. He has published The Development of Library Collections of Sound Recordings (1979), The Literature of Rock II (Scarecrow, 1986), Popular Culture and Libraries (1984), and Intellectual Freedom and Censorship: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow, 1989). George Albert is a legendary figure in the music business. A songwriter in the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, he writes a syndicated newspaper column and is founder and president of Cashbox.

Editorial Reviews

There is a wealth of information provided here which is available in no other reference source. These data should be of interest to the scholar and student of popular music. Reference librarians should also find them helpful in answering reference questions relating to popular music.

American Reference Books Annual

This book contains information not readily available elsewhere...Libraries of all types...would do well to purchase it.

Preview

There is a wealth of information provided here which is available in no other reference source. These data should be of interest to the scholar and student of popular music. Reference librarians should also find them helpful in answering reference questions relating to popular music.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)