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[4] [5] It served as The Billboard ' s lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963. [ 6 ] Note: In the issues dated February 10, April 14, May 5, and November 17, The Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on one of its charts.
For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page. For the United States, charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their own formulas with slight modifications.
From 2012, all instrumental performances in the pop category (solo or with a duo/group) were shifted to either the newly formed Best Pop Solo Performance or Best Pop Duo/Group Performance categories. A similar award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1965 to 1968.
In the intervening time, he associated with a number of groups, including The Mark Leeman 5, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and Eric Burdon with the New Animals. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Parker formed Apollo 100 in the latter part of 1971 with fellow session musicians drummer Clem Cattini , guitarist Vic Flick , guitarist Zed Jenkins, percussionist Jim ...
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
In 1970, a vocal quartet which included lead singer Sue Allen (who sang with The Pied Pipers in the 1950s), recorded it with the same arrangement as the 1945 hit version, for Time-Life Records. On October 22, 2008, this version was used in the teaser trailer for the 2K Games BioShock sequel, BioShock 2 , and featured for a brief flash during ...
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1955 according to Billboard magazine.Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week.