The Billboard Book of Top 40 R and B and Hip-Hop Hits

by WHITBURN, JOEL

• ISBN13: 9780823082834
• ISBN10: 0823082830
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Billboard Books

Summary

Back in the days of Louis Jordan and Bullmoose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats, swing, and World War II,Billboardmagazine started keeping tabs on the best-sellers in record stores in New York City's Harlem. That Harlem Hit Parade chart of 1942, the starting point of this book, wasBillboard's first accounting of the growing interest in the music that would come to be known as R&B. Today, more than sixty years later, Billboard is proud to present the first edition of The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits, packed with complete, authoritative chart information on the most popular songs and artists, including everyone from the Nat King Cole Trio to Ray Charles to Mary J. Blige to Jay-Z. Great for music fans, record collectors, industry professionals, and trivia lovers, this book will answer questions, resolve arguments, and inspire new ideas. Capitalizes on one of W-G's top-selling titles, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits more than 50,000 copies sold of the 7th edition! Complete history of Top 40 R&B and hip-hop hits, covering 62 years 300 pictures of top recording artists Author Joel Whitburn is the leading authority on charted music

Author Biography

Joel Whitburn began
collecting records in the
1950s, filing each one
according
to the position it
reached on Billboard’s
charts. He went on to
publish this
information—and his
business, Record
Research, was born.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	vii
Researching the Charts	viii
The Artists	1	(648)
How to Use this Section	2	(3)
Alphabetical listing by artist of all singles to make the Top 40 of Billboard's R&B and Hip-Hop singles charts from 1942 to present	5	(644)
The Songs	649	(124)
Alphabetical listing by song title of all singles to make the Top 40 of Billboard's R&B and Hip-Hop singles charts from 1942 to present	650	(123)
The Record Holders: Top Artist and Record Achievements	773	(13)
Top 100 #1 Hits All Time	774	(3)
Top 25 #1 Hits by Decade	777	(4)
Top 100 Artists 1942--2004	781	(2)
Top 25 Artists by Decade	783	(2)
Top 40 Artist Achievements	785	(1)
Most Chart Hits	785	(1)
Most #1 Hits	785	(1)
Most Top 10 Hits	785	(1)
Most Weeks at the #1 Position	785	(1)
#1 Singles Listed Chronologically 1942--2004	786