Frank W. Hoffmann

William G. Bailey

Entries on fads in the fields of arts and entertainment include the history of the fad, an analysis of its popularity, and its impact on American culture

Arts & Entertainment Fads

A helpful reference that makes available the wealth of data contained in Cash Box's popular music singles (45 rpm records) charts over a 25-year period. No other comparable compilation covers as long a time span for the black contemporary genre.

The Cash Box Black Contemporary Singles Charts, 1960-1984

WAKR was a leading Top 40 AM radio outlet in the Akron market during the 1960s. This volume reproduces the station's pop music surveys from the 1962-1967 period. Also includes a concise historical sketch of the station. Like the other radio charts titles, my goal was to provide a convenient chronological compilation of weekly surveys with corrections of the considerable errors found in both the original sources and in translation to online sites. These radio charts - which exist in the public domain - can be found in a multitude of sources, including original published sheets distributed via retail outlets, mail inquiries, etc., notation of on-air broadcasts, back issues of area newspapers (where stations are located) and music trade periodicals, specialized reference books, and websites interested in historical documentation, most notably, Oldiesloon, musicradio77, and ARSA. I employed multiple sources in the compilation of each radio chart volume in order to provide the most accurate data possible.

1962 - 1967

Wakr Weekly Music Charts

Lee Ann Hoffmann

The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981

Pat Downey

George Albert

This work documents 44 years of American chart history. It provides the following information for each song: its entry date into the Cash Box pop chart, its highest position, the number of weeks it remained in the chart, the original record label and the catalogue number.

Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993

Brian Lee Cooper

The Literature of Rock

B. Lee Cooper

With Additional Material for the Period 1954-1978

The Literature of Rock, II, 1979-1983

Beulah B. Ramirez

Entries on fads in the fields of fashion and merchandising include the history of the fad, an analysis of its popularity, and its impact on American culture

Fashion & Merchandising Fads

Tim Gracyk

Encounter the trailblazers whose recordings expanded the boundaries of technology and brought “popular” music into America's living rooms! Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925 (winner of the 2001 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research) covers the lives and careers of over one hundred musical artists who were especially important to the recording industry in its early years. Here are the men and women who brought into American homes the hits of the day--Tin Pan Alley numbers, Broadway show tunes, ragtime, parlor ballads, early jazz, and dance music of all kinds. Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925 compiles rare information that was scattered in hundreds of record catalogs, hobbyist magazines, newspaper clippings, phonograph trade journals, and other sources. Look no further! This volume is the ultimate resource on the subject! You will increase your knowledge in these areas: the recording industry's formative years artists’personalities and musical styles popular music history history of recording technology Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925 provides a unique “who's who” approach to popular music history. It is the definitive work on the music that was popular during America's coming of age. No music historian should be without this volume.

Frank W. Hoffmann

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