https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 08:27:59 +0000 Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:22:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=661 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3472&title=top-40-definition#3472 Author: Moderator
Subject: 661
Posted: 21 January 2006 at 6:22am

The example above is correct. Chart positions especially in the 50's and 60's were often "purchased" in one way or another and in my opinion, this is the best method of trying to filter out the "purchased" chart positions. As I mentioned several weeks ago, I will in time be expanding the database to include more titles.

Pat ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2006 06:22:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3472&title=top-40-definition#3472 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3466&title=top-40-definition#3466 Author: JMD1961
Subject: 661
Posted: 20 January 2006 at 8:21pm

I think it's actually an average of a song's peak chart position on various charts. Let's use your example of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer".

Billboard        #41
Cash Box       #29
Record World #32
Average        #34

I could be wrong about this, but that was my understanding on what qualified a song for inclusion in the database.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:21:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3466&title=top-40-definition#3466 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3465&title=top-40-definition#3465 Author: Ivan
Subject: 661
Posted: 20 January 2006 at 6:17pm

Oh, okay... I see. Thanks so much for the response!]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:17:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3465&title=top-40-definition#3465 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3464&title=top-40-definition#3464 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 661
Posted: 20 January 2006 at 4:21pm

I seem to recall that Pat's criteria, if I understand it correctly, is that it had to have made the top forty in BOTH Cash Box and Billboard. None of those songs (all of which just grazed Billboard's top forty) quite made the top forty in Cash Box.

I have found exceptions -- Tiny Dancer is listed for Elton John, and it only made the Top 40 in Cash Box and Record World, but not in Billboard.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:21:15 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3464&title=top-40-definition#3464 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=661&PID=3463&title=top-40-definition#3463 Author: Ivan
Subject: 661
Posted: 20 January 2006 at 3:56pm

The database contents on this site appear to be slightly out of sync with one fairly standardized definition of "Top 40", i.e., as characterized by entry in the Top 40 "Billboard" Pop Music charts.

Am I off base, here? Artists like John Valenti, Melba Montgomery, Marilyn Sellars, Travis Wammack (to name a few) do not turn up in a database search, and yet they were responsible for Pop Music Top 40 singles (as defined in this post).

Thanks,
Ivan

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