Top 40 Music on CD Forum : Ron’s Hot 100 library

Top 40 Music on CD Forum : Ron’s Hot 100 library https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:06:16 +0000 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:23:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=7995 <![CDATA[Top 40 Music on CD Forum]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : A station I worked at in the 00s...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67899&title=rons-hot-100-library#67899 Author: Hykker
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Posted: 06 March 2026 at 7:23am

A station I worked at in the 00s used their service, as I recall they used some really weird jewel cases for their discs.]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:23:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67899&title=rons-hot-100-library#67899 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : I was a subscriber first to Hot...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67898&title=rons-hot-100-library#67898 Author: eriejwg
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Posted: 06 March 2026 at 2:51am

I was a subscriber first to Hot Hits, for a brief period in 1993 to 1994, then switch to Top Hits USA from 1994-2005, then to TM's PrimeCuts from 2005-2018 and now Promo Only from 2018 on.

I miss PrimeCuts the most because we pretty much had everything that made the Top 40, never had to ask them to put a song in their library. Towards the end, we were able to get the UK series for a couple of years before TM did away with their music service for DJs. They've been back to their roots as a jingles company and production music library company since 2018.]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:51:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67898&title=rons-hot-100-library#67898 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : eriejwg wrote:Unfortunately,...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67897&title=rons-hot-100-library#67897 Author: crapfromthepast
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Posted: 05 March 2026 at 4:34pm

eriejwg wrote:

Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to Top Hits USA. I'm not sure how far back their library is available online, looks like all music that's current within the last year according to their website.

Their weekly series for radio started in January 1992 (the same month as "Crap From The Past"!), with disc number T100. There's been one weekly "T" release every week since then. There are recurrent discs released every two months, which round up the biggest radio hits at the time. The recurrent discs are available in CHR ("RH"), country, ("RC"), adult contemporary ("RA"), rock ("RK"), and maybe a few others. The recurrent discs neatly round up the top 100 (or so) of the year for the various formats.

I asked them a while back about the back library, and if they'd sell me tracks from the years before I subscribed. They said they could sell me 320 kbps mp3 files, but didn't have the older stuff in lossless. It was also around $1 per track (or something around that number) for the older files. I didn't bite.

It's been a great service, with track selection from all the major labels and quite a few indies. Looking back over the years (back from when the charts made sense), the recurrent discs included basically everything that hit the top 15, and the weekly discs included just about everything that hit the top 40.

You can search their library, or download the whole thing, at www.tophitsusa.com. A quick search shows 48 tracks by the Glee Cast from 2009 to 2014. None ended up on any recurrent discs; these were not real radio hits (despite a little isolated airplay).]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:34:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67897&title=rons-hot-100-library#67897 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : I definitely remember the Glee...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67894&title=rons-hot-100-library#67894 Author: LunarLaugh
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Posted: 05 March 2026 at 12:19pm

I definitely remember the Glee rendition of "Don't Stop Believin'" getting played to death at the peak of the show's popularity. ]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:19:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67894&title=rons-hot-100-library#67894 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : LunarLaugh wrote:In my perfect...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67893&title=rons-hot-100-library#67893 Author: Hykker
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Posted: 05 March 2026 at 6:47am

LunarLaugh wrote:

In my perfect world, Glee would also be lumped in to that category but they DID get considerable consistent airplay rotation.

I don't remember any of the Glee tracks ever being played on-air with the possible exception of "Last Christmas". Were they any more than novelty spins on morning shows?]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:47:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67893&title=rons-hot-100-library#67893 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : Thank you for the information.My...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67892&title=rons-hot-100-library#67892 Author: kaqueno
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Posted: 05 March 2026 at 5:10am

Thank you for the information.

My question is whether anyone can share part of their collection with me, especially from the 1990s.

]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:10:58 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67892&title=rons-hot-100-library#67892 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : Unfortunately, you have to subscribe...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67891&title=rons-hot-100-library#67891 Author: eriejwg
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Posted: 05 March 2026 at 12:14am

Unfortunately, you have to subscribe to Top Hits USA. I'm not sure how far back their library is available online, looks like all music that's current within the last year according to their website.]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:14:12 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67891&title=rons-hot-100-library#67891 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : I have a tendency to blatantly...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67889&title=rons-hot-100-library#67889 Author: LunarLaugh
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Posted: 04 March 2026 at 10:37am

I have a tendency to blatantly ignore recordings that originated from American Idol (i.e. the weekly iTunes downloads). I put them in the same category as Kidzbop; they had strong sales figures but, with the exception of the winner's "finale" performances, they are basically karaoke covers that did not get airplay. In my perfect world, Glee would also be lumped in to that category but they DID get considerable consistent airplay rotation.

Either way I can't stand Carrie Underwood. 😁

All IMHO. Always happy to know that someone is making the effort to compile such things.]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:37:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67889&title=rons-hot-100-library#67889 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : Sorry to ask here.I've been...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67888&title=rons-hot-100-library#67888 Author: kaqueno
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Posted: 04 March 2026 at 10:27am

Sorry to ask here.

I've been trying to get the TopHitUSA promo CD collection digitally for a while now. Could someone please share it with me? Thanks.

]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:27:06 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67888&title=rons-hot-100-library#67888 <![CDATA[Ron’s Hot 100 library : As Richie has mentioned, I've...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67886&title=rons-hot-100-library#67886 Author: cmmmbase
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Posted: 04 March 2026 at 10:08am

As Richie has mentioned, I've got a 2000-2026 portion of Ron's Hot 100 project worked up. Richie has contributed considerably to this...]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:08:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7995&PID=67886&title=rons-hot-100-library#67886