https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 May 2026 04:05:48 +0000 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:37:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8497 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=8497&PID=48756&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#48756 Author: Chatfan MA
Subject: 8497
Posted: 03 January 2018 at 4:37pm

Finally I got it (page 66) :

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-
Billboard/30s/1936/BB-1936-01-04.pdf

For me then, the information in the article is misleading
reagarding that what we understand about a chart since
e.g. July 27, 1940:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/number-one-with-a-
bullet-the-rise-of-the-billboard-hot-100



]]> Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:37:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=48756&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#48756 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44995&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44995 Author: Chatfan MA
Subject: 8497
Posted: 06 February 2016 at 3:41pm

Interesting ... however, there are several publications
that report Billboard's first chart from Jan 4, 1936, for
example:
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/number-one-with-a-
bullet-the-rise-of-the-billboard-hot-100

Does anyone have one issue of Billboard from 1936 to check?
]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2016 15:41:04 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44995&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44995 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44989&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44989 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 8497
Posted: 06 February 2016 at 5:57am

Paul C wrote: I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but from late 1935 until early 1938 Billboard published sales charts for each major label (that is, a separate chart for each label) based on information supplied by the labels themselves.

This was also my first thought. According to our records, the very first "10 Best Records of the Week" chart was dated November 2, 1935. It showed the Top 10 for three different record labels, RCA-Victor, Brunswick and Columbia. They later added other labels and cut it down to a Top 5 listing. This info was supplied by the labels themselves, so take that for what it's worth.]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2016 05:57:16 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44989&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44989 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44986&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44986 Author: Paul C
Subject: 8497
Posted: 05 February 2016 at 3:27pm

I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but from late 1935 until early 1938 Billboard published sales charts for each major label (that is, a separate chart for each label) based on information supplied by the labels themselves.]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:27:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44986&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44986 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44978&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44978 Author: Chatfan MA
Subject: 8497
Posted: 05 February 2016 at 7:14am

Who knows more? I just read that the first Billboard music
chart was issued on Jan 04, 1936. Who knows more about the
character of the chart? Definitely it was no sheet music
chart and no best-selling singles chart ... (that started
Jul 27, 1940), and the "Record Buying Guide (precursor of
the Juke Box Chart) started in 1938. Was this the Radio
Plug Chart? Does anyone have this Billboard edition and can
describe its content/appearance?]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:14:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8497&PID=44978&title=first-billboard-chart-jan-04-1936#44978