https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:23:19 +0000 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:41:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9984 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=9984&PID=63572&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63572 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9984
Posted: 05 September 2023 at 8:41am

PopArchivist wrote: I think there is another one in 2002. Forgot which one Paul, but its there. Doesn't exist either.

That would be "Who U Been Wit" by Lil' Joe. Totally made up and no longer in our
database, so it won't be in any future books.]]> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:41:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63572&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63572 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63571&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63571 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9984
Posted: 05 September 2023 at 8:38am

I think there is another one in 2002. Forgot which one Paul, but its there. Doesn't exist either.]]> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:38:09 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63571&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63571 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63559&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63559 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9984
Posted: 31 August 2023 at 4:49am

Paul C wrote: I don't know if it was intended as a 'copyright trap', but the sixth edition of The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits includes Florian Zabach's version of "When The White Lilacs Bloom Again" and indicates that it reached #40. The song actually only reached #50 and is not included in any other edition I own.

That's another one! I was very unhappy with that one as it changed data for an actual
record and not one that was totally made up like the others.

Funny story (which gets back to the original topic)...When Joel was putting all the songs
from the Pop Hits book on his hard drive, I got a frantic call one day that he couldn't
find "Bewitched" by Mindy Carson! I had to remind him that it was a "plant" and we both
got a good chuckle out of it.]]> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:49:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63559&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63559 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63557&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63557 Author: Paul C
Subject: 9984
Posted: 30 August 2023 at 3:32pm

I don't know if it was intended as a 'copyright trap', but the
sixth edition of The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Hits
includes Florian Zabach's version of "When The White Lilacs
Bloom Again" and indicates that it reached #40. The song
actually only reached #50 and is not included in any other
edition I own.

Edited by Paul C]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:32:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63557&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63557 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63547&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63547 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9984
Posted: 30 August 2023 at 4:19am

Copyright traps are common in reference works, but as I said, I was never a fan of putting them into the Record
Research books. I always felt that most of our readers would see them as "mistakes" and therefore they would reflect
poorly on the books overall. In the end, we never did find anybody who copied those fictitious entries to any great
extent, thus defeating the whole purpose of putting them in the books in the first place (and why we subsequently
removed them). While we always strive for perfect accuracy, with the millions of data points in a typical Record
Research book, some minor typos or typesetting errors are bound to occur. I wish our customers could see some of the
initial printouts I run and then how much effort goes into proofing and editing the final product. Which is why we're
sometimes late on our initial projections for getting a project done on time.]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 04:19:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63547&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63547 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63545&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63545 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9984
Posted: 29 August 2023 at 12:40pm

Paul Haney wrote: There are a few more sprinkled in various books over the years. I know them all, but it's more fun when people find them for themselves.

Yea when we can't find the track anywhere Paul I will remember to email you first about it. Did Joel really worry about people breaking copyright on his work that he had to throw in fake chart hits to ward them off?

PS A copyright trap in a 1950 annual listing? I'm probably one of the few here who noticed it since I was trying to collect every 50's annual hit....]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:40:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63545&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63545 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63544&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63544 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9984
Posted: 29 August 2023 at 10:00am

FrankG wrote: Coincidentally, I recently came across another copyright trap listed in Wikipedia for the rock band Charlie: "Note that in earlier editions of Joel Whitburn's Billboard chart books, a Charlie album called Fifth Flight is listed as having charted in 1981 at #99. This album did not exist, and never charted — its inclusion in Whitburn's book is either an error or a deliberate copyright trap. In any event, later editions of Whitburn's books (post-2006) make no mention of it."

Yep, that's one!

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63544&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63544 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63543&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63543 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9984
Posted: 29 August 2023 at 10:00am

AndrewChouffi wrote: Wild. Can anyone point out any other examples? (No, "Ready 'N' Steady" by D.A. doesn't count...) Andy

There are a few more sprinkled in various books over the years. I know them all, but it's more fun when people find
them for themselves.

For the record, I was never a fan of them and most have since been purged from subsequent editions.]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63543&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63543 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63542&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63542 Author: FrankG
Subject: 9984
Posted: 29 August 2023 at 9:40am

Coincidentally, I recently came across another copyright
trap listed in Wikipedia for the rock band Charlie:

"Note that in earlier editions of Joel Whitburn's
Billboard chart books, a Charlie album called Fifth Flight
is listed as having charted in 1981 at #99. This album did
not exist, and never charted — its inclusion in Whitburn's
book is either an error or a deliberate copyright trap. In
any event, later editions of Whitburn's books (post-2006)
make no mention of it."]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 09:40:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63542&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63542 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63538&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63538 Author: AndrewChouffi
Subject: 9984
Posted: 29 August 2023 at 5:02am

Wild.

Can anyone point out any other examples?

(No, "Ready 'N' Steady" by D.A. doesn't count...)

Andy]]> Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:02:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9984&PID=63538&title=mindy-carson-bewitched-1950-ot#63538