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Airplay hits that missed the Hot 100 |
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aaronk ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 201 |
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Upon further examination, it looks like those songs simply don't have a catalog number listed (label only). So, I guess there's no point in printing a unique symbol.
Here's hoping that the airplay book does materialize! |
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mstgator ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 06 September 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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I'd buy any or all of those! |
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Brian W. ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17 |
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My vote is for Gavin!
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EdisonLite ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 18 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 209 |
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Radio & Records would be a great book!
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Hykker ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 30 October 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 27 |
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I think it depends on era. By the 70s Gavin had become kind of an "also-ran" tipsheet. The criteria for becoming a reporter there was pretty lax, and they became kind of "top heavy" with stations in relatively insignificant markets. Of course, R&R didn't exist before '74 or so, but by the late 70s seemed to be the "go-to" source second only to Billboard, at least at stations I worked at. |
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Paul Haney ![]() Music Fan ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 April 2005 Status: Offline Points: 44 |
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That pretty much sums it up. I'd love to do the Gavin charts as those go back to 1958 and are VERY hard to find today. But, I'd also love to do R&R as they were the "go-to" charts for the radio industry, even though they didn't start until the fall of 1973. I'm hoping we can eventually do both, although we've also had several requests to do the Country & R&B charts from both Music Vendor/Record World and Cash Box. Certainly no shortage of future possible books! |
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jimct ![]() Music Fan ![]() Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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For those interested, Bill Gavin basically invented the concept of
gathering, monitoring and distributing current Top 40 radio airplay info, back in the late 50s. And while Billboard, Cashbox and Record World all published in standard magazine form, trying to appeal to the broadest possible music industry audience, be it retailers, jukebox operators, record distributors, label executives, radio stations and consumers/casual music fans for their subscription base, the Gavin Report was a totally different animal - it was prepared for those folks working in and programming for Top 40 radio - period. In its 1960s and early-to-mid 70s prime, The Gavin Report was known as a "tip sheet" for a good reason: it literally was. Arriving as just one typewritten, 11 1/2 X 14 page each week, it was quickly prepared and sent out, via regular US mail. No frills-just the latest, "hot off the press" info, gathered from selected Top 40 stations across the country. Doing it this way got the latest, time-sensitive airplay info into radio's hands days quicker than any of the "glossier" mags ever could. Gavin usually included one song each as its "Smash Of The Week", "Sleeper Of The Week", "Hot Shot", "Top Tip", and "Record To Watch", followed by a "Recommended Playlist" of a ranked Top 20, followed by "Gaining In Several Markets", "Top Prospects", "Regional Sales and/or Requests" and "Picks & Plays". FYI, during these years, its annual radio industry convention, "The Gavin Seminar", was a virtual "Who's Who" of radio power brokers each year. For years, it was practically radio's version of the Academy Awards. This event was an essential opportunity for those currently in radio to network, catch up with old radio friends, and make new radio friends. This was very key, as gigs in radio were rarely long-term propositions. It was a brotherhood, and friends would usually do their best to help their best radio buddies out. Because the chances were very strong that YOU could be the one needing the same favor sometime soon. Bill Gavin was already over 50 when he started his tip sheet in '58. And although he remained quite involved with his business, even into the early 80's, he died of cancer in 1985, at 77. And while The Gavin Report soldiered on for years afterwards, eventually changing its own look over to the standard magazine form, it ceased operations in 2002. My only concern with Gavin getting the "RR Treatment" would be how few songs were given actual numbers, on the sheet. Most of the tip sheet info were simply "song mentions", without a number. So how would that setup be reflected in a useful form for us now? In my 30 years involved in the world of Top 40/CHR radio (1977-2007), Radio & Records was considered "The Bible". The entire time. By a mile!!!!!!!!!!!!! And while we reported to five or six other trade magazines each week in the 80s and 90s, for example (Billboard, FMQB, Hits, Hitmakers and Gavin, to mention a few, and probably in that order of internal use.) I believe R&R began around 1973, and by the end of the decade had basically become the industry standard. I also recall that R&R's weekly charts were far more numbers-oriented, and for that reason R&R would be my own clear choice for RR to tackle next..... |
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