Ron’s Hot 100 library

As many of you know, I have an ongoing project to upgrade my personal library to include the best-sounding versions of everything that hit the Hot 100. Best-sounding, at least, to my ears.

My (free and highly recommended) tagging program, Mp3tag, generates HTML files for the directories, so I thought I'd post the files for these years. Each file represents my personal Hot 100 library for a particular year, ranked according to the
2005 edition of Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual book. At present, I've worked my way through the Hot 100 years 1981-1993, with more years to come.

I attempted to include all the different versions of each song released at the time, including LP, commercial 45, and promo 45. Where I could, I used relatively common CDs that I own or owned at some point; I don't have access to every CD ever
released. I've relied heavily on some fellow collectors for many of these, especially for most of the tracks from the lower rungs of the chart.

I will update this original post as needed, each time I add a new year. I will update the files periodically, as well, so that they're mostly current (if not 100% current).

If you find these types of lists interesting, then enjoy!

1966 (only positions 001-130)

1967 (only positions 001-116)

1968 (only positions 001-127)

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Edited by crapfromthepast

Wow, this list is great! I got 1/3 the way through the 1st year (1981) and realized I had to bookmark this, too. Great info in here - about versions I didn't know, etc. I'm definitely going to have questions for you as I go through this. First one:

Is the single mix of "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" finally on CD?? What's "Ones On 1"?

Also, if you add more years, can I suggest you go back through the '70s (79, 78, etc.) ... or forward? :) That would be an incredible list, too!

Yes, it is, I own it. "Ones on 1" is an old UK compilation -- there's a ton of them on Ebay UK.

Edited by Brian W.

Brian W. wrote: Yes, it is, I own it. "Ones on 1" is an old UK compilation -- there's a ton of them on Ebay UK.

This seems too good to be true. I've been looking for the single mix since the '80s, and according to all I'm reading here, it's been on CD since 1988 (!) and it's really the single mix (!), and is it really from tape and not cleaned vinyl (!) ?

Please tell me I'm not dreaming :)

Another 1981 correction for your benefit, Ron. "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" from the At The Close Of A Century box is also the LP version. The LP version has overdubs that aren't on the 45, but the 45 is gettable through Motown Year By Year 1980.

http://www.top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3917 &KW=i+ain%27t+gonna