Author: Joel Whitburn
Publisher: Billboard Books
Keywords: hits, billboard, top, book, forty
Number of Pages: 880
Published: 2004-07-28
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0823074994
ISBN-13: 9780823074990

This Updated and Expanded 8th Edition of The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits offers complete and authoritative chart information on the most popular songs and artists to reach the top 40 positions on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart from 1955 - present. Written by Joel Whitburn, whose company Record Research is the most authoritative source of information on the Billboard charts, this thoroughly revised perennial bestseller is an indispensable resource for pop music fans, record collectors, and trivia enthusiasts, as well as for radio, cable, and music industry professionals. As in previou

Author: Michael Vukadinovich
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Keywords: billboard
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2008-08-20
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0573662800
ISBN-13: 9780573662805

Drama / 2m, 1f / Interior Set Andy, a recent college graduate weighed down by student loans, gets paid a great deal to tattoo a corporate logo on his forehead. His artist girlfriend Katelyn is not impressed, his liberal best friend thinks he’s crazy, and now he has to live with it. The decision has both tragic and comic consequences as he comes to learn that the logo is more than just ink on his skin. But Katelyn sees a very unique artistic opportunity. She sees his body as an example of the extent to which consumerism has permeated our daily lives. When Andy decides to rip up the check

Author: Bradley Smith
Publisher: Billboard Book
Keywords: music, progressive, guide, billboard
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1998-02-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0823076652
ISBN-13: 9780823076659

Author: Christopher Feldman
Publisher: Billboard Books
Keywords: singles, number, book, billboard
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0823076954
ISBN-13: 9780823076956

This newest addition to a long list of quality chart books chronicles the history of those singles that almost, but never quite, reached the top of the Billboard charts. Citing every hit that placed number two since 1955, the book details each artist’s or single’s individual history. Fans will remember such classics as "Blueberry Hill" (Fats Domino), "Dancing in the Street" (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), "Burning Love" (Elvis Presley), and "Y.M.C.A." (Village People), and more recent biggies "Material Girl" (Madonna), "My Lovin" (En Vogue), and "It’s So Hard to Say Goodby

Author: Fred Bronson
Publisher: Billboard Books
Keywords: hits, one, number, book, billboard
Number of Pages: 1008
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0823076776
ISBN-13: 9780823076772

Before MTV and VH1, before books with "Stories Behind the Songs" of popular recording artists, there were Fred Bronson’s stories behind the top chart hits. Now in its 5th Edition, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised, expanded, and completely updated - once again provides the inside scoop behind every song to reach the pinnacle of the best-known, most respected record chart in the world, Billboard’s Hot 100. The ultimate music reference source for all pop music fans, the book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of every song to reach the top of the c

Author: Mark Yost
Publisher: Motorbooks
Keywords: changed, nascar, money, story, billboard, inside, mph
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-08-03
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0760328129
ISBN-13: 9780760328125

What began on the dusty racetracks of the rural South is now a world-class enterprise, as closely watched by Wall Street as by hometown racing fans. How NASCAR grew from its provincial roots to become a big business of international proportions is the story Mark Yost tells in The 200-MPH Billboard. A seasoned sports and business reporter for the Wall Street Journal and contributor to the New York Times and the Sports Business Journal, Yost demystifies the economics and politics behind NASCAR sponsorship. His book takes us behind the scenes of some of the head-turning corporat

Author: Ronan MacDonald
Publisher: Billboard Books
Keywords: handbk, book, recording, home, illus, billboard
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2004-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0823070794
ISBN-13: 9780823070794

A comprehensive and accessible guide to making music on a home computer, this book is perfect for beginners, a godsend for musicians trying to keep up with technology, and an inspiration to anyone thinking of the best way to make music more easily. The handbook covers all the software and hardware needed to create any type of music on a computer. Plus, professional tips and jargon troubleshooters are provided throughout the text to help individuals through the technology minefield and provide expert information in a digestible form. With the solid advice and information found in this book, ind