Pop Annual 1955-2016

Great video, Paul.
You've done a superb job over the last few years.
Thank you.

BTW, is Fran any better? That was terrible news you relayed last year.

Paul Haney wrote: RoknRobnLoxley wrote: Call me a nut (I am), but for a Pop Albums Annual (if it were ever to come to pass), I’d really prefer to see the yearly peak of an album for EVERY YEAR it appeared on the charts. Not just its absolute peak in its peak year. This would allow us to see the ebb and flow popularity of an album over time, as it actually occurred. Yeah, that would result in more pages and ink, but the extra cost would be worth it to me. Take my money, please… (Same thing for the Pop Singles Annual, ha.) Thanks for listening, Paul… I agree, you're a nut! :) A Pop Albums Annual will never happen at Record Research. Just too much work for too little payoff. We have to make a profit to keep the doors open, simple as that.

Paul, you forgot to remind us that your RR book "Top 10 Albums 1955-2011" includes a pop albums annual in the back! Well, it's not full blown, but it'll do until you get around to the full blown, ha. (yeah I know, you never will…) It lists the albums by peak for each year, until the half page column runs out of space, or you get to the #10 position. Definitely worth it to have this book.

Also, for the millions of viewers here who may have forgotten:

--the "Top 10 Country Hits 1944-2010" book also includes a country singles annual in the back. Same set up, a half page column till it runs out of space or gets to the #10 position. So a bit of an update over the last country singles annual from 1997.

--the "Top 10 R&B Hits 1942-2010" book, same thing, an annual in the back, same set up. The first ever R&B singles annual (I think).

--and as someone else previously mentioned in another thread, the "A Century of Pop Music" book is a pop annual 1900 to 1999, with a ranking by peak of 40 records each year. The first pop annual for 1900 to 1939 (I think).

Most groove worthy, all of them, and I own ‘em all. Operators are standing by!

I have so many RR books, I need a spreadsheet just to keep track of them all…

Just wondering but 2024, a new pop annual Paul covering 2017-2023?

Just throwing this out there, but how about an
Adult Contemporary annual? I don't think
there's ever been one before and I love that
chart (even though in recent years songs have
been spending extraordinarily long weeks at
#1).

As I recall, the 1994 and 1999 editions of the
Pop Annual and the 1997 edition of the Country
Annual had the week-by-week chart positions
for each song that made the Top 5. Is that
still being done, and if not, is there any
chance of that returning?