Kindle Versions Now Available for the '70s, the '80s, the Rock Writers and the Albums
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The Definitive ‘70s Pop Music Countdown…Goes to the Next Level
Ranking the ‘70s by Dann Isbell and Bill Carroll broke new ground as the complete and systematic ranking of the singles of the ‘70s. Now with new and added information, RT70s Version 2.0 is here—and this time it’s based in Billboard.
The singles are there—all 5315 of them—scored and ranked using the unique area under the curve analytics, with special normalization for era pioneered in the original Ranking the ‘70s.
The albums are there—all 5941of them—along with the singles they produced—and their chart vital statistics: entry, peak, weeks on the chart, weeks at top 10 and top 40 and more.
The acts are there—1769 album acts and 1675 singles acts—ranked on their own and indexed with all their singles and all their albums that appeared during the ‘70s. Singles and Album acts are indexed together, with ranks, making comparisons easy.
The writers are there—those who were massive as individuals and the unforgettable writer teams—ranked, scored and associated with those who made their songs hits.
The producers are here too--ranked on their own and listed with their singles.
And there’s more--the unique analytic charts and graphs have always set the Ranking series apart and RT70s Version 2.0 is no exception. There are unique chronologies that give a one-glance snapshot of the ups and downs during the decade of the 15 top singles acts and album acts and 10 top writer teams, along with an explanatory narrative.
There are the special lists:
· Top 50 singles, albums and acts of each year;
· Most consecutive chart weeks for acts and writers
· Weakest follow-ups to Number 1
· Highest scoring singles and albums to never make the weekly Top 5
· Most chart appearances…and data, data, data.
Don’t forget the trivia quiz—yes, it’s a knuckle-buster, but the answers are all there.
Open Ranking the 70s Version 2.0 to any page and find a memory, an insight or a surprise.
540 pgs.
And don't forget the Classic
Finally--the complete and systematic ranking of every song and every act that peaked on Cash Box® magazine’s Top 100 pop singles charts of the 1970s—5,350 songs performed by 1,698 acts representing all the genres and their styles that made the ‘70s such a diverse decade for popular music: from brassy funk to sassy punk with varieties of pop, rock, soul and more in between.
Ranking the ‘70s is the world’s first and only uncut and unabridged ranking of pop music from the days of leisure suits and platform boots. That music stirred the passions of the “Me” generation from Earth Day, Kent State and women's lib through gas lines and the Bicentennial right up to inflation, ESPN and the Walkman and will transport early Gen X-ers back to family vacations, first dates, homework and high school graduation.
Open to just about any page and you’ll find your memories come flooding back to you as every song and every act is a fresh reminder of the past. It’s the final word in ‘70s countdowns.
But Ranking the ‘70s doesn’t stop with song and act rankings. You can also immerse yourself in the following features:
Each act’s catalogue of song titles ordered by chart popularity
A categorized listing of acts as soloists duos and group
A revealing year-by-year ranking of every act’s popularity during the decade
The top 300 songs of each year
A unique song title index with its own special features
An appendix featuring the most intense records and acts, the top 150 one-hit wonders, fastest and slowest records to #1, highest entries and exits and more!
404 pgs.
