Kindle Versions Now Available for the '70s, the '80s, the Rock Writers and the Albums
Kindle Versions Now Available for the '70s, the '80s, the Rock Writers and the Albums
The singles are here—all 2721 of them—scored, ranked and indexed using the unique area-under-the-curve analytics pioneered by the Ranking books. Every imaginable statistic is here—including their history on the Billboard Country and Pop charts, albums of origin, writers and producers.
The albums are here—all 952 of them—scored, ranked and indexed with both Pop and Country statistics including chart Entry, Exit, Peak, Top 10 and Top 40 weeks and the singles produced.
The acts are here--scored and ranked for their history with both singles and albums. There are unique Chronologies giving an at-a-glance graphical and narrative decade history of the 20 most important singles acts.
The writers and writer teams are here—scored, ranked and listed with the acts they wrote for.
The producers and producer teams are here—ranked on their own and shown with their acts and labels.
Then there are the special lists--over 60 of them:
· Top singles and albums of each year
· Most weeks on the charts
· Most consecutive weeks on the charts by acts and writers
· All the cover versions
· All the crossovers to the pop charts
· Albums charting the most singles
· Acts whose careers started and those whose careers ended in the ‘90s
· Writers with the most songs charting at the same time
· And so much more data, data, data. The Table of Contents alone is four pages!
And don't forget the knuckle-buster trivia quiz--and yes, the answers are there and found in the tables and lists. You’ll want to memorize them to win bets at the honky-tonk.
Open Ranking the '90s: Country to any page and find a memory, insight or surprise. There has truly never been anything like it for country music.
Foreword with Insights from T. Graham Brown
Answers at the bottom of this page
1. One song title on the ‘90s Hot Country chart consisted of the same word repeated four times. Name it and the artist.
2. Only one number 1 ‘90s country record was a cover of a Hot 100 number 1 record—which also charted in the ‘90s. Name it.
3. Name the two ‘90s covers of number 1 country records—both entering in 1980--that peaked at number 2.
4. This act had the most Top 40 weeks in the ‘90s without ever cracking the Top 10. Who was it?
Bill Carroll has spotlighted this important slice of American pie with passion, detail and accuracy. As with all of Bill's books, easy to enjoy...hard to put down!
--Lou Simon, VP Music Programming, Sirius XM Radio
1. One song title on the ‘90s Hot Country chart consisted of the same word repeated four times. Name it and the artist.
Shame Shame Shame Shame—Mark Collie
2. Only one number 1 ‘90s country record was a cover of a Hot 100 number 1 record—which also charted in the ‘90s. Name it.
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing—Aerosmith covered by Mark Chesnutt
3. Name the two ‘90s covers of number 1 country records—both entering in 1980--that peaked at number 2.
Lesson In Leavin’, Jo Dee Messina covering Dottie West
Who’s Cheatin’ Who, Alan Jackson covering Charly McClain
4. This act had the most Top 40 weeks in the ‘90s without ever cracking the Top 10. Who was it?
The Mavericks—59 weeks on six records.
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