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Named after joel whitburn and his authoritative billboard books, the whitburn project began in 1998, when a group of 15 collectors pooled their resources to create an mp3 collection of every single in the top 40. This volume provides chart information on all songs and artists to make up the top 40 of the billboard hot 100 singles chart from 1955 to the end of the 20th century. In keeping with the overall quality of his series of billboard top 40 books, joel whitburn has once again provided an excellent compendium of the top charting country hits and artists, dating all the way back from 1944 to 2006. Buy the billboard book of top 40 country hits revised edition by whitburn, joel isbn. Buy a cheap copy of joel whitburn presents the billboard. Billboard presents joel whitburns top country songs 19442005. Record research publishes reference books based on data from the various popular music charts and to date has. The billboard book of us top 40 hits, 1955 to present by joel. Record research 2004 billboard music yearbook book series written by joel whitburn usher to gretchen wilson to maroon 5.
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