Chart Research Sources



Austria Österreichisches Hit Lexikon (1984)

Australia (NS Wales) (New South Wales) Top 40 Research 1956-86

Belgium Het Belgisch Hitboek 1954-93 by Robert Collin; monthly before 1966; average of HUMO & BRT charts - top 20

Canada CHUM Radio charts 1957 - 1986

Canada The Canadian Singles Chart Book 1975-1996 by Nanda Lwin

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Ireland Book of Irish Chart hits 1962-83 by Larry Grogan - top 20/30

Finland *

France new research by Dominic Durand, who amalgated all known charts in France (see http://www.ifrance.com/hit-parades/Historique.html)

France[2] Hit Parades 1950-1998 by Daniel Lesueur (1998) *

Germany Hit Balanz Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-80 (Taurus Press) - top 50 in the 1960's.

Holland Hit Dossier 1956-2001 by Johan van Slooten; (bi-)weekly charts (top 10) in Billboard before 1964, weekly top 40 since 1964.

Italy Storia Dell Hit Parade 1957-88 by Dario Salvatori.

Italy[2] other Italian charts as researched by Chartitalia (see http://www.hitparadeitalia.it)

Norway Den Store Norske Hitboka 1958-93 by Tore Gilde. Top 10 charts.

New Zealand New Zealand Top 20 Singles by Warwick Freeman. Chart began in 1957, details exist only from March 1966. Top 20 charts.

Spain from Qué noche la de aquel año, a Spanish radio programme hosted by Miguel Rios, which listed the Spanish best sellers of each year (info provided by Frus)

Spain[2] from Spanish tradepaper Disc O Bolo - this chart used votes by readers and is thus not a sales-based chart

Sweden * and from the information contained in the booklet of „The Swedish Hit Collection“ CD by BMG (released in 2000)

Switzerland 33 Jahre Schweizer Single Charts Hitparade by Gusty Hufschmid.

UK (NME) The Complete NME Singles Charts by Dafydd Rees, Barry Lazell & Roger Osborne

UK (RM) Record Mirror Chart Top 20, info supplied by Matthias

UK (Guinness) Guinness Book of British Hit Singles (15th edition). Top 50 charts, Top 75 since May 1978.

US (Billboard) Top Pop Singles 1955-1969 by Joel Whitburn (Top 100 1955-58) and Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 by Joel Whitburn (Hot 100 1958-1999)

US (CashBox) The Cash Box Singles Chart 1950 – 1981 by Frank Hoffman.

US (RecordWorld) Hit Guide 1964-1970 and Hit Guide 1971-1980 by Gunter Ehnert.