The Billboard book of top 40 country hits
"From the classic recordings of Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Red Foley, and Earnest Tubb, to enduring artists Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, and George Jones, to today's young superstars the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Martina MacBride, and George Strait, Billboard magazine has been keeping tabs on the best sellers in country music. Now, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits has been newly updated and expanded to capture the complete chart history of the most American of all music forms, offering exhaustive information on every record to score at least one Top 40 hit." "All the biggest selling hits and most-played hits since 1944 are listed both by artist and by song title for quick reference. Every artist entry features biographical information on the artist or group, followed by the date for each hit, its highest position and number of weeks on the chart, and its original label name and catalog number. Lists of record holders, including the all-time Top 100 #1 Hits, the Top 25 #1 Hits by Decade, the Top 100 Artists 1944-2005, the Top 25 Artists by Decade, the Top 40 Artist Achievements, the #1 Singles listed chronologically, and over 200 photos round out this treasure trove of Top 40 trivia." "Learn the answers to such fascinating questions as (answers below): A. What group scored an amazing 21 consecutive #1 hits from 1980-1987? B. What former Beatle charted a Top 40 duet with Buck Owens in 1989? C. What husband-and-wife teamed up on the #1 hit "It's Your Love" in 1997? D. The #1 artist of the 1970s, Harold Lloyd Jenkins, is better known by what name? E. What popular cowboy movie star notched three #1 hits from 1944-1946? F. Which Australian native had six #1 hits from 2000-2005? G. What female singer spent eight weeks at #1 with her very first chart hits in 1964? H. What popular 1980s group recorded the #1 pop hit "Kiss You All Over" in 1978? I. What mother-and-daughter team scored 14 #1 hits from 1984-1989? J. What female singer had back-to-back #1 hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand by Your Man"? Book jacket."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2006
Billboard Books, New York, ©2006