![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Billboard’s editorial would frequently identify trends based on the perceived popularity of certain idioms which fell outside normal pop categorisation. At any given time, Billboard’s Hot 100 might contain a range of musical styles that is impossible to envisage in today’s market. Perhaps the most striking characteristic of the Golden Age of American Popular Music was the sheer diversity of the charts. We’ve also insisted on the single versions of the tracks, which haven’t been available elsewhere, such as ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘The Sidewinder’. We’ve slightly widened the brief to include some hits from Billboard’s “Bubbling Under” chart that was published as an adjunct to the Hot 100 in these years.Īlthough some of the titles will be known by pop fans, as ever these are leavened by the much less familiar and sometimes quite rare. This spin-off from the main series is a collection of Jazz Hits from the core years of 1958-1966. The Golden Age Of American Popular Music is fast-becoming as successful series as our Golden Age of American Rock’n’Roll. ![]()
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