[BC] Top 40 is not always from "Billboard"

[nakayle@gmail.com]

There was a whole genre of "beach music" that never rated much in Billboard
but was extremely popular in coastal areas especially in the southeast.
Doo-Wop is another genre that was very popular in certain areas but largely
ignored by Billboard.   However, most Top-40 stations did play more than
just the top-40- after-all- a song would never get to be in the Top-40 if it
didn't get some air-play.   I have many old 1/4" tapes of songs I taped off
the air in the '60s that never made it into the top-40.  I guess I have
eccentric tastes in music.  ;-)

 - Nat Kayle


On 9/4/06, Lane Radiolanes Main <lane at radiolanes.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Cope" <dcope at intercom.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:01 AM
> Subject: [BC] Top 40 is not always from "Billboard"
>
>
> > On 9/3/06, Thomas G. Osenkowsky <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >  > Many of us "engineers" have had experiences in other than
> > the technical arena. Many of us have been in on-air positions,
> > myself included. I have long held that "Oldies" stations fail
> > to do their research. They may rely on the Joel Whitburn
> > books which are based on Billboard charts. These, however,
> > do no reflect what the market was hearing. There were many
> > local hits that never charted on Billboard.
> >
> > ---------
> >
> > Don't forget "Catch A Wave" by the Beach Boys.  According to Joel
> Whitburn's
> > book it never made the Top 40.
> > Well, we are a beach town and everyone here loves it.
> >
> > On the air every Friday night on WCTG from 6 to 10 with a two thousand
> song
> > library.
> > Even the stations owner likes the show..
> >
> > Dennis
> > WESR, WCTG
> >
> >