Book Description
This, the 15th edition of British Hit Singles, is the biggest book yet - dedicated to celebrating 50 years of the charts! Packed with new features and spreads and all the classic stats and details, including:
* All the information gathered from all 2,600 UK charts since 1952, including 7,000 chart acts and 25,000 song titles, plus peak positions of singles, weeks spent on the chart, artist biographies and catalogue numbers.
* The low-down on Britains first-ever Hit Parade from 1952.
* British Hit Singles Readers All-Time Top 100 singles chart, generated by over 31,000 votes.
* 50 stories from the stars recalling a different memory or perspective on half a century of chart music.
* Focus on the Resurgence of Vinyl.
* More new themed charts than you can shake a stick at, incuding Producers, Football, Marriage and Cities.
* Pop Review Of The Year the usual round up of who did what, where and when during the past 12 months.
From the Author
What was the Hit Parade and is now The UK Singles Chart celebrates its 50th birthday on November 14th 2002. In honour of this milestone and acknowledging the charts importance as an essential thread running through popular music, our Book of British Hit Singles, which itself reaches 25 years of chart action, celebrates with a very special gold edition and some very special features and interviews.
- David Roberts. Editor, British Hit Singles.