Help: Music charts & surveys from the 40s?

Subject: Music charts & surveys from the 40s?
From:
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 10:07 AM

Anybody know where I can get some top twenty...or top ten music charts (like Billboard or Radio Station Survey Charts) listing the top popular songs from the 40s...especially World War II years? Much thanks for any info.

Ann [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Help: Music charts & surveys from the 40s?
From: Davey
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 10:13 AM

I can't create a blue clicky for you, but this site may be of some assistance..

http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/summer.html

Subject: RE: Help: Music charts & surveys from the 40s?
From: Davey
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 11:43 AM

OK Here is the blue clicky...

Click here for lots of lyrics

Davey... (:>)

Subject: RE: Help: Music charts & surveys from the 40s?
From: M.Ted
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 12:15 PM

The ultimate resource, at least for music in the US, is a book called "Pop Memories 1890-1954" by Joel Whitburn, which is an alphabetical listing, by artist, of the top charted hits, it also features an alphabetical listing, by song, and a week by week chronology of of the 898 number one hits for those 65 years. It is not a collection of charts, however, though it lists say, Kay Kyser's "Lights out til Reveille" as first charting on 7/26/41, and tells that it was #1 for 2 weeks, and was on the chart for 15 weeks, it doesn't list the chart for the week of 7/26--

The web site listed above does list songs by chart position and year, but doesn't credit the source for the information--but if all you want is an idea of what songs were most popular when, it is helpful--

I use the Pop Memories book all the time, and if you perform (or want to perform) a lot of music from those times, it is indispensible--