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Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 Hardcover – September 1, 2009

by Joel Whitburn (Editor)

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(Book). An all-encompassing, artist-by-artist listing of every artist and song that's made Billboard 's "Hot Country Songs" charts. Over 2,400 country artists and over 19,000 songs represent 64 years of country chart hits! Complete chart data shows peak position and total chart weeks. Indicates awards that the song won, as well as a bio on every artist listed. A special section includes an alphabetical song title section and handy list of Top Artists, Top Hits and Record Breakers.

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Joel Whitburn is a Hal Leonard author.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Record Research (September 1, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 674 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0898201772
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0898201772
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.72 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1.54 x 9.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,747,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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John P. Pripusich

Country Music Fans' MUST HAVE!

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2010

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You cannot top the Whitburn Books for being authoritative and absolutely essential. You'll enjoy every morsel of facts, figures, chart history, etc., etc., etc.. Ten times worth the price if you are a country music and records fan. Very interesting rankings of the top country stars of all time, too. Who is ranked number one??? My guesses were way up there, but incorrect! I won't ruin the surprise!
Treat yourself to this wonderful volume! I have several Whitburn Books...Take it from a former radio DJ...There are the Whitburn Books, and then everybody else! The ONLY nitpik is that the print is small. A modest price to pay for such a motherlode of information and fun, and I don't cite this as a criticism (Such a wealth of chart treasures required the small font), but worth a mention for folks who might find the small print difficult to read for an extended period.

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JayB

Best Country Music Reference!

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013

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What a classic! Another Whitburn reference book for my shelf--although it falls into my hands almost daily. This is the perfect companion to my long-cherished Top Pop Singles books I've purchased over the bast 40 years. Joel is a master of triviata, and this book is chock full of bits and pieces that will amaze you and your music-lovin' buddies. Glad I got the hard cover, 'cuz I'll enjoy this book for the next couple of decades. Kudos to Wisconsin native Joel Whitburn again! (P.S.--I got to meet Joel at his home and see his record vault back in the late 80s. What an amazing collection this humble man has amassed!) --JayB

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DTroppens

Just Like the Pop book

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014

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If you have Joel Whitburn's Top 100 book for pop songs, then you'll know what this book is like. It's the country version of that book.

A few things I found interesting right away when I opened the book. There's certainly not been as many artists that have hit the country charts, it seems popular country artists enjoy great consistency and longevity to their careers and it's strange how so many songs were in the charts for 20 weeks. There must've been some sort of rule for many years where songs just dropped out of the charts after 20 weeks. It's the only thought I can come up with. Oh, another is how certain years had a new No. 1 song almost every week.

My history into country music isn't very deep. It only includes the songs I've heard in the top 40 countdowns from the 1970s, and a few in the 1980s. I also listened to country music with great intensity for about five years in the first half of the 1990s. So with that being my background, I decided to purchase the book. And with the purchase I find myself more interested in the history of country music. I want to know more about some of the great acts of the past, more about the acts I listened to in the 1990s. I also enjoy looking for the crossover hits. I enjoy looking at all the Christmas hits country artists have.

It's a really good book. Get it even if you just have a hint of interest in country music. As I've found out, this book will raise your interest even more.

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DJ Joe Sixpack

An indispensible country music resource

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2011

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"Hot Country Songs 1944 To 2008"
Compiled by Joel Whitburn
(Billboard/Record Research Inc., 2009)
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I really do love these Billboard books which, especially in the case of country music, are invaluable research tools for anyone who really wants to delve deep into the history of popular song. You have to learn to read between the lines, but what seems like a dry recitation of statistics is actually a rich trove of information about an industry that has gone through a lot of changes over the last sixty-plus years. Great stuff. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2012

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As a country music fan I found the book by Joel Whitburn to be very helpful and imformative. It is a good reference guide as to who, what and when. Now I have friends that rely on me to tell them who recorded what and when. They think I have an excellent memory. If only they knew.

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2013

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I bought this a a valentines present for my fiancee. He is a DJ with his own radio show so he loves it. Now I just have to buy him the newest one. He particularly likes the B side information and even used the infor to format one of his radio shows.

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Gerry Q. Seely

Great update to my previous 2005 edition....all the new artists, all the new songs.

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2013

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I have been buying Joel Whitburn books since 1979 and have always been very happy with them. A great source of information. I love settling "who sang that" and "when was that a hit" disputes. People who know I own this are always calling me for the facts.

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John Conte

Love this book, but not totally

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015

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As a writer I ordered this book as a reference book. While I received the book a few days ago, I wanted to open it on my birthday as my wife wanted to give it to me as a birthday gift. After checking one entry, I realized that I love this book and should be an informative book for anyone's collection. However, I am disappointed that the book does not list the date the songs charted at its highest position. It only lists the date the song entered the chart (which is also helpful to me), but I would have preferred the date of its highest chart position. If anyone knows of books that list song's chart positions (not just #1), I would be very interested.

I am writing a book on notable Italians, which includes songwriters, musicians, actors, athletes, inventors, etc. This book will be a valuable edition to my research of Italian American songwriters and musicians.

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Peter Durward Harris

It's come a long way since I bought the 1944-1988 edition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2010

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I threw out my tatty copy of Top Country Singles, 1944-1988 during a clearance in the mid-nineties, not knowing that I would become a reviewer and therefore miss that book. I always intended to buy a new edition, but I saw bad reviews of Top Country Songs, 1944-2005 , complaining that much-loved information relating to B-sides (which weren't in Top Country Singles, 1944-1988 , but had been added later) and pop chart placings (which were in Top Country Singles, 1944-1988 ) had been deleted, and decided to hold off. Reassured that the important data had been restored, I purchased this edition. The songwriting information apparently included in Top Country Songs, 1944-2005 has been removed, but while I would have liked that data too, I'd rather have the pop chart placings if I have to choose between them. After all, this is a chart data book and I can find the songwriting information elsewhere.

The main part of the book gives the chart data for each artist including those restored pop placings and B-sides. For major artists, there is a mini-index of song titles at the end of their entry saying which year each song charted. This is particularly useful if a song charted more than once for the artist - for example, it serves as a reminder that Dolly Parton charted in 1974, 1982 and 1995 with I will always love you. Another new feature, which applies to major artists only, is the summary of top artist hits at the top of the listing of hits. For Dolly Parton, the five given (in order) are Here you come again, Heartbreaker, Islands in the stream, You're the only one and It's all wrong but it's all right. While that may be correct according to the mathematical formula used, some of these tracks aren't automatically included on greatest hits compilations, which shows the limits of using a mathematical formula, especially one that counts each recording separately. The real top five, based on their fame, would surely be I will always love you, 9 to 5, Islands in the stream, Here you come again and Jolene. But this feature isn't what I bought the book for and it at least provides a guide.

Following the main part of the book, there is a complete song title index, followed by a top artists section and a section containing chart facts and figures. In Top Country Singles, 1944-1988 , there was a list of the top 200 artists of all time. In the intervening years, this has been expanded to a top 300 (and mentions the nine artists who dropped out of the top 300 in the years since the previous edition), while there are also top 50 lists for each decade. The top 300 list indicates which members have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Most of the top 50 have been inducted, including all the top 10 and all but three of the top 20. In this edition, Reba McEntire has the dubious distinction of being the most successful artist not yet inducted, but her turn will surely come. Barbara Mandrell (no longer in the all-time top 50) was inducted in 2009 but that was too late for this edition.

Compared to the Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles, 1944-1988 , the typeface is smaller but still perfectly readable. With so much more data to squeeze in, this is inevitable. The time will come eventually when it is necessary to split the book into two volumes, but hopefully not for a while yet. In the meantime, it remains a single volume and is essential for all country music fans who are interested in chart data.

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