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8 unusual facts about Joel Whitburn


A Swingin' Safari

Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed. 1996), p. 632.

Deskee

Joel Whitburn, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004 (Record Research) pg.

Kitty Wells

Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of Billboards country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book The Top 40 Country Hits, behind Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, and Tanya Tucker.

Ralph Marterie

Joel Whitburn's pop chart research books say that Marterie's version of "The Song Of Love" peaked at #84 for the week ending December 26, 1955.

Sonny James

Some sources, such as Joel Whitburn's "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," disregard non-No.

The Mello-Moods

This reached the Top 10 in the US Billboard R&B chart in 1952, and, according to Joel Whitburn, original copies have the highest cash value, $2000, of any record ever making the R&B chart.

The Ventures

Of their 38 chart albums, 34 of them occurred in the 1960s, and the Ventures rank as the 6th best pop album performer for that decade, according to "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums".

Vinnie Bell

According to Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Singles 1942-1995, Bell was responsible for the 1959 instrumental, "The Clouds", credited to The Spacemen, written by Julius Dixson and released on Dixson's Alton record label.



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