The first thing to keep in mind, that this is all for fun.
The 'Hits' here are only hits in our virtual world. There is no connection to what was, is, or might be popular to the music industry. For all the songs that they played then, a small percentage is now call 'oldies'.
So for those who grew up in the sixties, viewing the page is like walking in to a record store and picking up the locally published Top 30 chart. Your presented with the Top songs of the moment. You could buy all of those songs on those round little platters of plastic for under a dollar.
In the 60's over 6800 songs graced the Billboard Top 100. 1500 less entered in the 70's. (By the time of the digital 90's half as many of what charted in the 60's made the chart). Oldies Radio plays only a fraction of the songs, and very few are played that didn't grace the national top 40. So there is alot of forgotten music, especilly local hits.
While the length of a song on a 45 was usually two & a half to 4 minutes, there were hits, that were very short (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs "Stay" clocked in at 1:36) and very long (The Beatles "Hey Jude" was 7:11)
The Classic Top 30 Chart is dedecated to the glory years of the "single", 1950-1989.
The rules for the Classic Top 30 are simple: Vote for Your Favorite Oldies and have fun......
Your best bet is to pick songs on the current chart, but we also take "requests".
Songs need to have been released as a publicly availble "single" in either 45 rpm, on a EP format (45 or 33 rpm) or (in rare cases) a 78. *Promo records, CD singles or digital only singles will not be considered*. Songs must be from the golden age of the 45 (1950-1989).
ANY SONG THAT WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE OR EP CAN MAKE THE CHART
A few songs recieved heavy airplay and charted on some local radio station charts while never being OFFICIALY RELEASED as a single. These songs will not be charted.
If you suggest a new title and do not also list the artist, I will pick which artist (or song of the same title) that I know of. If I know of more than one, they might all be listed. (Gloria by Them or Shadows of Knight, Gloria by the Channels & Gloria by Laura Branigan)
Note:
The Maximum life of a song on the CTT will be 13 weeks. After week 10 on the chart, a song will recieve a reduction in value, to simulate a natural decline of overall popularity.
The rules for Classic LP will be:
- Albums of material from the 50's through the 80's - the vinyl 33 RPM record era.
- The length of the list is 31 albums.
- Any number of Albums by the same artist can make the chart. [rule changed 2002]
- Weeks are not counted for albums
- You may vote for up to 3 albums.
Send a email each week to the address below with your picks by Satuarday 3 p.m. EST
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1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
N3. Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
(if it is a song not listed on the current chart, add a N or New before the number to make it easier for me to notice)
Check each week for a new Classic Top 30 (usually published on Sunday morning)
ABOUT: The Classic Top 30 started as a small group of six fans of 50's and 60's music who were messaging on Compuserve, and later private message boards (BBS).
Where did the music go - with more access still fewer songs apperaing in the Billboard 100 1954-1959 2834 carry over songs from 1953 not included 1960-1964 3342 1965-1969 3568 1970-1974 2913 1975-1979 2505 1980-1984 2183 1985-1989 1979 1990-1994 1826 1995-1999 1683 2000-2009 3414 2010-2019 4626
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