America, with Billboard, started recording music charts before we did in the UK. There has been somewhat of an American chart since 1940, when the Best Sellers In Stores chart was established. Billboard also collated Most Played by Jockeys (essentially an airplay chart) and Most Played in Jukeboxes which is self-explanatory. NME published it’s first …
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David Carbines: The Hit Collector 