This unparalleled resource provides complete, cross-referenced informationor all songs and artists to make the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singleshart from 1955 through mid-2003. Every artist entry opens with biographicalnformation, followed by the date for each Top 40 single hit, its highestosition and number of weeks on the chart, and its original label name andatalogue number. Alphabetical lists by artist and song title are followed byn extensive "Record Holders" section that details the top 100 singles of955-2003, with separate charts for that period showing the top 100 artistsnd top singles by decade. These exhaustive lists and 300 artist photos withheir fact-filled captions will be valued by record collectors, pop musicans, and trivia enthusiasts, as well as by radio, cable, and music industryrofessionals.