Ranking the Rock Writers - by Bill Carroll (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A complete catalog of the writers and songs appearing on the major pop singles charts between 1955 and 1991.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The first systematic bottom-up look at the writers of the rock era, using publicly available information, including copyrights, royalty rights, labels and crowdsourced databases. The data set is huge--all three major magazines, 24,426 songs, 11,834 writers and 10,773 writer teams. Each song is scored, then the score is allocated to the writers to rank each writer and writer team in the era. Writer aliases and similar names have been rationalized to assign one name to each writer and one writer to each name.</p><p>There are two major indexes: </p><p><strong>All the songs: </strong> Title, Act, Label, Number, where they charted, earliest entry and highest peak. Other song characteristics are noted: instrumentals, and whether words and music have separate writers; songs that originated in a foreign language and were translated or given new English lyrics, and more.</p><p><strong>All the writers: </strong> Each song attributed to them, listed in order of chart strength.</p><p><strong>Then there are the fun lists: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Top 2000 Writer teams with their songs</li> <li>Top 200 Writers and Writer Teams with their first and biggest songs</li> <li>Top 100 Writers and Writer Teams in each decade by score and<br /> number of charted hits</li> <li>Top 750 Acts and the writers who supported them</li> <li>Top 100 songs by one, two and three writer teams</li> <li>Top 150 songs by score, counting all charted versions</li> <li>A unique timeline for each of the Top 30 Writer Teams showing each hit by chart strength and entry date and a brief narrative about their chart performance.</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Before there is a record....there is a song. The writers finally have their day in the sun, thanks to Bill Carroll. His love for music is matched only by his tenacity and we get to reap the benefit of that union. This book is a most unique compendium and Bill is the only guy on Earth who would undertake such a project. This one is a keeper on my bookshelf."</p><p><strong>Lou Simon</strong></p><p><strong>SiriusXM Radio</strong></p><p> </p><p>"A must-have for music lovers, proving what I've always said: The pen is mightier than the chord!"</p><p><strong>Rich Appel<br /> Host/Producer/Writer of radio's <em>that thing with Rich Appel</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>"Pop songsters, step out of your cubicles and into the spotlight! <em>Ranking the Rock Writers</em> is a remarkable achievement given the size of the task and the tangle of information."<br /> <strong>Dann Isbell<br /> Author of <em>Ranking the '60s</em> and <em>Ranking the '70s</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>"Here at last is the go-to book for anyone wondering just who it was who wrote the words and music of their favorite hits: the unforgettable songs which speak to and for their heart."</p><p><strong>Gary Theroux</strong></p><p><strong>Producer/Writer/Host of <em>The History of Rock 'n' Roll</em></strong></p><br>
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