Frank Hoffmann is Assistant Professor, School of Library Science, Sam Houston State University. He has published The Development of Library Collections of Sound Recordings (1979), The Literature of Rock II (Scarecrow, 1986), and Popular Culture and Libraries (1984). George Albert is a legendary figure in the music business. A songwriter in the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, he writes a syndicated newspaper column and is founder and president of Cash Box.

...superbly chronicles the quantitative success of popular recording artists. Essential for all libraries with a research interest in contemporaary music and recommended to other libraries as a solid reference work; also a trivia buff's delight.

Frank Hoffmann is Assistant Professor, School of Library Science, Sam Houston State University. He has published The Development of Library Collections of Sound Recordings (1979), The Literature of Rock II (Scarecrow, 1986), and Popular Culture and Libraries (1984). George Albert is a legendary figure in the music business. A songwriter in the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, he writes a syndicated newspaper column and is founder and president of Cash Box.

...superbly chronicles the quantitative success of popular recording artists. Essential for all libraries with a research interest in contemporaary music and recommended to other libraries as a solid reference work; also a trivia buff's delight.