Billboard Magazine PDF Archives

[alfiebot]

Any chance that anyone has a PDF / scan of the NME magazine December 11 1966 issue? Thanks in advance!

[kingofskiffle]

Any chance that anyone has a PDF / scan of the NME magazine December 11 1966 issue? Thanks in advance!

The issue is dated 10 December 1966 and I have a scan of the charts but that’s all.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkm03gb2b8...20NME.pdf?dl=0

[alfiebot]

The issue is dated 10 December 1966 and I have a scan of the charts but that’s all.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkm03gb2b8...20NME.pdf?dl=0

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated! I'm interested in the Pop Poll results for 1966, so I'll keep looking, if you have any pointers it would be very welcome - thanks!

[kingofskiffle]

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/poppoll.html
Might not be the full list but somebody has typed up something that proports to be the list here.

[Mr. Mockingbird]

Does anyone have a PDF copy of the Billboard issue for September 7, 1991? The one at americanradiohistory appears to be misbehaving. Thanks in advance!

[morganaeuropa]

Does anyone have a PDF copy of the Billboard issue for September 7, 1991? The one at americanradiohistory appears to be misbehaving. Thanks in advance!

Please find the complete issue of the magazine in American Radio History in a few days

[Mr. Mockingbird]

Please find the complete issue of the magazine in American Radio History in a few days

Thanks!

[LittleArsonist]

hello there

I need these two BB Magazine PDFs:

June 29, 2019
December 22, 2018

can someone share them with me? (not zippyshare)

[electricmind]

Billboard Digital Issues 2019 (jan-jun 2019)
~ 240MB per file

Billboard 2019 - Issues 01-02.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 03-04.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 05-06.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 07-08.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 09-10.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 11-12.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 13-14.zip
Billboard 2019 - Issues 15-16.zip

Sorry for zippyshare. I just do not know a simpler way to quickly upload files.

Could anyone reupload 2016-2019 issues? Those are not on American Radio History.

[cloudeleven]

Can someone please post the "Whitburn R&B 1942-2004" spreadsheet? The link posted in 2015 has expired. Also is there a Whitburn Adult Contemporary or Adult Top 40/Hot AC spreadsheet? Thanks.

[BrainDamageII]

This could be wishful thinking but you never know.

The 21st January 1939 issue of Billboard on American Radio History site is missing the Record Buying Guide

Anybody have a copy or a scan

[kingofskiffle]

This could be wishful thinking but you never know.

The 21st January 1939 issue of Billboard on American Radio History site is missing the Record Buying Guide

Anybody have a copy or a scan

The University for which I work has access to the Billboard archive through ProQuest.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwfxjtsigh...Guide.pdf?dl=0
Link may vanish after 30 days.
I am happy to provide odd pages if no other source appears, but two points. 1) I won't do loads (I have to find each page and download individually) and 2) If it's on American Radio History I defiantly won't do it.

[BrainDamageII]

The University for which I work has access to the Billboard archive through ProQuest.
I am happy to provide odd pages if no other source appears, but two points. 1) I won't do loads (I have to find each page and download individually) and 2) If it's on American Radio History I defiantly won't do it.

Thanks. The college I work at have ProQuest but very limited access. I will have a couple more but not too many.

Thanks again

[BrainDamageII]

kingofskiffle

Any chance of scans of the following pages from Billboard

Billboard 1st October 1938 Songs with most Radio Plugs (Either page 9 or 10)
Billboard 13th January 1940 Record Buying Guide (About page 67)
Billboard 1st June 1940 Billboard Song Popularity Guide (About page 12) & Record Buying Guide (About page 75)
Billboard 30th November 1940 Billboard Music Popularity Chart (About page 12) & Record Buying Guide (About page 100)

Thanks in advance

[kingofskiffle]

Billboard 1st October 1938 Songs with most Radio Plugs (Either page 9 or 10)
Both pages missing from ProQuest archive. Scan sometimes shows either the right or left edge of the next page and it's clear from the scan that the issue they have is also missing that page but it's a 'clean' cut, no obvious sing of ripping.
Billboard 13th January 1940 Record Buying Guide (About page 67)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/au3bxgdb6p...Guide.pdf?dl=0
Billboard 1st June 1940 Billboard Song Popularity Guide (About page 12) & Record Buying Guide (About page 75)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/etdfzxzgre...arity.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ie8jjzujzv...Guide.pdf?dl=0
Billboard 30th November 1940 Billboard Music Popularity Chart (About page 12) & Record Buying Guide (About page 100)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/734uls5ptq...20Pop.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7152zhyr0...Guide.pdf?dl=0

[BrainDamageII]

^^^
Cheers

[BrainDamageII]

kingofskiffle

Hi again.

Have you ever researched when the Network Song Census (Radio Plays) and the Sheet Music Leaders started in Billboard. I'm down to guessing it being sometime in 1934 for both. Also when did the Record Label Best Sellers begin, my guess on this one is late 1935. I'm waiting on American Radio History to get all the scans of 1934 (all but 1 missing depending when charts started), 1935 (43 missing), 1936 (19 missing), & 1937 (4 missing) to get all the info, just wondering if you had any idea so I can prepare myself!!

Also, if possible, can you get the scans of Record Buying Guide from 2nd January 1943. The index says they should be on pages 142 & 144.

Thanks as always for your help.

[kingofskiffle]

kingofskiffle

Also, if possible, can you get the scans of Record Buying Guide from 2nd January 1943. The index says they should be on pages 142 & 144.

Thanks as always for your help.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqkjt9cgpg...e%201.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/itwprkejz3...e%202.pdf?dl=0

That's the two files for the above. And yes, for once, the index was right and they where on those pages!

[kingofskiffle]

I broke my own rules here... Cos it's a holiday so why not?
Network Song Census
ProQuest allows to download up to 100 pages in a single file, so if (sometimes a big if) the full page exists, then I can get the whole lot. This is a little different and so each page is sometimes not entirely as good quality as the original ones above.
I did a search for the exact text "Network Song Census" in the titles of the pages and the first one they have is 30 Jun 1934. Then they miss a week, an issue, then miss a week, then carry on almost completely. There are 120 pages on ProQuest its that title, so they are all here in two files. The last is Feb 13 1937.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/foach60ffq...t%201.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kousxhs82r...t%202.pdf?dl=0

[kingofskiffle]

Sheet Music Leaders
These began on 21 Jul 1934 according to again a direct search for that specific text. The search returned 572 results, some of which are not weekly charts and may include random pages. Again, the download does a weird order and does most recent first...
A lot of the later file just shows the index page, so have not included that (Plus they come later in the 1940's, which I know the archive has.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zcsrzibtj...e%201.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmx4f82o3j...e%202.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6erksmbn82...e%203.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwlokgpsc8...e%204.pdf?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7bxen9im75...e%205.pdf?dl=0

Record Label Best Sellers
Couldn't find anything for that title. Send me a page number for one issue you know it appears in and I'll go searching.

[BrainDamageII]

WOW!!! Wasn't expecting all this. Thanks so much.

Record Label Best Sellers
Couldn't find anything for that title. Send me a page number for one issue you know it appears in and I'll go searching.

P66 4th January 1936

[kingofskiffle]

Humm, this is trickier. Only about 6 months have that title and then it goes to a different exact title. For now, here is late 1935 to early 1936
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m9vizazhop...cords.pdf?dl=0
Next is another 48 pages from May 1936 into 1937.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2nh2vawnj5...cords.pdf?dl=0
If you put all that together with what you already have and let me know what dates your missing, I'll go back. The search is great if the article has the exact same title all the way through (such as "Midline LP") but if it changes (This changed form 10 to Ten in the title) then bits get missed. Searching page by page is annoying as well... but then it is designed around a search for words or terms.

[BrainDamageII]

Thanks again. Just brilliant. Will put all this together and see what is missing.

FANTASTIC

[BrainDamageII]

kingofskiffle

Thanks for all that info.This is what I'm missing from 1934-1937.

March 27, 1937, Missing Sheet Music but I don't believe it was published as all pages seem available at American Radio History.

July 31, 1937, 5 Best Sellers (page 89 I think)
October 17, 1936, Ten Best Records (page 75 I think)
November 09, 1935, 10 Best Records (In weekly music notes section usual page number in the 60's)
October 19, 1935, Missing everything (Network Song Census, Sheet Music Leaders & 10 Best Sellers)
August 24, 1935, Missing Network Song Census (Usually about page 10)
February 16, 1935 to April 06, 1935 Inclusive. Missing Network Song Census (Usually about page 10)
February 23, 1935, Missing sheet music leaders as well as NSC
December 08, 1934, Missing SML & NSC
December 01, 1934, Missing NSC
November 10, 1934, Missing SML & NSC
September 29, 1934, Missing SML & NSC
September 08, 1934, Missing SML & NSC
July 07, 1934, Missing SML & NSC (If there)

Similar information for NSC (Most Played on Air) is available in Variety magazine. I went through 1934 and they use same radio stations but the tracking week is slightly different. The only one I couldn't find for 1934 was December 04, 1934. They also start including Sheet Music best sellers, sporadically to start with but then weekly.

Any updates on the above would be appreciated but only when you have time.

Thanks again

[kingofskiffle]

@BrainDamageII I'll add them to the list and sort soon ish.