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Title: The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio by Ben Fong-Torres ISBN: 0-87930-664-5 Publisher: Backbeat Books Pub. Date: 10 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.31 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: And The Memories Just Keep On Coming Back!
Comment: Chances are, if you grew up in the '60s and '70s you spent alot of time listening to the radio. In every major city across the USA and in most towns with any sort of population, Top 40 radio was bringing us the best that Rock N Roll had to offer. Fong-Torres' book provides a deep, rich insight into not only who those magic momement makers were...but how the radio industry as a whole came to Top 40 dominated. This book is rich in historical detail, without boring the reader. Just scanning the through index at the back of the book is enough to bring back a flood of a thousand moments spent tuned in to your favorite transistor or table radio. The Hits Keep On Coming is easily one of the best contemporary books written about modern radio and the people who made listening so magical. It's well written, filled with tremendously interesting sidebar material and comes complete with a year-by-year listing of top hits through the decades. If there were one thing I wish the book had more of...it would be more photographs of the music makers (djs) and their radio studios. Perhaps this is a possibility for a "new and expanded edition in the future). If you're a radio fan, American history buff, Rock N Roll collector, this is one book you should definately make sure you own. Opening up the pages of "The Hits Keep On Coming" should instantly bring back to your mind a million memories and the hits that were the soundtrack of our lives.
Rating: 4
Summary: Many Hits, but a few misses in this history.
Comment: Ben Fong-Torres has written a solid book on the history of Top 40 Radio in "The Hits Just Keep On Coming." It was an enjoyable read to this long-time student of contemporary radio. Alas, at times the book focuses more on the stars of the business, giving it almost a People magazine feel. But that doesn't spoil the story here.
In fact, perhaps because the title promises so much, I was surprised to find the book a bit on the thin side. At some 272 pages, I was left was the feeling of having gotten a small taste of a wonderful dessert. You too, may find yourself wanting more of Fong-Torres' solid writing and in particular, his analysis of the rise, fall and resurrection of this sound that a generation grew up with.
There are a few nits to pick: more than just publicity pictures of faces would have been nice and towards the end of the book there are a few errors in details (A K in call letters for a NYC station, when it should be a W) but all in all to use the jargon of the business it covers, this book is definitely a "Hitbound."
Who knows? If this one's a hit, maybe Ben Fong-Torres has more material for a volume 2!
Rating: 3
Summary: A Snoozer
Comment: More like an encyclodia I could not really follow it inspite of my long term interest in radio.
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Title: Fm: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio by Richard Neer ISBN: 0812992652 Publisher: Villard Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Radio Waves: Life and Revolution on the Fm Dial by Jim Ladd ISBN: 0312077866 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Border Radio : Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler, Bill Crawford ISBN: 0292725353 Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America by Jesse Walker ISBN: 0814793819 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn ISBN: 0823076903 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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