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Patrick Spreng September 24, 1990
2324 Montclair Circle
Carrollton, Texas
What you now have are databases of every single to reach Number 1 on Bill-
board's Hot 100 Pop Singles chart (or its earlier equivalents) from January
1, 1938 through September 22, 1990 and every album to reach Number 1 on Bill-
board's Pop Album charts from May 28, 1955 through September 22, 1990. Each
entry includes the title of each song, the artist, the date the record first
reached #1, and the total number of weeks the record stayed at number 1. I
intend to keep this data fully up to date with regular updates.
This Archive contains five files:
POPHITS BAS A sample QuickBasic demo program to query the data
base (assumes the POPHITS.DEL file to be in the
current directory).
POPHITS DBF The complete data base in dBASE format
POPHITS DEL The complete data base in comma delimited format
POPHITS EXE The compiled QuickBasic query program
READ ME This file.
The .EXE and .DEL files are the only ones needed to use the query program.
The .DBF file is compatible with PC-File 5.0 and PC-Tools Deluxe.
The .DBF may also be used in other applications via file conversions, for
example, the Lotus 1-2-3 Translate utility will convert it to a worksheet.
For SYSOPS, there is a PC-Board/GAP compatible door called TopHits available
which utilizes the included .DEL file. This door was written by Addison Ching,
and is available on any of the boards listed below and on the Salt Air BBS.
The information in this database came from these sources:
1. Billboard Magazine
2. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 3rd Edition, by Joel Whitburn
3. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, by Fred Bronson
4. Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954
Any comments or suggestions may be sent to me at the above address, left as
messages in the InterLink Media or Shareware conferences, or left as messages
on one of the following electronic bulletin boards:
The Blue Flame 1 214 573 3649
DataWarp Premium BBS 1 713 583 7162
Channel One 1 617 354 6155
CHIPS+ Connection 1 714 760 3265