Cash Box (or Cashbox) magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the U.S. music and coin-operated machine industry which was published from July 1942 to November 16, 1996 and revived as an internet-only magazine in 2006. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
It was one of several magazines that published charts of song popularity in the United States of America. Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cash Box's most prominent competitors included Billboard and Record World (known as Music Vendor prior to the April 18, 1964, issue). See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Unlike Billboard, Cash Box initially combined all currently available recordings of a song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but from October 25, 1952, a star was placed next to the names of the most important artists. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
Separate charts were presented for juke box popularity, record sales, and radio airplay, similar to Billboard's methodology prior to August 1958, when Billboard debuted its "Hot 100. jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device usually a Coin -operated machine that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This attempted to combine all measures of popularity into one all-encompassing chart. In addition, chart data were presented for specific genres such as country music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
In the 1990s, Cash Box fell victim to financial problems and accusations of chart fixing. (For example, the single "The Letter" by Wayne Newton hit #1 in its 12/12/92 issue, yet did not even chart in Billboard. ) A succession of issues in the last two years of its run would have no updated "Top 100," with charts from previous issues being reprinted. The closer the magazine came to its demise the more frequently this occurred.
References
- ^ The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor
External links
- CashBoxMagazine, INC. Current publishers' official site
- Historical Cashbox chart site
- List of Cashbox's #1 soul hits, 1960-74
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