How Long to Read Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969

By Ron Smith

How Long Does it Take to Read Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 by Ron Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

We Americans love to rank things. Whether it's the top television programs or movies at the box office, we have a burning desire to know when something is "number one." Music is no exception. Music charts have been around as long as recorded music and radio programs from Your Hit Parade to American Top 40 have capitalized on the idea of counting down the day's top hits. It is said that the first printed radio survey of the current top tunes was the WIND Top 21 in Chicago. Whether that's true is irrelevant. Because of it, Chicagoans got into the habit of picking up a list of the latest hits at their local record stores. When ABC bought WLS, "The Prairie Farmer Station" in 1960 and switched it to the fledgling "top 40" format, it soon followed with the "Silver Dollar Survey" of Chicago's top 40 tunes. For over 30 years, WLS (and its FM successor, WYTZ) kept the surveys going each week. And with its 50,000 watt clear channel signal and enormous respect in the industry, to be listed on WLS' survey was perhaps more of an honor than to appear on the national Billboard Hot 100.Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 documents those songs that dominated the Midwestern airwaves during that decade- considered by many to be top 40's "golden age." Many of the songs listed did not appear at all on the national charts. Others, including local acts, fared much better in Chicago than in the rest of the country. Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 contains an alphabetical listing by title and by artist of every tune listed on the WLS Silver Dollar Surveys during those years. It also lists the top 40 songs of each year and for the entire decade, as well as a supplemental listing of songs on the station's Rhythm-and-Blues chart of 1964. For those who grew up listening to radio in the Windy City as well as for record collectors from anywhere, Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 will be a valued addition to any music reference library.

How long is Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969?

Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 by Ron Smith is 267 pages long, and a total of 68,619 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 aloud.

What Reading Level is Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969?

Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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