Paul Gambaccini
Auteur de British Hit Singles
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Œuvres de Paul Gambaccini
Top 100 Rock N Roll Albums of All Time 2 exemplaires
Elton John World Tour 85/86 1 exemplaire
Paul McCartney: The Interviews After the Break Up by Paul Gambaccini (1996-04-22) (1647) 1 exemplaire
Rock for Amnesty 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Gambaccini, Paul Matthew
- Autres noms
- The Professor of Pop
- Date de naissance
- 1949-04-02
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
UK - Lieu de naissance
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Études
- Dartmouth College
University of Oxford (University College) - Professions
- radio presenter
television presenter
author
music reporter
broadcaster - Relations
- Ross, Jonathan (co-owner of a comics shop)
- Organisations
- Rolling Stone
University of Oxford
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 2 (tout afficher 9)
Classic FM
Jazz FM
London Gay Symphony Orchestra (patron of) - Prix et distinctions
- Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio Award (1996)
Music Broadcaster of the Year nominee (2000 ∙ 2002 ∙ 2003)
Music Broadcaster of the Year (2003)
Philanthropist of the Year (1995, for work for Terence Higgins Trust)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 29
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 422
- Popularité
- #57,804
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 51
Now used as the reference work by such radio shows as Pick Of The Pops and Network Gold, it lists a separate 40 for each week of the era covered, drawn from sources like Record Mirror and later the British Market Research Bureau, which became the official chart compiler from 1969.
Stats include previous week's position, record label, and weeks on the chart, plus a whole host of "fascinating facts" footnotes on each page, for example three songs about parents in this week's Top Ten or Al Martino's Spanish Eyes hits the Top Ten 18 years and 293 days after his previous Top Ten hit ... this was a record.
The main omission from the stats - though it is a flaw not of this particular book, but of ALL such chart compilations - is any mention of the songwriter for each hit, arguably of more interest (certainly since the 60s) than the record label. A release date would also be nice, but this is information not widely or generally available I'm afraid.
This book should not be out of print. An updated version (or even merely a reprint) would be welcomed by a generation of chart obsessives who would love to get their hands on a copy, there being no other chart-by-week masterwork. This is a sorry omission, considering that the alphabetical-by-artist Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles has been regularly updated, revised, and reprinted.… (plus d'informations)