Browsing: record world magazine

With the Apollo 11 moon landing and Woodstock just around the corner, many future pop classics were climbing the Top 40 chart

Sales estimates put it as the 4th biggest seller of all time. It reached the top in the U.S. in just six weeks, though never returned

In a month when Apple Computer was formed, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Frampton were dominating the U.S. sales charts

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

Songs from the Dave Clark Five, Zombies and more. And demand for the Beatles on Top 40 was so great that radio DJs played both sides of their singles

Mike Sigman interviews many execs who shaped the industry, in a book for HITS magazine. In our excerpt: former Geffen Records chief Eddie Rosenblatt discusses signing John Lennon and the fateful night of December 8, 1980

In this Q-and-A that hasn’t appeared for decades, the musician talks about his upcoming recording plans, Apple business, the reunion question, and getting old

Though Top 40 programmers stubbornly played songs by A/C acts, the top slots on the US sales chart were dominated by rock acts

Many all-time greats were among the year’s biggest sellers, including two classic rock LPs that are among the biggest sellers of all time

Classic rock was in its heyday and many of its biggest names released #1 albums this year. But only one could be the year’s biggest