Publisher's Synopsis
In addition to compiling a weekly pop music survey for more than a quarter century, CKOC produced many supplementary listings - annual year-end Top 100 summaries, annual Big 500 Countdowns (1968-1991), Top Hits and Number One compilations by decade, and a penultimate Big 1150 Countdown in the 21st century. Many of these surveys, utilized for special on-air programs, have been included in this volume. Like the other radio charts titles, my goal was to provide a convenient chronological compilation of weekly surveys with corrections of the considerable errors found in both the original sources and in translation to online sites. These radio charts - which exist in the public domain - can be found in a multitude of sources, including original published sheets distributed via retail outlets, mail inquiries, etc., notation of on-air broadcasts, back issues of area newspapers (where stations are located) and music trade periodicals, specialized reference books, and websites interested in historical documentation, most notably, Oldiesloon, musicradio77, and ARSA. I employed multiple sources in the compilation of each radio chart volume in order to provide the most accurate data possible.
