Joes Whitburn Presents Cash Box Looking Ahead 1959-1993

(Record Research) Hardcover, 28 x 22 x 1,5 cm, english, 216 pages

For this book, we researched EVERY title that peaked on the Cash Box "Looking Ahead" charts. There are 6,378 total titles by 3,262 artists. Of those 6,378 titles, there are 3,562 (that is well over half) that are exclusive to this book and do not appear in our Top Pop Singles book! This chart information has NEVER been compiled ANYWHERE. To insure research accuracy, we painstakingly detailed, week by week, the journey of each song entry, chart by chart.

The "Looking Ahead" chart started on October 3, 1959 (with 20 positions) and grew to 50 positions by April 29, 1961. It stayed at 50 positions all through the 1960s. It continued through the 1970s at mainly 20-30 positions until it ceased on February 27, 1982. On August 4, 1990 it came back as a 15-position chart which finally ceased on March 27, 1993.

Here are some interesting chart exclusives ...

Early chart hits for:

    Bjorn & Benny (Abba)
    Dore Alpert (Herb Alpert)
    The Flying Machine (James Taylor)
    Everyday Hudson (Hudson Brothers)
    David Idema (David Geddes)
    The Twilights (The Embers)
    The Z-Debs (The Jaynettes)
    Lou Zerato (Boots Walker)
    Zip And The Zippers (The Orlons)

Great forgotten girl groups:

    Angie And The Chicklettes
    The Cake
    The Cotillions
    Honey LTD
    The Majorettes
    The Pleasures
    The Rubies

Regional garage band favorites:

    The Chancellors
    The Chosen Few
    The Fifth Order
    The Guilloteens
    The Juveniles
    The North Atlantic Invasion Force
    The Shy Guys
    The Spike Drivers

Celebrity recordings:

    Danny Bonaduce
    The Brady Bunch
    Sherman Hemsley
    Don Imus
    Jim Nabors
    Butch Patrick
    Telly Savalas

Also, there are many obscure doo-wop, orchestral, bubblegum, R&B, dance and hard-rock titles that are now accounted for in charted music history.