Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1961 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1961. Two versions of this volume in the "Billboard Top Hits" series were released - one in 1988, the other in 1993. The final four tracks on the original (those by Ernie K-Doe, The Marvelettes, The Tokens and Bobby Vee) are replaced on the re-issue with songs by James Darren, Chris Kenner, Ben E. King and Shep and the Limelites.
Top Rock Albums ranks the most popular rock albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). How This Chart Works. Sales Data TOP ROCK ALBUMS. Top Rock Albums ranks the most popular rock albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).
Criteria: Songs listed are from Rock 'n' Roll and related sub-genres. Rankings are based on initial and lasting popularity and on acclaim received from critics and musicians. Note: Yearly song lists go by earliest 'release date' (Single, Album, or Country of first release). Not necessarily the year a song peaked in the .
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963. Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1963. The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959-1962 combines four discs from Rhino's Billboard series in one slipcase. Anyone who already owns the original discs doesn't need this box set, but this is a nice way to get all four discs at one time, especially since they offer a good cross-section of pop, rock & roll and R&B hits from the late '50s and early '60s.
In the late 80's, Rhino set out on a campaign to keep our childhood music alive in several series of "Billboard" packages, complete with interesting factoids and liner notes, all assembled by rock historian Joel Whitburn. Each of the Rock'N'Roll Hits albums is a treasure trove, especially if you collect them in conjunction with the Top Pop series and their Top R&B series. This is also an excellent way for you to replace those lost 45's you misplaced, broke, wore out, etc.
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1962. The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining two tracks both reached the Hot 100's Top 5. The 1993 re-issue replaced the track "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the 4 Seasons with "Green Onions" by Booker T & the . s, thus bringing the number of chart toppers down to seven on this release
| A1 | –Booker T. & The MG's* | Green Onions |
| A2 | –Gene Chandler | Duke Of Earl |
| A3 | –The Shirelles | Soldier Boy |
| A4 | –Tommy Roe | Sheila |
| A5 | –Joey Dee & The Starlighters* | Peppermint Twist-Part 1 |
| B1 | –Little Eva | The Loco-Motion |
| B2 | –Dion | The Wanderer |
| B3 | –Neil Sedaka | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
| B4 | –Shelley Fabares | Johnny Angel |
| B5 | –Freddy Cannon | Palisades Park |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2 70623 | Various | Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits - 1962 (CD, Comp) | Rhino Records | R2 70623 | US | 1988 |
| R1 70623 | Various | Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits - 1962 (LP, Comp) | Rhino Records | R1 70623 | US | 1988 |
| R2 70623 | Various | Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits - 1962 (CD, Comp, RE) | Rhino Records | R2 70623 | US | 1993 |
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