(338) CASHBOX MAGAZINE 2010 : 58 YEARS OLD

CASHBOX, Billboard's big competitor, has been around 58 years now and it's been charting music in the United States all that time.


The methods for charting music are controversial especially as the way music is selected to be played on the radio has changed over the years from the days when the Personality DJ's personally selected records and played the ones they loved over and over again. (Dewey Philips was the personality DJ who broke Elvis Presley's first recording!)

Personality DJ's were responsible for making or breaking artists for some time and then radio went to a top 40 format based on charting sales.

Today, by my way of thinking, it might be more difficult than ever to gauge popularity based on sales because there are so many ways to listen to music without buying it (or concert tickets).


In 2006 Cashbox became an INTERNET-ONLY magazine so we are linking to this site which has lots of links and a jukebox. Like other music sites there is a contributory aspect to the on-line magazine.