The charts are the evening news of the music industry. Collected here, they show the rapid rise or demise of each single as it enters the charts, either winning over a large audience or just making music for its own smaller group of fans. Top 40 Charts is required reading for every music buff, & for anyone else who'd like to know what song was number one on their birthday or any other memorable day.

With every Top 40 singles chart from 1960 to the present day, this is the definitive chart book.

Includes:: the song title, act, record label & total number of weeks on chart for every single, as well as a detailed history of the pre-1960s charts,

Published using data from the Official Charts Company.





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All the facts & informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock & pop history. ...

All the facts & informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of reference on rock & pop history. ...

From boogie-woogie to bebop & beyond, the sounds & rhythms of Jazz is mercurial: always creative, seldom static, frequently cultish & often contentious.
The latest edition of The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz is the essential companion to making an acquaintance with Jazz. It will inform you & it will not talk down to you. There are over 3, 500 entries detailing every artist who has had an impact on the development of jazz since it headed out from New Orleans & spread to New York, London, Paris, Montreux, Munich & way beyond. Here are all the legends whose genius is evoked in a single name
- Ella, Duke, Satchimo, Bird, Miles, Trane, the Hawk, Monk & Diz
- together with all the younger talent
- Brad mehidau, jacky terrasson, Nicholas Payton & the youngest phenomenon of them all, Norah Jones. They line up with modern-day giants of the genre such as John Schofield, Dave Holl&, Joe Lovano & Keith Jarrett.
All entries have a detailed album chronology, together with a five-star rating system. The text is non-pompous, non-judgemental yet friendly & constructive. All the text has been taken from the gigantic database of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, first published in 1992. the EPM & its spin-off series swiftly & firmly established itself as the undisputed champion of all contemporary-music reference books.




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The Virgin 2010 guide is the only university guide to offer a uniquely students' eye view of what it's like to study at a particular university.

As well as hard facts & practical information on every UK university
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- the guide is also packed with useful information such as what the social scene is like, how much living costs are likely to be & what the student profile at a particular university is really like.

With a comprehensive entry on every UK university, the Virgin guide contains all the information & advice potential undergraduates will need to choose the best university for them.

With average student debt topping £12, 000, choosing the right university has never been more crucial. The Virgin guide will make the choice easy.







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The Virgin 2012 Guide to British Universities is the only university guide to offer a uniquely students' eye view of what ...

Which is the best university to go to if you want to become a top journalist? What should you study, & where, to work in the pharmaceutical industry or design racing cars? How about banking or IT, or becoming a psychotherapist? This book has the answers.

The Virgin Guide to Courses for Careers is a simple idea that cuts to the heart of what choosing a university is about: your long-term future. It is brought to you by the team that produces The Virgin Althernative Guide to British Universities.

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The Virgin in the Garden is the first novel to feature Frederica Potter, & the beginning of a triumphant quartet of novels. Set in Yorkshire in 1952 as the inhabitants of the area set about celebrating the accession of a new Queen, this is the tale of a brilliant & eccentric family fatefully divided. The Virgin in the Garden is a wonderfully entertaining novel, in which enlightenment & sexuality, Elizabethan drama & comedy intersect richly & unpredictably. ...

Ever argued with your friends about what Tom Hank's debut film was? Fallen out over how many Police Acadamy movies were actually made? Ended up refereeing disputes on who voiced which animated character?
Then find the anwers to annoying movie questions you just know you know. Impress your friends or show you are a Die Hard movie buff (pun intended). The Virging Movie Quiz Book provides questions
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- from all your favourite films of recent times such as Pulp Fiction, Good Fellas, The Matrix, Chicago, Sleepless in Seattle, Get Carter & many more.


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