Joel Whitburn has passed away. Whitburn’s scrupulous cataloguing of the Billboard song charts is appreciated by many who enjoy popular music and the radio biz, pros and fans alike.
Whitburn’s determined realization of his obsession reminds me of Andrew Sandoval, whose impeccable work I enjoy very much. Whitburn tracked everything that charted, while Andrew devotes a great deal of effort into finding the countless obscure 45’s from the 60’s that never charted.