Originally Posted by
sup_fan
now i'm definitely not an expert on the how billboard charts are established and the criteria and all. nor when they introduced new charts
by the time of HMM and Sup 75, Billboard was doing a section called Disco, just like they did sections on C&W, Classical, etc. It was only a few pages and included news and whatnot. during this time, they included a handful of NYC charts. There was one called Audience Response NYC [[which i'm assuming was somehow gathered from djs and clubs) plus several key area record stores. like Melody Song Shops Brooklyn, LI and Queens or Colony Records NYC. They would also include a few other markets and these sometimes changes. Usually there was the LA/San Diego Audience response. also sometimes Boston, DC, Toronto.
Then in Sept 75 it seemed to change. [[AUGUST 26, 1976) They now published a National Top 40 plus they were listing out 12 or so big market Audience Responses - Atlanta, Balt/DC, Dallas, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Boston, LA, etc. For the most part, these remained consistent but sometimes there was a change or two.
So i tracked the info from spring 75 [[just prior to Sup 75 release) and through early winter 77, once Let Yourself Go and Wheel dropped off the charts. What happened with the charts post LYG, i don't really know
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