Alternate Titles For Billboard Charts
By EA Weiss
Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart has gone by a variety of questionable names including, “The Harlem Hit Parade” (1942-1945), “Race Records” (1945-1949), and “Hot Black Singles” (not a Craigslist ad – 1982-1990).
Here’s what I imagine other categories were originally titled:
Hot Country Songs
Rockabilly Redneck Tunes
Farmin’ Songs for Y’all
The ‘Bama Blues
Smooth Jazz Songs
The Weird One with the Black People
Skit Skat Songs
Elevator Music
Canadian Hot 100
Good Songs, Eh?
Maple Syrup Rock
Songs to Sing After Hockey Games
Hot Ringtones
Calculator Music
Walkman Music
Video Game Music
Hot Latin Songs
This Reminds Us of Ricky Ricardo
This Reminds Us of Julio Iglesias
Immigrant Songs
Hot Dance Club Songs
Ecstasy Earworms
Leg Movers
Kids These Days
Alternative Songs
Organic Records
Boring Songs
Jingles for Broke People
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