The Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles (also known as the Cash Box Top 100) was a
record chart
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in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''
Cash Box
''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', was an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online ...
'' magazine, which began publication in 1942. As a close competitor to ''
Billboard
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'' magazine, it was first issued for the September 13, 1958 issue when they expanded their top 75 chart to one hundred positions. The original version of the magazine lasted through November 16, 1996. While ''Billboard'' ranked singles weekly mixing the total airplay on radio stations and singles sales from all across North America, ''Cash Box'' presented their rankings via all sales and airplay of songs without splitting up genres in order to formulate the generalized popularity of a single’s overall presence. Many singles hit number one in ''Cash Box'' that didn’t on ''Billboard'' and vice versa.
See also
*''Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996'' by Joel Whitburn, Record Research Inc. (January 1, 2014)
External links
Cash Box Magazine (archive via World Radio History)
References
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Top lists
1958 establishments in the United States