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chartquest1954 wrote:

HI--Did radio stations play records before the settlement with the
musicians' union (in, I think, 1947)? This is part of the history I
just don't know, but I think that Johnny Mercer was one of the major
proponents for having recordings played on the radio, is this true?
One reason I am trying to figure this out, is because I am fervently
seeking radio station "top ten tunes" listings from any era up to
1956!! I understand these were sometimes printed in local newspapers,
perhaps on the Radio page? Perhaps they were also printed up
"looseleaf" for public distribution as well? I'd like to find at
least *some* of these (any help out there??), as well as finding out
any history of these so that I can have some idea of the scope of what
I'm seeking. It has been my impression that most stations playing
Popular Music had some kind of "top ten" (or other # of songs), but of
course there's no guarantee they were distributed in any form of
print.