I don’t know - it seems like Billboard did not have (DOES not have) year-end charts for all the categories? Although, one could sift through the year-end pop for the best of different categories.
Anyway, I was thinking of a new format, which unfortunately would involve an even longer tournament. I’m thinking 11 weeks, whereas I’ve done this style which is 7. Only way to shrink it would be to have the later stages in half-weeks, which would be the easier parts to tally. This would basically be pop (except pop means “popular”, not any genre) but allow participants more selection from the top-ranked songs.
Thank you for the reply!
I was born in 1942, so I remember the POP music you have now been polling. It was the stuff that was on shows like “My Hit Parade” in the EARLY 1950s and on the radio that my mother listened to every day.
By 1955, Rhythm & Blues and early Rock & Roll took hold on us teens. ...Adults at the time mostly disapproved.