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23-529: Cash Box described the song as a "philosophical/political opus in the groove of [the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song] ' Ohio .'" Record World called it "an angry reply to the renewed bombing of North Vietnam " and said that "it's the best Young has sounded in some time." The single itself soon went out of print . Warner Brothers released the song on their 1974 loss leader Series album Hard Goods (a promotional series used primarily to promote rock acts on

46-669: A grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources. The Looking Ahead chart was the Cash Box equivalent to the Bubbling Under charts of Billboard . It commenced on October 3, 1959, with 20 positions. By April 29, 1961, the magazine had 50 positions and maintained that format during the 1960s. During the 1970s, it was in the 20–30 position format until its cessation on February 27, 1982. It recommenced on August 4, 1990, with 15 positions until its final cessation on March 27, 1993. This

69-473: A history of the Cash Box singles chart data covering October 1952 through the 1996 demise of the original magazine. Randy Price maintains the original Cash Box data for the online archives. The Swem Library at The College of William and Mary maintains the archive of the original print editions of Cash Box magazine. The print editions were digitized in collaboration with the Internet Archive, via

92-507: A printed edition as a bi-monthly publication beginning with their November/December 2018 issue, featuring country music artist Blake Shelton on the cover. In addition to being the publisher for Cashbox, Wilds & Associates also serves as the distributor of the publication. Since returning to a print edition, a new website was unveiled in late 2021. The new site offers readers a preview of each issue, music news, and subscription information. In 2014, Whitburn's Record Research Inc. published

115-487: A song into one chart position with artist and label information shown for each version, alphabetized by label. Originally, no indication of which version was the biggest seller was given, but from October 25, 1952, a star was placed next to the names of the most important artists. Cashbox also printed shorter jukebox charts that included specific artist data beginning in spring 1950. Separate charts were presented for jukebox popularity, record sales and radio airplay . This

138-416: A year into his job, he was gunned down in the street late one night on Nashville's famous Music Row . After years of investigation, police arrested his former Cashbox coworker, Richard D'Antonio, for the murder. Prosecutors maintained the killing was in connection with a payola scheme where record promoter Chuck Dixon paid Cashbox employees for favorable chart positions and other publicity. A Dixon client

161-525: A young man of 22, Hughes thought he had landed his dream job in Nashville as the chart director for Cashbox ' s country music chart for up-and-coming artists. He compiled data from jukebox plays, record sales, and radio play to determine the Cashbox chart positions of various country music records. He reportedly was looking to introduce more scientific and transparent methods of determining chart positions, when

184-508: Is a 1992 single by American singer Wayne Newton from his album Moods & Moments . The song peaked at number one on Cashbox 's Top 100 Country Singles chart in July 1992 and took an additional five months to reach number one on Cashbox's Top 100 Pop Singles chart in December 1992. Although the song peaked at number one in Cashbox , "The Letter" did not appear in any of Billboard 's charts and

207-504: The December 17 issue due to popular demand. The chart was originally dropped because it became dominated by pop records. Cashbox was a competitor to Billboard through the 1950s and 1960s, but two factors spelled its decline in the 1970s. Archivist and record historian Joel Whitburn published his first research book based on the Billboard Hot 100 , which made that data the "Bible" for official historic chart positions. In addition,

230-626: The Looking Ahead Charts on March 1, 2015, covering all genres of music. The Cashbox Top 100 has been expanded to the Top 200. All chart data for the main Cashbox charts is provided by Digital Radio Tracker. Sandy Graham is the owner, editor in chief and CEO of Cashbox Canada , an independent music trade in Toronto , Canada. Shane and Robert Bartosh control the Roots data. Bruce Elrod is the owner and remains

253-663: The industry after this, with accusations of chart fixing. No official findings of the Newton incident were ever revealed. Cashbox would subsequently print its final consecutive chart of this era in November 1996. In 2003, the former Cashbox Magazine became involved in a murder trial after police in Nashville, Tennessee, made an arrest in a 1989 cold case . Kevin Hughes was a small-town boy from southeastern Illinois who spent his childhood focused on music and creating his own country music charts. As

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276-545: The label at the time). After that, "War Song" would remain unreleased in any other format until June 2009, when it was released on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray on a box set by Neil Young called The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 . position This 1970s single –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cash Box Cashbox , also known as Cash Box , is an American music industry trade magazine , originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it

299-750: The lyrics for "The Letter", Newton sings about Elvis's loneliness and includes a word for word reading of Elvis's note that he bought at Sotheby's. Cash Box said Newton transformed "The Letter" from a fan favorite to a religious awakening. On July 11, 1992, "The Letter" peaked at number one on the Cashbox Top 100 Country Singles chart. After remaining on the Cashbox Top 100 Pop Singles chart for almost six months, "The Letter" reached number one on December 12, 1992. Despite peaking at number one in Cashbox, "The Letter" did not chart on any Billboard chart, though it

322-518: The online-only Cashbox Magazine in 2006, with the consent and cooperation of the family of Albert, the late president and publisher of the original edition. Cashbox has occasionally issued special print editions. As of April 2015 , Cashbox Magazine has added the following music charts: Roots Music, Bluegrass Singles, Bluegrass Gospel Singles, Beach Music Top 40, Roadhouse Blues and Boogie Top 40, Country Christian Top 100 Singles and Southern Gospel Singles. The online magazine also relaunched

345-506: The registered agent for Cashbox , which is now operated from Ridgeway, South Carolina . The current owners of Cashbox met with Wilds & Associates co-founder and CEO Randall Wilds in 2018 to discuss business relations. Wilds acquired interest in Cashbox Magazine and a partnership was formed. As a result, Wilds & Associates became the publisher for Cashbox. While the digital/online edition remains intact, Cashbox returned to

368-425: The syndicated radio series American Top 40 with Casey Kasem used Billboard chart statistics, cementing Billboard as the dominant chart data for current and historic reference. Magazine publisher George Albert compiled Cashbox chart data for a reference book more than a decade later, and Dick Clark used Cashbox information for a time on his National Music Survey , beginning in 1981. However, by that time,

391-419: The trend was set. Perhaps the final straw for Cashbox came on December 12, 1992, when the Top 100 chart reported the number one song as " The Letter " by Wayne Newton . The song did not even make the bottom of any Billboard chart, nor was it reported to be in the top ten by local radio charts or sales reports. This called the magazine's integrity into question. Cashbox lost considerable credibility within

414-485: Was a chart that was based on what Cash Box called a "quantitative analysis" of playlist reports. The March 14, 1981, issue of the magazine stated that across the country there were 102 country radio station stations which were used. The magazine would receive reports from the stations. It wasn't only based on radio station reports. Sales data was used as well. These could come from retailers, rack jobbers and one-stops. The Letter (Wayne Newton song) "The Letter"

437-571: Was not mentioned at all by Billboard . In a 1991 interview with Ralph Emery on Nashville Now , Newton revealed that "The Letter" was based on a discarded note written by Elvis Presley in 1976 during his final stay at the Las Vegas Hilton . Years after Presley's death, Newton bought Presley's note in June 1991 at a Sotheby's auction for $ 13,200. Newton wrote "The Letter" after receiving requests to provide copies of Presley's note to his fans. In

460-453: Was once named Cashbox ' s "Male Vocalist of the Year" without having sold a single record. Hughes was reportedly killed for not going along with the chart-fixing scheme. D'Antonio, a Cashbox employee associated with Dixon, was convicted of first degree murder in 2003 and died in prison in 2014. Dixon had already died a few years prior to D'Antonio's arrest. Cash Box was reinvented as

483-405: Was reviewed by the magazine and did appear on Billboard's music-videos Clip List for a few months, as TNN ( The Nashville Network ) listed it among its rotation of videos. The circumstances of the song's sole performance on Cash Box and not on Billboard or local station charts led to widespread accusations of chart fixing at the time. No official finding was ever released. In 1992, Newton released

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506-611: Was revived and continues as Cashbox Magazine , an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues. In addition to the music industry, the magazine covered the amusement arcade industry, including jukebox machines and arcade games . Cashbox was one of several magazines that published record charts in the United States. Its most prominent competitors were Billboard and Record World (known as Music Vendor prior to April 1964). Unlike Billboard , Cashbox combined all currently available recordings of

529-451: Was similar to Billboard ' s methodology prior to August 1958, when Billboard debuted its " Hot 100 ", which attempted to combine all measures of popularity into one all-encompassing chart. In addition, Cashbox published chart data for specific genres, such as country music and R&B music. In 1960, Cashbox discontinued its R&B chart after the March 5 issue; it was reinstated in

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