Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry. It was founded in August 1959 as a monthly newspaper covering both labels and dealers. Its founding editor was Roy Parker (who died on 27 December 1964). The title changed to Record Retailer and Music Industry News shortly after launch.
With its issue of 10 March 1960, Record Retailer became a weekly magazine and started a chart showing the top 50 records in sales.
On 5 October 1967 the title reverted to Record Retailer and in January 1971 became Record & Tape Retailer. The publication was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week.
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... The UK Singles Chart is the official record chart in the United Kingdom ... canonical sources as New Musical Express (NME) before 10 March 1960 and Record Retailer from then until 15 February 1969 when Retailer and the BBC jointly commissioned the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB ... The choice to use Record Retailer as the canonical source for the 1960s has been contentious because NME (which continued compiling charts beyond March ...
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... Before sales of records were compiled a song's popularity was measured by sales of sheet music ... Record charts in the UK began in 1952, when Percy Dickins of the New Musical Express (NME) gathered a pool of 52 stores willing to report sales figures ... Record Mirror compiled its own Top 10 chart for 22 January 1955 it was based on postal returns from record stores (which were financed by the ...
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