Music chart Moment that changed music forever: 1936 Billboard mag’s Chart Line lists most popular songs on 3 US major radio stations. 1940 best-selling records chart launch. 1958 sales + airplay combined to create Hot 100 Singles Chart, which now includes downloads & streaming data. Play on Guessed the Word? Series…
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Tent Great business success can come even from shows in a tent! Glastonbury 1971 – 1st pyramid stage on Stonehenge leyline, made of scaffolding covered in plastic sheets, as a retort to over-commercialized festivals. Follows medieval Summer Solstice tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights & spontaneous entertainment. Tickets sell out in >1 hour each…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 38 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 37 spelt R-E-C-I-T-A-L (ARTICLE) Series 36 spelt C-O-M-E-O-U-T (OUTCOME) Series 35 spelt Y-E-T-I-D-U-E-L (YULETIDE) Series 34 spelt T-I-D-Y-R-U-N-S (INDUSTRY) Series 33 spelt V-I-E-W-E-R (REVIEW) Series 32 spelt C-I-G-L-O (LOGIC) Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY)…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 37 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 36 spelt C-O-M-E-O-U-T (OUTCOME) Series 35 spelt Y-E-T-I-D-U-E-L (YULETIDE) Series 34 spelt T-I-D-Y-R-U-N-S (INDUSTRY) Series 33 spelt V-I-E-W-E-R (REVIEW) Series 32 spelt C-I-G-L-O (LOGIC) Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY) Series 30 spelt K-R-O-W (WORK) Series…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 36 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 35 spelt Y-E-T-I-D-U-E-L (YULETIDE) Series 34 spelt T-I-D-Y-R-U-N-S (INDUSTRY) Series 33 spelt V-I-E-W-E-R (REVIEW) Series 32 spelt C-I-G-L-O (LOGIC) Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY) Series 30 spelt K-R-O-W (WORK) Series 29 spelt R-O-P-Y-J-A-D-E (JEOPARDY) Series 28 spelt G-U-I-L-D-B-I-N (BUILDING)…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 35 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 34 spelt T-I-D-Y-R-U-N-S (INDUSTRY) Series 33 spelt V-I-E-W-E-R (REVIEW) Series 32 spelt C-I-G-L-O (LOGIC) Series 31 spelt P-O-N-Y-M-A-C (COMPANY) Series 30 spelt K-R-O-W (WORK) Series 29 spelt R-O-P-Y-J-A-D-E (JEOPARDY) Series 28 spelt G-U-I-L-D-B-I-N (BUILDING) Series 27 …
Own Imagine no possessions. The rise of the rental lifestyle. John Lennon’s 1971 call to live without material stuff is now the tech startup mantra. Why buy music if it can be downloaded? Why own DVDs if we can watch streamed films? Why buy a bike/ car when it can be hired? A simpler life?…
Oligopoly Music industry is an oligopoly. 3 labels – Sony, Universal and Warner Music – control majority of market share by owning 80% of every piece of music ever recorded. Guessed the Word? Series 11 (2/4) [photo:Stocksnap]
K-pop Smartphones. Cars. Now South Korean pop music is a global export, with cute performers, catchy beats & elaborate choreography. Population of 51m is world’s 8th-largest recorded-music market, by sales. 2012 Gangnam Style video was 1st to surpass 1bn, then 2bn, views on YouTube. Guessed the Word? Series 10 (8/8) [photo: Public_Domain_Photo]
Rock ‘n’ roll The King left the building 40 years ago (16 Aug 1977), but his rock ‘n’ roll, created by fusing blues, country and gospel, lives on. Create new from old – That’s All Right Guessed the Word? Series 8 (2/5) [photo: skeeze]