Boneys stats

[T_Bone0806]

Well, since we are at a milepost of sorts here on the Boneys countdown (my favorite music from the past 59 years), entering
Monday with 50 albums and 100 songs to go, I thought I'd crunch some numbers. Some observations:

They say that when all is said and done, you tend to go back to the music of your teenage years. As such, the 70's dominated
the rankings, especially in the album category. Since I turned 13 in 1970 and the latter part of the decade was spent in
college, it makes sense that there would be a ton of music that is associated with memorable times and events. Also, I would
argue that the 70's was the golden age of the album. Albums were not the art form of choice in the 60's until the Beatles, Dylan,
and a few others started crafting them more carefully in the later 60's, setting the groundwork for the changeover in the 70's where the album became
more important than the single. But I still wasn't quite expecting the landslide victory for the 70's that it turned out to be.

Not surprisingly, the Beatles lead all categories. However, a mild suprise was Steely Dan's runnerup status. I obviously like them a
lot, but if you ask me what my second favorite artist is, my answer would be Genesis. There are even a couple of other acts I would
put ahead of the Dan. I think this may be because the songs I like by them I REALLY like..I suspect that if I had expanded the list to,
oh let's say 500 songs instead of 350, there would be many more songs by Genesis and a couple others, and the scales might be tipped in
a different direction.

The oldest song in the countdown is "Rama Lama Ding Dong" by The Edsels, which was released in 1958 (although not a hit until its
re-release in 1961), followed by 1959's "Where Or When" by Dion & The Belmonts, both of which have already revealed at #254 and #165
respectively. The most recent, from 2008 comes in at #63, so it has yet to be revealed. Another one, from 2007, will be unveiled at
#84.

In the top 10 on the song list, 6 come from the 70's, 4 from the 60's. But those 4 are all in the Top 5, and yes, 2 of them are by
The Beatles. HOWEVER, they do NOT have my #1 song. Hmmmm...

That's all the "spoilerization" you're going to get.

Now, the stats:

On the Top 150 albums:

by decades:

50's-0
60's-21
70's-105
80's-16
90's-4
00's-4
10's-0

by artist:

Beatles-9
Steely Dan-5
Todd Rundgren/Utopia, Paul McCartney, Genesis-4 each
Cheap Trick, Stevie Wonder, The Who, James Taylor, ELO, Elton John-3 each

by year:

1970-21 entries
1971-16
1973-13
1972-10
1978, 1980-9 each
1969, 1974, 1976-8 each
1975, 1977-7 each
1979-6
1968-4
1967, 1982-3 each
1965, 1966, 1986-2 each
1963, 1964, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005-1 each

years with no entries: 1957-1962, 1983-1985, 1987, 1988, 1990-1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006-present.


Part two coming up.

[T_Bone0806]

Some more "Boney 500" stats:


On the Top 350 songs list:


By decade:

50's: 2 entries
60's 104
70's: 187
80's: 35
90's: 14
00's: 8
10's: 0

By year:

1973: 36 entries
1970, 1972: 27 each
1971: 24
1978: 21
1964, 1969: 20 each
1967: 17
1974: 15
1966, 1976: 14 each
1965: 13
1977: 11
1968: 9
1975: 8
1963, 1980, 1981: 7 each
1982: 6
1979, 1983, 1988: 4 each
1999: 3
1961, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001-2 each
1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008-1 each
1984, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2009-present: zero entries

By artist:

Beatles: 20 entries
Steely Dan: 10
Elton John: 9
Genesis, Beach Boys: 8 each
Rolling Stones, The Who, Doobie Brothers: 6 each
Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel, Creedence Clearwater Revival: 5 each

All others had 4 or less

Looking ahead to the Top 100, On the album list, The Beatles took 6 spots, Genesis 3, and Simon & Garfunkel, Steely Dan, Elton John,
The Who, and Crosby Stills & Nash (& Young) each scored a pair of entries.

In the Top 100 song list, The Beatles appear 10 times, with The Beach Boys, Genesis, Simon & Garfunkel, Steely Dan, and James Taylor
coming in at a distant second with 4 entries each, while Chicago, Elton John, and The Doobie Brothers have 3 each.


The decades break down as follows in the Top 100 song list (I didn't bother with the album breakdown):

50's: none
60's: 38 entries
70's: 54
80's: 2
90's: 4
00's: 2

Interjecting here with an observation...I was flabbergasted at how poorly the 80's did in all of these breakdowns. I do like a good share of
music from that decade, but apparently it doesn't come close to the previous two decades in comparison. I certainly thought the decade would
be represented a little better than this.


OVERALL TOTALS (combining albums AND songs):

By decade:

1973: 49 of the 500 total entries
1970: 48
1971: 40
1972: 37
1978: 30
1969: 28
1974: 23
1976: 22
1964: 21
1967: 20
1977: 18
1966, 1980: 16 each
1965, 1975: 15 each
1968: 13
1979: 10
1982: 9
1963, 1981: 8 each
1983, 1988, 1999: 4 each
1989, 1994, 2001: 3 each
1961, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002: 2 each
1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008: 1 each
years with no entries: 1957, 1984, 1993, 2006, 2009-present.


By artist:

Beatles: 29 entries (out of 500 total albums & songs)
Steely Dan: 15
Elton John, Genesis: 12 each
The Who, The Beach Boys: 9 each
Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren/Todd Rundgren & Utopia. The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Doobie Brothers: 8 each
Paul McCartney, ELO, Simon & Garfunkel: 7 each.


And there you have it. Back on Monday with Album #50 and Songs #100 and #99.

[Ritterskoop]

Wow. This is worthy of an LB project.

[T_Bone0806]

Wow. This is worthy of an LB project.

Funny you should say that. While I was working on it, I was thinking "I hope LB will be proud of me for this"

No lie.

[Bo Donaldson]

My chances of making this list are getting better and better.

Top 50, here we come!

[littlebeast13]

Wow. This is worthy of an LB project.

Funny you should say that. While I was working on it, I was thinking "I hope LB will be proud of me for this"

No lie.

I am in awe! I'm pretty sure even I've never undertaken a project this big before (probably only because I'm easily distracted)...

lb13

[T_Bone0806]

My chances of making this list are getting better and better.

Top 50, here we come!

I'd be more optimistic regarding your chances at joining Mr. Dylan as a Nobel Prize winner if I were you...