![]() ![]() Doll didn't know the history of Billboard’s charts, so let’s give her a little lesson. Unfortunately, Susan Doll had fallen for it too.ĭoll makes the following statement in her book’s introduction: “When chronicling the success of Elvis’s records, I refer to their chart status, which refers to Billboard magazine’s music charts … The two most important charts are the Hot 100, or Top 100, which ranks the top 100 songs … When I mention that an Elvis song became number one, or that he enjoyed many number-one records, I’m referring to the first position on the Hot 100.” It has been floated on Elvis fan sites for years and has been picked up and presented as genuine by writers in more respected media. ![]() Without even looking at the song titles, I knew I’d seen this bogus list before. Doll started out her Elvis “Cheat Sheet” with a list of “Elvis’s Number-One Singles.” She claimed that, “In Elvis’s lifetime, 18 singles reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.” Immediately, I rolled my eyes. It was labeled a “Cheat Sheet,” which I suppose is a standard feature in all “For Dummies” volumes. However, had I looked at the book’s very first page in the store, I probably would have put the book back on the shelf.
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