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==''The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles''==
{{Main|British Hit Singles & Albums}}
''The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles'' was a music reference book first published in 1977. It was compiled by BBC Radio 1 DJs [[Paul Gambaccini]] and [[Mike Read]] with brothers [[Tim Rice]] and Jonathan Rice. It was the first in a number of music reference books that were to be published by Guinness Publishing with sister publication ''The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums'' coming in 1983. After being sold to Hit Entertainment, the data concerning the Official Chart Company's singles and albums charts were combined under the title ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]'', with Hit Entertainment publishing the book from 2003 to 2006 (under the Guinness World Records brand). After Guinness World Records was sold to The Jim Pattison Group, it was effectively replaced by a series of books published by Ebury Publishing/Random House with the ''[[The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles|Virgin Book of British Hit Singles]]'' first being published in 2007 and with a ''Hit Albums'' book following two years later.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Amazon page for VBBHS |id={{ASIN|0753515377|country=uk}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums by Martin Roach &#124; Waterstones |url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-virgin-book-of-british-hit-albums/martin-roach/martin-roach/9780753517000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815142058/https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-virgin-book-of-british-hit-albums/martin-roach/martin-roach/9780753517000 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref><ref>''The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'' by Martin Roach (Ebury Publishing/Random House {{ISBN|9780753517000}})</ref>