This artist-by-artist anthology uncovers all of the records that only appeared on the local listings (Disc Jockey, Juke Box and Retail Outlets) and did not appear on any national pop singles charts.

Now these rare records have definitive research showing the exact dates and places that they tasted fame. An exhaustive investigation of Cash Box magazine's Top 10 hits listings of 1957, city by city, coast to coast, yielded a host of rare rockabilly, doo wop and rock 'n' roll records. On average, 33 new entries each week never appeared on the national Top 100 or Bubbling Under charts of Billboard, Cash Box or Music Vendor magazines. Below is a sampling of towns, DJs and shops found in this unique book. Towns & Cities Alva, OK McGehee, AR Smiths Falls, Ontario Sioux Falls, SD Holyoke, MA St. Johnsbury, VT West Warwick, RI Union, MO Beaver Falls, PA Monroe, LA Ridgecrest, CA Morristown, TN Keene, NH Newburyport, MA Chadron, NB Biddeford, ME Madison, WI Marshall, TX Fountain Inn, SC Port Huron, MI DJs Pee Wee King Art Laboe Scott Muni Paul Drew Steve Cannon Mickey Shorr Dorothy Kinney Dick Whittinghill George Strait Dangerous Dick Bugs Scruggs Laverne Watson Duke Norton Pat Chamburs Lonny Starr Robin Seymour Sherm Feller Lucky Logan Lad Carleton Herb Knight Record Shops Andre’s Records/Lansing Groove Records/Houston Ben Brown Music/Lynn Campus Records/Detroit Cox Records/Atlanta Amphion Music/Cleveland Tin Pan Alley Records/NY Spruce Records/Scranton Music Corner/New Haven Pat’s Records/Richmond Alamo Piano Co./San Antonio Royles TV/Salt Lake City Rol’s Records/Chicago Record Land/Phoenix Deibel’s Records/St. Louis Cocroft Music/Thomasville Dew Music Co./Monroe Bills T Records/Tulsa Yeagers Music/Baltimore Modrona Records/Portland