Why Classic Rock Isn't What It Used To Be

The raw data behind the story "Why Classic Rock Isn't What It Used To Be" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-classic-rock-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/.

classic_rock_song_list

Format

A data frame with 2230 rows representing unique songs and 7 variables:

song

Song name

artist

Artist name

release_year

Release year as listed in SongFacts

combined

Song and artist name combined

has_year

Logical variable of whether release year is included

playcount

Number of plays across all stations

playcount_has_year

Number of plays across all stations if a year was found

Source

SongFacts and https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/classic-rock

See also

classic_rock_raw_data