# Have Any DJs Done This?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306 "2012-06-06T19:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306/1 "2012-06-06T19:47:03Z")

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Years ago, I was listening to a Boston AM station (forget which one), and the DJ had an offbeat way of playing the “Top 100 Hits”.  
What he would do was to play the first 5 seconds of a song, followed by the last 5 seconds-in this way, he could play them all in less than 20 minutes.  
Has anyone done this again?  
Its sort of like reading a “Reader’s Digest” condensed novel-yopu get most of it in very little time!😃

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306/2 "2012-06-06T19:55:44Z")

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Sorta. Here’s a chart sweep of all the Billboard #1 songs:  
[http://scottwesterman.com/?p=1941](http://scottwesterman.com/?p=1941)  
This was compiled sometime starting back in the 1970s when I first heard it. (And depending upon which one they have loaded they’re missing one or two.)

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306/3 "2012-06-06T20:47:56Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> Sorta. Here’s a chart sweep of all the Billboard #1 songs:  
> [http://scottwesterman.com/?p=1941](http://scottwesterman.com/?p=1941)  
> This was compiled sometime starting back in the 1970s when I first heard it. (And depending upon which one they have loaded they’re missing one or two.)

Thanks for that link - this is awesome!

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-djs-done-this/624306/4 "2012-06-07T01:08:00Z")

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It’s called “scoping” (as in telescoping) Normally the technique is only used for production checks, audtion tapes and other boring business stuff.