David Cyril Kent (born 3 February 1941)[1] is an Australian music historian and pop culture writer.
[2] The music reports were a weekly listing of the National Top 100 chart positions of singles and albums.
[citation needed] He listened to local radio broadcasts of top hits such as "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley in 1955.
[9][12] The Kent Music Report was sold commercially after July 1974, and it became the sole nationwide chart following the demise of Go-Set in August.
[11] Kent expanded his business and, from 1976, incorporated actual sales figures to supplement information from radio stations.
[9][13] ARIA had established its own research and chart publishing group and now competed with the Kent Music Report.