Pop Music Survey was founded by my father, Bobby Poe a/k/a The Poe Kat, in 1968. For the next 28 years, this small, industry "tip sheet" ended up on the desks of the most influential executives in the Top 40 record and radio industries. I'm Bobby Poe, Jr., and I joined the company in 1979. Bonnie Smith-Rollison, who worked as Music Director at several radio stations in the Washington, D.C. area, joined the company in 1987, remaining with us until July of 1996.
Throughout the 1980's and into the 1990's Pop Music Survey became known for putting on the most exciting, fun and legendary Top 40 music conventions there ever were. In June of 1996, The Poe Kat retired after our gala 25th Anniversary Convention, and I decided that it was a good time to go out on a high note and therefore discontinue publication of the weekly Pop Music Survey magazine as well.
If we inadvertently left your name off the list of Convention attendees (scroll down column to the right), please email us and we'll add you immediately!
Looking back over the years, many of the most incredible talents in the entertainment industry made our Convention something special, including Kip Adotta, Bananarama, Jellybean Benitez, The Bloodhound Gang, Michael Bolton, Toni Braxton, James Brown, Jimmy Buffett...
...Tevin Campbell, Rosanne Cash, David Cassidy, Boomer Castleman, Felix Cavaliere, Chad and Jeremy, Carol Channing, Charo, Cheap Trick, Marc Cohn, Natalie Cole, David Coverdale, Crowded House, Charlie Daniels, Paul Davis, Michael Des Barres, Divinyls...
...En Vogue, Expose', Maynard Ferguson, Fun Factory, Gallagher, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Grant, Daryl Hall, Jimmy Harnen, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, David Hasselhoff, Sophie B. Hawkins, Isaac Hayes, Susanna Hoffs, Hootie and The Blowfish, Bruce Hornsby...
...Intrigue, Michael Jackson, Tommy James, Joshua Kadison, Robert Klein, Lenny Kravitz, Cheryl Ladd, Cyndi Lauper, John Mellencamp, Ronnie Milsap, Eddie Money, The Moody Blues, Eddie Murphy...
...Johnny Nash, Nelson, Donny Osmond, Robert Palmer, Ray Parker, Jr., Dolly Parton, Steve Perry, The Philosopher Kings, Webb Pierce, Pinkard and Bowden, Buster Poindexter, Genya Ravan, Helen Reddy, Cynthia Rhodes, Kenny Rogers, David Lee Roth...
...Carole Bayer Sager, Seal, Jon Secada, Ray Stevens, Supertramp, Andy Taylor of Duran Duran/The Power Station, Tanya Tucker, Was Not Was, Crystal Waters, Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Vanessa Williams, Meri Wilson, XTC, Zim Zimeral and his Orchestra, ZZ Top and many, many others.
The "lost" Michael Jackson video acceptance speech from 1984, made from the only copy in existence. Michael was honored as the first recipient of "The Neil Bogart Memorial Award", presented by Bobby Poe at the annual Bobby Poe Convention!
