- Now That's What I Call A Decade Of Hits — The 1980s (1989)
- The Omnibus Book of British & American Hit Singles (1990)
- Chart Beats (1991)
- Labatts Top 500 Records (1993)
- Hit Parade Heroes: British Beat Before The Beatles (1993)
- The Fab British Rock'n'Roll Invasion of 1964 (1994)
- Beat Boom (1992)
- All Music Book of Hit Singles (1994)
- The Warner Guide to UK & US Hit Albums (1995)
- The Warner Guide to UK & US Hit Singles (1996)
- The Encyclopedia of Hits — The 1960s (1996)
- The Encyclopedia of Hits — The 1950s (1997)
- The Book of Hit Singles (2001)
- Hit Singles: Top 20 Charts from 1954 to the Present Day (current edition from 2004)
- The Music Downloader's Source Book: The Complete A-Z of the World's Best Songs (2005)
- The Downloader's Bible (2006)
- Official Ultimate 70s, 80s & 90s Pop Quiz Books
He has also co-written such books as The NME Rock’n’Roll Years, The GuinnessWho Who of 50s/60s/70s and Soul Music’, The NME Who’s Who Of Rock, GuinnessRockopedia, The Guinness Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, The Virgin UltimateRock Encyclopedia, This Day In Rock, The Virgin Who Who of 50s/60s/70s andSoul Music’.
In addition he has compiled/sequenced/written sleeve notes for over 1500 albums for companies such as Universal, EMI, Sony/BMG and Time Life.