Topic: Tab Views
Most-viewed tabs for the month of April 2010:
35 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
29 - Max Webster - Let Go the Line
24 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
22 - The Runaways - Neon Angels On the Road To Ruin
20 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
19 - Girlschool - Yeah Right (g)
19 - Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know
17 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
17 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
17 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
Total Tab Views For April: 966
By section: Canadian-621 Girlschool-176 Various-107 Chords-62
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Apr. 30/10):
447 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
416 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
412 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
318 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
286 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
259 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
256 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
255 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
247 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
246 - Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
Tabs reaching 100 views this month:
Communication Breakdown, You Won't Dance With Me, Hot Girls In Love, Let Go the Line
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010 1:47 AM EDT
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