American Billboard charts dump Elvis

This is something i have stumbled across online that i found particularly strange and also worrying the American Billboard charts dump Elvis' number ones ....this is the only source i could find on the matter though so i cant offer an unbiased report

http://www.elviscommunity.com/service/displayDiscussionThreads.kickAction?as=27782&w=105118&d=749816&ac=new

some have gone so far as to sign a petition on the matter

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/elvisnumberones/

Its maddness! I dont get it at all. Why wud they do that? They shud be ashamed of themselves the idiots!

They will make a rod for there own back. I have signed the petition. Goes to show there is not loyalty to someone who made the music world go round.

Further down that post in the comments some shows a reply they have had from EPE when they queried the matter and this is the response as they show it

Quote :

"The confusion seems to come from the fact that these stats in the
article are ONLY based on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which launched in
1958, after Elvis’ landmark years of 1956 and 1957.

Since 11 of Elvis’ number ones were on various Billboard pop charts
over a “rapid-fire span” of three years, three months and three weeks,
all which happened prior to the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958 inception, he
would not be on that particular list.

They said that prior to the Hot 100, Billboard printed various pop
charts based either solely on airplay, sales or juke box plays. This
includes the Top 100, which was a sales-based chart. Elvis’ number ones
on those pre-1958 charts have been counted by some sources in
conjunction with the Hot 100 when considered among number one songs in
the rock ‘n’ roll era.

So Billboard is in no way changing their system to reflect less
number ones for Elvis and they were very much wanting to make sure we
let the fans know."