[DidYaWipe]

I'm only talking about pop music; that's what charts typically cover.

[shermantanktop]

The equivalent charts from the 30s and 40s were often not verse/chorus/verse. Think “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” or “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. There are repeated sections like choruses but the bones are often a 32 bar form with an AABA structure.

[DidYaWipe]

At least they had that. And a melody.