WABC Swingin' Sound Survey for Week of December 16, 1960

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
 TW                                                             LW
  1. Are You Lonesome To-night? -                                 
                        Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) *4 weeks #1*  1
  2. A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young with the Innocents (Indigo)  2
  3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles (Scepter)         3
  4. Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert (Decca)                5
  5. Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists)                4
  6. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (Herald)              6
  7. Sailor (Your Home Is the Sea) - Lolita (Kapp)               8
  8. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)           7
  9. Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis (MGM)                      10
 10. North to Alaska - Johnny Horton (Columbia)                 12
 11. Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson (Cadence)               9
 12. Angel Baby - Rosie & the Originals (Highland)              17
 13. New Orleans - U.S. Bonds (Legrand)                         13
 14. You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette (Liberty)                 28
 15. Last Date - Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)                      18
 16. Shop Around - The Miracles (Tamla)                         23
 17. Lonely Teenager - Dion (Laurie)                            15
 18. Sway - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)                                14
 19. Alone At Last - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)                  16
 20. Ruby Duby Du - Tobin Mathews & Co. (Chief)                 21
 21. Perfidia - The Ventures (Dolton)                           27
 22. The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker (Parkway)                  20
 23. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) -                 
                                         Brook Benton (Mercury) 11
 24. Once In Awhile - The Chimes (Tag)                          29
 25. Twistin' Bells - Santo & Johnny (Canadian-American)        25
 26. Blue Tango - Bill Black's Combo (Hi)                       32
 27. Don't Go to Strangers - Etta Jones (Prestige)              26
 28. I'll Save the Last Dance For You - Damita Jo (Mercury)     24
 29. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go -                               
                          Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (King) 22
 30. Corinna, Corinna - Ray Peterson (Dunes)                    33
 31. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones (Roulette)                   19
 32. My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino (Imperial)                 38
 33. Baby Oh Baby - The Shells (Johnson)                        45
 34. Always You - Lou Monte (Roulette)                          36
 35. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - The Melodeers (Studio)    39
 36. Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee (Liberty)                          51
 37. Ruby - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)                         41
 38. Valarie - The Starlites (Fury)                             34
 39. Save the Last Dance For Me - The Drifters (Atlantic)       30
 40. Am I the Man - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)                   47
 41. Calcutta - Lawrence Welk (Dot)                             --
 42. Wonderland By Night - Anita Bryant (Carlton)               35
 43. All In My Mind - Maxine Brown (Nomar)                      37
 44. I Count the Tears - The Drifters (Atlantic)                --
 45. The Hoochi Coochi Coo -                                      
                          Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (King) 63
 46. Main Theme from Exodus (Ari's Theme) - Mantovani (London)  57
 47. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (Decca)     42
 48. There's a Moon Out Tonight - The Capris (Old Town)         50
 49. Sleep - Little Willie John (King)                          62
 50. Somehow - The Ballads (Roncris)                            --
 51. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King (Atco)                        --
 52. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)           31
 53. Sad Mood - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)                          --
 54. Your Other Love - The Flamingos (End)                      --
 55. Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight - Thelma Carpenter (Coral)       --
 56. Somebody - Jane Morgan (Capitol)                           52
 57. Christmas Auld Lang Syne - Bobby Darin (Atco)              69
 58. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount) --
 59. The Magnificent Seven - Al Caiola (United Artists)         --
 60. To Each His Own - The Platters (Mercury)                   54
 61. Wait For Me - The Playmates (Roulette)                     40
 62. Ramona - The Blue Diamonds (London)                        --
 63. First Taste of Love - Ben E. King (Atco)                   --
 64. Gunslinger - Bo Diddley (Checker)                          44
 65. Please Love Me Forever -                                     
                            Cathy Jean & the Roommates (Valmor) 53
 66. It's All Over But the Crying - Al Martino (20th Fox)       59
 67. I Gotta Go ('Cause I Love You) - Brian Hyland (Kapp)       --
 68. I'm Hurtin' - Roy Orbison (Monument)                       --
 69. We Have Love - Dinah Washington (Mercury)                  --
 70. Take Me to Your Ladder (I'll See Your Leader Later) -        
                                        Buddy Clinton (Madison) 66
     
"THE SOARIN' SEVEN SINGLES"
  1. "Pepe" - Duane Eddy (Jamie)                                  
  2. Why, Why, Bye, Bye - Bob Luman (Warner Brothers)             
  3. Sing (And Tell the Blues) "So Long" - Al Kasha (Brunswick)   
  4. Let's Take a Walk - The Crescendos (Scarlet)                 
  5. Spoonful - Etta & Harvey (Chess)                             
  6. (Ghost) Riders In the Sky - The Ramrods (Amy)                
  7. I Remember (In the Still of the Night) -                     
                           The Crests with Johnny Mastro (Coed)   


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unbiased account of record sales gathered from leading 
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