WABC Swingin' Sound Survey for Week of July 18, 1961

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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                            
 TW                                                             LW
  1. Quarter to Three - U.S. Bonds (Legrand)       *5 weeks #1*  1
  2. Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis (Beltone)                 2
  3. Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker (Parkway)                6
  4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee (Dunes)               9
  5. Hats off to Larry - Del Shannon (Big Top)                   3
  6. I Like It Like That, Part 1 - Chris Kenner (Instant)       11
  7. Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson (Imperial)                     4
  8. Raindrops - Dee Clark (Vee Jay)                             7
  9. The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton (Mercury)               5
 10. Together - Connie Francis (MGM)                            14
 11. Tonight (Could Be the Night) - The Velvets (Monument)       8
 12. Yellow Bird - The Arthur Lyman Group (Hi-Fi)               10
 13. Dum Dum - Brenda Lee (Decca)                               13
 14. Runaround - The Regents (Gee)                              19
 15. Sacred - The Castells (Era)                                16
 16. Don't Bet Money Honey - Linda Scott (Canadian-American)    25
 17. What a Sweet Thing That Was - The Shirelles (Scepter)      23
 18. A Thing of the Past - The Shirelles (Scepter)              26
 19. Please Stay - The Drifters (Atlantic)                      18
 20. Solitaire - The Embers (Empress)                           30
 21. Cupid - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)                             27
 22. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) -                
                            Little Caesar & the Romans (Del-Fi) 15
 23. Wizard of Love - The Lydells (Master)                      34
 24. Moody River - Pat Boone (Dot)                              17
 25. Never On Sunday - The Chordettes (Cadence)                 24
 26. Heart and Soul - The Cleftones (Gee)                       12
 27. Back Beat No. 1 - The Rondels (Amy)                        35
 28. Tell Me Why - The Belmonts (Sabrina)                       21
 29. Song of the Nairobi Trio -                                   
                             The Fortune Tellers (Music Makers) 42
 30. School Is Out - Gary "U.S." Bonds (Legrand)                --
 31. Wooden Heart - Joe Dowell (Smash)                          36
 32. Stand By Me - Ben E. King (Atco)                           20
 33. Time - Jerry Jackson (Kapp)                                32
 34. Goodnight Baby - The Imaginations (Music Makers)           43
 35. Life Is But a Dream - The Earls (Rome)                     22
 36. Nature Boy - Bobby Darin (Atco)                            29
 37. Summertime Lies - Kitty Kallen (Columbia)                  41
 38. Dedicated (to the Songs I Love) - The 3 Friends (Imperial) --
 39. That's What Girls Are Made For - The Spinners (Tri-Phi)    39
 40. Granada - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)                          48
 41. The Fish - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)                            37
 42. My Kind of Girl - Matt Monro (Warwick)                     69
 43. Last Night - The Mar-Keys (Satellite)                      --
 44. Somebody Nobody Wants - Dion (Laurie)                      --
 45. Exodus - Eddie Harris (Vee Jay)                            33
 46. Ready for Your Love - Shep & the Limelites (Hull)          58
 47. You Can't Sit Down, Part 1 - The Phil Upchurch Combo (Boyd)40
 48. Love Makes the World Go Round - Jane Morgan (Kapp)         38
 49. Mr. D.J. - Van McCoy (Rock'n)                              70
 50. I'm a Tellin' You - Jerry Butler (Vee Jay)                 --
 51. No, No, No - The Chanters (DeLuxe)                         53
 52. Yo Yo Girl - The Portraits (RCA Victor)                    66
 53. I Can't Stop Her From Dancing - Billy Bland (Old Town)     64
 54. Count Your Blessings - The Demensions (Coral)              --
 55. I'll Be There - Damita Jo (Mercury)                        54
 56. Music, Music, Music - The Sensations (Argo)                --
 57. The Switch-a-Roo - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (King)   --
 58. I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door - Eddie Hodges (Cadence)      --
 59. Again - The Concords (RCA Victor)                          --
 60. Starlight - The Prelude 5 (Dik)                            --
 61. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) -                
                                 Nino & the Ebb Tides (Madison) 28
 62. Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Fury/VJ)31
 63. Pomp and Circumstance - Adrian Kimberly (Calliope)         47
 64. My True Story - The Jive Five (Beltone)                    --
 65. I've Got News for You - Ray Charles (Impulse!)             --
 66. Should I Wait - Johnny Mathis (Columbia)                   --
 67. Temptation - The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)         46
 68. Charleston - Cozy Cole (Artistique)                        --
 69. I'm So Happy (Tra La La) - The Ducanes (Goldisc)           --
 70. Wooden Heart - Gus Backus (Fono-Graf)                      56
     
"THE SOARIN' SEVEN SINGLES"
  1. Let the Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino (Imperial)             
  2. Princess - Frank Gari (Crusade)                              
  3. Drivin' Home - Duane Eddy (Jamie)                            
  4. As If I Didn't Know - Adam Wade (Coed)                       
  5. Hurt - Timi Yuro (Liberty)                                   
  6. Guess Who - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Fury)                  
  7. Don't You Know That I Believe - Carl Lester (Brent)          
     Human - Tommy Hunt (Scepter)                                 
     I Just Don't Understand - Ann-Margaret (RCA Victor)          
     Water Boy - The Don Shirley Trio (Cadence)                   
     Around the World - Buddy Greco (Epic)                        
     Guilty of Loving You - Jerry Fuller (Challenge)              
     The Mountain's High - Dick & DeeDee (Liberty)                
     A Tear - Gene McDaniels (Liberty)                            
     Star Light, Star Bright - Linda Scott (Canadian-American)    
     The Guns of Navarone - Joe Reisman & his Orchestra (Landa)   
     
"77 SOUND SLEEPER"
     Three Gassed Rats - The Handclappers (Collier)               
     
"BIG 7 LPs"
  1. Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland (Capitol)               
  2. Exodus to Jazz - Eddie Harris (Vee Jay)                      
  3. The Bobby Darin Story - Bobby Darin (Atco)                   
  4. Dance 'Til Quarter to Three - U.S. Bonds (Legrand)           
  5. Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 3 - Various Artists (Original Sound)
  6. Something for Everybody - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)         
  7. TV Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller (Columbia)           
     
"SURE-SHOT 7 LPs"
  1. Golden Hit Instrumentals - Al Caiola (United Artists)        
  2. Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk (Dot)                            
  3. Sabre Dance - Johnny Maddox (Dot)                            
  4. Swing Along With Me - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)                
  5. Gee Whiz - Carla Thomas (Atlantic)                           
  6. Get Happy - Ella Fitzgerald (Verve)                          
  7. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King (Atco)                          
     
THE 7-70 SWINGIN' SOUND SURVEY is compiled each 
week by WABC, New York, and is based on an accurate 
unbiased account of record sales gathered from leading 
retail outlets in the New York Metropolitan Area.

 

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