WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for December 1, 1965

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Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 

TW  LW 
 1   1  TASTE OF HONEY - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
 2   2  *#I HEAR A SYMPHONY - The Supremes (Motown)
 3   5  *I GOT YOU (I Feel Good) - James Brown & The Famous Flames (King)
 4  12  TURN! TURN! TURN! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds 
        (Columbia)
 5   3  RESCUE ME - Fontella Bass (Checker)
 6  11  DON’T THINK TWICE - The Wonder Who? (Philips)
 7   8  YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY - The Silkie (Fontana)
 8   4  1-2-3 - Len Barry (Decca)
 9   7  A LOVER’S CONCERTO - The Toys (DynoVoice)
10   6  *LET’S HANG ON! - The 4 Seasons (Philips)
11  20  *#OVER AND OVER - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
12  13  *#I CAN NEVER GO HOME ANYMORE - The Shangri-Las (Red Bird)
13  18  FEVER - The McCoys (Bang)
14   9  *#GET OFF OF MY CLOUD - The Rolling Stones (London)
15  21  *IT’S MY LIFE - The Animals (MGM)
16  10  #HANG ON SLOOPY - The Ramsey Lewis Trio (Cadet)
17  25  *#THE LITTLE GIRL I ONCE KNEW - The Beach Boys (Capitol)
18  19  ENGLAND SWINGS - Roger Miller (Smash)
19  15  EVERYONE’S GONE TO THE MOON - Jonathan King (Parrot)
20  27  YOU’VE BEEN CHEATIN’ - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)
21  23  *SUNDAY AND ME - Jay & The Americans (United Artists)
22  46  *EBB TIDE - The Righteous Brothers (Philles)
23  48  MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor)
24  44  YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO BE SO NICE - The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
25  26  #THE DUCK - Jackie Lee (Mirwood)

26  SS  *#A Must To Avoid - Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
27  14  *Ain’t That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
28  24  Here It Comes Again - The Fortunes (Press)
29  16  Keep On Dancing - The Gentrys (MGM)
30  17  My Baby - The Temptations (Gordy)
31  43  Love Bug - Jack Jones (Kapp)
32  45  *Satin Pillows - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
33  47  A Sweet Woman Like You - Joe Tex (Dial)
34  49  If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - Maxine Brown (Wand)
35  50  The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
36  51  I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
37  52  *She’s Just My Style - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
38  53  Mystic Eyes - Them (Parrot)
39  54  All Or Nothing - Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles (Atlantic)
40  55  Hole In The Wall - The Packers (Pure Soul)
41  --  One Sun - Nat King Cole (Capitol)
42  56  Jenny Take A Ride! - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
43  57  I Can Tell - Reparata & The Delrons (RCA Victor)
44  --  One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Barry Young (Dot)
45  --  Five O’Clock World - The Vogues (Co & Ce)
46  --  Princess In Rags - Gene Pitney (Musicor)
47  --  There Won’t Be Any Snow (Christmas In The Jungle) - Derrik Roberts 
        (Roulette)
48  --  Good Hard Rock - Ian Whitcomb (Tower)
49  --  Thunderball - Tom Jones (Parrot)
50  --  *Attack - The Toys (DynoVoice)
51  --  Where The Sun Has Never Shone - Jonathan King (Parrot)
52  --  Spanish Harlem - King Curtis (Atco)
53  --  California Dreamin’ - The Mama’s & The Papa’s (Dunhill)
54  --  Second Hand Rose - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)
55  --  Spanish Eyes - Al Martino (Capitol)
56  --  *May You Always - Harry Harrison (Amy) [Harrison was a DJ at the 
        station]
57  --  *Where Were You When The Lights Went Out - Dan Daniel (Mala) [Daniel 
        was a DJ at the station]

SURE SHOT: *DAY TRIPPER / WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles (Capitol)

#Former Sure Shot
*Heard first in New York on WMCA

NOTE: The date that appeared on the original printed chart was Dec. 2, 1965, 
a Thursday. However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Dec. 1, so 
the date that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect. 

 

 

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