WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 12, 1967

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



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

 

TW  LW
 1   1  HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles (White Whale)
 2   2  THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
 3   7  *##SOMETHIN’ STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
 4  12  SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco)
 5   8  *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown)
 6   3  JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
 7   9  CALIFORNIA NIGHTS - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
 8   4  ##I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
 9  10  *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems)
10  11  I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
11   6  *#BERNADETTE - The Four Tops (Motown)
12  13  CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date)
13  17  #I’M A MAN - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)
14  15  ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists)
15  14  THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin’ Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre 
        (Warner Bros.)
16  23  I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
17  19  #GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang)
18  22  ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.)
19  20  DEAD END STREET - Lou Rawls (Capitol)
20   5  #PENNY LANE - The Beatles (Capitol)
21  37  THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
22  24  I’M INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp)
23  52  RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
24  25  HAPPY JACK - The Who (Decca)
25  50  *GROOVIN’ - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)

26  26  #Patty Cake - The Capitols (Karen)
27  27  ##I’ll Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)
28  SS  *#Mirage - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
29  LS  ##My Babe - Ronnie Dove (Diamond)
30  21  Do The Thing - Lou Courtney (Riverside)
31  29  Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound)†
32  31  Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
33  34  You Got What It Takes - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
34  36  The Lady Came From Baltimore - Bobby Darin (Atlantic)
35  44  Out Of Left Field - Percy Sledge (Atlantic)
36  48  He’s Good For Me - The Tiffanies (RKO)
37  49  Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
38  51  With This Ring - The Platters (Musicor)
39  53  *I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram)
40  54  Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes (Reprise)
41  55  Melancholy Music Man - The Righteous Brothers (Verve)
42  56  Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)
43  --  Lay Some Happiness On Me - Dean Martin (Reprise)
44  --  Walking In Different Circles - Goldie & The Gingerbreads (Atco)
45  --  Gotta Leave Us Alone - The Outsiders (Capitol)
46  57  Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother’s Son (MGM)
47  --  I Want You To Be My Baby - Ellie Greenwich (United Artists)
48  --  Got To Have You Back - The Isley Brothers (Tamla)
49  --  Making Memories - Frankie Laine (ABC)
50  --  *Six O’Clock - The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
51  --  Too Many Fish In The Sea & Three Little Fishes - Mitch Ryder & The
        Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
52  --  My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye (Hi)
53  --  Love Me Forever - Roger Williams (Kapp)
54  --  No Excess Baggage - The Fabulous Fakes (Columbia)
55  --  Him Or Me--What’s It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia)
56  --  She’d Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (White Whale)
57  --  A Beautiful Story - Sonny & Cher (Atco)

SURE SHOT: RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
LONG SHOT: SIMON SMITH AND HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR - The Alan Price Set
(Parrot)

†Shown on the original survey and announced on the air as “Broadway”
 by The Blazers (in order to avoid using the words “funky” and “dyke”)

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

NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine
were April 13-19, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week.
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 12, so the date
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect. 

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