WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 19, 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   3  *##SOMETHIN’ STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
 2   1  HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles (White Whale)
 3   2  THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
 4   4  SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco)
 5   9  *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems)
 6   5  *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown)
 7  14  ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists)
 8  25  *GROOVIN’ - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
 9  16  I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
10  12  CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date)
11   6  JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
12   7  CALIFORNIA NIGHTS - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
13  17  #GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang)
14  10  I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
15  13  #I’M A MAN - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)
16  21  THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
17   8  ##I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
18  15  THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin’ Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre 
        (Warner Bros.)
19  19  DEAD END STREET - Lou Rawls (Capitol)
20  22  I’M INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp)
21  18  ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.)
22  23  RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
23  SS  #RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
24  33  YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
25  38  WITH THIS RING - The Platters (Musicor)

26  27  ##I’ll Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)
27  28  *#Mirage - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
28  29  ##My Babe - Ronnie Dove (Diamond)
29  LS  ##Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear - The Alan Price Set
        (Parrot)
30  11  *#Bernadette - The Four Tops (Motown)
31  24  Happy Jack - The Who (Decca)
32  31  Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound)†
33  39  *I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram)
34  40  Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes (Reprise)
35  42  Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)
36  43  Lay Some Happiness On Me - Dean Martin (Reprise)
37  44  Walking In Different Circles - Goldie & The Gingerbreads (Atco)
38  45  Gotta Leave Us Alone - The Outsiders (Capitol)
39  46  Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother’s Son (MGM)
40  49  Making Memories - Frankie Laine (ABC)
41  50  *Six O’Clock - The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
42  51  Too Many Fish In The Sea & Three Little Fishes - Mitch Ryder & The
        Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
43  52  My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye (Hi)
44  53  Love Me Forever - Roger Williams (Kapp)
45  54  No Excess Baggage - The Fabulous Fakes (Columbia)
46  55  Him Or Me--What’s It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia)
47  56  She’d Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (White Whale)
48  --  Hi-Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck (Epic)
49  57  A Beautiful Story - Sonny & Cher (Atco)
50  --  *All I Need - The Temptations (Gordy)
51  --  Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate (Jubilee)
52  --  Shake A Tail Feather - James & Bobby Purify (Bell)
53  --  Bright Shiny Colors - The Shirelles (Scepter)
54  --  The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood (Double Shot)
55  --  I Can Hear The Rain - Reparata & The Delrons (RCA Victor)
56  --  I’ve Lost You - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)
57  --  Mister Man - The Raves (Smash)

SURE SHOT: *CREEQUE ALLEY - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill)
LONG SHOT: LET’S LIVE FOR TODAY - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)

†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 20-26, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week.
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 19, so the date
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.

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