WABC Swingin' Sound Survey for Week of June 21, 1961

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. Quarter to Three - U.S. Bonds (Legrand)        *1 week #1*  2
  2. Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson (Imperial)                     1
  3. The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton (Mercury)               5
  4. Barbara-Ann - The Regents (Gee)                             7
  5. Stand By Me - Ben E. King (Atco)                            3
  6. Heart and Soul - The Cleftones (Gee)                        4
  7. Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis (Beltone)                 9
  8. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) -                
                            Little Caesar & the Romans (Del-Fi)  6
  9. Raindrops - Dee Clark (Vee Jay)                            11
 10. Hats off to Larry - Del Shannon (Big Top)                  23
 11. Tonight (Could Be the Night) - The Velvets (Monument)      19
 12. Moody River - Pat Boone (Dot)                              18
 13. Life Is But a Dream - The Earls (Rome)                     14
 14. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) -                
                                 Nino & the Ebb Tides (Madison) 10
 15. Running Scared - Roy Orbison (Monument)                     8
 16. Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Fury/VJ)17
 17. Tell Me Why - The Belmonts (Sabrina)                       22
 18. Yellow Bird - The Arthur Lyman Group (Hi-Fi)               27
 19. Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels (Twin)                    15
 20. Goodnight Baby - The Imaginations (Music Makers)           24
 21. You Always Hurt the One You Love -                           
                                Clarence "Frogman" Henry (Argo) 21
 22. A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels (Liberty)        12
 23. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe (Minit)                        16
 24. Nature Boy - Bobby Darin (Atco)                            35
 25. Temptation - The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)         31
 26. Bring Back Your Heart - The Del Vikings (ABC-Paramount)    28
 27. Time - Jerry Jackson (Kapp)                                41
 28. Halfway to Paradise - Tony Orlando (Epic)                  20
 29. I Feel So Bad - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)                 30
 30. Dum Dum - Brenda Lee (Decca)                               --
 31. Never On Sunday - The Chordettes (Cadence)                 --
 32. Count Every Star - Donnie & the Dreamers (Whale)           32
 33. Exodus - Eddie Harris (Vee Jay)                            38
 34. Solitaire - The Embers (Empress)                           39
 35. Mama Said - The Shirelles (Scepter)                        13
 36. Summertime - The Marcels (Colpix)                          57
 37. Please Stay - The Drifters (Atlantic)                      40
 38. Love Makes the World Go Round - Jane Morgan (Kapp)         48
 39. Triangle - Janie Grant (Caprice)                           34
 40. Portrait of My Love - Steve Lawrence (United Artists)      25
 41. Bobby - Neil Scott (Portrait)                              44
 42. Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta - Ernie K-Doe (Minit)                       --
 43. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee (Dunes)              --
 44. I Like It Like That, Part 1 - Chris Kenner (Instant)       --
 45. Cupid - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)                             --
 46. Lucy's Theme from "Parrish" -                                
                               George Greeley (Warner Brothers) 54
 47. My Kind of Girl - Matt Monro (Warwick)                     69
 48. Ole Buttermilk Sky - Bill Black's Combo (Hi)               53
 49. Dance On Little Girl - Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)           36
 50. The Writing On the Wall - Adam Wade (Coed)                 51
 51. Glory of Love - The Roommates (Valmor)                     43
 52. Yellow Bird - Lawrence Welk (Dot)                          49
 53. Little Devil - Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)                    33
 54. Daddy's Home - Shep & the Limelites (Hull)                 26
 55. Hello Walls - Faron Young (Capitol)                        70
 56. Sacred - The Castells (Era)                                --
 57. The Bilbao Song - Andy Williams (Cadence)                  37
 58. I'm a Fool to Care - Joe Barry (Smash)                     47
 59. My Imagination - The Fascinations (Dapt)                   --
 60. The Young Savages - Hugo Montenegro (Time)                 63
 61. Travelin' Stranger - Little Anthony & the Imperials (End)  --
 62. Peanut Butter - The Marathons (Arvee)                      29
 63. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis - Merv Griffin (Carlton)42
 64. Better Tell Him No - The Starlets (PAM)                    67
 65. I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline (Decca)                     --
 66. Wild In the Country - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)           --
 67. No, No, No - The Chanters (DeLuxe)                         --
 68. I Don't Mind - James Brown & his Famous Flames (King)      --
 69. The Girl's a Devil - The Dukays (Nat)                      --
 70. Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker (Parkway)               --
     
"THE SOARIN' SEVEN SINGLES"
  1. What a Sweet Thing That Was - The Shirelles (Scepter)        
  2. Run, Run, Run - Ronny Douglas (Everest)                      
  3. Wooden Heart - Gus Backus (Fono-Graf)                        
  4. No Substitute for Love - Roy Hamilton (Epic)                 
  5. See You In September - The Tempos (Climax)                   
  6. The Little White Cloud That Cried -                          
            The Newton Brothers featuring Wayne Newton (George)   
  7. Some Day - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (Herald)           
     Jimmy Love - Cathy Carroll (Triodex)                         
     Pomp and Circumstance - Adrian Kimberly (Calliope)           
     Last Night - The Mar-Keys (Satellite)                        
     Blue Tomorrow - Billy Vaughn (Dot)                           
     Dooley - The Olympics (Arvee)                                
     You Can't Sit Down, Part 1 - The Phil Upchurch Combo (Boyd)  
     Together - Connie Francis (MGM)                              
     The Switch-a-Roo - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (King)     
     Quite a Party - The Fireballs (Warwick)                      
     Granada - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)                            
     Sombrero - The Champs (Challenge)                            
     
"77 SOUND SLEEPER"
     I Wish It Were Summer All Year Round -                       
                             Miss Frankie Nolan (ABC-Paramount)   
     
"BIG 7 LPs"
  1. Exodus to Jazz - Eddie Harris (Vee Jay)                      
  2. Ring a Ding Ding - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)                   
  3. Carnival - Original Cast (MGM)                               
  4. TV Sing Along With Mitch - Mitch Miller (Columbia)           
  5. The Bobby Darin Story - Bobby Darin (Atco)                   
  6. All the Way - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)                        
  7. Rick is 21 - Ricky Nelson (Imperial)                         
     
"SURE-SHOT 7 LPs"
  1. The Shirelles Sing - The Shirelles (Scepter)                 
  2. Golden Hit Instrumentals - Al Caiola (United Artists)        
  3. Jane Morgan Sings the Big Hits from Broadway -               
                                             Jane Morgan (Kapp)   
  4. For Lonely Lovers - Dinah Washington (Mercury)               
  5. Something for Everybody - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)         
  6. Golden Piano Hits - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists)      
  7. Barbara-Ann - The Regents (Gee)                              
     
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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