WABC Silver Dollar Sound Survey for Week of 28 August 1962

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. Sherry - The 4 Seasons (Vee Jay)               *1 week #1*  4
  2. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva (Dimension)                    1
  3. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (Wand)                 2
  4. You Belong to Me - The Duprees (Coed)                       6
  5. Sheila - Tommy Roe (ABC-Paramount)                          3
  6. Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka (RCA)               5
 *7. Ramblin' Rose - Nat "King" Cole (Capitol)                  13
  8. Party Lights - Claudine Clark (Chancellor)                  8
  9. You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)             9
 10. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes (Tamla)                 19
 11. Let's Dance - Chris Montez (Monogram)                      18
 12. Roses Are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton (Epic)               7
 13. Bring It on Home to Me - Sam Cooke (RCA)                   10
 14. She's Not You - Elvis Presley (RCA)                        21
 15. What Kind of Love is This -                                  
                           Joey Dee & the Starliters (Roulette) 30
 16. You'll Lose a Good Thing - Barbara Lynn (Jamie)            12
 17. Rinky Dink - Dave "Baby" Cortez (Chess)                    22
*18. A Wonderful Dream - The Majors (Imperial)                  40
 19. You Beat Me to the Punch - Mary Wells (Motown)             --
 20. Teen Age Idol - Rick Nelson (Imperial)                     35
 21. Stop the Wedding - Etta James (Argo)                       17
 22. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's (Stax)                 --
 23. I Love You the Way You Are - Bobby Vinton (Diamond)        26
*24. What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) -                   
                                            Timi Yuro (Liberty) --
 25. Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys (Capitol)                  --
 26. Little Diane - Dion (Laurie)                               16
 27. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons (Liberty)                36
 28. Devil Woman - Marty Robbins (Columbia)                     29
 29. Ahab the Arab - Ray Stevens (Mercury)                      15
 30. Speedy Gonzalez - Pat Boone (Dot)                          14
 31. Having a Party - Sam Cooke (RCA)                           27
 32. The Wah Watusi - The Orlons (Cameo)                        11
 33. Things - Bobby Darin (Atco)                                20
*34. Sealed With a Kiss - Brian Hyland (ABC-Paramount)          23
 35. Forgive Me (For Giving You Such a Bad Time) -                
                                               Babs Tino (Kapp) --
 36. Come On Little Angel - The Belmonts (Sabina)               24
 37. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King (Columbia)                32
 38. Patches - Dickie Lee (Smash)                               --
 39. Poetry - Jack Jones (Kapp)                                 --
 40. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn & his Orchestra (Dot)     38
     
Radio 77 Pick Hit:
     Popeye (The Hitchhiker) - Chubby Checker (Parkway)

*denotes former Radio 77 Pick Hit

 

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