WABC Silver Dollar Sound Survey for Week of 4 September 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)              *2 weeks #1*  1
 *2. Ramblin' Rose - Nat "King" Cole (Capitol)                   7
  3. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva (Dimension)                    2
  4. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (Wand)                 3
  5. Sheila - Tommy Roe (ABC-Paramount)                          5
  6. You Belong to Me - The Duprees (Coed)                       4
  7. Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka (RCA)               6
  8. Party Lights - Claudine Clark (Chancellor)                  8
  9. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes (Tamla)                 10
 10. You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)             9
 11. Let's Dance - Chris Montez (Monogram)                      11
 12. She's Not You - Elvis Presley (RCA)                        14
*13. A Wonderful Dream - The Majors (Imperial)                  18
 14. What Kind of Love is This -                                  
                           Joey Dee & the Starliters (Roulette) 15
 15. You Beat Me to the Punch - Mary Wells (Motown)             19
 16. Teen Age Idol - Rick Nelson (Imperial)                     20
 17. Stop the Wedding - Etta James (Argo)                       21
 18. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's (Stax)                 22
 19. Surfin' Safari - The Beach Boys (Capitol)                  25
 20. Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow - The Rivingtons (Liberty)                27
 21. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn & his Orchestra (Dot)     40
 22. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric & his Piano (Atco)                 --
 23. Send Me the Pillow You Dream On -                            
                                     Johnny Tillotson (Cadence) --
 24. I Remember You - Frank Ifield (Vee Jay)                    --
*25. What's Gonna Happen When Summer's Gone -                     
                                           Freddy Cannon (Swan) --
 26. Silver Threads and Golden Needles -                          
                                     The Springfields (Philips) --
 27. Patches - Dickie Lee (Smash)                               38
 28. Your Nose is Gonna Grow - Johnny Crawford (Del-Fi)         --
 29. Point of No Return - Gene McDaniels (Liberty)              --
 30. Torture - Kris Jensen (Hickory)                            --
 31. Do You Love Me - The Contours (Gordy)                      --
 32. Stop the Music - The Shirelles (Scepter)                   --
 33. If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) -                        
                           Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Brothers) --
 34. Punish Her - Bobby Vee (Liberty)                           --
 35. For All We Know - Dinah Washington (Roulette)              --
 36. Venus in Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton (Ace)                  --
 37. Sweet and Lovely - April Stevens & Nino Tempo (Atco)       --
*38. Lie to Me - Brook Benton (Mercury)                         --
 39. Monster Mash -                                               
             Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers (Garpax) --
 40. Rain Rain Go Away - Bobby Vinton (Epic)                    --
     
Radio 77 Pick Hit:
     Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) -                        
                                   Brian Hyland (ABC-Paramount)   

*denotes former Radio 77 Pick Hit

SPECIAL NOTE:  Eighteen new songs enter the chart this week.
That's nearly half the survey!  One of the busiest weeks in
WABC's brief survey history.  Note, too, that "Sherry" by the 4
Seasons entered the charts only two weeks ago, and it's already
number one.

 

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