WABC Silver Dollar Sound Survey for Week of 4 June 1963

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. It's My Party - Lesley Gore (Mercury)         *2 weeks #1*  1
  2. If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul (S.P.Q.R.)               2
  3. You Can't Sit Down - The Dovells (Cameo)                    3
 *4. Easier Said Than Done - The Essex (Roulette)                7
  5. Till Then - The Classics (Musicnote)                        6
 *6. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals (Philles)                     4
  7. Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)                  20
  8. Come & Get These Memories - Martha & the Vandellas (Gordy) 10
 *9. Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys (Capitol)                   5
 10. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto (Capitol)                          16
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*11. Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke (RCA)                   13
 12. I Love You Because - Al Martino (Capitol)                  12
 13. If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett (L&L)                      14
 14. My Summer Love - Ruby & the Romantics (Kapp)               22
 15. Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles (Scepter)               9
 16. Puff (the Magic Dragon) - Peter, Paul and Mary (Warners)   11
 17. The Love of My Man - Theola Kilgore (Serock)               19
 18. Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer -                       
                                      Nat "King" Cole (Capitol) 21
*19. I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March (RCA)                8
 20. Losing You - Brenda Lee (Decca)                            17
 21. On Top of Spaghetti -                                        
             Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus (Kapp) HP
 22. Shut Down - The Beach Boys (Capitol)                       --
 23. One Fine Day - The Chiffons (Laurie)                       HP
 24. Brenda - The Cupids (KC)                                   --
 25. El Watusi - Ray Barretto (Tico)                            18
 26. Prisoner of Love - James Brown & his Famous Flames (King)  27
 27. Not Too Young to Get Married -                               
                         Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (Philles) --
 28. Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie (Roulette)                 15
 29. Take These Chains From My Heart - Ray Charles (ABC-Para.)  29
*30. Wildwood Days - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)                       --
     
Hot Prospects:
     I Can't Stop Loving You - Count Basie (Reprise)              
     No One - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)                         
    *Swinging On a Star -                                         
                      Big Dee Irwin with Little Eva (Dimension)   
     Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye -                       
                                        The Shirelles (Scepter)   
     Old Smokey Locomotion - Little Eva (Dimension)               
     Poor Little Rich Girl - Steve Lawrence (Columbia)            
     Hootenanny - The Glencoves (Select)                          
     
Radio 77 Pick Hit:
     Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (Columbia)                        
     
*denotes former Radio 77 Pick Hit
     
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SPECIAL NOTE:  "Take These Chains From My Heart" at #29 on the 
printed list is not played, replaced on the air by "So Much In 
Love" by The Tymes (Parkway).

 

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