WABC Swingin' Sound Survey for Week of December 7, 1960

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. Are You Lonesome To-night? -                                 
                        Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) *2 weeks #1*  1
  2. A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young with the Innocents (Indigo)  3
  3. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (Herald)              2
  4. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)           6
  5. Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists)                9
  6. Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert (Decca)               12
  7. Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson (Cadence)               5
  8. New Orleans - U.S. Bonds (Legrand)                          4
  9. Lonely Teenager - Dion (Laurie)                            10
 10. Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis (MGM)                      18
 11. Sailor (Your Home Is the Sea) - Lolita (Kapp)              15
 12. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones (Roulette)                    8
 13. The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker (Parkway)                  17
 14. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go -                               
                          Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (King) 16
 15. Save the Last Dance For Me - The Drifters (Atlantic)       13
 16. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles (Scepter)        37
 17. Alone At Last - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)                  11
 18. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)            7
 19. Ruby Duby Du - Tobin Mathews & Co. (Chief)                 20
 20. Sway - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)                                14
 21. I'll Save the Last Dance For You - Damita Jo (Mercury)     19
 22. Twistin' Bells - Santo & Johnny (Canadian-American)        38
 23. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) -                 
                                         Brook Benton (Mercury) 26
 24. Perfidia - The Ventures (Dolton)                           22
 25. North to Alaska - Johnny Horton (Columbia)                 24
 26. Last Date - Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)                      39
 27. Don't Go to Strangers - Etta Jones (Prestige)              25
 28. Ruby - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)                         43
 29. My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino (Imperial)                 32
 30. Shop Around - The Miracles (Tamla)                         --
 31. Sleep - Little Willie John (King)                          28
 32. Wait For Me - The Playmates (Roulette)                     21
 33. You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette (Liberty)                 30
 34. Corinna, Corinna - Ray Peterson (Dunes)                    40
 35. Valarie - The Starlites (Fury)                             27
 36. Somebody - Jane Morgan (Capitol)                           35
 37. Once In Awhile - The Chimes (Tag)                          36
 38. To Each His Own - The Platters (Mercury)                   29
 39. Never On Sunday - Don Costa (United Artists)               --
 40. Always You - Lou Monte (Roulette)                          41
 41. Dance By the Light of the Moon - The Olympics (Arvee)      50
 42. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - The Melodeers (Studio)    --
 43. Blue Tango - Bill Black's Combo (Hi)                       --
 44. Shimmy Like Kate - The Olympics (Arvee)                    31
 45. Baby Oh Baby - The Shells (Johnson)                        --
 46. Love Walked In - Dinah Washington (Mercury)                23
 47. Blue Angel - Roy Orbison (Monument)                        --
 48. Am I the Man - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)                   --
 49. Tic Toc - The Innocents (Trans World)                      --
 50. The Bells of St. Mary -                                      
                 Terry & the Mellos featuring Terry Corin (Amy) --
 51. A Fool In Love - Ike and Tina Turner (Sue)                 --
 52. Satisfied (Part II) - The Cashmeres (Lake)                 --
 53. It's All Over But the Crying - Al Martino (20th Fox)       --
 54. Sad Mood - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)                          --
 55. All In My Mind - Maxine Brown (Nomar)                      --
 56. Gonzo - James Booker (Peacock)                             --
 57. Tonite, Tonite - The Mello-Kings (Herald)                  --
 58. Ol' MacDonald - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)                    33
 59. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (Decca)     --
 60. Come Rain or Come Shine - Ray Charles (Atlantic)           --
 61. Theme from The Apartment - Ferrante & Teicher (UA)         --
 62. Night Theme - The Mark II (Wye)                            --
 63. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You - Brook Benton (Mercury)--
 64. I Want to be Wanted - Brenda Lee (Decca)                   --
 65. That's Good - Johnny Darrow (Sue)                          42
 66. Hardhearted Hannah - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)           --
 67. The Green Leaves of Summer - The Brothers Four (Columbia)  --
 68. I Gotta Go ('Cause I Love You) - Brian Hyland (Kapp)       --
 69. Here In My Heart - Keely Smith (Dot)                       --
 70. Angel Baby - Rosie & the Originals (Highland)              --
     
"THE SOARIN' SEVEN SINGLES"
  1. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer -                             
                        David Seville & the Chipmunks (Liberty)   
  2. I Count the Tears - The Drifters (Atlantic)                  
  3. Utopia - Frank Gari (Crusade)                                
  4. One Kiss - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)                         
  5.aYes, I'm Lonesome Tonight - Thelma Carpenter (Coral)         
  5.bYes, I'm Lonesome Tonight - Dodie Stevens (Dot)              
  6. Peggy Sue Got Married - The Crickets (Coral)                 
  7. I'm Hurtin' - Roy Orbison (Monument)                         


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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