WABC Swingin' Sound Survey for Week of October 31, 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. Runaround Sue - Dion (Laurie)                 *6 weeks #1*  1
  2. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes (Tamla)                4
  3. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean (Columbia)                        3
  4. Bristol Stomp - The Dovells (Parkway)                       2
  5. Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)             6
  6. Heartaches - The Marcels (Colpix)                          10
  7. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters (Gregmark)       8
  8. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) - Sue Thompson (Hickory)           7
  9. The Fly - Chubby Checker (Parkway)                         12
 10. The Way You Look Tonight - The Lettermen (Capitol)          9
 11. Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey (Fury)                                  15
 12. This Time- Troy Shondell (Liberty)                          5
*13. Foot Stomping, Part 1 - The Flares (Felsted)               21
 14. I Understand (Just How You Feel) - The G-Clefs (Terrace)   16
 15. Fool #1 - Brenda Lee (Decca)                               18
*16. Moon River - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)                        35
 17. Crying - Roy Orbison (Monument)                            19
 18. It's Gonna Work Out Fine - Ike and Tina Turner (Sue)       30
 19. You're the Reason - Bobby Edwards (Crest)                  22
 20. The Closer You Are - The Magnificent 4 (Whale)             25
 21. A Wonder Like You - Rick Nelson (Imperial)                 24
 22. Hey You - The Imaginations (Music Makers)                  --
 23. Tower of Strength - Gene McDaniels (Liberty)               13
 24. Come September - Bobby Darin (Atco)                        28
 25. So Long Baby - Del Shannon (Big Top)                       14
*26. Big John - The Shirelles (Scepter)                         --
 27. Mexico - Bob Moore (Monument)                              31
 28. I Really Love You - The Stereos (Cub)                      23
 29. Lover's Island - The Blue Jays (Milestone)                 35
 30. Hollywood - Connie Francis (MGM)                           --
 31. Stick Shift - The Duals (Sue)                              26
*32. Young Boy Blues - Ben E. King (Atco)                       --
*33. September In the Rain - Dinah Washington (Mercury)         --
*34. I Wanna Thank You - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)                   --
 35. Liar - The Regents (Gee)                                   --
 36. Sweets For My Sweet - The Drifters (Atlantic)              17
 37. Human - Tommy Hunt (Scepter)                               34
 38. Laugh - The Velvets (Monument)                             36
*39. Three Steps from the Altar - Shep and the Limelites (Hull) --
 40. Under the Moon of Love - Curtis Lee (Dunes)                27
*WABC Soaring 7 Singles
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WABC BIG 7 LPs
  1. I Remember Tommy - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)                   
  2. Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland (Capitol)               
  3. Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 3 - Various Artists (Original Sound)
  4. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)                     
  5. Portrait of Johnny - Johnny Mathis (Columbia)                
  6. Sail Away - Original Cast (Capitol)                          
  7. West Side Story - Soundtrack (Columbia)                      
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WABC SURE SHOT 7 LPs
  1. Milk and Honey - Original Cast (RCA Victor)                  
  2. Sarah Vaughan's Golden Hits - Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)        
  3. Greatest Hits - Roger Williams (Kapp)                        
  4. The 12 Greatest Songs Ever Written - International Pop Ork.  
  5. Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra - Ahmad Jamal (Argo)                  
  6. Mexico - Bob Moore (Monument)                                
  7. I Feel So Spanish - Eydie Gorme (United Artists)             
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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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