WABC Silver Dollar Sound Survey for Week of 4 September 1962
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
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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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