WABC Silver Dollar Sound Survey for Week of 4 September 1962
Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
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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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