WABC All American Survey for Week of 2 August 1966
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
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TW LW 1. Wild Thing - The Troggs (Atco/Fontana) *1 week #1* 2 2. Summer In the City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Kama Sutra) 5 *3. Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs (MGM) 3 *4. Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones (London) 6 5. Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette) 1 *6. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV (Warner Brothers) 4 7. See You In September - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy) 13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe (ABC) 9 *9. I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas (Dunhill) 7 10. Sunny - Bobby Hebb (Philips) 10 11. Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations (Gordy) 12 12. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters (Jamie) 8 *13. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys (Capitol) 21 14. The Impossible Dream (The Quest) - Jack Jones (Kapp) 17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 15. This Door Swings Both Ways - Herman's Hermits (MGM) 19 16. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (Capitol) 16 17. Mr. Dieingly Sad - The Critters (Kapp) 26 18. Strangers In the Night - Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 11 19. Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grassroots (Dunhill)-- 20. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield (Philips) 18 21. I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark (Warner Brothers) -- 23. Blowin' In the Wind - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 29 26. Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds (Epic) 22 27. Bus Stop - The Hollies (Imperial) -- *28. Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) 38 Somewhere, My Love - Ray Conniff & the Singers (Columbia) -- *36. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes (Motown) PH 56. Wade In the Water - Ramsey Lewis (Cadet) -- Hot Prospects: Turn-Down Day - The Cyrkle (Columbia) The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) Go Ahead and Cry - The Righteous Brothers (Verve) Radio 77 Pick Hit: Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks (Reprise) *Former Pick Hit All American of the Week: Bob Lewis - 12:00Noon- 5:00 PM, Sunday 4:00 AM - 6:00 AM, Monday SPECIAL NOTES: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV (on the Warner Brothers label) generated massive amounts of protest in New York and elsewhere. The protests mostly came from mental health professionals, advocates for mental health, and families of those afflicted with mental illness or psychological/psychiatric disorders. Both New York Top 40 stations (WABC and WMCA) banned the song; WABC doing so when the song reached its peak position. WABC continued to list the song as it declined on the survey, and its position was noted on the air during Cousin Brucie's Top 20 countdown on Tuesday evenings, but it never again received airplay. There was another Top 20 song not receiving airplay this week; the Beatles at #16 was not played due to a short period on WABC when all Beatles records were banned! This was in response to the infamous statement in an interview where John Lennon allegedly said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ (a statement most now agree was taken out of context). For the seven-day period of this survey (2 August - 9 August 1966), no Beatles records were played on "WABeatleC."
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