WABC All American Survey for Week of 19 July 1966
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
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TW LW 1. Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette) *2 weeks #1* 1 2. Wild Thing - The Troggs (Atco/Fontana) 13 *3. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV (Warner Brothers) 8 *4. Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs (MGM) 19 5. Summer In the City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Kama Sutra) 16 *6. Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones (London) 11 7. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters (Jamie) 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------- *8. I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas (Dunhill) 12 9. Strangers In the Night - Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 2 10. Dirty Water - The Standells (Tower) 9 *11. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle (Columbia) 3 12. Little Girl - The Syndicate of Sound (Bell) 7 13. Cool Jerk - The Capitols (Karen) 18 14. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (Capitol) 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- *15. Along Comes Mary - The Association (Valiant) 6 16. Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe (ABC) 23 17. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield (Philips) 10 18. Younger Girl - The Critters (Kapp) 17 19. Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations (Gordy) 14 20. The Impossible Dream (The Quest) - Jack Jones (Kapp) 15 21. Hungry - Paul Revere & the Raiders (Columbia) -- 22. Sunny - Bobby Hebb (Philips) -- 23. This Door Swings Both Ways - Herman's Hermits (MGM) 25 24. I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark (Warner Brothers) 60 25. Somewhere, My Love - Ray Conniff & the Singers (Columbia) -- 27. The Work Song - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (A&M) 31 28. Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds (Epic) 37 29. See You In September - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy) 39 32. Blowin' In the Wind - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) -- 43. Misty - Richard "Groove" Holmes (Prestige) -- 55. Distant Shores - Chad & Jeremy (Columbia) -- *58. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys (Capitol) PH Hot Prospects: A Million and One - Dean Martin (Reprise) My Heart's Symphony - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (Liberty) Livin' Above Your Head - Jay & the Americans (UA) First and exclusive on WABC!: You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes (Motown) Radio 77 Pick Hit: Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) *Former Pick Hit All American of the Week: Bruce Morrow - 7:20 PM-11:00 PM, Monday - Friday 7:00 PM-Midnight, Saturday SPECIAL NOTE: "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 airplay of the song; WABC doing so in the middle of this survey week, when the song reached its peak position. WABC acknowledged this on the air, continued to list the song on the survey in subsequent weeks, and its position was noted on the air during Cousin Brucie's Top 20 countdown on Tuesday evenings, but it never again received airplay.
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