WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for February 17, 1965

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 

TW  LW
 1   4  THE NAME GAME - Shirley Ellis (Congress)
 2   3  THIS DIAMONG RING - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
 3   1  DOWNTOWN - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
 4   5  MY GIRL - The Temptations (Gordy)
 5   2  YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ - The Righteous Brothers (Philles)
 6  25  EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - The Beatles (Capitol)
 7   6  *#BYE, BYE, BABY (Baby, Goodbye) - The 4 Seasons (Philips)
 8   7  THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - The Ad Libs (Blue Cat)
 9   8  *#HURT SO BAD - Little Anthony & The Imperials (DCP)
10   9  THE “IN” CROWD - Dobie Gray (Charger)
11  SS  *#STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE - The Supremes (Motown)
12  15  TWINE TIME - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers (Mar-V-Lus)
13  13  #RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra (Decca)
14  11  *#SHAKE - Sam Cooke (RCA Victor)
15  14  *#LET’S LOCK THE DOOR (And Throw Away The Key) - Jay & The Americans
        (United Artists)
16  12  *TELL HER NO - The Zombies (Parrot)
17  16  FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY - Gerry & The Pacemakers (Laurie)
18  10  WHENEVER A TEENAGER CRIES - Reparata & The Delrons (World Artists)
19  42  GOLDFINGER - Shirley Bassey (United Artists)
20  19  I WANNA BE (Your Everything) - The Manhattans (Carnival)
21  33  THE BIRDS AND THE BEES - Jewel Akens (Era)
22  17  *WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN - The Searchers (Kapp)
23  23  *YEH, YEH - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (Imperial)
24  28  #PEOPLE GET READY - The Impressions (ABC-Paramount)
25  30  LITTLE THINGS - Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)

26  27  #Goodnight - Roy Orbison (Monument)
27  18  No Arms Can Ever Hold You - The Bachelors (London)
28  21  Lemon Tree - Trini Lopez (Reprise)
29  24  King Of The Road - Roger Miller (Smash)
30  32  *Born To Be Together - The Ronettes (Philles)
31  34  *Does He Really Care For Me - Ruby & The Romantics (Kapp)
32  35  I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail - Buck Owens (Capitol)
33  38  *Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals (MGM)
34  45  Come Tomorrow - Manfred Mann (Ascot)
35  36  Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat - Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
36  RE  *Come Home - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
37  47  You Got What It Takes - Joe Tex (Dial)
38  37  Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (Autumn)
39  48  Come Back Baby - Roddie Joy (Red Bird)
40  49  Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
41  50  Send Me The Pillow You Dream On - Dean Martin (Reprise)
42  51  If I Ruled The World - Tony Bennett (Columbia)
43  52  Time Waits For No One - Eddie & Ernie (Eastern)
44  53  *The Race Is On - Jack Jones (Kapp)
45  54  For Mama - Jerry Vale (Columbia) / Connie Francis (MGM)
46  --  Midnight Special - Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
47  --  If I Loved You - Chad & Jeremy (World Artists)
48  --  Find My Way Back Home - The Nashville Teens (London)
49  --  Good Times - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay)
50  55  Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
51  56  I Must Be Seeing Things - Gene Pitney (Musicor)
52  57  Stranger In Town - Del Shannon (Amy)
53  --  Let The People Talk - Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)
54  --  *Do The Clam - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
55  --  Got To Get You Off My Mind - Solomon Burke (Atlantic)
56  --  Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing - Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure (Checker)
57  --  Do You Wanna Dance? - The Beach Boys (Capitol)

SURE SHOT: NEVER, NEVER LEAVE ME - Mary Wells (20th Century-Fox)

#Former Sure Shot
*Heard first in New York on WMCA

NOTE: The date that appeared on the original printed chart was Feb. 18, 1965,
a Thursday. However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Feb. 17, so
the date that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
 

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