WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 27, 1966
Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys
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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 MONDAY, MONDAY - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill) 2 1 GOOD LOVIN - The Young Rascals (Atlantic) 3 2 (Youre My) SOUL AND INSPIRATION - The Righteous Brothers (Verve) 4 3 *#SLOOP JOHN B - The Beach Boys (Capitol) 5 6 BANG BANG (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher (Imperial) 6 8 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - Percy Sledge (Atlantic) 7 5 TIME WONT LET ME - The Outsiders (Capitol) 8 9 KICKS - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia) 9 7 SECRET AGENT MAN - Johnny Rivers (Imperial) 10 16 RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan (Columbia) 11 14 MESSAGE TO MICHAEL - Dionne Warwick (Scepter) 12 10 SHE BLEW A GOOD THING - The Poets (Symbol) 13 25 *#LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART - The Supremes (Motown) 14 18 LOVE ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART - The Bachelors (London) 15 20 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - The Mindbenders (Fontana) 16 23 THE SUN AINT GONNA SHINE (Anymore) - The Walker Brothers (Smash) 17 15 #GLORIA - The Shadows Of Knight (Dunwich) 18 13 #NOTHINGS TOO GOOD FOR MY BABY - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 19 24 *#HOW DOES THAT GRAB YOU, DARLIN? - Nancy Sinatra (Reprise) 20 21 I LOVE YOU 1000 TIMES - The Platters (Musicor) 21 49 ITS A MANS MANS MANS WORLD - James Brown & The Famous Flames (King) 22 22 TRY TOO HARD - The Dave Clark Five (Epic) 23 30 COME ON LETS GO - The McCoys (Bang) 24 29 LETS START ALL OVER AGAIN - Ronnie Dove (Diamond) 25 43 PLEASE DONT SELL MY DADDY NO MORE WINE - The Greenwoods (Kapp) 26 SS *#Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin Spoonful (Kama Sutra) 27 31 *Youre Ready Now - Frankie Valli (Smash) 28 33 Backstage - Gene Pitney (Musicor) 29 35 Dum-De-Da - Bobby Vinton (Epic) 30 36 Sweet Talkin Guy - The Chiffons (Laurie) 31 37 The A Team - SSgt. Barry Sadler (RCA Victor) 32 38 Eight Miles High - The Byrds (Columbia) 33 42 Mine Exclusively - The Olympics (Mirwood) 34 44 Marble Breaks And Iron Bends - Drafi (London) 35 46 Mame - Louis Armstrong (Mercury) / Bobby Darin (Atlantic) 36 47 So Much Love - Steve Alaimo (ABC-Paramount) 37 48 Younger Girl - The Critters (Kapp) 38 50 Youre A Drag - The Runarounds (Capitol) 39 51 *Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 40 52 *Better Use Your Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials (Veep) 41 53 *The Impossible Dream (The Quest) - Jack Jones (Kapp) 42 54 Oh How Happy - The Shades Of Blue (Impact) 43 55 I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia) 44 56 Get It On Home - The Geminis (RCA Victor) 45 57 Cool Jerk - The Capitols (Karen) 46 -- Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle (Columbia) 47 -- She Rides With Me - The G.T.O.s (Claridge) 48 -- *S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) - Joe Tex (Dial) 49 -- *Green Grass - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty) 50 -- I Cant Let Go - The Hollies (Imperial) 51 -- Barefootin - Robert Parker (Nola) 52 -- Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - The Kinks (Reprise) 53 -- Mama - B.J. Thomas (Scepter) 54 -- Im Nobodys Baby Now - Reparata & The Delrons (RCA Victor) 55 -- Girl In Love - The Outsiders (Capitol) 56 -- Solitary Man - Neil Diamond (Bang) 57 -- The More I See You - Chris Montez (A&M) SURE SHOT: *PAINT IT, BLACK - The Rolling Stones (London) #Former Sure Shot *Heard first in New York on WMCA NOTE: The date that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO magazine was April 28, 1966, a Thursday. However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 27, so the date that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
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