WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 12, 1967
Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys
Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca
Survey collected and contributed by Randy
Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW
1 1 HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles (White Whale)
2 2 THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
3 7 *##SOMETHIN STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
4 12 SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco)
5 8 *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown)
6 3 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
7 9 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
8 4 ##I THINK WERE ALONE NOW - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
9 10 *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems)
10 11 I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
11 6 *#BERNADETTE - The Four Tops (Motown)
12 13 CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date)
13 17 #IM A MAN - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)
14 15 ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists)
15 14 THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre
(Warner Bros.)
16 23 I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
17 19 #GIRL, YOULL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang)
18 22 ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.)
19 20 DEAD END STREET - Lou Rawls (Capitol)
20 5 #PENNY LANE - The Beatles (Capitol)
21 37 THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
22 24 IM INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp)
23 52 RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
24 25 HAPPY JACK - The Who (Decca)
25 50 *GROOVIN - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
26 26 #Patty Cake - The Capitols (Karen)
27 27 ##Ill Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)
28 SS *#Mirage - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
29 LS ##My Babe - Ronnie Dove (Diamond)
30 21 Do The Thing - Lou Courtney (Riverside)
31 29 Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound)
32 31 Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
33 34 You Got What It Takes - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
34 36 The Lady Came From Baltimore - Bobby Darin (Atlantic)
35 44 Out Of Left Field - Percy Sledge (Atlantic)
36 48 Hes Good For Me - The Tiffanies (RKO)
37 49 Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
38 51 With This Ring - The Platters (Musicor)
39 53 *I Was Kaiser Bills Batman - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram)
40 54 Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes (Reprise)
41 55 Melancholy Music Man - The Righteous Brothers (Verve)
42 56 Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)
43 -- Lay Some Happiness On Me - Dean Martin (Reprise)
44 -- Walking In Different Circles - Goldie & The Gingerbreads (Atco)
45 -- Gotta Leave Us Alone - The Outsiders (Capitol)
46 57 Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mothers Son (MGM)
47 -- I Want You To Be My Baby - Ellie Greenwich (United Artists)
48 -- Got To Have You Back - The Isley Brothers (Tamla)
49 -- Making Memories - Frankie Laine (ABC)
50 -- *Six OClock - The Lovin Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
51 -- Too Many Fish In The Sea & Three Little Fishes - Mitch Ryder & The
Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
52 -- My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye (Hi)
53 -- Love Me Forever - Roger Williams (Kapp)
54 -- No Excess Baggage - The Fabulous Fakes (Columbia)
55 -- Him Or Me--Whats It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia)
56 -- Shed Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (White Whale)
57 -- A Beautiful Story - Sonny & Cher (Atco)
SURE SHOT: RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
LONG SHOT: SIMON SMITH AND HIS AMAZING DANCING BEAR - The Alan Price Set
(Parrot)
Shown on the original survey and announced on the air as Broadway
by The Blazers (in order to avoid using the words funky and dyke)
*Heard first in New York on WMCA
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot
NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine
were April 13-19, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week.
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 12, so the date
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
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