WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 12, 1967
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 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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