WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 19, 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 3 *##SOMETHIN STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 2 1 HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles (White Whale) 3 2 THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.) 4 4 SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco) 5 9 *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems) 6 5 *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown) 7 14 ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists) 8 25 *GROOVIN - The Young Rascals (Atlantic) 9 16 I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy) 10 12 CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date) 11 6 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy) 12 7 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS - Lesley Gore (Mercury) 13 17 #GIRL, YOULL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang) 14 10 I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 15 13 #IM A MAN - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists) 16 21 THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic) 17 8 ##I THINK WERE ALONE NOW - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette) 18 15 THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre (Warner Bros.) 19 19 DEAD END STREET - Lou Rawls (Capitol) 20 22 IM INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp) 21 18 ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.) 22 23 RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot) 23 SS #RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 24 33 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES - The Dave Clark Five (Epic) 25 38 WITH THIS RING - The Platters (Musicor) 26 27 ##Ill Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic) 27 28 *#Mirage - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette) 28 29 ##My Babe - Ronnie Dove (Diamond) 29 LS ##Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear - The Alan Price Set (Parrot) 30 11 *#Bernadette - The Four Tops (Motown) 31 24 Happy Jack - The Who (Decca) 32 31 Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound) 33 39 *I Was Kaiser Bills Batman - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram) 34 40 Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes (Reprise) 35 42 Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty) 36 43 Lay Some Happiness On Me - Dean Martin (Reprise) 37 44 Walking In Different Circles - Goldie & The Gingerbreads (Atco) 38 45 Gotta Leave Us Alone - The Outsiders (Capitol) 39 46 Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mothers Son (MGM) 40 49 Making Memories - Frankie Laine (ABC) 41 50 *Six OClock - The Lovin Spoonful (Kama Sutra) 42 51 Too Many Fish In The Sea & Three Little Fishes - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (New Voice) 43 52 My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye (Hi) 44 53 Love Me Forever - Roger Williams (Kapp) 45 54 No Excess Baggage - The Fabulous Fakes (Columbia) 46 55 Him Or Me--Whats It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia) 47 56 Shed Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (White Whale) 48 -- Hi-Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck (Epic) 49 57 A Beautiful Story - Sonny & Cher (Atco) 50 -- *All I Need - The Temptations (Gordy) 51 -- Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate (Jubilee) 52 -- Shake A Tail Feather - James & Bobby Purify (Bell) 53 -- Bright Shiny Colors - The Shirelles (Scepter) 54 -- The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood (Double Shot) 55 -- I Can Hear The Rain - Reparata & The Delrons (RCA Victor) 56 -- Ive Lost You - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 57 -- Mister Man - The Raves (Smash) SURE SHOT: *CREEQUE ALLEY - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill) LONG SHOT: LETS LIVE FOR TODAY - The Grass Roots (Dunhill) 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 20-26, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week. However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 19, so the date that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
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