WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 26, 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 8 *GROOVIN - The Young Rascals (Atlantic) 2 9 I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy) 3 13 #GIRL, YOULL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang) 4 1 *##SOMETHIN STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise) 5 2 HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles (White Whale) 6 5 *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems) 7 6 *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown) 8 4 SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco) 9 23 #RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 10 7 ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists) 11 3 THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.) 12 16 THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic) 13 22 RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot) 14 11 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy) 15 20 IM INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp) 16 31 HAPPY JACK - The Who (Decca) 17 10 CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date) 18 21 ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.) 19 33 *I WAS KAISER BILLS BATMAN - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram) 20 25 WITH THIS RING - The Platters (Musicor) 21 27 *#MIRAGE - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette) 22 50 *ALL I NEED - The Temptations (Gordy) 23 35 BUY FOR ME THE RAIN - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty) 24 SS *#CREEQUE ALLEY - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill) 25 42 TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA & THREE LITTLE FISHES - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (New Voice) 26 28 ##My Babe - Ronnie Dove (Diamond) 27 29 ##Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear - The Alan Price Set (Parrot) 28 LS ##Lets Live For Today - The Grass Roots (Dunhill) 29 15 #Im A Man - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists) 30 17 ##I Think Were Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette) 31 19 Dead End Street - Lou Rawls (Capitol) 32 32 Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound) 33 36 Lay Some Happiness On Me - Dean Martin (Reprise) 34 38 Gotta Leave Us Alone - The Outsiders (Capitol) 35 39 Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mothers Son (MGM) 36 41 *Six OClock - The Lovin Spoonful (Kama Sutra) 37 43 My Girl Josephine - Jerry Jaye (Hi) 38 44 Love Me Forever - Roger Williams (Kapp) 39 46 Him Or Me--Whats It Gonna Be? - Paul Revere & The Raiders (Columbia) 40 47 Shed Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (White Whale) 41 48 Hi-Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck (Epic) 42 49 A Beautiful Story - Sonny & Cher (Atco) 43 51 Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead - The Fifth Estate (Jubilee) 44 52 Shake A Tail Feather - James & Bobby Purify (Bell) 45 53 Bright Shiny Colors - The Shirelles (Scepter) 46 54 The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood (Double Shot) 47 55 I Can Hear The Rain - Reparata & The Delrons (RCA Victor) 48 56 Ive Lost You - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 49 57 Mister Man - The Raves (Smash) 50 -- Beat The Clock - The McCoys (Bang) 51 -- Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli (Philips) 52 -- We Had A Good Thing Goin - The Cyrkle (Columbia) 53 -- (I Dont Stand) A Ghost Of A Chance - Neil Scott (Cameo) 54 -- *Girls In Love - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty) 55 -- Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall (Ronn) 56 -- Carol Cartoon - The Eye-ful Tower (SSS Intl) 57 -- Theyre Here - Boots Walker (Rust) SURE SHOT: SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME - Spanky & Our Gang (Mercury) LONG SHOT: *RED ROSES FOR MOM - Bobby Vinton (Epic) 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 27-May 3, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week. However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 26, so the date that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
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