WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for April 5, 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   3  THIS IS MY SONG - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.)
 3   5  JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)
 4   4  ##I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
 5   2  #PENNY LANE - The Beatles (Capitol)
 6   6  *#BERNADETTE - The Four Tops (Motown)
 7   9  *##SOMETHIN’ STUPID - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
 8  21  *#THE HAPPENING - The Supremes (Motown)
 9  15  CALIFORNIA NIGHTS - Lesley Gore (Mercury)
10   7  *#A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - The Monkees (Colgems)
11  12  I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
12  11  SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (Atco)
13  10  CLOSE YOUR EYES - Peaches & Herb (Date)
14  18  THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin’ Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre 
        (Warner Bros.)
15  20  ##FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats (United Artists)
16   8  *DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill)
17  23  #I’M A MAN - The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)
18  13  *I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
19  24  #GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond (Bang)
20  22  DEAD END STREET - Lou Rawls (Capitol)
21  25  DO THE THING - Lou Courtney (Riverside)
22  27  ##PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - The Tokens (Warner Bros.)
23  43  I GOT RHYTHM - The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
24  52  I’M INDESTRUCTIBLE - Jack Jones (Kapp)
25  49  HAPPY JACK - The Who (Decca)

26  SS  #Patty Cake - The Capitols (Karen)
27  LS  ##I’ll Make Him Love Me - Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)
28  14  *#There’s A Kind Of Hush - Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
29  17  Funky Broadway (pt. 1) - Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound)†
30  33  The Right To Cry - Lenny Welch (Kapp)
31  36  Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)
32  37  Oh That’s Good, No That’s Bad - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (MGM)
33  38  My Back Pages - The Byrds (Columbia)
34  39  You Got What It Takes - The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
35  40  Precious Memories - The Romeos (Mark II)
36  41  The Lady Came From Baltimore - Bobby Darin (Atlantic)
37  42  The Whole World Is A Stage - The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
38  44  I Found A Love (pt. 1) - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
39  45  Sit Down, I Think I Love You - The Mojo Men (Reprise)
40  46  Send Her Back To Me - Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand)
41  47  Shake - The British Walkers (Cameo)
42  48  Break On Through (To The Other Side) - The Doors (Elektra)
43  50  Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes (Epic)
44  51  Out Of Left Field - Percy Sledge (Atlantic)
45  53  Midnight Hour - Michael & The Messengers (U.S.A.)
46  54  Do It Again A Little Bit Slower - Jon & Robin & The In Crowd (Abnak)
47  55  Little Games - The Yardbirds (Epic)
48  56  He’s Good For Me - The Tiffanies (RKO)
49  57  Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
50  --  *Groovin’ - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
51  --  With This Ring - The Platters (Musicor)
52  --  Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
53  --  *I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman - Whistling Jack Smith (Deram)
54  --  Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes (Reprise)
55  --  Melancholy Music Man - The Righteous Brothers (Verve)
56  --  Buy For Me The Rain - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)
57  --  Come On Down To My Boat - Every Mother’s Son (MGM)

SURE SHOT: *MIRAGE - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
LONG SHOT: MY BABE - Ronnie Dove (Diamond)

†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 6-12, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week.
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 5, so the date that
appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.

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