WMGM Top 40 Survey
For the Week of January 25, 1960
Courtesy of www.musicradio77.com
Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price,
and Tom Natoli,
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW WOC
1 1 RUNNING BEAR - Johnny Preston (Mercury) 6
2 6 WHERE OR WHEN - Dion & The Belmonts (Laurie) 5
3 2 WHY - Frankie Avalon (Chancellor) 11
4 4 EL PASO - Marty Robbins (Columbia) 6
5 3 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES - Marv Johnson (United Artists) 7
6 10 SHIMMY, SHIMMY, KO-KO-BOP - Little Anthony & The Imperials
(End) 5
7 17 BEYOND THE SEA - Bobby Darin (Atco) 3
8 5 THE BIG HURT - Miss Toni Fisher (Signet) 9
9 9 PRETTY BLUE EYES - Steve Lawrence (ABC-Paramount) 5
10 11 GO, JIMMY, GO - Jimmy Clanton (Ace) 7
11 35 THE THEME FROM “A SUMMER PLACE” - Percy Faith & His
Orchestra (Columbia) 2
12 36 HANDY MAN - Jimmy Jones (Cub) 2
13 28 TEEN ANGEL - Mark Dinning (M-G-M) 2
14 7 WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS - Freddie Cannon (Swan) 10
15 12 DARLING LORRAINE - The Knockouts (Shad) 9
16 14 THE VILLAGE OF ST. BERNADETTE - Andy Williams (Cadence) 5
17 8 IT’S TIME TO CRY - Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount) 10
18 21 LET IT BE ME - The Everly Brothers (Cadence) 3
19 19 TRACY’S THEME - Spencer Ross (Columbia) 3
20 39 WHAT IN THE WORLD’S COME OVER YOU - Jack Scott (Top Rank) 2
21 37 BABY (You’ve Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington &
Brook Benton (Mercury) 2
22 13 AMONG MY SOUVENIRS - Connie Francis (M-G-M) 11
23 40 HE’LL HAVE TO GO - Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) 2
24 18 DOWN BY THE STATION - The Four Preps (Capitol) 3
25 30 LULLABY - The Chevrons (Brent) 4
26 25 SANDY - Larry Hall (Strand) 3
27 23 FIRST NAME INITIAL - Annette with The Afterbeats
(Buena Vista) 4
28 38 MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU - The Twilights (Finesse) 2
29 20 SMOKIE (pt. 2) - Bill Black’s Combo (Hi) 7
30 29 WORK OUT - Baby Washington (Neptune) 6
31 -- LONELY BLUE BOY - Conway Twitty (M-G-M) 1
32 24 BONNIE CAME BACK - Duane Eddy & The Rebels (Jamie) 3
33 15 OH! CAROL - Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor) 12
34 31 HARLEM NOCTURNE - The Viscounts (Madison) 10
35 -- MY LITTLE MARINE - Jamie Horton (Joy) 1
36 -- I WAS SUCH A FOOL (To Fall In Love With You) - The Flamingos
(End) 1
37 33 DO-RE-MI - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra (Columbia) 7
38 34 TALK THAT TALK - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 11
39 26 TEAR DROP - Santo & Johnny (Canadian-American) 12
40 22 MACK THE KNIFE - Bobby Darin (Atco) 23