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Fabulous Forty Survey FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 1962 Survey courtesy Bob Broze
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| 1. THE TWIST CHUBBY CHECKER-PARKWAY 2. DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler-Veejay 3. THE WANDERER Dion-Laurie 4. *SURFERS STOMP The Mar-Kets-Union 5. PEPPERMINT TWIST Joey Dee & Starliters-Roulette 6. *SURFIN' The Beach boys-Candix 7. DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds-Legrand 8. *NORMAN Sue Thompson-Hickory 9. I KNOW Barbara George-A.F.O. 10. *BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY Brenda Lee-Decca 11. LET THERE BE DRUMS Sandy Nelson-Imperial 12. *CANT HELP FALLING IN LOVE Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 13. *LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives-Decca 14. *BABY IT'S YOU The Shirelles-Scepter 15. MOMENTS TO REMEMBER Jennell Hawkins-Amazon 16. THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT The Tokens RCA Victor 17. *CRYING IN THE RAIN The Everly Brothers-Warner Bros. 18. *MOON RIVER Henry Mancini-RCA Victor 19. *WHEN I FALL IN LOVE The Lettermen-Capitol 20. *HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET 16 Neil Sedaka-RCA Victor 21. I'M BLUE The Ikettes-Atco 22. IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY James Ray-Caprice 23. *SHADRACK Brook Benton-Mercury 24. *I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Pat Boone-Dot 25. MR. MOTO The Belaires-Arvee 26. UNCHAIN MY HEART Ray Charles-ABC/Par 27. TOWN WITHOUT PITY Gene Pitney-Musicor 28. WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury 29. *POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES Frank Sinatra-Reprise 30. *GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD James Darren--Colpix 31. DREAMY EYES Johnny Tillotson-Cadence 32. A LITTLE TOO MUCH Clarence Henry-Argo 33. *RUN TO HIM Bobby Vee-Liberty 34. LET'S TWIST AGAIN Chubby Checker-Parkway 35. COTTON FIELDS The Highwaymen-United Artists 36. *SHOULD I SURRENDER Doris Day-Columbia 37. *JAMBALAYA, Fats Domino Imperial 38. JUST OUT OF REACH Solomon Burke-Atlantic 39. *PERCOLATOR Billy Joe & The Checkmates-Dore 40. *SHE'S EVERYTHING Ral Donner-Gone *RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KFWB FAVORITE ALBUMS 1. Let There Be Drums--Sandy Nelson-Imperial 2. Oldies But Goodies, Vol. III--Various-Original Sound 3. Your Twist Party--Chubby Checker-Parkway 4. West Side Story--MST--Columbia 5. Doin' the Twist--Joey Dee Roulette This survey Is compiled each week by radio station KFWB, Los Angeles, California. It is a true, accurate and unbiased account of record popularity, based upon sales reports, distributor accounts and all information available to the music staff of KFWB. KFWB 1962 index |
1 3 4 2 5 6 11 12 10 25 8 7 16 14 17 9 22 18 13 15 33 20 27 36 30 21 24 23 26 19 Debut Debut 34 38 Debut Debut 22 28 40 Debut |
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