Fabulous Forty Survey
FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 27, 1961
Survey courtesy Bob Broze
WEEK
1. *BIG BAD JOHN--JIMMY DEAN-COLUMBIA 1
2. *RUNAROUND SUE Dion-Laurie 2
3. *BRISTOL STOMP The Dovells-Parkway 3
4. SOMETIME Gene Thomas-U.A. 11
5. *LET'S GET TOGETHER Hayley Mills-Vista 5
6. PLEASE MR. POSTMAN The Marvelettes-Tamla 27
7. *GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD James Darren-Colpix 25
8. THIS TIME Troy Shondell-Liberty 7
9. LANGUAGE OF LOVE John D. Loudermilk-RCA-Victor 31
10. *LOOK IN MY EYES The Chantels-Carlton 15
11. *SWEETS FOR MY SWEET The Drifters-Atlantic 9
12. *TOWER OF STRENGTH Gene McDaniels-Liberty 18
13. *HIT THE ROAD JACK Ray Charles-ABC/PAR 4
14. CRYING Roy Orbison-Monument 8
15. IT WILL STAND The Showmen-Minit 38
16. MY TRUE STORY The Jive Five-Beltone 12
17. CANDY MAN Roy Orbison-Monument 17
18. *I UNDERSTAND The G-Clefs--Terrace 26
19. *A WONDER LIKE YOU Ricky Nelson-Imperial 21
20. *SAD MOVIES Sue Thompson-Hickory 10
21. FOOL # 1 Brenda lee-Decca 28
22. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT The Lettermen-Capitol 6
23. *YA YA Lee Dorsey-Fury 13
24. MY GIRL . Charles McCullough-Dooto Encore
25. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Wendy Hill-Era 23
26. *I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME The Paris Sisters-Gregmark 14
27. THE FLY Chubby Checker-Parkway 35
28. *I REALLY LOVE YOU The Stereos-Cub 22
29. *HIS LATEST FLAME Elvis Presley-RCA-Victor 16
30. *TAKE FIVE Dave Brubeck--Columbia 19
31. *MY SPECIAL BOY Carol Connors-Columbia 29
32. *MOON RIVER Henry Mancini-RCA-Victor 36
33. *TRADE WINDS Aki Aleong-Reprise 37
34. ONE TRACK MIND Bobby Lewis-Beltone 24
35. *TONIGHT Eddie Fisher-7 Arts Debut
36. UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE Curtis Lee-Dunes Debut
37. *UP A LAZY RIVER Si Zentner-Liberty Debut
38. *FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Jimmy Elledge-RCA-Victor Debut .
39. WITHOUT YOU Johnny Tillotson-Cadence 33
40. *BERLIN MELODY Billy Vaughn-Dot 32
*RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KFWB
FAVORITE ALBUMS
1. A Personal Appearance--Shelley Berman-Verve
2. Blue Hawaii--Elvis Presley-RCA-Victor
3. Jump Up Calypso--Harry Belafonte-RCA-Victor
4. Time Out--Dave Brubeck--Columbia
5. Sound of Music--OBC-Columbia
This survey is compiled each week by radio station KFWB, Los Angeles, California,
from reports of sales of recorded sound gathered from all
leading retail outlets in the
Los Angeles area. This survey is a true, accurate and unbiased account.