KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1961

Survey courtesy Tom Policone

This 									Last 
Week									Week

* 1. RUNAWAY				Del Shannon-Big Top 		40
  2. I WANNA LOVE MY LIFE AWAY		Gene Pitney-Musicore		 7
  3. SURRENDER				Elvis Presley-RCA Victor	 1
  4. WALK RIGHT BACK			Everly Bros.-Warner Bros.	 4
* 5. WHEELS				The Stringalongs-Warwick	 2
  6. RANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL		Billy Vaughn Dot		 5
  7. DON'T WORRY			Marty Robbins-Columbia		 3
* 8. THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT 	The Capris-Old Town 	 	 8
  9. GEE WHIZ				Carla Thomas-Atlantic 		11
 10. PONY TIME				Chubby Checker-Parkway		 6
 11. BE MY BOY				The Paris Sisters-Glenmark	12
 12. DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE 	The Shirelles-Sceptre		 9
*13. NO HELP WANTED			The Canadian Sweetharts-Soma 	20
 14. RAMBUNKSHUSH			The Ventures-Dolton		14
 15. LAZY RIVER				Bobby Darin-Atco		16
 16. STAYIN' IN				Bobby Vee-Liberty		10
 17. I MET HIM ON SUNDAY		The Shirelles-Decca		15
 18. HOKEY POKEY			The Champs-Challenge 		24
 19. GREENER PASTURES			Stonewall Jackson-Columbia 	26
 20. TUNES OF GLORY			Mitch Miller-Columbia 		17
 21. THE BLIZZARD			Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 		34
 22. WHERE THE BOYS ARE			Connie Francis-MGM 		13
 23. YOU CAN HAVE HER			Roy Hamilton-Epic 		25
 24. PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE 		Steve Lawrence-United Artists   37
 25. MOJO HAND				Lightnin' Hopkins-Fire 		18
 26. I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE	Claude Gray-Mercury 		28
 27. LITTLE MISS STUCK-UP 		Playmates-Roulette 		30
 28. I DON'T KNOW WHY 			Clarence "Frogman"Henry-Argo 	32
*29. WHAT A PRICE			Fats Domino-Imperial 		21
*30. CALCUTTA				Lawrence Welk-Dot 		19
 31. THINK TWICE			Brook Benton-Mercury 		33
 32. BABY SITTIN' BOOGIE	 	Buzz Clifford--Columbia 	23
 33. HEARTS OF STONE			Bill Black Combo--Hi 		31
 34. I PITY THE FOOL			Bobby Bland-Duke 		22
 35. 100 LBS. OF CLAY			Gene McDaniels-Liberty 	     Debut
 36. I DON'T WANNA CRY			Chuck Jackson-Wand 		39
 37. GREEN GRASS OF TEXAS		The Texans-Infinity 		27
 38. LITTLE BOY LITTLE GIRL		Al Martino-20th Century Fox  Debut
*39. REBOUND 				Floyd Cramar-RCA Victor      Debut
 40. BLUE MOON				The Marcels-Colpix 	     Debut

*RECORDS HEARD FIRST ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

1. EXODUS SOUND TRACK			RCA- Victor
2. CAMELOT	 			Columbia
3. G.I. BLUES 				Elvis Presley-RCA Victor
4. GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES		United Artists
5. SWINGIN' SESSION			Frank Sinatra---Capitol

This survey is compiled each week by radio station KDWB from reports 
of record sales gathered from all leading retail outlets in the Twin 
City area. This survey is a true, accurate and unbiased account.

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