KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING MARCH 25, 1961

Survey courtesy Tom Policone

This 									Last 
Week									Week
 1. *RUNAWAY				Del Shannon-Big Top		 1
 2. *BLUE MOON				The Marcels-Colpix 		40
 3. *I WANNA LOVE MY LIFE AWAY 		Gene Pitney-Musicore		 2
 4. *BE MY BOY				The Paris Sisters-Glenmark	11
 5.  SURRENDER				Elvis Presley-RCA Victor	 3
 6.  WALK RIGHT BACK			Everly Brothers-Warner Bros.	 4
 7. *I DON'T KNOW WHY			Clarence "Frogman" Henry-Argo 	28
 8. *THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT 	The Capris-Old Town		 8
 9. *ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL		Billy Vaughn-Dot 		 6
10. *WHEELS				The Stringalongs-Warwick	 5
11. *DON'T WORRY			Marty Robbins-Columbia		 7
12. *NO HELP WANTED			The Canadian Sweethearts-Soma	13
13. *GEE WHIZ				Carla Thomas-Atlantic		 9
14. *REBOUND				Floyd Cramer-RCA Victor 	39
15. *DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE 	The Shirelles-Sceptre 		12
16. *GREENER PASTURES			Stonewall Jackson--Columbia 	19
17. *PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE 		Steve Lawrence-United Artists 	24
18. *HOKEY POKEY			The Champs-Challenge 		18
19. *PONY TIME				Chubby Checker-Parkway 		10
20. *THE BLIZZARD			Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 		21
21.  RAMBUNKSHUSH			The Ventures-Dolton 		14
22. *I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE	Claude Gray-Mercury		26
23. *LAZY RIVER				Bobby Darin-Atco		15
24. *THINK TWICE			Brook Benton-Mercury		33
25. *I MET HIM ON SUNDAY		The Shirelles-Decca		17
26. *STAYIN' IN				Bobby Vee-Liberty		16
27. *100 LBS. OF CLAY			Gene McDaniels-Liberty		35
28. *WHERE THE BOYS ARE			Connie Francis-MGM		22
29. *HEARTS OF STONE			Bill Black Combo-Hi 		33
30. *ONE-EYED JACKS 		Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists    Debut
31. *YOU CAN HAVE HER			Roy Hamilton-Epic		23
32. *LITTLE BOY, LITTLE GIRL		Al Martino-20th Century Fox	38
33. *I DON'T WANNA CRY			Chuck Jackson-Wand		36
34. *TUNES OF GLORY			Mitch Miller-Columbia 		20
35. *TONIGHT, MY LOVE, TONIGHT 		Paul Anka-ABC		     Debut
36. *JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE 		McGuire Sisters-Coral	     Debut
37. *LITTLE MISS STUCK UP		The Playmates-Roulette 		27
38. *THE WATUSI				The Vibrations--Checker      Debut
39. *THAT'S IT, I QUIT, I'M MOVIN' ON	Sam Cooke-RCA Victor 	     Debut
40. *ONE MINT JULEP 			Ray Charles-Lipulse 	     Debut

*RECORDS HEARD FIRST ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

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

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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