KDWB
FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY
WEEK ENDING APRIL 8, 1961
Survey courtesy Tom Policone
This Last Week Week
1. BLUE MOON The Marcels-Colpix 2 2. *RUNAWAY Del Shannon-Big Top 1 3. *BUT I DO Clarence "Frog man" Henry-Argo 6 4. *REBOUND Floyd Cramer-RCA Victor 8 5. PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE Steve Lawrence-United Artists 5 6. *I WANNA LOVE MY LIFE AWAY Gene Pitney-Musicore 4 7. *JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE McGuire Sisters-Coral 11 8. WALK RIGHT BACK Everly Brothers-Warner Bros. 7 9. *BE MY BOY Paris Sisters-Glenmark 3 10. *ONE EYED JACKS Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists 10 11. TONIGHT, MY LOVE, TONIGHT Paul Anka-ABC 16 12. *DON'T WORRY Marty Robbins-Columbia 14 13. *SURRENDER Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 9 14. *THE WATUSI The Vibrations-Checker 37 15. *WHEELS The Stringalongs-Warwick 12 16. *THAT'S IT, I QUIT, I'M MOVIN' ON Sam Cooke-RCA 32 17. *BUMBLE BOOGIE B. Bumble & The Stingers-Rendevous 35 18. *FLAMING STAR Elvis Presley RCA Victor Debut 19. *100 LBS. OF CLAY Gene McDaniels-Liberty 27 20. *MOTHER IN LAW Ernie K. Doe-Minit 40 21. *TONIGHT I FELL IN LOVE The Tokens-Warwick 24 22. *I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE Claude Gray-Mercury 19 23. *GREENER PASTURES Stonewall Jackson-Columbia 13 24. *DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE The Shirelles-Sceptre 18 25. *ONE MINT JULEP Ray Charles-Impulse 28 26. *PONY TIME Chubby Checkers-Parkway 21 27. *GEE WHIZ Carla Thomas-Atlantic 20 28. *COME SOFTLY TO ME Raymond LaFeveree-Atlantic 33 29. *SLEEPY EYED JOHN Johnny Horton-Columbia 39 30. *THINK TWICE Brook Benton-Mercury 27 31. *I TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR Linda Scott-Canadian American Debut 32. *ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL Billy Vaughn-Dot 15 33. *LAZY RIVER Bobby Darin-Atco 29 34. *WHERE THE BOYS ARE Connie Francis-MGM 31 35. *LITTLE BOY-LITTLE GIRL Al Martino-20th Century 35 36. *THE BLIZZARD Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 25 37. *TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER Adam Wade-Coed Debut 38. *I DON'T WANNA CRY Chuck Jackson-Wand 38 39. *YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME Brenda Lee-Decca Debut 40. *BONANZA Al Caiola-United Artists Debut *RECORDS HEARD FIRST ON KDWB FAVORITE ALBUMS 1. CALCUTTA Lawrence Welk-Dot 2. GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES United Artists 3. EXODUS SOUND TRACK RCA Victor 4. CAMELOT Columbia 5. TONIGHT IN PERSON Lime lighters-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.
And now...this "survey" was printed where the April 8th one should have been And it has to be assumed it was issued a week or more before that date. The real survey as shown above was printed on the back of the folder.
KDWB Foolish Forty Survey WEEK AROUND APRIL 1, 1961 This Week 1. *Pony Time Eddie Arcaro 2. *Wake Me When It's Over Rip Van Winkle 3. *The Whiffenpoof Song Arthur and Kathryn' Whiffenpoof 4. *I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee Brendan Behan 5. *One Hundred Pounds of Clay The Masons 6. *How Deep Is The Ocean Lloyd Bridges 7. *Wild Juan Mrs. Peron 8. *Where The Buoys Are The Sailboaters 9. *One Feenamint Julep The Runarounds 10. *You Talk Too Much D. J. Leary 11. *Wear My Ring Around Your Neck The Bathtubs 12. *Greener Pastures Vigoro 13. *I'll Bring You A Rainbow The Rainbow Bringers 14. *Whatever Lola Wants Lola Getz 15. *I Wanna Love My Life Away Bernie Finch 16. *I Love You, Bobby Bobby Darin 17. *Prunes of Glory The Dried Plums 18. *Just For Old Crimes Sake Mickey Cohen 19. *Heads of Stone Jack Parr and Ed Sullivan 20. *Cry Jack Parr 21. *Never On Sunday Murray Dale and Friend 22. *Deep In The Heart of Taxes Ingemar Johansson 23. *Send Me The Pillow You Dream On Elizabeth Taylor 24. *Smiles Ed Sullivan 25. *Portrait of My Glove Salvidor Deli 26. *Walk Right Back Caught Suspenders 27. *Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Ed Murrow 28. *Come Softly To Me Tennis Shoe Arnie 29. *Sleepy Eyed John I. M. Pooped 30. *Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Jack Hammer 31. *Why Don't You Believe Me Nikita 32. *Just Call Me Lonesome Hava Scent 33. *It's Unbelievable 44-25-35 34. *No Help Wanted Elliott Ness 35. *Don't Worry Jack Kennedy 36. *That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On Dwight Eisenhower 37. *I Don't Wanna Cry Richard Nixon 38. *You Can Have Her Arthur Miller 39. *Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) Floyd Patterson 40. *Trees The "K" Nines *RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KDWB? FAVORITE AL-BOMBS I. EXO-DUST RACE TRACK Pony Timers--Fixed 2. CALCUTTER The Knives-Shot 3. GREAT NOTION PUNCTURE TIMES Disunited 4. CAMEL LOT The Arabs-Sand 5. TONIGHT IN PEARSON Drew Pearson--Murrow This survey is an Untrue, Inaccurate, Biased Account.
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