KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 1961

Survey courtesy Tom Policone

This 									Last 
Week									Week
 1. *RUNAROUND SUE			Dion Laurie		  1
 2. *BIG BAD JOHN			Jimmy Dean-Columbia	  2
 3. *BRISTOL STOMP			The Dovells--Parkway	  6
 4. *LET'S GET TOGETHER			Haley Mills-Vista	  3
 5. *MEXICO				Bob Moore-Monument	  5
 6. *HIS LATEST FLAME/LITTLE SISTER 	Elvis Presley--RCA Victor 4
 7. *MOON RIVER				Henry Mancini-RCA Victor 22
 8. *HIT THE ROAD JACK			Ray Charles-ABC		 10
 9. *STICK SHIFT			Duals-Sue		 11
10. *THIS TIME				Troy Shondell-Liberty 	  8
11.  THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 		The Lettermen--Capitol	  7
12. *CRYING				Roy Orbison-Monument	  9
13. *YA YA				Lee Dorsey-Fury 	 13
14. *I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME 		Paris Sisters-Gregmark   12
15. *THE GREAT IMPOSTER			Fleetwoods-Dolton 	 14
16. *A WONDER LIKE YOU/EVERLOVIN'	Ricky Nelson-Imperial 	 24
17.  ASTRONAUT				Jose Jiminez--Kapp 	 15
18. *TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY 		Bobby Vee Liberty 	 18
19. *IMAGE-PART 1 & 2			Hank Levine-ABC 	 19
20. *SAD MOVIES				Sue Thompson-Hickory 	 16
21.  YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY Bobby Darin-Atco 	 20
22. *MY TRUE STORY			Jive Five-Beltone 	 23
23. *DON'T BLAME ME 			Everly Bros.-Warner Bros.28
24. *YOUR MA SAID YOU CRIED IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT
					Kenny Dino-Musicor 	Debut
25. *ANYBODY BUT ME/FOOL NUMBER ONE	Brenda Lee-Decca 	 39
26. *WITHOUT YOU			Johnny Tillotson-Cadence 17
27. *MORE MONEY FOR YOU AND ME 		Four Preps--Capitol 	 21
28. *THE MOUNTAIN'S HIGH		Dick and Dee Dee-Liberty 25
29. *WHO PUT THE BOMP			Barry Mann-ABC 		 26
30. *I DIDN'T FIGURE ON HIM		Ral Donner-Gone 	 40
31. *KISSIN' ON THE PHONE		Paul Anka-ABC 		 27
32. *GYPSY WOMAN			Impressions-ABC 	Debut
33. *YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT	Ral Donner-Gone 	 29
34. *HUMAN 				Tommy Hunt-Scepter 	Debut
35. *DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR-Lonnie Donegan-Dot 	 30
36. *MISSING YOU			Ray Peterson-Dunes 	 33
37. *BRIDGE OF LOVE			Joe Dowell-Smash 	Debut
38. *GOD, COUNTRY AND MY BABY		Johnny Burnette-Liberty Debut
39. *WOODEN HEART 			Gus Backus-Fono Graf 	 38
					Joe Dowell-Smash
40. *I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND 		Ann Margaret-RCA Victor  31

*RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

1. KDWB DISC/COVERY ALBUM 		Various Artists-Liberty
2. THE LIGHTLY FABULOUS LIMELIGHTERS	Limeliters-RCA Victor
3. JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL 		Judy Garland-Capitol
4. EBB TIDE				Earl Grant-Decca
5. PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY			Johnny Mathis-Columbia

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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