KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 25, 1961

Survey courtesy Tom Policone

This 									Last 
Week									Week
 1. *THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT		The Tokens-RCA Victor		 9
 2. *MOON RIVER				Henry Mancini-RCA Victor 	 2
 3. *RUN TO HIM/WALKIN' WITH MY ANGEL	Bobby Vee -Liberty		14
 4. *BIG BAD JOHN			Jimmy Dean-Columbia		 1
 5. *RUNAROUND SUE			Dion-Laurie			 3
 6. *YOU'RE THE REASON			Bobby Edwards-Crest		27
 7. *WALK ON BY				Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury		 8
 8. *PLEASE MR. POSTMAN			The Marvelettes-Tamla 		21
 9. *YOUR MA SAID YOU CRIED IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT
					Kenny Dino-Musicor		 4
10. *CRYING/CANDY MAN			Roy Orbison-Monument 		 6
11. *BRISTOL STOMP			The Dovells-Parkway 		 7
12. *LITTLE ALTAR BOY			Vic Dana Dolton 		24
13. *A WONDER LIKE YOU/EVERLOVIN'	Ricky Nelson-Imperial 		11
14. *ANYBODY BUT ME/FOOL NUMBER ONE	Brenda Lee-Dacca		 5
15. *IT WILL STAND			The Showmen-Minit		20
16. *HIT THE ROAD JACK			Ray Charles-ABC			13
17. *CRAZY				Patsy Cline-Decca		15
18. *MEXICO				Bob Moore-Monument		12
19. *GYPSY WOMAN			The Impressions-ABC		10
20. *BRIDGE OF LOVE			Joe Dowisll-Smash 		19
21. *GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD		James Darren-Colpix 		Debut
22. *COMMANCHEROS			Claude King-Columbia 		22
23. *TELL HER BYE			Bonnie Guitar-RCA Victor 	28
24. *GOD, COUNTRY & MY BABY 		Johnny Burnette-Liberty 	18
25. *I WANT TO THANK YOU		Bobby Rydell-Cameo		39
26. *STICK SHIFT			The Duals-Sue			23
27. *LET'S GET TOGETHER			Haley Mills-Vista		16
28. *IT DO ME SO GOOD			Ann-Margaret-RCA Victor 	25
29. *TONIGHT			Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists 	26
30.  THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 		The Lettermen-Capitol 		17 
31. *UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE 		Curtis Lee-Dunes 		31
32. *I DIDN'T FIGURE ON HIM/PLEASE DON'T GO-Ral Donner-Gone 		29
33. *KING OF KINGS 			Felix Slatkin-Liberty 		Debut
34. *IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE 	Wanda Jackson-Capitol 		Debut
35. *LONESOME NUMBER ONE 		Don Gibson-RCA Victor 		Debut
36. *LANGUAGE OF LOVE 			John D. Loudermilk-RCA Victor 	Debut
37. *HIS LATEST FLAME/LITTLE SISTER 	Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 	30
38. *BLUE MOON				The Ventures-Dolton 		35
39. *SCHOOL IS IN			U. S. Bonds-Le Grand 		32
40.  IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE 		Ike & Tina Turner-Sue 		38

*RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

1. BLUE HAWAII				Elvis Presley-RCA Victor
2. KDWB DISC/COVERY ALBUM 		Various Artists-Liberty
3. 35 MM				Enoch Light-Command
4. JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL  		Judy Garland-Capitol
5. WEST SIDE STORY			Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists

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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