KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1961
(Survey labeled December 4 should be December 2, 1961)

Survey courtesy Tom Policone

This 									Last 
Week									Week
 1. *THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT		The Tokens-RCA Victor		 1
 2. *PLEASE MR. POSTMAN			The Marvelettes-Tamla 		 8
 3. *YOU'RE THE REASON			Bobby Edwards-Crest 		 6
 4. *WALK ON BY				Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury  	 7
 5. *RUN TO HIM/WALKIN' WITH MY ANGEL	Bobby Vee-Liberty		 3
 6. *BIG BAD JOHN			Jimmy Dean-Columbia		 4
 7. *MOON RIVER				Henry Mancini-RCA Victor	 2
 8. *RUNAROUND SUE			Dion-Laurie			 5
 9. *GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD		James Darren-Colpix 		21
10. *YOUR MA SAID YOU CRIED IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT
					Kenny Dino-Musicor		 9
11. *CRYING/CANDY MAN			Roy Orbison-Monument 		10
12. *BRISTOL STOMP			The Dovells-Parkway 		11
13. *LITTLE ALTAR BOY			Vic Dana-Dolton 		12
14. *ANYBODY BUT ME/FOOL NUMBER ONE 	Brenda Le-Decca 		14
15. *IT WILL STAND			The Showmen-Minit 		15
16. *A WONDER LIKE YOU/EVERLOVIN'	Ricky Nelson-Imperial 		13
17. *TONIGHT			Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists 	29
				Eddie Fisher-7 Arts
18. *CRAZY				Patsy Cline-Decca 		17
19. *IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE	Wanda Jackson-Capitol 		34
20. *MEXICO				Bob Moore-Monument 		18
21. *GYPSY WOMAN			The Impressions-ABC 		19
22. *LANGUAGE OF LOVE 			John D. Loudermilk-RCA Victor 	36
23. *COMANCHEROS			Claude King-Columbia 		22
24. *I WANT TO THANK YOU		Bobby Rydell--Cameo 		25
25. *LET'S GET TOGETHER			Haley Mills-Visto 		27
26. *BRIDGE OF LOVE			Joe Dowell-Smash 		20
27. *TELL HER BYE			Bonnie Guitar-RCA Victor 	23
28. *HIT THE ROAD JACK			Ray Charles-ABC 		16
29. *PEPPERMINT TWIST 		Joey Dee & The Starliters-Roulette 	Debut
30. *KING OF KINGS			Felix Slatkin-Liberty		33
31. *UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE		Curtis Lee-Dunes		31
32. *LONESOME NUMBER ONE		Don Gibson-RCA Victor		35
33.  THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 		The Lettermen-Capitol 		30
34. *IT DO ME SO GOOD			Ann-Margaret-RCA Victor 	28
35. *GOD, COUNTRY & MY BABY 		Johnny Burnette-Liberty 	24
36. *NORMAN				Sue Thompson-Hickory 		Debut
37. *FLYING BLUE ANGELS 	George, Johnny & The Pilots-Co-Ed 	Debut
38. *HEARTACHES				The Marcels-Colpix 		Debut
39. *STICK SHIFT			The Duals-Sue 			26
40. *THERE'S NO OTHER (LIKE MY BABY) 	The Crystals-Philles 		Debut

*RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

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

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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