1961-05-04 — 3DB 1030 AM ( Melbourne, Victoria )
3DB - 1030 AM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
EXODUS ON THE MARCH
3DB'S TOP FORTY
MAY 4, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 8 | | 2 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 7 | | 3 | 4 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 7 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 7 | | 5 | 5 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 9 | | 6 | 8 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 4 | | 7 | 6 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 11 | | 8 | 12 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 4 | | 9 | 18 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 3 | | 10 | 9 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 9 | | 11 | 11 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 6 | | 12 | 7 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | 19 | | 13 | 15 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 6 | | 14 | 16 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 4 | | 15 | 29 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | 3 | | 16 | 13 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 6 | | 17 | 14 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 9 | | 18 | 10 | | Chubby Checker | The Hucklebuck | 22 | | 19 | 22 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 3 | | 20 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 5 | | 21 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 5 | | 22 | 20 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 7 | | 23 | 31 | | Johnny And The Hurricanes | Ja-Da | 6 | | 24 | 17 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 12 | | 25 | 25 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | 20 | | 26 | -- | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 1 | | 27 | 33 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 2 | | 28 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 2 | | 29 | 23 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 13 | | 30 | 27 | | Don Costa | Never On Sunday | 12 | | 31 | -- | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 1 | | 32 | 39 | | Marty Robbins | Don't Worry | 7 | | 33 | -- | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 1 | | 34 | 24 | | The Thunderbirds | Wild Weekend | 13 | | 35 | 28 | | Floyd Cramer | Last Date | 17 | | 36 | 37 | | Gene Pitney | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | 4 | | 37 | -- | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 1 | | 38 | 26 | | Bobby Rydell | Good Time Baby | 10 | | 39 | 30 | | Marv Meredith And His Orchestra | Salvation Rock | 14 | | 40 | 38 | | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie | 6 | | PH | | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | | | PH | | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | | | PH | | | Shep And The Limelites | Daddy's Home | | |
NOTE: With the exception of the Predictions, the survey does not list
artists. The artists shown above are a best-guess by Australian survey
collector, Ray Sinclair, based on his knowledge and research of the
Australian radio charts of the artists who released these singles at
the time of this survey. Several of the songs listed may have been
recorded by multiple artists which was a common practice at the time
of this survey.
3DB PERSONALITY PREDICTIONS
JOHN EDEN: Flaming Star - Elvis Presley
ROD MCLENNAN: Daddy's Home - Shep & Limelites
ROLAND REDSHAW: Hello Mary Lou - Rick Nelson
Survey courtesy of Ray Sinclair
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