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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PH | | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | | | PH | | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | | | PH | | | Shep And The Limelites | Daddy's Home | | | 40 | 38 | | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie (early 45 copies showed the title as "Baby Sitter Boogie") | 6 | | 39 | 30 | | Marv Meredith And His Orchestra | Salvation Rock | 14 | | 38 | 26 | | Bobby Rydell | Good Time Baby | 10 | | 37 | -- | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 1 | | 36 | 37 | | Gene Pitney | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | 4 | | 35 | 28 | | Floyd Cramer | Last Date | 17 | | 34 | 24 | | The Thunderbirds | Wild Weekend | 13 | | 33 | -- | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 1 | | 32 | 39 | | Marty Robbins | Don't Worry | 7 | | 31 | -- | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 1 | | 30 | 27 | | Don Costa | Never On Sunday | 12 | | 29 | 23 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 13 | | 28 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 2 | | 27 | 33 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 2 | | 26 | -- | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 1 | | 25 | 25 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | 20 | | 24 | 17 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 12 | | 23 | 31 | | Johnny And The Hurricanes | Ja-Da | 6 | | 22 | 20 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 7 | | 21 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 5 | | 20 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 5 | | 19 | 22 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 3 | | 18 | 10 | | Chubby Checker | The Hucklebuck | 22 | | 17 | 14 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 9 | | 16 | 13 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 6 | | 15 | 29 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | 3 | | 14 | 16 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 4 | | 13 | 15 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 6 | | 12 | 7 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | 19 | | 11 | 11 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 6 | | 10 | 9 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 9 | | 9 | 18 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 3 | | 8 | 12 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 4 | | 7 | 6 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 11 | | 6 | 8 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 4 | | 5 | 5 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 9 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 7 | | 3 | 4 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 7 | | 2 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 7 | | 1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 8 | |
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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