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