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