1961-05-18 — 3DB 1030 AM ( Melbourne, Victoria )
3DB - 1030 AM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
ELVIS IS STILL TOPS
3DB'S TOP FORTY
MAY 18, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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31 | -- | | Johnny Chester With The Thunderbirds | The Hokey-Pokey | 1 | | 25 | -- | | Roy Orbison | Running Scared | 1 | | 29 | -- | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 1 | | 33 | -- | | The String-A-Longs | Brass Buttons | 1 | | 38 | -- | | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | Apache | 1 | | PH | | | Tony Orlando | Halfway To Paradise | | | PH | | | Andy Williams | The Bilbao Song | | | PH | | | The Marathons | Peanut Butter | | | 27 | 38 | | Donnie Brooks | Memphis | 2 | | 15 | 37 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 2 | | 34 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 4 | | 35 | 35 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 14 | | 24 | 34 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 9 | | 21 | 33 | | Ernie K-Doe | Mother-In-Law | 2 | | 17 | 32 | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | Goin' Steady | 2 | | 40 | 31 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 15 | | 23 | 30 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 4 | | 22 | 28 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 7 | | 20 | 26 | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 3 | | 39 | 25 | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 3 | | 37 | 24 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 11 | | 28 | 23 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | 22 | | 26 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 7 | | 36 | 20 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 8 | | 32 | 19 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 6 | | 14 | 18 | | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie | 2 | | 30 | 17 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 11 | | 10 | 16 | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 3 | | 19 | 15 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | 21 | | 16 | 14 | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 3 | | 7 | 13 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | 5 | | 18 | 12 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 13 | | 9 | 11 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 8 | | 12 | 10 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 5 | | 13 | 9 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 8 | | 8 | 8 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 11 | | 11 | 7 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 6 | | 2 | 6 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 5 | | 5 | 5 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 9 | | 6 | 4 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 6 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 9 | | 3 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 9 | | 1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 10 | |
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: Bilbao Song - Andy Williams
ROD MCLENNAN: Peanut Butter - Marathons
ROLAND REDSHAW: Halfway To Paradise - Tony Orlando
HITS DROPPED OUT THIS WEEK
(I Wanna) Love My Life Away
The Hucklebuck
Ja-Da
Never On Sunday
Wild Weekend
HITS IN THIS WEEK
Running Scared
Flaming Star
Hokey Pokey
Brass Buttons
Apache
Survey courtesy of Ray Sinclair
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