1961-01-30 — WKDA 1240 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )


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Official Big Sound Survey
Week of: January 30, 1961

TWLW ARTISTTITLEWKSNOTES
2 Bert Kaempfert And His OrchestraWonderland By Night… and Orchestra; charted same time: Louis Prima, Anita Bryant
39 Boots RandolphBig Daddy
9 Brenda LeeEmotions
18 Carla ThomasGee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)3
37 Clarence HenryI Don't Know WhySurvey: “… I Love You”; Clarence “Frogman” Henry: He can sing like a girl and he can sing like a frog
25 Conway TwittyC'est Si Bon (It's So Good)“… (It’s So Good)”
35 Damita JoKeep Your Hands Off Of Him2
3 Ferrante & TeicherExodusCharted same time: Mantovani & Orchestra
6 Gene Pitney(I Wanna) Love My Life Away
40 H.B. BarnumLost Love
7 Hank Ballard And The MidnightersThe Hoochi Coochi Coo“The… Coo”
32 Jackie WilsonThe Tear Of The Year“A” side, #34 “B”
34 Jackie WilsonMy Empty Arms
19 Jaye P. MorganA World I Can't Live In
8 Johnny BurnetteYou're SixteenStarkey liked this one
20 Johnny BurnetteLittle Boy Sad
36 Jorgen Ingmann & His GuitarApache
4 Lawrence Welk And His OrchestraCalcutta… and Orchestra
15 Marty RobbinsDon't Worry
31 Maxine BrownAll In My Mind
24 Neil SedakaCalendar Girl3
33 Paul AnkaThe Story Of My Love3
29 Phil PhillipsI Love To Love You
12 Ray PetersonCorinna, Corinna
30 Ricky NelsonYou Are The Only One
27 Ronnie SavoyAnd The Heavens Cried3
5 Rosie And The OriginalsAngel Baby
28 Roy HamiltonYou Can Have Her
17 The CaprisThere's A Moon Out Tonight3
14 The ChimesOnce In Awhile
13 The FlamingosYour Other Love
11 The MiraclesShop Around
1 The ShirellesWill You Love Me Tomorrow“Will You Love Me…”
23 The String-A-LongsWheels3
38 Titus TurnerSound-Off

Survey note: missing; recreated from 2/6. Songs at the missing position chart numbers are unknown.

Pic Hit of the Week: unknown
Feature Album of the Week: unknown
*Former WKDA Pic Hits: #9, #29

Disc Jockeys: Audie Ashworth, Dick Buckley, Quinn Ivy, Wayne Moss, Bill Randall, Rally Stanton, Gene Holly
D.J. notes: Dick Buckley aka Richard Huckaba, Wayne Moss, later of Barefoot Jerry, not to mention playing on Dylan’s Nashville-recorded albums and a lot more, Bill Randall, later of 98 WSIX, Holly: nkotb