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