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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8 | 8 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 11 | | 10 | 16 | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 3 | | 15 | 37 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 2 | | 38 | -- | | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | Apache | 1 | | 13 | 9 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 8 | | 6 | 4 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 6 | | 33 | -- | | The String-A-Longs | Brass Buttons | 1 | | 7 | 13 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | 5 | | 40 | 31 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 15 | | 5 | 5 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 9 | | 29 | -- | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 1 | | 17 | 32 | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | Goin' Steady | 2 | | PH | | | Tony Orlando | Halfway To Paradise | | | 24 | 34 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 9 | | 20 | 26 | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 3 | | 32 | 19 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 6 | | 27 | 38 | | Donnie Brooks | Memphis | 2 | | 21 | 33 | | Ernie K-Doe | Mother-In-Law | 2 | | 16 | 14 | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 3 | | 23 | 30 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 4 | | 18 | 12 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 13 | | PH | | | The Marathons | Peanut Butter | | | 37 | 24 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 11 | | 11 | 7 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 6 | | 26 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 7 | | 2 | 6 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 5 | | 25 | -- | | Roy Orbison | Running Scared | 1 | | 28 | 23 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | 22 | | 36 | 20 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 8 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 9 | | 34 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 4 | | PH | | | Andy Williams | The Bilbao Song | | | 31 | -- | | Johnny Chester With The Thunderbirds | The Hokey-Pokey | 1 | | 14 | 18 | | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie | 2 | | 39 | 25 | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 3 | | 22 | 28 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 7 | | 3 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 9 | | 30 | 17 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 11 | | 35 | 35 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 14 | | 9 | 11 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 8 | | 19 | 15 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | 21 | | 1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 10 | | 12 | 10 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 5 | |
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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