1961-07-01 — 2GB 870 AM ( Sydney, New South Wales )
 2GB - 870 AM - SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE HITS
OFFICIAL BIG 60
WEEK COMMENCING JULY 1, 1961 
 | TW | LW |   | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | 
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 | 43 | -- |   | U.S. Bonds | Quarter To Three | 1 |  | 48 | -- |   | The Belmonts | Tell Me Why | 1 |  | 56 | -- |   | Donnie And The Dreamers | Count Every Star | 1 |  | 57 | -- |   | Bobby Lewis | Tossin' And Turnin' | 1 |  | 58 | -- |   | The Del Vikings | Bring Back Your Heart | 1 |  | 60 | -- |   | Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra | Blue Tomorrow | 1 |  | 24 | 44 |   | The Pips | Every Beat Of My Heart | 2 |  | 44 | 50 |   | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door | 2 |  | 47 | 49 |   | Barry Stanton | (I Don't Want To Be) A Teenage Idol | 2 |  | 4 | 9 |   | Bryan Davies | Dream Girl | 3 |  | 25 | 35 |   | Arthur Lyman Group | Yellow Bird | 3 |  | 29 | 38 |   | The Cleftones | Heart And Soul | 3 |  | 31 | 43 |   | The Velvets | Tonight (Could Be The Night) | 3 |  | 50 | 57 |   | Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl | 3 |  | 17 | 26 |   | Little Caesar And The Romans | Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) | 4 |  | 28 | 40 |   | The Edsels | Rama Lama Ding Dong | 4 |  | 21 | 25 |   | The Regents | Barbara-Ann | 5 |  | 10 | 8 |   | Pat Boone | Moody River | 6 |  | 14 | 18 |   | Dee Clark | Raindrops | 6 |  | 27 | 28 |   | Joe Barry | I'm A Fool To Care | 6 |  | 35 | 27 |   | Lucky Starr | Someone Else's Roses | 7 |  | 46 | 34 |   | Ral Donner & The Starfires | Girl Of My Best Friend | 7 |  | 18 | 21 |   | Faron Young | Hello Walls | 8 |  | 37 | 33 |   | Andy Williams | The Bilbao Song | 8 |  | 1 | 1 |   | Ricky Nelson | Travelin' Man | 9 |  | 9 | 10 |   | Roy Orbison | Running Scared | 9 |  | 20 | 22 |   | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | Goin' Steady | 9 |  | 33 | 24 |   | Tony Orlando | Halfway To Paradise | 9 |  | 38 | 47 |   | Bill Black's Combo | Ole Buttermilk Sky | 9 |  | 59 | 31 |   | The Fleetwoods | Tragedy | 9 |  | 34 | 20 |   | Shep And The Limelites | Daddy's Home | 10 |  | 53 | -- |   | Jackie Wilson | I'm Comin' On Back To You | 10 |  | 7 | 3 |   | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 11 |  | 36 | 51 |   | Sam Cooke | Cupid | 11 |  | 11 | 7 |   | Bobby Vee | How Many Tears | 12 |  | 32 | 19 |   | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 12 |  | 49 | 52 |   | Bobby Darin | Nature Boy | 12 |  | 52 | -- |   | The Drifters | Please Stay | 12 |  | 2 | 2 |   | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry | 13 |  | 13 | 36 |   | Ernie K-Doe | Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta | 13 |  | 6 | 5 |   | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | 14 |  | 19 | 12 |   | Clarence Henry | You Always Hurt The One You Love | 14 |  | 30 | 32 |   | Lonnie Lee & The Leemen | Sitting By The River | 14 |  | 40 | 42 |   | Fats Domino | It Keeps Rainin' | 14 |  | 42 | 45 |   | Johnny Devlin With The Dare-Devils And The Bradley Sisters | Please Teacher (Let Me Have My Apple Back) | 14 |  | 51 | 55 |   | Marty Robbins | Jimmy Martinez | 14 |  | 3 | 16 |   | The Everly Brothers | Temptation | 15 |  | 5 | 4 |   | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 15 |  | 12 | 13 |   | Bobby Rydell | That Old Black Magic | 15 |  | 16 | 15 |   | Ben E. King | Stand By Me | 15 |  | 26 | 14 |   | Adam Wade | The Writing On The Wall | 15 |  | 54 | 39 |   | Steve Lawrence | Portrait Of My Love | 15 |  | 55 | 41 |   | The Joy Boys | Hindustan | 16 |  | 8 | 6 |   | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 18 |  | 15 | 17 |   | Brook Benton | The Boll Weevil Song | 18 |  | 22 | 11 |   | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 18 |  | 23 | 30 |   | Paul Anka | Dance On Little Girl | 18 |  | 39 | 23 |   | The Shirelles | Mama Said | 18 |  | 41 | 29 |   | Connie Francis | Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart | 18 |  | 45 | 48 |   | Floyd Cramer | San Antonio Rose | 18 |  
 
 NOTE:
#s 28 & 29 were not visible on the survey image
and were derived from the POSITION LAST WEEk data
of the 2GB July 8, 1961, survey.  
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