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