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 | | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | | | PH | | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | | | PH | | | Shep And The Limelites | Daddy's Home | | | 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 | | 27 | 33 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 2 | | 28 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 2 | | 9 | 18 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 3 | | 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 | | 6 | 8 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 4 | | 8 | 12 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 4 | | 14 | 16 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 4 | | 36 | 37 | | Gene Pitney | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | 4 | | 20 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 5 | | 21 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 5 | | 11 | 11 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 6 | | 13 | 15 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 6 | | 16 | 13 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 6 | | 23 | 31 | | Johnny And The Hurricanes | Ja-Da | 6 | | 40 | 38 | | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie | 6 | | 2 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 7 | | 3 | 4 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 7 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 7 | | 22 | 20 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 7 | | 32 | 39 | | Marty Robbins | Don't Worry | 7 | | 1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 8 | | 5 | 5 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 9 | | 10 | 9 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 9 | | 17 | 14 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 9 | | 38 | 26 | | Bobby Rydell | Good Time Baby | 10 | | 7 | 6 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 11 | | 24 | 17 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 12 | | 30 | 27 | | Don Costa | Never On Sunday | 12 | | 29 | 23 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 13 | | 34 | 24 | | The Thunderbirds | Wild Weekend | 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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