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