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 | | 29 | 23 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 13 | | 34 | 24 | | The Thunderbirds | Wild Weekend | 13 | | 24 | 17 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 12 | | 30 | 27 | | Don Costa | Never On Sunday | 12 | | 7 | 6 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 11 | | 38 | 26 | | Bobby Rydell | Good Time Baby | 10 | | 10 | 9 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 9 | | 5 | 5 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 9 | | 17 | 14 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 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 (early 45 copies showed the title as "Baby Sitter Boogie") | 6 | | 23 | 31 | | Johnny And The Hurricanes | Ja-Da | 6 | | 11 | 11 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 6 | | 13 | 15 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 6 | | 16 | 13 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 6 | | 21 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 5 | | 20 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 5 | | 8 | 12 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 4 | | 36 | 37 | | Gene Pitney | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | 4 | | 6 | 8 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 4 | | 14 | 16 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 4 | | 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 | | 28 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 2 | | 27 | 33 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 2 | | 26 | -- | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 1 | | 33 | -- | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 1 | | 37 | -- | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 1 | | 31 | -- | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 1 | | PH | | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | | | PH | | | Shep And The Limelites | Daddy's Home | | | PH | | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | | |
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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