1961-05-18 — 3DB 1030 AM ( Melbourne, Victoria )
3DB - 1030 AM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
ELVIS IS STILL TOPS
3DB'S TOP FORTY
MAY 18, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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PH | | | Tony Orlando | Halfway To Paradise | | | 31 | -- | | Johnny Chester With The Thunderbirds | The Hokey-Pokey | 1 | | 30 | 17 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 11 | | 29 | -- | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 1 | | 28 | 23 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | 22 | | 27 | 38 | | Donnie Brooks | Memphis | 2 | | 26 | 21 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 7 | | 25 | -- | | Roy Orbison | Running Scared | 1 | | 24 | 34 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 9 | | 32 | 19 | | Wanda Jackson | Mean, Mean Man | 6 | | 33 | -- | | The String-A-Longs | Brass Buttons | 1 | | 34 | 36 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 4 | | PH | | | The Marathons | Peanut Butter | | | PH | | | Andy Williams | The Bilbao Song | | | 40 | 31 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | 15 | | 39 | 25 | | Jerry Vale | Thirteen Girls Too Much | 3 | | 38 | -- | | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | Apache | 1 | | 37 | 24 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | 11 | | 36 | 20 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 8 | | 35 | 35 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | 14 | | 23 | 30 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | 4 | | 22 | 28 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 7 | | 21 | 33 | | Ernie K-Doe | Mother-In-Law | 2 | | 9 | 11 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | 8 | | 8 | 8 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | 11 | | 7 | 13 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | 5 | | 6 | 4 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | 6 | | 5 | 5 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 9 | | 4 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 9 | | 3 | 2 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 9 | | 2 | 6 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | 5 | | 10 | 16 | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 3 | | 11 | 7 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 6 | | 12 | 10 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 5 | | 20 | 26 | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 3 | | 19 | 15 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | 21 | | 18 | 12 | | Crash Craddock | One Last Kiss | 13 | | 17 | 32 | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | Goin' Steady | 2 | | 16 | 14 | | The Thunderbirds | New Orleans Beat | 3 | | 15 | 37 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 2 | | 14 | 18 | | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie | 2 | | 13 | 9 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 8 | | 1 | 1 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 10 | |
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: Bilbao Song - Andy Williams
ROD MCLENNAN: Peanut Butter - Marathons
ROLAND REDSHAW: Halfway To Paradise - Tony Orlando
HITS DROPPED OUT THIS WEEK
(I Wanna) Love My Life Away
The Hucklebuck
Ja-Da
Never On Sunday
Wild Weekend
HITS IN THIS WEEK
Running Scared
Flaming Star
Hokey Pokey
Brass Buttons
Apache
Survey courtesy of Ray Sinclair
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