1961-08-17 — 3DB 1030 AM ( Melbourne, Victoria )
3DB - 1030 AM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
3DB'S TOP FORTY
AUGUST 17, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 1 | | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door | 6 | | 2 | 2 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 15 | | 3 | 4 | | Gaynor Bunning | My First Love And Last Love | 10 | | 4 | 6 | | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry | 6 | | 5 | 3 | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | 13 | | 6 | 5 | | Pat Boone | Moody River | 7 | | 7 | 9 | | Andy Stewart | The Battle's O'er | 5 | | 8 | 10 | | Floyd Cramer | San Antonio Rose | 4 | | 9 | 11 | | U.S. Bonds | Quarter To Three | 5 | | 10 | 23 | | Brenda Lee | Dum Dum | 2 | | 11 | 8 | | Bobby Vee | Baby Face | 10 | | 12 | 16 | | Arthur Lyman Group | Yellow Bird | 5 | | 13 | 26 | | Bobby Rydell | The Fish | 2 | | 14 | 17 | | Wanda Jackson | Funnel Of Love | 3 | | 15 | 7 | | Mark Wynter | Dream Girl | 8 | | 16 | 25 | | The Thunderbirds | Machine Gun | 4 | | 17 | 13 | | Marksmen | Lost Guitar | 5 | | 18 | 18 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 23 | | 19 | 12 | | Linda Scott | I've Told Every Little Star | 12 | | 20 | 34 | | Mark Wynter | Exclusively Yours | 4 | | 21 | 22 | | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak | 3 | | 22 | 14 | | The Everly Brothers | Temptation | 10 | | 23 | 21 | | Mitch Miller & The Gang | TV Sing Along With Mitch (LP) | 4 | | 24 | 20 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 17 | | 25 | 15 | | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | 11 | | 26 | 24 | | Connie Francis | Together | 3 | | 27 | 27 | | Duane Eddy | Ring Of Fire | 3 | | 28 | 35 | | Dee Clark | Raindrops | 2 | | 29 | 38 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 22 | | 30 | -- | | Chubby Checker | Let's Twist Again | 1 | | 31 | 28 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 22 | | 32 | 29 | | Marty Robbins | Jimmy Martinez | 5 | | 33 | -- | | Lonnie Donegan | Have A Drink On Me | 1 | | 34 | 19 | | Connie Francis | Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart | 13 | | 35 | 31 | | Ernie K-Doe | Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta | 2 | | 36 | 32 | | The Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy! | 2 | | 37 | 36 | | Al Caiola And His Orchestra | Bonanza | 11 | | 38 | 30 | | Johnny Chester With The Thunderbirds | The Hokey-Pokey | 14 | | 39 | 33 | | Adam Wade | The Writing On The Wall | 5 | | 40 | 37 | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 15 | | PH | | | Petula Clark | Romeo | | | PH | | | The Chordettes | Never On Sunday | | | PH | | | Patsy Cline | I Fall To Pieces | | |
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: Romeo - Petula Clark
ROLAND REDSHAW: Never On Sunday - Chordettes
JOHN D'ARCY: I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
Survey courtesy of Ray Sinclair
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