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