1961-12-30 — WABC 770 AM ( New York, New York )
RADIO WABC - CHANNEL 77
SILVER DOLLAR SOUND SURVEY
WEEK OF DECEMBER 30, 1961
**The fantastic Musicradio77.com website uses the day the new WABC was first
unveiled on-air as their "survey date". As more survey scans are added to
ARSA, this may create some confusion, since the printed lists show a date
a full 11 days later. For example, this scan says "W/E December 30, 1961***
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 1 | | The Tokens | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 7 | | 2 | 2 | | Chubby Checker | The Twist | 7 | | 3 | 4 | | Joey Dee & The Starliters | Peppermint Twist - Part I | 7 | | 4 | 3 | | The Marvelettes | Please Mr. Postman | 12 | | 5 | 5 | | Bobby Vee | Run To Him | 5 | | 6 | 7 | | James Darren | Goodbye Cruel World | 6 | | 7 | 13 | | Neil Sedaka | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | 6 | | 8 | 10 | | Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums | 5 | | 9 | 12 | | Barbara George | I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) | 3 | | 10 | 8 | | Jerry Butler | Moon River | 9 | | 11 | 6 | | The Crystals | There's No Other (Like My Baby) | 7 | | 12 | 19 | | Dion | The Wanderer | 4 | | 13 | 14 | | Leroy Van Dyke | Walk On By | 5 | | 14 | 20 | | The Impressions | Gypsy Woman | 7 | | 15 | 25 | | Elvis Presley | Can't Help Falling In Love | 3 | | 16 | 11 | | Jimmy Dean | Big Bad John | 11 | | 17 | 23 | | Ray Charles | Unchain My Heart | 3 | | 18 | 16 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Tonight | 4 | | 19 | 9 | | The Angels | 'Til | 7 | | 20 | 32 | | Bobby Darin | Irresistible You | 3 | | 21 | 18 | | Linda Scott | I Don't Know Why | 5 | | 22 | -- | | Connie Francis | Baby's First Christmas | 1 | | 23 | -- | | Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker | Jingle Bell Rock | 1 | | 24 | 28 | | The Lettermen | When I Fall In Love | 5 | | 25 | 37 | | The Marcels | Heartaches | 12 | | 26 | -- | | Sue Thompson | Norman | 1 | | 27 | -- | | The Belmonts | I Need Some One | 3 | | 28 | -- | | Frank Sinatra | Pocketful Of Miracles | 1 | | 29 | 27 | | Phil McLean | Small Sad Sam | 2 | | 30 | 38 | | The Quotations | Imagination | 2 | | 31 | -- | | Dinah Washington | September In The Rain | 6 | | 32 | 40 | | The Magnificent 4 | The Closer You Are | 11 | | 33 | -- | | The Imaginations | Hey You | 9 | | 34 | -- | | Pat Boone | Johnny Will | 1 | | 35 | -- | | Del Shannon | Hey! Little Girl | 1 | | 36 | -- | | Glen Campbell | Turn Around, Look At Me | 1 | | 37 | 22 | | Brenda Lee | Fool #1 | 9 | | 38 | 33 | | Connie Francis | When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) | 2 | | 39 | 17 | | Bobby Edwards | You're The Reason | 10 | | 40 | -- | | Gene Pitney | Town Without Pity | 1 | | PH | | | Jimmy Dean | Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette | | |
RADIO 77 PICK HIT
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Jimmy Dean (Columbia)
Survey courtesy of www.musicradio77.com
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