1959-01-02 — XEAK 690 AM ( Tijuana, Baja California )
XEAK - THE MIGHTY 690 RADIO - TIJUANA, BAJA, CA
THE ORIGINAL TOP FORTY SURVEY
WEEK OF JANUARY 2, 1959
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 4 | | The Platters | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 4 | | 2 | 5 | | The Accents | Wiggle, Wiggle | 5 | | 3 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | One Night | 9 | | 3 | 3 | | Elvis Presley | I Got Stung | 9 | | 4 | 2 | | Ritchie Valens | La Bamba | 10 | | 4 | 2 | | Ritchie Valens | Donna | 10 | | 5 | 11 | | Bobby Day | The Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole | 3 | | 6 | 7 | | Cozy Cole | Turvy II | 4 | | 7 | 8 | | Jimmie Rodgers | Bimbombey | 6 | | 8 | 15 | | The Emjays | This Is My Love | 6 | | 9 | 6 | | The Everly Brothers | Problems | 7 | | 10 | 1 | | The Chipmunks | The Chipmunk Song | 5 | | 11 | 19 | | Jimmy Clanton | A Part Of Me | 6 | | 11 | 19 | | Jimmy Clanton | A Letter To An Angel | 12 | | 12 | 9 | | Frankie Avalon | I'll Wait For You | 7 | | 13 | 12 | | The Royaltones | Poor Boy | 6 | | 14 | 22 | | Connie Francis | My Happiness | 4 | | 15 | 24 | | Ricky Nelson | Lonesome Town | 2 | | 16 | 28 | | Billy Grammer | Gotta Travel On | 2 | | 17 | 14 | | Bobby Darin | Queen Of The Hop | 5 | | 18 | 10 | | Duane Eddy | Cannonball | 9 | | 19 | 13 | | Fats Domino | Whole Lotta Loving | 6 | | 20 | 26 | | Sam Cooke | Mary, Mary Lou | 4 | | 21 | 25 | | The Big Bopper | Big Bopper's Wedding | 3 | | 22 | 33 | | Dion And The Belmonts | Don't Pity Me | 2 | | 23 | 32 | | Little Anthony And The Imperials | So Much | 3 | | 24 | 17 | | The Diamonds | Walking Along | 5 | | 25 | 21 | | Thurston Harris | I Heard A Rhapsody | 4 | | 26 | 23 | | The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington | I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha | 3 | | 27 | -- | | Dee Clark | Nobody But You | 1 | | 28 | 20 | | Eddie Cochran | C'mon Everybody | 6 | | 29 | 18 | | Tommy Edwards | Love Is All We Need | 7 | | 30 | 31 | | Polly Bergen | Come Prima (Koma Preema) | 3 | | 31 | 39 | | The Applejacks | Rocka-Conga (some early 45 copies show song title as "Rocka-Tonga") | 2 | | 32 | -- | | Johnny Mathis | Let's Love | 1 | | 32 | -- | | Johnny Mathis | You Are Beautiful | 1 | | 33 | 38 | | Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two | It's Just About Time | 4 | | 34 | 29 | | The Kingston Trio | Tom Dooley | 12 | | 35 | -- | | Reg Owen And His Orchestra | Manhattan Spiritual | 1 | | 36 | 16 | | The Playmates | Beep Beep | 9 | | 37 | 34 | | Louis Prima And Keely Smith | That Old Black Magic | 12 | | 38 | 35 | | Joni James | There Goes My Heart | 10 | | 39 | -- | | Randy Sparks | Ball And Chain | 1 | | 40 | 37 | | Pat Boone | I'll Remember Tonight | 8 | | PH | | | Jimmy Darren | There's No Such Thing | | | PH | | | The Del Knights | Everything | | | PH | | | The Storms | Thunder | | | PH | | | Buddy Knox | That's Why I Cry | | | PH | | | The Champs | Beatnik | | | PH | | | The Diamonds | She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) | | | PH | | | The Sauter-Finegan Doodletown Fifers | This Old Man He Played One (song title aka "The Children's Marching Song" and "Nick Nack Paddy Whack") | | | PH | | | Johnny Cash | Don't Take Your Guns To Town | | | PH | | | The Impressions | The Gift Of Love | | |
PERSONAL PICKS
NOEL CONFER: There's No Such Thing - Jimmy Darren
JUM RUDDLE: Everything - The Del-Knights
STAN EVANS: Thunder - The Storms
FRANK THOMPSON: That's Why I Cry - Buddy Knox
ERNIE MYERS: Beatnik - The Champs
ART WAY: She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) - The Diamonds
BOB DONNELLY: This Old Man - Sauter-Finegan Fifers
GLEN BOYD: Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
690 PICK OF THE WEEK
The Gift Of Love - The Impressions (Abner)
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