1961-08-12 — 2GB 870 AM ( Sydney, New South Wales )
2GB - 870 AM - SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE HITS
OFFICIAL BIG 60
WEEK COMMENCING AUGUST 12, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 2 | | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door | 8 | | 2 | 1 | | Ricky Nelson | Travelin' Man | 15 | | 3 | 5 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 17 | | 4 | 3 | | Bryan Davies | Dream Girl | 9 | | 5 | 8 | | Arthur Lyman Group | Yellow Bird | 9 | | 6 | 7 | | Connie Francis | Together | 24 | | 7 | 12 | | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak | 4 | | 8 | 4 | | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry | 19 | | 9 | 14 | | Curtis Lee | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | 4 | | 10 | 9 | | Floyd Cramer | San Antonio Rose | 24 | | 11 | 11 | | Brenda Lee | Dum Dum | 20 | | 12 | 17 | | Bobby Lewis | Tossin' And Turnin' | 7 | | 13 | 13 | | Sam Cooke | Cupid | 17 | | 14 | 10 | | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | 20 | | 15 | 19 | | Chris Kenner | I Like It Like That, Part 1 | 5 | | 16 | 16 | | The Drifters | Please Stay | 18 | | 17 | 15 | | Dee Clark | Raindrops | 12 | | 18 | 21 | | Linda Scott | Don't Bet Money Honey | 17 | | 19 | 24 | | Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl | 9 | | 20 | 27 | | Joe Dowell | Wooden Heart | 4 | | 21 | 18 | | Bobby Vee | How Many Tears | 18 | | 22 | 6 | | The Everly Brothers | Temptation | 21 | | 23 | 29 | | Mar-Keys | Last Night | 4 | | 24 | 38 | | Kenny Ball | Samantha | 3 | | 25 | 33 | | The Castells | Sacred | 5 | | 26 | 32 | | Bobby Rydell | The Fish | 21 | | 27 | 20 | | The Sapphires | Johnny Gunslinger | 4 | | 28 | 35 | | The Chordettes | Never On Sunday | 5 | | 29 | -- | | The Joy Boys | Smokey Mokes | 17 | | 30 | 25 | | Bobby Darin | Nature Boy | 18 | | 31 | 47 | | Jerry Butler | I'm A Telling You | 13 | | 32 | 22 | | Pat Boone | Moody River | 12 | | 33 | 36 | | Jay Justin | Why Don't You Try? | 6 | | 34 | 26 | | The Cleftones | Heart And Soul | 9 | | 35 | 42 | | The Highwaymen | Michael | 4 | | 36 | 40 | | Damita Jo | I'll Be There | 4 | | 37 | 30 | | The Pips | Every Beat Of My Heart | 5 | | 38 | 28 | | Johnny Devlin With The Dare-Devils And The Bradley Sisters | Please Teacher (Let Me Have My Apple Back) | 20 | | 39 | 46 | | Ral Donner | You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) | 10 | | 40 | 44 | | Patsy Cline | I Fall To Pieces | 4 | | 41 | 34 | | Slim Harpo | Rainin' In My Heart | 6 | | 42 | 37 | | The Velvets | Tonight (Could Be The Night) | 9 | | 43 | 52 | | The Shirelles | A Thing Of The Past | 23 | | 44 | 41 | | Lonnie Lee & The Leemen | Sitting By The River | 20 | | 45 | 48 | | Gene McDaniels | A Tear | 17 | | 46 | 31 | | Brook Benton | The Boll Weevil Song | 24 | | 47 | 23 | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | For Me And My Gal | 15 | | 48 | 51 | | Lonnie Donegan | Have A Drink On Me | 2 | | 49 | 56 | | Nat "King" Cole | Take A Fool's Advice | 3 | | 50 | 39 | | Ben E. King | Stand By Me | 21 | | 51 | -- | | Timi Yuro | Hurt | 1 | | 52 | -- | | Ray Peterson | Missing You | 4 | | 53 | -- | | The Spinners | That's What Girls Are Made For | 1 | | 54 | -- | | Fats Domino | Let The Four Winds Blow | 17 | | 55 | 59 | | Dave Bridge | Skip To My Lou | 2 | | 56 | -- | | The Regents | Runaround | 10 | | 57 | 53 | | Adam Wade | As If I Didn't Know | 21 | | 58 | -- | | Wanda Jackson | Right Or Wrong | 1 | | 59 | -- | | The Diamonds | One Summer Night | 1 | | 60 | -- | | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie | 10 | |
BIG 60 CRYSTAL BALL
The Platters, Frank Gari, The McGuire Sisters
Ernie Fields, The Starlets, Don Shirley
Bert Kaempfert, Tony Orlando, Joe Reisman
Shep & The Limelites, Chuck Jackson
Steve Lawrence, Barry Mann, Patti Page
The Jarmels
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