NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Week: 1959-10-25
Format: T40WKDA presents the official Coca-Cola TOP 40 TUNES OF METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE
WKDA NASHVILLE 1240
VOL 4 SURVEY NO. 43
WEEK OF OCTOBER 25, 1959
1. The Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue
2. Dee Clark - Hey Little Girl
3. Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
4. Frankie Avalon - Just Ask Your Heart
5. Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder
6. Jerry Wallace With The Jewels - Primrose Lane
7. Andy Williams - Lonely Street
8. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Battle Hymn Of The Republic
9. The Coasters - Poison Ivy
10. Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
… (click here to view all chart data)
Personal note: This survey was a work of art. I am not being hyperbolic, or
hyperbaric. See the copy November 1. There is no telling what this cost to
print. Of course, Coca-Cola was paying for it, so who cares? (Maybe that
explains why Cokes were selling for $1.80 in Nashville in ’59.)
WKDA "PICK HIT" OF THE WEEK: iunknown
THE WKDA “FEATURE ALBUM” of the week: unknown
25 WKDA HOT PROSPECTS: (mostly unknown; I’m guessing the ones I listed,
since they first appear on next week’s chart)
WKDA HOT ALBUM PROSPECTS: unknown
WAX WATCH: unknown
*Former WKDA Pick Hit: #12, #14, #28, #29, #30, #32
Survey note: missing; recreated from 9/6. Songs at the missing position
chart numbers are unknown.
Notes col: Record labels. Atl = Atlantic, Beth = Bethlehem, Big = Big Top,
Brun = Brunswick, C.A. = Canadian/American, Cad = Cadence, Cap = Capitol,
Chall – Challenge, Chan = Chancellor, Check = Checker, Col = Columbia, Dol
= Dolton, Imp = Imperial, Lib = Liberty, Merc = Mercury, Orig = Original
Sound 5
NOTES:
#1 (Always thought it was ELO)
#2 (Always thought Syndicate of Sound)
#6, #7, #14 Answers to #13
#8 (and, on no, not just any Mormon Choir, but the Mormon) Tabernacle (Choir)
#29 (Not the Little River Band?)
#31 (Not “Tiptoe…”, No, I guess not)
Contributed by: Doug Dean (Tuesday, 2021-10-12) | |