KDWB

FABULOUS FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING APRIL 15, 1961

Survey courtesy Dick Sigurdson

This Week                                                 Last Week

 1. *BLUE MOON                              The Marcels-Colpix  1
 2. *RUNAWAY                               Del Shannon-Big Top  2
 3. *REBOUND                           Floyd Cramer-RCA Victor  4
 4. *BUT I DO                    Clarence "Frogman" Henry-Argo  6
 5. *JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE            McGuire Sisters--Coral  7
 6. *PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE        Steve Lawrence-United Arrtists  5
 7. *BUMBLE BOOGIE         B. Bumble & The Swingers-Rendezvous 17
 8. *ONE EYED JACKS          Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists 10
 9. *I TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR   Linda Scott--Canadian American 31
10.  TONIGHT, MY LOVE, TONIGHT                   Paul Anka-ABC 11
11. *MOTHER-IN-LAW                          Ernie K. Doe-Minit 20
12. *FLAMING STAR                     Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 18
13. *WATUSI                             The Vibrations-Checker 14
14.  WALK RIGHT BACK              Everly Brothers-Warner Bros.  8
15. *I WANNA LOVE MY LIFE AWAY            Gene Pitney-Musicore  6
16. *BE MY BOY                          Paris Sisters-Glenmark  9
17. *THAT'S IT, I QUIT, I'M MOVIN' ON     Sam Cooke-RCA Victor 16
18. *DON'T WORRY                        Marty Robbins-Columbia 12
19. *100 LBS. OF CLAY                   Gene McDaniels-Liberty 27
20. *SLEEPY EYED JOHN                   Johnny Horton-Columbia 29
21. *ONE MINT JULEP                       Ray Charles-Impulse. 25
22. *TONIGHT I FELL IN LOVE                 The Tokens-Warwick 21
23. *SURRENDER                        Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 13
24. *THINK TWICE                          Brook Benton-Mercury 30
25. *WHEELS                           The Stringalongs-Warwick 15
26. *JUST CALL ME LONESOME           Eddy Arnold-RCA Victor Debut
27. *I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE       Claude Gray-Mercury 22
28.  TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER                      Adam Wade-Coed 37
29.  SHU RAH                           Fats Domino-Imperial Debut
30. *DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE         The Shirelles-Sceptre 24
31. *YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME                     Brenda Lee-Decca 39
32. *PONY TIME                         Chubby Checkers-Parkway 26
33. *GREENER PASTURES               Stonewall Jackson-Columbia 23
34. *GEE WHIZ                            Carla Thomas-Atlantic 27
35. *TRUST IN ME                            Etta James-Argo Debut
36. *BONANZA                          Al Caiola-United Artists 40
37. *RUNNING SCARED                    Roy Orbison-Monument Debut
38. *LAZY RIVER                               Bobby Darin-Atco 33
39. *THE BLIZZARD                        Jim Reeves-RCA Victor 36
40. *MY THREE SONS                        Lawrence Welk-Dot Debut

*RECORDS HEARD FIRST ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

1. EXODUS SOUND TRACK                 RCA Victor
2. TONIGHT IN PERSON     Limelighters-RCA Victor
3. EMOTIONS                     Brenda Lee-Decca
4. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL       Billy Vaughn-Dot
5. ALL THE WAY             Frank Sinatra-Capitol

This survey is compiled each week by radio station KDWB from reports of record sales gathered from all leading retail outlets in the Twin City area. This survey is a true, accurate and unbiased account.


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