KDWB

Fabulous Forty Survey

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16, 1961

Survey courtesy Pavek Museum

This Week 							 Last Week

 1. *CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE/ROCK-A-HULA
    					BABY Elvis Presley-RCA Victor 	11
 2. *THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT The Tokens-RCA Victor 			 1
 3. *RUN TO HIM / WALKIN' WITH MY ANGEL Bobby Vee-Liberty 		 5
 4. *PLEASE MR. POSTMAN The Marvelettes-Tamla 				 2
 5. *FLYING BLUE ANGELS George, Johnny and the Pilots-Co-ed 		 8
 6. *YOU'RE THE REASON Bobby Edwards-Crest 				 3
 7. *GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD James Darren-Colpix 				 6
 8. *WALK ON BY Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury 					 4
 9. *NORMAN Sue Thompson-Hickory 					14
10. *PEPPERMINT TWIST Joey Dee and the Starliters-Roulette 		15
11. *BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean-Columbia 					 9
12. *MOON RIVER Henry Mancini-RCA Victor 				 7
13. *IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE Wanda Jackson-Capitol 		12
14. *RUNAROUND SUE Dion-Laurie 						10
15. *LANGUAGE OF LOVE John D. Loudermilk-RCA Victor 			19
16. *THE TWIST Chubby Checker-Parkway 					24
17. *IT WILL STAND The Showmen-Minit 					16
18. *THAT'S MY PA Sheb Wooley-MGM 					34
19. *TONIGHT Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists/Eddie Fisher-7 Arts 	17
20. *ANYBODY BUT ME /FOOL NUMBER ONE Brenda Lee-Decca 			13
21. *BRISTOL STOMP The Dovells-Parkway 					18
22. *MAJESTIC Dion-Laurie 						40
23. *CRAZY Patsy Cline-Decca 						23
24. *THERE'S NO OTHER (LIKE MY BABY) The Crystals-Philles 		28
25. *HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET SIXTEEN Neil Sedaka-RCA Victor 		33 
26. *KING OF KINGS Felix Slatkin-Liberty 				26
27. *CRYING/ CANDY MAN Roy Orbison-Monument 				25
28. *A WONDER LIKE YOU/ EVERLOVIN' Ricky Nelson-Imperial 		22 
29. *I DON'T KNOW WHY Linda Scott-Canadian-American 			32
30. *LITTLE ALTAR BOY Vic Dana-Dolton 					21
31. *MEXICO Bob Moore-Monument 						20
32. *LONESOME NUMBER ONE Don Gibson-RCA Victor 				27
33. *UNSQUARE DANCE Dave Brubeck-Columbia 			     Debut
34. *I WANT TO THANK YOU Bobby Rydell-Cameo 				29
35. *GYPSY WOMAN The Impressions-ABC 					35
36. *WHEN THE BOY IN YOUR ARMS Connie Francis-MGM 		     Debut
37. *YOUR MA SAID YOU CRIED IN YOUR SLEEP LAST NIGHT Kenny Dino-Musicor 31
38. *COMANCHEROS Claude King-Columbia 					35
39. *LET'S GET TOGETHER Haley Mills-Vista 				36
40. *A KISS FOR CHRISTMAS Joe Dowell-Smash 			     Debut

*RECORDS FIRST HEARD ON KDWB

FAVORITE ALBUMS

1. BLUE HAWAII Elvis Presley-RCA Victor
2. WEST SIDE STORY Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists
3. KDWB DISC/COVERY ALBUM Various Artists-Liberty
4. BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean-Columbia
5. LET'S TWIST AGAIN Chubby Checker-Parkway

survey is compiled each week by radio station KDWB. St. Paul, Minnesota. 
It is a true, accurate and unbiased account of record popularity, based 
upon sales reports, distributor accounts and all information available to 
the music staff of KDWB.

KDWB 1961 index