KDWB

FABULOUS

FORTY SURVEY

WEEK ENDING AUGUST 10, 1963

Survey courtesy Don Betzold

This                                                           Last            This                                                                 Last 
Week                                                        Week         Week                                                              Week
1. Fingertips - PT 2 Little Stevie Wonder---Tamla 1  21. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport-Rolf Harris-Epic 5
2. Wipe Out/Surfer Joe The Surfaris-Dot 3                 22. Hear the Bells-The Tokens-RCA 35
3. Surf City Jan & Dean-Liberty 8                              23. Desert Pete-Kingston Trio-Capitol 40
4. Blowin In The Wind Peter,     
        Paul & Mary-Warner Bros. 7                             24. Judy's Turn To Cry-Lesley Gore-Mercury 21
                                                                             25. Danke Schoen-Wayne Newton-Capitol 31                 5. Abilene-George Hamilton IV/-RCA 6                     26. Be True To Yourself-Bobby Vee-Liberty 33
6. Easier Said Than Done-The Essex-Roulette 4          27. The Lonely Surfer-Jack Nitzche- Reprise 32
7. Green, Green-New Christy Minstrels-Columbia 14 28. I Want To Stay Here-Steve & Eydie-Columbia 24
8. Marlena/Candy Girl-Four Seasons-Vee Jay 13       29. It's My Party-Lesley Gore-Mercury 15
9. Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh                                  30. Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw
         Alan Sherman-Warner Bros. 20                                                                             Dion-Columbia 12
10. Memphis-Lonnie Mack-Fraternity 10                    31. Surfer Girl-Beach Boys-CapitolDebut
11. So Much In Love-The Tymes-Parkway 2              32. More-Kai Winding-Verve Encore
12. Detroit City-Bobby Bare-RCA 11                         33. Goodnight My Love-The Fleetwoods-Dolton 29
13. Devil In Disguise-Elvis Presley-RCA 9                   34. True Love Never Runs Smooth
14. Devil Boyfriend s Back-The Angels--Smash 26                             Gene Pitney-Musicor 37
15. Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard                       35. Harry The Harry Ape-Ray Stevens-Mercury 16
     Diane Ray-Mercury 17                                           36. The Monkey Time-Major Lance-Okeh 39
16. Pride and Joy-Marvin Gaye-Tamla 25                    37. Surfin' Hootenanny-Al Casey-Stacy Debut
17. Just One Look-Doris Troy-Atlantic 18                   38. If I Had A Hammer-Trini Lopez-Reprise Debut
18. My Whole World Is Falling Down/I Wonder          39.Groovy Baby-Billy Abbott-Parkway Debut
            Brenda Lee--Decca 30                                  40. Everybody Monkey-Freddy Cannon-Swan Debut
19. Jack The Ripper-Link Wray & His Ray Men-Swan 36
20. Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash-Columbia 19 


FAVORITE ALBUMS

 1. MOVING Peter, Paul & Mary

 2. LITTLE TOWN FLIRT Del Shannon

 3. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Andy Williams

 4,.BYE BYE BIRDIE Soundtrack

 5. SURFIN U.S.A. Beach Boys

This 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 1963 index

Please don't ask why this survey is formatted like this. My scanner and its software seem to have a mind of their own. The body of the survey is as close as has been  gotten to originals in the 1959 to mid 1964 time peroid which was the two column format.