1968-05-18 — WKDA 1240 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )


NASHVILLE’S NUMBER ONE STATION FOR ELEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS
WKDA GOOD GUY SURVEY
WEEK OF MAY 18, 1968

TWLW ARTISTTITLEWKSNOTES
PH The Mamas & The PapasSafe In My Garden
35-- David McWilliamsDays Of Pearly Spencer1
33-- Aretha FranklinThink1
36PH Ronnie DoveMountain Of Love1
39-- The Box TopsChoo Choo Train1
40-- Engelbert HumperdinckA Man Without Love1
31-- The TemptationsI Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)1
2228 The American BreedReady, Willing And Able2
3435 Wayne NewtonRemembering2
3237 Tommy James And The ShondellsMony Mony2
3033 Herb AlpertThis Guy's In Love With You2
2831 1910 Fruitgum Co.May I Take A Giant Step (Into Your Heart)2Survey: “May I Take a Giant Step”
3832 Gene Chandler And Barbara AcklinShow Me The Way To Go2No local resident Pete Frampton involved (he was only 18, so-)
3740 Debbie Lori KayeCome On Home2Kaye voted “Most Promising Female Vocalist” for 1965 and “Most Promising Female Country Singer” for 1966 in Canada’s RPM Magazin
1230 Four TopsIf I Were A Carpenter3
1317 The Lemonade CharadeSan Bernardino3Survey: “San Bernadino”; Local band the Charades. “Lemonade” was the record company’s idea.
1019 Merrilee Rush & The TurnaboutsAngel Of The Morning3Survey: Merrilee Rush; at least they didn’t repeat The (Nashville) Tennessean’s artist name: Turncoats. That was really bad.
2526 Spanky And Our GangLike To Get To Know You3
2334 PeopleI Love You4Included future contemporary Christian music pioneer (the morally and ethically challenged) Larry Norman
2423 Otis ReddingThe Happy Song (Dum-Dum)4
2725 Stevie WonderShoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day4
2020 Sweet InspirationsSweet Inspiration4Previous members included Dionne & Dee Dee Warwick and Doris Troy. Then-current members included Cissy Houston, (cont in Goodies
1822 Dionne WarwickDo You Know The Way To San Jose4Survey: LW 23
28 Simon & GarfunkelMrs. Robinson4
2629 B.B. KingPaying The Cost To Be The Boss4
916 The TroggsLove Is All Around4
2927 James & Bobby PurifyI Can Remember5
1111 The RascalsA Beautiful Morning5Survey: Rascal; featuring local resident Felix Cavaliere
1515 Blue CheerSummertime Blues5
1724 Marvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellAin't Nothing Like The Real Thing5
62 Archie Bell & The DrellsTighten Up6
1610 The New Colony SixI Will Always Think About You6Chart movement: 22-28-22-16-10-16. Undoubtedly some chart manipulation. The odds against moving (cont in Goodies)
1413 Johnny DarrellWith Pen In Hand6
76 Glen CampbellI Wanna Live6
2118 Wilson PickettShe's Lookin' Good7
59 The Ohio ExpressYummy Yummy Yummy7
84 Andy KimHow'd We Ever Get This Way7
1912 The IntrudersCowboys To Girls8
35 Hugo MontenegroThe Good, The Bad And The Ugly8
43 Bobby GoldsboroHoney11
11 The Union Gap Featuring Gary PuckettYoung Girl12

Disc Jockeys: Jonny Wailin, Bruce Clark, D.J. Dan, Don Sullivan,
Dave Allen, Bob Cole, Doc Holiday
D.J. notes: “D.J. Dan” Hoffman; & (the not-yet bearded) Bob Cole, whose impact
on underground & progressive rock in Nashville, no one, no not one, could have 
imagined at this time!

Chart note: These songs move up after dropping the week before: “The Good, the 
Bad… (3-5-3); “Ain’t Nothing Like…” (23-24-17) (Maybe this happened more times 
than I realized.)

Song notes cont
16. 6 places for 5 weeks in a row are astronomical.
20. mother of Whitney & aunt of the Warwick sisters.