1961-08-31 — 3DB 1030 AM ( Melbourne, Victoria )
3DB - 1030 AM - MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
3DB'S TOP FORTY
AUGUST 31, 1961
TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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1 | 1 | | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door | 8 | | 2 | 6 | | Andy Stewart | The Battle's O'er | 7 | | 3 | 3 | | Gaynor Bunning | My First Love And Last Love | 12 | | 4 | 7 | | Floyd Cramer | San Antonio Rose | 6 | | 5 | 9 | | Brenda Lee | Dum Dum | 4 | | 6 | 10 | | Connie Francis | Together | 5 | | 7 | 2 | | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry | 8 | | 8 | 5 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 17 | | 9 | 8 | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | 15 | | 10 | 4 | | Pat Boone | Moody River | 9 | | 11 | 14 | | Duane Eddy | Ring Of Fire | 5 | | 12 | 13 | | Bobby Rydell | The Fish | 4 | | 13 | 11 | | Arthur Lyman Group | Yellow Bird | 7 | | 14 | 38 | | The Highwaymen | Michael | 2 | | 15 | 12 | | Bobby Vee | Baby Face | 12 | | 16 | 17 | | Marty Robbins | Jimmy Martinez | 7 | | 17 | 37 | | Dee Clark | Raindrops | 2 | | 18 | 18 | | Mark Wynter | Exclusively Yours | 6 | | 19 | 33 | | The Joy Boys | Smokey Mokes | 2 | | 20 | 23 | | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak | 5 | | 21 | -- | | Johnny O'Keefe | I'm Counting On You | 1 | | 22 | 25 | | Jimmy Bryant & Marni Nixon | Tonight | 2 | | 23 | 34 | | Mark Wynter | Dream Girl | 10 | | 24 | 15 | | U.S. Bonds | Quarter To Three | 7 | | 25 | 31 | | Linda Scott | Starlight, Starbright | 2 | | 26 | 20 | | Al Caiola And His Orchestra | Bonanza | 12 | | 27 | 35 | | Creators With The Alamos | Wear My Ring | 2 | | 28 | 19 | | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart | 25 | | 29 | -- | | Barry Mann | Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) | 1 | | 30 | 27 | | Lonnie Donegan | Have A Drink On Me | 3 | | 31 | -- | | The Fireballs | Quite A Party | 1 | | 32 | 16 | | The Thunderbirds | Machine Gun | 6 | | 33 | -- | | Mar-Keys | Last Night | 1 | | 34 | -- | | Bobby Lewis | Tossin' And Turnin' | 1 | | 35 | 22 | | Marksmen | Lost Guitar | 7 | | 36 | 21 | | Wanda Jackson | Funnel Of Love | 5 | | 37 | 24 | | Chubby Checker | Let's Twist Again | 3 | | 38 | -- | | Curtis Lee | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | 1 | | 39 | 26 | | Ernie K-Doe | Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta | 4 | | 40 | 38 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 24 | | PH | | | Neil Scott | Bobby | | | PH | | | Joe Reisman And His Orchestra | The Guns Of Navarone | | | PH | | | Ben E. King | Amor | | |
NOTE: With the exception of the Predictions, the survey does not list
artists. The artists shown above are a best-guess by Australian survey
collector, Ray Sinclair, based on his knowledge and research of the
Australian radio charts of the artists who released these singles at
the time of this survey. Several of the songs listed may have been
recorded by multiple artists which was a common practice at the time
of this survey.
3DB PERSONALITY PREDICTIONS
JOHN EDEN: Bobby - Neil Scott
ROLAND REDSHAW: Guns Of Navarone - Joe Reisman
JOHN D'ARCY: Amor - Ben E. King
Survey courtesy of Ray Sinclair
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