1961-08-05 — 2UE 950 AM ( Sydney, New South Wales )
2UE - 950 AM - SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
THE ORIGINAL & AUTHENTIC SURVEY OF HIT TUNES
OFFICIAL TOP 40
WEEK COMMENCING SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1961
| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
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| 1 | 3 | | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door | 4 | | | 2 | 2 | | Ricky Nelson | Travelin' Man | 10 | | | 3 | 1 | | Bryan Davies | Dream Girl | 9 | | | 4 | 10 | | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry | 4 | | | 5 | 5 | | Bobby Vee | Baby Face | 10 | | | 6 | 19 | | Andy Stewart | The Battle's O'er | 3 | | | 7 | 7 | | Bobby Darin | Nature Boy | 5 | | | 8 | 4 | | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | 11 | | | 9 | 8 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | 14 | | | 10 | 20 | | Arthur Lyman Group | Yellow Bird | 3 | | | 11 | 6 | | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol) | 17 | | | 12 | 12 | | Pat Boone | Moody River | 7 | | | 13 | 9 | | The Everly Brothers | Temptation | 7 | | | 14 | 15 | | Lonnie Donegan | Have A Drink On Me | 6 | | | 15 | 11 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | 20 | | | 16 | 30 | | Connie Francis | Together | 2 | | | 17 | 13 | | Bobby Rydell | That Old Black Magic | 8 | | | 18 | 14 | | Kenny Ball | Samantha | 6 | | | 19 | 25 | | The Sapphires | Johnny Gunslinger | 4 | | | 20 | 24 | | Sam Cooke | Cupid | 5 | | | 21 | 16 | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | 10 | | | 22 | 17 | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | 14 | | | 23 | 28 | | Paul Anka | Dance On Little Girl | 5 | | | 24 | 38 | | Dave Bridge | Skip To My Lou | 2 | | | 25 | 27 | | Jay Justin | Why Don't You Try? | 3 | | | 26 | 18 | | Linda Scott | I've Told Every Little Star | 10 | | | 27 | 21 | | The Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy! | 9 | | | 28 | 23 | | Don Robertson | Buttons And Bows | 11 | | | 29 | 40 | | The Joy Boys | Smokey Mokes | 2 | | | 30 | 22 | | Elvis Presley | Flaming Star | 13 | | | 31 | 35 | | Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl | 2 | | | 32 | 32 | | Danny Williams | We Will Never Be As Young As This Again | 5 | | | 33 | 33 | | Dig Richards And The R'Jays | Alice (In Wonderland) | 4 | | | 34 | 39 | | Brenda Lee | Dum Dum | 2 | | | 35 | -- | | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak | 1 | | | 36 | -- | | Col Joye With The Joy Boys | For Me And My Gal | 1 | | | 37 | -- | | Noeleen Batley | Tammy | 1 | | | 38 | -- | | Rose Murphy Trio Featuring Slam Stewart | Dinah | 1 | | | 39 | -- | | Floyd Cramer | San Antonio Rose | 1 | | | 40 | -- | | Adam Wade | The Writing On The Wall | 1 | |
NOTE: Survey lists EIGHTY TOP 40 PREDICTIONS with no
Artists indicated.
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