WKAB 840 AM

MOBILE, ALABAMA

Week: 1962-01-22
Format: T40
                       WKAB 840 – MOBILE 
                             TOP 40   
                   WEEK ENDING JANUARY 22, 1962
    1. A Little Bitty Tear – Burl Ives/Wanda Jackson
    2. Baby It’s You – Shirelles            
    3. Tuff – Ace Cannon            
    4. Norman – Sue Thompson                         
    5. Unchain My Heart – Ray Charles                
    6. Dear Lady Twist – U.S. Bonds     
    7. Letter Full Of Tears – Gladys Knight
    8. Break It To Me Gently – Brenda Lee
    9. If You Gotta Make A Fool – James Ray      
   10. She’s Everything – Ral Donner
   11. The Greatest Hurt – Jackie Wilson
   12. Irresistible You – Bobby Darin
   13. Cotton Fields – Highwaymen            
   14. Dear Ivan – Jimmy Dean 
   15. I Told The Brook – Marty Robbins                 
   16. Bandit Of My Dreams – Eddy Hodges
   17. Island In The Sky – Troy Shondell               
   18. I Hear You Knocking – Fats Domino            
   19. Pictures In The Fire – Pat Boone             
   20. What’s The Reason – Bobby Edwards 
   21. Too Young For Now – Buddy Walker
   22. Multiplication – Bobby Darin                   
   23. Chatanooga Choo Choo – Floyd Cramer
   24. Lonesome No. 1 – Don Gibson             
   25. So Deep – Brenda Lee                       
   26. Twist Around The Clock – Clay Cole      
   27. You Look So Lonely – Tommy Boyce
   28. Judy – Bill Reeder               
   29. Kumbaya – Journeymen       
   30. Wanderer – Dion                     
   31. Portrait Of A Fool – Conway Twitty
   32. I Know – Barbara George
   33. Do Re Me – Lee Dorsey
   34. The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Tokens
   35. Chip Chip – Gene McDaniels
   36. Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee & Starliters
   37. Run To Him – Bobby Vee
   38. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
   39. Good To Have You Back – Adam Wade
   40. The Moon Was Yellow – Frank Sinatra
   41. When I Fall In Love - Lettermen
   42. The Twist – Chubby Checker
   43. Pictures In The Fire – Pat Boone
   44. What's The Reason – Bobby Edwards
   45. Too Young For Now – Buddy Walker
   46. Walk On By – Leroy Van Dyke
   47. Under The Moon Of Love – Curtis Lee
   48. Funny How Time Slips Away – Jimmy Elledge
   49. Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen – Neil Sedaka
   50. Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson
   51. Cajun Queen – Red Sovine
   52. Twist Her – Bill Black’s Combo
   53. Please Mr. Postman - Marvelettes
   54. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry – Joe Barry
   55. On Bended Knees – Clarence Henry
   56. The Moon Was Yellow – David Thorne
   57. Rock A Hula Baby – Elvis Presley
   58. The Avenger – Duane Eddy
   59. Good To Have You Back – Adam Wade
   60. Wimo Stomp – Pastel Six

NOTES: Although the survey states Top 40 Album List, all entries
    are single releases.

    No artists are given for #41-60. Best guess/assumption
    was used based on records out at the time.

    Adam Wade’s “Good To Have You Back” appears twice on the
    survey, at Nos. 39 & 59.

    Buddy Walker's "Too Young For Now" appears twice on the 
    survey, at Nos. 21 & 45. 

    Survey courtesy of Rhett Lake.

Contributed by: Gary Pfeifer (Wednesday, 2021-03-10)




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