KAFY 550 AM

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

Week: 1961-10-14
Format: T40
                      KAFY 550 - BAKERSFIELD
                        RADIO-ACTIVE KAFY       
                           FABULOUS 55
               BAKERSFIELD OFFICIAL TOP TUNE SURVEY
                       OCTOBER 14 - 20, 1961
   TW                                                             LW
    1. Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean                                  14
    2. Runaround Sue – Dion                                        2
    3. Lets Get Together – Hayley Mills                            1
    4. Goodbye Cruel World – James Darren                         17
    5. Hit The Road – Ray Charles                                  3
    6. Stick Shift – The Duals                                    12
    7. Tower Of Strength – Gene McDaniels                         22
    8. Bristol Stomp – The Dovells                                13
    9. I Understand How You Feel – The G-Clefs                    16
   10. When We Get Married – Dreamlovers                           4
   11. Morning After – Mar-Keys                                   24
   12. Fool No. 1 – Brenda Lee                                    23
   13. Everlovin’/Wonder Like You – Rick Nelson                   25
   14. Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey                                          5
   15. Blue Moon – The Ventures                                   36
   16. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night – Kenny 
                                                          Dino    11
   17. Look In My Eyes – The Chantels                             30
   18. He’s My Dreamboat – Connie Francis                         21
   19. Sweets For My Sweet – The Drifters                          7
   20. Sad Movies – Sue Thompson                                  10
   21. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby – Bobby Darin           9
   22. Crying/Candy Man – Roy Orbison                              6
   23. Little Sister/His Latest Flame – Elvis Presley              8
   24. I Really Love You – The Stereos                            31
   25. So Long Baby – Del Shannon                                 15
   26. Lonesome – Jerry Wallace                                   35
   27. Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson                          37
   28. Mina Bird – The String-A-Longs                             40
   29. I Love How You Love Me – Paris Sisters                     18
   30. One Track Mind – Bobby Lewis                               19
   31. Please Mr. Postman – The Marveletts                        --
   32. Movin’ – Bill Black Combo                                  20
   33. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – The Belmonts               27
   34. Please Don’t Go – Ral Donner                               29
   35. Laugh/Lana – The Velvets                                   28
   36. What A Party – Fats Domino                                 38
   37. My Special Boy – Carol Connors                             --
   38. The Fly – Chubby Checker                                   39
   39. September In The Rain – Dinah Washington                   --
   40. God, Country & My Baby – Johnny Burnette                   --

       PICK HIT OF THE WEEK   
    1. Makin’ Whoopie (At Last!) – Joanie Sommers

       BONUS PICK HIT OF THE WEEK   
       Let’s Go Trippin’ – Dick Dale          

       WAX TO WATCH
    2. It’s All Because – Linda Scott                  
    3. School Is In – U.S. Bonds                           
    4. Strange Love – Mary Wells                 
    5. Somebody Else’s Sweetheart – The Wanderers        
    6. Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney   
    7. On Bended Knees – Clarence Henry       
    8. A Letter From Ann – The Videls                    
    9. My Heart Belongs To Only You - Jackie Wilson  
   10. He’s Not Just A Soldier – Little Richard           
   11. Blue Saturday – The Checkers                 
   12. Coming From The Mountains – The Kingston Trio
   13. The Closer You Are – The Magnificent Four
   14. Every Other Night – Brian Hyland
   15. The Girl From Kooka-Monga – Tommy Ridgley

       SPOTLIGHT ALBUMS
    1. Blue Hawaii – Elvis Presley                          
    2. Berlin Melody – Billy Vaughn             
    3. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine – Anita Bryant 
    4. My Kind Of Blues – Sam Cooke 
    5. Glenn Miller Time – The New Glenn Miller Orchestra

       JAZZ SPOTLIGHT
       I’m Gonna Go On Home – Joe Harnell

       THE SWINGIN' KAFY DJ'S
       Al Anthony
       Dick Brown
       John Knight
       Ron Bain
       Bob Clayton
       Buzz Williamson
      
 NOTE: The song titles and artists shown above are presented exactly
    as they are shown on the printed survey.  Any typos, spelling 
    errors and/or other anomalies are as they appear on the printed 
    sheet. 

     Survey courtesy of Rhett Lake.

Contributed by: Gary Pfeifer (Tuesday, 2021-06-29)




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