KAFY 550 AM

                     KAFY 550 - BAKERSFIELD
                        RADIO-ACTIVE KAFY       
                           FABULOUS 55
               BAKERSFIELD OFFICIAL TOP TUNE SURVEY
                      DECEMBER 22 - 28, 1962

   TW                                                             LW
    1. Night Has A Thousand Eyes – Bobby Vee                      12
    2. Two Lovers – Mary Wells                                     1
    3. Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones                              5
    4. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bobb B. Soxx                            2
    5. Peppermint Man/Surf Beat – Dick Dale & The Del-Tones        7
    6. Lovers By Night Strangers By Day – The Fleetwoods           8
    7. Let’s Go – The Routers                                      4
    8. Look At Me – Dobie Gray                                    11
    9. Bobby’s Girl – Marcie Blaine                                9
   10. You Are My Sunshine – Ray Charles                           6
   11. The River Took My Baby From Me – Dick & Dee Dee            10
   12. Cmin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme                                20
   13. Night Surfin’ – Piltdown Men                               21
   14. Go Away Little Girl – Steve Lawrence                       15
   15. All Alone Am I – Brenda Lee                                13
   16. Tel-Star – The Tornadoes                                   14
   17. Release Me – Esther Phillips                               19
   18. It’s Up To You – Rick Nelson                               28
   19. The Lonely Bull – Herb Alpert & T.J. Brass                 17
   20. I Saw Linda Yesterday – Dickey Lee                         22
   21. Cast Your Fate To The Winds – Vince Guaraldi               18
   22. The Cinnamon Cinder – The Pastel Six                       29
   23. He’s A Rebel – The Crystals                                16
   24. Don’t You Believe It – Andy Williams                       30
   25. Proud – Johnny Crawford                                    31
   26. Rainbow – Tommy Roe                                        27
   27. Upon The Roof – The Drifters                               40
   28. Boss – The Rumblers                                        25
   29. Desafinado – Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd                        23
   30. Tell Him – The Exciters                                    40
   31. Hotel Happiness – Brook Benton                             26
   32. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me – The Miracles              --
   33. Return To Sender – Elvis Presley                           32
   34. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby – Little Eva                   33
   35. Some Kinda Fun – Chris Montez                              36
   36. What To Do With Laurie – Mike Clifford                     37
   37. Wild Weekend – The Rebels                                  --
   38. Beware – Bill Buchanan                                     35
   39. Ruby Ann – Marty Robbins                                   24
   40. Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick                        --
   40. Walk Right In – The Rooftop Singers                        --

       PICK HIT OF THE WEEK   
    1. Merry Christmas – From KAFY            

       BONUS 
       That’s The Way Love Is – Bobby Bland

       WAX TO WATCH
    2. Pepino The Italian Mouse – Lou Monte 
    3. I’ll Live My Life For You – Tony Bennett
    4. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart – The Furys
    5. How Much Is That Doggie – Baby Jane            
    6. Slop Time – The Sherrys
    7. Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye 
    8. Puddin’ Tan – The Splendors
    9. Mr. Cool – The Champs        
   10. T.C.B. – Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
   11. So What If My Wife Can’t Cook – Little Alice
   12. He’s Sure The Boy I Love – The Crystals
   13. Merry Christmas – From KAFY  
   14. Merry Christmas – From KAFY  
   15. Merry Christmas – From KAFY  

       SPOTLIGHT ALBUMS
    1. Rumors – Johnny Crawford                                 
    2. Tel-Star – The Tornadoes           
    3. Dance With The Guitar Man – Duane Eddy
    4. Pepino The Italian Mouse – Lou Monte
    5. The Untouchable Sound – Bill Black Combo

       THE SWINGIN’ KAFY D.J.’S
       Al Anthony
       Don Pietro
       Ross Adkins 
       Jerry Foust
       Keith Allgood
       Lee Duncan

 NOTES: There are two No. 40’s listed on the survey.

    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 (Friday, 2021-07-02)