NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Week: 1960-02-21
Format: T40WKDA presents the official Coca-Cola TOP 40 TUNES OF METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE
WKDA NASHVILLE 1240
VOL 5 SURVEY NO. 8
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21, 1960
1. Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go
2. Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
3. Dion And The Belmonts - Where Or When
4. The Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me
5. Jack Scott - What In The World's Come Over You
6. Jimmy Jones - Handy Man
7. Conway Twitty - Lonely Blue Boy
8. Dinah Washington & Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
9. The Little Dippers - Forever
10. Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
… (click here to view all chart data)
Personal note: This survey was a work of art. I am not being hyperbolic, or
hyperbaric. See the copy November 1. There is no telling what this cost to
print. Of course, Coca-Cola was paying for it, so who cares? (Maybe that
explains why Cokes were selling for $1.80 in Nashville in ’59.)
WKDA "PICK HIT" OF THE WEEK: unknown
THE WKDA “FEATURE ALBUM” of the week: unknown
25 WKDA HOT PROSPECTS: (mostly unknown; I’m guessing the ones I listed,
since they first appear on next week’s chart)
WKDA HOT ALBUM PROSPECTS: unknown
WAX WATCH: unknown
*Former WKDA Pick Hit: #4, #8, #10, #25, #27, #34
Survey note: missing; recreated from 2/28. Songs at the missing position chart numbers are unknown.
Notes col: Record labels. Atl = Atlantic, Bro = Brooke, Cad = Cadence, Chan
= Chancellor, Col = Columbia, Imp = Imperial,
Lib = Liberty, Madison (my hometown… WELL IT IS NOW!), Merc = Mercury, Roul
= Roulette, T.R. = Top Rank (not boxing)
NOTES:
#11 Referring to Tracy Lord (played by Diana Lin) on an NBC production of
The Philadelphia Story.
#32 Better ‘n Donny O.
#34 Color irony
#39 “Jay” Black liked the original better. I liked his better, especially
the production.
Contributed by: Doug Dean (Friday, 2021-10-15) | |