WDRC 1360 AM

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Week: 1968-10-21
Format: T40

                     WDRC 1360 AM "BIG D" BIG SOUND SURVEY
BASED ON WEEKLY RECORD SALES IN THE HARTFORD, NEW BRITAIN & SPRINGFIELD AREA
               HIT PARADE SURVEY FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 1968

1. The Beatles - Hey Jude
1. The Beatles - Revolution
2. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
3. The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions
4. O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples
5. Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
6. The O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher
7. The Turtles - Elenore
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q. (Part One)
9. The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
… (click here to view all chart data)

** There was an internal, station mixup in the printed survey this week.
During this time, many stations created an "internal" playlist, usually
containing far less songs than the public, printed survey, for the DJs to
work off of. This was done mostly to reflect hits "on the way down", that
were still selling, but were showing signs of "listener fatigue/burn", which
Top 40 radio always tried to stay a step ahead of, to always sound "fresh".
This week, it appears that this 40-song internal list was somehow published
by WDRC in error. Much of its data is not compatible with the public,
printed info. What I've chosen to do is to try to rebuild/keep this week's
info as "apples to apples" against previous & future weeks info, using the
10/28/68 "last week" info. Further, in the "notes" section, I've included
the "internal chart" number, for anyone curious. **

Contributed by: ARSA Jim (Tuesday, 2010-11-09)