KFXM December 29, 1971 Happy New Year's EVE!

American Pie-Don Mclean #1

debuts
Sugar Baby-Jackson 5 #28
Black Dog-Led Zeppelin #29
Me And Bobby McGee-Jerry Lee Lewis #30
Three distinct styles of music

New
Never Been To Spain-Three Dog Night

No K/men surveys for awhile and this is the explanation for those that missed it last week.

Background information on K/mentertainers for 1971-1972 from reader Lord Darth Sidious
"the final issue of the K/mentertainer WAS dated for Dec. 10-16, 1971 -- same survey issue that Bill McKinney autographed for you.

My documentation (and recalled memory) indicate that KMEN owner, Veljon Inc., had completed an audit and it was determined by Budwin (Scott) and station manager Pat Schaughnessy to suspend the publication status until they could determine a more cost-effective way of doing this public service. they later decided on that 45-RPM record shuck format thinking its unique appearance would be promotionally beneficial to both the record shops and listeners as well as helping with the station's public image; therefore, the first "KMEN HITLINE" was published on 25 January 1972."

Thank you for the information!

KFXM December 30, 1960

Exodus-Ferrante & Teicher #1
Highest debut Bonanza-David Rose #27 New
Rockin' Rollin' Ocean-Hank Snow
Shop Around-Miracles
Wheels-String-a-Longs

KFXM did not publish a top 100 for the year. (As far as I know)

My calculations of the weekly surveys show these as the Top Songs of 1960

• 1. Last Date-Floyd Cramer
• 2. It's Now Or Never/A Mess Of Blues-Elvis Presley
• 3. Are You Lonesome Tonight/I Gotta Know-Elvis Presley
• 4. Theme From A Summer Place-Percy Faith
• 5. Exodus-Ferrante & Teicher
• 6. A Million To One-Jimmy Charles
• 7. Stuck On You/Fame & Fortune-Elvis Presley
• 8. Cathy's Clown/Always It's You-Everly Brothers
• 9. Love You So-Ron Holden
• 10. Because You're Young-Duane Eddy

K/mentertainer December 27, 1969

Venus-Shocking Blue #1
Highest debut (encore) Brand New Me-Dusty Springfield #26 New
She Lets Her Hair Down-Gene Pitney
Blowing Away-Fifth Dimension
Ma Belle Amie-Tea Set

Top hits of the year Next Week!
K/men will be playing the hits of the sixties by year this coming week, and on January 1 The Top Hits of 1969
New album by The Grassroots

KFXM December 26, 1969

1969 #1 Come Together-Beatles #1 Get Together-Youngbloods #2 Sugar Sugar-Archies #3
I've got a problem with this ranking, which I had calculated myself in 1969. Feel free to go back and look at the 1969 KFXM surveys.
First #3 Sugar Sugar reached #16 8/22/69 and was on the survey 6 weeks. This probably had more basis in the national charts, than the KFXM survey.
Come Together/Something on the KFXM survey 9 weeks and #1 for 4 weeks.
Get Together on the KFXM chart for 17 weeks and also #1 for 4 weeks. It stayed at higher position more weeks than the #1 song. I guess it looks better if the Beatles were #1 for the year.
Based on next weeks Last Week column Venus-Shocking Blue #1

KFXM and K/men December 25, 1964

I Feel Fine/She's A Woman-Beatles #1 on both stations
KFXM highest debut Downtown-Petula Clark #27 New
All Day and All Of The Night-Kinks
Laugh Laugh-Beau Brummels
I Want My Baby Back-Jimmy Cross

Highest debut
Baby Don't Go-Sonny & Cher #5

New

Tribute To The Ringos-Larry Finnigan

and a bunch of British Exclusive singles including

Louie Louie-Kinks

Show Me Girl-Herman's Hermits

KFXM and K/men December 24, 1971---The Hits of 1971

The Hits of 1971
The Year End Surveys of K/MEN and KFXM recapping the Top 129 and Top 100 of the year The #1 song of the year Joy To The World-Three Dog Night and #2 Mr. Big Stuff-Jean Knight on both stations

K/men gave you an extra 29 on their survey, some which made the top 100 on KFXM

Background information on K/mentertainers for 1971-1972 from reader Lord Darth Sidious

"the final issue of the K/mentertainer WAS dated for Dec. 10-16, 1971 -- same survey issue that Bill McKinney autographed for you.

my documentation (and recalled memory) indicate that KMEN owner, Veljon Inc., had completed an audit and it was determined by Budwin (Scott) and station manager Pat Schaughnessy to suspend the publication status until they could determine a more cost-effective way of doing this public service. they later decided on that 45-RPM record shuck format thinking its unique appearance would be promotionally beneficial to both the record shops and listeners as well as helping with the station's public image; therefore, the first "KMEN HITLINE" was published on 25 January 1972."

Thank you for the information!

KFXM published their survey in multi colors this week

No weekly survey published this week, but based on next week survey, here is the KFXM survey

KFXM December 23, 1960

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Exodus Theme-Ferrante & Teicher #1 Knocking Elvis out of that spot
Highest Debut Calcutta-Lawrence Welk #23 New
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree-Brenda Lee
The Christmas Song-Nat King Cole
Little Drummer Boy-Harry Simone Chorale
Silver Bells-Ray Conniff
All the Spotlight Albums are Christmas Albums this week from Elvis to Perry

K/metertainer December 20, 1969

Venus-Shocking Blue #1
Highest debut Arizona-Mark Lindsay #26 New
Evil Woman-Crow
Cupid-Johnny Nash
Let's Work Together-Wilbert Harrison
Woodstock West?

KFXM December 19, 1969

This week decorating the old survey from orange to green in the Christmas spirit.
Jam Up And Jelly Tight-Tommy Roe #1
Highest debut Arizona-Mark Lindsay #271969 and no new Christmas Songs on the chart
New
Looky Looky-Georgio I remember this song as bubblegum music to the extreme, and it was on Atco Records and not Buddah Records! Probably about 6 mnths latter I bought this for a nickel at one of Thrifty's Drug Stores great 5 cent 45 rpm sales.
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Joe Cocker
Fancy-Bobbie Gentry
Without Love-Tom Jones

KFXM and K/men December 18, 1964

I Feel Fine/She's A Woman-The Beatles #1 on both KFXM and K/MEN
KFXM highest debut You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling-Righteous Bros #25 New
The In Crowd-Dobie Gray
My Buddy Seat-Hondells

Highest debut I'll Be There-Gerry & The Pacemakers #9

New
Bald Headed Woman-The Who

Laugh Laugh-Beau Brummels

The Return of Mr. Custer-Larry Verne (I never realized there was a sequel. I've always liked novelty songs. Anyone ever hear this one?)
There's an interesting title that debuted last week The 81-Candy And The Kisses Anyone know about that one?

Christmas songs have their own little survey The K/men Sound Of Christmas

KFXM and K/men December 16-17, 1971

Have You Seen Her-Chi-Lites #1 on both KFXM and K/men
Hghest debut Cherish-Cavid Cassidy #25
New
Let's Stay Together-Al Green

Dusty Morgan and Bill McKinney-Brother Bill The 2oth Anniversary party in 1982 was when I got his autograph
Higest debut Scorpio-Dennis Coffey

New
Levon-Elton John

White Lies Blue Eyes-Bullet

Welcome to Vic Moreno and goodbye to Al Brooks on Weekends

KFXM December 16, 1960

Are You Lonesome Tonight?-Elvis Presley #1
Highest debut My Last Date (With You)-Skeeter Davis #27
Also debuting Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight-Linda Lee #39 answer song to Elvis New
Sad Mood-Sam Cooke
There's A Moon Out Tonight-Capris
To Be Loved-The Pentagons

K/mentertainer December 13, 1969

Cherry Hill Park-Billy Joe Royal #1 The stations seem to agree
Highest debuts Mind Body & Soul-Flaming Ember #26 She Belongs To Me-Rick Nelson #27 New
I Want You Back-Jackson 5

This would make John Robert Walker 40 Years Old

Bobby Sherman finally made it big.

KFXM December 12, 1969

Cherry Hill Park-Billy Joe Royal #1
Big drop to #6 from #1 for Crosby, Stills & Nash
Four new songs in the top ten this week including Don't Cry Daddy-Elvis Presley at #4
Highest debut Jingle Jangle-Archies #28 New
Arizona-Mark Lindsey
It Came Out Of The Sky-Creedence Clearwter Revival (I guess it was the single KFXM expected, but never got)

KFXM and K/men December 11, 1964

She's A Woman/I Feel Fine-Beatles #1 on both K/men and KFXM

Highest debuts on K/men
As Tears Go By-Marianne Faithful #9
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'-Righteous Bros #10 New
The Name Game-Shirley Ellis
Downtown-Petula Clark
Highest debut

Highest Debut Love Potion #9-Searchers #28

New

Run Run Run-Gestures

KFXM & K/men December 9-10, 1971

Have You Seen Her-Chi-Lites #1
Highest debut I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing-New Seekers #25 New
Levon-Elton John
Nothing To Hide-Tommy James

Baby I'm A Want You-Bread #1
Highest debut Brand New Key-Melanie #17

New

Day After Day-Badfinger

"The KMEN Carol Tree" On the corner of Court & E in San Benardino