Sunday, July 31, 2011

K/MEN July 29, 1966

Red Rubber Ball-Cyrkle #1
New in the top ten
Seven And Seven Is-Love #6
Sunshine Superman-Donovan #8
Alfie-Cher #9
New
Outside Chance-Turtles
Respectable-Outsiders
Dangling Conversation-Simon & Garfunkel
Campfire Girls-Billy Joe Royal
Mr. Dieingly Sad-Critters

Saturday, July 30, 2011

KFXM July 29, 1966

Al Anthony along with Sam Riddle (from KHJ) on the cover of the Tiger Mag
Sunshine Superman-Donovan #1
New in the top ten
Guantanamera-Sandpipers #8
City Women-P.F. Sloane #10
highest debut
God Only Knows-Beach Boys #20
New
There'll Never Be Another You-Chris Montez
See You In September-Happenings
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes
Ashes To Ashes-Mindbenders
An Interview With Ray Charles
Picture of Napoleon XIV

Friday, July 29, 2011

KFXM July 28, 1980

For the next few weeks, the KFXM surveys seemed to be really messed up.  This week is the same as last week, even with the same LAST WEEK numbers.  The only difference is that there are two additional songs Pop Musik-M #24 and Rapper's Delight-The Sugar Hill Gang #25 (will drop off next week, and be back in September). 
The survey at the bottom of this listing is what I made up years ago based on the LAST WEEK numbers on the August 4, 1980 survey.  The asteriks were my estimate of what made the survey at the time. Another Brick In The Wall and Ride Like The Wind were both marked for #9 as LAST WEEK on next weeks survey.  That's the info for whoever is interested.


So is the actual survey for July 28, 1980 (based on next weeks survey).  Could be. Maybe Craig Powers can tell me what was going on with surveys July-August-Sept 1980. 
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Funky Town-Lipps, Inc #3 and highest debut and returning after two months
Sexy Eyes-Dr Hook #4 and debuting and returning after two months
The Biggest Part Of Me-Ambrosia #5 returned to survey after two months
The Rose-Bette Midler #6 returned to survey after a month and a half
Call Me-Blondie #8 returned to survey after three months
Take Your Time-SOS Band #10
also back on the survey after beingoff for awhile #11-19, and also #20-23 will fall off, but will be back.
Actually the only songs that appear to be new/current and not on a return trip to the survey are #1, 2,7,9,10 and the coming surveys will include more songs returning to the survey for awhile.  Confusing?? So can anyone at the station in July 1980 explain the situaton? Thank you.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN July 27, 1973

Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple #1
New in the top ten
Feelin' Stronger Everyday-Chicago #8
Live And Let Die-Wings #10
Highest debut
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose-Dawn #22
New
Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye
Rocky Mountain Way-Joe Walsh
At The Swing
Edgar Winter
--PLUS--
Jo Jo Gunne
--AND--
Spooky Tooth

Monday, July 25, 2011

KFXM July 27, 1962

I Need Your Loving-Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford #1
New in the top ten
The Loco-motion-Little Eva #3
Party Lights-Claudine Clark #6
Bongo Stomp-Little Joey #7
I'll Never Dance Again-Bobby Rydell #9
409/Surfin' Safari-Beach Boys #10
Highest debut
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford #31
New
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello/She's Not You-Elvis Presley
Teenage Idol/I've Got My Eyes On You-Ricky Nelson
Guess Who-Jackie DeShannon
Beechwood 4-5789-Marvelettes
You Beat Me To The Punch-Mary Wells
I'm The One-Gord Lightfoot


Keep swingin' with KFXM, the Summer Fun Capital of the Inland Empire...


Sunday, July 24, 2011

K/MEN July 22, 1966

You're looking at one of my surveys I used to mark up and probably was stuck in one of my pockets. Well I never had a better copy of this survey.  I probably had two at the time this was marked, but not now.  This is a well used artifact of a 1960s radio surveys that I'm sure many others have also have similarly marked.
They're Coming To Take Me Away-Napoleon XIV #1
New in the top ten
Red Rubber Ball-Cyrkle #6
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love-Petula Clark #10
New
Alfie-Cher
Sunshine Superman-Donovan 
God Only Knows-Beach Boys

Who saw The Rolling Stones concert with The Standells, Syndicate Of Sound and The McCoys at the Swing Auditorium?  Tickets 3, 4, 5 dollars.   Anyone notice it was scheduled for 2 O'Clock in the afternoon?

Saturday, July 23, 2011

KFXM July 22, 1966

Ed Churchward and Miles Bush working hard at KFXM
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha! Ha!-Napoleon XIV #1
New in the top ten
Wild About My Lovin'-Everpresent Fullness #3
Sunny-Bobby Hebb #4
This Door Swings Both Ways-Herman's Hermits #5
Sunshine Superman-Donovan #7 and Highest Debut
Warm And Tender Love-Percy Sledge #9
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love-Petula Clark #10 and also debuting
other debuts on the 40
Guantanamera-Sandpapers #13
The More I See You Chris Montez #14
Outside Chance-Turtles #17
more than a fourth of the Top 40 is new this week.
New
Say I Am-Tommy James & The Shondells
God Only Know-Beach Boys
Mind Excursion-Tradewinds
Bus Stop-Hollies
Chris Montez picture and article
Everpresent Fullness made the cover of the Tiger Mag 

Friday, July 22, 2011

KFXM July 21, 1980

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Gimme Some Lovin'-Blues Brothers #8
I'm Alive-Electric Light Orchestra #9
Highest debut
Cars-Gary Numan #18
also new
We Live For Love-Pat Benatar #22

Thursday, July 21, 2011

KMEN July 20, 1973

Anyone get their KFXM postcards?
Natural High-Bloodstone #1
New in the top ten
So Very Hard To Go-Tower Of Power #8
The Morning After-Maureen McGovern #9
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett #10
New
The Hurt-Cat Stevens
Clouds-David Gates
At The Swing
Edgar Winter
Jo Jo Gunne
Spooky Tooth

Question for the K/MEN of 1973.  KFXM was playing Money-Pink Floyd, on KMEN it was going up the survey for two weeks then disappeared July 13?   What happened here?  Maybe I can hear from Jim Quinn, Buddy Scott, Dusty Morgen, Doug DeRoo, Danny Dare, Ben McCoy or Ken Stevens for an answer?  Thanks!


Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett #1
New in the top ten
One Tin Soldier-Coven #2
Brother Louie-Stories #4
Touch Me In The Morning-Diana Ross #9
Highest debut
Uneasy Rider-Charlie Daniels #24
new
Here I Am (Come And Take Me)-Al Green
Young Love-Donny Osmond
Delta Dawn-Helen Reddy
Old Betsy Goes Boing Boing Boing-Hummers


Tuesday, July 19, 2011

KFXM July 20, 1962

"The Marathon Of Hits" 1962 that KFXM had been asking you to vote for in the last few weeks has been done.  On the back of the weekly survey, a list of the top 59 of All Time, and the contest winners from Riverside and San Bernardino. I don't know if KFXM ever did this again.  If so I have never seen a printed list.
The Mountain's High-Dick & Dee Dee #1  Elvis and The Platters each with three entires, Ritchie Valens, The Coasters, Chubby Checker and The Everly Brothers with two each. 

I know the picture shows each side of the survey is a different color.  I have two surveys of this week and they are on slightly different colored paper.. The front is from one, and the the back is from the other.

On the current survey
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka #1
up to #2 West Of The Wall-Toni Fisher
New in the top ten
Twist and Shout-Isley Brothers #9
Highest debut
You'll Lose A Good Thing-Barbara Lynn #30
also debuting
Let's Dance-Chris Montez #33
Sheila-Tommy Roe #35
Bustin' Surfboards-Tornadoes #40
New
He Hit Me/No One Ever Tells You-Crystals
You Don't Know Me/Careless Love-Ray Charles
Point Of No Return-Gene McDaniels

Saturday, July 16, 2011

KFXM July 15, 1966

They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha! Ha!-Napoleon XIV #1 and highest debut!
also new in the top ten
Mother's Little Helper-Rolling Stones #4
I Want You-Bob Dylan #10
also debuting
Warm & Tender Love-Percy Sledge #24
New
Sugar and Spice-Cryan' Shames
Sunshine Superman-Donovan
Make Me Belong To You-Barbara Lewis


Friday, July 15, 2011

KMEN July 15, 1966

Summer In The City-Lovin' Spoonful #1
New in the top ten
They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha-Napoleon XIV #8
Mother's Little Helper-Rolling Stones #9
I remember listening to Chuck Christensen staying awake and breaking the world's record
New
7 And 7 Is-Love
Cool Jerk-Capitals
Working In a Coal Mine-Lee Dorsey
Pschotic Reaction-Count 5

Thursday, July 14, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN July 13, 1973

Natural High-Bloodstone #1
New in the top ten
Money-Pink Floyd #8
Touch Me in The Morning-Diana Ross #9
Get Down-Gilbert O'Sullivan #10
Highest debut
Monster Mash-Bobby"Boris"Pickett #24
New
Uneasy Rider-Charlie Daniels
The Hurt-Cat Stevens
Playground In Your Mind-Clint Holmes #1
So Very Hard To Go-Tower Of Power #4
The Morning After-Maureen McGovern #8
Shambala-Three Dog Night #9
Highest debut
Where Peaceful Waters Flow-Gladys Knight
New
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose-Dawn
How Can I Tell Her-Lobo

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

KFXM July 13, 1962

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka #1
New in the top ten
I Need Your Loving-Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford #5
West Of The Wall-Toni Fisher #7
But Not For Me-Ketty Lester #9
Ahab The Arab-Ray Stevens #10
Highest debut
The Loco-Motion-Little Eva #29
 
New
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford
The Edge Of Tears-Tony Orlando
Things-Bobby Darin

Be sure to watch the KFXM Dance Party every Saturday afternoon on KCHU . . . Channel 18 . . . The Bill Tanner Show is better than a slug in the face with a wet fish . . . not much . . . but a little . . .


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

KFXM July 8, 1966

Sweet Pea-Tommy Roe #1
new in the top ten
#3 and Highest Debut Red Rubber Ball-Cyrkle #4
Over Under Sideways Down-Yardbirds #6
I Saw Her Again-The Mamas & The Papas # 8
Second highest debut Summer In The City-Lovin' Spoonful #9
Sweet Talkin' Guy-Chiffons #10
also debuting
Mother's Little Helper-Rolling Stones #21
New
Alfie-Cher
Blowing In The Wind-Stevie Wonder
A new Turtle
Article about The Cyrkle

Monday, July 11, 2011

K/MEN July 8, 1966

Li'l Red Riding Hood-Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs #1
New in the top ten
Sunny-Bobby Hebb #8
Summer In The City-Lovin' Spoonful #10
New
Mother's Little Helper-Rolling Stones
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love-Petula Clark 

Saturday, July 09, 2011

KFXM July 7, 1980

Dated July 14th but according to Last Week June 30th was the prior week. The issue covers July 7 and 14
It's Still Rock and Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
new in the top ten
In America-Charlie Daniels Band #9
Highest debut
Sailing-Christopher Cross #22

Friday, July 08, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN July 6, 1973

Playground In My Mind-Clint Holmes #1
New in the top ten
Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple #5
Back When My Hair Was Short-Gunhill Road #8
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris " Pickett #10
New
One Tin soldier-Coven #29
Are You Man Enough-Four Tops
Brother Louie-Stories




Playground In My Mind-Clint Holmes #1
New in the top ten
Diamond Girl-Seals & Crofts #7
Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple #10
Highest debut
Live And Let Die-Wings #27
New
Behind Closed Doors-Charlie Rich
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Doobie Brothers
Savoy Brown
ZZ Top
At The Swing Auditorium
Friday
July 13, 1973

Thursday, July 07, 2011

KFXM July 6, 1962

Thene From Dr. Kildare-Richard Chamberlain #1
new in the top ten
Night Train-James Brown #9
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka #10
Highest debut
Twist and Shout-Isley Brothers #27
New
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford
How Do I Tell My Heart-Glen Campbell
Beyond The Surf-Tornadoes

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

K/MEN July1, 1966

Li'l Red Riding Hood-Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs #1
New in the top ten
Over Under Sideways Down-Yardbirds #9
Sweet Pea-Tommy Roe #10
New
5D (Fifth Dimension)-Byrds
Sunny-Bobby Hebb
Wild About My Lovin'-Everpresent Fullness
This Door Swings Both Ways-Herman's Hermits
See Herman's Hermits and The Animals in concert at The Los Angeles Sports Arena!

John Ravencroft and Johnny Darin posing next to the K/MEN van