Wednesday, August 31, 2011

KFXM August 31, 1973

Brother Louie-Stories #1
New in the top ten
We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad #7
Loves Me Like A Rock-Paul Simon #8
If You Want Me To Stay-Sly & The Family Stone #10
Highest debut
That Lady-Isley Brothers #25
New
China Grove-Doobie Brothers
Yes We Can Can-Pointer Sisters
You Got Me Anyway-Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Ramblin' Man-Allman Brothers 
There seem to be a lot of related people in the groups on the charts (real and in name only).  Also have Sly & The Family Stone, DeFranco Family, Isley Brothers, Jackson Five, and aren't Gladys Knight & The Pips related to each other?

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

KFXM August 30, 1962

Sherry-Four Seasons #1 big jump from #24
new in the top ten
Rinky Dink-Dave Cortez #7
Beachwood 4-5789-Marvelettes # 8
It Might As Well Rain Until September-Carole King #9
Highest debut
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett #15
also debuting
Do You Love Me-Contours #33
and
I Left My Heart In San Francisco-Tony Bennett #36
New
a lot of songs that didn't go anywhere, but they could be good, like
Bye Bye Baby-Shank & Maydiea
Dawn Cracker-B. Bumble & The Stingers
Ring Telephone-J.J. Jackson 
Alexanders Ragtime Band-Zanies

Monday, August 29, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN August 26, 1966

New DJ Gary Marshall

The Beatles bringing about a little controversy
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes #1
New in the top ten
Land Of A Thousand Dances-Wilson Pickett #4
Highest debut
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted-Jimmy Ruffin #22
New
Flamingo-Heb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
I've Got You Under My Skin-Four Seasons
Summer Wind-Frank Sinatra
Reach Out, I'll Be There-Four Tops


Yellow submarine-Eleanor Rigby-Beatles #1
New in the top ten
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes #9
Psychotic Reaction-Count Five #10

New
Black Is Black-Los Bravos
Last Train To Clarksville-Monkees
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep-Temptations

Saturday, August 27, 2011

KFXM August 25, 1980

It's Still Rock & Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Pop Musik-M #7
and like last week, nothing new on the survey
 and this week an ad for Bobby McGees Happy Hour

Friday, August 26, 2011

August 24, 1973

Brother Louie-Stories #1
New in the top ten
Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye #6
Delta Dawn-Helen Reddy #7
Has Anyone Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose-Dawn #9
Gypsy Man-War #10
Highest debut
Free Ride-Edgar Winter Group #24
New
Get It Together-Jackson Five
Muscrat Love-America
Interesting survey on back side of the KFXM survey, the national top ten
I guess it's official a note from above
"KFXM is the only INLAND EMPIRE RADIO STATION with a TOP 30 HIT LISTING!"
reporting there is no KMEN survey

Thursday, August 25, 2011

KFXM August 24, 1962

Bustin' Surfboards-Tornadoes #1 holding back the Beach Boys to #2
New in the top ten
Point Of No Return-Gene McDaniels #7
Let's Dance-Chris Montez #10
Highest debut
Sherry-Four Seasons #24
New
Rain, Rain, Go Away-Bobby Vinton
He's A Rebel-Crystals (a KFX-clusive)
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Nose Job-A.E Newman (another KFX-clusive)
Bad Boy-Donays
With These Hands-The Wonders (There was actually a Wonders group in the sixties-Remember That Thing You Do!)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

KFXM August 19, 1966

Al Barnett, Bob Bunnell and The KFXM Tiger Mascot (to be named later)
Really Tiger Radio Really!
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby-Beatles #1
New in the top ten
See You In September-Happenings #3
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White-Standells #5 (Jumped from #39!)
Cherry Cherry-Neil Diamond #7
Cherish-Association #8 (also highest debut)
Psychotic Reaction-Count Five #9
also debuting
Ashes To Ashes-Mindbenders #19
Mind Excursion-Trade Winds #39
New
Only When You're Lonely-Grass Roots
Why?-Adapters
Get Away-Georgie Fame


Monday, August 22, 2011

K/MEN August 19, 1966

Sunshine Superman-Donovan #1
New in the top ten
See You In September-Happenings #10
New
Bus Stop-Hollies
Cherish-Association
Sugar and Spice-Cryan Shames
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted-Jimmy Ruffin
Just Like A Woman-Bob Dylan

Friday, August 19, 2011

KFXM August 18, 1980

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Nothing-----also nothing new added to the survey
Looks like 1980 was a good time to invest money.  You just needed to be sure it wasn't too good to be true.  Everybody was selling trust deeds in 1980.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

KFXM August 18, 1973

Brother Louie-Stories #1
New in the top ten
One Tin Soldier-Coven #4
Are You Man Enough?-Four Tops #8
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)-Al Green #10
Highest debut
Loves Me Like A Rock-Paul Simon #27
New
 Free Ride-Edgar Winter Group
Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder
Heartbeat -- It's A Lovebeat-DeFranco Family
Tower Of Power and Lee Michaels at The Swing Auditorium

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

KFXM August 17, 1962

Bustin' Surfboards-Tornadoes #1
New in the top ten
Sheila-Tommy Roe #7
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-Johnny Crawford #9
Highest debut
It Might As Well Rain Until September-Carole King #29
also debuting
Softly As I Leave You-Matt Monroe #31
and coming in at
#40 You Beat Me To The Punch (Bowl)-Mary Wells
New
Friendly Loans-Marcels
If I Didn't Have A Dime-Gene Pitney
What Kind Of Fool Am I-Anthony Newly/Sammy Davis, Jr/Billy Eckstine
There was also versions by Robert Goulet and Vic Damone out at the same time, but Sammy will have the biggest hit
Do You Love Me-Contours

Saturday, August 13, 2011

K/MEN August 12, 1966

Sunshine Superman-Donovan #1
New in the top ten
Working In A Coal Mine-Lee Dorsey #5
Sunny Afternoon-Kinks #8
Yellow Submaine/Eleenor Rigby-Beatles #9
Make Me Belong To You-Barbara Lewis #10
New
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White-Standells
Summertime-Billy Stewart
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing-Buffalospringfield (Springfield)
The Joker Went Wild-Brian Hyland
Note from original owner of survey on how long Chuck Christensen stayed awake written on survey.

Friday, August 12, 2011

KFXM August 12, 1966

Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby-The Beatles Debuting at #1
New in the top ten
Sunny Afternoon-Kinks #7
Sugar and Spice-Cryan' Shames #8
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes #10
also debuting
Cherry Cherry-Neil Diamond #16
See You In September-Happenings #19
Personal Picks -Same as last week.  Someone forgot to change the typeset.


On the cover a list of the 59.00 contest winners.  Is your name on the list?
Al Anthony and winner  Ila Hondell
Donovan
Announcement of new DJ at the station Gary Marshall
Mick Jagger in 1966

Thursday, August 11, 2011

KFXM August 11, 1980

It's Still Rock & Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones #4
Take Your Time-SOS Band #8
Highest and only debut and returning to the chart
Cupid-Spinners #9
Don't think there was an official Survey for Aug 11, 1980 released since this was dated August 5, 80.  Next week's survey shows LW positions would make the survey set up as below the playlist.
Why the differences, I don't know.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN (the last) August 10, 1973

The last regularly published K/MEN survey
Now I imagine there were station top thirty playlists after this date. 
Anyone have any that survived?

#1 on both surveys Brother Louie-Stories
new in the K/MEN  Ten
Delta Dawn-Helen Reddy #4
Are You Man Enough-Four Tops #5
I Believe In You-Johnny Taylor #9
Here I Am (Come And Take Me)-Al Green #10
Highest debut
Half Breed-Cher #25
Also debuting Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting-Elton John #30
.
New
Summer (The First Time)-Bobby Goldsboro
Free Ride-Edgar Winter Group 


New in the KFXM Top Ten
I Believe In You-Johnny Taylor #8
Uneasy Rider-Charlie Daniel Band #10
Highest debut
We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad #27
New
Loves Me Like A Rock-Paul Simon
My Maria-B.W. Stevenson 
Tower Of Power and Lee Michaels
at the Swing Auditorium

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

KFXM August 10, 1962

Loco-Motion-Little Eva #1
New in the top ten
Bustin' Surfboards-Tornadoes #6
Heart In Hand-Brenda Lee #8
You'll Lose A Good Thing-Barbara Lynn #10
Highest debut
Vacation-Connie Francis #33
Lollipops and Roses/Please Mr. Sun-Paul Peterson
It Might As Well Rain Until September-Carole King
Win tickets to the new Elvis movie Kid Galahad on KFXM

Sunday, August 07, 2011

KFXM August 5, 1966

Sunshine Superman-Donovan #1
New in the top ten
7 And 7 Is-Love #4
Working In a Coal Mine-Lee Dorsey #5
God Only Knows-Beach Boys #7
Make Me Belong To You-Barbara Lewis #8
Alfie-Cher #10
Highest debut
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes #26
New
Mas Que Nada-Sergio Mendez
Turn Down Day-Cyrkle
James Brown Show article
Mention of a short film by The Beach Boys filmed in Lake Arrowhead to promote their new album "Pet Sound(s)" The "Video" includes the songs God Only Knows, Wouldn't It Be Nice and Here Today from the album.
Bob Griffin doing a remote from San Bernardino. 

The Mamas and The Papas making the front page, but different than what you might expect.  Michele left and was replaced with Jill Gibson.  She never did record with them, but what happened to her?
Big headline and article:
 KFXM RATED NUMBER ONE

Friday, August 05, 2011

K/MEN August 5, 1966

Sunshine Superman-Donovan #1
New in the top ten
Guantanamera-Sandpipers #7
God Only Knows-Beach Boys #10
New
Make Me Belong To You-Barbara Lewis
There Will Never Be Another You-Chris Montez
A Legal Matter-The Who
Cherry Cherry -Neil Diamond
You Can't Hurry Love-Supremes
Sunny Afternoon-Kinks

On the British top ten, look at #10.  Anyone know anything about that song?
The K/MEN Mark Denis, Dave Jeffreys, Chuck Christensen, Brian Lord, Buddy Budnik, John Ravencroft. Johnny Darin

Thursday, August 04, 2011

KFXM August 4, 1980

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me-Billy Joel #1
New in the top ten
Cars-Gary Numan #5 Returning after falling off the May 19, 1980 survey
The following are shown as new, but may have been on last weeks survey
Magic-Olivia Newton-John #10 
Emotional Rescue-Rolling Stones #11 
Tired Of Toeing The Line-Rocky Burnette #12
An Anniversay Trubute To Elvis
Jesse Campbell

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

KFXM and K/MEN August 3, 1973

Under music notes a little history of Deep Purple
Actual footprint stickers of
KFXM

 IS

EVERYWHERE!
Brother Louie-Stories #1 on both stations
New in the top ten on KFXM
The #1 song above and
Behind Closed Doors-Charlie Rich #10
Highest debut
Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye #28
New
We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad
Half Breed-Cher
Jimmmy Loves Mary Ann-Looking Glass

On K/MEN
New in the top ten
Doin' It To Death-Fred Wesley & The JBs #6
Uneasy rider-Charlie Daniels Band #8
Misdemeaner-Foster Sylvers #9
Highest debut
Let's Get It On-Marvin #22
New
Loves Me Like A Rock-Paul simon
My Maria-BW Stevenson