Wednesday, April 07, 2010

KFXM April 7, 1961 "FOOLISH 59"

Special 4th of July Survey... uhhh no April Fool's issue, or as KFXM says Happy Easter To Everyone! (Was it Easter too in 1961?)

California Sun-Edmund "Pat" Brown (Joe Jones) #1 Second Week
Highest debut Mother-In -Law-Somebody, Take Mine Please! (Ernie K-Doe) #22
A lot of interesting new artists on the top 40 this week. #3 Thomas E. Dewey #10 Fidel Castro #15 Kennedy & Krushchev #20 Laura Scudder #25 Dick Nixon #33 Count Dracula Politicians seem to be climbing the charts.
New
Like Long Hair-Paul Revere & The Raiders

3 comments:

  1. Is that MARY WELLS pick hit on
    Motown. Or was she not there yet?
    In any case, this one didn't go
    anywhere. Never heard it.

    Paul Revere & Raiders not quite
    ready for hits. Within 3 years,
    they'll hit big for many
    years.

    By the way, I do remember seeing
    this 4/1 tunesheet back then that
    week. I thought it was clever and
    fun.

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  2. "Bye Bye Baby" by Mary Wells was
    Motown 1003 . Her first Hot Hundred charted record. Got to #45
    on Billboard.

    Her second charted song "I Don't Want To Take A Chance" came out in July of '61 and got to #33.

    Mary Wells finally hit the National Top 10 in '62 with "The One Who Really Loves You" (#8)

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  3. I think here career on the pop
    charts ended when she left Motown
    and went to 20th Century.
    By then, nothing was happening
    with the HDH group at Motown for
    her.

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