These are the top ten tunes in the country.
.1* The Three Bells
2. Sea Of Love
3. My Hoart Is An Open Book
4* A Big Hunk O’. Love
5c There Goes My Baby
6. Lavender Blue
7« What?d I Say
80 Sleep Walk
9c Lonely Boy
10a The Battle Of Now Orleans
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/he Browns
Phil Philips
Carl Dobkins
Elvis Presley
Drifters
Sammy Turner
Ray Charios
Santo and Johnny
Paul Anka
Johnny Horton
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Tkat*s how thoy shape up this weeko Wo notice many big moves in the top ton
this weeko This is the biggest overall ohango there has been in a long time.
Once again a tune from the country and western is on top of the listoThe Browns
RCA Victor recording of ,,?The Three Bells’3 has been on the charts for only throe
weeks. The number oight tune this week is on the charts for the first time.
Sarto and Johnny*s slew rookin* instrumental has made it in a big way.
There are many other tunes on the top 30 this week that have made big j&ps
also© On the honor Roll of Hits for the first time are:
12, I*m Gonna'Get Married Lloyd Price
17.. Baby Talk Jan and Dean
Brokon Hearted Melody Sarah Vaughn
Red River Rook Johnny & Hurricanes
See You In September Tempos
Bobby Darin is doing fine with his new recording of ’’Mack The Knife”, the No.
59 tune tho first week out* Freddy Cannon* s new recording of ’’Okefenokee” is
in the number 90 spot this week. Dee Clark’s recording of ’’Hey Little Girl” is
the number 86 tune® ^he Coasters are on the scene. Their last hit of ”Along
Came Jones” has fallen off the charts. Their new Atoo Recording of ’’Poison
Ivy” is in the number 73 spot after only one week on the charts.
My person&i pick hit of the week is the now Brunswick Recording ’’You Better
Know It” by Jackie Wilson0 Jackie is putting out one hit after the other0 This
one should make it real big. A record to watch is ’’Got The Feeling”, the new
Chancellor recording by Fabianc
This week wo look into the story behind singing star Conway Twitty. Twitty*s
real nano is Harold Jenkins, but his manager Don Seat pinned his professional
handle on him. Seat insisted that Harold Jenkins was too common-place a-namo
and he said ho wanted to give him a name nobody would forgeto At first Seat was
thinking of John or Fred Twitty but neither appealed to him so whilo fingering
the
over the towns in Arkansas, which is Twitty-s home state, he came across
town of Conway. So Conway Twitty it was,, His big redord was ”It*s Only Make
.Jieliove” which sold almost 2 million copies. He how has. the number 30 tune on
The Hot One Hundred with ”Mona Lisa”. Conway records for M.G.M.
Well that* s it for this week. If ^here are any tunes you would like to hear
on Rhythm Revue put a note in the AFRTS suggestion box in the Navy Exchange.
Until next week bo real cooil
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R. P,