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Well with the exception of the number one tune the Top Ten shows very little
change. There was only one newcomer to the too ten and that one just made it
in the number ten spot, it’s a tune that has been on the charts for five weeks
a Promo recording by Jimmy Gharles entitled A MILLION TO ONE. This week finds
Chubby Checker on top of the pile with his Parkway recording of TWIST, while
the tune that was in that position IT'S NOW OR NEVER by Elvis Presley is curr
ently holding down the number three spot.
Here is a list of the Top Ten Tunes this week according to tho weekly survey
taken by Billboard Magazine:
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TWIST
MY HEART HAS A MIND OF -IT»S OWN
IT’S NOW OR NEVER
MR. CUSTER
CHAIN GANG
WALK, DON'T RUN
KIDDIO
YOGI
VGLARE
A MILLION TO ONE
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CHUBBY CHECKER
CONNIE FRANCIS -
ELVIS PRESLEY
LARRY VERNE
SAM COOKE
VENTURES
BROOK BENTON
IVY THREE
BOBBY RYDELL
JIMMY CHARLES
Rhythm and Blues is making a big comeback this year with a flock of old R & B
hit tunes making the Hot One Hundred chart and many R & B artists moving into
the best selling pop listings after an absence of many years. For example, the
number one record on the Hot One Hundred this week is the TWIST by Chubby
Checker, his first disk on the chart in two years. The TWIST was a R & B hit a
couple of years ago for Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, King has released
the original version which is number 28 this week, Ballard presently has three
different records on the Hot One Hundred - FINGER POPPIN TIME, number 19; and
LET'S GO, number 87, marking tneilrst time an artist has had !#iree separate
platters on the Hot One Hundred at the same time although Ballard has been a
big R & B seller for years, this is the first time he has broken through on the
POP charts. Also.on the Hot 100 this week in number 27 slot is LUCILLE by the
Everly Brothers, an R & B hit for Little Richard in 1957* DEVIL OR ANGEL" an
R & B smash for the Clovers in 1956, is on the HOT 100 in the number 15 spot
this week with a pop-ish version by Bobby Vee on Liberty, One of the most int
eresting comeback stories is that of Shirley and Lee, who recently re-cut their
1956 Aladdin disk, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, (A number 1 seller in R & B and a
fairly strong pop hit) for Warwick, The Warwick platter is number 5b on the
HOT 100 this week after only two weeks on the market. It's the Duo's first pop
hit in five years, Jan and Dean's WE GO TOGETHER number 86 this week is a pop
version of the Moonglows 1955 R & B click, DON'T BE CRUEL, number 76 this week
by the Bill Black Bombo was an R & B Oriented hit tune for Elvis Presley in
1956. Ruth Brown's 1953 R & 3 hit, WHAT IS DREAM is on the "Bubbling" chart
number six this week by Conway Twitty.
My personal pick hit for this week is the new recording by the Bobbetfces, a
tune entitled HAVE MERCY BABY.
Well that's all for this week don't forget that the radio is on the air for
twenty-four hours fbr your listening pleasure. Until next time...PLAY IT COOL'.
R,P. the D.J.
LIKE ENDSVILLE