RADIO STATION WMCA (NEW YORK CITY) WEEKLY SINGLES CHARTS FOR 1960
WMCA SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY 18,1960 1 THE THEME FROM ?A SUMMER PLACE? - Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Columbia) 2 TEEN ANGEL - Mark Dinning (MGM) 3 HANDY MAN - Jimmy Jones (Cub) 4 RUNNING BEAR - Johnny Preston (Mercury) 5 BABY(You?ve Got What It Takes)-Dinah Washington & Brook Benton(Mercury) 6 HE?LL HAVE TO GO - Jim Reeves (RCA Victor) 7 WHAT IN THE WORLD?S COME OVER YOU - Jack Scott (Top Rank) 8 BEYOND THE SEA - Bobby Darin (Atco) 9 YOU GOT WHAT I TAKES - Marv Johnson (United Artists) 10 LET IT BE ME - The Everly Brothers (Cadence) FOR WMCA SURVEY FOR APRIL 28,1960 TW 1 STUCK ON YOU - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 2 GREENFIELDS - The Brothers Four (Columbia) 3 NIGHT - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 4 SINK THE BISMARCK - Johnny Horton (Columbia) 5 THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER - The Browns (RCA Victor) 6 SIXTEEN REASONS - Connie Stevens (Warner Bros.) 7 CRADLE OF LOVE - Johnny Preston (Mercury) 8 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE - Marv Johnson (United Artists) 9 STEP BY STEP - The Crests (Coed) 11 MR. LUCKY - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (RCA Victor) 12 FOOTSTEPS - Steve Lawrence (ABC-Paramount) 13 LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE - Billy Bland (Old Town) 14 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor) 15 GOOD TIMIN? - Jimmy Jones (Cub) 16 APPLE GREEN - June Valli (Mercury) 17 WHAT AM I LIVING FOR - Conway Twitty (MGM) 18 PAPER ROSES - Anita Bryant (Carlton) 19 THE TIES THAT BIND/HITHER AND THITHER AND YON-Brook Benton(Mercury) 20 MOUNTAIN OF LOVE - Harold Dorman (Rita) 21 THE MADISON - Al Brown?s Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown (Amy) 22 CHERRY PIE - Skip & Flip (Brent) 23 FAME AND FORTUNE - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 24 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR - Dion & The Belmonts (Laurie) 25 CATHY?S CLOWN - The Everly Brothers (Warner Bros.) WMCA SURVEY FOR MAY 5,1960 TW LW 1 1 STUCK ON YOU - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 2 2 GREENFIELDS - The Brothers Four (Columbia) 3 3 NIGHT - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 4 4 SINK THE BISMARCK - Johnny Horton (Columbia) 5 25 CATHY?S CLOWN - The Everly Brothers (Warner Bros.) 6 6 SIXTEEN REASONS - Connie Stevens (Warner Bros.) 7 7 CRADLE OF LOVE - Johnny Preston (Mercury) 8 14 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor) 9 15 GOOD TIMIN? - Jimmy Jones (Cub) 10 9 STEP BY STEP - The Crests (Coed) 11 13 LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE - Billy Bland (Old Town) 12 5 THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER - The Browns (RCA Victor) 13 22 CHERRY PIE - Skip & Flip (Brent) 14 17 WHAT AM I LIVING FOR - Conway Twitty (MGM) 15 11 MR. LUCKY - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (RCA Victor) 16 21 THE MADISON - Al Brown?s Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown (Amy) 17 16 APPLE GREEN - June Valli (Mercury) 18 81 HE?LL HAVE TO STAY - Jeanne Black (Capitol) 19 18 PAPER ROSES - Anita Bryant (Carlton) 20 ?? LONELY WEEKENDS - Charlie Rich (Phillips Int?l) 21 ?? RIGHT BY MY SIDE / YOUNG EMOTIONS - Ricky Nelson (Imperial) 22 19 THE TIES THAT BIND/HITHER AND THITHER AND YON-Brook Benton (Mercury) 23 24 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR - Dion & The Belmonts (Laurie) 24 23 FAME AND FORTUNE - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 25 ?? FOR LOVE / NO IF?S--NO AND?S - Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount) 26 8 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE - Marv Johnson (United Artists) 27 12 FOOTSTEPS - Steve Lawrence (ABC-Paramount) 28 20 MOUNTAIN OF LOVE - Harold Dorman (Rita) For WMCA SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 1,1960 TW 1 ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT? - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 2 STAY - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (Herald) 3 A THOUSAND STARS - Kathy Young with The Innocents (Indigo) 4 HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) 5 POETRY IN MOTION - Johnny Tillotson (Cadence) 6 MANY TEARS AGO - Connie Francis (MGM) 7 I?LL SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR YOU - Damita Jo (Mercury) 8 LONELY TEENAGER - Dion (Laurie) 9 THE HUCKLEBUCK - Chubby Checker (Parkway) 10 WONDERLAND BY NIGHT - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra (Decca) 11 NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Bonds (Legrand) 12 SAILOR (Your Home Is The Sea) - Lolita (Kapp) 13 SWAY - Bobby Rydell (Cameo) 14 EXODUS - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists) 15 FOOLS RUSH IN (Where Angels Fear To Tread)/SOMEDAY YOU?LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU-Brook Benton(Mercury) 16 RUBY DUBY DU - Tobin Mathews & Co. (Chief) 17 ALONE AT LAST - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) 18 OL? MAC DONALD - Frank Sinatra (Capitol) 19 MY GIRL JOSEPHINE - Fats Domino (Imperial) 20 PERFIDIA - The Ventures (Dolton) 22 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW - The Shirelles (Scepter) 23 DON?T GO TO STRANGERS - Etta Jones (Prestige) 24 BLUE TANGO - Bill Black?s Combo (Hi) 25 YOU?RE SIXTEEN - Johnny Burnette (Liberty) 28 NORTH TO ALASKA - Johnny Horton (Columbia) 34 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE - Ray Charles (Atlantic) 35 CORINNA, CORINNA - Ray Peterson (Dunes) WMCA SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 8,1960 TW LW 1 1 ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT? - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 2 3 A THOUSAND STARS - Kathy Young with The Innocents (Indigo) 3 2 STAY - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (Herald) 4 4 HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART - Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) 5 10 WONDERLAND BY NIGHT - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra (Decca) 6 6 MANY TEARS AGO - Connie Francis (MGM) 7 5 POETRY IN MOTION - Johnny Tillotson (Cadence) 8 11 NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Bonds (Legrand) 9 14 EXODUS - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists) 10 22 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW - The Shirelles (Scepter) 11 8 LONELY TEENAGER - Dion (Laurie) 12 12 SAILOR (Your Home Is The Sea) - Lolita (Kapp) 13 7 I?LL SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR YOU - Damita Jo (Mercury) 14 15 FOOLS RUSH IN (Where Angels Fear To Tread)/SOMEDAY YOU?LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU-Brook Benton (Mercury) 15 13 SWAY - Bobby Rydell (Cameo) 16 16 RUBY DUBY DU - Tobin Mathews & Co. (Chief) 17 20 PERFIDIA - The Ventures (Dolton) 18 24 BLUE TANGO - Bill Black?s Combo (Hi) 19 19 MY GIRL JOSEPHINE - Fats Domino (Imperial) 20 25 YOU?RE SIXTEEN - Johnny Burnette (Liberty) 21 18 OL? MAC DONALD - Frank Sinatra (Capitol) 22 35 CORINNA, CORINNA - Ray Peterson (Dunes) 23 23 DON?T GO TO STRANGERS - Etta Jones (Prestige) 24 ?? I GOTTA KNOW - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 25 34 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE - Ray Charles (Atlantic) 26 53 LAST DATE - Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor) 27 28 NORTH TO ALASKA - Johnny Horton (Columbia) 28 9 THE HUCKLEBUCK - Chubby Checker (Parkway) 29 17 ALONE AT LAST - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick) Note: All of these surveys for WMCA are off-air surveys.Many of the off-air surveys are missing.If anyone has the missing numbers or any of the missing off air surveys in 1960,please contact me.
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