Help from the radio experts?

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   Hi all, 

I thought of asking here because i know there's more than a few radio and chart experts who may be able to help...

A friend was listening to 60's on XM yesterday, and they were counting down the top 10 or whatever from this date (or i guess first weekend in March) for 1961. He said he heard an instrumental memory that was around #3 but he wasn't near his read-out to see what the song was...

If anyone has an actual Cash Box or Billboard chart from this time in '61 can you tell me what instrumentals might have been top 10 or top 5?  

I appreciate the help, all these Whitburn books, but i have no actual charts in order...

Thanks 

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MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Help from the radio experts? Posted: 02 March 2008 at 2:47pm
	Hi all, I thought of asking here because i know there's more than a few radio and chart experts who may be able to help... A friend was listening to 60's on XM yesterday, and they were counting down the top 10 or whatever from this date (or i guess first weekend in March) for 1961. He said he heard an instrumental memory that was around #3 but he wasn't near his read-out to see what the song was... If anyone has an actual Cash Box or Billboard chart from this time in '61 can you tell me what instrumentals might have been top 10 or top 5? I appreciate the help, all these Whitburn books, but i have no actual charts in order... Thanks

eric_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote eric_a Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:56pm
	My books are all in storage from my recent move, but early 1961 makes me guess it's either: -Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher (dramatic piano-heavy track) -Calcutta - Lawrence Welk (bouncy track with, I think, a harpischord lead) -Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert (I couldn't pick this out of a lineup, but I want to say there's a trombone in there)

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 60	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2008 at 4:26pm
	Yah Sure is active on the XM forums...hopefully, he'll chime in...

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:24pm
	Well, "Wheels" by the String-A-Longs was an instrumental that peaked at #3 in the 3/6/61 issue of Billboard. Maybe that's it.

Yah Shure Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 11 December 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yah Shure Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:44pm
	Brian wins the prize! "Wheels" was the #3 song. I'm assuming it was the hourly top six countdown that was heard, which features brief snippets of songs number six through two, then the #1 song played in its entirety. My favorite top six comes around for a two-week period every November. XM uses a sonovox voice to announce each of the chart positions. Song #3 from that period in 1961 has Brenda Lee asking, "Am I fool #1 or am I fool #2?" to which the sonovox answers with "number two!" Edited by Yah Shure

MMathews Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 18 August 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote MMathews Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 March 2008 at 3:50pm
	Thank you ALL for the assist! Ah, "Wheels" - always loved that one. I too immediately thought of the 3 that Eric mentioned above and i couldn't think of any others that charted that well for that time...went blank. I passed along the info to him he'll be thrilled. MM

AdvprosD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 12 June 2020 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote AdvprosD Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 November 2021 at 1:49pm
	Happy Thanksgiving everyone! "Wonderland By Night" appears to have another artist that may have charted as well. I was a mere lad of "1" at the time these two artists, Burt Kaempfert and Louis Prima had singles released that year. I have yet to consult the database, (Perhaps I actually should.) I only mentioned this because I ran across an old imported CD of instrumentals in 1961 which had both versions at the top of the track list. Bert and Louis, respectively. I had to back and forth these a couple times to actually decide they were not the same recording! Over the years, I've heard this song a zillion times and never knew they could have been interchanged so easily.
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