May 15, 1961

Hey you all, Jason Miller here and I would like to say hello to everybody out there.  Our very first show was a great success.  We would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to the fine folks at CruisinOldiesRadio.com for picking up the show.  This week we featured the top 40 songs from May 15, 1961.  If you missed any portion of the show you can listen to it by downloading it at the bottom of the sheet.  But first here is the top 40 list for this weeks show.

 1    RUNAWAY - Del Shannon (Big Top)

 2    MOTHER-IN-LAW - Ernie K-Doe (Minit)

 3    A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY - Gene McDaniels (Liberty)

 4    I'VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR - Linda Scott (Canadian American)

 5    DADDY'S HOME - Shep and the Limelites (Hull)

 6    YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME - Brenda Lee (Decca)

 7    BLUE MOON - The Marcels (Colpix)

 8    TRAVELIN' MAN  - Ricky Nelson (Imperial)

 9    MAMA SAID  - The Shirelles (Scepter)

10   TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER - Adam Wade (Coed)

11    BREAKIN' IN A BRAND NEW BROKEN HEART - Connie Francis (MGM)

12    PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE - Steve Lawrence (United Artists)

13    ONE MINT JULIP - Ray Charles (Impulse)

14    FLAMING STAR (From the "Elvis By Request" EP)  - Elvis Presley (RCA)

15    HELLO MARY LOU - Ricky Nelson (Imperial)

16    RUNNING SCARED - Roy Orbison (Monument)

17    ON THE REBOUND - Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor)

18    TONIGHT I FELL IN LOVE - The Tokens (Warwick)

19    BONANZA - Al Caiola and His Orchestra (United Aritsts)

20    JUST FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE - The McGuire Sisters (Coral)

21    BUT I DO  - Clarence (Frogman) Henry (Argo)

22    TRAGEDY - The Fleetwoods (Dolton)

23    LITTLE DEVIL - Neil Sedaka (RCA)

24    GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND - Ral Donner and the Starfires (Gone)

25    FUNNY - Maxine Brown (Nomar)

26    HELLO WALLS - Faron Young (Capitol)

27    (Dance the) MESS AROUND - Chubby Checker (Parkway)

28    BUMBLE BOOGIE - B. Bumble and the Stingers (Rendezvous)

29    BABY BLUE - The Echoes (Seg-way)

30    TONIGHT MY LOVE, TONIGHT - Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)

31    THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC - Bobby Rydell (Cameo)

32    SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - The Drifters (Atlantic)

33    THE CONTINENTAL WALK - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (King)

34    WHAT'D I SAY - Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun)

35    LULLABYE OF LOVE - Frank Gari

36    TRIANGLE - Janie Grant (Caprice)

37    ASIA MINOR - Kokomo (Felsted)

38    I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE - The Chimes (Tag)

39    APACHE - Jorge Ingmann and His Guitar (Atco)

40    SAVED - LaVern Baker (Atlantic)-6 (37)

Join us next week and we'll countdown the 40 biggest hits from May 24, 1969.  Until then remember if you give a man a fish, he'll have food for a day, but teach him to fish and he'll have food for a lifetime.

Jason Miller

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