Monday, March 16, 196h Number Forty Seven
HIT OF THE WEEK: TWIST AND SHOUT - Beatles (Tollie)This is the t itle song of oneof their best English and Canadian album sellers,soit’s of no s urprise to anyone that this looks like their next number one record. Flip side is the top request for Hot Scott-WGIV-Charlotte, NC. CORRESPONDENTS POPUIAR PICK: YOU LIED TO YOUR DADDY/l T'S ALL RIGHT - Tams (ABC) The most widely chosen of the newer releases. Little agreement sofar as to which sideis ’the* side. Both are good, so take your pick. SURPRISE OF THE WEEK; WHITE ON WHITE - Danny William s (UA) I liked this from the start f and felt it would have little trouble in establishing itself as a turntable hit. It’s beyond that stage now.A top five request for Dick Starr-WF UN, Dick Wilson-WHOO and Mel Mixon-WBYG. Sales inFlorida and Georgia are picking up everyday. HOT ACTION RECORD: CROOKED LITTLE MAN - Serendipity Sin gers (Phillips)Requests and/or sales activity building well in Alabama, Florida, Washington, DC , Texas, West Virginia, Louisiana, and the Carolines. SMS CHOICE OF THE WEEK: CAN'T BUY ME LOVE/YOU CAN'T DO TH AT - Beatles (Capitol)You should have this by the time you read this issue.I like 'CAN'TB UY ME LOVE',but both are certain to achieve hit status.The label's tight security f ailed as several Stations; WFUN, WMCA,WLS and WQXI were able tointroduce thismuch awaited record as an "exclusive". SMS ALBUM OF THE WEEK: SHUT DOWN VOLUME 2 - Beach Boys (Capitol) Loaded with good numbers you'll want to expose, just as soon as their lates t single coolsoff in your area. BEST:"KeepAn Eye On Summer." GOOD:"In The Parkin' Lot." SOUTHERN TOP TWENTY 1. 1) IWANT/l SAW-Beatles (Cap") ITT B) HI HEEL SNEAKERS-Tommy Tucker (Che) 2. 2) SHE LOVES YOU-Beatles (Swa) 12. 20) MY HEART BELONGS-Bobby Vinton (Epi) 3. 13) I LOVE YOU M0RE-A1 Martino (Cap) k . 5.6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 5) ALL MY/TILL-Beatles (Cap-LP) 13- -) THINK/WAITING GAME-Brenda Lee (Dec) REQUESTS AND/OR lh.SALES ACTIVITY -) TWIST AND SHOUT-Beatles (Tol) 12) PUPPY LOVE-Barbara Lewis (Atl) FUNNY LITTLE4) IT HURTS/KISSIN-Elvis CLOWN-Bobby Goldsboro Presley(RCA) (tlA) 15.HEY DOLLY-Louis-) SHOOP SHOOPArmstrong SONG-Betty (Kap) Everett (VJ) YOUNG &3) IN DAWN-4LOVE-Chris Seasons Crosby (Phi) (MGM) 16.DEAD MAN'S16) UNDERSTAND CURVE/NEW YOUR GIRL-Jan MAN-Johnny & Dean Cash(Col)(Lib) LOCK HOMEWARD7) PLEASE/FRCM ANGEL-Monarchs ME-Beatles (SS7) (VJ) HEY 17. BOBBA/SPHEADl4) LONG GONE-Hank JOY-Chubby Williams Checker (MGM) (Par) SUSPICION-Terry9) FUN FUN Stafford FUN-Beach (Cru) Boys (cap) 18.NEEDLESI AND PINS-Searchers (Kap) 10) CALIFORNIA SUN-Rivieras (Riv) GLAD ALL OVER-Dave Clark Five (Epi) I CAN'T STAND IT-Soul Sisters (Sue) 6) NAVY BLUE-Diane Renay (Twe) 19. -) THE WAY YOU DO-Temptations (Gor) BEETHOVEN/POSIMAN-Beatles11) JAVA-Al Hirt (RCA) (Cap) 20.WE LOVE YOU BEATLES-Carefrees (Lon) WONDERFUL ONE-Marvin Gaye (Tam) BABY/MY HEART-Ray Charles(ABC) COME TO ME-Otis Redding (Vol) WORRIED GUY-Johnny Tillotson (M£24) NADINE-Chuck Berry (Che) FOEEVER-Pete Drake (Sma) STARDUST-Stevens1 & Tempo (Ate) AIN'T GONNA TELL-Jimmy Gilmer (Dot)
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28 PEACHTREE AVENUE, N. E. ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA TELEPHONE 233-1660 Monday, March 16, 1964 - 2- Number Forty Seven DIHE ROUND-UP DICK LAWRENCE WFLA TAMPA FLORIDA JERRY DEAN WMES ASHBURN GEORGIA Beethoven/Postman-Beatles (Cap) PICKS New Girl-Jan & Dean (Lib) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) SALES Dawn-4 Seasons (Phi) All Beatles (Cap-Swa- VJ) CALLS Puppy Love-Barbara Lewis (Atl) Crooked. Man-Serendipity Singers (Phi) COMER Crying For Laura-Dale Ward (Dot) TOM WALKER WKIX RALEIGH NC PAT HUGHES WQXI ATLANTA GEORGIA WeLove You Beatles-Carefrees (Lon) PICKS Shenandoah-Goldebriars (Epi) I Saw/l Want To Hold-Beatles (Cap) SALES All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) CALLS All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) If You Can’t Say-David. Box (joe) COMER Suspicion-Terry Stafford (Cru) DEAN GRIFFITH WPGC WASHINGTON DC RANDY SCOTT WCAW CHARLESTON W VA Shangri La-Robert Maxwell (Dec) PICKS Sha La La-Shirelles (See) I Want To Hold/l Saw-Beatles (Cap) SALES I Want To Hold-Beatles (Cap) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-Vj) CALLS Shoop Shoop Song-Betty Everett (VJ) Dead. Man’s Curve-Jan & Dean (Lib) COMER Hello Dolly-Louis Armstrong (Kap) BILLY GENE WAUG AUGUSTA GEORGIA BOB BAKER WNOX KNOXVILLE TENN Baby Baby Baby-King & Byrd (Sma) PICKS You Lied-Tams (ABC) Come To Me-Otis Redding (Voi) SALES All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) Ain't Nothing-Bobby Bland (Duk) CALLS All Beatles (Cap-Swa-Vj) Nadine-Chuck Berry (Che) COMER Beatle Flying Saucer-Ed Solomon (Dia) BOB WHITE KILT HOUSTON TEXAS RON BOWEN WYDE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA Mexican Drummer Man-Herb Alpert (A&M) PICKS Baby Baby Baby-King & Byrd ^Sma) She Loves You-Beatles (Swa) SALES Hi Heel Sneakers-Tommy Tucker (Che) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) CALLS Know A Secret-Beatles (VJ-LP) If You Can't Say-David Box (Joe) COMER I'll Find You-Valerie & Nick (Glo) LARRY LEE WABB MOBILE ALABAMA ED RIPLEY WMBR JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Hello Walls-Little Esther (Atl) PICKS It's All Right-Tams (ABC) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) SALES I Saw/l Want To Hold-Beatles (Cap) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) CALLS Twist And Shout-Beatles (Tol) Crooked Man-Serendipity Singers (Phi) COMER Wish Someone Would-Irma Thomas (imp) HOT SCOTT WGIV CHARLOTTE NC DAVE LOYD WJHO OPELIKA ALABAMA Big Man's World-4 Seasons (Phi) PICKS How Do You Do It-Gerry & Pacemakers(Lau) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-MGM-VJ) SALES Come To Me-Otis Redding (Vol) There's A Place-Beatles (Tol) CALLS Someone Special-Bob Collins (Tun) You Lied-Tams (ABC) COMER If You Can't Say-David Box (Joe) DICK STARR WFUN MIAMI FLORIDA JERRY KUNKEL KBOX DALLAS TEXAS I'm So Proud-Impressions (ABC) PICKS Think/Waiting Game-Brenda Lee (Dec) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) SALES All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) CALLS All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) We Love You Beatles-Carefrees (Lon) COMER If You Can't Say-David Box (joe) JIM MACK WISE ASHEVILLE NC DICK WILSON WHOP ORLANDO FLORIDA Look Homeward Angel-Monarchs (SS7) PICKS Baby Baby Baby-King & Byrd (Smaj Faith-Wallace Brothers (Roy) SALES She Loves You-Beatles (Swa) Look Homeward Angel-Monarchs (SS7) CALIS She Loves You-Beatles (Swa) Hello Dolly-Louis Armstrong (Kap) COMER Needles And Pins-Searchers (Kap) LARRY HART KOTN PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS LARRY PATE WAPX MONTGOMERY ALA Dead Man's Curve-Jan & Dean (Lib) PICKS Leiter To The" Beatles-4 Preps (Cap) She Loves You-Beatles (Swa) SALES Hi Heel Sneakers-Tommy Tucker (Che) All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) CALLS Hi Heel Sneakers-Tommy Tucker (ehe) Wonderful One-Marvin Gaye (Tam) COMER If You Can't Say-David Box (joe) JOHNNY BEE WACL WAYCROSS GEORGIA BILL SCOTT KEEL SHREVEPORT LA I'm On Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis (Bma) PICKS Beethoven-Beatles (Cap) Hoochie Coochie Man-Dion (Col) SALES Twist And Shout-Beatles (Tol) Come To Me-Otis Redding (Voi) CALIS Twist And Shout-Beatles (Tol) Lonesome-Claude Gray (Mer) COMER Hey Bobba Needle-Chubby Checker (Par) DICK REUS WDXY SUMTER SC GLEN POWERS WMOC CHATTANOOGA TENN Sweets For My Sweet-Searchers (Mer) PICKS 54321-Manfred Mann (Pre) She Loves You-Beatles (Swa) SALES All Beatles (Cap-Swa-Vj) All My Loving-Beatles (Cap-LP) CALLS All Beatles (Cap-Swa-VJ) Nadine-Chuck Berry (Che) COMER That's When It Hurts-Ben E King (Ate) Monday, March 16, 1964 -3- Number Forty Seven REVIEW AND COMMENT BIG MAN’S WORLD - 4 Seasons (Philips') Word is out that this is their next single release. Hot Scott’s pick at WGIV. Some requests at WQXI-Atlanta. The #6 request for Bob Reich- WEKR-Fayetteville, Tenn. I ’M SO PROUD - Impressions (ABC) Ballad sound by the group for a needed change of pace. May take somewhat longer to establish than their last two, but could be even bigger than their last one. Dick Starr-WFUN likes it. KISS ME SAILOR - Diane Renay (Twentieth Fox) Strong follow-up to her present smash, which is still racking up sales and requests. I ’LL FIND YOU - Valerie & Nick (Glover) Ron Bowen-WYDE-Birmingham gets credit for finding this goodie, which is gathering early sales momentum in his market. THAT’S THE WAY BOYS ARE - Lesley Gore (Mercury) She hasn’t missed yet, and it’s a safe bet this one like her others will be top twenty. Good recordl IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE - David Box (joed) Just short of hitting page one. If there is one side I can tip you on that is on the brink of becoming a hit, then this one gets the touch of the baton. Activity in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina. LONELY AVENUE - Crickets (Liberty) Number one in Amarillo, Texas flashes Tom Thacker- KIXZ. Tom feels this one will spread for the group. (They usually sell well in his area of Texas and New Mexico.) VANISHING POINT - Marketts (WB) Great second shot by this group. Not a weak record in the least. Could be another top twenty hit for them. LOVE IS MAGIC - Kirby St. Romain (inette) Could be! Sounds a lot like Dick and Dee Dee. Worth experimenting with....try it and pass along the word. SHA LA LA/HIS LIPS GET IN THE WAY - Shirelles (Scepter) Split play with no definite tread showing up one way or the other. WATCH OVER HER - Wade Flemons (Vj) Still has a long way to go to prove itself as a seller, but it jumps from #26 to #10 for Ron Fuller-WLAY-Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Requests at WFOM-Marietta. Confirms reports of earlier activity in Tennesse and Alabama. Hard to figure this one out. LET THEM TALK - Mitty Collier (Chess) Getting hotter. Breaking very big in Georgia and Alabama. #1 for Burke Johnson-WAOK-Atlanta. THE REATT.E FLYING SAUCER - Ed Solomon (Diamond) The biggest for Dean Griffith-WPGC- Washington and Bob Baker-WNOX-Knoxville. THAT'S WHEN IT HURTS - Ben E King (Atco) Action in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. You should be playing this one. BLUE DIAMOND - Gene Summers (Capri) #3 at KILT-Houston. Bob White says it has knocked two Beatle records out of the top ten and will be #1 by next week. WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE - Irma Thomas (imperial) Hit in Jacksonville, Mobile and New Orleans. SHANGRI LA - Robert Maxwell (Decca) Big West Coast record that gets its first pick in these parts by Dean Griffith-WPGC. I strongly suggest it as top fare for balanced programming. Give it time, and it’ll make it in Dixie too. AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO- Bobby Bland (Duke) This is shaping up to be his best seller in over a year. And only lack of pop exposure is keeping it from becoming a giant. Top twenty seller in Atlanta reports Pat Hughes-WQXI. BABY BABY BABY - Bobby Byrd & Anna King (Smash) Only the Tams newie was picked more than this one. Exciting side that should not be overlooked. I CAN'T STAND IT - Soul Sisters (Sue) It's been a top ten record in Atlanta since the first of the year, and it's now breaking in several other areas. Both pop and R & B. I'M ON FIRE - Jerry Lee Lewis (Smash) Being well received. Deserves the best future of any release he's had in several years. HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN - Dion (Columbia) Lost in the Beatle shuffle. May make a comeback. Uncertain just now. TET.T. IT TO THE MOUNTAIN - Peter Paul & Mary (WB) Off to a slow start. #24 at WFUN-Miami. It's a good side and has a good chance of eventually breaking through. CASTLES IN THE SAND - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) I keep telling you...it’s a hit if you play it. Tailored for the Southern audience, you're passing up a good bet if you miss it. STAND BY ME - Cassius Clay (Columbia) Off and running. Looks like a top chart item that is getting heavy play and selling fairly well at the start. *
Monday, March 16, 1964 -4- Number Forty Seven NEWS AND NOTES Jack Kane-WLCY-St. Pete-Tampa passes along the station’s lineup: 6-9 AM Don Ovens, 9-Noon Chris Chriswell, Noon-3 Johnny Dart, 3-5:30 Roy Nilson, 5:30-9 Jack Kane and Midnight-6 Lucky Pierre. WABB-Mobile jocks have a basketball team and have played six games against the local high school coaches, with a .500 record. Proceeds go to the individual schools. Gene Kent-KEEL-Shreveport has started a ’Beatle Boosters Club’ offering membership cards and free photos of the group. Promotion has pulled the biggest mail pull in the station’s history. Jerry Kunkel departs KBQX-Dallas and heads East. Bob Massey Joins WISE-Asheville, NC as assistant PD and takes over the morning show. Newest addition to the SMS is Burke Johnson-WAOK-Atlanta. ALBUM PROGRAMMING
ALLAN IN WONDERLAND - Allan Sherman (WB) Packed with fun. Hits the mark his current single misses. BEST: "Skin". (But, listen carefully to the lyric, before you air it.) GOOD; "Green Stamps." THUNDER ROAD - Super Stocks (Capitol) Another great car album from the label that is far in front with this type of product. BEST: "Draggin’ Deuce." GOOD: "Thunder Road." FAIR: "Ballad Of Bonneville." TRINI LOPEZ ON THE MOVE (Reprise) Maintains the same mood of his first two albums. It is equal to them. One or two cuts sound about as good as "If I Had A Hammer." Listen to this then. BEST: "Bye Bye Love." GOOD: "What Have I Got Of My Own." AIN’T THAT GOOD NEWS - Sam Cooke (RCA) His current single is a strong adult record seller. You can find something hot in this one to play for his many younger fans. BEST: "Good Times". GOOD: "A Change Is Gonna Come."
See previous issues for BEST, GOOD and FAIR selections:
PAIN IN MY HEART-Otis Redding (Vol) EEATLEMANIA-Beatles (Cap-Can) NAVY BLUE-Diane Renay (Twe) SWEET AND SOUR TEARS-Ray Charles (ABC) MR. DYNAMITE-James Brown (Kin) HEY LITTLE COBRA-Rip Chords (Col) ORIGINAL PENETRATION-Pyramids (Bes) GREAT SOUL TUNES-Barbara Lewis (Atl) DAWN-4 Seasons (Phi) BEST OF MAJOR LANCE (Oke) MEET THE BEATLES (Cap) WITH A SONG-Stevie Wonder (Tam) INTRODUCING THE BEATLES (Vj) WORLD OF ANDY WILLIAMS (Col) APOLLO SATURDAY NIGHT (Ate) I REMEMBER BUDDY HOLLY (Lib)
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