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Cash Box JANUARY 20, 196 Roulette’s Joey Dee, who’s been twisting up a nation-wide sales storm with his smash “Peppermint Twist” single, swings freely to the music pouring forth from the new 1962 Wurlitzer Model 2600 juke box which is being introduced to operators across the U.S. this week. The youngster’s single smash, Roulette reports, has already topped the million mark and his album “Doin’ The Twist At The Peppermint Lounge” is also one of the nation’s best selling LP’s. Roulette has just issued a new Dee LP, the sound track from the Paramount flick “Hey, Let’s Twist.” Joey is scheduled to make a European tour in March of this year. Out 1 Week .... Already a Breakout!!! ADAM WADE ITS GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK HOW ARE THINGS IN LOVERS LANE COED 565 Breaking Big In All Markets! FLYING BLUE ANGELS GEORGE JOHNNY & THE PILOTS COED 555 RECORDS' Gash Box Gash Box Vol. XXIII—Number 19 January 20, 1962 FOUNDED BY BILL GERSH Gash Box (Publication Office) 1721 Broadway New York 19, N. Y. (Phone: JUdson 6-2640) CABLE ADDRESS: CASHBOX, N. Y. JOE ORLECK, President and Publisher NORMAN ORLECK, VP and Managing Director GEORGE ALBERT, VP and Treasurer EDITORIAL—Music MARTY OSTROW, Editor-in-Chief IRA HOWARD, Editor IRV LICHTMAN, Associate Editor TED WILLIAMS, Statistical Editor MIKE MARTUCCI, Statistical Assistant POPSIE, Staff Photographer ADVERTISING BOB AUSTIN, National Director, Music JERRY SHIFRIN, N.Y.C. office, Music LEE BROOKS, Manager Chicago JACK DEVANEY, Manager Los Angeles MARTY TOOHEY, National—Coin Machine NEVILLE MARTEN, London, Eng. PAUL ACKET, The Hague, Holland While the Twist continues to in the country field, but long dor- MAL SONDOCK, Munich, Germany RON TUDOR, Heathmont, Victoria, Aust. dominate the music scene and win mant in the pop market, came VITTORIO de MICHELI, Milano, Italy laurels for having busi- big during SVEN G. WINQUIST, Stockholm, Sweden sparked the through the past few ROGER SELLAM, Paris, France ness when it needed it most, one months in the person of Mercury’s ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Mexico 7, D.F. DENIS PANTIS, Quebec, Canada group of important hit makers, in Leroy Van Dyke, whose “Walk On MIQUEL SMIRNOFF, Buenos Aires, Argentina its own quiet way, continues to pro- By” is still going strong. RICARDO RENATO & MACEDO, duce and of biggest Sao Paulo, Brazil more more our Another country boy who con- HIKARU SUGIURA, Tokyo, Japan hit records—“the beautiful people BRUNO DUTKOWSKI, Art Director tinues as a backbone for the entire of Nashville.” MANAGERS industry is Elvis. Both his singles MARTY TOOHEY, Coin Machine Dept. New names, new styles, new and albums continue to sell in astro- T. TORTOSA, Circulation sounds and specific titles frequently NEVILLE MARTEN, European Director nomical figures, “Blue Hawaii” the distract our attention from the area number one album in the nation. CHICAGO of country music, a field which con- LEE BROOKS Another big success story from 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. tinues to produce hits with amazing (All Phones: Financial 6-7272) the distaff side of the country vocal- consistency. During some periods, HOLLYWOOD ists is Sue Thompson’s. Currently JACK country music and artists with DEVANEY one of the nation’s strongest disk Erv Malec country music backgrounds seem 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal, sellers with her “Norman” smash, (Phone. HOllywood 6-2129) to run hotter than during others. Sue seems to be destined for a long, ENGLAND But you can almost count on the long run on the charts. NEVILLE MARTEN country field being Dorris Land represented 9a New Bond St. strongly every week of the year. Along with all of the above London, Wl, Eng. Tel: Hyde Park 2868 The biggest hero out of the coun- names are a host of others of coun- try origin who are riding the charts JENELUX: PAUL ACKET, Theresiastraat 81a, try area during recent months is, of The Hague, Holland, Tel. 070-722646 course, with hits, many of which may be the JERMANY: MAL SONDOCK, Amalienstrasse Jimmy Dean. After having 28, Munich, Germany, Tel: 220197 recorded for a number of years top tenners of the coming weeks: TALY, VITTORIO de MICHELI, Via Dell’Orso Elledge 4, Milan, Italy, Tel. 86 48 66 without any major success, the Co- Jimmy with “Funny How ICAN DINAVIA: SVEN G. WINQUIST, Kagge- Time Slips Away”; Johnny Tillot- holmsvagen 48, Stockholm-Enskede, Sweden. lumbia songster now is definitely Tel: 69-46-86 one of the hottest son—“Dreamy Eyes”; Patti Page FRANCE: ROGER SELLAM, 24 Rue de Lenin- names on the grad, Paris, France, Tel: Europe 6808 disk scene. His inventive “Big Bad (from Oklahoma) with “Go On lUSTRALIA: RON TUDOR, 8 Francis St., Heathmont, Victoria, Tel: 87-6677 John” million seller is completing Home”; Sheb Wooley— “That’s My IEXICO: ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Monterrey 81, Col. Pa”; the Everly Bros.—“Crying In Roma, Mexico 1. D.F. Tel: 12-10-00 10-10-01 a phenomenal run while both 1ANADA: DENIS PANTIS, 996 Deearie Blvd., The Rain” ; Floyd Cramer “Chatta- Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada “Dear Ivan” and “To A Sleeping lRGENTINA: MIGUEL SMIRNOFF. Rafaela Beauty” (two separate singles) nooga Choo Choo”; Patsy Cline— 8978, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 69-1688 1RAZIL: RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Rua jump by leaps and bounds on the “Crazy”; and Marty Robbins with Joao Ramalho 1324, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tel: 62-6188 charts. “I Told The Brook.” OKYO: HIKARU SUGIURA 2, Takada-Oimatau Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Little Brenda Lee continues to No rage or temporary fad will SUBSCRIPTION RATES $16 per year any- hit without a miss, this time with ever produce in the short span of its where in the U. S. A. Published weekly. Second- lass postage paid at Bristol, Conn. both sides of her Decca eewie success what the country dynamos Copyright © 1961 by The Cash Box Publishing “Break It To Me Gently” and “So give the industry year in and year o-; Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Iniversal Copyright Convention. Deep.” Another talent, successful out. 1 2 7 Cash Box TOP 100 BEST SELLING TUNES ON RECORDS COMPILED BY CASH BOX FROM LEADING RETAIL OUTLETS—JANUARY 20, 1962 Position T/13 1/6 Position 1/13 1/6 Position 1/13 1/6 1 THE TWIST 32—SMALL SAD SAM 67—JUST GOT TO KNOW CHUBBY CHECKER-Parkway-81 PHIL McLEAN-Versa tile-1 07 25 20 JIMMY McCRACKLIN-Art-Tone-825 71 80 ERNIE FREEMAN-1 mperial-5793 BOB KAYLI-Tamla-54051 HANK BALLARD & MIDNIGHTERS-King-5171 68—CRAZY WADE-Operators-2003 33-—GYPSY BILLY WOMAN PATSY CLINE-Decca-31317 IMPRESSIONS-ABC-10241 29 26 64 2 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT 69—1 COULD HAVE TOKENS-RCA-7954 L-SHE'S everything LOVED ERNIE WILKINS- Riverside-4508 RAL DONNER-Gone-5121 47 57 YOU SO WELL RAY PETERSON-Dunes-2009 70 78 .THE PEPPERMINT TWIST 35-— 1 DON'T KNOW WHY LINDA SCOTT-Canadian-American-129 24 15 JOEY DEE & STARLITERS-Roulette-4401 70—LET'S GO TRIPPIN' 36-—ROCK-A-HULA BABY DICK DALE-Deltone-501 75 81 .1 MILT ROGERS-Dot-1 6279 KNOW ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA-7968 37 30 BARBARA GEORGE-A.F.O.-302 10 L-POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES I'M BLUE (GONG-GONG SONG) CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE FRANK SINATRA-Reprise-20,040 48 54 IKETTES-Atco-6212 82 93 ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA-7968 KEELY SMITH-Dot-16298 38-—TWIST-H ER HAPPY JOSE FOUR ESQUIRES-Terrace-7502 BILL BLACK'S COMBO-Hi-2042 44 49 JACK ROSS-Dot-16302 84 99 DAVE APPELL-Cameo-207 NORMAN L-BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY JACK COLLI ER-Moonglow-207 SUE THOMPSON-Hickory-1 159 21 28 BRENDA LEE-Decca-31348 65 40- TO A SLEEPING BEAUTY .A LITTLE BITTY TEAR —DO-RE-MI JIMMY DEAN-Columbia-42282 LEE DORSEY-Fury-1056 45 60 BURL IVES-Decca-41330 12 21 WANDA JACKSON -Capitol-4681 41 —FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY 74—SOOTHE ME JOEY BROOKS-Columbia-42251 SIMS TWINS-Sar-1 17 66 63 CROSBY BROS. -Dot-1 6300 JIMMY ELLEDGE-RCA-7946 35 33 BILLY WALKER-Columbia-42050 RAY SAND ERS-Liberty-55267 CRYING IN THE RAIN THE WANDERER 42- LET'S TWIST AGAIN EVERLY BROTHERS-Warner Bros.-5250 CHUBBY CHECKER- Parkway-824 31 32 DION-Laurie-31 15 20 27 43- TIL 76—GYPSY ROVER UNCHAIN MY HEART HIGHWAYMEN-United Artists-370 73 73 ANGELS-Caprice-107 28 17 RAY CHARLES-ABC-10266 13 14 44- BIG BAD JOHN -WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT BABY IT'S YOU JIMMY DEAN-Columbia-42175 34 25 GOODBYE SHI RELLES-Scepter-l 227 15 23 MIRACLES-Tamla-54053 100 — 45- -JAMBALAYA 11 - .RUN TO HIM FATS DOMINO-lmperial-5796 38 39 -SURFER'S STOMP BOBBY VEE-Liberty-55388 MAR-KETS-Liberty-55401 88 — 46- -DREAMY EYES PITY .TOWN WITHOUT 49—JOHNNY TILLOTSON-Cadence-1409 49 53 79—IMAGINATION GENE PITNEY-Musicor-1009 18 24 QUOTATIONS-Verve-10245 85 — 47- -MARIA THE IN ARMS 50— 13 WHEN BOY YOUR ROGER WILLIAMS-Kapp-437 41 40 86—-CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO CONNIE FRANCIS-MGM-13051 * JOHNNY MATHIS-Columbia-41684 FLOYD CRAMER-RCA Victor-7978 — * CLEBANOFF-Mercury-71905 87— .WALK ON BY PETER NERO-RCA-7956 14 SALEMS-Epic-9480 81—THERE'LL BE NO NEXT TIME LEROY VAN DYK E-Mercury-71 834 PEPE LA STARZA-Everest-1 9423 JACKIE WILSON-Brunswick-55221 87 DAVID WHITFIELD -London-9506 .DEAR LADY TWIST 82—BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, BABY GARY U.S. BONDS-Legrand-1015 30 46 48—TONIGHT RAY CHARLES-ABC-10266 90 100 54— FERRANTE & TEICHER-United Artists-372 36 31 16- .PLEASE MR.