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Pos. Last Hank Thompson is now doing a five follow Week Pos. Last Week hour a week radio show which he is producing with his manager Jim Hal- Rag SHE THINKS I STILL CARE 3 OC THERE'S ALWAYS ONE 1 (United Artists 424) 29 sey in cooperation with Jim Ameche other rnmV Roy Drusky (Decca 31366) Productions. The show is syndicated agend

and sold through the facilities of Jim week ; CHARLIE'S Ameche. The program features, in Del r( SHOES 1 97 ADIOS AMIGO 35 2 Billy Walker (Columbia 422$7) •at (RCA Victor 8019) addition to music by Hank and his new I Brazos Valley Boys, the top country in Ne' disks of the day plus interviews by delphi P.T, 109 7 7Q NOBODY'S FOOL BUT 3 Jimmy Dean (Columbia 42338) YOURS 19 Buck Owens (Capitol 4679)

SHE'S GOT YOU 2 4 Patsy Cline (Decca 31354) 90 A WOUND TIME CAN'T ERASE Stonewall Jacksan (Columbia 42229) GET A LITTLE DIRT ON 5 YOUR HANDS 6 Bill Anderson (Decca 31358) on TEARS BROKE OUT ON ME 21 wU Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 7984)

IF A WOMAN ANSWERS 4 6 Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71926) 01 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER w* FLOWS 38 Jimmy Davis (Decca 31368) CURLEY GOLD BEST DRESSED BEGGAR 7 (IN TOWN) 12 the artists with top personalities in Johi Carl Smith (Columbia 42349) 09 JUST AIN'T 27 the business. The show will be taped new 1 wM Lester Flott & Earl Scruggs by Hank from various locations over with ( (Columbia 55756) the country as he makes personal ap- son. B MISERY LOVES COMPANY 5 pearance tours. Over twenty stations and hj Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 7967) 8 are scheduled to air the program and turn ( 00 BAD NEWS GETS AROUND 30 the first two weeks will feature inter- W«l Warren Smith (Liberty 55409) views with Homer and Jethro and Har TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN 14 Marty Robbins. A different artist and 9 Wilburn Bros. (Decca 31363) of W. album will be spotlighted on each shire 94 (THE LEGEND OF) THE day’s show. count’r BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHT 33 tion 1 MY NAME IS MUD 9 Sonny James (RCA Victor 7998) 10 James O'Cwynn (Mercury 71935) The Judy Lynn stage stroye show featuring Kenny Graham, Jesse and tf Cuno and Joel Price is currently fea- porary 91; I CAN MEND YOUR tured at the Golden Nugget in Las BIG SHOES 10 BROKEN HEART 46 person 11 Ray Price (Columbia 42310) Don Gibson (RCA Victor 8017) Vegas, Nevada. the ne

Country spinner and promoter Curl 9e THE BIG BATTLE CHINA DOLL 16 32 Clyde Chesser of KOKE-Austin re- Twist( UU Johnny Cash (Columbia 42301) 12 George Hamilton IV (RCA Victor 8001) ports that his “CC Jubilee” monthly dates shows are nearing a full year of pre- and tb sentation and each has played to I DONE IT 47 at the 97 capacity crowds in the new Austin THREE DAYS 8 W# Wynn Stewart (Challenge 9142) in Pal 13 (Capitol 4696) municipal auditorium. . . . Cousin Minnie Pearl and drew Lari 90 IF I CRIED EVERY TIME capacity crowds at a recent Chesser Artist YOU TAKE THE TABLE (AND YOU HURT ME 43 show. This also marked a “first” for 14 I'LL TAKE THE CHAIRS) 15 Wanda Jackson (Capitol 4723) Minnie and Slim as this was their Hawki Claude Gray (Mercury 71936) first package show they had ever been from ( pie of billed together on and the first time 9Q TAKE TIME they had ever worked together with Glover WW (Decca 31380) Massai I'VE JUST DESTROYED THE the exception of the Opry itself. Roy 15 WORLD (I'M LIVING IN) 17 Drusky, Roger Miller, Ray Frushay Johnni Ray Price (Columbia 42310) Phillip and Sonny Burns were also on the 411 WALTZ OF THE ANGELS — Boys bill. . . . Chesser will hold his an- *10 George Jones & Margie Singleton Payne (Mercury niversary show on June 18th com- OLD RIVERS 20 71955) pleting a full year of country music 16 Walter Brennan (Liberty 55436) package shows being presented each The 41 SMALL TOWN GIRL 40 month in Austin. KOKE radio has dies tb Bob Gallion (Hickory 1164) HONKY TONK MAN 18 been a full time country outlet since Cash, 17 (Columbia 42302) they introduced the format last June slew o 47 LITTLE BITTY HEART 45 with an overnite change from top fornia. *mme Claude King (Columbia 42352) forty. Garder LOVE CAN'T WAIT 22 Fairgr 18 Marty Robbins (Columbia 42375) Jockeys needing copies of Jim and Califoi ACHING, BREAKING HEART 34 Jesse's new Enic release, “My Empty Napa, M George Jones (Mercury 71910) Arms” b/w “Stormy Horizons” may write to Jim and Jesse. Box 425, FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHIN' 24 Geor Prattville, Alabama on their letter- 19 Burl Ives (Decca 31371) UNLOVED, ders w 44 UNWANTED 36 heads for samples. (Decca 31349) San D Both Roy Clark recently took his guitar crowds YOU TAKE THE FUTURE 23 c OF ALL THE THINGS and “bag of gags” into the Shangri- 20 Hank Snow Victor 4 sat in (RCA 8009) *sU Jimmy Newman (Decca 31374) La cluh in Liberal, Presently, Kansas. Hamilt the performer is working the Lasso Wayne club in Lubbock, Texas. At the end Wood LAUGHIN' THE BLUES 25 4(R CRAZY WILD DESIRE of the month Roy will play the Golden *S83 Webb Pierce (Decca nounce 21 Sheb Wooley (MGM 13065) 31380) Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. mat, F special Don Williams, deejav on WEED- 47 WELCOME HOME AGAIN 4 g able to *# Al Brumley (Capitol Rocky Mount, North Carolina, sends 31 4705) on a s 22 Claude King (Columbia 42352) along word that he recently attended one of the most thrilling country 40 TWO VOICES, TWO events in his life. The spinner says Jimn SHADOWS, that the Flatt and Scruggs concert at Mount! VALLEY 28 TWO OF TEARS the University of North Carolina re- at tbe Slim Whitman (Imperial 5821) HEARTACHES 49 23 Jean Shepard (Capitol 4719) ceived the kind of enthusiastic re- on Ma; sponse from the 1400 students in at- first a] tendance that is usually reserved for The pa SOMEBODY SAVE ME 26 TOUCH ME — top performers. At the end of the son an Nelson (Liberty 24 Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4721) Willie 55439) show the students wouldn’t let the haven’t artists off the stage. The bovs had to new D do three curtain calls and could have Leader wrii ALLA MY LOVE 1 cn SEVEN SEAS FROM YOU 44 done more except for the fact that by 25 Webb Pierce (Decca 31347) 4IU Cowboy Copas (Starday 585) they had to be in Chattanooga the Euclid