VOLUME XXII-NUMBER 41 JUNE 24, 1961 ^l:rk;V;r; i- ‘ <!v Johnn> > an artist fh>k>. La>t week. Canadian dehuted with his first single •’ • Davie counlin- • . "Down Home" inrl "f low \X , I . i r strihntion '' for the Belmonts’ hit ^Tell Me Why" under the Sahrina hanner. ol manlr.-' (Title song from the Carl Foreman Production “The Guns of Navarone”—a Columbia Pictures Release) LANDA RECORD #674 Advance reports indicate this picture and song to be Academy Award Nominees. UNDA RECORDS nationally distributed by 1330 GIRARD AVE PHILADELPHIA, PA (LOcust 7-6128) Th@ €cisli 3€»k The CashBex Vol. XXII—Number 41 June 24, 1961 FOUNDED BY BILL GERSH The Cash 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 ALLEN BERZOFSKY, Editorial Assistant TED WILLIAMS, Statistical Editor MIKE MARTUCCI, Statistical Assistant POPSIE. Staff Photographer ADVERTISING NORMAN ORLECK, Int’l & U.S.A. Director BOB AUSTIN—Manager N.Y.C. office. Music JERRY SHIFRIN, N.Y.C. office. Music LEE BROOKS, Manager Chicago JACK DEVANEY, Manager Los Angeles MARTY TOOHEY, National—Coin Slachine NEVILLE MARTEN, London, Eng. PAUL ACKET, The Hague, Holland MAL SONDOCK, Munich, Gennan-v RON TUDOR, Heathmont, Victoria, Aust. VITTORIO de MICHEU, Milano, Italy SVEN G. WINQUIST, Stockholm, Sweden ROGER SELLAM, Paris, France ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Mexico 7, D.F. DENIS PANTIS, Quebec, Canada This week Summer bows in. It were three novelties that kept MIGUEL SMIRNOFF, Buenos Aires, Argentina wasn’t too long ago that the record things hoppin’. And back in 1957 RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil business looked upon Summer’s it was Billy Williams’ “I’m Gonna HIKARU SUGIURA, Tokyo. Japsm BRUNO DUTKOWSKI. Art Directo.- debut as the beginning of the slow- Sit Right Down And Write Myself A MANAGERS MARTY TOOHEY, Coin Machine Dept est period in the record industry’s Letter,” the Everly Brothers’ first T. TORTOSA, Circulation NEVILLE MARTEN, European Director annual business cycle. But in recent smash “Bye Bye Love” and Deb- CHICAGO years the has been a swing- bie Reynolds’ LEE BROOKS Summer summer romancer 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. is (All Phones: Financial 6-7272) ing record season and there no “Tammy” which contributed to a HOLLYWOOD reason why it shouldn’t be that way torrid disk summer. JACK DEVANEY Erv Malec this Summer. This vear’s zanv noveltv, if there 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. (Phone. Hollywood 5-2129) All we need to start the ball roll- is to be one, has yet to rear its head. ENGLAND ing is a hot single. Last year we had But there are a host of hot singles NEVILLE MARTEN Dorris Land a bumper crop of solid Summer riding strongly that will keep the 9a New Bond St. London, Wl, EIng. in “It’s into well Tel: Hyde Park 2868 smashes Now Or Never,” by teeners coming the shops PAUL ACKET, Theresiastraat 81a, BENELUX: Presley, “Twist,” “Itsy hits include “Quar- The Hague, Holland, Tel. 070-722646 Chubby’s into July. Such GERMANY ; MAL SONDOCK, AmaJienstrasse 28, Munich, Germany, Tel: 220197 Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka- ter To Three,” “Travelin’ Man,” ITALY, VITTORIO de MICHELI, Via Dell’Orso 4, Milan, Italy, Tel. 86 43 66 dot Bikini” by Brian Hyland and “Hello Mary Lou,” “Moody Riv- SCANDINAVIA: SVEN G. WINQUIST, Kagge- holmsvagen 48, Stockholm-Enskede, Sweden, “Alley Oop.” All these perfectly er,” “Raindrops,” “The Boll Wee- Tel: 59-46-85 FRANCE: ROGER SELLAM, 24 Rue de Lenin- spaced hits kept the youngsters run- vil “Runiiin’ Scared” and grad, Paris, PYance, Tel: Europe 5308 Song,” AUSTRALIA: RON TUDOR, 8 Francis St, Heathmont, Victoria, Tel: 87-^677 ning into the stores from early in “Stand By Me” among a host of MEXICO: ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Monterrey 31, Col. Roma, Mexico 7, D.F. Tel: 12-10-00 10-10-01 the hot weather period right others. CANADA: DENIS PANTIS, 995 Decarie Blvd., Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada through to the conclusion. In 1959 If the breaks are with us and the ARGENTINA: MIGUEL SMIRNOFF, Rafaela 3978, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 69-1638 BRAZIL: RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Rua “Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny industry follow s-up these current Joao Ramalho 1324, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tel: 62-6188 Horton was the king sized smash smashes with a few more fast break- TOKYO: HIKARU SUGIURA 2, Takada-Oimatsu Bunkyo-Ku. Tokyo, Japan that turned the trick. In 1958 “Pur- ing singles, we could have a solid SUBSCRIPTION RATES $15 per year any- where in the U. S. A. Published weekly. Second- ple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley, summer that might help many for- class postage paid at Bristol, Conn. “Yakety-Yak” by the Coasters and get about the soft, recession hit Copyright (B) 1961 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. Bobby Darin’s “Splish Splash” Spring. —— ——— —— —— The Cosh Box TOP 100 Best Selling Tunes on Records COMPILED BY The Cosh Box FROM LEADINO RETAIL OUTLETS June 24, 1961 Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. 6/17 6/10 6/17 6/10 52— 6/17 6/10 6/17 6/10 1 —Travelin' Man 25—Peanut Butter 51 Portrait Of My Love Let's Twist Again RICKY NELSON-lmperial-5471 1 1 MARATHONS-Arvee-5027 24 21 STEVE LAWRENCE- 39 23 CHUBBY CHECKER-Parkway-824 — — VIBRATIONS (Recorded As United Artists-291 MARA rHONSJ-Argo-5389 MATT MONRO-Warwick-624 —Quarter To Three BOB WILSON-Decca-31212 79—Take Good Care Of Her ^ U.s. BONDS-Legrand-1008 7 20 26—Mama Said ^ ADAM WADE-Coed-546 72 55 SHIRELLES-Scepter-1217 12 4 Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-lt 3—Moody River FREDDY CANNON-Swan-4071 41 35 The Switch-A-Roo PAT BOON E-Dot-1 6209 4 12 HANK BALLARD 8< — — CHASE WEBSTER-Southern 27—Heart And Soul MIDNIGHTERS-King-5510 Sound-101 CLEFTONES-Gee-1064 35 45 53 That Old Black Magic JAN 8, DEAN-Challenge-9111 BOBBY RYDELL-Cameo-190 40 24 I LITTLE JAN 8, RADIANTS- EARL BOSTIC-King-5454 Should 4—Raindrops Vim-509 STRING-A-LONGS- 100 — Warwick-654 DEE CLARK-Veeiay-383 5 13 54 I've Told Every Tonight 5-—The Boll Weevil Song VELVETS-Monument-441 38 59 Little Star 82—The Wayward Wind BROOK BENTON-Mercury-71820 6 11 LINDA SCOTT-Canadian- 43 28 GOGI GRANT-Era-3046 78 81 Off To Larry American-123 CARL MANN-Phillips-3564 ^—— Hats BOBBY COMSTOCK-Mohawk-124 6—Runnin' Scared DEL SHANNON-Bigtop-3075 58 CENTENNIALS-Dot-16180 ROY ORBISON-Monument-438 —Count Every Star DONNIE 8. THE DREAMERS- 65 69 30—100 Pounds Of Clay Whole-101 S3— Big Boss Man 7 Stand By Me GENE McDANIELS-Liberty- f5 JIMMY REED-VeeJay-380 90 91 BEN E. KING-Atco-6194 55308 56 Just For Old Times Sake — 84 Jura 11— McGUIRE SISTERS-Coral-62249 48 33 — 8 \ Feel So Bad 31 Halfway To Paradise LES PAUL & MARY FORD- 93 94 ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA-78804 TONY ORLANDO-Epic-9431 17 18 Columbia-41994 EARL WADE-SeviIle-111 . ainin' In My Heart SLIM HARPO-Excello-2194 74 89 32 The Bilbao Song CARL McVOY-Tri-212 85—You Can't Sit Down ose Oldies But ANDY WILLIAMS-Cadence-1398 25 29 DORSEY BURN ETTE-Dot-1 6230 LEROY HOLMES-MGM-12992 (Part 2) Goodies PERCY FAITH-Columbia-41978 PHIL UPCHURCH COMBO- 100 — CAESAR & THE ROMANS- 16 26 TIL DIETERLE-United Artists-321 58—Ring Of Fire Boyd-3398 Del-Fi-4158 DUANE EDDY-Jamie-1187 57 64 BILL DOGGETT-Warner Bros.- * NINO 8. THE EBB TIDES- 5223 Madison-162 —Ole Buttermilk Sky BILL BLACK'S COMBO-Hi-2036 44 78 I Like It Like That 90— CHRIS KENNER-lnstont-3229 70 83 86 Life Is But A Dream 10 Hello Mary Lou EARLS-Rome-101 92 — 34 It Keeps Rainin' RICKY NELSON-lmperiol-5471 13 16 DOMINO-lmperial-5753 36 39 60 Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta FATS — 87 Eventually ERNIE K-DOE-Minit-627 66 — — Hello Walls 35 Breakin' In A Brand BRENDA LEE-Decca-31272 FARON YOUNG-Capitol-4533 10 10 61 Big Big World 92— DICK LORY-Liberty New Broken Heart JOHNNY BURNETTE-Liberty- 56 52 88 Three Hearts In A CONNIE FRANCIS-MGM-12995 18 7 55318 Tangle You Always Hurt The ROY DRUSKY-Coral-31193 96 100 ^||i—Tell Me Why 62 Lullabye Of Love One You Love 94— BELMONTS-Sabrina-lOOO 46 57 FRANK GARI-Crusade-1021 50 40 89 CLARENCE HENRY-Argo-5338 21 25 NORMAN FOX 8, ROB ROYS- Never On Sunday NORA FERRIS-Jarvey-2004 Backbeat-501 CHORDETTES-Cadence-1402 — — Stick With Me Baby 95— DON COSTA-United Artists-234 37 EVERLY BROS.-Warner Bros.- 75 98 MELINA MERCOURI-United 13—Barbara Ann Tragedy 5220 Artists-304 LANE-Mercurv-71835 REGENTS-Gee-1065 14 15 FLEETWOODS-Dolton-40 22 19 ABBE THOMAS WAYNE-Copehart-5009 NIKI DAVIS-Vesuvius-1027 My Kind Of Girl 88 Da nee On Little Girl MATT MONRO-Warwick-636 79 1 Don't 3845— Girl Of My Best Friend Mind PAUL ANKA-ABC-10220 20 37 RAL DONNER-Gone-5102 27 32 JAMES BROWN-King-5466 94 100 65—Sacred 98— very Beat Of My 39 Little Egypt CASTELLS-Era-3048 73 92 91 Right Or Wrong COASTERS-Atco-6192 30 31 WANDA JACKSON- 100 — Heart Capitol-4553 PIPS-VeeJay-386 23 36 66— Bring Back Your Heart DEBBIE REYNOLDS-Dot-16225 * GLADYS KNIGHT 8.