| MUSIC VENDOR #1 HITS 1961 01/07/61 ~ Wonderland By Night-Bert Kaempfert 01/14/61 ~ Wonderland By Night-Bert Kaempfert (2) 01/21/61 ~ Exodus-Ferrante and Teicher (1) + 01/28/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk 02/04/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk 02/11/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk 02/18/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk 02/25/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk 03/04/61 ~ Calcutta!-Lawrence Welk (6) 03/11/61 ~ Surrender-Elvis Presley 03/18/61 ~ Surrender-Elvis Presley 03/25/61 ~ Surrender-Elvis Presley (3) 04/01/61 ~ Blue Moon-Marcels 04/08/61 ~ Blue Moon-Marcels 04/15/61 ~ Blue Moon-Marcels (3) 04/22/61 ~ Runaway-Del Shannon 04/29/61 ~ Runaway-Del Shannon 05/06/61 ~ Runaway-Del Shannon 05/13/61 ~ Runaway-Del Shannon (4) 05/20/61 ~ Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe (1) 05/27/61 ~ A Hundred Pounds of Clay-Gene McDaniels (1) + 06/03/61 ~ Travelin' Man-Ricky Nelson 06/10/61 ~ Travelin' Man-Ricky Nelson 06/17/61 ~ Travelin' Man-Ricky Nelson (3) 06/24/61 ~ Quarter To Three-U.S. Bonds 07/01/61 ~ Quarter To Three-U.S. Bonds 07/08/61 ~ Quarter To Three-U.S. Bonds 07/15/61 ~ Quarter To Three-U.S. Bonds 07/22/61 ~ Quarter To Three-U.S. Bonds (5) 07/29/61 ~ Tossin' And Turnin'-Bobby Lewis 08/05/61 ~ Tossin' And Turnin'-Bobby Lewis 08/12/61 ~ Tossin' And Turnin'-Bobby Lewis 08/19/61 ~ Tossin' And Turnin'-Bobby Lewis (4) 08/26/61 ~ Michael-Highwaymen 09/02/61 ~ Michael-Highwaymen 09/09/61 ~ Michael-Highwaymen 09/16/61 ~ Michael-Highwaymen (4) 09/23/61 ~ Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee 09/30/61 ~ Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee (2) 10/07/61 ~ Crying-Roy Orbison (1) + 10/14/61 ~ Runaround Sue-Dion 10/21/61 ~ Runaround Sue-Dion 10/28/61 ~ Runaround Sue-Dion (3) 11/04/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean 11/11/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean 11/18/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean 11/25/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean 12/02/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean 12/09/61 ~ Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean (6) 12/16/61 ~ The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tokens 12/23/61 ~ The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tokens 12/30/61 ~ The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tokens (3) > MUSIC VENDOR #1 HITS 1962 01/06/62 ~ The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tokens (4) 01/13/62 ~ The Twist-Chubby Checker 01/20/62 ~ The Twist-Chubby Checker 01/27/62 ~ The Twist-Chubby Checker (3) 02/03/62 ~ Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler 02/10/62 ~ Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler 02/17/62 ~ Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler 02/24/62 ~ Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler 03/03/62 ~ Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler (5) 03/10/62 ~ Hey! Baby-Bruce Channel 03/17/62 ~ Hey! Baby-Bruce Channel 03/24/62 ~ Hey! Baby-Bruce Channel (3) 03/31/62 ~ Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley 04/07/62 ~ Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley 04/14/62 ~ Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley (3) 04/21/62 ~ Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares (1) 04/28/62 ~ Mashed Potato Time-Dee Dee Sharp (1) + 05/05/62 ~ Soldier Boy-Shirelles 05/12/62 ~ Soldier Boy-Shirelles (2) 05/19/62 ~ Stranger On The Shore-Mr. Acker Bilk 05/26/62 ~ Stranger On The Shore-Mr. Acker Bilk (2) 06/02/62 ~ I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles 06/09/62 ~ I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles 06/16/62 ~ I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles 06/23/62 ~ I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles 06/30/62 ~ I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles (5) 07/07/62 ~ The Stripper-David Rose (1) 07/14/62 ~ Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton 07/21/62 ~ Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton 07/28/62 ~ Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton 08/04/62 ~ Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton 08/11/62 ~ Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton (5) 08/18/62 ~ Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka (1) 08/25/62 ~ The Loco-Motion-Little Eva 09/01/62 ~ The Loco-Motion-Little Eva (2) 09/08/62 ~ Ramblin' Rose-Nat "King" Cole (1) + 09/15/62 ~ Sherry-4 Seasons 09/22/62 ~ Sherry-4 Seasons 09/29/62 ~ Sherry-4 Seasons 10/06/62 ~ Sherry-4 Seasons 10/13/62 ~ Sherry-4 Seasons (5) 10/20/62 ~ Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers 10/27/62 ~ Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers (2) 11/03/62 ~ He's A Rebel-Crystals (1) 11/10/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons 11/17/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons 11/24/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons 12/01/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons 12/08/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons 12/15/62 ~ Big Girls Don't Cry-4 Seasons (6) 12/22/62 ~ Return To Sender-Elvis Presley (1) + 12/29/62 ~ Telstar-Tornadoes > MUSIC VENDOR #1 HITS 1963 01/05/63 ~ Telstar-Tornadoes (2) 01/12/63 ~ Go Away Little Girl-Steve Lawrence 01/19/63 ~ Go Away Little Girl-Steve Lawrence 01/26/63 ~ Go Away Little Girl-Steve Lawrence (3) 02/02/63 ~ Walk Right In-Rooftop Singers (1) 02/09/63 ~ Hey Paula-Paul and Paula 02/16/63 ~ Hey Paula-Paul and Paula 02/23/63 ~ Hey Paula-Paul and Paula 03/02/63 ~ Hey Paula-Paul and Paula (4) 03/09/63 ~ Walk Like A Man-4 Seasons 03/16/63 ~ Walk Like A Man-4 Seasons (2) 03/23/63 ~ The End Of The World-Skeeter Davis (1) + 03/30/63 ~ Our Day Will Come-Ruby and The Romantics (1) 04/06/63 ~ He's So Fine-Chiffons 04/13/63 ~ He's So Fine-Chiffons 04/20/63 ~ He's So Fine-Chiffons (3) 04/27/63 ~ I Will Follow Him-Little Peggy March 05/04/63 ~ I Will Follow Him-Little Peggy March 05/11/63 ~ I Will Follow Him-Little Peggy March (3) 05/18/63 ~ If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul 05/25/63 ~ If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul (2) 06/01/63 ~ It's My Party-Lesley Gore 06/08/63 ~ It's My Party-Lesley Gore 06/15/63 ~ It's My Party-Lesley Gore (3) 06/22/63 ~ Sukiyaki-Kyu Sakamoto 06/29/63 ~ Sukiyaki-Kyu Sakamoto (2) 07/06/63 ~ Blue On Blue-Bobby Vinton (1) + 07/13/63 ~ Easier Said Than Done-Essex 07/20/63 ~ Easier Said Than Done-Essex (2) 07/27/63 ~ Surf City-Jan and Dean (1) 08/03/63 ~ So Much In Love-Tymes (1) 08/10/63 ~ Fingertips - Pt 2 - Little Stevie Wonder 08/17/63 ~ Fingertips - Pt 2 - Little Stevie Wonder 08/24/63 ~ Fingertips - Pt 2 - Little Stevie Wonder (3) 08/31/63 ~ Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!- Allan Sherman (1) + 09/07/63 ~ My Boyfriend's Back-Angels 09/14/63 ~ My Boyfriend's Back-Angels (2) 09/21/63 ~ Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton 09/28/63 ~ Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton (2) 10/05/63 ~ Sally, Go 'Round The Roses- Jaynetts (1) + 10/12/63 ~ Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 10/19/63 ~ Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 10/26/63 ~ Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 11/02/63 ~ Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 11/09/63 ~ Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs (5) 11/16/63 ~ Deep Purple-Nino Tempo and April Stevens (1) 11/23/63 ~ I'm Leaving It Up To You- Dale and Grace (1) 11/30/63 ~ Dominique-Singing Nun 12/07/63 ~ Dominique-Singing Nun 12/14/63 ~ Dominique-Singing Nun 12/21/63 ~ Dominique-Singing Nun (4) 12/28/63 ~ Louie Louie-Kingsmen + Key: + Failed to reach #1 in Billboard > Continues at #1 in next calendar year. >> Song falls from number one position to later return to #1. ( Prior to mid-1962, Music Vendor was actually using Monday issue dates, so the Saturday dates above [and those up through sometime in May or early June of 1962] are actually 5 days later than the cover dates on the original issues.) Thanks go out to Todor M. (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro) for providing these list. |