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Peppermint Twist - Part I
Joey Dee & the Starliters
Last week
1Weeks at no. 1
2Weeks on chart
11Imprint/Promotion Label:
Roulette
Billboard Hot 100™
Week of February 3, 1962
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Peppermint Twist - Part I
Joey Dee & the Starliters - 1
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- 11
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- 1
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Roulette
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2
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Can't Help Falling In Love
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - 4
- 2
- 9
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- 4
- 2
- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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3
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The Twist
Chubby Checker - 2
- 1
- 30
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- 2
- 1
- 30
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Songwriter(s):
H.Ballard
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Parkway
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4
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Norman
Sue Thompson - 5
- 4
- 9
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- 4
- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hickory
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5
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I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
Barbara George - 3
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- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A.F.O.
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6
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The Wanderer
Dion - 8
- 6
- 9
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Laurie
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7
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Duke Of Earl
Gene Chandler - 20
- 7
- 4
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- 7
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Vee-Jay
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8
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Baby It's You
The Shirelles - 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Scepter
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9
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Break It To Me Gently
Brenda Lee - 17
- 9
- 4
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- 9
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Decca
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10
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens - 6
- 1
- 12
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- 1
- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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11
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Dear Lady Twist
Gary U.S. Bonds - 15
- 11
- 8
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- 11
- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Legrand
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12
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A Little Bitty Tear
Burl Ives - 14
- 12
- 7
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- 12
- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Decca
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13
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Town Without Pity
Gene Pitney - 13
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Musicor
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14
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When I Fall In Love
The Lettermen - 7
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- 11
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- 7
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
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15
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Run To Him
Bobby Vee - 12
- 2
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Liberty
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16
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Walk On By
Leroy Van Dyke - 10
- 5
- 14
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- 10
- 5
- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury
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17
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Irresistible You
Bobby Darin - 23
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- 8
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- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
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18
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Cotton Fields
The Highwaymen - 18
- 16
- 10
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- 16
- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
United Artists
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19
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Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
Neil Sedaka - 11
- 6
- 12
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- 11
- 6
- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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20
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Crying In The Rain
The Everly Brothers - 42
- 20
- 4
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- 20
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner
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21
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Unchain My Heart
Ray Charles and his Orchestra - 16
- 9
- 10
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- 9
- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
ABC-Paramount
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22
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Shadrack
Brook Benton - 33
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- 4
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury
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23
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Let There Be Drums
Sandy Nelson - 21
- 7
- 14
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- 7
- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Imperial Records
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24
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If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
James Ray - 22
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- 11
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- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Caprice
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25
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Letter Full Of Tears
Gladys Knight And The Pips - 27
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- 8
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- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Fury
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26
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Twist-Her
Bill Black's Combo - 26
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hi
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27
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Do-Re-Mi
Lee Dorsey - 30
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Fury
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28
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She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)
Ral Donner - 41
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Gone
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29
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Moon River
Henry Mancini And His Orchestra - 31
- 11
- 17
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- 11
- 17
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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30
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When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)
Connie Francis - 19
- 10
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- 10
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
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31
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Dear Ivan
Jimmy Dean - 24
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- 5
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- 24
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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32
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Turn On Your Love Light
Bobby Bland - 28
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- 9
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Duke
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33
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Smoky Places
The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell - 39
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- 6
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- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Tuff
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34
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I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)
The Ikettes - 50
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- 50
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
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35
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Multiplication
Bobby Darin - 36
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
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36
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Funny How Time Slips Away
Jimmy Elledge - 25
- 22
- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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37
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Tuff
Ace Cannon - 35
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- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hi
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38
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Small Sad Sam
Phil McLean - 29
- 21
- 9
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- 21
- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Versatile
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39
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Pocketful Of Miracles
Frank Sinatra - 34
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise
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40
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The Greatest Hurt
Jackie Wilson - 44
- 40
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- 40
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Brunswick
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41
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The Cajun Queen
Jimmy Dean - 69
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- 2
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- 69
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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42
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Go On Home
Patti Page - 47
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury
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43
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Let Me In
The Sensations - 56
- 43
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- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Argo
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44
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Poor Fool
Ike & Tina Turner - 38
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- 10
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- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sue
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45
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Goodbye Cruel World
James Darren - 37
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- 16
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- 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Colpix
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46
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Chip Chip
Gene McDaniels - 63
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Liberty
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47
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To A Sleeping Beauty
Jimmy Dean - 61
- 47
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- 47
- 3
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Producer(s):
Not Listed
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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48
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Surfer's Stomp
The Marketts - 55
- 48
- 4
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- 48
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Liberty
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49
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Rock-A-Hula Baby
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - 43
- 23
- 9
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- 23
- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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50
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Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes - 32
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- 22
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- 1
- 22
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Tamla
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51
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Maria
Roger Williams - 48
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- 8
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- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Kapp
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52
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Hey! Baby
Bruce Channel - 74
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- 74
- 52
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Smash
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53
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Percolator (Twist)
Billy Joe & The Checkmates - 65
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dore
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54
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Let's Twist Again
Chubby Checker - 52
- 8
- 23
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- 8
- 23
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Parkway
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55
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There's No Other (Like My Baby)
The Crystals - 40
- 20
- 11
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- 20
- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Philles
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56
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Chattanooga Choo Choo
Floyd Cramer - 75
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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57
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Flying Circle
Frank Slay And His Orchestra - 45
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Swan
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58
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My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Charlie Drake - 70
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- 58
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
United Artists
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59
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I'll See You In My Dreams
Pat Boone - 83
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dot
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60
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Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)
Jack Ross - 66
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dot
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61
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Afrikaan Beat
Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra - 73
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- 61
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Decca
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62
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What's So Good About Good-by
The Miracles - 72
- 62
- 4
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- 72
- 62
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Tamla
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63
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Lost Someone
James Brown And The Famous Flames - 68
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- 7
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- 63
- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
King
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64
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I Could Have Loved You So Well
Ray Peterson - 57
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- 7
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dunes
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65
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I Don't Know Why
Linda Scott - 49
- 12
- 14
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- 12
- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Canadian American
- 66 NEW
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- NEW
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Her Royal Majesty
James Darren - -
- 66
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Colpix
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67
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Moon River
Jerry Butler - 58
- 11
- 17
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- 11
- 17
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Vee-Jay
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68
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Dreamy Eyes
Johnny Tillotson - 51
- 35
- 18
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- 51
- 35
- 18
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Songwriter(s):
J.Tillotson
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Cadence
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69
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It Will Stand
The Showmen - 64
- 61
- 12
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- 61
- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Minit
- 70 NEW
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- NEW
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Twistin' The Night Away
Sam Cooke - -
- 70
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- 70
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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71
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She's Got You
Patsy Cline - 96
- 71
- 2
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- 96
- 71
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Decca
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72
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Where Have All The Flowers Gone
The Kingston Trio - 82
- 72
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- 82
- 72
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
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73
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Twistin' Postman
The Marvelettes - 97
- 73
- 2
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- 97
- 73
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Tamla
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74
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What's The Reason
Bobby Edwards - 71
- 71
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
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75
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There'll Be No Next Time
Jackie Wilson - 80
- 75
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- 75
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Brunswick
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76
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Lizzie Borden
The Chad Mitchell Trio - 87
- 76
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- 87
- 76
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Kapp
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77
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Tears From An Angel
Troy Shondell - 78
- 77
- 6
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- 77
- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Liberty
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78
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Cry To Me
Solomon Burke - 85
- 78
- 2
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- 85
- 78
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic
- 79 NEW
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Midnight In Moscow
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - -
- 79
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- 79
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Kapp
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80
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That's My Pa
Sheb Wooley - 86
- 80
- 5
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- 86
- 80
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
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81
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A Little Too Much
Clarence Henry - 77
- 77
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- 77
- 77
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Argo
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82
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Bandit Of My Dreams
Eddie Hodges - 100
- 82
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- 100
- 82
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Cadence
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83
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Twistin' All Night Long
Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon - 79
- 68
- 5
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- 79
- 68
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Swan
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84
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He Knows I Love Him Too Much
The Paris Sisters - 99
- 84
- 2
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- 99
- 84
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Gregmark
- 85 RE- ENTRY
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- RE- ENTRY
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Oliver Twist
Rod McKuen - -
- 85
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- 85
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Spiral
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86
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Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Saverio Saridis - 88
- 86
- 2
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- 86
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner
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87
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A Little Bitty Tear
Wanda Jackson - 84
- 84
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- 84
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
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88
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Nite Owl
Dukays - 94
- 88
- 3
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- 94
- 88
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
NAT
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89
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Blue Water Line
The Brothers Four - 91
- 89
- 3
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- 91
- 89
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
- 90 NEW
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Midnight
Johnny Gibson - -
- 90
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- -
- 90
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Big Top
- 91 NEW
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- NEW
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My Melancholy Baby
The Marcels - -
- 91
- 1
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- -
- 91
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Colpix
- 92 NEW
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- NEW
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Teen Queen Of The Week
Freddy Cannon - -
- 92
- 1
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- -
- 92
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Swan
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93
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(Do The New) Continental
The Dovells - 90
- 90
- 2
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- 90
- 90
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Parkway
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94
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Jamie
Eddie Holland - 89
- 89
- 3
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- 89
- 89
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Motown
- 95 NEW
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- NEW
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Ecstasy
Ben E. King - -
- 95
- 1
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- -
- 95
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
- 96 NEW
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- NEW
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Timi Yuro - -
- 96
- 1
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- -
- 96
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Liberty
- 97 NEW
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- NEW
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I Surrender, Dear
Aretha Franklin - -
- 97
- 1
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- -
- 97
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
- 98 NEW
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- NEW
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Let's Go
Floyd Cramer - -
- 98
- 1
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- -
- 98
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
- 99 NEW
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- NEW
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Tequila Twist
The Champs - -
- 99
- 1
-
- -
- 99
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Challenge
- 100 NEW
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- NEW
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Sugar Babe
Buster Brown - -
- 100
- 1
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- -
- 100
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Fire