So, I was searching through the “Airheads Radio Survey Archive” for a Top 40 radio station in North Carolina that had a survey from around January 17 in some year that I could feature for today, and I finally found WTLK in Taylorsville. I check Wikipedia, and there was only a stub that said that it’s currently a gospel station. No history. I checked the FCC database, and there was no record for the station. Checking the Radio Locator, I learned they’re a Class B station, running 900 watts daytime and 500 watts nighttime, and that they do have an audio feed to listen over the Internet. Taylorsville is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metropolitan area, so the station did have its listeners in the ’60’s. So, here’s their Top Ten from January 16, 1965.
- Candy Apple Red – Stan Hitchcock
- You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin
- I’ll Be There – Gerry & The Pacemakers
- Mr. Lonely – Bobby Vinton
- Love Potion Number 9 – The Searchers
- The Wedding – Julie Rogers
- Sugar Daddy – The Snowmen
- I Feel Fine/She’s A Woman – The Beatles
- Downtown – Petula Clark
- Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun) – Del Shannon
And that’s your Top Ten Tuesday for January 17, 2023.
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Great mix, John. My first post-college work year.
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I remember several of these, John. I remember ‘You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You’ more from the Dean Martin Show (which my mother watched religiously) than from the radio, but it’s still a good memory.
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I used to watch Dean Martin regularly, too. Back in the ’70’s, he was on Thursday nights, followed by Bill Cosby’s variety show. Dean’s show was something else. He’d have a whole production number at the end of every show, remember?
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Yes. I loved watching variety shows.
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This was eclectic with the Bestles, early rock to folk and Dino. I enjoyed it.
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An excellent list that brings on many fond memories.
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Another great list. If there were mix tapes in 1965, this could have been what my family listened to and sang along with on road trips. I am sure we drove my parents crazy singing Love Potion #9. My mom was very fond of Petula Clark’s Downtown.
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Petula Clark was different from most of the British Invasion, because she was older and not really a rock & roll singer. She nonetheless was a class act.
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Yes. I can still remember her on television. She was so stylish and grown up to me.
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