WTMA Tunedex ‘66

The top 26 songs on radio station WTMA, Charleston, South Carolina, for the week ending 30 April 1966, and you can be sure I was listening that week: this was my station of choice during the years I lived in the Holy City. (If this sounds familiar, I’ve already done a similar disc from May 1967.) The cover art is a cut-down version of an actual WTMA “Tunedex” Top 40 chart, courtesy of station historian Ted Tatman. The first track is preceded by a brief WTMA jingle; a less-brief one follows the last.

Cover art, Wendex 111125-2Track listing for 111125-2:

  1. Johnny Rivers: Secret Agent Man
  2. The Righteous Brothers: (You’re My) Soul and Inspiration
  3. Cher: Bang Bang
  4. The Beach Boys: Sloop John B
  5. The Olympics: Good Lovin’
  6. The Mamas and the Papas: Monday, Monday
  7. Paul Revere and the Raiders: Kicks
  8. The Outsiders: Time Won’t Let Me
  9. B. J. Thomas and the Triumphs: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
  10. Petula Clark: A Sign of the Times
  11. Percy Sledge: When a Man Loves a Woman
  12. The Lovin’ Spoonful: Daydream
  13. The Rolling Stones: 19th Nervous Breakdown
  14. Len Barry: Somewhere
  15. The Shadows of Knight: Gloria
  16. Lou Christie: Rhapsody in the Rain
  17. Dionne Warwick: Message to Michael
  18. Ray Charles: Together Again
  19. The Isley Brothers: This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
  20. The Yardbirds: Shapes of Things
  21. Herman’s Hermits: Leaning on the Lamp Post
  22. The Byrds: Eight Miles High
  23. Elvis Presley: Frankie and Johnny
  24. Nancy Sinatra: How Does That Grab You, Darlin’
  25. Garnet Mimms: I’ll Take Good Care of You
  26. Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35