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Chart #154 - Monday, April 11, 1960
Rank --- Song Title --- Artist
1. --- Sink The Bismarck --- Johnny Horton
2. --- Beatnik Fly --- Johnny & The Hurricanes
3. --- Stuck On You --- Elvis Presley
3. --- Fame And Fortune --- Elvis Presley
4. --- He'll Have To Go --- Jim Reeves
5. --- Adam And Eve --- Paul Anka
5. --- Puppy Love --- Paul Anka
6. --- Harbor Lights --- The Platters
6. --- Sleepy Lagoon --- The Platters
7. --- Little Bitty Girl --- Bobby Rydell
7 . --- Wild One --- Bobby Rydell
8. --- Teddy --- Connie Francis
8. --- Mama --- Connie Francis
9. --- Footsteps --- Steve Lawrence
10. --- Night --- Jackie Wilson
11. --- "Theme From "A Summer Place" --- Percy Faith
12. --- Clementine --- Bobby Darin
13. --- Just One Time --- Don Gibson
14. --- Big Iron --- Marty Robbins
15. --- Greenfields --- The Brothers Four
16. --- Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops --- Frankie Avalon
17. --- The Old Lamplighter --- The Browns
18. --- Sweet Nothin's --- Brenda Lee
19. --- (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree --- Dorsey Burnette
20. --- Starbright --- Johnny Mathis
20. --- All Is Well --- Johnny Mathis
21. --- Sixteen Reasons --- Connie Stevens
22. --- (Welcome) New Lovers --- Pat Boone
23. --- White Silver Sands --- Bill Black's Combo
24. --- Midnite Special --- Paul Evans
25. --- O Dio Mio --- Annette
26. --- Fannie Mae --- Buster Brown
27. --- Angelea Jones --- Johnny Ferguson
28. --- What In The World's Come Over You --- Jack Scott
29. --- This Magic Moment --- The Drifters
30. --- Am I That Easy To Forget --- Debbie Reynolds
31. --- Shazam! --- Duane Eddy
32. --- Apple Green --- June Valli
33. --- Mr. Lucky --- Georgie Auld
33. --- Mr. Lucky --- Henry Mancini
34. --- Build My Gallows High (The Clock In The Tower) --- Guy Mitchell
35. --- Let The Little Girl Dance --- Billy Bland
36. --- Everything's Coming Up Roses --- Kirby Stone Four
37. --- About This Thing Called Love --- Fabian
37. --- String Along --- Fabian
38. --- Summer Set --- Monty Kelly
39. --- Teenage Sonata --- Sam Cooke
39. --- If You Were The Only Girl --- Sam Cooke
40. --- Baby What You Want Me To Do --- Jimmy Reed
41. --- Beyond The Sea --- Bobby Darin
41. --- That's The Way Love Is --- Bobby Darin
42. --- Wake Me When It's Over --- Andy Williams
43. --- Baby (You've Got What It Takes) --- Brook Benton
44. --- Rockin' Little Angel --- Ray Smith
45. --- I Love The Way You Love --- Marv Johnson
45. --- It Could Happen To You --- Dinah Washington
46. --- Clap Your Hands --- The Beau-Marks
47. --- Paradise --- Sammy Turner
48. --- Why Do I Love You So --- Johnny Tillotson
49. --- Chatanooga Shoe Shine Boy --- Freddy Cannon
50. --- How Will It End? --- Barry Darvell
50. --- Forever --- The Little Dippers
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EULOGY
Born: October 28, 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
After a few reincarnations 1050 CHUM quietly passed away on March 26, 2009
1050 CHUM was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse from the late 1950s through to the early 1980s.
The station had a formula no other station has been able to duplicate.
Through the formative ‘50s, the unforgettable ‘60s and the interesting ‘70s, 1050 CHUM played a major role in shaping the radio landscape in Toronto. Recording acts from Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Elton John, The Eagles, The Doobie Brothers and Bob Seger not only graced the airwaves but walked the halls of 1050 CHUM.
The radio station was famous for the CHUM Chart. From 1957 to 1986, 1,512 consecutive weekly charts were published, making it the longest-running chart of its kind in the world.
Also, 1050 CHUM was noteworthy for hosting many famous rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66).
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CHUM HISTORY
"1050 CHUM" was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse during the late 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
Early history and Top 40 format
CHUM AM was launched as a dawn-to-dusk radio station on October 28, 1945 by Jack Q'Part, an entrepreneur in the business of patent medicines. The station, then operating from studios in the Mutual Street Arena, was taken over in December 1954 by Allan Waters, a salesman from Q'Parts' patent medicine business. Waters' first major move was to secure a license for 24-hour-a-day broadcasting for CHUM, along with a power increase to 5,000 watts. Less than three years after Waters acquired the station, and soon after bringing the new fulltime transmitter online, a major programming change was made. On May 27 1957, Waters switched to a "Top 50" format that had proven itself popular in some U.S. cities; Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was the first song played. "1050 CHUM" pioneered rock and roll radio in Toronto, and was noteworthy for hosting many noteworthy rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66). While the station was rising to the top of the popularity ratings in Toronto in the early 1960s, it also built yet another new transmitter in Mississauga, Ontario (a few miles west of the current Toronto city line) along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and raised its power once again to its current 50,000 watts around the clock.
CHUM DJs of the 1960s were zany morning man Al Boliska, who quit in late 1963 to go 'across the street' to CKEY.He was replaced by WKBW, Buffalo radio & TV personality Jay Nelson, popularly known as "Jungle Jay" from his role as host of a children's show on Buffalo's Channel 7 which was also popular among Toronto youngsters. He would be followed by housewives' jock John Spragge; singer/DJ Mike Darow; Pete Nordheimer, replaced in 1961 by witty Bob McAdorey; teen DJ Dave Johnson; and all night maven Bob Laine. Later additions to the CHUM DJ lineup included Duff Roman and Brian Skinner, both of whom came over from CKEY (then owned by Jack Kent Cooke). In the late 1960s, early 1970s, CHUM DJ's included Duke Roberts (also known as Gary Duke for a time), Johnny Mitchell (better known today as Sonny Fox), J. Michael Wilson, Tom Rivers, Scott Carpenter, Jim Van Horne, John Rode, Don Reagan, Terry Steele and Roger Ashby. Among their later mighttime hosts was John D. Roberts, who joined CHUM in 1977 and would eventually become known across North America as White House correspondent for CBS-TV and host of CNN's morning program "American Morning."
CHUM was also well known for its contests, like the 1970s' "I Listen to CHUM" promotion, in which DJs would dial phone numbers at random and award $1,000 to anyone who answered the phone with that phrase.
From gold-based to oldies
By the mid-1980s, CHUM had lost ground in the Toronto ratings to competitor Top 40 station CFTR and FM-based music stations. On June 6, 1986, CHUM dropped its Top 40 format for a heavily gold-based adult contemporary format ("Favourites of Yesterday and Today"). By 1989, CHUM adopted an oldies format, drawing heavily on its previous Top 40 reputation to cater to the fans of that era's music.
Chart #1 - Monday, May 27, 1957 - TOP 50
CHART NUMBER 1 |
Monday, May 27, 1957 |
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1050 CHUM ORIGINAL AUDIO
John Gilbert "No Charge"
Mike Cooper's April Fools Joke
80's PROMO
Bob Sam Robbie - 1050 CHUM Morning Show - 1992
Tom Rivers 1982
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