1050 CHUM MEMORIAL BLOG: Johnny Rivers

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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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Johnny Rivers on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions


(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water
Chart Date	Position
Monday, June 13, 1966	40
Monday, June 20, 1966	34
Monday, June 27, 1966	23
Monday, July 04, 1966	22
Monday, July 11, 1966	15
Monday, July 18, 1966	22
Monday, July 25, 1966	33
Baby I Need Your Lovin'
Chart Date	Position
Monday, January 30, 1967	42
Monday, February 06, 1967	35
Monday, February 13, 1967	17
Monday, February 20, 1967	14
Monday, February 27, 1967	9
Monday, March 06, 1967	16
Monday, March 13, 1967	32
Help Me Rhonda
Chart Date	Position
Saturday, July 26, 1975	29
Saturday, August 02, 1975	22
Saturday, August 09, 1975	20
Saturday, August 16, 1975	20
Saturday, August 23, 1975	18
Saturday, August 30, 1975	16
Saturday, September 06, 1975	20
Saturday, September 13, 1975	26
Look To Your Soul
Chart Date	Position
Monday, April 08, 1968	42
Monday, April 15, 1968	30
Monday, April 22, 1968	23
Monday, April 29, 1968	33
Monday, May 06, 1968	45
Maybelline
Chart Date	Position
Monday, August 17, 1964	37
Monday, August 24, 1964	35
Monday, August 31, 1964	32
Monday, September 07, 1964	26
Monday, September 14, 1964	29
Memphis
Chart Date	Position
Monday, June 01, 1964	46
Monday, June 08, 1964	30
Monday, June 15, 1964	20
Monday, June 22, 1964	9
Monday, June 29, 1964	5
Monday, July 06, 1964	1
Monday, July 13, 1964	1
Monday, July 20, 1964	1
Monday, July 27, 1964	2
Monday, August 03, 1964	6
Monday, August 10, 1964	7
Monday, August 17, 1964	18
Monday, August 24, 1964	23
Monday, August 31, 1964	48
Mountain Of Love
Chart Date	Position
Monday, November 09, 1964	40
Monday, November 16, 1964	24
Monday, November 23, 1964	20
Monday, November 30, 1964	19
Monday, December 07, 1964	25
Monday, December 14, 1964	19
Monday, December 21, 1964	46
Poor Side Of Town
Chart Date	Position
Monday, September 19, 1966	45
Monday, September 26, 1966	34
Monday, October 03, 1966	20
Monday, October 10, 1966	12
Monday, October 17, 1966	9
Monday, October 24, 1966	5
Monday, October 31, 1966	4
Monday, November 07, 1966	7
Monday, November 14, 1966	11
Monday, November 21, 1966	16
Monday, November 28, 1966	23
Monday, December 05, 1966	46
Rockin' Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu
Chart Date	Position
Saturday, December 09, 1972	20
Saturday, December 16, 1972	15
Saturday, December 23, 1972	9
Saturday, December 30, 1972	4
Saturday, January 06, 1973	4
Saturday, January 13, 1973	3
Saturday, January 20, 1973	3
Saturday, January 27, 1973	7
Saturday, February 03, 1973	10
Saturday, February 10, 1973	13
Saturday, February 17, 1973	20
Saturday, February 24, 1973	25
Saturday, March 03, 1973	28
Saturday, March 10, 1973	30
Secret Agent Man
Chart Date	Position
Monday, March 21, 1966	50
Monday, March 28, 1966	34
Monday, April 04, 1966	22
Monday, April 11, 1966	9
Monday, April 18, 1966	3
Monday, April 25, 1966	2
Monday, May 02, 1966	1
Monday, May 09, 1966	3
Monday, May 16, 1966	9
Monday, May 23, 1966	15
Monday, May 30, 1966	28
Monday, June 06, 1966	49
Seventh Son
Chart Date	Position
Monday, June 07, 1965	47
Monday, June 14, 1965	45
Monday, June 21, 1965	39
Monday, June 28, 1965	27
Monday, July 05, 1965	18
Monday, July 12, 1965	12
Monday, July 19, 1965	12
Monday, July 26, 1965	17
Monday, August 02, 1965	18
Monday, August 09, 1965	34
Summer Rain
Chart Date	Position
Monday, November 20, 1967	43
Monday, November 27, 1967	29
Monday, December 04, 1967	15
Monday, December 11, 1967	6
Monday, December 18, 1967	3
Monday, December 25, 1967	12
Monday, January 01, 1968	26
Monday, January 08, 1968	45
Swayin' To The Music (slow Dancin')
Chart Date	Position
Saturday, September 03, 1977	26
Saturday, September 10, 1977	22
Saturday, September 17, 1977	18
Saturday, September 24, 1977	15
Saturday, October 01, 1977	9
Saturday, October 08, 1977	7
Saturday, October 15, 1977	5
Saturday, October 22, 1977	5
Saturday, October 29, 1977	9
Saturday, November 05, 1977	15
Saturday, November 12, 1977	22
Saturday, November 19, 1977	26
Saturday, November 26, 1977	30
These Are Not My People
Chart Date	Position
Saturday, February 22, 1969	28
Friday, February 28, 1969	23
Saturday, March 01, 1969	17
Saturday, March 08, 1969	11
Saturday, March 15, 1969	11
Saturday, March 22, 1969	18
Tracks Of My Tears, The
Chart Date	Position
Monday, May 29, 1967	44
Monday, June 05, 1967	30
Monday, June 12, 1967	22
Monday, June 19, 1967	11
Monday, June 26, 1967	6
Monday, July 03, 1967	2
Monday, July 10, 1967	5
Monday, July 17, 1967	15
Monday, July 24, 1967	26
Monday, July 31, 1967	47
Under Your Spell Again
Chart Date	Position
Monday, December 27, 1965	48
Monday, January 03, 1966	37
Monday, January 10, 1966	37
Monday, January 17, 1966	30
Monday, January 24, 1966	28
Monday, January 31, 1966	20
Tuesday, February 01, 1966	24
Monday, February 07, 1966	33

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Johnny Rivers on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions

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(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water
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Chart Date Position
Monday, June 13, 1966 40
Monday, June 20, 1966 34
Monday, June 27, 1966 23
Monday, July 04, 1966 22
Monday, July 11, 1966 15
Monday, July 18, 1966 22
Monday, July 25, 1966 33

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Baby I Need Your Lovin'
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Chart Date Position
Monday, January 30, 1967 42
Monday, February 06, 1967 35
Monday, February 13, 1967 17
Monday, February 20, 1967 14
Monday, February 27, 1967 9
Monday, March 06, 1967 16
Monday, March 13, 1967 32

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Help Me Rhonda
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Chart Date Position
Saturday, July 26, 1975 29
Saturday, August 02, 1975 22
Saturday, August 09, 1975 20
Saturday, August 16, 1975 20
Saturday, August 23, 1975 18
Saturday, August 30, 1975 16
Saturday, September 06, 1975 20
Saturday, September 13, 1975 26

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Look To Your Soul
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Chart Date Position
Monday, April 08, 1968 42
Monday, April 15, 1968 30
Monday, April 22, 1968 23
Monday, April 29, 1968 33
Monday, May 06, 1968 45

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Maybelline
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Chart Date Position
Monday, August 17, 1964 37
Monday, August 24, 1964 35
Monday, August 31, 1964 32
Monday, September 07, 1964 26
Monday, September 14, 1964 29

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Memphis
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Chart Date Position
Monday, June 01, 1964 46
Monday, June 08, 1964 30
Monday, June 15, 1964 20
Monday, June 22, 1964 9
Monday, June 29, 1964 5
Monday, July 06, 1964 1
Monday, July 13, 1964 1
Monday, July 20, 1964 1
Monday, July 27, 1964 2
Monday, August 03, 1964 6
Monday, August 10, 1964 7
Monday, August 17, 1964 18
Monday, August 24, 1964 23
Monday, August 31, 1964 48

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Mountain Of Love
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Chart Date Position
Monday, November 09, 1964 40
Monday, November 16, 1964 24
Monday, November 23, 1964 20
Monday, November 30, 1964 19
Monday, December 07, 1964 25
Monday, December 14, 1964 19
Monday, December 21, 1964 46

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Poor Side Of Town
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Chart Date Position
Monday, September 19, 1966 45
Monday, September 26, 1966 34
Monday, October 03, 1966 20
Monday, October 10, 1966 12
Monday, October 17, 1966 9
Monday, October 24, 1966 5
Monday, October 31, 1966 4
Monday, November 07, 1966 7
Monday, November 14, 1966 11
Monday, November 21, 1966 16
Monday, November 28, 1966 23
Monday, December 05, 1966 46

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Rockin' Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu
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Chart Date Position
Saturday, December 09, 1972 20
Saturday, December 16, 1972 15
Saturday, December 23, 1972 9
Saturday, December 30, 1972 4
Saturday, January 06, 1973 4
Saturday, January 13, 1973 3
Saturday, January 20, 1973 3
Saturday, January 27, 1973 7
Saturday, February 03, 1973 10
Saturday, February 10, 1973 13
Saturday, February 17, 1973 20
Saturday, February 24, 1973 25
Saturday, March 03, 1973 28
Saturday, March 10, 1973 30

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Secret Agent Man
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Chart Date Position
Monday, March 21, 1966 50
Monday, March 28, 1966 34
Monday, April 04, 1966 22
Monday, April 11, 1966 9
Monday, April 18, 1966 3
Monday, April 25, 1966 2
Monday, May 02, 1966 1
Monday, May 09, 1966 3
Monday, May 16, 1966 9
Monday, May 23, 1966 15
Monday, May 30, 1966 28
Monday, June 06, 1966 49

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Seventh Son
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Chart Date Position
Monday, June 07, 1965 47
Monday, June 14, 1965 45
Monday, June 21, 1965 39
Monday, June 28, 1965 27
Monday, July 05, 1965 18
Monday, July 12, 1965 12
Monday, July 19, 1965 12
Monday, July 26, 1965 17
Monday, August 02, 1965 18
Monday, August 09, 1965 34

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Summer Rain
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Chart Date Position
Monday, November 20, 1967 43
Monday, November 27, 1967 29
Monday, December 04, 1967 15
Monday, December 11, 1967 6
Monday, December 18, 1967 3
Monday, December 25, 1967 12
Monday, January 01, 1968 26
Monday, January 08, 1968 45

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Swayin' To The Music (slow Dancin')
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Chart Date Position
Saturday, September 10, 1977 26
Saturday, September 03, 1977 22
Saturday, September 17, 1977 18
Saturday, September 24, 1977 15
Saturday, October 01, 1977 9
Saturday, October 08, 1977 7
Saturday, October 15, 1977 5
Saturday, October 22, 1977 5
Saturday, October 29, 1977 9
Saturday, November 05, 1977 15
Saturday, November 12, 1977 22
Saturday, November 19, 1977 26
Saturday, November 26, 1977 30

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These Are Not My People
..........................................................
Chart Date Position
Saturday, February 22, 1969 28
Friday, February 28, 1969 23
Saturday, March 01, 1969 17
Saturday, March 08, 1969 11
Saturday, March 15, 1969 11
Saturday, March 22, 1969 18

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Tracks Of My Tears, The
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Chart Date Position
Monday, May 29, 1967 44
Monday, June 05, 1967 30
Monday, June 12, 1967 22
Monday, June 19, 1967 11
Monday, June 26, 1967 6
Monday, July 03, 1967 2
Monday, July 10, 1967 5
Monday, July 17, 1967 15
Monday, July 24, 1967 26
Monday, July 31, 1967 47

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Under Your Spell Again
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Chart Date Position
Monday, December 27, 1965 48
Monday, January 03, 1966 37
Monday, January 10, 1966 37
Monday, January 17, 1966 30
Monday, January 24, 1966 28
Monday, January 31, 1966 20
Tuesday, February 01, 1966 24
Monday, February 07, 1966 33

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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

This Week	Last Week	Artist	Track	Total Weeks

1	0	Presley, Elvis	All Shook Up	0

2	0	Boone, Pat	Love Letters In The Sand	0

3	0	Williams, Andy	I Like Your Kind Of Love	0

4	0	Everly Brothers, The	Bye Bye Love	0

5	0	Mineo, Sal	Start Movin' (In My Direction)	0

6	0	Storm, Gale	Dark Moon	0

7	0	Robbins, Marty	A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)	0

8	0	Gracie, Charlie	Fabulous	0

9	0	Como, Perry	Girl With The Golden Braids, The	0

10	0	Ray, Johnnie	Yes Tonight, Josephine	0

11	0	Diamonds, The	Little Darlin'	0

12	0	Dell-Vikings, The	Come Go With Me	0

13	0	Boone, Pat	Why Baby Why	0

14	0	Husky, Ferlin	Gone	0

15	0	Como, Perry	Round And Round	0

16	0	Berry, Chuck	School Day	0

17	0	Knox, Buddy	Party Doll	0

17	0	Lawrence, Steve	Party Doll	0

18	0	Dorsey Orchestra, Jimmy	So Rare	0

19	0	Domino, Fats	I'm Walkin'	0

19	0	Nelson, Ricky	I'm Walkin'	0

20	0	Gracie, Charlie	Butterfly	0

20	0	Williams, Andy	Butterfly	0

21	0	Belafonte, Harry	Mama Look At Bubu	0

22	0	Lowe, Jim	Four Walls	0

22	0	Reeves, Jim	Four Walls	0

23	0	Dee, Johnny	Sittin' In The Balcony	0

23	0	Cornell, Don	Sittin' In The Balcony	0

23	0	Cochran, Eddie	Sittin' In The Balcony	0

24	0	Mathis, Johnny	Wonderful! Wonderful!	0

25	0	Mello-Tones, The	Rosie Lee	0

25	0	Tune Drops, The	Rosie Lee	0

26	0	Coasters, The	Young Blood	0

27	0	Domino, Fats	Valley Of Tears	0

28	0	Draper, Rusty	Freight Train	0

29	0	Gilkyson, Terry & The Easy Riders	Marianne	0

29	0	Hilltoppers, The	Marianne	0

30	0	Bowen, Jimmy	I'm Stickin' With You	0

31	0	Laine, Frankie	Love Is A Golden Ring	0

32	0	Platters, The	I'm Sorry	0

33	0	Hunter, Ivory Joe	Empty Arms	0

33	0	Brewer, Teresa	Empty Arms	0

34	0	Sands, Tommy	Teen-Age Crush	0

35	0	Little Richard	Lucille	0

36	0	Sands, Tommy	My Love Song	0

37	0	Starr, Kay	Jamie Boy	0

38	0	Starr, Randy	After School	0

39	0	Johnson, Betty	Little White Lies	0

40	0	Bennett, Tony	One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)	0

41	0	Knox, Buddy	Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep	0

42	0	Clooney, Rosemary	Mangos	0

43	0	Cornell, Don	Mama Guitar	0

44	0	Belloc, Dan	Flip Top	0

45	0	Baker, Lavern	Jim Dandy Got Married	0

46	0	Boone, Pat	Bernardine	0

47	0	Copeland, Ken	Pledge Of Love	0

47	0	Torok, Mitchell	Pledge Of Love	0

48	0	Four Lads, The	I Just Don't Know	0

49	0	Armenian Jazz Sextet	Harem Dance	0

50	0	Williams, Billy	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter	0

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CHUM CHART HISTORY

The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 (and, until August 1968, the top 50) songs on Toronto, Canada, radio station CHUM 1050 AM, from 1957 to 1986, and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world produced by an individual radio station. In the early 2000s, sister station 104.5 CHUM FM, which airs a hot adult contemporary format, revived the CHUM Chart name for a new countdown show.

The CHUM Chart also aired as a television program on Citytv every Saturday at 2:00 p.m until January 2008 when the show was discontinued after Rogers Communications gained control of the Citytv stations. The program aired a list of the most popular songs in the countdown, starting from #30, playing approximately half of them.

History
The chart debuted on May 27, 1957, under the name CHUM's Weekly Hit Parade. The CHUM Chart name was adopted in 1961.

The chart was published for 1,512 consecutive weeks, and had 694 different #1 songs over the course of its original run. Its first #1 single was Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up", and its final #1 was Madonna's "Live to Tell".

From its inception until 1975, each week's CHUM Chart was published in a brochure format, with additional features promoting the station and its personalities. It was distributed to record stores and music venues across the city. In 1975, the brochure was discontinued, and each week's chart was instead published in the entertainment section of the Toronto Star. Mike Myers, Gordon Lightfoot, Dick Clark and Dave Thomas all reportedly own collections of CHUM Charts.

For the first 26 weeks in 1957, the chart published full information only for the top 10, listing only song titles for the remainder of the chart. On November 25, 1957, however, the chart began publishing information on all listed songs. Three minor hits from 1957, "I'm Gettin' the Message Alright", "Lonesome Heart" and "Teenage Heart", are still listed in the CHUM Chart archives as "Unknown Artist" as of 2007.

In 1959, the chart briefly added a Top 10 albums list, which was discontinued in 1960, revived in 1963 and discontinued again in 1967.

Author Ron Hall published The CHUM chart book (ISBN 0920325157) in 1983, listing every song that had appeared in the CHUM Charts to that point. Following the discontinuation of the chart, he published an updated edition in 1990 listing every charted song and profiling the history of the chart. The final chart, for the week of June 14, 1986, was never published until Hall's 1990 book. A commemorative list of all the chart's number one songs was also published in poster format by CHUM in 2007 to commemorate the station's 50th anniversary.

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Chart #1 - Monday, May 27, 1957 - TOP 50

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