1050 CHUM MEMORIAL BLOG: Patti Page on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions

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).

Friday, September 26, 2014

Patti Page on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions

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Belonging To Someone
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Chart Date Position
Monday, January 20, 1958 47
Monday, January 27, 1958 26
Monday, February 03, 1958 23
Monday, February 10, 1958 18
Monday, February 17, 1958 21
Monday, February 24, 1958 28
Monday, March 03, 1958 33
Monday, March 10, 1958 49

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Boy's Night Out, The
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Chart Date Position
Monday, August 13, 1962 41
Monday, August 20, 1962 31
Monday, August 27, 1962 24
Monday, September 03, 1962 21
Monday, September 10, 1962 24
Monday, September 17, 1962 34
Monday, September 24, 1962 48

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Broken Heart And A Pillow Filled With Tears
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Chart Date Position
Monday, October 09, 1961 49
Monday, October 16, 1961 41
Monday, October 23, 1961 35
Monday, October 30, 1961 35
Monday, November 06, 1961 33
Monday, November 13, 1961 30
Monday, November 20, 1961 32
Monday, November 27, 1961 38
Monday, December 04, 1961 48

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Fibbin'
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Chart Date Position
Monday, September 15, 1958 35
Monday, September 22, 1958 33
Monday, September 29, 1958 25
Monday, October 06, 1958 17
Monday, October 13, 1958 15
Monday, October 20, 1958 17
Monday, October 27, 1958 21
Monday, November 03, 1958 27
Monday, November 10, 1958 37

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Go On Home
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Chart Date Position
Monday, December 25, 1961 46
Monday, January 01, 1962 39
Monday, January 08, 1962 45
Monday, January 15, 1962 48
Monday, January 22, 1962 48
Monday, January 29, 1962 50
Monday, February 05, 1962 48
Monday, February 12, 1962 48
Monday, February 19, 1962 50
Monday, February 26, 1962 50

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Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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Chart Date Position
Monday, May 10, 1965 42
Monday, May 17, 1965 32
Monday, May 24, 1965 20
Monday, May 31, 1965 6
Monday, June 07, 1965 5
Monday, June 14, 1965 5
Monday, June 21, 1965 3
Monday, June 28, 1965 8
Monday, July 05, 1965 13
Monday, July 12, 1965 16
Monday, July 19, 1965 26

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I'll Remember Today
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Chart Date Position
Monday, October 14, 1957 45
Monday, October 21, 1957 29
Monday, October 28, 1957 27
Monday, November 04, 1957 19
Monday, November 11, 1957 14
Monday, November 18, 1957 12
Monday, November 25, 1957 14
Monday, December 02, 1957 19
Monday, December 09, 1957 28
Monday, December 16, 1957 28
Monday, December 23, 1957 36
Monday, December 30, 1957 43

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Left Right Out Of Your Heart (Hi Lee Hi Lo Lup Up Up)
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Chart Date Position
Monday, June 16, 1958 50
Monday, June 23, 1958 48
Monday, June 30, 1958 32
Monday, July 07, 1958 20
Monday, July 14, 1958 11
Monday, July 21, 1958 7
Monday, July 28, 1958 7
Monday, August 04, 1958 11
Monday, August 11, 1958 20
Monday, August 18, 1958 35
Monday, August 25, 1958 46

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Old Cape Cod
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Chart Date Position
Monday, June 10, 1957 43
Monday, June 17, 1957 33
Monday, June 24, 1957 18
Monday, July 01, 1957 13
Monday, July 08, 1957 8
Monday, July 15, 1957 4
Monday, July 22, 1957 4
Monday, July 29, 1957 26
Monday, August 05, 1957 43

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One Of Us (Will Weep Tonight)
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Chart Date Position
Monday, July 11, 1960 42
Monday, July 18, 1960 33
Monday, July 25, 1960 21
Monday, August 01, 1960 14
Monday, August 08, 1960 13
Monday, August 15, 1960 21
Monday, August 22, 1960 28
Monday, August 29, 1960 36
Monday, September 05, 1960 46

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Trust In Me
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Chart Date Position
Monday, January 05, 1959 49
Monday, January 12, 1959 43
Monday, January 19, 1959 39
Monday, January 26, 1959 38
Monday, February 02, 1959 34
Tuesday, February 03, 1959 42

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You'll Answer To Me
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Chart Date Position
Sunday, July 16, 1961 40
Monday, July 17, 1961 33
Monday, July 24, 1961 31
Monday, July 31, 1961 36
Monday, August 07, 1961 35

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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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