1050 CHUM MEMORIAL BLOG: Sonny and Cher 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).

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Sonny and Cher on the 1050 CHUM Chart: Songs, charting dates, positions

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A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done
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Chart Date Position
Saturday, March 18, 1972 25
Saturday, March 25, 1972 9
Saturday, April 01, 1972 8
Saturday, April 08, 1972 5
Saturday, April 15, 1972 4
Saturday, April 22, 1972 4
Saturday, April 29, 1972 4
Saturday, May 06, 1972 15
Saturday, May 13, 1972 24

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All I Ever Need Is You
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Chart Date Position
Saturday, November 13, 1971 27
Saturday, November 20, 1971 21
Saturday, November 27, 1971 17
Saturday, December 04, 1971 16
Saturday, December 11, 1971 13
Saturday, December 18, 1971 10
Saturday, December 25, 1971 10
Saturday, January 01, 1972 29

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Baby Don't Go
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Chart Date Position
Monday, September 20, 1965 44
Monday, September 27, 1965 37
Monday, October 04, 1965 23
Monday, October 11, 1965 10
Monday, October 18, 1965 2
Monday, October 25, 1965 1
Monday, November 01, 1965 1
Monday, November 08, 1965 2
Monday, November 15, 1965 3
Monday, November 22, 1965 13
Monday, November 29, 1965 28

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Beat Goes On, The
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Chart Date Position
Monday, January 16, 1967 42
Monday, January 23, 1967 34
Monday, January 30, 1967 26
Monday, February 06, 1967 16
Monday, February 13, 1967 9
Monday, February 20, 1967 15
Monday, February 27, 1967 22
Monday, March 06, 1967 38

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But You're Mine
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Chart Date Position
Monday, October 11, 1965 47
Monday, October 18, 1965 38
Monday, October 25, 1965 33
Monday, November 01, 1965 29
Monday, November 08, 1965 23
Monday, November 15, 1965 23
Monday, November 22, 1965 50

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I Got You Babe
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Chart Date Position
Monday, July 26, 1965 43
Monday, August 02, 1965 41
Monday, August 09, 1965 21
Monday, August 16, 1965 9
Monday, August 23, 1965 6
Monday, August 30, 1965 5
Monday, September 06, 1965 4
Monday, September 13, 1965 5
Monday, September 20, 1965 7
Monday, September 27, 1965 8
Monday, October 04, 1965 8
Monday, October 11, 1965 9
Monday, October 18, 1965 13
Monday, October 25, 1965 21
Monday, November 01, 1965 23
Monday, November 08, 1965 33

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It's The Little Things
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Chart Date Position
Monday, July 24, 1967 48
Monday, July 31, 1967 41
Monday, August 07, 1967 32
Saturday, August 12, 1967 19
Monday, August 14, 1967 7
Monday, August 21, 1967 6
Monday, August 28, 1967 3
Monday, September 04, 1967 4
Monday, September 11, 1967 7
Monday, September 18, 1967 13
Monday, September 25, 1967 23
Monday, October 02, 1967 46

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Just You
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Chart Date Position
Monday, September 13, 1965 43
Monday, September 20, 1965 34
Monday, September 27, 1965 23
Monday, October 04, 1965 18
Monday, October 11, 1965 15
Monday, October 18, 1965 15
Monday, October 25, 1965 22

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Laugh At Me
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Chart Date Position
Monday, August 30, 1965 46
Monday, September 06, 1965 40
Monday, September 13, 1965 35
Monday, September 20, 1965 35
Monday, September 27, 1965 33
Monday, October 04, 1965 26
Monday, October 11, 1965 34

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Letter, The
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Chart Date Position
Monday, November 01, 1965 49
Monday, November 08, 1965 43
Monday, November 15, 1965 29
Monday, November 22, 1965 24
Monday, November 29, 1965 27
Monday, December 06, 1965 29

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Little Man
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Chart Date Position
Monday, September 26, 1966 41
Monday, October 03, 1966 24
Monday, October 10, 1966 15
Monday, October 17, 1966 6
Monday, October 24, 1966 12
Monday, October 31, 1966 15
Monday, November 07, 1966 31
Monday, November 14, 1966 48

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Revolution Kind, The
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Chart Date Position
Monday, December 06, 1965 50
Monday, December 13, 1965 43
Monday, December 20, 1965 35
Monday, December 27, 1965 44

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What Now My Love
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Chart Date Position
Monday, February 07, 1966 44
Monday, February 14, 1966 36
Monday, February 21, 1966 26
Monday, February 28, 1966 17
Monday, March 07, 1966 16
Monday, March 14, 1966 19
Monday, March 21, 1966 24
Monday, March 28, 1966 32
Monday, April 04, 1966 46

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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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