Here are the results of our seventh annual Grooveyard Great 88 listener survey:
1 Come Go With Me – Dell-Vikings (1957)
2 Earth Angel – Penguins (1954)
3 I Wonder Why – Dion and the Belmonts (1958)
4 In the Still of the Night – Five Satins (1956)
5 Runaround Sue – Dion (1961)
6 My True Story – Jive Five (1961)
7 A Hundred Pounds of Clay – Gene McDaniels (1961)
8 Be My Baby – Ronettes (1963)
9 The Loco-Motion – Little Eva (1962)
10 True Love Ways – Buddy Holly (1960)
11 Wake Up Little Susie – Everly Brothers (1957)
12 Will You Love Me Tomorrow – Shirelles (1961)
13 That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957)
14 Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler (1962)
15 He’s So Fine – Chiffons (1963)
16 The Wah Watusi – Orlons (1962)
17 Angel Baby – Rosie and the Originals (1961)
18 Oh Boy! – Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957)
19 Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry (1956)
20 The Twist – Chubby Checker (1960 and 1962)
21 Up On the Roof – Drifters (1963)
22 Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (1962)
23 Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957)
24 Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly & Crickets (1957)
25 Whispering Bells – Dell-Vikings (1957)
26 Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino (1956)
27 Dream Lover – Bobby Darin (1959)
28 Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley (1956)
29 (‘Til) I Kissed You – Everly Brothers (1959)
30 Runaway – Del Shannon (1961)
31 Walk Don’t Run – Ventures (1960)
32 Wait Til’ My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love (1963)
33 Twist and Shout – Isley Brothers (1962)
34 Everyday – Buddy Holly (1957)
35 Be Bop a Lula – Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1956)
36 Maybelline – Chuck Berry (1955)
37 Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
38 When – Kalin Twins (1958)
39 Sh-Boom – Chords (1954)
40 Rave On – Buddy Holly (1958)
41 New Orleans – Gary US Bonds (1960)
42 He’s Sure the Boy I Love – Crystals (1963)
43 La Bamba – Richie Valens (1958)
44 Jim Dandy – LaVern Baker (1957)
45 Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1958)
46 Lucille – Little Richard (1956)
47 Maybe Baby – Crickets (1958)
48 Stay – Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (1960)
49 Sea of Love – Phil Phillips (1959)
50 It’s All in the Game – Tommy Edwards (1958)
51 A Teenager in Love – Dion and the Belmonts (1959)
52 Bird Dog – Everly Brothers (1958)
53 Poor Little Fool – Ricky Nelson (1958)
54 It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Buddy Holly (1959)
55 Heartbeat – Buddy Holly (1958)
56 Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford (1959)
57 It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958)
58 Come Softly to Me – Fleetwoods (1959)
59 The Wayward Wind – Gogi Grant (1956)
60 Tonight Tonight – Mello-Kings (1957)
61 Think It Over – Crickets (1958)
62 Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) – Impalas (1959)
63 A Thousand Stars – Kathy Young and the Innocents (1960)
64 Blue Monday – Fats Domino (1956)
65 Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On – Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
66 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation – Marty Robbins (1957)
67 My True Love – Jack Scott (1958)
68 Searchin’ – Coasters (1957)
69 Tonight You Belong to Me – Patience and Prudence (1956)
70 Our Day Will Come – Ruby and the Romantics (1963)
71 Fingertips (Part 2) – Little Stevie Wonder (1963)
72 Crying – Roy Orbison (1961)
73 Stand By Me – Ben E. King (1961)
74 Twisting the Night Away – Sam Cooke (1962)
75 The Wanderer – Dion (1962)
76 Louie Louie – Kingsmen (1963)
77 Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) – Roy Orbison (1960)
78 It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley (1960)
79 Big Girls Don’t Cry – Four Seasons (1962)
80 Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King (1961)
81 You Belong to Me – Duprees (1962)
82 The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Tokens (1961)
83 Crazy – Patsy Cline (1961)
84 Sixty Minute Man – Billy Ward and the Dominos (1951)
85 Shout (Parts 1 and 2) – Isley Brothers (1959)
86 At My Front Door – Eldorados (1955)
87 Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley (1956)
88 Little Darlin’ – Diamonds (1957)

As always, here’s a survey sheet with the results of the 2018 survey, just like you used to get at your local record store.

Listen to “The Grooveyard” following “Rick’s Redneck Ranch” each Saturday night at 7 PM on 88.1 FM on Long Island, by clicking the 88.1 FM link on wcwp.org or via the TuneIn app.  or the 88.1 FM button on the WCWP app for Android or iPhones.  You can also follow us on Twitter.

Join us for the Greatest Hits and Forgotten Favorites on. . .

“The Grooveyard”

…Where Oldies Come Alive!

!