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Gisela was a regular contributor to RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE, circa 1964
GISELA RASMUSSEN
KFHA-Tacoma, Washington
1. Cowboy In The Continental Suit (Marty Robbins)
2. I Leaned Over Backwards (Jimmie Dickens)
3. Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat (Buck Owens)
4. Dang Me (Roger Miller)
5. Ballad Of John F. Kennedy (Autry Inman)
6. I Don't Love You Anymore (Charlie Louvin)
7. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
(Bobby Bare)
8. Half Breed (Bobby Wayne)
9. I Love To Dance With Annie
(Ernest Ashworth)
10. Who Throwed Dat Rock (Ira Louvin)
Gisela Rasmussen, the Casey Kasem of Lakewood radio.
Here's a KFHA chart from May 30, 1964. Note three are double-sided hits.
This chart was compiled by Gisela Rasmussen.
1 Serendipity Singers Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
2 Skeets Mcdonald Chin Up Chest Out
3 Johnny Bond What Have You Done For Me Lately
4 Johnny Horton Hooray For That Little Difference "A" side
4 Johnny Horton Tell My Baby I Love Her
5 Buck Owens Together Again "A" side
5 Buck Owens My Heart Skips A Beat
6 Sonny James Baltimore
7 Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart Waitin'
8 Ray Price Burning Memories "A" side
8 Ray Price That's All That Matters
9 Jimmy Dean Mind Your Own Business
10 Porter Wagoner Sorrow On The Rocks
The Johnny Horton tunes were recorded in 1956 (Hooray for That Little Difference) and 1957 (Tell My Baby I Love Her) but not released until 1964.
They were all C & W songs except #1, Don't Let The Rain Come Down by The Serendipity Singers, a folk song that hit #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 but never charted country nationally.