Top Ten Charts 1961
The top ten charts 1961 will provide, at a glance, the weekly rankings of the top ten songs for the year. Here is a brief time capsule snapshot of the news events for the year of 1961:
- John F. Kennedy creates the Peace Corps which stirs thousands of college students to join.
- In International news, the CIA-backed invasion of the Bay of Pigs is a disastrous failure. East Berlin erects the Berlin Wall. The U.S. sends its first military companies to South Vietnam. The U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba. OPEC is formally constituted.
- The biggest fad of the year is the Yo-yo.
- In sports, Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s homerun record of 60 by hitting 61. The Green Bay Packers defeat the New York Giants in the NFL Title game.
- In television, TV Westerns are the top three programs with Wagon Train, Bonanza and Gunsmoke in that order.
- In music, “Tossin’ And Turnin’” by Bobby Lewis becomes the record of the year. The song “Moon River” wins the Oscar for Best Song. The year of 1961 had 21 #1 songs and 680 charted singles on the Hot 100.
- On the chart of January 16, 1961, there were four (4) instrumentals in the top ten, which was the most for any chart in that year.
- On January 23, 1961, the first three positions on the chart were instrumentals. The only time in chart history this feat was done.
The top ten charts for 1961 will have a week by week summary of the 10 most popular songs on the Hot 100 chart. The chart will have the following information:
- Date of chart
- Last Week (last week’s ranking)
- This Week (current ranking)
- Title
- Artist
- Number of weeks in the Top Ten
- Number of weeks at #1
| JANUARY 9, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Last Date (I) | Floyd Cramer | 9 | |
| 14 | 5 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 1 | |
| 11 | 6 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | 1 | |
| 9 | 7 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 2 | |
| 6 | 8 | North To Alaska | Johnny Horton | 7 | |
| 10 | 9 | Corinna, Corinna | Ray Peterson | 3 | |
| 8 | 10 | You’re Sixteen | Johnny Burnnette | 4 | |
| JANUARY 16, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 6 | |
| 5 | 4 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 2 | |
| 13 | 5 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 3 | |
| 6 | 7 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | 2 | |
| 4 | 8 | Last Date (I) | Floyd Cramer | 10 | |
| 9 | 9 | Corinna, Corinna | Ray Peterson | 4 | |
| 8 | 10 | North To Alaska | Johnny Horton | 8 | |
| JANUARY 23, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 3 | |
| 6 | 5 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 4 | |
| 2 | 6 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | 10 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | Shop Around | Miracles | 1 | |
| 14 | 8 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 1 | |
| 7 | 9 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | 3 | |
| 9 | 10 | Corinna, Corinna | Ray Peterson | 5 | |
| JANUARY 30, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 4 | 1 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 3 | |
| 2 | 3 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 8 | |
| 1 | 4 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | Shop Around | Miracles | 2 | |
| 5 | 6 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 5 | |
| 8 | 7 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 2 | |
| 13 | 8 | Emotions | Brenda Lee | 1 | |
| 9 | 9 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | 4 | |
| 6 | 10 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | 11 | 6 |
| FEBRUARY 6, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 9 | |
| 5 | 4 | Shop Around | Miracles | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 3 | |
| 4 | 6 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 6 | |
| 8 | 8 | Emotions | Brenda Lee | 2 | |
| 15 | 9 | My Empty Arms | Jackie Wilson | 1 | |
| 9 | 10 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | 5 | |
| FEBRUARY 13, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Shop Around | Miracles | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 4 | |
| 3 | 5 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 10 | |
| 7 | 6 | Angel Baby | Rosie & The Originals | 7 | |
| 8 | 7 | Emotions | Brenda Lee | 3 | |
| 6 | 8 | Wonderland By Night (I) | Bert Kaempfert | 10 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 1 | |
| 16 | 10 | There’s A Moon Out Tonight | Capris | 1 | |
| FEBRUARY 20, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Shop Around | Miracles | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow | Shirelles | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 2 | |
| 10 | 5 | There’s A Moon Out Tonight | Capris | 2 | |
| 4 | 6 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 5 | |
| 7 | 7 | Emotions | Brenda Lee | 4 | |
| 5 | 8 | Exodus (I) | Ferrante & Teicher | 11 | |
| 13 | 9 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 1 | |
| 15 | 10 | Wheels (I) | String-A-Longs | 1 | |
| FEBRUARY 27, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 4 | 1 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | There’s A Moon Out Tonight | Capris | 3 | |
| 24 | 4 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 1 | |
| 15 | 5 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 1 | |
| 9 | 6 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 2 | |
| 11 | 7 | Where The Boys Are | Connie Francis | 1 | |
| 2 | 8 | Shop Around | Miracles | 6 | |
| 18 | 9 | Ebony Eyes | Everly Brothers | 1 | |
| 10 | 10 | Wheels (I) | String-A-Longs | 2 | |
| MARCH 6, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 2 | |
| 10 | 3 | Wheels (I) | String-A-Longs | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 2 | |
| 7 | 5 | Where The Boys Are | Connie Francis | 2 | |
| 2 | 6 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | Baby Sittin’ Boogie | Buzz Clifford | 1 | |
| 6 | 8 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 3 | |
| 3 | 9 | There’s A Moon Out Tonight | Capris | 4 | |
| 9 | 10 | Ebony Eyes | Everly Brothers | 2 | |
| MARCH 13, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | Wheels (I) | String-A-Longs | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Where The Boys Are | Connie Francis | 3 | |
| 7 | 6 | Baby Sittin’ Boogie | Buzz Clifford | 2 | |
| 8 | 7 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 4 | |
| 6 | 8 | Calcutta (I) | Lawrence Welk | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Ebony Eyes | Everly Brothers | 3 | |
| 13 | 10 | Spanish Harlem | Ben E. King | 1 | |
| MARCH 20, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | Where The Boys Are | Connie Francis | 4 | |
| 7 | 5 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 5 | |
| 11 | 6 | Apache (I) | Jorgen Ingmann | 1 | |
| 3 | 7 | Wheels (I) | String-A-Longs | 5 | |
| 9 | 8 | Ebony Eyes | Everly Brothers | 4 | |
| 13 | 9 | Walk Right Back | Everly Brothers | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | Baby Sittin’ Boogie | Buzz Clifford | 3 | |
| MARCH 27, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 6 | |
| 6 | 4 | Apache (I) | Jorgen Ingmann | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 5 | |
| 21 | 6 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 1 | |
| 9 | 7 | Walk Right Back | Everly Brothers | 2 | |
| 7 | 8 | Wheels | String-A-Longs | 6 | |
| 4 | 9 | Where The Boys Are | Connie Francis | 5 | |
| 12 | 10 | Gee Whiz | Carla Thomas | 1 | |
| APRIL 3, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 6 | 1 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Apache (I) | Jorgen Ingmann | 3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | Pony Time | Chubby Checker | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 7 | |
| 5 | 6 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 6 | |
| 11 | 7 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 1 | |
| 7 | 8 | Walk Right Back | Everly Brothers | 3 | |
| 21 | 9 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 1 | |
| 17 | 10 | But I Do | Clarence Henry | 1 | |
| APRIL 10, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Apache (I) | Jorgen Ingmann | 4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 8 | |
| 9 | 4 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 2 | |
| 7 | 5 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 2 | |
| 10 | 6 | But I Do | Clarence Henry | 2 | |
| 3 | 7 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Don’t Worry | Marty Robbins | 6 | |
| 23 | 9 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 1 | |
| 8 | 10 | Walk Right Back | Everly Brothers | 4 | |
| APRIL 17, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 3 | |
| 9 | 3 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 2 | |
| 5 | 4 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 3 | |
| 6 | 5 | But I Do | Clarence Henry | 3 | |
| 2 | 6 | Apache (I) | Jorgen Ingmann | 5 | |
| 3 | 7 | Dedicated To The One I Love | Shirelles | 9 | |
| 12 | 8 | Asia Minor (I) | Kokomo | 1 | |
| 20 | 9 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 1 | |
| 7 | 10 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 8 | 2 |
| APRIL 24, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | But I Do | Clarence Henry | 4 | |
| 4 | 5 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 4 | |
| 9 | 6 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 2 | |
| 18 | 7 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | You Can Depend On Me | Brenda Lee | 1 | |
| 11 | 9 | Take Good Care Of Her | Adam Wade | 1 | |
| 14 | 10 | One Mint Julep (I) | Ray Charles | 1 | |
| MAY 1, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 4 | |
| 7 | 3 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 3 | |
| 2 | 5 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | But I Do | Clarence Henry | 5 | |
| 9 | 7 | Take Good Care Of Her | Adam Wade | 2 | |
| 10 | 8 | One Mint Julep (I) | Ray Charles | 2 | |
| 8 | 9 | You Can Depend On Me | Brenda Lee | 2 | |
| 5 | 10 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 5 | |
| MAY 8, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | You Can Depend On Me | Brenda Lee | 3 | |
| 7 | 7 | Take Good Care Of Her | Adam Wade | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | One Mint Julep (I) | Ray Charles | 3 | |
| 11 | 9 | Portrait Of My Love | Steve Lawrence | 1 | |
| 10 | 10 | On The Rebound (I) | Floyd Cramer | 6 | |
| MAY 15, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 5 | |
| 4 | 4 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | 4 | |
| 12 | 5 | Daddy’s Home | Shep & The Limelites | 1 | |
| 6 | 6 | You Can Depend On Me | Brenda Lee | 4 | |
| 5 | 7 | Blue Moon | Marcels | 8 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 1 | |
| 14 | 9 | Mama Said | Shirelles | 1 | |
| 7 | 10 | Take Good Care Of Her | Adam Wade | 4 | |
| MAY 22, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 8 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | Daddy’s Home | Shep & The Limelites | 2 | |
| 3 | 4 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 6 | |
| 8 | 5 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 2 | |
| 9 | 6 | Mama Said | Shirelles | 2 | |
| 16 | 7 | Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 1 | |
| 11 | 8 | Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart | Connie Francis | 1 | |
| 15 | 9 | Hello Mary Lou | Ricky Nelson | 1 | |
| 4 | 10 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | 5 | |
| MAY 29, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 5 | 1 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Daddy’s Home | Shep & The Limelites | 3 | |
| 7 | 3 | Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | Mama Said | Shirelles | 3 | |
| 1 | 5 | Mother In-Law | Ernie K. Doe | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart | Connie Francis | 2 | |
| 4 | 8 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 7 | |
| 17 | 9 | I Feel So Bad | Elvis Presley | 1 | |
| 16 | 10 | Tragedy | Fleetwoods | 1 | |
| JUNE 5, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 3 | 1 | Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Daddy’s Home | Shep & The Limelites | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | Mama Said | Shirelles | 4 | |
| 9 | 5 | I Feel So Bad | Elvis Presley | 2 | |
| 13 | 6 | Stand By Me | Ben E. King | 1 | |
| 14 | 7 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 1 | |
| 8 | 8 | One Hundred Pounds Of Clay | Gene McDanels | 8 | |
| 15 | 9 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 1 | |
| 7 | 10 | Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart | Connie Francis | 3 | |
| JUNE 12, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 2 | |
| 1 | 3 | Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | Stand By Me | Ben E. King | 2 | |
| 9 | 5 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 2 | |
| 18 | 6 | The Writing On The Wall | Adam Wade | 1 | |
| 5 | 7 | I Feel So Bad | Elvis Presley | 3 | |
| 21 | 8 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 1 | |
| 33 | 9 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 1 | |
| 26 | 10 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 1 | |
| JUNE 19, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | Stand By Me | Ben E. King | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | The Writing On The Wall | Adam Wade | 2 | |
| 17 | 7 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 1 | |
| 8 | 8 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 2 | |
| 10 | 9 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 2 | |
| 11 | 10 | Those Oldies But Goodies | Little Cesear & The Romans | 1 | |
| JUNE 26, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 3 | 1 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 4 | |
| 1 | 3 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 2 | |
| 2 | 5 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | The Writing On The Wall | Adam Wade | 3 | |
| 9 | 7 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 3 | |
| 10 | 9 | Those Oldies But Goodies | Little Cesear & The Romans | 2 | |
| 4 | 10 | Stand By Me | Ben E. King | 4 | |
| JULY 3, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 3 | |
| 7 | 3 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 4 | |
| 2 | 4 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 5 | |
| 6 | 5 | The Writing On The Wall | Adam Wade | 4 | |
| 3 | 6 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | Travelin Man | Ricky Nelson | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | Those Oldies But Goodies | Little Cesear & The Romans | 3 | |
| 11 | 10 | Yellow Bird (I) | Arthur Lyman | 1 | |
| JULY 10, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | The Writing On The Wall | Adam Wade | 5 | |
| 8 | 6 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 5 | |
| 6 | 7 | Moody River | Pat Boone | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | Yellow Bird (I) | Arthur Lyman | 2 | |
| 13 | 9 | Hats Off To Larry | Del Shannon | 1 | |
| 12 | 10 | Dance On Little Girl | Paul Anka | 1 | |
| JULY 17, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 7 | |
| 8 | 5 | Yellow Bird (I) | Arthur Lyman | 3 | |
| 9 | 6 | Hats Off To Larry | Del Shannon | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | Every Beat Of My Heart | Pips | 6 | |
| 11 | 8 | San Antiono Rose (I) | Floyd Cramer | 1 | |
| 14 | 9 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 1 | |
| 13 | 10 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 1 | |
| JULY 24, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 7 | |
| 3 | 3 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | Yellow Bird (I) | Arthur Lyman | 4 | |
| 9 | 5 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Hats Off To Larry | Del Shannon | 3 | |
| 4 | 7 | Raindrops | Dee Clark | 8 | |
| 10 | 8 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 2 | |
| 14 | 9 | Together | Connie Francis | 1 | |
| 15 | 10 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 1 | |
| JULY 31, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 3 | |
| 2 | 3 | Boll Weevil Song | Brook Benton | 8 | |
| 8 | 4 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Hats Off To Larry | Del Shannon | 4 | |
| 3 | 6 | Quarter To Three | Gary U.S. Bonds | 8 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | Last Night (I) | Mar-Keys | 1 | |
| 9 | 8 | Together | Connie Francis | 2 | |
| 10 | 9 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 2 | |
| 4 | 10 | Yellow Bird (I) | Arthur Lyman | 5 | |
| AUGUST 7, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 4 | |
| 7 | 3 | Last Night (I) | Mar-Keys | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Hats Off To Larry | Del Shannon | 5 | |
| 8 | 6 | Together | Connie Francis | 3 | |
| 16 | 7 | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | Curtis Lee | 1 | |
| 9 | 8 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 3 | |
| 13 | 9 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 1 | |
| 23 | 10 | Michael | Highwaymen | 1 | |
| AUGUST 14, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Last Night (I) | Mar-Keys | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 5 | |
| 9 | 5 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 2 | |
| 10 | 6 | Michael | Highwaymen | 2 | |
| 7 | 7 | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | Curtis Lee | 2 | |
| 8 | 8 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 4 | |
| 6 | 9 | Together | Connie Francis | 4 | |
| 16 | 10 | School Is Out | Gary U.S. Bonds | 1 | |
| AUGUST 21, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 3 | |
| 6 | 3 | Michael | Highwaymen | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | Last Night (I) | Mar-Keys | 4 | |
| 2 | 5 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 6 | |
| 11 | 6 | You Don’t Know What You’ve Got | Ral Donner | 1 | |
| 7 | 7 | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | Curtis Lee | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | Dum Dum | Brenda Lee | 6 | |
| 8 | 9 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 5 | |
| 10 | 10 | School Is Out | Gary U.S. Bonds | 2 | |
| AUGUST 28, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Michael | Highwaymen | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | Last Night (I) | Mar-Keys | 5 | |
| 6 | 5 | You Don’t Know What You’ve Got | Ral Donner | 2 | |
| 5 | 6 | I Like It Like That | Chris Kenner | 7 | |
| 10 | 7 | School Is Out | Gary U.S. Bonds | 3 | |
| 7 | 8 | Pretty Little Angel Eyes | Curtis Lee | 4 | |
| 11 | 9 | Don’t Bet Money Honey | Linda Scott | 1 | |
| 12 | 10 | Hurt | Tami Yuro | 1 | |
| SEPTEMBER 4, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 3 | 1 | Michael | Highwaymen | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Tossin’ And Turnin’ | Bobby Lewis | 12 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | You Don’t Know What You’ve Got | Ral Donner | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | School Is Out | Gary U.S. Bonds | 4 | |
| 23 | 6 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 1 | |
| 13 | 7 | My True Story | Jive Five | 1 | |
| 10 | 8 | Hurt | Tami Yuro | 2 | |
| 9 | 9 | Don’t Bet Money Honey | Linda Scott | 2 | |
| 11 | 10 | As If I Didn’t Know | Adam Wade | 1 | |
| SEPTEMBER 11, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Michael | Highwaymen | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 2 | |
| 7 | 3 | My True Story | Jive Five | 2 | |
| 8 | 4 | Hurt | Tami Yuro | 3 | |
| 4 | 5 | You Don’t Know What You’ve Got | Ral Donner | 4 | |
| 2 | 6 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It Flavor | Lonnie Donegan | 1 | |
| 14 | 8 | Who Put The Bomp | Barry Mann | 1 | |
| 15 | 9 | Little Sister | Elvis Presley | 1 | |
| 10 | 10 | As If I Didn’t Know | Adam Wade | 2 | |
| SEPTEMBER 18, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Michael | Highwaymen | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | My True Story | Jive Five | 3 | |
| 22 | 4 | (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame | Elvis Presley | 1 | |
| 11 | 5 | Crying’ | Roy Orbison | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It Flavor | Lonnie Donegan | 2 | |
| 14 | 7 | Without You | Johnny Tillotson | 1 | |
| 6 | 8 | Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | 9 | One Track Mind | Bobby Lewis | 1 | |
| 13 | 10 | When We Get Married | Dreamlovers | 1 | |
| SEPTEMBER 25, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | 2 | The Mountain’s High | Dick & Dee Dee | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | Michael | Highwaymen | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | Crying’ | Roy Orbison | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It Flavor | Lonnie Donegan | 3 | |
| 13 | 6 | Little Sister | Elvis Presley | 2 | |
| 17 | 7 | Who Put The Bomp | Barry Mann | 2 | |
| 3 | 8 | My True Story | Jive Five | 4 | |
| 7 | 9 | Without You | Johnny Tillotson | 2 | |
| 4 | 10 | (Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame | Elvis Presley | 2 | |
| OCTOBER 2, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | The Mountain’s High | Dick & Dee Dee | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | Crying’ | Roy Orbison | 3 | |
| 13 | 4 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 1 | |
| 6 | 5 | Little Sister | Elvis Presley | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Michael | Highwaymen | 9 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | Mexico (I) | Bob Moore | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | Bobby Darin | 1 | |
| 5 | 9 | Does Your Chewing Gum Loose It Flavor | Lonnie Donegan | 4 | |
| 14 | 10 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 1 | |
| OCTOBER 9, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 4 | 1 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Crying’ | Roy Orbison | 4 | |
| 1 | 3 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | 4 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 1 | |
| 10 | 5 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | Bobby Darin | 2 | |
| 2 | 7 | The Mountain’s High | Dick & Dee Dee | 3 | |
| 5 | 8 | Little Sister | Elvis Presley | 4 | |
| 15 | 9 | Let’s Get Together | Hayley Mills | 1 | |
| 7 | 10 | Mexico (I) | Bob Moore | 2 | |
| OCTOBER 16, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 3 | |
| 2 | 4 | Crying’ | Roy Orbison | 5 | |
| 6 | 5 | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | Bobby Darin | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Take Good Care Of My Baby | Bobby Vee | 7 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | Sad Movies | Sue Thompson | 1 | |
| 17 | 8 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 1 | |
| 10 | 9 | Mexico (I) | Bob Moore | 3 | |
| 14 | 10 | Ya Ya | Lee Dorsey | 1 | |
| OCTOBER 23, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 4 | |
| 8 | 3 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 2 | |
| 1 | 4 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | Sad Movies | Sue Thompson | 2 | |
| 11 | 6 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 1 | |
| 12 | 7 | I Love How You Love Me | Paris Sisters | 1 | |
| 13 | 8 | Let’s Get Together | Hayley Mills | 2 | |
| 10 | 9 | Ya Ya | Lee Dorsey | 2 | |
| 14 | 10 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 1 | |
| OCTOBER 30, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | I Love How You Love Me | Paris Sisters | 2 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sad Movies | Sue Thompson | 3 | |
| 9 | 7 | Ya Ya | Lee Dorsey | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | Let’s Get Together | Hayley Mills | 3 | |
| 10 | 9 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 2 | |
| NOVEMBER 6, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 3 | 1 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 6 | 2 |
| 17 | 5 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | 1 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sad Movies | Sue Thompson | 4 | |
| 10 | 7 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 3 | |
| 9 | 8 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 3 | |
| 5 | 9 | I Love How You Love Me | Paris Sisters | 3 | |
| 11 | 10 | Tower Of Strength | Gene McDaniels | 1 | |
| NOVEMBER 13, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | 2 | |
| 3 | 4 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 7 | |
| 10 | 5 | Tower Of Strength | Gene McDaniels | 2 | |
| 4 | 6 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 4 | |
| 7 | 8 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 4 | |
| 17 | 9 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | Sad Movies | Sue Thompson | 5 | |
| NOVEMBER 20, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | 3 | |
| 12 | 4 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 1 | |
| 4 | 5 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 8 | |
| 5 | 6 | Tower Of Strength | Gene McDaniels | 3 | |
| 6 | 7 | Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 2 | |
| 8 | 9 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 5 | |
| 7 | 10 | The Fly | Chubby Checker | 5 | |
| NOVEMBER 27, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | 4 | |
| 5 | 6 | Bristol Stomp | Dovells | 9 | |
| 19 | 7 | Heartaches | Marcels | 1 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tower Of Strength | Gene McDaniels | 4 | |
| 15 | 9 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | 1 | |
| 9 | 10 | This Time | Troy Shondell | 6 | |
| DECEMBER 4, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 3 | |
| 2 | 4 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | 5 | |
| 16 | 6 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | 1 | |
| 12 | 7 | Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 1 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tower Of Strength | Gene McDaniels | 5 | |
| 14 | 9 | I Understand | G-Cleffs | 1 | |
| 9 | 10 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | 2 | |
| DECEMBER 11, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 2 | 1 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 9 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | 2 | |
| 7 | 5 | Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 2 | |
| 17 | 6 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Tokens | 1 | |
| 11 | 7 | Run To Him | Bobby Vee | 1 | |
| 12 | 8 | Tonight | Ferrante & Teicher | 1 | |
| 16 | 9 | Let There Be Drums (I) | Sandy Nelson | 1 | |
| 21 | 10 | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | Neil Sedaka | 1 | |
| DECEMBER 18, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 6 | 1 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Tokens | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Run To Him | Bobby Vee | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 5 | |
| 9 | 7 | Let There Be Drums (I) | Sandy Nelson | 2 | |
| 10 | 8 | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | Neil Sedaka | 2 | |
| 2 | 9 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 10 | 5 |
| 15 | 10 | Peppermint Twist | Joey Dee & The Startliters | 1 | |
| DECEMBER 25, 1961 | |||||
| LAST | THIS | ||||
| WEEK | WEEK | TITLE | ARTIST | T10 | #1 |
| 1 | 1 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Tokens | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Run To Him | Bobby Vee | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | Goodbye Cruel World | James Darren | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 4 | |
| 10 | 6 | Peppermint Twist | Joey Dee & The Startliters | 2 | |
| 2 | 7 | Please Mr. Postman | Marvelettes | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | Neil Sedaka | 3 | |
| 7 | 9 | Let There Be Drums (I) | Sandy Nelson | 3 | |
| 18 | 10 | Can’t Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley | 1 | |
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