hot 100 1961

The Hot 100 1961

Issue Date	Chart No	Title	Singers
Jan 7	1	Are You Lonesome To-night?	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Jan 14, 21	2
Jan 28	6
Feb 4	10
Jan 7	2	Wonderland By Night (instrumental)	Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
Jan 14, 21, 28	1
Feb 4	4
Feb 11	6
Feb 18	8
Jan 7	3	Last Date (instrumental)	Floyd Cramer
Jan 14	4
Jan 21	8
Jan 7	4	Exodus (instrumental)	Ferrante & Teicher
Jan 14, 21, 28 Feb 4, 11	3
Jan 28	2
Feb 18	5
Feb 25	8
Jan 7	5	A Thousand Stars	Kathy Young with The Innocents
Jan 7	6	North To Alaska	Johnny Horton
Jan 14	8
Jan 21	10
Jan 7	7	Many Tears Ago	Connie Francis
Jan 7	8	You're Sixteen	Johnny Burnette
Jan 14	10
Jan 7	9	Angel Baby	Rosie And The Originals
Jan 14 Feb 11	7
Jan 21, 28 Feb 18	6
Jan 28	5
Jan 7, 28	10	Corinna, Corinna	Ray Peterson
Jan 14, 21	9
Jan 14	5	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Shirelles
Jan 21, 28	4
Feb 4, 11	1
Feb 18	2
Feb 25	3
Jan 14	6	Rubber Ball	Bobby Vee
Jan 21	7
Jan 28 Feb 4	9
Feb 11	10
Jan 21	5	Calcutta (instrumental)	Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra
Jan 28	3
Feb 4, 11 Mar 4	2
Feb 18, 25	1
Mar 11	6
Mar 18	8
Jan 28	7	Shop Around	The Miracles (featuring Bill Smokey Robinson)
Feb 4	5
Feb 11	4
Feb 18	3
Feb 25	2
Mar 4	8
Jan 28	8	Calendar Girl	Neil Sedaka
Feb 4	7
Feb 11	5
Feb 18	4
Feb 25	6
Feb 4, 11	8	Emotions	Brenda Lee
Feb 18, 25	7
Feb 11	9	My Empty Arms	Jackie Wilson
Feb 18	9	Pony Time	Chubby Checker
Feb 25 Apr 8	4
Mar 4, 11, 18	1
Mar 25 Apr 1	2
Feb 18	10	There's A Moon Out Tonight	The Capris
Feb 25	5
Mar 4	3
Mar 11	9
Feb 25	9	Dedicated To The One I Love	The Shirelles
Mar 4 Apr 8	6
Mar 11	8
Mar 18 Apr 22	7
Mar 25	5
Apr 1, 15	3
Feb 25 Mar 4	10	Wheels (instrumental)	The String-A-Longs
Mar 11, 18	3
Mar 25	7
Apr 1	8
Mar 4	4	Surrender	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Mar 11, 18	2
Mar 25 Apr 1	1
Apr 8	3
Apr 15	7
Apr 22	10
Mar 4 Apr 1	5	Don't Worry	Marty Robbins
Mar 11, 18	4
Mar 25	3
Apr 8	6
Apr 15	8
Mar 4	7	Where The Boys Are	Connie Francis
Mar 11, 18	5
Mar 25	4
Apr 1	9
Mar 4, 18	9	Ebony Eyes	The Everly Brothers
Mar 11	10
Mar 25	8
Mar 11	7	Baby Sittin' Boogie	Buzz Clifford
Mar 18	6
Mar 25	10
Mar 18	10	Spanish Harlem	Ben E. King
Mar 25 Apr 22	6	Apache (instrumental)	Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar
Apr 1	4
Apr 8, 15	2
Mar 25	9	Walk Right Back	The Everly Brothers
Apr 1	7
Apr 8	8
Apr 15	10
Apr 1	6	Blue Moon	The Marcels
Apr 8, 15, 22	1
Apr 29	2
May 6, 13	5
May 20	7
Apr 1	10	Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)	Carla Thomas
Apr 8	7	On The Rebound (instrumental)	Floyd Cramer
Apr 15, 29	5
Apr 22	4
May 6, 13	10
Apr 8	9	Runaway	Del Shannon
Apr 15	4
Apr 22 May 27	2
Apr 29 May 6, 13, 20	1
Jun 3	6
Apr 8	10	But I Do	Clarence Henry
Apr 15 May 6	6
Apr 22	5
Apr 29	4
Apr 15	9	Mother-In-Law	Ernie K-Doe
Apr 22, 29	3
May 6, 13, 20	2
Jun 3	5
May 27	1
Apr 22	8	Asia Minor (instrumental)	Kokomo
Apr 22	9	A Hundred Pounds Of Clay	Gene McDaniels
Apr 29	6
May 6, 27	4
May 13, 20	3
Jun 3, 10	8
Apr 29	7	I've Told Every Little Star	Linda Scott
May 6	3
May 13, 20	4
May 27	10
Apr 29	8	You Can Depend On Me	Brenda Lee
May 6	9
May 13, 20	6
Apr 29	9	Take Good Care Of Her	Adam Wade
May 6, 13	7
May 20	10
Apr 29	10	One Mint Julep (instrumental)	Ray Charles
May 6, 13	8
May 13	9	Portrait Of My Love	Steve Lawrence
May 20	5	Daddy's Home	Shep And The Limelites
May 27 Jun 10	3
Jun 3	2
May 20	8	Travelin' Man	Ricky Nelson
May 27 Jul 1	5
Jun 3, 17	1
Jun 10, 24	2
Jul 8	7
May 20	9	Mama Said	The Shirelles
May 27	6
Jun 3, 10	4
May 27	7	Running Scared	Roy Orbison
Jun 3, 17	3
Jun 10	1
May 27	8	Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart	Connie Francis
Jun 3	7
Jun 10	10
May 27	9	Hello Mary Lou	Ricky Nelson
Jun 3	9	I Feel So Bad	Elvis Presley
Jun 10	5
Jun 17	7
Jun 3	10	Tragedy	The Fleetwoods
Jun 10	6	Stand By Me	Ben E. King
Jun 17, 24	4
Jul 1	10
Jun 10 Jul 15	7	Moody River	Pat Boone
Jun 17	2
Jun 24	1
Jul 1	3
Jul 8	6
Jun 10	9	Raindrops	Dee Clark
Jun 17, 24	5
Jul 1	2
Jul 8, 15, 22	4
Jul 29	8
Jun 17, 24 Jul 1	6	The Writing On The Wall	Adam Wade
Jul 8, 15	5
Jun 17, 24 Jul 1, 8	8	Every Beat Of My Heart	Pips
Jul 15	6
Jul 22	7
Jun 17	9	Quarter To Three	U.S. Bonds
Jun 24 Jul 15, 22, 29	3
Jul 1, 8	1
Aug 5	6
Jun 17	10	The Boll Weevil Song (spoken version)	Brook Benton
Jun 24	9
Jul 1	7
Jul 8 Aug 5	3
Jul 15, 22, 29	2
Jun 24	7	Tossin And Turnin	Bobby Lewis
Jul 1	4
Jul 8 Sep 2	2
Jul 15, 22, 29 Aug 5, 12, 19, 26	1
Sep 9	3
Jun 24	10	Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)	Little Caesar and The Romans
Jul 1, 8	9
Jul 8 Aug 5	10	Yellow Bird (instrumental)	Arthur Lyman Group
Jul 15	8
Jul 22	5
Jul 29	4
Jul 15	9	Hats Off To Larry	Del Shannon
Jul 22, 29	6
Aug 5, 12	5
Jul 15	10	Dance On Little Girl	Paul Anka
Jul 22	8	San Antonio Rose (instrumental)	Floyd Cramer
Jul 22	9	I Like It Like That, Part 1	Chris Kenner
Jul 29 Aug 26	5
Aug 5, 12, 19	2
Sep 2	6
Jul 22	10	Dum Dum	Brenda Lee
Jul 29 Aug 26	8
Aug 5, 12, 19	4
Jul 29 Aug 19	9	Together	Connie Francis
Aug 5	8
Aug 12	6
Jul 29	10	Let's Twist Again	Chubby Checker
Aug 5, 26	9
Aug 12, 19	8
Aug 5	7	Last Night (instrumental)	Mar-Keys
Aug 12, 19	3
Aug 26 Sep 2	4
Aug 12, 19, 26	7	Pretty Little Angel Eyes	Curtis Lee
Sep 2	8
Aug 12	9	Wooden Heart	Joe Dowell
Aug 19	5
Aug 26 Sep 9	2
Sep 2	1
Sep 16	6
Sep 23	8
Aug 12	10	Michael	The Highwaymen
Aug 19 Oct 7	6
Aug 26 Sep 2, 30	3
Sep 9, 16	1
Sep 23	2
Aug 19, 26	10	School Is Out	Gary U.S. Bonds
Sep 2	7
Sep 12	4
Aug 26	6	You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)	Ral Donner
Sep 2, 16	5
Sep 9	4
Sep 2, 9	9	Don't Bet Money Honey	Linda Scott
Sep 2	10	Hurt	Timi Yuro
Sep 9	8
Sep 16	4
Sep 9 Oct 21	6	Take Good Care Of My Baby	Bobby Vee
Sep 16	2
Sep 23, 30 Oct 7	1
Oct 14	3
Sep 9	7	My True Story	The Jive Five
Sep 16, 23	3
Sep 30	8
Sep 9, 16	10	As If I Didn't Know	Adam Wade
Sep 16	7	Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)	Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group
Sep 23	6
Sep 30	5
Oct 7	9
Sep 16	8	Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)	Barry Mann
Sep 30	7
Sep 16	9	Little Sister	Elvis Presley
Sep 30	6
Oct 7	5
Oct 14	8
Sep 23	4	(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame	Elvis Presley
Sep 30	10
Sep 23	5	Crying	Roy Orbison
Sep 30 Oct 21	4
Oct 7	3
Oct 14	2
Sep 23	7	Without You	Johnny Tillotson
Sep 30	9
Sep 23	9	One Track Mind	Bobby Lewis
Sep 23	10	When We Get Married	The Dreamlovers
Sep 30 Oct 7	2	The Mountain's High	Dick and DeeDee
Oct 14	7
Oct 7, 28 Nov 4, 11	4	Hit The Road Jack	Ray Charles and his Orchestra
Oct 14, 21	1
Nov 18	6
Nov 25	7
Oct 7	7	Mexico (instrumental)	Bob Moore and His Orch.
Oct 14	10
Oct 21	9
Oct 7	8	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	Bobby Darin
Oct 14	6
Oct 21	5
Oct 7	10	Bristol Stomp	The Dovells
Oct 14 Nov 25	5
Oct 21 Nov 11	3
Oct 28 Nov 4	2
Nov 18	4
Dec 2	6
Oct 14 Dec 9	4	Runaround Sue	Dion
Oct 21 Nov 11, 18, 25 Dec 2	2
Oct 28 Nov 4	1
Oct 14	9	Let's Get Together	Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills
Oct 28 Nov 4	8
Oct 21	7	Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)	Sue Thompson
Oct 28	5
Nov 4, 11	6
Nov 18	10
Oct 21	8	Big Bad John (spoken version)	Jimmy Dean
Oct 28 Nov 4	3
Nov 11, 18, 25 Dec 2, 9	1
Dec 16	2
Dec 23	9
Oct 21	10	Ya Ya	Lee Dorsey
Oct 28	9
Nov 4	7
Oct 28	6	This Time	Troy Shondell
Nov 4 Dec 2	10
Nov 11	7
Nov 18	8
Nov 25	9
Oct 28	7	I Love How You Love Me	The Paris Sisters
Nov 4	5
Nov 11	9
Oct 28 Nov 25	10	The Fly	Chubby Checker
Nov 4	9
Nov 11	8
Nov 18	7
Nov 11 Dec 2, 9	5	Fool #1	Brenda Lee
Nov 18, 25	3
Nov 11	10	Tower Of Strength	Gene McDaniels
Nov 18	5
Nov 25	6
Dec 2, 9	8
Nov 18	9	Please Mr. Postman	The Marvelettes
Nov 25	8
Dec 2	3
Dec 9, 23	2
Dec 16	1
Dec 30	7
Nov 25 Dec 2, 30	4	Goodbye Cruel World	James Darren
Dec 9, 16	3
Dec 23	6
Dec 2	7	Heartaches	The Marcels
Dec 2	9	Crazy	Patsy Cline
Dec 9	10
Dec 9	6	The Twist	Chubby Checker
Dec 16, 23	4
Dec 30	3
Dec 9	7	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
Dec 16, 23, 30	5
Dec 9	9	I Understand (Just How You Feel)	The G-Clefs
Dec 16	6	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
Dec 23, 30	1
Dec 16	7	Run To Him	Bobby Vee
Dec 23	3
Dec 30	2
Dec 16	8	Tonight	Ferrante & Teicher
Dec 16, 30	9	Let There Be Drums (instrumental)	Sandy Nelson
Dec 23	7
Dec 16	10	Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen	Neil Sedaka
Dec 23, 30	8
Dec 23	10	Peppermint Twist - Part I	Joey Dee & the Starliters
Dec 30	6
Dec 30	10	Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

                                                                                 1960       1962
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