billboard adult contemporary 1961

Adult Contemporary 1961

Issue Date	Billboard chart	Title	Singers
July 22, 29 Aug 5	1	The Boll Weevil Song (spoken version)	Brook Benton
Aug 12	4
Aug 19	7
Aug 26	10
July 22, 29	2	Yellow Bird (instrumental)	Arthur Lyman Group
Aug 5	3
Aug 12	9
Aug 19	10
July 22	3	San Antonio Rose (instrumental)	Floyd Cramer
July 29 Aug 5	4
Aug 12	7
Aug 19	9
July 22	4	Moody River	Pat Boone
July 29	6
Aug 5	8
July 22	5	The Writing On The Wall	Adam Wade
July 29	10
July 22	6	Together	Connie Francis
July 29 Aug 19	3
Aug 5	2
Aug 12	1
Aug 26	5
Sep 2	7
July 22	7	Never On Sunday	The Chordettes
July 29 Aug 12, 19	5
Aug 5	6
Aug 26	8
Sep 2	10
July 22, 29	8	My Kind Of Girl	Matt Monro
Aug 5	7
Aug 12, 19	6
Aug 26	9
July 22	9	Wooden Heart	Joe Dowell
July 29 Sep 30	7
Aug 5	5
Aug 12 Sep 9	2
Aug 19, 26 Sep 2	1
Sep 16, 23	3
July 22	10	Should I (instrumental)	The String-A-Longs
July 29 Aug 5	9	Don't Bet Money Honey	Linda Scott
Aug 26 Sep 2	3
Sep 9	4
Sep 16	5
Sep 23	10
Aug 5 Oct 7	10	Hurt	Timi Yuro
Aug 12	8
Aug 26 Sep 2, 23	4
Sep 9	3
Sep 16	2
Sep 30	6
Aug 12	3	Michael	The Highwaymen
Aug 19, 26 Sep 9 Oct 14	2
Sep 2,16,23,30 Oct 10	1
Oct 21	6
Aug 12	10	As If I Didn't Know	Adam Wade
Aug 19	8
Aug 26	6
Sep 2, 9	5
Sep 16	4
Aug 26 Sep 16	7	I Fall To Pieces	Patsy Cline
Sep 2, 9	6
Sep 23	9
Sep 2	8	I'll Never Smile Again	The Platters
Sep 9	7
Sep 2	9	Right Or Wrong	Wanda Jackson
Sep 9	8	Frankie And Johnny	Brook Benton
Sep 16, 23	6
Sep 30	9
Sep 9	9	(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame	Elvis Presley
Sep 16	8
Sep 23, 30	2
Oct 7	7
Oct 14, 28	6
Oct 21	5
Sep 9	10	Big Cold Wind	Pat Boone
Sep 16	9
Sep 23, 30	5
Oct 7	8
Sep 16	10	More Money For You And Me	The Four Preps
Sep 23	7
Sep 30	4
Oct 7	5
Sep 23	8	Mexico (instrumental)	Bob Moore and His Orch
Sep 30 Oct 21, 28 Nov 4	3
Oct 7	2
Oct 14	1
Nov 11	4
Nov 18	7
Sep 30	8	The Astronaut (Parts 1 & 2) (spoken version)	Jose Jimenez
Oct 7	4
Oct 14, 21	9
sep 30 Oct 28	10	Missing You	Ray Peterson
Oct 7	9
Oct 14	8
Oct 21	7
Oct 7, 14 Nov 11	3	The Way You Look Tonight	The Lettermen
Oct 21, 28 Nov 4, 18	4
Nov 25	9
Oct 7	6	Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)	Sue Thompson
Oct 14	5
Oct 21	1
Oct 28 Nov 4, 11, 18	2
Nov 25	4
Dec 2	8
Dec 9	10
Oct 14	4	Big Bad John (spoken version)	Jimmy Dean
Oct 21	2
Oct 28 Nov 4, 11, 18, 25 Dec 2, 9, 16, 23	1
Oct 14	7	Take Five (instrumental)	The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Oct 21	8
Oct 28 Nov 4	5
Nov 11	6
Oct 14	10	Water Boy (instrumental)	Don Shirley Trio
Oct 21	10	Moon River	Jerry Butler
Oct 28 Nov 11	7
Nov 4 Dec 23	6
Nov 18, 25	5
Dec 2, 9	4
Dec 16	3
Oct 28	8	It's Just A House Without You	Brook Benton
Oct 28 Nov 18 Dec 16	9	September In The Rain	Dinah Washington
Nov 4	7
Nov 11, 18, 25	8
Dec 2, 9	5
Nov 4 Dec 23	8	Crazy	Patsy Cline
Nov 11	5
Nov 18, 25	3
Dec 2, 9	2
Dec 16	4
Nov 4	9	Tonight	Ferrante & Teicher
Nov 11	10
Nov 18	6
Nov 25 Dec 16, 23	2
Dec 2, 9	3
Nov 4	10	Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)	Solomon Burke
Nov 11, 18 Dec 23	9
Nov 25 Dec 2	6
Dec 9	7
Dec 16	10
Nov 18	10	Moon River	Henry Mancini And His Orchestra
Nov 25 Dec 2	7
Dec 9	6
Dec 16	5
Dec 23	3
Nov 25	10	The Bridge Of Love	Joe Dowell
Dec 2	9	Smile	Timi Yuro
Dec 2	10	Up A Lazy River (instrumental)	Si Zentner And His Orchestra
Dec 9	8	When I Fall In Love	The Lettermen
Dec 16	7
Dec 23	5
Dec 9	9	When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)	Connie Francis
Dec 16	8
Dec 23	7
Dec 16	6	I Don't Know Why	Linda Scott
Dec 23	4
Dec 23	10	White Christmas	Bing Crosby

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