Don't Worry - Marty Robbins; 29. Quarter to Three - Gary "U.S." Bonds; 32. Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp,Bomp)? 1961 . The top 100 1961 lists the 100 most popular hits in the UK singles music charts in 1961. For detailed information on how Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article " Billboard Hot 100 ". I put this list together based on data from the Billboard R&B singles chart. The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. Top Hits of 1961 | Oldies Songs List 1961. All Music Lists. List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1961 which peaked in 1962 Top ten entry date … A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene Mcdaniels; 27. - Barry Mann; 33. Find the top 100 Pop songs for the year of 1961 and listen to them all! That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Bert Kaempfert, The Shirelles, Lawrence Welk, The Marcels, Del Shannon, Ernie K-Doe, Roy Orbison, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bobby Lewis, Joe Dowell, The Highwaymen, Bobby Vee, Dion, Jimmy Dean, The Marvelettes, and The Tokens. For detailed information on how Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article " Billboard Hot 100 ". 1962 >> 1961's Top 100 Pop Music Hits.
Top 100 Popular Songs of 1961. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1961. The list on this page is for all #1 hit Country singles for 1961 using proprietary methods. The results in this chart are not affiliated with any mainstream or commercial chart and may not reflect charts seen elsewhere. Posted: April 30, 2014 at 9:40 pm / by musicalist / comments (0) tags: Top Hits of 1961 . List of #1 R&B Singles for 1961. Compiled by Roger Lee Hall . The list on this page is for all #1 hit Rock & Roll singles for 1961 using proprietary methods. For a slightly less biased review of the year check out the Chartjunkie songs of the year! The list comes from the book Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits by Fred Bronson (4th Edition, 2007).
Just consider these different categories: . Eleven singles from 1960 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while " Midnight in Moscow " by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen , " Moon River " by Danny Williams with Geoff Love and His Orchestra and " Stranger on the Shore " by Mr Acker Bil " were all released in 1961 but did not reach their peak until 1962. On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer; 30. To determine the rankings, I came up with a point system based on a song's peak position and weeks on the chart. NOTE: The R&B charts of the late '50s and early '60s were rather odd in that they contained a number of decidedly non-R&B recordings. For example, the Monkees' "I'm A Believer" hit #1 the final week of 1966 and stayed there for the first six weeks of 1967. Country: "Big Bad John" -- Jimmy Dean Italian melody: "Surrender" -- Elvis Presley African melody: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)" -- … List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1961 which peaked in 1962 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten December 4 "The Twist" Chubby Checker 1 January 13 13 December 11 "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" Neil Sedaka 6 January 6 6 December 18 "Peppermint Twist - Part 1" Joey Dee and the Starliters: 1 January 27 11
List of #1 Country Singles for 1961. The list on this page is for all #1 hit R&B singles for 1961 using proprietary methods. The Top 200 Hits of 1961 . All US top 40 singles for 1961 including drops, power hits and debuts. List of #1 Rock & Roll Singles for 1961. I decided to exclude those songs from my yearly Top 100 surveys. Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka; 34. Portrait of My Love - Steve Lawrence; 31. "The Boll Weevil Song" Brook Benton: 26 "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" Gene McDaniels: 27 "The Mountain's High" Dick and Dee Dee: 28 "Don't Worry" Marty Robbins: 29 "On the Rebound" Floyd Cramer: 30 "Portrait of My Love" Steve Lawrence: 31 "Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds: 32 "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" Barry Mann: 33 "Calendar Girl" Neil Sedaka: 34 DPG Songs Of The Year 1961. One-hundred and four singles were in the top ten in 1961.