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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1961:





1 "Tossin' And Turnin'"

from the LP
Tossin' And Turnin'
Billboard chart run: 34 - 24 - 17 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 15 - 16 - off
Bobby Lewis Bobby Lewis - "Tossin' And Turnin'" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1(7) 17
2 Exodus Ferrante & Teicher   2 18
3 Wonderland By Night Bert Kaempfert
& His Orchestra
  1(3) 15
4 Big Bad John Jimmy Dean   1(5) 13
5 Runaway Del Shannon   1(4) 12
6 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles   1(2) 15
7 Pony Time Chubby Checker   1(3) 14
8 Calcutta Lawrence Welk   1(2) 13
9 Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes   1(1) 15
10 Runaround Sue Dion   1(2) 12
11 Travelin' Man Ricky Nelson   1(2) 15
12 Michael The Highwaymen   1(2) 11
13 The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens   1(3) 13
14 Bristol Stomp The Dovells   2 14
15 Dedicated To The One I Love The Shirelles   3 14
16 Blue Moon The Marcels   1(3) 11
17 Quarter To Three Gary U.S. Bonds   1(2) 12
18 Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe   1(1) 12
19 Take Good Care Of My Baby Bobby Vee   1(3) 11
20 The Boll Weevil Song Brook Benton   2 12
21 Goodbye Cruel World James Darren   3 12
22 Crying Roy Orbison   2 14
23 Running Scared Roy Orbison   1(1) 15
24 Run To Him Bobby Vee   2 13
25 Raindrops Dee Clark   2 12
26 Hit The Road Jack Ray Charles   1(2) 11
27 Surrender Elvis Presley   1(2) 11
28 Apache Jorgen Ingmann   2 13
29 Don't Worry Marty Robbins   3 12
30 Shop Around The Miracles   2 13
31 Wooden Heart Joe Dowell   1(1) 12
32 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay Gene McDaniels   3 12
33 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke   5 12
34 Moody River Pat Boone   1(1) 12
35 Wheels The String-A-Longs   3 13
36 Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker   8 15
37 I Like It Like That Chris Kenner   2 10
38 Stand By Me Ben E. King   4 11
39 Angel Baby Rosie & The Originals   5 12
40 Where The Boys Are Connie Francis   4 12
41 Last Night The Mar-Keys   3 12
42 Fool #1 Brenda Lee   3 12
43 Moon River Henry Mancini   11 16
44 On The Rebound Floyd Cramer   4 11
45 My True Story Jive Five   3 12
46 This Time Troy Shondell   6 12
47 Calendar Girl Neil Sedaka   4 12
48 Daddy's Home Shep & The Limelites   2 11
49 But I Do Clarence "Frogman" Henry   4 11
50 Rubber Ball Bobby Vee   6 11
51 Dum Dum Brenda Lee   4 10
52 Hats Off To Larry Del Shannon   5 11
53 Hello Mary Lou Ricky Nelson   9 13
54 Let There Be Drums Sandy Nelson   7 12
55 I've Told Every Little Star Linda Scott   3 10
56 The Fly Chubby Checker   7 11
57 I Love How You Love Me Paris Sisters   5 11
58 Wings Of A Dove Ferlin Husky   12 13
59 Every Beat Of My Heart The Pips   6 10
60 Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) Sue Thompson   5 11
61 Take Good Care Of Her Adam Wade   7 10
62 Yellow Bird Arthur Lyman   4 10
63 Tower Of Strength Gene McDaniels   5 10
64 The Mountain's High Dick & Deedee   2 10
65 There's A Moon Out Tonight The Capris   3 10
66 You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) Ral Donner   4 9
67 Let's Get Together Hayley Mills   8 11
68 Little Sister Elvis Presley   5 10
69 Mexico Bob Moore   7 10
70 You Can Depend On Me Brenda Lee   6 10
71 Baby Sittin' Boogie Buzz Clifford   6 10
72 The Writing On The Wall Adam Wade   5 9
73 Corinna, Corinna Ray Peterson   9 9
74 Walk Right Back

from the LP
The Golden Hits Of The Everly Brothers
Billboard chart run: 39 - 28 - 17 - 13 - 9 - 7 - 8 - 10 - 21 - 24 - off
Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers - "Walk Right Back" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
7 10
75 Hurt Timi Yuro   4 10
76 Ya Ya Lee Dorsey   7 10
77 I Understand The G-Clefs   9 11
78 Mama Said The Shirelles   4 8
79 Portrait Of My Love Steve Lawrence   9 10
80 Together Connie Francis   6 9
81 Emotions Brenda Lee   7 9
82 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night) Lonnie Donegan   5 9
83 Moon River Jerry Butler   11 11
84 Asia Minor Kokomo   8 11
85 Spanish Harlem Ben E. King   10 10
86 One Mint Julep Ray Charles   8 9
87 School Is Out Gary "U.S." Bonds   5 9
88 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby Bobby Darin   5 9
89 Ebony Eyes

from the LP
The Golden Hits Of The Everly Brothers
Billboard chart run: 40 - 18 - 9 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 13 - 17 - 31 - off
Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers - "Ebony Eyes" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
8 9
90 Those Oldies But Goodies Little Caesar
& The Romans
  9 9
91 Don't Bet Money Honey Linda Scott   9 10
92 I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline   12 10
93 Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart Connie Francis   7 9
94 Gee Whiz Carla Thomas   10 10
95 Hello Walls Faron Young   12 11
96 A Wonder Like You Ricky Nelson   11 9
97 Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) Barry Mann   7 9
98 Pretty Little Angel Eyes Curtis Lee   7 8
99 Please Love Me Forever Cathy Jean
& The Roommates
  12 10
100 San Antonio Rose Floyd Cramer   8 8



Based on songs that peaked in 1961 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Chart methodology used for the
ARC Weekly Top 40 applied to the chart runs to determine final rankings.




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