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Elvis Presley had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1961. Chubby Checker had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top Hot 100 songs of 1961. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January ...
Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1: Ben E King: Stand By Me: 1961: US: UK 1 – Feb 1987, Ireland 1 – Feb 1987, DDD 1 of 1961, RYM 2 of 1961, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1987, US BB 4 – May 1961, Germany 4 – Mar 1987, US BB 7 of 1961, Netherlands 7 – Mar 1987, POP 7 of 1961, Norway 9 – Apr 1987, Scrobulate 14 of soul, Canada 16 – May 1961, Austria 17 – Apr 1987, RIAA 25, US ...
The Shirelles hit #1 with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" in 1961.. These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1961.. 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 ...
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
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
It was released in January 1961, entered the Top 40 on Billboard ' s country and western chart on April 3, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the chart. [ 2 ] George Jones had two records that finished in the year's Top 5 records: " The Window Up Above " spent 34 weeks on the chart and ranked No. 3 on the year-end chart; and " Tender Years ...
Maurice Williams, the frontman of the doo-wop group the Zodiacs and singer-songwriter behind their 1960 hit song "Stay," has died. He was 86. The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame announced ...
"Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles: ABC-Paramount 18: NR "I Don't Mind" James Brown: King 19: 53 "Ya Ya" Lee Dorsey: Fury 20: 16 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles: Scepter 21: 60 "One Mint Julep" Ray Charles: Impulse 22: 40 "Blue Moon" The Marcels: Colpix 23: 31 "Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds: Le Grand 24: NR "At Last" Etta James: Argo ...