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Nelson's "Let There Be Drums" was an Australian No.1 single for a week (week of 20 January 1962) [5] and peaked at No.3 on the U.K. singles chart during the weeks of 4–10 January and 18–24 January 1962, [6] becoming the 50th best-selling single in the U.K. during the calendar year 1962.
1963 (extraordinary) →. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 44th inauguration and marked the commencement of John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson 's only term as president and ...
The positions of all songs are based on week-end sale totals, from Sunday to Saturday, [4] but pre-1987 the charts were released on a Tuesday because of the need for manual calculation. [5] Since inception there have been more than 1,400 number ones; of these, instrumental tracks have topped the chart on 30 occasions for a total of 96 weeks.
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 through November 1961.
Apache (instrumental) " Apache " is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele to the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. [ 1 ]
George Martin. " Flying " is an instrumental recorded by the English rock band The Beatles which first appeared on the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour release (two EP discs in the United Kingdom, an LP in the United States). It is one of the few songs credited to all four members of the band: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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 ...
The Shadows secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1961 with nine hit singles, four of which were with Cliff Richard. The Everly Brothers was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single " Walk Right Back "/" Ebony Eyes ". Craig Douglas, Eden Kane, Matt Monro, Petula Clark and The Temperance Seven ...