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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.
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 ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1961 which peaked in 1960 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 14 "Last Date" Floyd Cramer 2 November 28 10 November 21 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Elvis Presley 1 November 28 11 November 28 "North to Alaska" Johnny Horton: 4 December 19 8 December 19 "You're ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1961. [1] Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] 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 ...
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 ...
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 song held the top spot on the new chart for three weeks before being replaced by "Together" by Connie Francis. The longest-running Easy Listening number one of 1961 was " Big Bad John " by Jimmy Dean , which spent the final ten weeks of the year in the top spot.
Song Artist January 7: Wonderland by Night: Bert Kaempfert & Orchestra January 14: Exodus: Ferrante and Teicher: January 21 January 28: Will You Love Me Tomorrow: The Shirelles: February 4 February 11: Calcutta: Lawrence Welk & Orchestra February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11: Pony Time: Chubby Checker: March 18: Surrender: Elvis Presley ...