THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1961

1. TOSSIN' AND TURNIN', BOBBY LEWIS

2. I FALL TO PIECES, PATSY CLINE

3. MICHAEL, THE HIGHWAYMEN

4. CRYING, ROY ORBISON

5. RUNAWAY, DEL SHANNON

6. MY TRUE STORY, THE JIVE FIVE

7. PONY TIME, CHUBBY CHECKER

8. WHEELS, THE STRING-A-LONGS

9. RAINDROPS, DEE CLARK

10. WOODEN HEART, JOE DOWELL

11. CALCUTTA, LAWRENCE WELK

12. TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY, BOBBY VEE

13. RUNNING SCARED, ROY ORBISON

14. DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, THE SHIRELLES

15. LAST NIGHT, THE MAR-KEYS

16. WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW, THE SHIRELLES

17. EXODUS, FERRANTE & TEICHER

18. WHERE THE BOYS ARE, CONNIE FRANCIS

19. HIT THE ROAD JACK, RAY CHARLES

20. SAD MOVIES (MAKE ME CRY), SUE THOMPSON

21. MOTHER-IN-LAW, ERNIE K-DOE

22. BRISTOL STOMP, THE DOVELLS

23. TRAVELIN' MAN, RICKY NELSON

24. SHOP AROUND, THE MIRACLES

25. 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. I LIKE IT LIKE THAT, CHRIS KENNER

35. APACHE, JORGEN INGMANN

36. DON'T BET MONEY, HONEY, LINDA SCOTT

37. WITHOUT YOU, JOHNNY TILLOTSON

38. WINGS OF A DOVE, FERLIN HUSKY

39. LITTLE SISTER, ELVIS PRESLEY

40. BLUE MOON, THE MARCELS

41. DADDY'S HOME, SHEP AND THE LIMELITES

42. THIS TIME, TROY SHONDELL

43. (I DON'T KNOW WHY) BUT I DO, CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY

44. ASIA MINOR, KOKOMO

45. HELLO WALLS, FARON YOUNG

46. RUNAROUND SUE, DION

47. YELLOW BIRD, ARTHUR LYMAN

48. HURT, TIMI YURO

49. HELLO MARY LOU, RICKY NELSON

50. THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT, THE CAPRIS

51. SURRENDER, ELVIS PRESLEY

52. I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME, THE PARIS SISTERS

53. YA YA, LEE DORSEY

54. SCHOOL IS OUT, GARY U.S. BONDS

55. MEXICO, BOB MOORE

56. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT (UNTIL YOU LOSE IT), RAL DONNER

57. WALK RIGHT BACK, THE EVERLY BROTHERS

58. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, THE LETTERMEN

59. MOODY RIVER, PAT BOONE

60. ONE MINT JULEP, RAY CHARLES

61. TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER, ADAM WADE

62. GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES), CARLA THOMAS

63. STAND BY ME, BEN E. KING

64. SPANISH HARLEM, BEN E. KING

65. IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE, IKE AND TINA TURNER

66. BABY BLUE, THE ECHOES

67. BABY SITTIN' BOOGIE, BUZZ CLIFFORD

68. HATS OFF TO LARRY, DEL SHANNON

69. THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES, LITTLE CAESAR AND THE ROMANS

70. THE FLY, CHUBBY CHECKER

71. (MARIE'S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAME, ELVIS PRESLEY

72. WONDERLAND BY NIGHT, BERT KAEMPFERT

73. BLESS YOU, TONY ORLANDO

74. I'VE TOLD EV'RY LITTLE STAR, LINDA SCOTT

75. ONE TRACK MIND, BOBBY LEWIS

76. ANGEL BABY, ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALS

77. PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES, CURTIS LEE

78. THINK TWICE, BROOK BENTON

79. DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR (ON THE BEDPOST OVERNIGHT?), LONNIE DONEGAN

80. BREAKIN' IN A BRAND NEW BROKEN HEART, CONNIE FRANCIS

81. MAMA SAID, THE SHIRELLES

82. LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOW, FATS DOMINO

83. THE WRITING ON THE WALL, ADAM WADE

84. MY KIND OF GIRL, MATT MONRO

85. TONIGHT MY LOVE TONIGHT, PAUL ANKA

86. BIG BAD JOHN, JIMMY DEAN

87. GOOD TIME BABY, BOBBY RYDELL

88. SAN ANTONIO ROSE, FLOYD CRAMER

89. RUBBER BALL, BOBBY VEE

90. MISSING YOU, RAY PETERSON

91. DUM DUM, BRENDA LEE

92. I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR, EDDIE HODGES

93. YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME, BRENDA LEE

94. LET'S TWIST AGAIN, CHUBBY CHECKER

95. TAKE FIVE, THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET

96. ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?, ELVIS PRESLEY

97. SEA OF HEARTBREAK, DON GIBSON

98. MORE MONEY FOR YOU AND ME, THE FOUR PREPS

99. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY, BOBBY DARIN

100. PLEASE STAY, THE DRIFTERS