Most Popular Songs of 1961
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| Position | Billboard Hit | Artist |
| 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 and 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 | J�rgen 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 It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night) | 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 |
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