| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 03/1961 | | 363
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook |
| 2. | 10/1961 | | 357
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US country ✫1 | [spoken]
[Columbia 42175]
written by Jimmy Dean |
| 3. | 03/1961 | | 355
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart |
| 4. | 07/1961 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | 19th century folk song
written by traditional |
| 5. | 02/1961 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | adapted from the italian song "come back to sorrento"
[RCA 47-7850]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 6. | 12/1961 | | 335
| US 2
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394]
charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss |
 | 7. | 12/1961 | | 329
| US ✫1
UK 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 7 | with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin |
 | 8. | 08/1961 | | 313
| US 4
UK ✫1
US AC 2 | charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
 | 9. | 04/1961 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 2 | charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Jerry Fuller |
| 10. | 08/1961 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 3 | [Liberty 55354]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
|
| 11. | 11/1961 | | 294
| US 2
UK 2
US AC ✫1 | [instrumental]
written by Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy & Kenny Ball (arrangement) |
| 12. | 08/1961 | | 288
| US 5
UK ✫1 | US: B-side to (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame, UK: Double A-side with (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame ; charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 13. | 03/1961 | | 282
| US 4
UK ✫1
US R&B 16 | [RCA 47-7840]
written by Floyd Cramer |
| 14. | 09/1961 | | 278
| US ✫1
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377]
[ABC-Paramount 10244]
written by Percy Mayfield |
| 15. | 05/1961 | | 268
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B 3 | as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1008]
written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster |
| 16. | 01/1961 | | 266
| US 8
UK ✫1
US country 25
US R&B 25 | charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk |
| 17. | 02/1961 | | 263
| US 7
UK ✫1 | charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by Sonny Curtis |
 | 18. | 11/1961 | | 257
| US ✫1
UK 11
US R&B 7 | aka Wimoweh, a south african zulu song
[RCA 47-7954]
written by Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell, Albert Stanton, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss |
| 19. | 09/1961 | | 249
| US ✫1
UK 11
US R&B 4 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342]
[Laurie 3110]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca |
| 20. | 02/1961 | | 248
| US 4
UK 3 | as Clarence "Frogman" Henry
written by Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry) & Paul Gayten |
| 21. | 11/1961 | | 247
| US ✫1
UK 14
US R&B 4 | [R]
[Parkway 811]
written by Hank Ballard |
| 22. | 10/1961 | | 243
| US 5
UK 5
US country ✫1 | [Mercury 71834]
written by Kendall Hayes & Gary Walker |
| 23. | 11/1961 | | 242
| US 2
UK 6 | [Liberty 55388]
written by Gerry Goffin & Jack Keller |
| 24. | 04/1961 | | 242
| US ✫1
UK 9 | [Monument 438]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
| 25. | 05/1961 | | 236
| US 5
UK 4
US R&B 15 | hit for Chuck Willis in 1954
[RCA 47-7880]
written by Chuck Willis |
| 26. | 04/1961 | | 233
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Beltone 1002]
written by Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene |
| 27. | 01/1961 | | 228
| US ✫1
UK 27
US R&B ✫1 | [Parkway 818]
written by Don Covay & John Berry |
 | 28. | 05/1961 | | 227
| US 9
UK 2 | charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Gene Pitney & Cayet Mangiaracina |
| 29. | 06/1961 | | 225
| US 6
UK 6
US AC ✫1 | #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928
[MGM 13019]
written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown |
 | 30. | 05/1961 | | 222
| US ✫1
UK 18
US AC 4 | [Dot 16209]
written by Chase Webster (as Gary Daniel Bruce) |
| 31. | 03/1961 | | 221
| US ✫1
UK 29
US R&B ✫1 | [Minit 623]
written by Allen Toussaint |
| 32. | 01/1961 | | 218
| US 3
UK 8
US R&B 19 | [instrumental]
[Warwick 603]
written by Richard Stephens, Jimmy Torres & Norman Petty (uncredited) |
| 33. | 11/1961 | | 218
| US 6
UK 3 | [RCA 7957]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 34. | 11/1961 | | 214
| US ✫1
UK 33
US R&B 8 | as Joey Dee & The Starlighters
inspired by New York City's Peppermint Lounge Club
written by Joey Dee & Henry Glover |
| 35. | 06/1961 | | 214
| US 5
UK 6 | [Big Top 3075]
written by Del Shannon |
| 36. | 12/1961 | | 212
| US 2
UK 10 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #239]
[Laurie 3115]
written by Ernie Maresca |
| 37. | 05/1961 | | 211
| US 2
UK 30
US AC ✫1
US R&B 2 | [novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional |
| 38. | 12/1961 | | 208
| US 9
UK 9
US AC ✫1
US country 2 | [Decca 31330]
written by Hank Cochran |
| 39. | 03/1961 | | 205
| US 3
UK 7
US R&B 22 | [Canadian American 123]
written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 40. | 10/1961 | | 204
| US 7
UK 3 | [instrumental]
[Imperial 5775]
written by Sandy Nelson & Richard Podolor |
 | 41. | 09/1961 | | 199
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Tamla 54046]
written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman |
| 42. | 12/1961 | | 198
| US 23
UK ✫1 | US: B-side to Can't Help Falling In Love, UK: Double A-side with Can't Help Falling In Love ; charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
written by Ben Weisman, Fred Wise & Dolores Fuller |
| 43. | 08/1961 | | 190
| US 2
UK 25 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #69]
B side to Candy Man
[Monument 447]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
| 44. | 06/1961 | | 188
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1 | based on german folk song Muss I Denn
[Smash 1708]
written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey & Bert Kaempfert |
| 45. | 05/1961 | | 183
| US 4
UK 27
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #121]
[Atco 6194]
written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 46. | 09/1961 | | 179
| US 5
UK 10 | #1 hit for Bing Crosby in 1938
[Atco 6206]
written by Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer |
| 47. | 05/1961 | | 177
| US 2
US R&B 2 | [Instant 3229]
written by Chris Kenner & Allen Toussaint |
| 48. | 02/1961 | | 176
| US 14
UK 2 | hit for Hoagy Carmichael in 1932
[Atco 6188]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin |
| 49. | 05/1961 | | 176
| US 27
UK ✫1 | hit for Bing Crosby in 1934
[Warner 5220]
written by Nacio Brown & Arthur Freed |
| 50. | 03/1961 | | 171
| UK ✫1 | US: B-side to Blue Christmas and Puppet On a String
[RCA 47-7865]
written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey & Bert Kaempfert |
| 51. | 06/1961 | | 169
| US 4
UK 22 | [Decca 31272]
written by Jackie DeShannon & Sharon Sheeley |
| 52. | 05/1961 | | 169
| US 2
US R&B 3 | [Vee-Jay 383]
written by Dee Clark |
| 53. | 01/1961 | | 168
| US 2
US R&B 9 | [instrumental]
written by Jerry Lordan |
| 54. | 07/1961 | | 167
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Beltone 1006]
written by Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte |
| 55. | 11/1961 | | 167
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [AFO 302]
written by Barbara George |
| 56. | 09/1961 | | 167
| US 2
US R&B 7 | [Parkway 827]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell |
| 57. | 04/1961 | | 166
| US 7
UK 12 | [MGM 12995]
written by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller |
| 58. | 07/1961 | | 165
| US 2
UK 37 | [Liberty F-55350]
written by Dick St. John |
 | 59. | 08/1961 | | 164
| US 22
UK 2 | [R]
[Parkway 824]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell |
| 60. | 07/1961 | | 163
| US 3
US R&B 2 | [instrumental]
[Satellite 107]
written by Charles Axton, Jerry Lee Smith, Floyd Newman, Chips Moman & Gil Caple |
| 61. | 07/1961 | | 162
| US 4
UK 25 | [Gone 5108]
written by Paul Burton & Paul Hampton |
| 62. | 08/1961 | | 161
| US 25
UK 2 | [Monument 447]
written by Beverly Ross & Fred Neil |
| 63. | 10/1961 | | 160
| US 3
UK 38 | [Decca 31309]
written by Kathryn R. Fulton |
| 64. | 01/1961 | | 160
| US 3
US R&B 2 | [R]
[Scepter 1203]
written by Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling |
 | 65. | 08/1961 | | 159
| UK ✫1 | written by Geoff Goddard |
| 66. | 10/1961 | | 157
| US 3
UK 28 | [Colpix 609]
written by Gloria Shayne |
| 67. | 09/1961 | | 157
| US 100
UK ✫1 | [Capitol 4662]
written by John Schroeder & Mike Hawker (as Michael Hawker) |
| 68. | 05/1961 | | 155
| US 12
UK 6
US R&B 11 | #1 hit for the Mills Brothers in 1944
[Argo 5388]
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher |
| 69. | 09/1961 | | 154
| US 6
UK 22 | [Goldcrest 161]
written by Chips Moman |
| 70. | 01/1961 | | 154
| US 3
US country ✫1 | [Columbia 41922]
written by Marty Robbins |
| 71. | 05/1961 | | 154
| US 4
US AC 2 | [instrumental]
[Hi Fi 5024]
written by Alan Bergman, Michael Keith & Norman Luboff |
| 72. | 07/1961 | | 154
| UK ✫1 | [Capitol 4627]
written by John Schroeder & Mike Hawker (as Michael Hawker) |
| 73. | 11/1961 | | 154
| UK ✫1 | written by Bob Hilliard & Burt Bacharach |
| 74. | 03/1961 | | 153
| US 3
US R&B 11 | [Liberty 55308]
written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon & Bob Elgin |
| 75. | 09/1961 | | 152
| US 8
UK 17 | [from the movie The Parent Trap]
[Buena Vista F-385]
written by Richard M. Sherman (as Richard Sherman) & Robert B. Sherman (as Robert Sherman) |
| 76. | 01/1961 | | 151
| US 6
UK 17
US country 28
US R&B 27 | [novelty]
[Columbia 41876]
written by Johnny Parker |
| 77. | 03/1961 | | 149
| US 2
US R&B 4 | [Hull 740]
written by James Sheppard & William H. Miller |
| 78. | 11/1961 | | 148
| UK ✫1 | written by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer |
| 79. | 09/1961 | | 148
| US 9
UK 17 | adaptation of "auld lang syne"-melody
[Terrace 7500]
written by Pat Best |
| 80. | 08/1961 | | 148
| US 15
UK 5 | [Epic 9452]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation) |
| 81. | 05/1961 | | 147
| US 5
US AC 5
US R&B 21 | [Coed 550]
written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Paxton |
| 82. | 06/1961 | | 146
| US 8
UK 36
US AC 3
US country 8 | [instrumental]
[RCA 47-7893]
written by Bob Wills |
| 83. | 06/1961 | | 144
| US 119
UK ✫1 | [London 1993]
written by Les Vandyke |
| 84. | 07/1961 | | 144
| US 120
UK ✫1 | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain in the UK
[United Artists 363]
written by Norman Newell (as David West) & Udo Jürgens |
| 85. | 10/1961 | | 144
| US 5
US R&B 5 | [Liberty 55371]
written by Bob Hilliard & Burt Bacharach |
| 86. | 05/1961 | | 143
| US 6
US R&B ✫1 | as The Pips
[Vee-Jay 386]
written by Johnny Otis |
| 87. | 04/1961 | | 142
| UK ✫1 | written by Walter Donaldson |
| 88. | 01/1961 | | 142
| UK ✫1 | written by Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch & Norman Newell (as David West) |
| 89. | 09/1961 | | 142
| UK ✫1 |
written by Michael Carr |
| 90. | 11/1961 | | 142
| US 38
UK 2 | written by Del Shannon |
| 91. | 08/1961 | | 140
| US 7
US AC ✫1
US R&B 22 | as Bob Moore and his Orchestra
[instrumental]
[Monument 446]
written by Boudleaux Bryant |
| 92. | 01/1961 | | 138
| US 4 | US B side to No One
[MGM 12971]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 93. | 03/1961 | | 136
| US 7
UK 38
US R&B 20 | [Coed 546]
written by Arthur Kent & Ed Warren |
| 94. | 09/1961 | | 135
| US 25
UK 6
US AC 5 | written by Paul Desmond |
| 95. | 06/1961 | | 134
| US 26
UK 4 | US: B-side to I Feel So Bad, UK: Double A-side with I Feel So Bad
[RCA 47-7880]
written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti & Luigi Creatore |
| 96. | 07/1961 | | 134
| US 4
US AC 2
US R&B 22 | [Liberty 55343]
written by Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane |
| 97. | 10/1961 | | 133
| US 8
US R&B 4 | [Sar 117]
written by Sam Cooke |
| 98. | 06/1961 | | 133
| US 17
UK 7
US R&B 20 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #452]
[RCA Victor 47-7883]
written by Sam Cooke |
| 99. | 11/1961 | | 132
| US 35
UK 4
US AC 10 | [Dot 16284]
written by Paul Evans & Fred Tobias |
 | 100. | 09/1961 | | 131
| US 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Fury 1053]
written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson & Morris Levy |
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