| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Runaway [article] Runaway [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11438.jpg) | 1. | 03/1961 | | 361
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466] written by Del Shannon, Max Crook |
| 2. | 03/1961 | | 353
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US R&B ✫1 | written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
![Stranger on the Shore [article] Stranger on the Shore [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_29699.jpg) | 3. | 12/1961 | | 328
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US AC ✫1 US R&B 7 | with the Leon Young String Chorale |
| 4. | 03/1961 | | 281
 | US 4 UK ✫1 US R&B 16 | |
| 5. | 09/1961 | | 277
 | US ✫1 UK 6 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377] written by Percy Mayfield |
| 6. | 05/1961 | | 267
 | US ✫1 UK 7 US R&B 3 | as U.S. Bonds |
| 7. | 01/1961 | | 264
 | US 8 UK ✫1 US country 25 US R&B 25 | charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts |
![The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article] The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45390.jpg) | 8. | 11/1961 | | 255
 | US ✫1 UK 11 US R&B 7 | aka Wimoweh, a south african zulu song written by Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Albert Stanton |
| 9. | 09/1961 | | 247
 | US ✫1 UK 11 US R&B 4 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342] written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci), Ernie Maresca |
| 10. | 11/1961 | | 246
 | US ✫1 UK 14 US R&B 4 | [R] written by Hank Ballard |
| 11. | 05/1961 | | 235
 | US 5 UK 4 US R&B 15 | hit for Chuck Willis in 1954 |
| 12. | 04/1961 | | 231
 | US ✫1 US R&B ✫1 | written by Ritchie Adams, Malou Rene |
| 13. | 01/1961 | | 227
 | US ✫1 UK 27 US R&B ✫1 | written by Don Covay, John Berry |
| 14. | 03/1961 | | 225
 | US 3 UK 7 US R&B 22 | |
| 15. | 03/1961 | | 219
 | US ✫1 UK 29 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 16. | 01/1961 | | 216
 | US 3 UK 8 US R&B 19 | |
| 17. | 11/1961 | | 213
 | 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 |
| 18. | 05/1961 | | 210
 | US 2 UK 30 US AC ✫1 US R&B 2 | |
![Please, Mr. Postman [article] Please, Mr. Postman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_43757.jpg) | 19. | 09/1961 | | 197
 | US ✫1 US R&B ✫1 | written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Freddie Gorman [Tamla 54046] |
![Stand by Me [article] Stand by Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4227.jpg) | 20. | 05/1961 | | 181
 | US 4 UK 27 US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #121] written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
| 21. | 05/1961 | | 176
 | US 2 US R&B 2 | |
| 22. | 03/1961 | | 171
 | US 2 US R&B 4 | |
| 23. | 01/1961 | | 169
 | US 6 UK 17 US country 28 US R&B 27 | |
| 24. | 05/1961 | | 168
 | US 2 US R&B 3 | |
![Apache [article] Apache [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23351.jpg) | 25. | 01/1961 | | 166
 | US 2 US R&B 9 | written by Jerry Lordan |
| 26. | 07/1961 | | 166
 | US 3 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 27. | 11/1961 | | 166
 | US 3 US R&B ✫1 | |
| 28. | 09/1961 | | 166
 | US 2 US R&B 7 | |
| 29. | 01/1961 | | 163
 | US 3 US R&B 2 | [R] written by Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling |
| 30. | 07/1961 | | 162
 | US 3 US R&B 2 | |
| 31. | 05/1961 | | 155
 | US 12 UK 6 US R&B 11 | #1 hit for the Mills Brothers in 1944 written by Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher |
| 32. | 04/1961 | | 154
 | US 4 US R&B 2 | |
| 33. | 03/1961 | | 152
 | US 3 US R&B 11 | |
| 34. | 05/1961 | | 145
 | US 5 US AC 5 US R&B 21 | |
| 35. | 10/1961 | | 142
 | US 5 US R&B 5 | written by Burt Bacharach |
| 36. | 05/1961 | | 141
 | US 6 US R&B ✫1 | as The Pips
written by Johnny Otis |
| 37. | 07/1961 | | 140
 | US 4 US R&B 22 | |
| 38. | 08/1961 | | 138
 | US 7 US AC ✫1 US R&B 22 | |
| 39. | 03/1961 | | 135
 | US 7 UK 38 US R&B 20 | |
| 40. | 06/1961 | | 133
 | US 17 UK 7 US R&B 20 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #452] |