| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Runaway [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11438.jpg "Runaway [article]") | 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]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_29699.jpg "Stranger on the Shore [article]") | 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]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45390.jpg "The Lion Sleeps Tonight [article]") | 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]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_43757.jpg "Please, Mr. Postman [article]") | 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]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4227.jpg "Stand by Me [article]") | 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]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23351.jpg "Apache [article]") | 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] |
