POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 20, 1961
1

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

—

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 1

2

Shop Around

The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

3

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

4

Pony Time

Chubby Checker

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

5

There's A Moon Out Tonight

The Capris

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 10

6

Calendar Girl

Neil Sedaka

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

7

Emotions

Brenda Lee

—

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 7

8

Exodus

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 5

9

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Shirelles

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 13

10

Wheels

The String-A-Longs

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

11

Where The Boys Are

Connie Francis

↑ 5

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

12

Baby Sittin' Boogie

Buzz Clifford

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

13

Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Husky

↓ 1

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

14

Good Time Baby

Bobby Rydell

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

15

Don't Worry

Marty Robbins

↑ 13

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

16

The Story Of My Love

Paul Anka

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 8 wks • Prev: 17

17

Angel Baby

Rosie And The Originals

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

18

Ebony Eyes

The Everly Brothers

↑ 22

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

19

All In My Mind

Maxine Brown

—

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

20

Wonderland By Night

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

21

Spanish Harlem

Ben E. King

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

22

What A Price

Fats Domino

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 27

23

My Empty Arms

Jackie Wilson

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 9 wks • Prev: 18

24

Surrender

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 12 wks

25

Little Boy Sad

Johnny Burnette

↑ 21

Peak: 17 • 9 wks • Prev: 46

26

Apache

Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar

↑ 22

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 48

27

Jimmy's Girl

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

28

Angel On My Shoulder

Shelby Flint

↑ 6

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

29

Once In Awhile

The Chimes

↓ 18

Peak: 11 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

30

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Ramrods

↑ 13

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

31

You Can Have Her

Roy Hamilton

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

32

Ram-Bunk-Shush

The Ventures

↑ 7

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

33

Pepe

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 11

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

34

Utopia

Frank Gari

↑ 4

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

35

Ain't That Just Like A Woman

Fats Domino

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 36

36

Rubber Ball

Bobby Vee

↓ 16

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 20

37

Lazy River

Bobby Darin

↑ 13

Peak: 14 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

38

No One

Connie Francis

↑ 3

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 41

39

Walk Right Back

The Everly Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

40

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

Carla Thomas

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

41

Wait A Minute

The Coasters

↑ 8

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

42

Corinna, Corinna

Ray Peterson

↓ 18

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

43

(I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Gene Pitney

↑ 12

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 55

44

I Count The Tears

The Drifters

↓ 21

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

45

Stayin' In

Bobby Vee

↑ 24

Peak: 33 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

46

What Would I Do

Mickey & Sylvia

↑ 1

Peak: 46 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

47

The Age For Love

Jimmy Charles

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

48

There She Goes

Jerry Wallace

↓ 19

Peak: 26 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

49

Lost Love

H.B. Barnum

↓ 7

Peak: 35 • 7 wks • Prev: 42

50

North To Alaska

Johnny Horton

↓ 15

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

51

I'm Learning About Love

Brenda Lee

↓ 18

Peak: 33 • 4 wks • Prev: 33

52

C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)

Conway Twitty

↓ 22

Peak: 22 • 10 wks • Prev: 30

53

Your Friends

Dee Clark

↑ 18

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

54

Havin' Fun

Dion

↑ 13

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

55

Wheels

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 11

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

56

Think Twice

Brook Benton

↑ 17

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 73

58

Are You Lonesome To-night?

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 37

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

59

Model Girl

Johnny Maestro

↑ 13

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 72

60

Leave My Kitten Alone

Little Willie John

↑ 1

Peak: 60 • 15 wks • Prev: 61

61

The Tear Of The Year

Jackie Wilson

↓ 8

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

62

At Last

Etta James

↑ 3

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 65

63

Ginnie Bell

Paul Dino

↑ 11

Peak: 38 • 12 wks • Prev: 74

64

Last Date

Floyd Cramer

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 56

65

If I Didn't Care

The Platters

↓ 6

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

66

The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine)

Pat Boone

↓ 2

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

67

When I Fall In Love

Etta Jones

↑ 3

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

68

For My Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 25

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 93

69

Once Upon A Time

Rochell And The Candles With Johnny Wyatt

↑ 8

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 77

70

Hearts Of Stone

Bill Black's Combo

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 8 wks

71

The Most Beautiful Words

Della Reese

↑ 5

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

72

Bye Bye Baby

Mary Wells

↑ 11

Peak: 45 • 11 wks • Prev: 83

73

Leave My Kitten Alone

Johnny Preston

↑ 2

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

74

Pony Time

The Goodtimers

↑ 5

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 79

75

Asia Minor

Kokomo

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 14 wks

76

I Don't Want To Cry

Chuck Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 7 wks

77

Keep Your Hands Off Of Him

Damita Jo

↑ 8

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

78

Honky Tonk (Part 2)

Bill Doggett

↑ 2

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 80

79

Happy Birthday Blues

Kathy Young With The Innocents

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 10 wks

80

The Watusi

The Vibrations

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 8 wks

81

Close Together

Jimmy Reed

↓ 13

Peak: 68 • 4 wks • Prev: 68

82

Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea)

Lolita

↓ 45

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

83

The Touchables

Dickie Goodman

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 7 wks

84

To Be Loved (Forever)

The Pentagons

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 10 wks

85

Them That Got

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 27

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 58

86

You're The Boss

LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks

↑ 1

Peak: 81 • 3 wks • Prev: 87

87

The Magnificent Seven

Al Caiola And His Orchestra

↓ 33

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

88

Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

↓ 10

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 78

89

Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night)

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 6 wks

90

But I Do

Clarence Henry

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 16 wks

91

A Texan And A Girl From Mexico

Anita Bryant

↑ 7

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

92

Cerveza

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 96

93

Charlena

The Sevilles

↓ 9

Peak: 84 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

94

Dance By The Light Of The Moon

The Olympics

↓ 42

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

95

Theme from Tunes Of Glory

The Cambridge Strings And Singers

↓ 5

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

96

Orange Blossom Special

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 6 wks

97

Pony Express

Danny & The Juniors

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 7 wks

99

Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports

Mark Dinning

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 6 wks

100

Dream Boy

Annette With The Afterbeats

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

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