POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 6, 1961
1

Pony Time

Chubby Checker

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

Surrender

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

3

Wheels

The String-A-Longs

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

4

Don't Worry

Marty Robbins

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

5

Where The Boys Are

Connie Francis

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

6

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

7

Baby Sittin' Boogie

Buzz Clifford

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

8

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Shirelles

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 6

9

There's A Moon Out Tonight

The Capris

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

10

Ebony Eyes

The Everly Brothers

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

11

Good Time Baby

Bobby Rydell

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 13

12

You Can Have Her

Roy Hamilton

↑ 12

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 24

13

Spanish Harlem

Ben E. King

↑ 5

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

14

Shop Around

The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)

↓ 6

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

15

Apache

Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 20

16

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

17

Walk Right Back

The Everly Brothers

↑ 11

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

18

Exodus

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 14

19

Calendar Girl

Neil Sedaka

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

20

Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Husky

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 17

21

Little Boy Sad

Johnny Burnette

—

Peak: 17 • 9 wks • Prev: 21

22

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

Carla Thomas

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

23

Think Twice

Brook Benton

↑ 6

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

24

Emotions

Brenda Lee

↓ 8

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

25

All In My Mind

Maxine Brown

↓ 6

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

26

Hearts Of Stone

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 18

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

27

What A Price

Fats Domino

—

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 27

28

Angel On My Shoulder

Shelby Flint

↓ 6

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

29

Ram-Bunk-Shush

The Ventures

↑ 2

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

30

Utopia

Frank Gari

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 32

31

Lazy River

Bobby Darin

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

32

Happy Birthday Blues

Kathy Young With The Innocents

↑ 26

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

33

Jimmy's Girl

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 8

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

34

Stayin' In

Bobby Vee

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 7 wks • Prev: 38

35

Please Love Me Forever

Cathy Jean and The Roommates

↑ 36

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

36

Your Friends

Dee Clark

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

37

Wheels

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 6

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

38

Wait A Minute

The Coasters

↓ 1

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 37

39

Asia Minor

Kokomo

↑ 7

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 46

40

The Story Of My Love

Paul Anka

↓ 17

Peak: 16 • 8 wks • Prev: 23

41

No One

Connie Francis

↓ 7

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

42

Havin' Fun

Dion

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 49

43

Ain't That Just Like A Woman

Fats Domino

↓ 10

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 33

44

Lonely Man

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 40

Peak: 32 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

45

Wonderland By Night

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 36

46

For My Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

47

I Don't Want To Cry

Chuck Jackson

↑ 14

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

48

Once Upon A Time

Rochell And The Candles With Johnny Wyatt

↑ 9

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 57

49

The Watusi

The Vibrations

↑ 11

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

50

Pepe

Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels

↓ 10

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

51

On The Rebound

Floyd Cramer

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 13 wks

52

(I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Gene Pitney

↓ 13

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 39

54

Angel Baby

Rosie And The Originals

↓ 24

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

55

Model Girl

Johnny Maestro

↑ 13

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

56

My Empty Arms

Jackie Wilson

↓ 15

Peak: 9 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

57

The Tear Of The Year

Jackie Wilson

↓ 5

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

58

To Be Loved (Forever)

The Pentagons

↑ 18

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 76

60

Theme from Tunes Of Glory

The Cambridge Strings And Singers

↑ 14

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

61

Pony Express

Danny & The Juniors

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

62

(Ghost) Riders In The Sky

Ramrods

↓ 14

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

63

At Last

Etta James

↓ 12

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

64

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

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 18

Peak: 39 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

65

Baby Blue

The Echoes

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 12 wks

66

That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On

Sam Cooke

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 8 wks

67

But I Do

Clarence Henry

↑ 10

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 77

68

The Touchables

Dickie Goodman

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

69

Pony Time

The Goodtimers

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

70

One Mint Julep

Ray Charles

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

71

Honky Tonk (Part 2)

Bill Doggett

↑ 9

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 80

72

When I Fall In Love

Etta Jones

↓ 7

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 65

73

Cerveza

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 16

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

74

Find Another Girl

Jerry Butler

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 10 wks

75

All Of Everything

Frankie Avalon

↑ 16

Peak: 70 • 4 wks • Prev: 91

76

Portrait Of My Love

Steve Lawrence

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 16 wks

77

Runaway

Del Shannon

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 17 wks

78

It's Unbelievable

The Larks

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 3 wks

79

Bewildered

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 15

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 94

80

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

Conway Twitty

↓ 25

Peak: 22 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

81

Hide Away

Freddy King

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 10 wks

82

Keep Your Hands Off Of Him

Damita Jo

↓ 7

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

83

Won't Be Long

Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo

↑ 12

Peak: 76 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

84

More Than I Can Say

Bobby Vee

↑ 12

Peak: 61 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

85

Orange Blossom Special

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

86

The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 7 wks

87

Blue Moon

The Marcels

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 14 wks

88

Tunes Of Glory

Mitch Miller With Orchestra And Chorus

↑ 9

Peak: 88 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

89

Blue Moon

Herb Lance & The Classics

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 5 wks

90

Bye Bye Baby

Mary Wells

↓ 20

Peak: 45 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

91

The Most Beautiful Words

Della Reese

↓ 24

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

92

Little Miss Stuck-Up

The Playmates

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 5 wks

93

Tonight I Fell In Love

The Tokens

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 14 wks

94

Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports

Mark Dinning

↓ 4

Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

95

Milord

Edith Piaf

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 3 wks

96

A Texan And A Girl From Mexico

Anita Bryant

↓ 11

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

97

Ling-Ting-Tong

Buddy Knox

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 7 wks

98

Ja-Da

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↓ 12

Peak: 86 • 2 wks • Prev: 86

99

I Lied To My Heart

The Enchanters

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

100

Apache

Sonny James

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

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