POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 13, 1961
1

Pony Time

Chubby Checker

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

Surrender

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 2

3

Wheels

The String-A-Longs

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Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

4

Don't Worry

Marty Robbins

—

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

5

Where The Boys Are

Connie Francis

—

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

6

Baby Sittin' Boogie

Buzz Clifford

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

7

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Shirelles

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 8

8

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

9

Ebony Eyes

The Everly Brothers

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

10

Spanish Harlem

Ben E. King

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

11

Apache

Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

12

Good Time Baby

Bobby Rydell

↓ 1

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

13

Walk Right Back

The Everly Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

14

There's A Moon Out Tonight

The Capris

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

15

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

Carla Thomas

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

16

You Can Have Her

Roy Hamilton

↓ 4

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 12

17

Little Boy Sad

Johnny Burnette

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 9 wks • Prev: 21

18

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 16

19

Exodus

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 18

20

Think Twice

Brook Benton

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

21

Hearts Of Stone

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 5

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 26

22

Please Love Me Forever

Cathy Jean and The Roommates

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

23

Shop Around

The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

24

On The Rebound

Floyd Cramer

↑ 27

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 51

25

Lazy River

Bobby Darin

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 10 wks • Prev: 31

26

Calendar Girl

Neil Sedaka

↓ 7

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

27

Utopia

Frank Gari

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

28

Wheels

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 37

29

What A Price

Fats Domino

↓ 2

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 27

30

Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Husky

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 20

31

Ram-Bunk-Shush

The Ventures

↓ 2

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

32

Happy Birthday Blues

Kathy Young With The Innocents

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Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

33

Stayin' In

Bobby Vee

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 7 wks • Prev: 34

34

Emotions

Brenda Lee

↓ 10

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

35

Lonely Man

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 9

Peak: 32 • 5 wks • Prev: 44

36

Asia Minor

Kokomo

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

37

Ain't That Just Like A Woman

Fats Domino

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

38

Your Friends

Dee Clark

↓ 2

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 36

39

The Watusi

The Vibrations

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

40

I Don't Want To Cry

Chuck Jackson

↑ 7

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 47

41

Model Girl

Johnny Maestro

↑ 14

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

42

Angel On My Shoulder

Shelby Flint

↓ 14

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

43

Wait A Minute

The Coasters

↓ 5

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 38

44

All In My Mind

Maxine Brown

↓ 19

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

45

Once Upon A Time

Rochell And The Candles With Johnny Wyatt

↑ 3

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 48

47

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

Sam Cooke

↑ 19

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

48

Jimmy's Girl

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 15

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 33

49

For My Baby

Brook Benton

↓ 3

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

50

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

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 14

Peak: 39 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

51

Baby Blue

The Echoes

↑ 14

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

52

But I Do

Clarence Henry

↑ 15

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 67

53

(I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Gene Pitney

↓ 1

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

54

One Mint Julep

Ray Charles

↑ 16

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

55

Find Another Girl

Jerry Butler

↑ 19

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

56

Tonight My Love, Tonight

Paul Anka

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 11 wks

57

Runaway

Del Shannon

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 77

58

To Be Loved (Forever)

The Pentagons

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Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

59

Blue Moon

The Marcels

↑ 28

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 87

60

Pony Express

Danny & The Juniors

↑ 1

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 61

61

Honky Tonk (Part 2)

Bill Doggett

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 71

62

Portrait Of My Love

Steve Lawrence

↑ 14

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 76

63

Take Good Care Of Her

Adam Wade

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 14 wks

64

The Touchables

Dickie Goodman

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

65

Blue Moon

Herb Lance & The Classics

↑ 24

Peak: 50 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

66

Pony Time

The Goodtimers

↑ 3

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

67

Havin' Fun

Dion

↓ 25

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 42

68

Hide Away

Freddy King

↑ 13

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

69

It's Unbelievable

The Larks

↑ 9

Peak: 69 • 3 wks • Prev: 78

70

All Of Everything

Frankie Avalon

↑ 5

Peak: 70 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

71

Theme from Tunes Of Glory

The Cambridge Strings And Singers

↓ 11

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 60

72

Bewildered

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 79

73

Cerveza

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

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Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

74

Orange Blossom Special

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 11

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

75

Ginnie Bell

Paul Dino

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 12 wks

76

Won't Be Long

Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo

↑ 7

Peak: 76 • 3 wks • Prev: 83

77

Please Tell Me Why

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 8 wks

78

Trust In Me

Etta James

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 9 wks

79

Tonight I Fell In Love

The Tokens

↑ 14

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 93

80

More Than I Can Say

Bobby Vee

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

81

Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports

Mark Dinning

↑ 13

Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

82

Ling-Ting-Tong

Buddy Knox

↑ 15

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 97

83

Little Miss Stuck-Up

The Playmates

↑ 9

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

84

Lonely Blue Nights

Rosie

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 4 wks

85

The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra

↑ 1

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

86

I've Told Every Little Star

Linda Scott

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 14 wks

87

Apache

Sonny James

↑ 13

Peak: 87 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

88

Milord

Edith Piaf

↑ 7

Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

89

Just For Old Time's Sake

The McGuire Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 14 wks

90

Merry-Go-Round

Marv Johnson

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 6 wks

91

Canadian Sunset

Etta Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 1 wks

92

Memphis

Donnie Brooks

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

93

The Very Thought Of You

Little Willie John

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 6 wks

94

Oh Mein Papa

Dick Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 1 wks

95

Early Every Morning (Early Every Evening Too)

Dinah Washington

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 1 wks

96

I Lied To My Heart

The Enchanters

↑ 3

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

97

Cowboy Jimmy Joe (Die Sterne Der Prarie)

Lolita

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

98

Kokomo

The Flamingos

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 3 wks

99

Little Turtle Dove

Otis Williams And His Charms

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 3 wks

100

Your One And Only Love

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 40 • 6 wks

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