POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 1961
1

Surrender

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 2

2

Pony Time

Chubby Checker

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

3

Don't Worry

Marty Robbins

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

4

Where The Boys Are

Connie Francis

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

5

Dedicated To The One I Love

The Shirelles

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

6

Apache

Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

7

Wheels

The String-A-Longs

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

8

Ebony Eyes

The Everly Brothers

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

9

Walk Right Back

The Everly Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

10

Baby Sittin' Boogie

Buzz Clifford

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

11

Spanish Harlem

Ben E. King

↓ 1

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

12

Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

Carla Thomas

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

13

Think Twice

Brook Benton

↑ 7

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

14

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 8

15

On The Rebound

Floyd Cramer

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

16

Good Time Baby

Bobby Rydell

↓ 4

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

17

Little Boy Sad

Johnny Burnette

—

Peak: 17 • 9 wks • Prev: 17

18

Lazy River

Bobby Darin

↑ 7

Peak: 14 • 10 wks • Prev: 25

19

There's A Moon Out Tonight

The Capris

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

20

Hearts Of Stone

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 21

21

Blue Moon

The Marcels

↑ 38

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 59

22

Please Love Me Forever

Cathy Jean and The Roommates

—

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

23

You Can Have Her

Roy Hamilton

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

24

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 18

25

The Watusi

The Vibrations

↑ 14

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 39

26

Shop Around

The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 23

27

Exodus

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 19

28

For My Baby

Brook Benton

↑ 21

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

29

Model Girl

Johnny Maestro

↑ 12

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

30

Happy Birthday Blues

Kathy Young With The Innocents

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

31

Wheels

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 28 • 8 wks • Prev: 28

32

Lonely Man

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 3

Peak: 32 • 5 wks • Prev: 35

33

Asia Minor

Kokomo

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

34

Your Friends

Dee Clark

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

35

Calendar Girl

Neil Sedaka

↓ 9

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

36

I Don't Want To Cry

Chuck Jackson

↑ 4

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 40

37

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

Sam Cooke

↑ 10

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

38

Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Husky

↓ 8

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

39

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

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 11

Peak: 39 • 6 wks • Prev: 50

40

But I Do

Clarence Henry

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 52

41

Baby Blue

The Echoes

↑ 10

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

42

Once Upon A Time

Rochell And The Candles With Johnny Wyatt

↑ 3

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

43

Take Good Care Of Her

Adam Wade

↑ 20

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 63

44

One Mint Julep

Ray Charles

↑ 10

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

45

Tonight My Love, Tonight

Paul Anka

↑ 11

Peak: 13 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

46

What A Price

Fats Domino

↓ 17

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

47

Runaway

Del Shannon

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 57

49

Stayin' In

Bobby Vee

↓ 16

Peak: 33 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

50

Find Another Girl

Jerry Butler

↑ 5

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

51

Ram-Bunk-Shush

The Ventures

↓ 20

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

52

Please Tell Me Why

Jackie Wilson

↑ 25

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

53

Hide Away

Freddy King

↑ 15

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 68

54

Portrait Of My Love

Steve Lawrence

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 62

55

Blue Moon

Herb Lance & The Classics

↑ 10

Peak: 50 • 5 wks • Prev: 65

56

To Be Loved (Forever)

The Pentagons

↑ 2

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

57

Honky Tonk (Part 2)

Bill Doggett

↑ 4

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 61

58

Emotions

Brenda Lee

↓ 24

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

59

Bewildered

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 13

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

60

Pony Time

The Goodtimers

↑ 6

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

61

More Than I Can Say

Bobby Vee

↑ 19

Peak: 61 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

62

The Touchables

Dickie Goodman

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 64

63

Orange Blossom Special

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 11

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

64

Your One And Only Love

Jackie Wilson

↑ 36

Peak: 40 • 6 wks • Prev: 100

65

I've Told Every Little Star

Linda Scott

↑ 21

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 86

66

Lonely Blue Nights

Rosie

↑ 18

Peak: 66 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

67

Trust In Me

Etta James

↑ 11

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

68

Ginnie Bell

Paul Dino

↑ 7

Peak: 38 • 12 wks • Prev: 75

69

It's Unbelievable

The Larks

—

Peak: 69 • 3 wks • Prev: 69

70

Pony Express

Danny & The Juniors

↓ 10

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 60

71

Theme from Tunes Of Glory

The Cambridge Strings And Singers

—

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

72

Jimmy's Girl

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 24

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

73

All In My Mind

Maxine Brown

↓ 29

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

74

All Of Everything

Frankie Avalon

↓ 4

Peak: 70 • 4 wks • Prev: 70

75

(Love Theme From) One Eyed Jacks

Ferrante & Teicher

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 7 wks

76

Utopia

Frank Gari

↓ 49

Peak: 27 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

77

Tonight I Fell In Love

The Tokens

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 79

78

Little Miss Stuck-Up

The Playmates

↑ 5

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

79

Bye Bye Baby

Mary Wells

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 11 wks

80

The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra

↑ 5

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

81

Ling-Ting-Tong

Buddy Knox

↑ 1

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 82

82

Wait A Minute

The Coasters

↓ 39

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

83

The Very Thought Of You

Little Willie John

↑ 10

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

84

Fell In Love On Monday

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 6 wks

85

Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports

Mark Dinning

↓ 4

Peak: 81 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

86

(I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Gene Pitney

↓ 33

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

87

Merry-Go-Round

Marv Johnson

↑ 3

Peak: 61 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

88

Just For Old Time's Sake

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 14 wks • Prev: 89

89

Foolin' Around

Kay Starr

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 9 wks

90

Memphis

Donnie Brooks

↑ 2

Peak: 90 • 2 wks • Prev: 92

91

A Hundred Pounds Of Clay

Gene McDaniels

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 15 wks

92

Milord

Edith Piaf

↓ 4

Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 88

93

Theme From Dixie

Duane Eddy

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 7 wks

94

(Theme from) My Three Sons

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 7 wks

95

Some Kind Of Wonderful

The Drifters

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 11 wks

96

Kokomo

The Flamingos

↑ 2

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

97

Shu Rah

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 7 wks

98

Little Turtle Dove

Otis Williams And His Charms

↑ 1

Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

99

Seventeen

Frankie Ford

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 5 wks

100

The Blizzard

Jim Reeves

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 4 wks

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