POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 24, 1961
1

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

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Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

The Boll Weevil Song

Brook Benton

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Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

3

Quarter To Three

U.S. Bonds

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Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

4

Yellow Bird

Arthur Lyman Group

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 5

5

I Like It Like That, Part 1

Chris Kenner

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

6

Hats Off To Larry

Del Shannon

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Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

7

Raindrops

Dee Clark

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

8

Dum Dum

Brenda Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

9

Together

Connie Francis

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

10

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 15

11

San Antonio Rose

Floyd Cramer

↓ 3

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 8

12

Last Night

Mar-Keys

↑ 18

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

13

Every Beat Of My Heart

Pips

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

14

Please Stay

The Drifters

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

15

Never On Sunday

The Chordettes

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

16

Moody River

Pat Boone

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

17

Cupid

Sam Cooke

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

18

Wooden Heart

Joe Dowell

↑ 17

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

19

Travelin' Man

Ricky Nelson

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

20

Sacred

The Castells

↑ 9

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

21

My Kind Of Girl

Matt Monro

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

22

Tell Me Why

The Belmonts

↓ 4

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

23

Hello Mary Lou

Ricky Nelson

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

24

Pretty Little Angel Eyes

Curtis Lee

↑ 12

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

25

Heart And Soul

Jan & Dean

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 31

26

The Switch-A-Roo

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 7

Peak: 26 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

27

The Fish

Bobby Rydell

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 32

28

I'll Be There

Damita Jo

↑ 11

Peak: 12 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

29

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

↓ 6

Peak: 4 • 35 wks • Prev: 23

30

Running Scared

Roy Orbison

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 24

31

That's What Girls Are Made For

The Spinners

↑ 6

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 37

32

I'm Comin' On On Back To You

Jackie Wilson

↓ 11

Peak: 19 • 8 wks • Prev: 21

33

Sea Of Heartbreak

Don Gibson

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

34

Dance On Little Girl

Paul Anka

↓ 23

Peak: 10 • 10 wks • Prev: 11

35

You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)

Ral Donner

↑ 22

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

36

Don't Bet Money Honey

Linda Scott

↑ 13

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

37

I Fall To Pieces

Patsy Cline

↑ 14

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

38

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

Eddie Hodges

↑ 16

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

39

Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)

Little Caesar and The Romans

↓ 19

Peak: 9 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

40

The Writing On The Wall

Adam Wade

↓ 27

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 13

41

Michael

The Highwaymen

↑ 28

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 69

42

Heart And Soul

The Cleftones

↓ 1

Peak: 18 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

43

Tonight (Could Be The Night)

The Velvets featuring Virgil Johnson

↓ 17

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

44

You Can't Sit Down Part 2

Philip Upchurch Combo

↓ 1

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

45

No, No, No

The Chanters

↑ 5

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

46

You'll Answer To Me

Patti Page

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Peak: 46 • 6 wks • Prev: 46

47

Runaround

The Regents

↑ 32

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

48

Should I

The String-A-Longs

↓ 6

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

49

Quite A Party

The Fireballs

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

50

Ready For Your Love

Shep And The Limelites

↑ 23

Peak: 42 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

51

A Tear

Gene McDaniels

↑ 5

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

52

School Is Out

Gary U.S. Bonds

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 11 wks

53

Better Tell Him No

The Starlets

↑ 9

Peak: 38 • 16 wks • Prev: 62

54

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 58

55

The Charleston

Ernie Fields

↑ 12

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

56

Let The Four Winds Blow

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 11 wks

57

I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

Tex Ritter

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

58

Bobby

Neil Scott

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

59

Time Was

The Flamingos

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

60

What A Sweet Thing That Was

The Shirelles

↑ 27

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

61

One Summer Night

The Diamonds

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

62

Princess

Frank Gari

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

63

Three Hearts In A Tangle

Roy Drusky

↓ 18

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 45

64

A Thing Of The Past

The Shirelles

↑ 28

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

65

The Girl's A Devil

The Dukays

↑ 3

Peak: 64 • 13 wks • Prev: 68

66

Hurt

Timi Yuro

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 12 wks

67

Rainin' In My Heart

Slim Harpo

↓ 33

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

68

Mighty Good Lovin'

The Miracles

↑ 4

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

69

Peanuts

Rick And The Keens

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

70

Nag

The Halos

↑ 13

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 83

71

The Graduation Song... Pomp And Circumstance

Adrian Kimberly

↓ 27

Peak: 34 • 5 wks • Prev: 44

72

Too Many Rules

Connie Francis

↑ 12

Peak: 72 • 2 wks • Prev: 84

73

I'm A Telling You

Jerry Butler

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 8 wks

74

Right Or Wrong

Wanda Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 11 wks

75

I Don't Want To Take A Chance

Mary Wells

↑ 23

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 98

76

Tender Years

George Jones

↑ 1

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 77

77

Take A Fool's Advice

Nat King Cole

↑ 4

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

78

As If I Didn't Know

Adam Wade

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 10 wks

79

My Memories Of You

Donnie and The Dreamers

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 3 wks • Prev: 82

80

Water Boy

Don Shirley Trio

↑ 13

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 93

81

Granada

Frank Sinatra

↓ 17

Peak: 64 • 4 wks • Prev: 64

82

It Keeps Rainin'

Fats Domino

↓ 54

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 28

83

Black Land Farmer

Frankie Miller

↑ 3

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

84

Ole Buttermilk Sky

Bill Black's Combo

↓ 44

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 40

85

La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)

Ray Ellis And His Orchestra

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Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

86

What Would You Do?

Jim Reeves

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

87

Drivin' Home

Duane Eddy And The Rebels

↑ 12

Peak: 87 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

88

Starlight, Starbright

Linda Scott

↑ 8

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

89

If

The Paragons

↑ 6

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

90

I Never Knew

Clyde McPhatter

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 5 wks

91

The Guns Of Navarone

Joe Reisman Orch. & Chorus

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 6 wks

92

Tears On My Pillow

The McGuire Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 5 wks

93

Big River, Big Man

Claude King

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

94

Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta

Ernie K-Doe

↓ 41

Peak: 53 • 5 wks • Prev: 53

95

My Claire De Lune

Steve Lawrence

↑ 2

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

96

Now You Know

Little Willie John

↑ 4

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 100

97

I Just Don't Understand

Ann-Margret

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 12 wks

98

Mr. Happiness

Johnny Maestro with The Coeds

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 5 wks

99

Here In My Heart

Al Martino

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 4 wks

100

All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Everly Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 4 wks

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