POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 1961
1

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

I Like It Like That, Part 1

Chris Kenner

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

3

The Boll Weevil Song

Brook Benton

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

4

Dum Dum

Brenda Lee

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 8

5

Hats Off To Larry

Del Shannon

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

6

Quarter To Three

U.S. Bonds

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

7

Last Night

Mar-Keys

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

8

Together

Connie Francis

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 9

9

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 10

10

Yellow Bird

Arthur Lyman Group

↓ 6

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

11

San Antonio Rose

Floyd Cramer

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Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

12

Raindrops

Dee Clark

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

13

Wooden Heart

Joe Dowell

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

14

Never On Sunday

The Chordettes

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

15

Please Stay

The Drifters

↓ 1

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 14

16

Pretty Little Angel Eyes

Curtis Lee

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

17

Cupid

Sam Cooke

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Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

18

My Kind Of Girl

Matt Monro

↑ 3

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 21

19

I'll Be There

Damita Jo

↑ 9

Peak: 12 • 9 wks • Prev: 28

20

Sacred

The Castells

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Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

21

Every Beat Of My Heart

Pips

↓ 8

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

22

Moody River

Pat Boone

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

23

Michael

The Highwaymen

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 41

24

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

Ral Donner

↑ 11

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

25

The Fish

Bobby Rydell

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 27

26

The Switch-A-Roo

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

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Peak: 26 • 7 wks • Prev: 26

27

Travelin' Man

Ricky Nelson

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

28

School Is Out

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 24

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

29

That's What Girls Are Made For

The Spinners

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 31

30

Don't Bet Money Honey

Linda Scott

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

31

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

Eddie Hodges

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

32

Hello Mary Lou

Ricky Nelson

↓ 9

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

33

I Fall To Pieces

Patsy Cline

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 37

34

Sea Of Heartbreak

Don Gibson

↓ 1

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

35

Hurt

Timi Yuro

↑ 31

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 66

36

Let The Four Winds Blow

Fats Domino

↑ 20

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

37

Runaround

The Regents

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 47

38

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

↓ 9

Peak: 4 • 35 wks • Prev: 29

39

Heart And Soul

Jan & Dean

↓ 14

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 25

40

Running Scared

Roy Orbison

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

41

No, No, No

The Chanters

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

42

Ready For Your Love

Shep And The Limelites

↑ 8

Peak: 42 • 5 wks • Prev: 50

43

A Tear

Gene McDaniels

↑ 8

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

44

Tell Me Why

The Belmonts

↓ 22

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

45

Quite A Party

The Fireballs

↑ 4

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

46

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 54

47

Should I

The String-A-Longs

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

48

You Can't Sit Down Part 2

Philip Upchurch Combo

↓ 4

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

49

I'm Comin' On On Back To You

Jackie Wilson

↓ 17

Peak: 19 • 8 wks • Prev: 32

50

Better Tell Him No

The Starlets

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 16 wks • Prev: 53

51

The Charleston

Ernie Fields

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

52

Princess

Frank Gari

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

53

One Summer Night

The Diamonds

↑ 8

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

54

What A Sweet Thing That Was

The Shirelles

↑ 6

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 60

55

Right Or Wrong

Wanda Jackson

↑ 19

Peak: 29 • 11 wks • Prev: 74

56

I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

Tex Ritter

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 57

57

Time Was

The Flamingos

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

58

A Thing Of The Past

The Shirelles

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

59

As If I Didn't Know

Adam Wade

↑ 19

Peak: 10 • 10 wks • Prev: 78

60

I Don't Want To Take A Chance

Mary Wells

↑ 15

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

61

I'm A Telling You

Jerry Butler

↑ 12

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 73

62

Mighty Good Lovin'

The Miracles

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

63

Nag

The Halos

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

64

The Girl's A Devil

The Dukays

↑ 1

Peak: 64 • 13 wks • Prev: 65

65

Bobby

Neil Scott

↓ 7

Peak: 58 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

66

You'll Answer To Me

Patti Page

↓ 20

Peak: 46 • 6 wks • Prev: 46

67

Peanuts

Rick And The Keens

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

68

I Never Knew

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 22

Peak: 56 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

69

My Claire De Lune

Steve Lawrence

↑ 26

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

70

Dance On Little Girl

Paul Anka

↓ 36

Peak: 10 • 10 wks • Prev: 34

71

Take A Fool's Advice

Nat King Cole

↑ 6

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

72

Amor

Ben E. King

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 10 wks

73

Water Boy

Don Shirley Trio

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 80

74

Mr. Happiness

Johnny Maestro with The Coeds

↑ 24

Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

75

What Would You Do?

Jim Reeves

↑ 11

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

76

It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Ike & Tina Turner

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 15 wks

77

Tears On My Pillow

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 15

Peak: 59 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

78

I Just Don't Understand

Ann-Margret

↑ 19

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 97

79

My Memories Of You

Donnie and The Dreamers

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Peak: 79 • 3 wks • Prev: 79

80

The Guns Of Navarone

Joe Reisman Orch. & Chorus

↑ 11

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 91

81

La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)

Ray Ellis And His Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

82

Black Land Farmer

Frankie Miller

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

83

Big River, Big Man

Claude King

↑ 10

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

84

If

The Paragons

↑ 5

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

85

Missing You

Ray Peterson

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 15 wks

86

Teardrops In My Heart

Joe Barry

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 5 wks

87

I'll Never Smile Again

The Platters

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 8 wks

88

Here In My Heart

Al Martino

↑ 11

Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 99

89

A Little Bit Of Soap

The Jarmels

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 10 wks

90

The Mountain's High

Dick and DeeDee

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

91

Dedicated (To The Songs I Love)

The 3 Friends

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 2 wks

92

Run, Run, Run

Ronny Douglas

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 3 wks

93

Now You Know

Little Willie John

↑ 3

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

94

Now And Forever

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 7 wks

95

Transistor Sister

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 8 wks

96

All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Everly Brothers

↑ 4

Peak: 49 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

97

When We Get Married

The Dreamlovers

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 12 wks

98

Don't Forget I Love You

The Butanes

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 3 wks

99

Summer Souvenirs

Karl Hammel, Jr.

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 8 wks

100

The Bells Are Ringing

The Van Dykes

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 2 wks

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