POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 1961
1

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

I Like It Like That, Part 1

Chris Kenner

—

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

3

Last Night

Mar-Keys

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

4

Dum Dum

Brenda Lee

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Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

5

Hats Off To Larry

Del Shannon

—

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

6

Together

Connie Francis

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 8

7

Pretty Little Angel Eyes

Curtis Lee

↑ 9

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

8

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 9

9

Wooden Heart

Joe Dowell

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

10

Michael

The Highwaymen

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

11

The Boll Weevil Song

Brook Benton

↓ 8

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

12

Quarter To Three

U.S. Bonds

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

13

Never On Sunday

The Chordettes

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 14

14

I'll Be There

Damita Jo

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 9 wks • Prev: 19

15

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

Ral Donner

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

16

School Is Out

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 12

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 28

17

Cupid

Sam Cooke

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Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

18

My Kind Of Girl

Matt Monro

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Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

19

San Antonio Rose

Floyd Cramer

↓ 8

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

20

Hurt

Timi Yuro

↑ 15

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

21

Yellow Bird

Arthur Lyman Group

↓ 11

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

22

Let The Four Winds Blow

Fats Domino

↑ 14

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

23

Please Stay

The Drifters

↓ 8

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

24

Sacred

The Castells

↓ 4

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

25

Don't Bet Money Honey

Linda Scott

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 30

26

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

Eddie Hodges

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

27

That's What Girls Are Made For

The Spinners

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 29

28

I Fall To Pieces

Patsy Cline

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 33

29

Runaround

The Regents

↑ 8

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 37

30

The Fish

Bobby Rydell

↓ 5

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 25

31

Raindrops

Dee Clark

↓ 19

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

32

As If I Didn't Know

Adam Wade

↑ 27

Peak: 10 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

33

Quite A Party

The Fireballs

↑ 12

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

34

I'm A Telling You

Jerry Butler

↑ 27

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

35

The Switch-A-Roo

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↓ 9

Peak: 26 • 7 wks • Prev: 26

36

Moody River

Pat Boone

↓ 14

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

37

Every Beat Of My Heart

Pips

↓ 16

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

38

Travelin' Man

Ricky Nelson

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

39

A Tear

Gene McDaniels

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

40

One Summer Night

The Diamonds

↑ 13

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

41

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 46

42

Princess

Frank Gari

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

43

Sea Of Heartbreak

Don Gibson

↓ 9

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

44

I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

Tex Ritter

↑ 12

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

45

Time Was

The Flamingos

↑ 12

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

46

Right Or Wrong

Wanda Jackson

↑ 9

Peak: 29 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

47

Better Tell Him No

The Starlets

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

48

The Charleston

Ernie Fields

↑ 3

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 51

49

Hello Mary Lou

Ricky Nelson

↓ 17

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

50

No, No, No

The Chanters

↓ 9

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

51

I Don't Want To Take A Chance

Mary Wells

↑ 9

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

52

A Thing Of The Past

The Shirelles

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

53

Mighty Good Lovin'

The Miracles

↑ 9

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 62

54

What A Sweet Thing That Was

The Shirelles

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Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 54

55

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

↓ 17

Peak: 4 • 35 wks • Prev: 38

56

Should I

The String-A-Longs

↓ 9

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

57

I Never Knew

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 11

Peak: 56 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

58

Amor

Ben E. King

↑ 14

Peak: 18 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

59

You Can't Sit Down Part 2

Philip Upchurch Combo

↓ 11

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

60

Mr. Happiness

Johnny Maestro with The Coeds

↑ 14

Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

61

Nag

The Halos

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

62

I Just Don't Understand

Ann-Margret

↑ 16

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 78

63

Ready For Your Love

Shep And The Limelites

↓ 21

Peak: 42 • 5 wks • Prev: 42

64

Peanuts

Rick And The Keens

↑ 3

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

65

Heart And Soul

Jan & Dean

↓ 26

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 39

66

Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)

Barry Mann

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 12 wks

67

Don't Cry, Baby

Etta James

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 7 wks

68

My Claire De Lune

Steve Lawrence

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

69

The Girl's A Devil

The Dukays

↓ 5

Peak: 64 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

70

Tears On My Pillow

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 7

Peak: 59 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

71

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 14 wks

72

Water Boy

Don Shirley Trio

↑ 1

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 73

73

What Would You Do?

Jim Reeves

↑ 2

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

74

It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 76

75

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)

Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 11 wks

76

Let Me Belong To You

Brian Hyland

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 11 wks

77

Take A Fool's Advice

Nat King Cole

↓ 6

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

78

Without You

Johnny Tillotson

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 13 wks

79

The Guns Of Navarone

Joe Reisman Orch. & Chorus

↑ 1

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

80

Teardrops In My Heart

Joe Barry

↑ 6

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

81

Run, Run, Run

Ronny Douglas

↑ 11

Peak: 75 • 3 wks • Prev: 92

82

Now And Forever

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 12

Peak: 48 • 7 wks • Prev: 94

83

If

The Paragons

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

84

I'll Never Smile Again

The Platters

↑ 3

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

85

The Mountain's High

Dick and DeeDee

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 90

86

Here In My Heart

Al Martino

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

87

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Bobby Vee

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

88

Lonely Street

Clarence Henry

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 6 wks

90

Hully Gully Again

Little Caesar and The Romans

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 4 wks

91

When We Get Married

The Dreamlovers

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 97

92

Summer Souvenirs

Karl Hammel, Jr.

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 99

93

Missing You

Ray Peterson

↓ 8

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 85

94

Transistor Sister

Freddy Cannon

↑ 1

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 95

95

Every Breath I Take

Gene Pitney

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

96

Well-A, Well-A

Shirley & Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 6 wks

97

Lovedrops

Mickey & Sylvia

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 1 wks

98

San-Ho-Zay

Freddy King

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 5 wks

99

The Bells Are Ringing

The Van Dykes

↑ 1

Peak: 99 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

100

My Heart's On Fire

Billy Bland

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 4 wks

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