POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 14, 1961
1

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

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Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

I Like It Like That, Part 1

Chris Kenner

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Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

3

Last Night

Mar-Keys

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Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

4

Dum Dum

Brenda Lee

—

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 4

5

Wooden Heart

Joe Dowell

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

6

Michael

The Highwaymen

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 10

7

Pretty Little Angel Eyes

Curtis Lee

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Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 7

8

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

—

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 8

9

Together

Connie Francis

↓ 3

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 6

10

School Is Out

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

11

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

Ral Donner

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

12

I'll Be There

Damita Jo

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 9 wks • Prev: 14

13

Never On Sunday

The Chordettes

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Peak: 13 • 12 wks • Prev: 13

14

Hats Off To Larry

Del Shannon

↓ 9

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

15

Hurt

Timi Yuro

↑ 5

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 20

16

Don't Bet Money Honey

Linda Scott

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 25

17

Let The Four Winds Blow

Fats Domino

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

18

My Kind Of Girl

Matt Monro

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Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

19

Quarter To Three

U.S. Bonds

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

20

The Boll Weevil Song

Brook Benton

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

21

As If I Didn't Know

Adam Wade

↑ 11

Peak: 10 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

22

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

Eddie Hodges

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 13 wks • Prev: 26

23

Cupid

Sam Cooke

↓ 6

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

24

I Fall To Pieces

Patsy Cline

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 20 wks • Prev: 28

25

One Summer Night

The Diamonds

↑ 15

Peak: 22 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

26

I'm A Telling You

Jerry Butler

↑ 8

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

27

Quite A Party

The Fireballs

↑ 6

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 33

28

Runaround

The Regents

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 29

29

San Antonio Rose

Floyd Cramer

↓ 10

Peak: 8 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

30

Please Stay

The Drifters

↓ 7

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

31

A Tear

Gene McDaniels

↑ 8

Peak: 31 • 8 wks • Prev: 39

32

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

33

I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

Tex Ritter

↑ 11

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

34

Yellow Bird

Arthur Lyman Group

↓ 13

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

35

Sacred

The Castells

↓ 11

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

36

Princess

Frank Gari

↑ 6

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 42

37

That's What Girls Are Made For

The Spinners

↓ 10

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 27

38

Right Or Wrong

Wanda Jackson

↑ 8

Peak: 29 • 11 wks • Prev: 46

39

Sea Of Heartbreak

Don Gibson

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

40

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

Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group

↑ 35

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

41

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Bobby Vee

↑ 46

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 87

42

I Don't Want To Take A Chance

Mary Wells

↑ 9

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

43

I Just Don't Understand

Ann-Margret

↑ 19

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 62

44

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

Barry Mann

↑ 22

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 66

45

Time Was

The Flamingos

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Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

46

A Thing Of The Past

The Shirelles

↑ 6

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

47

The Charleston

Ernie Fields

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

48

Amor

Ben E. King

↑ 10

Peak: 18 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

49

I'll Never Smile Again

The Platters

↑ 35

Peak: 25 • 8 wks • Prev: 84

50

Raindrops

Dee Clark

↓ 19

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

51

Mighty Good Lovin'

The Miracles

↑ 2

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 53

52

Don't Cry, Baby

Etta James

↑ 15

Peak: 39 • 7 wks • Prev: 67

53

Starlight, Starbright

Linda Scott

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 7 wks

54

Nag

The Halos

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

55

No, No, No

The Chanters

↓ 5

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

56

I Never Knew

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 5 wks • Prev: 57

57

Mr. Happiness

Johnny Maestro with The Coeds

↑ 3

Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 60

58

The Fish

Bobby Rydell

↓ 28

Peak: 25 • 7 wks • Prev: 30

59

Tears On My Pillow

The McGuire Sisters

↑ 11

Peak: 59 • 5 wks • Prev: 70

60

Peanuts

Rick And The Keens

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

61

Without You

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 17

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 78

62

Transistor Sister

Freddy Cannon

↑ 32

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 94

63

Missing You

Ray Peterson

↑ 30

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 93

64

It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 10

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

65

Let Me Belong To You

Brian Hyland

↑ 11

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

66

Water Boy

Don Shirley Trio

↑ 6

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 72

67

A Little Bit Of Soap

The Jarmels

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 10 wks

68

The Mountain's High

Dick and DeeDee

↑ 17

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 85

69

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 71

70

What A Sweet Thing That Was

The Shirelles

↓ 16

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 54

71

Crying

Roy Orbison

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 16 wks

72

Lonely Street

Clarence Henry

↑ 16

Peak: 57 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

73

Lover's Island

The Blue Jays

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 9 wks

74

The Guns Of Navarone

Joe Reisman Orch. & Chorus

↑ 5

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 79

75

Run, Run, Run

Ronny Douglas

↑ 6

Peak: 75 • 3 wks • Prev: 81

76

When We Get Married

The Dreamlovers

↑ 15

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 91

77

Teardrops In My Heart

Joe Barry

↑ 3

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

78

My Claire De Lune

Steve Lawrence

↓ 10

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

79

Hully Gully Again

Little Caesar and The Romans

↑ 11

Peak: 54 • 4 wks • Prev: 90

81

Now And Forever

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 48 • 7 wks • Prev: 82

82

If

The Paragons

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

83

Back Beat No. 1

The Rondels

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 4 wks

84

San-Ho-Zay

Freddy King

↑ 14

Peak: 47 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

85

Summer Souvenirs

Karl Hammel, Jr.

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

86

Here In My Heart

Al Martino

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Peak: 86 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

87

Bless You

Tony Orlando

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 12 wks

88

Magic Moon (Clair De Lune)

The Rays

★ NEW

Peak: 49 • 8 wks

89

Dedicated (To The Songs I Love)

The 3 Friends

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 2 wks

90

Every Breath I Take

Gene Pitney

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 95

91

Mexico

Bob Moore and His Orch.

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 15 wks

92

Roll Over Beethoven

The Velaires

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 7 wks

93

Well-A, Well-A

Shirley & Lee

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 96

94

In Time

Steve Lawrence

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 1 wks

95

Music, Music, Music

The Sensations Featuring Yvonne

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 8 wks

96

Starlight

The Preludes Five

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 5 wks

97

My Heart's On Fire

Billy Bland

↑ 3

Peak: 90 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

98

More Money For You And Me

The Four Preps

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 11 wks

99

Girls Girls Girls (Part II)

The Coasters

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

100

Pitter-Patter

The Four Sportsmen

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 5 wks

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