POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16, 1961
1

Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

—

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

2

Runaround Sue

Dion

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

3

Bristol Stomp

The Dovells

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

4

Crying

Roy Orbison

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

5

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Bobby Darin

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 6

6

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Bobby Vee

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

7

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

Sue Thompson

↑ 11

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

8

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

9

Mexico

Bob Moore and His Orch.

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

10

Ya Ya

Lee Dorsey

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

11

This Time

Troy Shondell

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

12

I Love How You Love Me

The Paris Sisters

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Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

13

Let's Get Together

Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

↓ 4

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

14

The Fly

Chubby Checker

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

15

The Way You Look Tonight

The Lettermen

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

16

The Mountain's High

Dick and DeeDee

↓ 9

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

17

Little Sister

Elvis Presley

↓ 9

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

18

Look In My Eyes

The Chantels

↑ 1

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

19

Sweets For My Sweet

The Drifters

↑ 5

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

20

Don't Blame Me

The Everly Brothers

↑ 8

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 28

21

Bless You

Tony Orlando

↓ 6

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

22

(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame

Elvis Presley

↓ 1

Peak: 4 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

23

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels

↑ 22

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

24

You're The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 22

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 46

25

(He's My) Dreamboat

Connie Francis

↑ 7

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 32

26

Stick Shift

Duals

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Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

27

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 33

28

So Long Baby

Del Shannon

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 31

29

One Track Mind

Bobby Lewis

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 30

30

(He's) The Great Impostor

The Fleetwoods

↑ 8

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 38

31

Fool #1

Brenda Lee

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

32

Foot Stomping - Part 1

The Flares

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

33

I Understand (Just How You Feel)

The G-Clefs

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 42

34

Everlovin'

Rick Nelson

↑ 5

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 39

35

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 17

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 52

36

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

Barry Mann

↓ 9

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

37

Without You

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 17

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

38

Anybody But Me

Brenda Lee

↑ 20

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

39

A Wonder Like You

Rick Nelson

↑ 15

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

40

I Really Love You

The Stereos

↑ 3

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

41

Big John

The Shirelles

↑ 18

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

42

What A Party

Fats Domino

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

43

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

↓ 14

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

44

Michael

The Highwaymen

↓ 33

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

45

Missing You

Ray Peterson

↓ 11

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

46

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↓ 21

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

47

The Astronaut (Parts 1 & 2)

Jose Jimenez

↓ 12

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

48

Hollywood

Connie Francis

↑ 23

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

49

It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 55

50

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↑ 17

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 67

51

Movin'

Bill Black's Combo

↓ 10

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 41

52

It's Just A House Without You

Brook Benton

↑ 8

Peak: 45 • 5 wks • Prev: 60

53

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

Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group

↓ 30

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

54

Let Me Belong To You

Brian Hyland

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 49

55

Water Boy

Don Shirley Trio

↓ 15

Peak: 40 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

56

More Money For You And Me

The Four Preps

↓ 9

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

57

Big Cold Wind

Pat Boone

↓ 4

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

58

Heartaches

The Marcels

↑ 21

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 79

59

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

The Lennon Sisters

↓ 3

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 56

60

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↑ 18

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 78

61

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

The Belmonts

↓ 4

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

62

Bright Lights Big City

Jimmy Reed

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

63

Morning After

Mar-Keys

↑ 11

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

64

Feel It

Sam Cooke

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

65

Human

Tommy Hunt

↓ 17

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

66

Your Last Goodbye

Floyd Cramer

↑ 6

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

67

Please Don't Go

Ral Donner

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

68

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Aretha Franklin

↑ 21

Peak: 37 • 9 wks • Prev: 89

69

It's Your World

Marty Robbins

↓ 18

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

70

When We Get Married

The Dreamlovers

↓ 20

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

71

Tonight I Won't Be There

Adam Wade

↑ 12

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

72

I Apologize

Timi Yuro

↑ 22

Peak: 72 • 3 wks • Prev: 94

73

Let True Love Begin

Nat King Cole

↑ 23

Peak: 73 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

74

Berlin Melody

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 17

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

75

Young Boy Blues

Ben E. King

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 6 wks

76

I Wanna Thank You

Bobby Rydell

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 9 wks

77

September In The Rain

Dinah Washington

★ NEW

Peak: 23 • 11 wks

78

I'll Be Seeing You

Frank Sinatra

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 7 wks

79

You Don't Know What It Means

Jackie Wilson

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 3 wks • Prev: 80

80

Back To The Hop

Danny & The Juniors

↑ 8

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

81

God, Country And My Baby

Johnny Burnette

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 9 wks

83

Rockin' Bicycle

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 1 wks

84

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

85

Under The Moon Of Love

Curtis Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 46 • 7 wks

86

The Bridge Of Love

Joe Dowell

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 7 wks

87

Come September

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 1

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

88

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 17 wks

89

Late Date

The Parkays

↑ 10

Peak: 89 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

90

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 93

91

'Til

The Angels

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 14 wks

92

Muskrat

The Everly Brothers

↓ 10

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 82

93

Broken Heart And A Pillow Filled With Tears

Patti Page

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 4 wks

94

Guilty Of Loving You

Jerry Fuller

↑ 3

Peak: 94 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

95

Why Not Now

Matt Monro

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 3 wks

96

In The Middle Of A Heartache

Wanda Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 10 wks

97

For Me And My Gal

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 6 wks

98

Make Believe Wedding

The Castells

↑ 2

Peak: 98 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

99

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 15 wks

100

Backtrack

Faron Young

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 3 wks

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