POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 23, 1961
1

Runaround Sue

Dion

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

2

Bristol Stomp

The Dovells

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

3

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

4

Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

5

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

Sue Thompson

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

6

This Time

Troy Shondell

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

7

I Love How You Love Me

The Paris Sisters

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

8

Let's Get Together

Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

9

Ya Ya

Lee Dorsey

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

10

The Fly

Chubby Checker

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

11

Crying

Roy Orbison

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

12

Mexico

Bob Moore and His Orch.

↓ 3

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

13

The Way You Look Tonight

The Lettermen

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

14

Look In My Eyes

The Chantels

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

15

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Bobby Vee

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

16

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Bobby Darin

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 5

17

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels

↑ 6

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

18

Sweets For My Sweet

The Drifters

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 19

19

(He's My) Dreamboat

Connie Francis

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 25

20

I Understand (Just How You Feel)

The G-Clefs

↑ 13

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

21

Fool #1

Brenda Lee

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

22

Everlovin'

Rick Nelson

↑ 12

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 34

23

Don't Blame Me

The Everly Brothers

↓ 3

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 20

24

You're The Reason

Bobby Edwards

—

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 24

25

Stick Shift

Duals

↑ 1

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

26

The Mountain's High

Dick and DeeDee

↓ 10

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

27

A Wonder Like You

Rick Nelson

↑ 12

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

28

Foot Stomping - Part 1

The Flares

↑ 4

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

29

I Really Love You

The Stereos

↑ 11

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

30

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

31

Anybody But Me

Brenda Lee

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

32

My True Story

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

33

Big John

The Shirelles

↑ 8

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

34

Little Sister

Elvis Presley

↓ 17

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

35

(He's) The Great Impostor

The Fleetwoods

↓ 5

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 30

36

One Track Mind

Bobby Lewis

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

37

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

38

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↑ 8

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

39

What A Party

Fats Domino

↑ 3

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 42

40

Bless You

Tony Orlando

↓ 19

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

41

(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame

Elvis Presley

↓ 19

Peak: 4 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

42

So Long Baby

Del Shannon

↓ 14

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

43

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↑ 7

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 50

44

Heartaches

The Marcels

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

45

It's Just A House Without You

Brook Benton

↑ 7

Peak: 45 • 5 wks • Prev: 52

46

Hollywood

Connie Francis

↑ 2

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 48

47

It's Gonna Work Out Fine

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 49

48

Without You

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 11

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

49

September In The Rain

Dinah Washington

↑ 28

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 77

50

Missing You

Ray Peterson

↓ 5

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 45

51

Please Don't Go

Ral Donner

↑ 16

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

52

Michael

The Highwaymen

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 44

53

Movin'

Bill Black's Combo

↓ 2

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

54

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↑ 6

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 60

55

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

Barry Mann

↓ 19

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

56

Feel It

Sam Cooke

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

57

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

The Lennon Sisters

↑ 2

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

58

Bright Lights Big City

Jimmy Reed

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

59

School Is In

Gary U.S. Bonds

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 5 wks

60

I Wanna Thank You

Bobby Rydell

↑ 16

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

61

Tonight I Won't Be There

Adam Wade

↑ 10

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

62

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Aretha Franklin

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

63

Your Last Goodbye

Floyd Cramer

↑ 3

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

64

God, Country And My Baby

Johnny Burnette

↑ 17

Peak: 18 • 9 wks • Prev: 81

65

Crazy

Patsy Cline

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 11 wks

66

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

↑ 18

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 84

67

Young Boy Blues

Ben E. King

↑ 8

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 75

68

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 22

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 90

69

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↑ 19

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 88

70

Morning After

Mar-Keys

↓ 7

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

71

I'll Be Seeing You

Frank Sinatra

↑ 7

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 78

72

My Heart Belongs To Only You

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 6 wks

73

The Astronaut (Parts 1 & 2)

Jose Jimenez

↓ 26

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

74

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

The Belmonts

↓ 13

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

75

The Bridge Of Love

Joe Dowell

↑ 11

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

76

The Way I Am

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 6 wks

77

Berlin Melody

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

79

Come September

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↑ 8

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

80

Somewhere Along The Way

Steve Lawrence

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 5 wks

81

Here Comes The Night

Ben E. King

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 2 wks

82

Under The Moon Of Love

Curtis Lee

↑ 3

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

83

Let True Love Begin

Nat King Cole

↓ 10

Peak: 73 • 4 wks • Prev: 73

84

In The Middle Of A Heartache

Wanda Jackson

↑ 12

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 96

85

It's Your World

Marty Robbins

↓ 16

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

86

Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues

The Miracles

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 8 wks

87

More Money For You And Me

The Four Preps

↓ 31

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

88

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↑ 11

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 99

89

Wasn't The Summer Short?

Johnny Mathis

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 1 wks

90

Muskrat

The Everly Brothers

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

91

Broken Heart And A Pillow Filled With Tears

Patti Page

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 93

92

For Me And My Gal

Freddy Cannon

↑ 5

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 97

93

Why Not Now

Matt Monro

↑ 2

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

94

Human

Tommy Hunt

↓ 29

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

95

Soothe Me

Sims Twins

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

96

Backtrack

Faron Young

↑ 4

Peak: 89 • 3 wks • Prev: 100

97

I Apologize

Timi Yuro

↓ 25

Peak: 72 • 3 wks • Prev: 72

98

Three Steps From The Altar

Shep And The Limelites

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 10 wks

99

Who Can I Count On

Patsy Cline

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

Blue Moon

The Ventures

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 6 wks

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