POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 13, 1961
1

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

Runaround Sue

Dion

—

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

3

Fool #1

Brenda Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

4

Bristol Stomp

The Dovells

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

5

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

6

Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

7

The Fly

Chubby Checker

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

8

This Time

Troy Shondell

↓ 1

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

9

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 17

10

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

Sue Thompson

↓ 4

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

11

A Wonder Like You

Rick Nelson

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 13

12

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↑ 15

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 27

13

You're The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

14

Let's Get Together

Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

↓ 3

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

15

I Love How You Love Me

The Paris Sisters

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

16

Everlovin'

Rick Nelson

↑ 7

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 23

17

Heartaches

The Marcels

↑ 11

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

18

Ya Ya

Lee Dorsey

↓ 6

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

19

Crazy

Patsy Cline

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

20

I Understand (Just How You Feel)

The G-Clefs

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Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

21

Big John

The Shirelles

↑ 3

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 24

22

Crying

Roy Orbison

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

23

Sweets For My Sweet

The Drifters

↓ 2

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

24

God, Country And My Baby

Johnny Burnette

↑ 16

Peak: 18 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

25

The Way You Look Tonight

The Lettermen

↓ 11

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

26

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

27

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

↓ 2

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 25

28

School Is In

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 5 wks • Prev: 32

29

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

↑ 17

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

30

I Wanna Thank You

Bobby Rydell

↑ 9

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

31

Mexico

Bob Moore and His Orch.

↓ 12

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

32

September In The Rain

Dinah Washington

↑ 6

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

33

(He's My) Dreamboat

Connie Francis

↓ 17

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 16

34

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↑ 11

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 45

35

What A Party

Fats Domino

↓ 13

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 22

36

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 13

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 49

37

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↓ 1

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

38

Foot Stomping - Part 1

The Flares

↓ 8

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

39

Please Don't Go

Ral Donner

↑ 2

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

40

Don't Blame Me

The Everly Brothers

↓ 11

Peak: 20 • 8 wks • Prev: 29

41

So Long Baby

Del Shannon

↓ 6

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

42

Look In My Eyes

The Chantels

↓ 9

Peak: 14 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

43

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Aretha Franklin

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

44

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↑ 25

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

45

Stick Shift

Duals

↓ 14

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

46

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↑ 43

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 89

47

You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Bobby Darin

↓ 13

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 34

48

Anybody But Me

Brenda Lee

↓ 5

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

49

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↑ 15

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

50

Under The Moon Of Love

Curtis Lee

↑ 6

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 56

51

I Really Love You

The Stereos

↓ 1

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

52

In The Middle Of A Heartache

Wanda Jackson

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

53

The Bridge Of Love

Joe Dowell

—

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

54

Take Good Care Of My Baby

Bobby Vee

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 47

55

The Twist

Chubby Checker

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 39 wks

56

Little Sister

Elvis Presley

↓ 8

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 48

57

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

58

The Way I Am

Jackie Wilson

↑ 7

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

59

I'll Be Seeing You

Frank Sinatra

—

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

60

Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues

The Miracles

↑ 10

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

61

Morning After

Mar-Keys

↓ 1

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 60

62

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 14 wks

63

Smile

Timi Yuro

↑ 17

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

64

Danny Boy

Andy Williams

↑ 12

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

65

Blue Moon

The Ventures

↓ 3

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 62

66

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↑ 18

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 84

67

Somewhere Along The Way

Steve Lawrence

↑ 4

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 71

68

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night

Kenny Dino

↑ 9

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 77

69

Sometime

Gene Thomas

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

70

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

70

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 13 wks

71

Tonight

Eddie Fisher

↑ 11

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

72

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 9

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 81

73

Bright Lights Big City

Jimmy Reed

↓ 6

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 67

74

For Me And My Gal

Freddy Cannon

↑ 11

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

75

Language Of Love

John D. Loudermilk

↑ 17

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 92

76

Three Steps From The Altar

Shep And The Limelites

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 10 wks • Prev: 78

77

Young Boy Blues

Ben E. King

↓ 5

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

78

On Bended Knees

Clarence Henry

↑ 8

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

79

Come September

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

↓ 6

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

80

Johnny Will

Pat Boone

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 10 wks

81

'Til

The Angels

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 83

82

Fly By Night

Andy Williams

↑ 6

Peak: 82 • 2 wks • Prev: 88

83

The Gypsy Rover

The Highwaymen

↑ 12

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 95

84

Up A Lazy River

Si Zentner And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

85

The Comancheros

Claude King

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 7 wks

86

It's All Because

Linda Scott

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 8 wks

87

I Cried My Last Tear

Ernie K-Doe

↑ 6

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

88

My Heart Belongs To Only You

Jackie Wilson

↓ 20

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

89

It Will Stand

The Showmen

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 15 wks

90

It's Too Soon To Know

Etta James

↑ 4

Peak: 54 • 7 wks • Prev: 94

91

Tennessee Flat-Top Box

Johnny Cash

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 6 wks

92

Well, I Told You

The Chantels

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 9 wks

93

I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me)

The Pentagons

↑ 3

Peak: 84 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

94

The Door To Paradise

Bobby Rydell

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 2 wks

95

A Certain Girl

Ernie K-Doe

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 4 wks

96

Soothe Me

Sims Twins

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

97

It Do Me So Good

Ann-Margret

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 3 wks

98

Never, Never

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 6 wks

99

I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)

Barbara George

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 19 wks

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