POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 20, 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

—

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

4

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

5

Bristol Stomp

The Dovells

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

6

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

7

Hit The Road Jack

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

8

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 9

9

This Time

Troy Shondell

↓ 1

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

10

The Fly

Chubby Checker

↓ 3

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

11

You're The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

12

I Love How You Love Me

The Paris Sisters

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

13

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

↑ 16

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

14

I Understand (Just How You Feel)

The G-Clefs

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

15

Crazy

Patsy Cline

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 11 wks • Prev: 19

16

Everlovin'

Rick Nelson

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Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

17

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

Sue Thompson

↓ 7

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 10

18

God, Country And My Baby

Johnny Burnette

↑ 6

Peak: 18 • 9 wks • Prev: 24

19

Heartaches

The Marcels

↓ 2

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

20

A Wonder Like You

Rick Nelson

↓ 9

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

21

I Wanna Thank You

Bobby Rydell

↑ 9

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 30

22

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 26

23

Let's Get Together

Hayley Mills and Hayley Mills

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

24

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↑ 10

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

25

Ya Ya

Lee Dorsey

↓ 7

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

26

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 36

27

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↑ 28

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 55

28

September In The Rain

Dinah Washington

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 32

29

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↑ 28

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 57

30

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↑ 14

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

31

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↑ 15

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 46

32

Foot Stomping - Part 1

The Flares

↑ 6

Peak: 25 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

33

Big John

The Shirelles

↓ 12

Peak: 21 • 9 wks • Prev: 21

34

Crying

Roy Orbison

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

35

Sweets For My Sweet

The Drifters

↓ 12

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

36

The Way You Look Tonight

The Lettermen

↓ 11

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

37

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↑ 12

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 49

38

(He's My) Dreamboat

Connie Francis

↓ 5

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

39

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody

Aretha Franklin

↑ 4

Peak: 37 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

40

So Long Baby

Del Shannon

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

41

Anybody But Me

Brenda Lee

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

42

In The Middle Of A Heartache

Wanda Jackson

↑ 10

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

43

Candy Man

Roy Orbison

↓ 16

Peak: 25 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

44

Please Don't Go

Ral Donner

↓ 5

Peak: 39 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

45

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

↑ 17

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 62

46

School Is In

Gary U.S. Bonds

↓ 18

Peak: 28 • 5 wks • Prev: 28

47

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↑ 19

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 66

48

Under The Moon Of Love

Curtis Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 50

49

What A Party

Fats Domino

↓ 14

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

50

The Bridge Of Love

Joe Dowell

↑ 3

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

51

Up A Lazy River

Si Zentner And His Orchestra

↑ 33

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

52

Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues

The Miracles

↑ 8

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

53

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night

Kenny Dino

↑ 15

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 68

54

Blue Moon

The Ventures

↑ 11

Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 65

55

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 70

55

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↑ 15

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

56

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 16

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 72

57

'Til

The Angels

↑ 24

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 81

58

I'll Be Seeing You

Frank Sinatra

↑ 1

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

59

Smile

Timi Yuro

↑ 4

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 63

60

Tonight

Eddie Fisher

↑ 11

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

61

Language Of Love

John D. Loudermilk

↑ 14

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

62

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↓ 25

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

63

The Way I Am

Jackie Wilson

↓ 5

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 58

64

Sometime

Gene Thomas

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

65

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 23 wks

66

I Really Love You

The Stereos

↓ 15

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

67

Mexico

Bob Moore and His Orch.

↓ 36

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

68

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 18 wks

69

Johnny Will

Pat Boone

↑ 11

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 80

70

Three Steps From The Altar

Shep And The Limelites

↑ 6

Peak: 58 • 10 wks • Prev: 76

71

For Me And My Gal

Freddy Cannon

↑ 3

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

72

Danny Boy

Andy Williams

↓ 8

Peak: 64 • 6 wks • Prev: 64

73

It's Too Soon To Know

Etta James

↑ 17

Peak: 54 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

74

Well, I Told You

The Chantels

↑ 18

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 92

75

My Heart Belongs To Only You

Jackie Wilson

↑ 13

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

76

A Certain Girl

Ernie K-Doe

↑ 19

Peak: 71 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

77

On Bended Knees

Clarence Henry

↑ 1

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

78

The Gypsy Rover

The Highwaymen

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

79

Somewhere Along The Way

Steve Lawrence

↓ 12

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

80

When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)

Connie Francis

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 12 wks

81

It's All Because

Linda Scott

↑ 5

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 86

82

I Cried My Last Tear

Ernie K-Doe

↑ 5

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

83

Revenge

Brook Benton

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 10 wks

84

The Comancheros

Claude King

↑ 1

Peak: 71 • 7 wks • Prev: 85

85

Stick Shift

Duals

↓ 40

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

86

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

The Pentagons

↑ 7

Peak: 84 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

87

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↑ 13

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 100

88

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↑ 1

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 89

89

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 14 wks

90

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 14 wks

91

Love (I'm So Glad) I Found You

The Spinners

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 1 wks

92

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 11 wks

93

Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)

Valadiers

★ NEW

Peak: 89 • 2 wks

94

What A Walk

Bobby Lewis

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 3 wks

95

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

Barbara George

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 99

96

Never, Never

The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra

↑ 2

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

97

You're Following Me

Perry Como

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 3 wks

98

Turn Around, Look At Me

Glen Campbell

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 10 wks

99

Steps 1 And 2

Jack Scott

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 3 wks

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