POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 25, 1961
1

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

—

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

1

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

—

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

2

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

3

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 4

4

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

5

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

—

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

6

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

7

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 2

8

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

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Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

9

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↓ 2

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

10

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 8

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

11

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 12

12

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↑ 1

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

13

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

14

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

15

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

Connie Francis

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

16

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↓ 1

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

17

'Til

The Angels

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

18

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 7

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

19

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

20

White Christmas

Bing Crosby

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 30 wks • Prev: 33

21

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

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Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

22

Revenge

Brook Benton

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

23

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

↑ 3

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

24

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night

Kenny Dino

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 27

25

Rock-A-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 7

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 32

26

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

Barbara George

↑ 12

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 38

27

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker

↑ 18

Peak: 21 • 7 wks • Prev: 45

28

Fool #1

Brenda Lee

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

29

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↓ 7

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 22

30

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↑ 1

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

31

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↑ 13

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

32

Well, I Told You

The Chantels

↓ 3

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

33

Small Sad Sam

Phil McLean

↑ 6

Peak: 21 • 10 wks • Prev: 39

34

The Little Drummer Boy

The Harry Simeone Chorale

↑ 35

Peak: 13 • 28 wks • Prev: 69

35

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Fats Domino

↑ 6

Peak: 30 • 7 wks • Prev: 41

36

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 37

37

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↑ 11

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 48

38

I Understand (Just How You Feel)

The G-Clefs

↓ 14

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

39

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↑ 10

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

40

Johnny Will

Pat Boone

↑ 6

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

41

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 15

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 56

42

The Gypsy Rover

The Highwaymen

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

43

Baby's First Christmas

Connie Francis

↑ 11

Peak: 26 • 5 wks • Prev: 54

44

Hey! Little Girl

Del Shannon

↑ 11

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 55

45

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↑ 20

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 65

46

Poor Fool

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 1

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

47

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↑ 16

Peak: 39 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

48

Little Altar Boy

Vic Dana

↑ 3

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

49

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 61 wks • Prev: 58

50

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 3

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 53

51

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↑ 1

Peak: 21 • 8 wks • Prev: 52

52

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↑ 21

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 73

53

Soothe Me

Sims Twins

↓ 11

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 42

54

The Majestic

Dion

↓ 18

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 36

55

Runaround Sue

Dion

↓ 35

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 20

56

September In The Rain

Dinah Washington

↑ 5

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

57

Crazy

Patsy Cline

↓ 32

Peak: 9 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

58

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

↑ 26

Peak: 1 • 64 wks • Prev: 84

59

Language Of Love

John D. Loudermilk

↓ 19

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

60

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 66

62

Turn Around, Look At Me

Glen Campbell

↑ 8

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

63

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↑ 26

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 89

64

Pocketful Of Miracles

Frank Sinatra

↑ 23

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

65

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 11

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

66

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↑ 16

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 82

67

Up A Lazy River

Si Zentner And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 9 wks

68

Maria

Roger Williams

↑ 9

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

69

Flying Circle

Frank Slay And His Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 78

70

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 10

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 80

70

It's All Because

Linda Scott

↓ 20

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

72

Room Full Of Tears

The Drifters

↑ 11

Peak: 72 • 5 wks • Prev: 83

73

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 85

74

Walkin' With My Angel

Bobby Vee

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 79

75

Just Got To Know

Jimmy McCracklin

↑ 6

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

76

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 11 wks

77

Bristol Stomp

The Dovells

↓ 47

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

78

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↓ 11

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 67

79

Heartaches

The Marcels

↓ 44

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

80

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels

↓ 46

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 34

81

Twistin' U.S.A.

Chubby Checker

↓ 13

Peak: 68 • 3 wks • Prev: 68

82

Unsquare Dance

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↑ 6

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

83

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

84

Alvin's Harmonica

David Seville And The Chipmunks

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 15 wks

85

Please Come Home For Christmas

Charles Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 2 wks

86

Let's Go Trippin'

Dick Dale and The Del-Tones

↑ 5

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 91

87

Pop Goes The Weasel

Anthony Newley

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 4 wks

88

The Peppermint Twist

Danny Peppermint and the Jumping Jacks

↓ 26

Peak: 54 • 4 wks • Prev: 62

89

I Could Have Loved You So Well

Ray Peterson

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 99

90

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 6

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 96

91

Go On Home

Patti Page

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

92

Tuff

Ace Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 16 wks

93

Pushin' Your Luck

Sleepy King

↑ 5

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

94

I Told The Brook

Marty Robbins

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 4 wks

95

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 15 wks

96

Tears From An Angel

Troy Shondell

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 6 wks

97

Free Me

Johnny Preston

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 1 wks

98

I Need Some One

The Belmonts

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 4 wks

99

Santa & The Touchables

Dickie Goodman

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

Ev'rybody's Cryin'

Jimmie Beaumont

★ NEW

Peak: 100 • 1 wks

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