List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1961 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1961.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 22 |
"The Boll Weevil Song" |
Brook Benton |
1 |
July 22 |
6 |
|
"Yellow Bird" |
Arthur Lyman Group |
2 |
July 22 |
5 |
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"San Antonio Rose" |
Floyd Cramer |
3 |
July 22 |
5 |
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"Moody River" |
Pat Boone |
4 |
July 22 |
3 |
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"The Writing on the Wall" |
Adam Wade |
5 |
July 22 |
2 |
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"Together" |
Connie Francis |
1 |
August 12 |
7 |
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"Never on Sunday" |
The Chordettes |
4 |
August 19 |
7 |
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"My Kind of Girl" |
Matt Monro |
6 |
August 12 |
6 |
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"Wooden Heart" |
Joe Dowell |
1 |
August 19 |
11 |
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"Should I" |
The String-A-Longs |
10 |
July 22 |
1 |
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July 29 |
"Don't Bet Money Honey" |
Linda Scott |
3 |
August 19 |
7 |
|
August 5 |
"Hurt" |
Timi Yuro |
2 |
September 16 |
10 |
|
August 12 |
"Michael" |
The Highwaymen |
1 |
September 9 |
11 |
|
"As If I Didn't Know" |
Adam Wade |
4 |
September 16 |
6 |
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August 26 |
"I Fall To Pieces" |
Patsy Cline |
6 |
September 2 |
5 |
|
September 2 |
"I'll Never Smile Again" |
The Platters |
7 |
September 9 |
2 |
|
"Right Or Wrong" |
Wanda Jackson |
9 |
September 2 |
1 |
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September 9 |
"Frankie and Johnny" |
Brook Benton |
6 |
September 16 |
4 |
|
"(Marie's the Name) Hist Latest Flame" |
Elvis Presley |
2 |
September 23 |
8 |
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"Big Cold Wind" |
Pat Boone |
5 |
September 23 |
5 |
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September 16 |
"More Money for You and Me" |
The Four Preps |
4 |
September 30 |
4 |
|
September 23 |
"Mexico" |
Bob Moore |
1 |
October 14 |
9 |
|
September 30 |
"The Astronaut" |
Jose Jimenez |
4 |
October 7 |
4 |
|
"Missing You" |
Ray Peterson |
7 |
October 21 |
5 |
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October 7 |
"The Way You Look Tonight" |
The Lettermen |
3 |
October 7 |
8 |
|
"Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" |
Sue Thompson |
1 |
October 21 |
10 |
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October 14 |
"Big Bad John" |
Jimmy Dean |
1 |
October 28 |
11 |
|
"Take Five" |
Dave Brubeck |
5 |
October 28 |
5 |
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"Waterboy" |
Don Shirley |
10 |
October 14 |
1 |
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October 21 |
"Moon River" |
Jerry Butler |
3 |
December 16 |
12 |
|
October 28 |
"It's Just a House Without You" |
Brook Benton |
8 |
October 28 |
1 |
|
"September In the Rain" |
Dinah Washington |
5 |
December 2 |
8 |
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November 4 |
"Crazy" |
Patsy Cline |
2 |
December 2 |
8 |
|
"Tonight" |
Ferrante & Teicher |
2 |
November 25 |
9 |
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"Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" |
Solomon Burke |
6 |
November 18 |
8 |
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November 18 |
"Moon River" |
Henry Mancini |
3 |
December 23 |
14 |
|
November 25 |
"The Bridge of Love" |
Joe Dowell |
10 |
November 25 |
1 |
|
December 2 |
"Smile" |
Timi Yuro |
9 |
December 2 |
1 |
|
"(Up A) Lazy River" |
Si Zentner |
10 |
December 2 |
1 |
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December 16 |
"I Don't Know Why" |
Linda Scott |
4 |
December 23 |
5 |
1962 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 9 |
"When I Fall in Love" |
The Lettermen |
1 |
January 6 |
10 |
|
"When The Boy in Your Arms (Is The Boy in Your Heart)" |
Connie Francis |
2 |
January 6 |
8 |
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December 23 |
"White Christmas" |
Bing Crosby |
3 |
January 6 |
3 |
Notes
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 19, 1961.
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 1962.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1961 (U.S.)