List of top 10 adult contemporary singles of 1961 (U.S.)
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1961.
Top-ten singles[edit]
| 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 | [1] |
| "Yellow Bird" | Arthur Lyman Group | 2 | July 22 | 5 | [1] | |
| "San Antonio Rose" | Floyd Cramer | 3 | July 22 | 5 | [1] | |
| "Moody River" | Pat Boone | 4 | July 22 | 3 | [1] | |
| "The Writing on the Wall" | Adam Wade | 5 | July 22 | 2 | [1] | |
| "Together" | Connie Francis | 1 | August 12 | 7 | [1][2] | |
| "Never on Sunday" | The Chordettes | 4 | August 19 | 7 | [1][3] | |
| "My Kind of Girl" | Matt Monro | 6 | August 12 | 6 | [1][2] | |
| "Wooden Heart" | Joe Dowell | 1 | August 19 | 11 | [1][3] | |
| "Should I" | The String-A-Longs | 10 | July 22 | 1 | [1] | |
| July 29 | "Don't Bet Money Honey"[A] | Linda Scott | 3 | August 19 | 7 | [4][3] |
| August 5 | "Hurt" | Timi Yuro | 2 | September 16 | 10 | [5][6] |
| August 12 | "Michael" | The Highwaymen | 1 | September 9 | 11 | [2][7] |
| "As If I Didn't Know" | Adam Wade | 4 | September 16 | 6 | [2][6] | |
| August 26 | "I Fall To Pieces" | Patsy Cline | 6 | September 2 | 5 | [8][9] |
| September 2 | "I'll Never Smile Again" | The Platters | 7 | September 9 | 2 | [9][7] |
| "Right Or Wrong" | Wanda Jackson | 9 | September 2 | 1 | [9] | |
| September 9 | "Frankie and Johnny" | Brook Benton | 6 | September 16 | 4 | [7][6] |
| "(Marie's the Name) Hist Latest Flame" | Elvis Presley | 2 | September 23 | 8 | [7][10] | |
| "Big Cold Wind" | Pat Boone | 5 | September 23 | 5 | [7][10] | |
| September 16 | "More Money for You and Me" | The Four Preps | 4 | September 30 | 4 | [6][11] |
| September 23 | "Mexico" | Bob Moore | 1 | October 14 | 9 | [10][12] |
| September 30 | "The Astronaut" | Jose Jimenez | 4 | October 7 | 4 | [11][13] |
| "Missing You" | Ray Peterson | 7 | October 21 | 5 | [11][14] | |
| October 7 | "The Way You Look Tonight" | The Lettermen | 3 | October 7 | 8 | [13] |
| "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" | Sue Thompson | 1 | October 21 | 10 | [13][14] | |
| October 14 | "Big Bad John" | Jimmy Dean | 1 | October 28 | 11 | [12][15] |
| "Take Five" | Dave Brubeck | 5 | October 28 | 5 | [12][15] | |
| "Waterboy" | Don Shirley | 10 | October 14 | 1 | [12] | |
| October 21 | "Moon River" | Jerry Butler | 3 | December 16 | 12 | [14][16] |
| October 28 | "It's Just a House Without You" | Brook Benton | 8 | October 28 | 1 | [15] |
| "September In the Rain" | Dinah Washington | 5 | December 2 | 8 | [15][17] | |
| November 4 | "Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 2 | December 2 | 8 | [18][17] |
| "Tonight" | Ferrante & Teicher | 2 | November 25 | 9 | [18][19] | |
| "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" | Solomon Burke | 6 | November 18 | 8 | [18][20] | |
| November 18 | "Moon River"[B] | Henry Mancini | 3 | December 23 | 14 | [20][21] |
| November 25 | "The Bridge of Love" | Joe Dowell | 10 | November 25 | 1 | [19] |
| December 2 | "Smile" | Timi Yuro | 9 | December 2 | 1 | [17] |
| "(Up A) Lazy River" | Si Zentner | 10 | December 2 | 1 | [17] | |
| December 16 | "I Don't Know Why" | Linda Scott | 4 | December 23 | 5 | [16][21] |
1962 peaks[edit]
| 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 | [22][23] |
| "When The Boy in Your Arms (Is The Boy in Your Heart)" | Connie Francis | 2 | January 6 | 8 | [22][23] | |
| December 23 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | 3 | January 6 | 3 | [21][23] |
Notes[edit]
A The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 19, 1961.[3]
B The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 1962.[24]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 22, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 12, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 19, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - July 29, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 5, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 16, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 9, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - August 26, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 2, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 23, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - September 30, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 14, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 7, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 21, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - October 28, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 16, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 2, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 4, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 25, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - November 18, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 23, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - December 9, 1961 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - January 6, 1962 | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart - May 19, 1962". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
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