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Top R&B Songs of 1961

1960 <-1961-> 1962
    

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1961
1.
12/1961

Tuff by Ace Cannon

from Tuff-Sax   
76

17
US




3
R&B


[instrumental]
[Hi 2040]
written by Ace Cannon
2.
12/1961
83

12
US




10
R&B


featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell
[Tuff 1808]
written by Abner Spector
3.
12/1961
115

8
US




3
R&B


[Scepter 1227]
written by Burt Bacharach, Mack David & Luther Dixon (as Barney Williams)
4.
12/1961
72

19
US




3
R&B


[Fury 1054]
written by Don Covay
5.
12/1961
107

9
US




5
R&B


[Legrand 1015]
written by Frank Guida (as Frank J. Guida)
6.
12/1961
57

28
US




2
R&B


[Duke 344]
written by Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) & Joe Scott (as Joseph Scott)
7.
12/1961
414

✫1
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
2
UK
with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin
8.
11/1961
117

9
US




✫1
R&B


[ABC-Paramount 10266]
written by Bobby Sharp & Teddy Powell (disputed credit)
9.
11/1961
66

20
US




5
R&B


[Philles 100]
written by Leroy Bates & Phil Spector
10.
11/1961
73

15
US




12
R&B


[Mercury 71903]
written by Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
11.
11/1961
243

✫1
US




8
R&B
33
UK
as Joey Dee & The Starlighters
inspired by New York City's Peppermint Lounge Club
[Roulette 4401]
written by Joey Dee & Henry Glover
12.
11/1961
56

22
US




10
R&B


[Caprice 110]
written by Rudy Clark
13.
11/1961
286

✫1
US




4
R&B
14
UK
[R]
[Parkway 811]
written by Hank Ballard
14.
11/1961
293

✫1
US




7
R&B
11
UK
aka Wimoweh, a south african zulu song
[RCA Victor 7954]
written by Solomon Linda, Paul Campbell, Albert Stanton, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
15.
11/1961
178

3
US




✫1
R&B


[AFO 302]
written by Barbara George
16.
10/1961
100

23
US
5
AC


5
R&B
35
UK
#1 hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937
[Mercury 71876]
written by Harry Warren & Al Dubin
17.
10/1961
73

20
US




2
R&B


[ABC-Paramount 10241]
written by Curtis Mayfield
18.
10/1961
105

11
US
3
AC


14
R&B


[Vee-Jay 405]
written by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
19.
10/1961
113

7
US




19
R&B


#1 hit for Ted Weems in 1947
[Colpix 612]
written by Al Hoffman & John Klenner
20.
10/1961
145

5
US




5
R&B


[Liberty 55371]
written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
21.
10/1961
118

8
US




4
R&B


[Sar 117]
written by Sam Cooke
22.
10/1961
70

21
US




2
R&B


[Scepter 1223]
written by John Patton & Amiel Sommers
23.
09/1961
116

7
US




11
R&B


[Parkway 830]
written by John Medora (as John Madara) & David White
24.
09/1961
296

✫1
US




4
R&B
11
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342]
[Laurie 3110]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca
25.
09/1961
70

16
US




10
R&B


[Atlantic 2117]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
26.
09/1961
342

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377]
[ABC-Paramount 10244]
written by Percy Mayfield
27.
09/1961
191

2
US




7
R&B


[Parkway 827]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell
28.
09/1961
233

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


29.
09/1961
71

24
US
6
AC


7
R&B


[Atlantic 2114]
written by Virgil Stewart
30.
09/1961
46

25
US




20
R&B


[Felsted 8624]
written by Aaron Collins
31.
08/1961
134

7
US




✫1
R&B


[Fury 1053]
written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson (as Morgan Robinson) & Morris Levy
32.
08/1961
103

9
US




8
R&B


[Beltone 1012]
written by Bobby Lewis & Malou Rene
33.
08/1961
81

14
US




6
R&B


[Carlton 555]
written by Richard Barrett
34.
08/1961
72

20
US
6
AC


14
R&B


[Mercury 71859]
written by traditional
35.
08/1961

Mexico by Bob Moore

from Mexico   
140

7
US
✫1
AC


22
R&B


as Bob Moore and his Orchestra
[instrumental]
[Monument 446]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
36.
07/1961
61

25
US
7
AC


17
R&B


#1 hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1940
[Mercury 71847]
written by Ruth Lowe
37.
07/1961
85

18
US




10
R&B
38
UK
38.
07/1961
86

12
US




7
R&B


[Laurie 3098]
written by Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
39.
07/1961
137

5
US




12
R&B


[Legrand 1009]
written by Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Anderson) & Gene Barge
40.
07/1961
87

15
US




2
R&B


[Imperial 5764]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew
41.
07/1961
89

14
US




2
R&B


[Sue 749]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Joe Seneca (as Sylvia McKinney)
42.
07/1961
52

25
US




8
R&B


[Vee-Jay 390]
written by Jerry Butler & Curtis Mayfield
43.
07/1961
168

4
US
2
AC


22
R&B


[Liberty 55343]
written by Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane
44.
07/1961
109

10
US
4
AC


16
R&B


[Coed 553]
written by Scott David & Larry Kusik
45.
07/1961
174

3
US




2
R&B


[instrumental]
[Satellite 107]
written by Charles Axton, Jerry Lee Smith, Floyd Newman, Chips Moman & Gil Caple
46.
07/1961
81

12
US




15
R&B


answer-song to "stand by me"
[Mercury 71840]
written by Ben E. King, Ollie Jones, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
47.
06/1961
57

26
US




3
R&B


as Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
B side to The Float
[King 5510]
written by Al Kasha, Alonzo Tucker & Gordon Evans
48.
06/1961
178

3
US




✫1
R&B


[Beltone 1006]
written by Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte
49.
06/1961
53

27
US




5
R&B


[Tri-Phi 1001]
written by Harvey Fuqua & Gwen Gordy (as Gwen Gordy Fuqua)
50.
06/1961
102

8
US




26
R&B



[Parkway 824]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell
51.
06/1961
64

19
US




9
R&B


[Brunswick 55216]
written by Al Kasha & Horace Ott
52.
06/1961
74

14
US




13
R&B


[Atlantic 2105]
written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
53.
06/1961
161

17
US




20
R&B
7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #452]
[RCA Victor 7883]
written by Sam Cooke
54.
05/1961
202

2
US




2
R&B


[Instant 3229]
written by Chris Kenner & Allen Toussaint
55.
05/1961
324

✫1
US




3
R&B
7
UK
as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1008]
written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
56.
05/1961
64

18
US




10
R&B


[Gee 1064]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Frank Loesser
57.
05/1961
192

12
US




11
R&B
6
UK
#1 hit for the Mills Brothers in 1944
[Argo 5388]
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
58.
05/1961
151

5
US
5
AC


21
R&B


[Coed 550]
written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy
59.
05/1961
257

2
US
✫1
AC


2
R&B
30
UK
[novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional
60.
05/1961
65

23
US




18
R&B
49
UK
[Imperial 5753]
written by Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew & Bobby Charles
61.
05/1961
269

5
US




15
R&B
4
UK
hit for Chuck Willis in 1954
[RCA Victor 47-7880]
written by Chuck Willis
62.
05/1961
143

6
US




✫1
R&B


as The Pips
[Vee-Jay 386]
written by Johnny Otis
63.
05/1961
82

13
US




7
R&B


[Gee 1065]
written by Fred Fassert
64.
05/1961
202

4
US




✫1
R&B
27
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #121]
[Atco 6194]
written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
65.
05/1961
94

9
US




28
R&B


as Caesar & the Romans
[Del-Fi 4158]
written by Nick Curinga & Paul Politi
66.
05/1961
197

2
US




3
R&B


[Vee-Jay 383]
written by Dee Clark
67.
04/1961
235

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Beltone 1002]
written by Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene
68.
04/1961
54

20
US




25
R&B


as The Marathons
[Arvee 5027]
written by H. B. Barnum (as H.B. Barnum), Marty Cooper (as Martin J. Cooper), Cliff Goldsmith & Fred Smith
69.
04/1961
51

23
US




16
R&B


[novelty]
[Atco 6192]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
70.
04/1961
50

24
US




15
R&B


[Jin 144 / Smash 1702]
written by Ted Daffan
71.
04/1961
162

4
US




2
R&B


[Scepter 1217]
written by Luther Dixon & Willie Denson
72.
04/1961
115

30
US


27
country
26
R&B
10
UK
[Sun 356]
written by Ray Charles
73.
03/1961
123

6
US




25
R&B


[Decca 31231]
written by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap & Earl Hines
74.
03/1961
263

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
29
UK
[Minit 623]
written by Allen Toussaint
75.
03/1961
59

25
US




3
R&B


[Nomar 106]
written by S. W. Taylor & Maxine Brown
76.
03/1961
194

2
US




4
R&B


[Hull 740]
written by James Sheppard & William H. Miller
77.
03/1961
161

3
US




11
R&B


[Liberty 55308]
written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon & Bob Elgin
78.
03/1961
49

30
US




4
R&B


[Argo 5385]
written by Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz
79.
03/1961
133

7
US




20
R&B
38
UK
[Coed 546]
written by Arthur Kent & Ed Warren
80.
03/1961
58

20
US




11
R&B


[Brunswick 55208]
written by Joyce Lee
81.
03/1961
253

3
US




22
R&B
7
UK
[Canadian American 123]
written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
82.
03/1961
421

✫1
US




3
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook
83.
03/1961
124

8
US




✫1
R&B


[Impulse 200]
written by Rudy Toombs
84.
03/1961
343

4
US




16
R&B
✫1
UK
[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 7840]
written by Floyd Cramer
85.
03/1961
49

29
US




5
R&B


[Federal 12401]
written by Freddie King, Sonny Thompson & Hound Dog Taylor (uncredited)
86.
03/1961
428

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
87.
02/1961
48

25
US




13
R&B


88.
02/1961
54

20
US




22
R&B


[instrumental]
[Hi 2028]
written by Rudy Jackson
89.
02/1961
92

11
US




6
R&B


B side to For My Baby
[Mercury 71774]
written by Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
90.
02/1961
57

28
US




2
R&B


[Mercury 71774]
written by Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
91.
01/1961
88

12
US




6
R&B


[Epic 9434]
written by Bill Cook
92.
01/1961
100

10
US




5
R&B


[Atlantic 2086]
written by Carla Thomas
93.
01/1961
301

8
US


25
country
25
R&B
✫1
UK
charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk
94.
01/1961
59

22
US




7
R&B


[Imperial 5723]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Jack Jessup & Pee Wee Maddux
95.
01/1961
266

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
27
UK
[Parkway 818]
written by Don Covay & Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])
96.
01/1961
173

3
US




2
R&B


[R]
[Scepter 1203]
written by Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling
97.
01/1961
190

2
US




9
R&B


[instrumental]
[Atco 6184]
written by Jerry Lordan
98.
01/1961
247

3
US




19
R&B
8
UK
[instrumental]
[Warwick 603]
written by Richard Stephens, Jimmy Torres & Norman Petty (uncredited)
99.
01/1961
92

9
US




25
R&B


[Brunswick 55201]
written by Hank Hunter & Al Kasha
100.
01/1961
176

6
US


28
country
27
R&B
17
UK
[novelty]
[Columbia 4-41876]
written by Johnny Parker

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