Top Songs of 1961 ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts

[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

19th century folk song
written by traditional

[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42175]
written by Jimmy Dean

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook

with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin

adapted from the italian song "come back to sorrento"
[RCA 47-7850]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394]
charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Jerry Fuller

[instrumental]
[Kapp 442]
written by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (as Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy) & Kenny Ball (arrangement)

charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Liberty 55354]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 7840]
written by Floyd Cramer

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377]
[ABC-Paramount 10244]
written by Percy Mayfield

as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1008]
written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster

US: B-side to (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame, UK: Double A-side with (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame ; charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk

charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by Sonny Curtis

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342]
[Laurie 3110]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca

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

[Monument 438]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

[Liberty 55388]
written by Gerry Goffin & Jack Keller

[R]
[Parkway 811]
written by Hank Ballard

as Clarence "Frogman" Henry
written by Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry) & Paul Gayten

[Dot 16209]
written by Chase Webster (as Gary Daniel Bruce)

[Mercury 71834]
written by Kendall Hayes & Gary Walker

hit for Chuck Willis in 1954
[RCA Victor 47-7880]
written by Chuck Willis

[Parkway 818]
written by Don Covay & Sonny Spencer (as John Berry [John Bobby Berry])

[Minit 623]
written by Allen Toussaint

charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Gene Pitney & Cayet Mangiaracina

[RCA 7957]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

[novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional

#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928
[MGM 13019]
written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #239]
[Laurie 3115]
written by Ernie Maresca

[Canadian American 123]
written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

[instrumental]
[Warwick 603]
written by Richard Stephens, Jimmy Torres & Norman Petty (uncredited)

[instrumental]
[Imperial 5775]
written by Sandy Nelson & Richie Allen (as Richard Podolor)

as Joey Dee & The Starlighters
inspired by New York City's Peppermint Lounge Club
[Roulette 4401]
written by Joey Dee & Henry Glover

US: B-side to Can't Help Falling In Love, UK: Double A-side with Can't Help Falling In Love ; charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
written by Ben Weisman, Fred Wise & Dolores Fuller

[Big Top 3075]
written by Del Shannon

[Beltone 1002]
written by Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene

[Tamla 54046]
written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman

hit for Hoagy Carmichael in 1932
[Atco 6188]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin

based on german folk song Muss I Denn
[Smash 1708]
written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey & Bert Kaempfert

hit for Bing Crosby in 1934
[Warner 5220]
written by Nacio Brown & Arthur Freed

[Decca 9-31330]
written by Hank Cochran

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #69]
B side to Candy Man
[Monument 447]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

[R]
[Parkway 824]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell

[Monument 447]
written by Beverly Ross & Fred Neil

#1 hit for Bing Crosby in 1938
[Atco 6206]
written by Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #121]
[Atco 6194]
written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Instant 3229]
written by Chris Kenner & Allen Toussaint

[Capitol 4662]
written by John Schroeder & Mike Hawker (as Michael Hawker)

[London 1993]
written by Les Vandyke

Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain in the UK
[United Artists 363]
written by Norman Newell (as David West) & Udo Jürgens

[Vee-Jay 383]
written by Dee Clark

[Liberty 55350]
written by Dick St. John

US: B-side to Blue Christmas and Puppet On a String
[RCA 47-7865]
written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey & Bert Kaempfert

written by Geoff Goddard

charted as You Don't Know / Marvellous Lie in Australia charts
[Capitol 4627]
written by John Schroeder & Mike Hawker (as Michael Hawker)

written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard

written by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer

written by Walter Donaldson

written by Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch & Norman Newell (as David West)

[instrumental]

written by Michael Carr

[Hull 740]
written by James Sheppard & William H. Miller

#1 hit for the Mills Brothers in 1944
[Argo 5388]
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher

[Parkway 827]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell

[instrumental]
[Atco 6184]
written by Jerry Lordan

written by Del Shannon

[Decca 31272]
written by Jackie DeShannon & Sharon Sheeley

[Epic 9452]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)