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Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1961

1960 <-1961-> 1962

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1.
07/1961
428

✫1
US
✫1
AC




✫1
UK
19th century folk song
written by traditional
2.
10/1961
423

✫1
US
✫1
AC
✫1
country


2
UK
[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42175]
written by Jimmy Dean
3.
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
4.
12/1961
400

2
US
✫1
AC




✫1
UK
[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
5.
11/1961
372

2
US
✫1
AC




2
UK
[instrumental]
[Kapp 442]
written by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (as Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy) & Kenny Ball (arrangement)
6.
08/1961
360

4
US
2
AC




✫1
UK
charted as His Latest Flame / Little Sister in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7908]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
7.
05/1961
274

✫1
US
4
AC




18
UK
[Dot 16209]
written by Chase Webster (as Gary Daniel Bruce)
8.
05/1961
257

2
US
✫1
AC


2
R&B
30
UK
[novelty]
[Mercury 71820]
written by traditional
9.
06/1961
254

6
US
✫1
AC




6
UK
#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928
[MGM 13019]
written by Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown
10.
06/1961
232

✫1
US
✫1
AC






based on german folk song Muss I Denn
[Smash 1708]
written by Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Kay Twomey & Bert Kaempfert
11.
12/1961
219

9
US
✫1
AC
2
country


9
UK
[Decca 9-31330]
written by Hank Cochran
12.
07/1961
168

4
US
2
AC


22
R&B


[Liberty 55343]
written by Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane
13.
11/1961
167

35
US
10
AC




4
UK
[Dot 16284]
written by Paul Evans & Fred Tobias
14.
09/1961
166

25
US
5
AC




6
UK
[instrumental]
[Columbia 41479]
written by Paul Desmond
15.
05/1961
165

4
US
2
AC






[instrumental]
[Hi Fi 5024]
written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn Keith) & Norman Luboff
16.
09/1961
154

5
US
✫1
AC






[Hickory 1153]
written by John D. Loudermilk
17.
05/1961
151

5
US
5
AC


21
R&B


[Coed 550]
written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy
18.
06/1961
149

8
US
3
AC
8
country


36
UK
[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 47-7893]
written by Bob Wills
19.
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
20.
03/1961
135



6
AC




5
UK
[Warwick 636]
written by Leslie Bricusse
21.
11/1961
132

7
US
✫1
AC






hit for Doris Day in 1952
[Capitol 4658]
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman
22.
10/1961
130

9
US
2
AC
2
country




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #85]
[Decca 9-31317]
written by Willie Nelson
23.
07/1961
122

9
US
3
AC




50
UK
[Canadian American 127]
written by Linda Scott
24.
10/1961
121

11
US
✫1
AC




44
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1962]
[RCA 47-7916]
written by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
25.
10/1961
120

8
US
2
AC






[instrumental]
[United Artists 373]
written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
26.
09/1961
111

13
US
3
AC




36
UK
#1 hit for Fred Astaire in 1936
[Capitol 4586]
written by Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern
27.
04/1961
110

12
US
6
AC
✫1
country




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #238]
[Decca 9-31205]
written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard
28.
07/1961
109

10
US
4
AC


16
R&B


[Coed 553]
written by Scott David & Larry Kusik
29.
11/1961
106

10
US
2
AC






[MGM 13051]
written by Sid Tepper & Roy Bennett
30.
10/1961
105

11
US
3
AC


14
R&B


[Vee-Jay 405]
written by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
31.
03/1961
104

12
US
13
AC
✫1
country




[Capitol 4533]
written by Willie Nelson
32.
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
33.
10/1961
96

12
US
2
AC






hit for Wayne King in 1931
[Canadian American 129]
written by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert
34.
08/1961
94

17
US
4
AC




39
UK
[live]
[novelty]
[mr. blue, alley oop, smoke gets in your eyes, in this whole wide world, a worried man, tom dooley, a teenager in love]
[Capitol 4599]
written by various
35.
12/1961
91

12
US
3
AC






[R]
[Christmas]
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin
36.
11/1961
89

13
US
3
AC






traditional american ballad, copyrighted in 1850
written by Leadbelly (as Lead Belly)
37.
06/1961
87

13
US
4
AC






[Cadence 1402]
written by Manos Hadjidakis & Billy Towne
38.
12/1961
86

21
US
6
AC




34
UK
[novelty]
[spoken]
parody of "big bad john"
[Versatile 107]
written by Eddie Deane & Sunny Skylar
39.
07/1961
80

64
US
15
AC




15
UK
40.
12/1961
79

26
US
7
AC




30
UK
[Christmas]
US B side to When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)
[MGM 13051]
written by Benny Davis & Ted Murry
41.
08/1961
72

20
US
6
AC


14
R&B


[Mercury 71859]
written by traditional
42.
09/1961
71

24
US
6
AC


7
R&B


[Atlantic 2114]
written by Virgil Stewart
43.
07/1961
71

19
US
4
AC






[comedy]
[live]
[Kapp 409]
written by Vinnie Bogert, Jose Jimenez (as Bill Dana), Joe Hamilton, Don Hinckley, Coleman Jacoby, Arne Rosen & Neil Simon
44.
08/1961
69

19
US
5
AC






[Dot 16244]
written by Bob Elgin & Robert Mosely
45.
07/1961
61

25
US
7
AC


17
R&B


#1 hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1940
[Mercury 71847]
written by Ruth Lowe
46.
12/1961
60

22
US
6
AC






[R]
[Christmas]
[20th Century Fox 121]
written by Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati & Harry Simeone
47.
12/1961
55

59
US
15
AC
2
country


47
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7959]
written by Don Gibson
48.
06/1961
53

29
US
9
AC
9
country




[Capitol 4553]
written by Wanda Jackson
49.
09/1961
47

73
US
18
AC




29
UK
[Capitol 4623]
written by Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy
50.
11/1961
47

42
US
12
AC




41
UK
written by Leo Maguire
51.
07/1961
46

29
US
7
AC






[Dunes 2006]
written by Dale Noe & Red Sovine
52.
09/1961
41

51
US
12
AC
3
country




[Columbia 4-42065]
written by Marty Robbins
53.
12/1961
38

42
US
9
AC
13
country




[Mercury 71906]
written by Hank Cochran
54.
12/1961
37

34
US
9
AC






[Reprise 20040]
written by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
55.
12/1961
35

50
US
9
AC


16
R&B


[Amazon 1003]
written by Richard Berry
56.
11/1961
32

89
US
20
AC
2
country




[RCA Victor 47-7950]
written by Bill Anderson & Buddy Killen
57.
07/1961
31

40
US
10
AC






[instrumental]
[Cadence 1392]
written by Avery Robinson
58.
05/1961
31

37
US
16
AC






[R]
[instrumental]
[United Artists 234]
written by Manos Hadjidakis & Billy Towne
59.
11/1961
30

42
US
9
AC






[Liberty 55375]
written by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons
60.
12/1961
30

39
US
12
AC






as David Seville and The Chipmunks
[R]
[Christmas]
[Liberty 55168]
written by David Seville (as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.)
61.
10/1961
30

45
US
8
AC






US B side to Frankie and Johnny
[Mercury 71859]
written by Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
62.
06/1961
29

42
US
10
AC






[instrumental]
[Warwick 654]
written by Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown) & Arthur Freed
63.
11/1961
29

43
US
10
AC






[instrumental]
[Liberty 55374]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Sidney Arodin
64.
11/1961
27

44
US
12
AC






[7 Arts 719]
written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
65.
06/1961
27

46
US
11
AC






[Mercury 71823]
written by Sherman Edwards & Hal David
66.
06/1961
27

58
US
14
AC
21
country




[Mercury 71823]
written by Lefty Frizzell
67.
12/1961
26

48
US
11
AC






[instrumental]
[Kapp 364]
written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
68.
10/1961
26

50
US
10
AC






[Smash 1717]
written by Fred Wise & Ben Weisman
69.
07/1961
25

48
US
14
AC






[instrumental]
[Decca 31279]
written by Bert Kaempfert & Milt Gabler
70.
12/1961
25

47
US
15
AC






as David Seville and The Chipmunks
[R]
[Christmas]
[Liberty 55289]
written by Johnny Marks
71.
10/1961
23

58
US
12
AC






[Reprise 20023]
written by Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal
72.
09/1961
23

56
US
13
AC






[Dot 16255]
written by John D. Loudermilk
73.
07/1961
22

59
US
12
AC






[Coral 62276]
written by Gene Autry & Fred Rose
74.
09/1961
21

61
US
14
AC






[Coed 556]
written by Arthur Kent & Ed Warren
75.
10/1961
21

62
US
15
AC






[Crest 1087]
written by Jerry Capehart
76.
09/1961
20

95
US
19
AC


16
R&B


[Everest 19418]
written by Bernie Friedman & Ollie Jones
77.
09/1961
20

61
US
16
AC






[instrumental]
[Dot 16262]
written by Heino Gaze
78.
10/1961
20

64
US
15
AC






[Columbia 42199]
written by Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
79.
07/1961
19

68
US
13
AC






[United Artists 335]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
80.
10/1961
18

67
US
16
AC






[United Artists 364]
written by Kurt Adams & Sammy Gallop
81.
06/1961
18

71
US
14
AC






[Capitol 4582]
written by Charles Singleton
82.
07/1961
18

74
US
14
AC






[instrumental]
[Landa 674]
written by Dimitri Tiomkin & Paul Francis Webster
83.
09/1961
18

71
US
16
AC






[spoken]
[Roulette 4384]
written by Eddie Deane & Al Dredick
84.
10/1961
17

73
US
18
AC






[instrumental]
[from the movie Come September]
[Dot 16262]
written by Bobby Darin
85.
10/1961
16

72
US
19
AC






US B side to Hurt
[Liberty 55343]
written by Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson & Al Goodhart
86.
07/1961
15

81
US
18
AC






as Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
[instrumental]
[RCA 7888]
written by Dino Verde & Nino Rota
87.
09/1961
15

80
US
19
AC






[instrumental]
[Mercury 71869]
written by Oscar Washington, Lewis Simpkins (as Lewis P. Simpkins) & Jimmy Forrest
88.
12/1961
15

81
US
19
AC






[Columbia 42246]
written by Marty Robbins
89.
07/1961
14

86
US
17
AC






[R]
[re-recording]
[Capitol 4593]
written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli
90.
11/1961
14

82
US
20
AC






B side to Danny Boy
[Columbia 42199]
written by Ritchie Adams & Neval Nader
91.
08/1961
12

94
US
19
AC






US B side to My Claire De Lune
[United Artists 335]
written by Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)
92.
09/1961
12

91
US
20
AC






[Mercury 71854]
written by Cowboy Copas & Syd Nathan (as Lois Mann)
93.
08/1961
10

103
US
20
AC






[live]
[Verve 10237]
written by Sam Coslow

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