Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 1.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #69
- 1 week there · Apr 24, 1961
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 4
- April 1961 – May 1961
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merv Griffin | primary | 100% | 1.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Apr 24, 1961 on the timeline →- #1RunawayDel Shannon
- #2Blue MoonThe Marcels
- #3Mother-In-LawErnie K-Doe
- #4But I DoClarence 'Frogman' Henry
- #5On The ReboundFloyd Cramer
- #6A Hundred Pounds Of ClayGene McDaniels
- #7I've Told Every Little StarLinda Scott
- #8You Can Depend On MeBrenda Lee
- #9Take Good Care Of HerAdam Wade
- #10One Mint JulepRay Charles
The #1 songs of 1961
1961 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.
- Are You Lonesome To-night? · Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires
- Wonderland By Night · Bert Kaempfert
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow · The Shirelles
- Calcutta · Lawrence Welk
- Pony Time · Chubby Checker
- Surrender · Elvis Presley
- Blue Moon · The Marcels
- Runaway · Del Shannon
- Mother-In-Law · Ernie K-Doe
- Travelin' Man · Ricky Nelson
- Running Scared · Roy Orbison
- Moody River · Pat Boone
- Quarter To Three · U.S. Bonds
- Tossin' And Turnin · Bobby Lewis
- Wooden Heart · Joe Dowell
- Michael · The Highwaymen
- Take Good Care Of My Baby · Bobby Vee
- Hit The Road Jack · Ray Charles and his Orchestra
- Runaround Sue · Dion
- Big Bad John · Jimmy Dean
- Please Mr. Postman · The Marvelettes
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight · The Tokens
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