Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 0.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #100
- 1 week there · Jun 5, 1961
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 1
- June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Excels | primary | 100% | 0.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Jun 5, 1961 on the timeline →- #1Running ScaredRoy Orbison
- #2Travelin' ManRicky Nelson
- #3Daddy's HomeShep And The Limelites
- #4Mama SaidThe Shirelles
- #5I Feel So BadElvis Presley
- #6Stand By MeBen E. King
- #7Moody RiverPat Boone
- #8A Hundred Pounds Of ClayGene McDaniels
- #9RaindropsDee Clark
- #10Breakin' In A Brand New Broken HeartConnie Francis
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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