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Week of August 7, 1961

Billboard Hot 100

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY FROM DIGITAL MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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Beltone

Bobby Lewis, '60s Singer and 'Tossin' & Turnin'' Hitmaker, Dies at 95

Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 7, 1961

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  • 1

    • Tossin' And Turnin'

      Bobby Lewis
    • 1
    • 1
    • 16
      • 1
      • 1
      • 16
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Beltone

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  • 2

    • I Like It Like That, Part 1

      Chris Kenner
    • 2
    • 2
    • 11
      • 2
      • 2
      • 11
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Instant

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  • 3

    • Last Night

      Mar-Keys
    • 7
    • 3
    • 6
      • 7
      • 3
      • 6
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Satellite

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  • 4

    • Dum Dum

      Brenda Lee
    • 4
    • 4
    • 8
      • 4
      • 4
      • 8
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Decca

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  • 5

    • Hats Off To Larry

      Del Shannon
    • 5
    • 5
    • 10
      • 5
      • 5
      • 10
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Big Top

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  • 6

    • Together

      Connie Francis
    • 8
    • 6
    • 7
      • 8
      • 6
      • 7
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MGM

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  • 7

    • Pretty Little Angel Eyes

      Curtis Lee
    • 16
    • 7
    • 6
      • 16
      • 7
      • 6
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Dunes

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  • 8

    • Let's Twist Again

      Chubby Checker
    • 9
    • 8
    • 8
      • 9
      • 8
      • 8
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Parkway

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  • 9

    • Wooden Heart

      Joe Dowell
    • 13
    • 9
    • 7
      • 13
      • 9
      • 7
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Smash

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  • 10

    • Michael

      The Highwaymen
    • 23
    • 10
    • 5
      • 23
      • 10
      • 5
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United Artists

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  • 11

    • The Boll Weevil Song

      Brook Benton
    • 3
    • 2
    • 13
      • 3
      • 2
      • 13
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Mercury

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  • 12

    • Quarter To Three

      U.S. Bonds
    • 6
    • 1
    • 12
      • 6
      • 1
      • 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Legrand

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  • 13

    • Never On Sunday

      The Chordettes
    • 14
    • 13
    • 8
      • 14
      • 13
      • 8
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Cadence

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  • 14

    • I'll Be There

      Damita Jo
    • 19
    • 14
    • 6
      • 19
      • 14
      • 6
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Mercury

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  • 15

    • You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)

      Ral Donner
    • 24
    • 15
    • 5
      • 24
      • 15
      • 5
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Gone

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  • 16

    • School Is Out

      Gary U.S. Bonds
    • 28
    • 16
    • 3
      • 28
      • 16
      • 3
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Legrand

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  • 17

    • Cupid

      Sam Cooke
    • 17
    • 17
    • 10
      • 17
      • 17
      • 10
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RCA Victor

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  • 18

    • My Kind Of Girl

      Matt Monro
    • 18
    • 18
    • 11
      • 18
      • 18
      • 11
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Warwick

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  • 19

    • San Antonio Rose

      Floyd Cramer
    • 11
    • 8
    • 10
      • 11
      • 8
      • 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

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  • 20

    • Hurt

      Timi Yuro
    • 35
    • 20
    • 3
      • 35
      • 20
      • 3
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Liberty

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  • 21

    • Yellow Bird

      Arthur Lyman Group
    • 10
    • 4
    • 11
      • 10
      • 4
      • 11
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Hi Fi

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  • 22

    • Let The Four Winds Blow

      Fats Domino
    • 36
    • 22
    • 3
      • 36
      • 22
      • 3
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Imperial Records

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  • 23

    • Please Stay

      The Drifters
    • 15
    • 14
    • 10
      • 15
      • 14
      • 10
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Atlantic

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  • 24

    • Sacred

      The Castells
    • 20
    • 20
    • 11
      • 20
      • 20
      • 11
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Era

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  • 25

    • Don't Bet Money Honey

      Linda Scott
    • 30
    • 25
    • 6
      • 30
      • 25
      • 6
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Canadian American

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  • 26

    • I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

      Eddie Hodges
    • 31
    • 26
    • 8
      • 31
      • 26
      • 8
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Cadence

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  • 27

    • That's What Girls Are Made For

      The Spinners
    • 29
    • 27
    • 7
      • 29
      • 27
      • 7
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Tri-Phi

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  • 28

    • I Fall To Pieces

      Patsy Cline
    • 33
    • 28
    • 12
      • 33
      • 28
      • 12
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Decca

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  • 29

    • Runaround

      The Regents
    • 37
    • 29
    • 5
      • 37
      • 29
      • 5
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GEE

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  • 30

    • The Fish

      Bobby Rydell
    • 25
    • 25
    • 6
      • 25
      • 25
      • 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cameo

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  • 31

    • Raindrops

      Dee Clark
    • 12
    • 2
    • 15
      • 12
      • 2
      • 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vee-Jay

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  • 32

    • As If I Didn't Know

      Adam Wade
    • 59
    • 32
    • 3
      • 59
      • 32
      • 3
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Coed

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  • 33

    • Quite A Party

      The Fireballs
    • 45
    • 33
    • 7
      • 45
      • 33
      • 7
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Warwick

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  • 34

    • I'm A Telling You

      Jerry Butler
    • 61
    • 34
    • 3
      • 61
      • 34
      • 3
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Vee-Jay

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  • 35

    • The Switch-A-Roo

      Hank Ballard And The Midnighters
    • 26
    • 26
    • 7
      • 26
      • 26
      • 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:

King

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  • 36

    • Moody River

      Pat Boone
    • 22
    • 1
    • 15
      • 22
      • 1
      • 15
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Dot

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  • 37

    • Every Beat Of My Heart

      Pips
    • 21
    • 6
    • 13
      • 21
      • 6
      • 13
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Vee-Jay

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  • 38