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Billboard Hot 100

Week of August 21, 1961

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Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
  • 1
    • Tossin' And Turnin'

      Bobby Lewis
    • 1
    • 1
    • 18
      • 1
      • 1
      • 18
  • 3
    • Michael

      The Highwaymen
    • 6
    • 3
    • 7
      • 6
      • 3
      • 7
  • 5
    • I Like It Like That, Part 1

      Chris Kenner
    • 2
    • 2
    • 13
      • 2
      • 2
      • 13
  • 6
    • You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)

      Ral Donner
    • 11
    • 6
    • 7
      • 11
      • 6
      • 7
  • 7
    • Pretty Little Angel Eyes

      Curtis Lee
    • 7
    • 7
    • 8
      • 7
      • 7
      • 8
  • 9
    • Let's Twist Again

      Chubby Checker
    • 8
    • 8
    • 10
      • 8
      • 8
      • 10
  • 10
    • School Is Out

      Gary U.S. Bonds
    • 10
    • 10
    • 5
      • 10
      • 10
      • 5
  • 11
    • Don't Bet Money Honey

      Linda Scott
    • 16
    • 11
    • 8
      • 16
      • 11
      • 8
  • 14
    • As If I Didn't Know

      Adam Wade
    • 21
    • 14
    • 5
      • 21
      • 14
      • 5
  • 15
    • Let The Four Winds Blow

      Fats Domino
    • 17
    • 15
    • 5
      • 17
      • 15
      • 5
  • 16
    • I Fall To Pieces

      Patsy Cline
    • 24
    • 16
    • 14
      • 24
      • 16
      • 14
  • 17
    • I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door

      Eddie Hodges
    • 22
    • 17
    • 10
      • 22
      • 17
      • 10
  • 18
    • I'll Be There

      Damita Jo
    • 12
    • 12
    • 8
      • 12
      • 12
      • 8
  • 19
    • Never On Sunday

      The Chordettes
    • 13
    • 13
    • 10
      • 13
      • 13
      • 10
  • 20
    • Hats Off To Larry

      Del Shannon
    • 14
    • 5
    • 12
      • 14
      • 5
      • 12
  • 21
    • My True Story

      The Jive Five With Joe Rene And Orchestra
    • 32
    • 21
    • 8
      • 32
      • 21
      • 8
  • 22
    • One Summer Night

      The Diamonds
    • 25
    • 22
    • 8
      • 25
      • 22
      • 8
  • 23
    • My Kind Of Girl

      Matt Monro
    • 18
    • 18
    • 13
      • 18
      • 18
      • 13
  • 24
    • I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

      Tex Ritter
    • 33
    • 24
    • 8
      • 33
      • 24
      • 8
  • 25
    • I'm A Telling You

      Jerry Butler
    • 26
    • 25
    • 5
      • 26
      • 25
      • 5
  • 26
    • Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)

      Lonnie Donegan And His Skiffle Group
    • 40
    • 26
    • 3
      • 40
      • 26
      • 3
  • 27
    • Quarter To Three

      U.S. Bonds
    • 19
    • 1
    • 14
      • 19
      • 1
      • 14
  • 28
    • The Boll Weevil Song

      Brook Benton
    • 20
    • 2
    • 15
      • 20
      • 2
      • 15
  • 29
    • Right Or Wrong

      Wanda Jackson
    • 38
    • 29
    • 9
      • 38
      • 29
      • 9
  • 30
    • Quite A Party

      The Fireballs
    • 27
    • 27
    • 9
      • 27
      • 27
      • 9
  • 31
    • Take Good Care Of My Baby

      Bobby Vee
    • 41
    • 31
    • 3
      • 41
      • 31
      • 3
  • 33
    • Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)

      Barry Mann
    • 44
    • 33
    • 3
      • 44
      • 33
      • 3
  • 34
    • I'll Never Smile Again

      The Platters
    • 49
    • 34
    • 4
      • 49
      • 34
      • 4
  • 35
    • I Don't Want To Take A Chance

      Mary Wells
    • 42
    • 35
    • 6
      • 42
      • 35
      • 6
  • 36
    • Sea Of Heartbreak

      Don Gibson
    • 39
    • 33
    • 10
      • 39
      • 33
      • 10
  • 37
    • I Just Don't Understand

      Ann-Margret
    • 43
    • 37
    • 5
      • 43
      • 37
      • 5
  • 38
    • Runaround

      The Regents
    • 28
    • 28
    • 7