Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1961
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1961 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1961.[1]
| R&B rank[1] |
Pop rank[2] |
Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tossin' and Turnin'" | Bobby Lewis | Beltone |
| 2 | 65 | "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" | Ike & Tina Turner | Sue |
| 3 | NR | "Don't Cry No More" | Bobby Bland | Duke |
| 4 | NR | "Hide Away" | Freddy King | Federal |
| 5 | 24 | "Shop Around" | The Miracles | Tamla |
| 6 | 6 | "My True Story" | The Jive Five | Beltone |
| 7 | 34 | "I Like It Like That" | Chris Kenner | Instant |
| 8 | 63 | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King | Atco |
| 9 | 21 | "Mother-in-Law" | Ernie K-Doe | Minit |
| 10 | NR | "All in My Mind" | Maxine Brown | Nomar |
| 11 | NR | "I Pity the Fool" | Bobby Bland | Duke |
| 12 | NR | "Every Beat of My Heart" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | Vee Jay |
| 13 | NR | "Baby You're Right" | James Brown | King |
| 14 | 15 | "Last Night" | The Mar-Keys | Satellite |
| 15 | NR | "For My Baby" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 16 | 25 | "Boll Weevil Song" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 17 | 19 | "Hit the Road Jack" | Ray Charles | ABC-Paramount |
| 18 | NR | "I Don't Mind" | James Brown | King |
| 19 | 53 | "Ya Ya" | Lee Dorsey | Fury |
| 20 | 16 | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | The Shirelles | Scepter |
| 21 | 60 | "One Mint Julep" | Ray Charles | Impulse |
| 22 | 40 | "Blue Moon" | The Marcels | Colpix |
| 23 | 31 | "Quarter to Three" | Gary U.S. Bonds | Le Grand |
| 24 | NR | "At Last" | Etta James | Argo |
| 25 | 9 | "Raindrops" | Dee Clark | Vee Jay |
| 26 | 7 | "Pony Time" | Chubby Checker | Parkway |
| 27 | NR | "Bright Lights, Big City" | Jimmy Reed | Vee Jay |
| 28 | 41 | "Daddy's Home" | Shep and the Limelites | Hull |
| 29 | 78 | "Think Twice" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 30 | NR | "Please Mr. Postman" | The Marvelettes | Tamla |
| 31 | NR | "I Don't Want to Cry!" | Chuck Jackson | Wand |
| 32 | 62 | "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" | Carla Thomas | Atlantic |
| 33 | NR | "You Can Have Her" | Roy Hamilton | Epic |
| 34 | NR | "A Little Bit of Soap" | The Jarmels | Laurie |
| 35 | NR | "Trust in Me" | Etta James | Argo |
| 36 | 46 | "Runaround Sue" | Dion | Laurie |
| 37 | NR | "Driving Wheel" | Little Junior Parker | Duke |
| 38 | 82 | "Let the Four Winds Blow" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
| 39 | 81 | "Mama Said" | The Shirelles | Scepter |
| 40 | NR | "Exodus" | Eddie Harris | Vee Jay |
| 41 | NR | "Lonesome Whistle Blues" | Freddy King | Federal |
| 42 | NR | "Take My Love" | Little Willie John | King |
| 43 | NR | "The Switch-a-Roo" | Hank Ballard and The Midnighters | King |
| 44 | 22 | "Bristol Stomp" | The Dovells | Parkway |
| 45 | NR | "Look in My Eyes" | The Chantels | Carlton |
| 46 | 14 | "Dedicated to the One I Love" | The Shirelles | Scepter |
| 47 | NR | "San-Ho-Zay" | Freddy King | Federal |
| 48 | NR | "Don't Cry Baby" | Etta James | Argo |
| 49 | NR | "Find Another Girl" | Jerry Butler | Vee Jay |
| 50 | NR | "That's What Girls Are Made For" | The Spinners | Tri-Phi |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hot C.&W. and R.&B. sides of the year". The Billboard. December 18, 1961. p. 14.
- ^ "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.