Click to the right to return to 1961 home page.
In the "Search For" space below, select the week of the year you want to view; then click the "Submit" button. A chart of the Top Forty Billboard songs for that week and a jukebox for playing the top 20 songs will be displayed along with a report on news for the month, a personal reaction to songs that are new to the top twenty for that week and a list of the songs that peaked that week. More information about Billboard and other charts for 1961 can be accessed by clicking on the button to the right.
TO GET A MORE DETAILED REPORT ON SELECTED WEEKS, CLICK BELOW
February 1961 ... April 1961 ... July 1961 ... September 1961 ... December 1961

The top forty list and the highest rank for each record is taken from the Billboard "Hot 100" list.
Date:
TOP FORTY SONGS:
rank Title Artist Weeks Previous Week
NEWCOMERS TO THE TOP TWENTY:
My Rating System: 1 = don't listen; 2 = you can listen, but don't say I didn't warn you; 3 = okay to listen; 4 = you should listen; 5 = you've go to listen.
entry #. title by artist (my rate 1-5 -- 5= best); My end-of-year Top 30 rank
RECORDS THAT PEAKED THIS WEEK
In the News for
Date:
Music Notes:
BONUS TRACKS
(outside the Elvis Era):