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Top 40 Chart for
Week of December 12, 1961

Chart for 12/05/61

Chart for 12/19/61

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#	Change	Song	Artist
1	Even	Big Bad John	Jimmy Dean
2	Even	Please Mr. Postman	The Marvelettes
3	Even	Fool #1	Brenda Lee
4	Up 1	Goodbye Cruel World	James Darren
5	Up 7	The Twist	Chubby Checker
6	Up 13	Run To Him	Bobby Vee
7	Up 1	Heartaches	The Marcels
8	Down 2	Tower Of Strength	Gene McDaniels
9	Up 2	Tonight	Ferrante & Teicher
10	Even	Crazy	Patsy Cline
11	Down 2	I Understand (Just How You Feel)	The G-Clefs
12	Up 1	Moon River	Jerry Butler
13	Up 7	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
14	Up 10	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
15	Up 7	Let There Be Drums	Sandy Nelson
16	Down 12	Runaround Sue	Dion
17	Down 10	Bristol Stomp	The Dovells
18	Up 9	Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen	Neil Sedaka
19	Up 9	I Don't Know Why	Linda Scott
20	Up 6	Moon River	Henry Mancini
21	Up 14	Peppermint Twist - Part I	Joey Dee & The Starliters
22	Down 1	I Wanna Thank You	Bobby Rydell
23	Up 11	'Til	The Angels
24	Up 9	Gypsy Woman	The Impressions
25	Up 4	Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)	Solomon Burke
26	Down 3	September In The Rain	Dinah Washington
27	Up 4	In The Middle Of A Heartache	Wanda Jackson
28	Down 13	You're The Reason	Bobby Edwards
29	Down 12	Everlovin'	Rick Nelson
30	Up 7	When I Fall In Love	The Lettermen
31	Up 5	When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)	Connie Francis
32	Up 7	Unchain My Heart	Ray Charles
33	Down 15	The Fly	Chubby Checker
34	Down 20	I Love How You Love Me	The Paris Sisters
35	Down 19	This Time	Troy Shondell
36	Up 4	Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night	Kenny Dino
37	Up 1	Language Of Love	John D. Loudermilk
38	Down 13	Foot Stomping - Part 1	The Flares
39	Debut	There's No Other (Like My Baby)	The Crystals
40	Debut	Well, I Told You	The Chantels