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Top 40 Chart for
Week of December 17, 1961


Chart for 12/10/61

Chart for 12/24/61

# Change Song Artist
1 Up 1 Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes
2 Down 1 Big Bad John Jimmy Dean
3 Up 1 Goodbye Cruel World James Darren
4 Up 1 The Twist Chubby Checker
5 Up 1 Run To Him Bobby Vee
6 Up 8 The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
7 Down 4 Fool #1 Brenda Lee
8 Up 1 Tonight Ferrante & Teicher
9 Up 4 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke
10 Up 1 I Understand (Just How You Feel) The G-Clefs
11 Up 1 Moon River Jerry Butler
12 Up 3 Let There Be Drums Sandy Nelson
13 Up 5 Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka
14 Down 4 Crazy Patsy Cline
15 Up 4 I Don't Know Why Linda Scott
16 Up 5 Peppermint Twist - Part I Joey Dee & The Starliters
17 Up 6 'Til The Angels
18 Up 2 Moon River Henry Mancini
19 Up 12 When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) Connie Francis
20 Up 10 When I Fall In Love The Lettermen
21 Up 3 Gypsy Woman The Impressions
22 Up 10 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles
23 Debut Revenge Brook Benton
24 Up 1 Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) Solomon Burke
25 Debut White Christmas Bing Crosby
26 Up 10 Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night Kenny Dino
27 Down 11 Runaround Sue Dion
28 Down 20 Tower Of Strength Gene McDaniels
29 Up 11 Well, I Told You The Chantels
30 Up 9 There's No Other (Like My Baby) The Crystals
31 Down 14 Bristol Stomp The Dovells
32 Up 5 Language Of Love John D. Loudermilk
33 Down 26 Heartaches The Marcels
34 Debut Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley
35 Debut The Wanderer Dion
36 Debut The Majestic Dion
37 Debut I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Barbara George
38 Debut Rock-A-Hula Baby Elvis Presley
39 Debut Town Without Pity Gene Pitney
40 Debut Small Sad Sam Phil McLean