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Top 40 Chart for
Week of December 24, 1961

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Chart for 12/31/61

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