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Top 40 Chart for
Week of December 31, 1961

Chart for 12/24/61

Chart for 1/07/62

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