Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1961

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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1961 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1961. [1]

R&B
rank [1]
Pop
rank
[2]
TitleArtist(s)Label
11"Tossin' and Turnin'" Bobby Lewis Beltone
265"It's Gonna Work Out Fine" Ike & Tina Turner Sue
3NR"Don't Cry No More" Bobby Bland Duke
4NR"Hide Away" Freddy King Federal
524"Shop Around" The Miracles Tamla
66"My True Story" The Jive Five Beltone
734"I Like It Like That" Chris Kenner Instant
863"Stand by Me" Ben E. King Atco
921"Mother-in-Law" Ernie K-Doe Minit
10NR"All in My Mind" Maxine Brown Nomar
11NR"I Pity the Fool"Bobby BlandDuke
12NR"Every Beat of My Heart" Gladys Knight & the Pips Vee Jay
13NR"Baby You're Right" James Brown King
1415"Last Night" The Mar-Keys Satellite
15NR"For My Baby" Brook Benton Mercury
1625"Boll Weevil Song"Brook BentonMercury
1719"Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount
18NR"I Don't Mind"James BrownKing
1953"Ya Ya" Lee Dorsey Fury
2016"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles Scepter
2160"One Mint Julep"Ray CharlesImpulse
2240"Blue Moon" The Marcels Colpix
2331"Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds Le Grand
24NR"At Last" Etta James Argo
259"Raindrops" Dee Clark Vee Jay
267"Pony Time" Chubby Checker Parkway
27NR"Bright Lights, Big City" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
2841"Daddy's Home" Shep and the Limelites Hull
2978"Think Twice"Brook BentonMercury
30NR"Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes Tamla
31NR"I Don't Want to Cry!" Chuck Jackson Wand
3262"Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" Carla Thomas Atlantic
33NR"You Can Have Her" Roy Hamilton Epic
34NR"A Little Bit of Soap" The Jarmels Laurie
35NR"Trust in Me"Etta JamesArgo
3646"Runaround Sue" Dion Laurie
37NR"Driving Wheel" Little Junior Parker Duke
3882"Let the Four Winds Blow" Fats Domino Imperial
3981"Mama Said"The ShirellesScepter
40NR"Exodus" Eddie Harris Vee Jay
41NR"Lonesome Whistle Blues"Freddy KingFederal
42NR"Take My Love" Little Willie John King
43NR"The Switch-a-Roo" Hank Ballard and The Midnighters King
4422"Bristol Stomp" The Dovells Parkway
45NR"Look in My Eyes" The Chantels Carlton
4614"Dedicated to the One I Love"The ShirellesScepter
47NR"San-Ho-Zay"Freddy KingFederal
48NR"Don't Cry Baby"Etta JamesArgo
49NR"Find Another Girl" Jerry Butler Vee Jay
50NR"That's What Girls Are Made For" The Spinners Tri-Phi

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hot C.&W. and R.&B. sides of the year". The Billboard. December 18, 1961. p. 14.
  2. "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard . December 14, 1959. p. 78.