AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1961*
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-WOODEN HEART-ELVIS PRESLEY-APRIL 872 2-A SCOTTISH SOLDIER (GREEN HILLS OF TYROL)-ANDY STEWART-June 846 3-I?M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR-EDDIE HODGES-August 830 4-EXODUS-FERRANTE & TEICHER-May 820 5-TRAVELIN' MAN/HELLO,MARY LOU-RICK NELSON-July 810 6-RUNAWAY-DEL SHANNON-May 784 7-NORTH TO ALASKA-JOHNNY HORTON-January 782 8-ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT/I GOTTA KNOW-Elvis Presley-January 730 9-WONDERLAND BY NIGHT-Bert Kaempfert-February 714 10-I'M COUNTING ON YOU/RIGHT NOW-Johnny O?Keefe-September 664 11-Crying-Roy Orbison-November 660 12-Goodbye Cruel World-James Darren-December 654 13-My Boomerang Won?t Come Back-Charlie Drake-December 652 14-Mexico-Bob Moore-October 628 15-Candy Man-Roy Orbison-November 616 16-One Last Kiss-Crash Craddock-March 570 17-Rubber Ball-Bobby Vee-March 570 18-Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee-November 564 19-Wheels-String-A-Longs-April 564 20-Surrender-Elvis Presley-April 554 21-Michael-Highwaymen-September 514 22-Sad Movies(Make Me Cry)-Sue Thompson-December 514 23-(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister-Elvis Presley-October 512 24-Baby Face/How Many Tears-Bobby Vee-August 494 25-Sailor-Lolita-January 490 26-Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles-November 480 27-Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart-October 466 28-Little Devil Neil Sedaka-July 462 29-Runaround Sue-Dion-December 456 30-Never On Sunday-Don Costa-April 454 31-Wings Of A Dove-Ferlin Husky-April 448 32-Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean-December 444 33-Moody River-Pat Boone-August 444 34-Dream Girl-Bryan Davies-August 444 35-Kon-Tiki-The Shadows-November 442 36-Together-Connie Francis-September 440 37-You're Sixteen-Johnny Burnette-January 440 38-Sway-Bobby Rydell-February 438 39-Hats Off To Larry-Del Shannon-August 424 40-Milord-Edith Piaf-February 402 41-Good Time Baby-Bobby Rydell-April 398 42-A Hundred Pounds Of Clay-Gene McDaniels-June 390 43-Where The Boys Are-Connie Francis-April 384 44-Blue Moon-Marcels-May 382 45-Smokey Mokes-Joy Boys-September 380 46-Asia Minor-Kokomo-June 370 47-Flaming Star-Elvis Presley-June 368 48-More Money For You And Me-Four Preps-October 366 49-Last Date-Floyd Cramer-March 366 50-You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Bobby Darin-November 364 51-Tower Of Strength-Gene McDaniels-December 360 52-Yellow Bird-Arthur Lyman Group-August 360 53-The Battle?s O?er (Soldier Laddie)-Andy Stewart-August 356 54-I've Told Every Little Star-Linda Scott-July 342 55-Calcutta/Last Date-Lawrence Welk-March 342 56-Doll House/Round Robin-Donnie Brooks-February 340 57-Temptation-Everly Brothers-July 330 58-Running Scared-Roy Orbison-June 328 59-Calendar Girl-Neil Sedaka-March 314 60-Dum Dum-Brenda Lee-September 310 61-Will You Love Me Tomorrow-Shirelles-March 310 62-Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes-Everly Brothers-April 308 63-Kissin' Time-Bobby Rydell-December (1959) 290 64-Time-Craig Douglas-November 274 65-But I Do-Clarence "Frogman" Henry-June 262 66-Take Five-Dave Brubeck Quartet-December 254 67-Take Good Care Of Her-Adam Wade-July 244 68-Pretty Little Angel Eyes-Curtis Lee-September 242 69-Corinna,Corinna-Ray Peterson-February 236 70-Perfidia-Ventures-January 236 71-You Don't Want My Love-Roger Miller-February 226 72-Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson-September 222 73-Breaking In A Brand New Heart-Connie Francis-July 202 74-Pony Time-Chubby Checker-May 202 75-You're The Reason-Bobby Edwards-December 174 76-Nature Boy-Bobby Darin-August 172 77-On The Rebound-Floyd Cramer-May 164 78-Tonight-Ferrante & Teicher-December 158 79-Memphis-Donnie Brooks-June 154 80-San Antonio Rose-Floyd Cramer-August 148 81-Mother-In-Law-Ernie K.Doe-June 126 82-Dream Girl-Mark Wynter-August 112 83-Little Boy Sad-Johnny Burnette-April 108 84-Portrait Of My Love-Steve Lawrence-June 106 85-Cherie-Bobby Rydell-March 88 86-Spanish Harlem-Ben E. King-April 78 87-That Old Black Magic-Bobby Rydell-July 74 88-Without You-Johnny Tillotson-October 70 89-Goin' Steady-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-June 70 90-I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline-October 36 91-You Can Have Her-Roy Hamilton-April 36 92-Fools Rush In-Brook Benton-February 36 93-A Wonder Like You/Everlovin?-Rick Nelson-November 34 94-Theme From ?Come September?-Bobby Darin-October 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.