CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP MONO ALBUMS OF 1961*
POS-TITLE-Artist (Label) 1
CAMELOT-ORIGINAL CAST-COLUMBIA-JULY
(tie) 1
EXODUS-ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK-RCA VICTOR-FEBRUARY
(tie) 3
GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES-VARIOUS ARTISTS-UNITED ARTISTS-August
4 G.I. BLUES-ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK/ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA Victor-January 5 THE SOUND OF MUSIC-ORIGINAL CAST-Columbia-January 6 NEVER ON SUNDAY-ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK-United Artists-July 7 CALCUTTA!-LAWRENCE WELK-Dot-April 8 KNOCKERS UP!-Rusty Warren-Jubilee-April 9
THE BUTTON-DOWN MIND STRIKES BACK!-Bob Newhart-Warner Brothers-January
10 ENCORE OF GOLDEN HITS-The Platters-Mercury-January 11
The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart-Bob Newhart-Warner Brothers-January
12 Nice 'N' Easy' Frank Sinatra-Capitol-January 13 Make Way!-Kingston Trio-Capitol-April 14 TV Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller & The Gang -Columbia-July 15 All The Way-Frank Sinatra-Capitol-July 16 Something For Everybody-Elvis Presley-RCA Victor-August 17
Mantovoni Plays Music From Exodus And Other Great Themes-London-April
18 String Along-The Kingston Trio-Capitol-January 19 Sinatra's Swingin' Session !!!-Frank Sinatra-Capitol-March 20 Goin' Places-Kingston Trio-Capitol-April 21 Genius + Soul=Jazz-Ray Charles-Impulse-May 22 Johnny's Mood-Johnny Mathis-Columbia-January 23
Wonderland By Night-Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra-Decca-February
24 Brenda Lee-Brenda Lee-Decca-January 25
Happy Times! Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller & The Gang-Columbia-April
26 Ring-A-Ding Ding!-Frank Sinatra-Reprise-July 27 Last Date-Lawrence Welk-Dot-February 28 Judy At Carnegie Hall-Judy Garland-Capitol-October 29 Tonight:In Person-The Limeliters-RCA Victor-May 30 Carnival-Original Cast-MGM-August 31 Yellow Bird-Lawrence Welk-Dot-September 32 Stars For A Summer Night-Various Artists-Columbia-August 33 Portrait Of Johnny-Johnny Mathis-Columbia-September 34
Memories Are Made Of This-Ray Conniff & His Orchestra-Columbia-March
35 Rick Is 21-Rick Nelson-Imperial-July 36 Sinatra Swings-Frank Sinatra-Reprise-October 37 Solid And Raunchy-Bill Black's Combo-Hi-January 38 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall-RCA Victor-January 39 This Is Brenda-Brenda Lee-Decca-January 40 The Genius Hits The Road-Ray Charles-ABC-Paramount-January 41 Exodus To Jazz-Eddie Harris-Vee-Jay-July 42 The Bobby Darin Story-Atco-June 43 Dance '
Til Quarter To Three-Gary U.S. Bonds-Legrand-September
44 60 Years Of Music America Loves Best-Various Artists-RCA Victor-January 45 Come Swing With Me!-Frank Sinatra-Capitol-October 46 Darin At The Copa-Bobby Darin-Atco-January 47 The Astronaut (The First Man In Space)-Jose Jimenez-Kapp-October 48 The Unsinkable Molly Brown-Original Cast-Capitol-February 49 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15-Paul Anka-ABC-Paramount-January 50 I'll Buy You A Star-Johnny Mathis-Columbia-May * As published in the December 30,1961 issue of Cash Box