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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]
Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "Tossin' and Turnin'" Bobby Lewis Beltone
2 65 "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" Ike & Tina Turner Sue
3 NR "Don't Cry No More" Bobby Bland Duke
4 NR "Hide Away" Freddy King Federal
5 24 "Shop Around" The Miracles Tamla
6 6 "My True Story" The Jive Five Beltone
7 34 "I Like It Like That" Chris Kenner Instant
8 63 "Stand by Me" Ben E. King Atco
9 21 "Mother-in-Law" Ernie K-Doe Minit
10 NR "All in My Mind" Maxine Brown Nomar
11 NR "I Pity the Fool" Bobby Bland Duke
12 NR "Every Beat of My Heart" Gladys Knight & the Pips Vee Jay
13 NR "Baby You're Right" James Brown King
14 15 "Last Night" The Mar-Keys Satellite
15 NR "For My Baby" Brook Benton Mercury
16 25 "Boll Weevil Song" Brook Benton Mercury
17 19 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount
18 NR "I Don't Mind" James Brown King
19 53 "Ya Ya" Lee Dorsey Fury
20 16 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles Scepter
21 60 "One Mint Julep" Ray Charles Impulse
22 40 "Blue Moon" The Marcels Colpix
23 31 "Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds Le Grand
24 NR "At Last" Etta James Argo
25 9 "Raindrops" Dee Clark Vee Jay
26 7 "Pony Time" Chubby Checker Parkway
27 NR "Bright Lights, Big City" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
28 41 "Daddy's Home" Shep and the Limelites Hull
29 78 "Think Twice" Brook Benton Mercury
30 NR "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes Tamla
31 NR "I Don't Want to Cry!" Chuck Jackson Wand
32 62 "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" Carla Thomas Atlantic
33 NR "You Can Have Her" Roy Hamilton Epic
34 NR "A Little Bit of Soap" The Jarmels Laurie
35 NR "Trust in Me" Etta James Argo
36 46 "Runaround Sue" Dion Laurie
37 NR "Driving Wheel" Little Junior Parker Duke
38 82 "Let the Four Winds Blow" Fats Domino Imperial
39 81 "Mama Said" The Shirelles Scepter
40 NR "Exodus" Eddie Harris Vee Jay
41 NR "Lonesome Whistle Blues" Freddy King Federal
42 NR "Take My Love" Little Willie John King
43 NR "The Switch-a-Roo" Hank Ballard and The Midnighters King
44 22 "Bristol Stomp" The Dovells Parkway
45 NR "Look in My Eyes" The Chantels Carlton
46 14 "Dedicated to the One I Love" The Shirelles Scepter
47 NR "San-Ho-Zay" Freddy King Federal
48 NR "Don't Cry Baby" Etta James Argo
49 NR "Find Another Girl" Jerry Butler Vee Jay
50 NR "That's What Girls Are Made For" The Spinners Tri-Phi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.