Billboard Top Country Hits: 1961

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Billboard Top Country Hits: 1961 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1961.

Seven of the tracks included on this album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart during 1961, including the year's No. 1 song, "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline. Also included is "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean, a crossover hit which spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. The other three tracks all peaked in the Top 10.

Track listing

1. "Walk on By" — Leroy VanDyke 2:22
2. "Big Bad John" — Jimmy Dean 3:03
3. "Don't Worry" — Marty Robbins 3:17
4. "Hello Walls" — Faron Young 2:26
5. "North to Alaska" — Johnny Horton 2:52
6. "I Fall to Pieces" — Patsy Cline 2:51
7. "Sea of Heartbreak" — Don Gibson 2:35
8. "Tender Years" — George Jones 2:25
9. "Foolin' Around" — Buck Owens 2:40
10. "San Antonio Rose" — Floyd Cramer 2:20