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AUSTRALIAN (4BCTop40-Brisbane) WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FOR 1961 PDF Print E-mail
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Nov 14, 2007 at 07:08 PM
AUSTRALIAN (4BCTop40-Brisbane) WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FOR 1961

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR January 7,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  1  4 ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT-ELVIS PRESLEY
 2  2  7 North To Alaska-Johnny Horton
 3  3  9 Save The Last Dance For Me-Drifters
 4  9  4 Last Date-Floyd Cramer
 5  4  7 Poetry In Motion-Johnny Tillotson
 6  6  8 You Talk Too Much-Joe Jones
 7  7  8 Barefoot Boy-Noeleen Batley
 8 13  4 Stay-Maurice Williams & Zodiacs
 9 15  4 Perfidia-Ventures
10 16  3 New Orleans-Gary US Bonds
11  5 12 My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own-Connie Francis 
12  8 16 It's Now Or Never-Elvis Presley
13 14  7 Alone At Last-Jackie Wilson
14 19  5 I'll Save The Last Dance For You-Damita Jo
15 21  3 You're Sixteen-Johnny Burnette
16 28  3 Many Tears Ago-Connie Francis
17 29  3 Sway-Bobby Rydell
18 18  3 Sailor-Lolita
19 35  2 Istanbul-The Joy Boys
20 37  2 Lonely Teenager-Dion
21 10  9 Peter Gunn-Duane Eddy
22 11 14 Please,Don't Tease-Cliff Richard
23 12 14 Let's Think About Living-Bob Luman
24 17 13 Apache-Shadows

NO CHARTS AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE






AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR June 4,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1     8 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY-GENE McDANIELS
 2     8 Runaway-Del Shannon
 3     4 On The Rebound-Floyd Cramer
 4     7 Portrait Of My Love-Steve Lawrence
 5     9 Blue Moon-Marcels
 6     5 A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol)-Andy Stewart
 7     8 But I Do-Clarence "Frogman" Henry
 8    14 Wooden Heart-Elvis Presley
 9    11 Theme From "Exodus"-Ferrante & Teicher
10     3 Running Scared-Roy Orbison
11    14 Wheels-String-A-Longs
12    10 Asia Minor-Kokomo
13     6 Mother-In-Law-Ernie K.Doe
14     2 Flaming Star-Elvis Presley
15     7 Take Good Care Of Her-Adam Wade
16     3 Breakin' In A Brand New Heart-Connie Francis
17     2 I've Told Every Little Star-Linda Scott
18     3 Memphis-Donnie Brooks
19     2 Little Devil-Neil Sedaka
20  -  1 Goin' Steady-Col Joye & The Joy Boys

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR June 11,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  2  9 RUNAWAY-DEL SHANNON
 2  1  9 A Hundred Pounds Of Clay-Gene McDaniels
 3  3  5 On The Rebound-Floyd Cramer
 4  4  8 Portrait Of My Love-Steve Lawrence
 5 19  3 Little Devil-Neil Sedaka
 6 11 15 Wheels-String-A-Longs
 7 12 11 Asia Minor-Kokomo
 8  6  6 A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol)-Andy Stewart
 9  5 10 Blue Moon-Marcels
10  7  9 But I Do-Clarence "Frogman" Henry
11  9 12 Theme From "Exodus"-Ferrante & Teicher
12 20  2 Goin' Steady-Col Joye & The Joy Boys
13 10  4 Running Scared-Roy Orbison
14  8 15 Wooden Heart-Elvis Presley
15 17  3 I've Told Every Little Star-Linda Scott
16 16  4 Breakin' In A Brand New Heart-Connie Francis
17 25  3 Hello,Mary Lou-Rick Nelson
18 14  3 Flaming Star-Elvis Presley
19 15  8 Take Good Care Of Her-Adam Wade
20 13  7 Mother-In-Law-Ernie K.Doe

NO CHARTS AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST






AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR August 20,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1     7 I?M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR-EDDIE HODGES
 2     7 Hats Off To Larry-Del Shannon
 3    12 Travelin' Man-Rick Nelson
 4    10 Moody River-Pat Boone
 5     4 Dum Dum-Brenda Lee
 6    10 Temptation-Everly Brothers
 7     7 Dream Girl-Bryan Davies
 8     7 Yellow Bird-Arthur Lyman Group
 9    10 Baby Face-Bobby Vee
10    11 Hello,Mary Lou-Rick Nelson
11     7 Raindrops-Dee Clark
12    12 Little Devil-Neil Sedaka
13     8 Cupid-Sam Cooke
14    15 A Scottish Soldier (Green Hills Of Tyrol)-Andy Stewart
15    17 Take Good Care Of Her-Adam Wade
16     5 Tossin' & Turnin'-Bobby Lewis
17     4 Together-Connie Francis
18     5 San Antonio Rose-Floyd Cramer
19     6 Quarter To Three-Gary US Bonds
20    10 That Old Black Magic-Bobby Rydell

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR August 27,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  1  8 I?M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR-EDDIE HODGES
 2  2  8 Hats Off To Larry-Del Shannon
 3  5  5 Dum Dum-Brenda Lee
 4  3 13 Travelin' Man-Rick Nelson
 5 17  5 Together-Connie Francis
 6 16  6 Tossin' & Turnin'-Bobby Lewis
 7  4 11 Moody River-Pat Boone
 8  8  8 Yellow Bird-Arthur Lyman Group
 9  7  8 Dream Girl-Bryan Davies
10 11  8 Raindrops-Dee Clark
11 13  9 Cupid-Sam Cooke
12  6 11 Temptation-Everly Brothers
13 10 12 Hello,Mary Lou-Rick Nelson
14  9 11 Baby Face-Bobby Vee
15 18  6 San Antonio Rose-Floyd Cramer
16 12 13 Little Devil-Neil Sedaka
17  -  1 Michael-Highwaymen
18 38  2 Pretty Little Angel Eyes-Curtis Lee
19 26  3 Let's Twist Again-Chubby Checker
20 19  7 Quarter To Three-Gary US Bonds


NO CHARTS UNTIL OCTOBER


AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR October 6,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1     7 MICHAEL-HIGHWAYMEN
 2     5 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister-Elvis Presley
 3     6 Smokey Mokes-Joy Boys
 4     3 I'm Counting On You/Right Now-Johnny O?Keefe
 5     8 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
 6     5 I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline
 7    10 Skip To My Lou-Dave Bridge
 8  -  1 More Money For You And Me-Four Preps
 9     3 Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart
10     5 Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson
11     7 Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp,Bomp,Bomp)-Barry Mann
12     2 Mexico-Bob Moore
13     7 I Just Don't Understand-Ann Margret
14    11 Dum Dum-Brenda Lee
15    14 I?m Gonna Knock On Your Door-Eddie Hodges
16     6 Hurt-Timi Yuro
17     3 Crying-Roy Orbison
18     6 Wooden Heart-Joe Dowell
19     5 You're Driving Me Mad-Judy Stone
20     3 You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It-Ral Donner 

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR October 13,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  2  6 (MARIE'S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAME/LITTLE SISTER-ELVIS PRESLEY
 2  1  8 Michael-Highwaymen
 3  8  2 More Money For You And Me-Four Preps
 4  3  7 Smokey Mokes-Joy Boys
 5 17  4 Crying-Roy Orbison
 6 12  3 Mexico-Bob Moore
 7  4  4 I'm Counting On You/Right Now-Johnny O?Keefe
 8  5  9 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
 9  9  4 Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart
10  6  6 I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline
11 10  6 Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson
12 14 12 Dum Dum-Brenda Lee
13 15 15 I?m Gonna Knock On Your Door-Eddie Hodges
14 11  8 Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp,Bomp,Bomp)-Barry Mann
15  7 11 Skip To My Lou-Dave Bridge
16 26  2 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Bobby Darin
17 21  3 Sad Movies(Make Me Cry)-Sue Thompson
18 18  7 Wooden Heart-Joe Dowell
19 20  4 You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It-Ral Donner 
20 13  8 I Just Don't Understand-Ann Margret

OCTOBER 20 MISSING

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR October 27,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1     5 MEXICO-BOB MOORE
 2     8 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister-Elvis Presley
 3     6 Crying-Roy Orbison
 4     5 Sad Movies(Make Me Cry)-Sue Thompson
 5     6 I'm Counting On You-Johnny O?Keefe
 6    10 Michael-Highwaymen
 7     4 Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles
 8     4 More Money For You And Me-Four Preps
 9    11 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
10     9 Smokey Mokes-Joy Boys
11     6 Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart
12     8 Sea Of Heartbreak-Don Gibson
13     4 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Bobby Darin
14     8 I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline
15    10 Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp,Bomp,Bomp)-Barry Mann
16     4 Without You-Johnny Tillotson
17     6 The Mountain's High-Dick & Dee Dee
18     5 Bless You-Tony Orlando
19     5 Lil' Ole Me-Warren Carr
20    17 I?m Gonna Knock On Your Door-Eddie Hodges

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR November 5,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  1  6 MEXICO-BOB MOORE
 2  4  6 Sad Movies(Make Me Cry)-Sue Thompson
 3  3  7 Crying-Roy Orbison
 4  5  7 I'm Counting On You-Johnny O?Keefe
 5  2  9 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister-Elvis Presley
 6  6 11 Michael-Highwaymen
 7  7  5 Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles
 8  8  5 More Money For You And Me-Four Preps
 9  9 12 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
10 28  2 Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean
11 13  5 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Bobby Darin
12 23  4 Kon-Tiki-The Shadows
13 11  7 Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart
14 21  2 Runaround Sue-Dion
15 10 10 Smokey Mokes-Joy Boys
16 24 10 This Time-Troy Shondell
17 19  6 Lil' Ole Me-Warren Carr
18 14  9 I Fall To Pieces-Patsy Cline
19 39  2 Good Looking Boy-Patsy Ann Noble
20 18  6 Bless You-Tony Orlando

AUSTRALIA'S (4BCTop40-Brisbane) TOP 20 SINGLES FOR November 12,1961
TW LW WKS. Song-Artist
 1  2  7 SAD MOVIES(MAKE ME CRY)-SUE THOMPSON
 2  3  8 Crying-Roy Orbison
 3  1  7 Mexico-Bob Moore
 4  4  8 I'm Counting On You-Johnny O?Keefe
 5  5 10 (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Little Sister-Elvis Presley
 6  7  6 Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles
 7 10  3 Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean
 8 12  5 Kon-Tiki-The Shadows
 9 14  3 Runaround Sue-Dion
10  9 13 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
11  8  6 More Money For You And Me-Four Preps
12 11  6 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Bobby Darin
13  7 12 Michael-Highwaymen
14 38  2 Five Foot-Two/Ladder Of Love-Bryan Davies
15 16 11 This Time-Troy Shondell
16 19  3 Good Looking Boy-Patsy Ann Noble
17 13  8 Donald Where's Your Troosers?-Andy Stewart
18 24  2 Fool #1-Brenda Lee
19 36  3 Tower Of Strength-Gene McDaniels
20 35  2 Right Now-Johnny O?Keefe


NO MORE CHARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR
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