Editing 1961 in music (section)

==Top hits on record==
{{See also|List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1961}}
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*"[[A Hundred Pounds of Clay]]" – [[Gene McDaniels]] #3 US
*"[[Angel Baby (Rosie and the Originals song)|Angel Baby]]" – [[Rosie & The Originals]] #5 US
*"[[At Last]]" – [[Etta James]]
*"[[Are You Lonesome Tonight?]]" – [[Elvis Presley]] #1 US, UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Spain
*"[[Are You Sure? (The Allisons song)|Are You Sure?]]" – [[The Allisons]] #1 UK
*"[[Baby Sittin' Boogie]]" – [[Buzz Clifford]] #4 Norway, #6 US
*"[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]" – [[The Marcels]] #1 US, UK
*"[[Bristol Stomp]]" – [[The Dovells]] #2 US
*"[[Calcutta (song)|Calcutta]]" – [[Lawrence Welk]] #1 US
*"[[Calendar Girl (song)|Calendar Girl]]" – [[Neil Sedaka]] #1 Canada, Japan, #3 Australia, #4 US
*"[[Can't Help Falling in Love]]" – [[Elvis Presley]] #1 US, UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, NZ, Netherlands, Sweden
*"[[Crazy (Willie Nelson song)|Crazy]]" – [[Patsy Cline]] #9 US
*"[[Crying (Roy Orbison song)|Crying]]" – [[Roy Orbison]] #2 US
*"[[Don't Bet Money Honey]]" – [[Linda Scott]] #9 US
*"[[Dum Dum (song)|Dum Dum]]" – [[Brenda Lee]] #4 US, Australia
*"[[Emotions (Brenda Lee song)|Emotions]]" – [[Brenda Lee]] #7 US
*"[[F.B.I. (instrumental)|F.B.I.]]" – [[The Shadows]] #3 France, #6 UK, #8 NZ
*"[[The Fly (Chubby Checker song)|The Fly]]" – [[Chubby Checker]] #7 US
*"[[Fool No. 1|Fool #1]]" – [[Brenda Lee]] #3 US
*"[[The Frightened City (song)|The Frightened City]]" – [[The Shadows]] #3 UK
*"Garde-moi la dernière danse" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)]]" – [[Carla Thomas]]
*"[[A Girl Like You (Cliff Richard and The Shadows song)|A Girl Like You]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Shadows]] #3 UK
*"[[Hello Mary Lou]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]] #1 Norway, #2 UK, #4 NZ, #9 US
*"[[(He's My) Dreamboat]]" – [[Connie Francis]]
*"[[Hit the Road Jack]]" – [[Ray Charles]] #1 US, NZ, #3 Australia
*"[[How Many Tears]]" – [[Bobby Vee]]
*"[[I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)|I Don't Know Why]]" – [[Linda Scott]]
*"[[I Fall to Pieces]]" – [[Patsy Cline]]
*"[[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]"- [[Etta James]]
*"[[I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner song)|I Like It Like That, Part 1]]" – [[Chris Kenner]] #2 US
*"[[Il faut savoir (song)|Il faut savoir]]" – [[Charles Aznavour]] #1 France
*"[[I've Told Ev'ry Little Star]]" – [[Linda Scott]] #1 Denmark, Philippines, South Africa, Sweden
*"[[Johnny Remember Me]] – [[John Leyton]] #1 UK
*"[[Kon-Tiki (song)|Kon-Tiki]]" – [[The Shadows]] #1 UK, #3 NZ, #4 Australia, Ireland
*"[[The Lion Sleeps Tonight]]" – [[The Tokens]]
*"[[Little Boy Sad]]" – [[Johnny Burnette]]
*"[[Lonely Street (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)|Lonely Street]]" – [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]]
*"[[(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame]]"/"[[Little Sister (Pomus/Shuman song)|Little Sister]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[Michael, Row the Boat Ashore|Michael]]" – [[The Highwaymen (folk band)|The Highwaymen]]
*"[[Moliendo Café]]" – [[Hugo Blanco (musician)|Hugo Blanco]] #1 Argentina, Japan
*"[[Moody River]]" – [[Pat Boone]] #1 US
*"[[Mother-in-Law (song)|Mother-in-Law]]" – [[Ernie K-Doe]] #1 US
*"[[The Mountain's High]]" – [[Dick and Dee Dee]] #2 US
*"[[Muskrat (song)|Muskrat]]" – [[The Everly Brothers]]
*"Nuits d'Espagne" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[On the Rebound]]" – [[Floyd Cramer]]
*"[[Please Mr. Postman]]" – [[The Marvelettes]] #1 US
*"[[Quarter to Three]]" – [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] #1 US, #7 UK
*"[[Raindrops (Dee Clark song)|Raindrops]]" – [[Dee Clark]] #2 US
*"[[Little Red Rooster|The Red Rooster]]" – [[Howlin' Wolf]]
*"[[Runaround Sue]]" – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] #1 US
*"[[Runaway (Del Shannon song)|Runaway]]" – [[Del Shannon]] #1 US, UK, Australia, Canada, Chile, NZ
*"[[Running Scared (Roy Orbison song)|Running Scared]]" – [[Roy Orbison]] #1 US
*"[[Run to Him]]" – [[Bobby Vee]] #2 US, #4 Canada
*"[[Sailor (song)|Sailor]]" – [[Petula Clark]] #1 UK, NZ, Israel
*"[[School Is Out]]" – [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] #5 US
*"[[Shop Around]]" – [[The Miracles]]
*"[[Spanish Harlem (song)|Spanish Harlem]]" – [[Ben E. King]] #10 US
*"[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand By Me]]" – [[Ben E. King]] #4 US
*"[[Stranger on the Shore]]" – [[Acker Bilk]] #1 UK
*"[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]" ("Ue o Muite Arukō", 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up As I Walk") – [[Kyu Sakamoto]] #1 US, Canada, Japan, Australia, NZ, Norway
*"[[There's No Other (Like My Baby)]]" – [[The Crystals]]
*"[[This Time (Thomas Wayne song)|This Time]]" – [[Troy Shondell]] #4 Canada, Norway, #6 US
*"[[Together (1928 song)|Together]]" – [[Connie Francis]]
*"[[Tossin' and Turnin']] " – [[Bobby Lewis]] #1 US
*"[[Travelin' Man]]" – [[Ricky Nelson]]
*"[[Let's Twist Again|Viens danser le twist]]" – [[Johnny Hallyday]] #1 France, Belgium
*"[[Walk Right Back]]"/"[[Ebony Eyes (John D. Loudermilk song)|Ebony Eyes]]" – [[The Everly Brothers]]
*"[[Walkin' Back to Happiness]]" – [[Helen Shapiro]] #1 UK, Ireland, Israel, NZ, South Africa
*"[[The Wanderer (Dion song)|The Wanderer]]" – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]
*"[[When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] #1 Norway, #2 Australia, #3 UK
*"[[Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)|Where the Boys Are]]" – [[Connie Francis]] #4 US, NZ, #5 UK
*"[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]" – [[The Shirelles]]
*"[[Wonderland by Night]]" – [[Bert Kaempfert]] #1 US
*"[[You Don't Know (Helen Shapiro song)|You Don't Know]]" – [[Helen Shapiro]]
*"[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]" – [[The Temperance Seven]] #1 UK
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