Top 100 songs for January 2, 1961
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1961 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Are You Lonesome To-night?” by Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires. Meanwhile, “There She Goes” by Jerry Wallace rises from No. 98 to No. 61. 17 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- There She Goes — Jerry Wallaceup 37 places, No. 98 → No. 61
- Baby Oh Baby — The Shellsup 35 places, No. 62 → No. 27
- Lovey Dovey — Buddy Knoxup 29 places, No. 89 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Calcutta — Lawrence Welk And His OrchestraNo. 22
- Baby Oh Baby — The ShellsNo. 27
- Shop Around — The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)No. 32
- I Count The Tears — The DriftersNo. 37
- Calendar Girl — Neil SedakaNo. 38
- I'm Hurtin' — Roy OrbisonNo. 40
First-week entries
- C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) — Conway TwittyNo. 72
- Milk Cow Blues — Ricky NelsonNo. 81
- Emotions — Brenda LeeNo. 83
- What Would I Do — Mickey & SylviaNo. 84
- Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight — Thelma CarpenterNo. 85
- Spanish Harlem — Ben E. KingNo. 86
- There's A Moon Out Tonight — The CaprisNo. 88
- First Taste Of Love — Ben E. KingNo. 90
- If I Knew — Nat King ColeNo. 91
- All In My Mind — Maxine BrownNo. 92
- Don't Believe Him, Donna — Lenny MilesNo. 94
- Don't Read The Letter — Patti PageNo. 95
- I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) — Ella Johnson With Buddy JohnsonNo. 96
- Oh Lonesome Me — Johnny Cash With The Gene Lowery SingersNo. 97
- Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight — Dodie StevensNo. 98
- Sugar Bee — Cleveland Crochet and BandNo. 99
- This Is My Story — Mickey & SylviaNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.