Top 100 songs for March 27, 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 “Surrender” by Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires. Meanwhile, “Fell In Love On Monday” by Fats Domino rises from No. 84 to No. 41. 16 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Fell In Love On Monday — Fats Dominoup 43 places, No. 84 → No. 41
- Shu Rah — Fats Dominoup 43 places, No. 97 → No. 54
- Some Kind Of Wonderful — The Driftersup 31 places, No. 95 → No. 64
New to this week’s Top 10
- Blue Moon — The MarcelsNo. 6
- Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) — Carla ThomasNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Runaway — Del ShannonNo. 21
- Take Good Care Of Her — Adam WadeNo. 24
- Baby Blue — The EchoesNo. 27
- One Mint Julep — Ray CharlesNo. 32
- Please Tell Me Why — Jackie WilsonNo. 33
- Tonight My Love, Tonight — Paul AnkaNo. 34
- Once Upon A Time — Rochell And The Candles With Johnny WyattNo. 35
- Your One And Only Love — Jackie WilsonNo. 40
First-week entries
- Mother-In-Law — Ernie K-DoeNo. 55
- You Can Depend On Me — Brenda LeeNo. 62
- Brass Buttons — The String-A-LongsNo. 80
- Funny — Maxine BrownNo. 83
- Ain't It, Baby — The MiraclesNo. 85
- Tenderly — Bert Kaempfert And His OrchestraNo. 87
- Daddy's Home — Shep And The LimelitesNo. 88
- Sleepy-Eyed John — Johnny HortonNo. 89
- Bumble Boogie — B. Bumble & The StingersNo. 90
- I'm In The Mood For Love — The ChimesNo. 92
- I Told You So — Jimmy JonesNo. 93
- Like, Long Hair — Paul Revere & The RaidersNo. 94
- Triangle — Janie GrantNo. 96
- Where I Fell In Love — The CaprisNo. 97
- Little Pedro — The OlympicsNo. 98
- Green Grass Of Texas — The TexansNo. 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.