Top 100 songs for April 10, 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 “Blue Moon” by The Marcels. Meanwhile, “Like, Long Hair” by Paul Revere & The Raiders rises from No. 83 to No. 48. 19 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Like, Long Hair — Paul Revere & The Raidersup 35 places, No. 83 → No. 48
- Bumble Boogie — B. Bumble & The Stingersup 27 places, No. 84 → No. 57
- Tenderly — Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestraup 24 places, No. 59 → No. 35
New to this week’s Top 10
- Mother-In-Law — Ernie K-DoeNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Tenderly — Bert Kaempfert And His OrchestraNo. 35
- Some Kind Of Wonderful — The DriftersNo. 36
- Daddy's Home — Shep And The LimelitesNo. 37
- Ginnie Bell — Paul DinoNo. 38
First-week entries
- Frogg — The Brothers FourNo. 62
- African Waltz — Cannonball Adderley OrchestraNo. 69
- Running Scared — Roy OrbisonNo. 71
- Exodus — Eddie HarrisNo. 73
- (It Never Happens) In Real Life — Chuck JacksonNo. 75
- The Charanga — Merv GriffinNo. 78
- Glory Of Love — The RoommatesNo. 80
- The Continental Walk — The RollersNo. 85
- I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) — Claude GrayNo. 86
- Come Along — Maurice Williams & The ZodiacsNo. 87
- La Pachanga — Audrey Arno And The Hazy Osterwald SextetNo. 88
- Lullaby Of Love — Frank GariNo. 89
- A City Girl Stole My Country Boy — Patti PageNo. 90
- Mr. Pride — Chuck JacksonNo. 91
- Come On Over — The StrollersNo. 94
- Saved — LaVern BakerNo. 95
- Hello Walls — Faron YoungNo. 97
- Three Hearts In A Tangle — Roy DruskyNo. 98
- Ground Hog — The Browns Featuring Jim Edward BrownNo. 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.