Top 100 songs for May 29, 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 “Travelin' Man” by Ricky Nelson. Meanwhile, “Quarter To Three” by U.S. Bonds rises from No. 99 to No. 65. 15 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Quarter To Three — U.S. Bondsup 34 places, No. 99 → No. 65
- The Boll Weevil Song — Brook Bentonup 29 places, No. 71 → No. 42
- Halfway To Paradise — Tony Orlandoup 25 places, No. 65 → No. 40
New to this week’s Top 10
- I Feel So Bad — Elvis PresleyNo. 9
- Tragedy — The FleetwoodsNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- You Always Hurt The One You Love — Clarence HenryNo. 25
- The Writing On The Wall — Adam WadeNo. 32
- Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) — Little Caesar and The RomansNo. 33
- Tossin' And Turnin' — Bobby LewisNo. 34
- I'm A Fool To Care — Joe BarryNo. 35
- Exodus — Eddie HarrisNo. 37
- Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) — The CoastersNo. 38
- Halfway To Paradise — Tony OrlandoNo. 40
First-week entries
- Dance On Little Girl — Paul AnkaNo. 67
- Yellow Bird — Arthur Lyman GroupNo. 71
- How Many Tears — Bobby VeeNo. 77
- My Kind Of Girl — Matt MonroNo. 80
- Jimmy Martinez — Marty RobbinsNo. 83
- I Like It Like That, Part 1 — Chris KennerNo. 86
- Rainin' In My Heart — Slim HarpoNo. 87
- Who Else But You — Frankie AvalonNo. 89
- Summertime — The MarcelsNo. 90
- Big Boss Man — Jimmy ReedNo. 93
- Temptation — The Everly BrothersNo. 94
- Sacred — The CastellsNo. 95
- Tonight (Could Be The Night) — The Velvets featuring Virgil JohnsonNo. 96
- Ring Of Fire — Duane EddyNo. 98
- A Little Feeling (Called Love) — Jack ScottNo. 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.