US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 5th March, 1961

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending March 5, 1961

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 5th March, 1961

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US Top 40 Singles – 5th March, 1961

TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 4 PONY TIME –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-6 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 CALCUTTA –•– Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra (Dot)-12 (1)
3 5 THERE’S A MOON OUT TONIGHT –•– The Capris (Old Town)-9 (3)
4 24 SURRENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-2 (4)
5 15 DON’T WORRY –•– Marty Robbins (Columbia)-5 (5)
6 9 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-10 (6)
7 11 WHERE THE BOYS ARE –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-7 (7)
8 2 SHOP AROUND –•– The Miracles (Featuring Bill “Smokey” Robinson) (Tamla)-12 (2)
9 18 EBONY EYES –•– The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)-5 (9)
10 10 WHEELS –•– The String-A-Longs (Warwick)-8 (10)
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11 3 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-15 (1)
12 12 BABY SITTIN’ BOOGIE –•– Buzz Clifford (Columbia)-8 (12)
13 14 GOOD TIME BABY –•– Bobby Rydell (Cameo)-6 (13)
14 8 EXODUS –•– Ferrante and Teicher (United Artists)-16 (2)
15 6 CALENDAR GIRL –•– Neil Sedaka (RCA Victor)-11 (4)
16 7 EMOTIONS –•– Brenda Lee (Decca)-9 (7)
17 13 WINGS OF A DOVE –•– Ferlin Husky (Capitol)-14 (12)
18 21 SPANISH HARLEM –•– Ben E. King (Atco)-9 (18)
19 19 ALL IN MY MIND –•– Maxine Brown (Nomar)-9 (19)
20 26 APACHE –•– Jørgen Ingmann and His Guitar (Atco)-6 (20)
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21 25 LITTLE BOY SAD –•– Johnny Burnette (Liberty)-4 (21)
22 28 ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER –•– Shelby Flint (Valiant)-10 (22)
23 16 THE STORY OF MY LOVE–•– Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount)-7 (16)
24 31 YOU CAN HAVE HER –•– Roy Hamilton (Epic)-5 (24)
25 27 JIMMY’S GIRL –•– Johnny Tillotson (Cadence)-8 (25)
26 40 GEE WHIZ (Look At His Eyes) –•– Carla Thomas (Atlantic)-5 (26)
27 22 WHAT A PRICE –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (22)
28 39 WALK RIGHT BACK –•– The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)-4 (28)
29 56 THINK TWICE –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-3 (29)
30 17 ANGEL BABY –•– Rosie and the Originals (Highland)-12 (5)
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31 32 RAM-BUNK-SHUSH –•– The Ventures (Dolton)-6 (31)
32 34 UTOPIA –•– Frank Gari (Crusade)-11 (32)
33 35 AIN’T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (33)
34 38 NO ONE –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-7 (34)
35 37 LAZY RIVER –•– Bobby Darin (Atco)-4 (35)
36 20 WONDERLAND BY NIGHT –•– Bert Kaempfert (Decca)-16 (1)
37 41 WAIT A MINUTE –•– The Coasters (Atco)-5 (37)
38 45 STAYIN’ IN –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-3 (38)
39 43 (I Wanna) LOVE MY LIFE AWAY –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-5 (39)
40 33 “PEPE” –•– Duane Eddy (Jamie)-11 (18)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – 5th March, 1961

41 23 MY EMPTY ARMS –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-8 (9)
45 36 RUBBER BALL –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-14 (6)
47 29 ONCE IN AWHILE –•– The Chimes (Tag)-18 (11)
48 30 (Ghost) RIDERS IN THE SKY –•– The Ramrods (Amy)-8 (30)

POWER PLAYS – 5th March, 1961

42 53 YOUR FRIENDS –•– Dee Clark (Vee-Jay)-4 (42)
43 55 WHEELS –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-4 (43)
44 70 HEARTS OF STONE –•– Bill Black’s Combo (Hi)-2 (44)
46 75 ASIA MINOR –•– Kokomo (Felsted)-2 (46)
49 54 HAVIN’ FUN –•– Dion (Laurie)-4 (49)
50 68 FOR MY BABY –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-4 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – 5th March, 1961

71 — PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER –•– Cathy Jean and the Roommates (Valmor)-1 (71)
84 — LONELY MAN –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (84)
86 — JA-DA –•– Johnny and the Hurricanes (Big Top)-1 (86)
91 — ALL OF EVERYTHING –•– Frankie Avalon (Chancellor)-1 (91)
94 — BEWILDERED –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-1 (94)
95 — WON’T BE LONG –•– Aretha Franklin (Columbia)-1 (95)
96 — MORE THAN I CAN SAY –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-1 (96)
97 — TUNES OF GLORY –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (97)
98 — A LOVER’S QUESTION –•– Ernestine Anderson (Mercury)-1 (98)
99 — CHERRY BERRY WINE –•– Charlie McCoy (Cadence)-1 (99)
100 — BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG –•– Fred Darian (JAF)-1 (100)