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FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 28, 1961

HOT 100SINGLES

100 positions ← 08/21 09/04 →

The chart file lacks a record this week, put back here from Billboard’s chart history: “Mexico” (Bob Moore and His Orch.) at 59. The file’s own ranks stand, because the next week’s LAST WEEK column bears them out, so a record put back goes into the rank the file leaves empty.

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
1	2	5	10	★★ NO. 1 ★★ Wooden HeartJOE DOWELL	1
2	1	1	19	Tossin' And Turnin'BOBBY LEWIS	1
3	3	6	8	MichaelTHE HIGHWAYMEN	3
4	4	3	9	Last NightMAR-KEYS	3
5	6	11	8	You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)RAL DONNER	5
6	5	2	14	I Like It Like That, Part 1CHRIS KENNER	2
7	10	10	6	School Is OutGARY U.S. BONDS	7
8	7	7	9	Pretty Little Angel EyesCURTIS LEE	7
9	11	16	9	Don't Bet Money HoneyLINDA SCOTT	9
10	12	15	6	HurtTIMI YURO	10
11	14	21	6	As If I Didn't KnowADAM WADE	11
12	17	22	11	I'm Gonna Knock On Your DoorEDDIE HODGES	12
13	21	32	9	My True StoryTHE JIVE FIVE with JOE RENE & ORCHESTRA	13
14	16	24	15	I Fall To PiecesPATSY CLINE	14
15	15	17	6	Let The Four Winds BlowFATS DOMINO	15
16	9	8	11	Let's Twist AgainCHUBBY CHECKER	8
17	8	4	11	Dum DumBRENDA LEE	4
18	13	9	10	TogetherCONNIE FRANCIS	6
19	26	40	4	Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP	19
20	24	33	9	I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy HeavenTEX RITTER	20
21	36	39	11	Sea Of HeartbreakDON GIBSON	21
22	40	48	5	AmorBEN E. KING	22
23	31	41	4	Take Good Care Of My BabyBOBBY VEE	23
24	33	44	4	Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)BARRY MANN	24
25	25	26	6	I'm A Telling YouJERRY BUTLER	25
26	61	—	2	Little SisterELVIS PRESLEY	26
27	37	43	6	I Just Don't UnderstandANN-MARGRET	27
28	44	61	4	Without YouJOHNNY TILLOTSON	28
29	49	71	3	CryingROY ORBISON	29
30	32	36	9	PrincessFRANK GARI	30
31	34	49	5	I'll Never Smile AgainTHE PLATTERS	31
32	42	68	5	The Mountain's HighDICK & DEEDEE	32
33	35	42	7	I Don't Want To Take A ChanceMARY WELLS	33
34	46	76	5	When We Get MarriedTHE DREAMLOVERS	34
35	48	67	4	A Little Bit Of SoapTHE JARMELS	35
36	43	54	7	NagTHE HALOS	36
37	22	25	9	One Summer NightTHE DIAMONDS	22
38	29	38	10	Right Or WrongWANDA JACKSON	29
39	18	12	9	I'll Be ThereDAMITA JO	12
40	20	14	13	Hats Off To LarryDEL SHANNON	5
41	19	13	11	Never On SundayTHE CHORDETTES	13
42	56	64	5	It's Gonna Work Out FineIKE & TINA TURNER	42
43	45	52	4	Don't Cry, BabyETTA JAMES	43
44	47	53	5	Starlight, StarbrightLINDA SCOTT	44
45	75	—	2	Frankie And JohnnyBROOK BENTON	45
46	53	62	5	Transistor SisterFREDDY CANNON	46
47	68	84	4	San-Ho-ZayFREDDY KING	47
48	55	65	4	Let Me Belong To YouBRIAN HYLAND	48
49	74	—	2	Nothing But GoodHANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS	49
50	57	73	3	Lover's IslandTHE BLUE JAYS	50

This week	Last week	2 wks ago	Wks. on chart	Title Artist Label	Peak
51	58	66	7	Water BoyDON SHIRLEY TRIO	51
52	78	98	3	More Money For You And MeTHE FOUR PREPS	52
53	76	—	2	Big Cold WindPAT BOONE	53
54	54	79	4	Hully Gully AgainLITTLE CAESAR & THE ROMANS	54
55	41	46	8	A Thing Of The PastTHE SHIRELLES	41
56	59	63	5	Missing YouRAY PETERSON	56
57	73	87	3	Bless YouTONY ORLANDO	57
58	67	81	5	Now And ForeverBERT KAEMPFERT & HIS ORCHESTRA	58
59	69	91	3	MexicoBOB MOORE & HIS ORCH.	59
60	NEW▶		1	★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★ Kissin' On The PhonePAUL ANKA	60
61	71	88	3	Magic Moon (Clair De Lune)THE RAYS	61
62	60	69	4	Candy ManROY ORBISON	60
63	66	77	5	Teardrops In My HeartJOE BARRY	63
64	70	72	4	Lonely StreetCLARENCE HENRY	64
65	94	—	2	Baby, You're RightJAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES	65
66	NEW▶		1	(Marie's The Name) His Latest FlameELVIS PRESLEY	66
67	82	90	4	Every Breath I TakeGENE PITNEY	67
68	81	92	3	Roll Over BeethovenTHE VELAIRES	68
69	NEW▶		1	One Track MindBOBBY LEWIS	69
70	72	83	3	Back Beat No. 1THE RONDELS	70
71	79	80	4	Don't Cry No MoreBOBBY BLAND	71
72	80	85	5	Summer SouvenirsKARL HAMMEL, JR.	72
73	88	—	2	Baby You're So FineMICKEY & SYLVIA	73
74	83	95	3	Music, Music, MusicTHE SENSATIONS featuring YVONNE	74
75	90	—	2	Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple PillsRAY STEVENS	75
76	99	—	2	Wizard Of LoveTHE LY-DELLS	76
77	NEW▶		1	Sweet Little YouNEIL SEDAKA	77
78	95	—	2	I Wake Up CryingCHUCK JACKSON	78
79	86	100	3	Pitter-PatterTHE FOUR SPORTSMEN	79
80	NEW▶		1	Look In My EyesTHE CHANTELS	80
81	84	93	4	Well-A, Well-ASHIRLEY & LEE	81
82	23	18	14	My Kind Of GirlMATT MONRO	18
83	27	19	15	Quarter To ThreeU.S. BONDS	1
84	91	—	2	Years From NowJACKIE WILSON	84
85	92	—	2	Black Land FarmerWINK MARTINDALE	85
86	89	96	3	StarlightTHE PRELUDES FIVE	86
87	97	—	2	Keep On DancingHANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS	87
88	NEW▶		1	My Blue HeavenDUANE EDDY & THE REBELS	88
89	RE-ENTRY		4	Big River, Big ManCLAUDE KING	83
90	93	97	4	My Heart's On FireBILLY BLAND	90
91	NEW▶		1	RomeoJANIE GRANT	91
92	28	20	16	The Boll Weevil SongBROOK BENTON	2
93	NEW▶		1	My Dream Come TrueJACK SCOTT	93
94	NEW▶		1	You're The ReasonJOE SOUTH	94
95	100	—	2	Donald Where's Your Troosers?ANDY STEWART	95
96	98	—	3	Don't Forget I Love YouTHE BUTANES	96
97	NEW▶		1	You're The ReasonBOBBY EDWARDS	97
98	NEW▶		1	(Theme From) Silver CityTHE VENTURES	98
99	NEW▶		1	I Can't Take ItMARY ANN FISHER	99
100	30	27	10	Quite A PartyTHE FIREBALLS	27

Bullets and Hot Shot Debuts before 1980 are inferred from the chart's movement, not read off the page: a bullet for a record that is new, back, up on last week, or at last week's rank for the second week running; the Hot Shot Debut is the week's highest new entry. The first Hot 100, 8/4/1958, has none.