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Topic: Top Ten Country Songs 1961 |
Fred Rushing
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Odin, IL, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2011 7:37 pm |
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| Does anyone know a link that will list the top ten tunes in country music for 1961? I have looked at Billbord charts but cannot get to a link for finding what I am needing. Thanks Fred |
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David Beckner
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Kentucky, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2011 7:47 pm
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Fred
Do a search engine for top songs in history of the year you are specifying...I did this once for a friend who owned a '57 chevy and we found all types of stuff..(top movies, songs, tv shows, etc..)
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David Beckner
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Kentucky, USA
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2011 9:45 pm
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Fred that was a good year,Worked in Atlanta Jacksonville,Shreveport,New Orleans,Houma La.that year. Some of the songs I remember were [Crazy and I fall to pieces] by Patsy,[Walk on By,]Leroy Van Dyke,Walter Brennan,[Old Rivers]Floyd Cramer [Last Date]Johnny Horton [North to Alaska]Roy Orbinson [Running Scared and Crying]Marty Robbins [Don't worry]Rick Nelson [Hello Mary Lou]Brenda Lee [Emotions and Fool number One]Faron Young [Hello Walls]Everly Brothers [Ebony Eyes and Walk right back]Ferlin Husky [Wings of a Dove]Don Gipson[Sea of Heartache] This was also a good year for some great rock tunes,and that GREAT jazz tune [Take Five]YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2011 9:18 pm
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There were 8 songs that made it to number one that year.
"North to Alaska" - Johnny Horton stayed at number 1 for 5 weeks
"Don't Worry" - Marty Robbins #1 for 10 weeks
"Hello Walls" - Faron Young #1 for 9 weeks
"Heartbreak U.S.A." - Kitty Wells 4 at #1
"I Fall to Pieces" - Patsy Cline 2 weeks at #1
"Tender Years" - George Jones 7 weeks at #1
"Walk on By" - Leroy Van Dyke 19 weeks at #1 (I think it still holds the record for most weeks at number one)
"Big Bad John" - Jimmy Dean 2 weeks at number 1
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 25 Jul 2011 11:09 pm
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I'm pretty sure Alvin's list is culled from several different charts.Were it otherwise,1961 at 58 weeks long would have been an even more remarkable year than it was  .Great tunes,Alvin! And thanks. |
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Alan Tanner
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Near Dayton, Ohio
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Posted 26 Jul 2011 2:07 am
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| Uh oh...my wife is right. I AM getting old. I can look at the title of ANY of these songs and hear it in my head, intro and all. Yet....I don't think I could tell you the name of ONE top ten song over the last few years, and would not know a recent "topper" if I heard it....time marches on..and on..etc. |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2011 3:20 am
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| I'm pretty sure Alvin's list is culled from several different charts.Were it otherwise,1961 at 58 weeks long would have been an even more remarkable year than it was .Great tunes,Alvin! And thanks. |
North To Alaska was at number 1 for the end of 1960 and Walk On By went back and forth to number one till March of 1962. That's where the extra 6 weeks come from, but it was still a remarkable year in that I was born one of the weeks that "Walk On By" was the number one song in the country (even on the top pop charts that week).
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 26 Jul 2011 9:27 am
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"Walk On By"....Loved that tune.I'd gotten a brand-new Ampeg Reverberocket in June of '61,and had more fun than was legal with the signature lick-tremolo dimed and the reverb way up.I'm on the left in this pic from December '61.It was a great year and I wish it HAD been 58 weeks long!
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Cal Sharp
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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 26 Jul 2011 5:20 pm
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The funny thing about that song is that it went to #2 in the Hot 100 (Pop). "Are You Lonesome Tonight" kept it from being #1. And guess who played piano on "Tonight"?
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2011 4:17 pm
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| ...not much steel guitar on that list...just sayin'... |
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