Back From Vacation - 1961

Now that I'm back from my long vacation let's get back to the music.

1961



Another great year for music.

Debut Artists and Their Debut Singles:

The Angels - 'Til

The Belmonts - Tell Me Why

Maxine Brown - All In My Mind

Solomon Burke - Just Out Of Reach

Glen Campbell - Turn Around, Look At Me

Johnny Crawford - Daydreams

The Crystals - There's No Other (Like My Baby)

Vic Dana - Little Altar Boy

Joey Dee And The Starliters - Peppermint Twist

Dick & Dee Dee - The Mountain's High

Ral Donner - Girl Of My Best Friend

Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya

The Dovells - Bristol Stomp

The Earls - Life Is But A Dream

Aretha Franklin - Won't Be Long

Dickie Goodman - The Touchables

The Impressions - Gypsy Woman

Chuck Jackson - I Don't Want To Cry

Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem/First Taste Of Love

Gladys Knight & the Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart

The Letterman - The Way You Look Tonight

Gloria Lynne - Impossible

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman

Gene McDaniels - A Hundred Pounds Of Clay

Tony Orlando - Halfway To Paradise

Gene Pitney - (I Wanna) Love My Life Away

Paul Revere & the Raiders - Like Long Hair

Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star

Del Shannon - Runaway

Shep & the Limelights - Daddy's Home

The Spinners - That's What Girls Are Made For

Ray Stevens - Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast Acting Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills

Carla Thompson - Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

The Tokens - Tonight I Fell In Love

Mary Wells - Bye Bye Baby

Timi Yuro - Hurt

Top Singles Of 1961

Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

Blue Moon - The Marcels

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

Michael - The Highwaymen

Pony Time - Chubby Checker

Runaround Sue - Dion

Runaway - Del Shannon

Surrender - Elvis Presley

Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee

Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis


Movies of 1961

Blue Hawaii

Hey, Let's Twist

Teenage Millionaire

Twist Around The Clock

Wild In The Country

Top TV Shows Of 1961

The Andy Griffith Show

Bonanza

Candid Camera

Dr. Kildare

Gunsmoke

Hazel

Make Room For Daddy

Perry Mason

The Red Skelton Show

Wagon Train

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