Number Ones - Oct 1961
There are a number of reasons why there can be debate about
which record should be considered to have been "Number One"
in a particular country on a certain date. These are discussed further down
this page. However there is clearly a sizable group that don't want
to know about these details and just want to know what record was top of the
charts on a given date (such as their birthday). This table shows which records
were number one for various countries over the month of October 1961.
Sep 1961 |
October 1961 |
Nov 1961 |
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1 S |
2 M |
3 T |
4 W |
5 T |
6 F |
7 S |
8 S |
9 M |
1 0 T |
1 1 W |
1 2 T |
1 3 F |
1 4 S |
1 5 S |
1 6 M |
1 7 T |
1 8 W |
1 9 T |
2 0 F |
2 1 S |
2 2 S |
2 3 M |
2 4 T |
2 5 W |
2 6 T |
2 7 F |
2 8 S |
2 9 S |
3 0 M |
3 1 T |
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Bobby Vee - "Take Good Care of My Baby" |
Ray Charles - "Hit the Road, Jack" |
Dion - "Runaround Sue" |
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John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me" |
The Shadows - "Kon-Tiki" |
Highwaymen - "Michael" |
Helen Shapiro - "Walkin' Back to Happiness" |
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Johnny O'Keefe - "I'm Counting on You" |
Bob Moore - "Mexico" |
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Bobby Vee - "Take good care of my baby" |
Jimmy Dean - "Big Bad John" |
Bobby Edwards - "You're the Reason" |
Dion - "Runaround Sue" |
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Freddy Quinn - "La Paloma" |
Gus Backus - "Der Mann im Mond" |
Nana Mouskouri - "Weisse Rosen aus Athen" |
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Domenico Modugno - "La novia" |
Los Machucambos - "Pepito" |
Antonio Prieto - "La novia" |
Domenico Modugno - "La novia" |
Tony Dallara - "La novia" |
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Helen Shapiro - "You Don't Know" |
Los Machucambos - "Pepito" |
Highwaymen - "Michael" |
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Los Hooligans - "Agujetas de color de rosa" |
Marco Antonio Muniz & Javier Solis - "Escandalo" |
Los Hooligans - "Agujetas de color de rosa" |
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Country |
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1 S |
2 M |
3 T |
4 W |
5 T |
6 F |
7 S |
8 S |
9 M |
1 0 T |
1 1 W |
1 2 T |
1 3 F |
1 4 S |
1 5 S |
1 6 M |
1 7 T |
1 8 W |
1 9 T |
2 0 F |
2 1 S |
2 2 S |
2 3 M |
2 4 T |
2 5 W |
2 6 T |
2 7 F |
2 8 S |
2 9 S |
3 0 M |
3 1 T |
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As was mentioned above, there are all sorts of reasons why
the entries here rather over simplify the real situation. We have made a large
number of sweeping assumptions in order to present a simple picture to the vast
number of users that just want a song title. This means that there are a number
of entries in these tables that should be handled with caution. In addition where
these entries differ from the original sources (listed later) it should be assumed
that the sources are correct, where these entries conflict with the main data
assume that the other data is correct, if you find either of these cases please
tell us and we'll correct the data here.
If, like us, you are the type of person that wants to know if a song was top of the
Jukebox or Jockeys chart, or where a double-A side was released, or when chart
entries did not specify an artist, or when the charts switched from one magazine
to another we suggest that you have a look at the original sources:
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