Soul R&B Music Charts of 1961 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1961 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1961, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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(Search on '1961' returned 337 results)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: Bandy 1494 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Aaron Neville	I'm Waiting At The Station	1961	Bandy
1	recordlabel: Hi 2040 chartposition: RandB #3, US #17 writtenby: Ace Cannon album: Tuff Sax comments: [instrumental]	Ace Cannon	Tuff	1961	Hi
2	recordlabel: Coed 550 chartposition: RandB #21, US #5, US AC #5 writtenby: Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy	Adam Wade	The Writing on the Wall	1961	Coed
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 143 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	Old Blue Ribbon	1961	Bobbin
---	recordlabel: King 5588 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	Travelin' To California	1961	King
1	recordlabel: King 45 5575 chartposition: RandB #14 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Albert King album: The Big Blues	Albert King	Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong	1961	King
2	recordlabel: Columbia 42157 chartposition: RandB #6 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Al Kasha, Alan Thomas & Curtis Williams comments: [southern soul ballad]	Aretha Franklin	Operation Heartbreak	1961	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 41793 writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland album: The First 12 Sides	Aretha Franklin	Love Is The Only Thing	1961	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Columbia 442157 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #37 writtenby: Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, & Jean Schwartz album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody	1961	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 441985 writtenby: M. Willson album: Aretha comments: from the Broadway Prod. 'the Unsinkable Molly Brown'	Aretha Franklin	Are You Sure	1961	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Columbia 41923 chartposition: RandB #7, US #76 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland album: Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)	Aretha Franklin	Won't Be Long	1961	Columbia
2	recordlabel: Kent 360 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: King and Josea	B.B. King	Someday	1961	Kent
3	recordlabel: Kent 360 chartposition: RandB #7, US #119 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Mayfield, King, and Davis comments: [ballad]	B.B. King	Peace of Mind	1961	Kent
4	recordlabel: Neptune 122 chartposition: RandB #17, US #60 writtenby: Baby Washington	Baby Washington	Nobody Cares (About Me)	1961	Neptune
---	recordlabel: Eric 7004 writtenby: B. L. Ozen	Barbara Lynn	Dina and Patrina	1961	Eric
---	recordlabel: Stax 113 writtenby: Porter, Thomas	Barbara Stephens	The Life I Live	1961	Stax
1	recordlabel: Atco 6207 chartposition: US # 81 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	Ben E. King	Here Comes the Night	1961	Atco
2	recordlabel: Atco 6203 chartposition: RandB #10, US #18, UK #38 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz, and Mendez album: Spanish Harlem	Ben E. King	Amor	1961	Atco
3	recordlabel: Atco 6185 chartposition: RandB #15, US #10 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector album: Spanish Harlem comments: [released 1960, charted 1961]	Ben E. King	Spanish Harlem	1961	Atco
4	recordlabel: Atco 6207 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Phil Spector and Mort Shuman	Ben E. King	Young Boy Blues	1961	Atco
5	recordlabel: Atco 6194 chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4, UK #27 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller album: Don't Play That Song! / Atlantic Soul Classics	Ben E. King	Stand by Me	1961	Atco
6	recordlabel: Hi 2042 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27 writtenby: Bill Black album: Let's Twist Her comments: [instrumental]	Bill Black's Combo	Twist-Her	1961	Hi
7	recordlabel: Hi 2028 chartposition: RandB #22, US #20 writtenby: Ray; Jackson comments: [instrumental]	Bill Blacks Combo	Hearts of Stone	1961	Hi
---	recordlabel: Duke 74 writtenby: Primrose album: Two Steps From The Blues comments: [soul blues] mpcode: eJoNAAWIprE	Bobby Bland	St. James Infirmary	1961	Duke
---	recordlabel: Duke 74 writtenby: Malone, Agee album: Two Steps From The Blues comments: [blues soul album cut] mpcode: Id3hjC_sVfA	Bobby Bland	I've Been Wrong So Long	1961	Duke
1	recordlabel: Duke 340 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #71 weeksinr&bchart: 20 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: Two Steps from the Blues	Bobby Bland	Don't Cry No More	1961	Duke
2	recordlabel: Duke 344 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) & Joe Scott (as Joseph Scott) album: Here's The Man	Bobby Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	1961	Duke
3	recordlabel: Duke 332 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #46 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: Two Steps from the Blues Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Bobby Bland	I Pity the Fool	1961	Duke
---	recordlabel: Duke 74 writtenby: Robey album: Two Steps From The Blues comments: [blues soul album cut] mpcode: dAjlzda5U8o	Bobby Bland	I Don't Want No Woman	1961	Duke
---	recordlabel: Duke 74 writtenby: Malone, Brown album: Two Steps From The Blues comments: [blues soul album cut] mpcode: fxapugWr3gk	Bobby Bland	Two Steps From The Blues	1961	Duke
---	recordlabel: Duke 74 writtenby: Malone album: Two Steps From The Blues comments: [soul blues] mpcode: BSv_ZLy7sqg	Bobby Bland	I've Just Got to Forget You	1961	Duke
1	recordlabel: Josie 45 887 chartposition: US #89 writtenby: Jack Cortes	Bobby Freeman	The Mess Around	1961	Josie
2	recordlabel: Beltone 1002 chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #1 weeksinr&bchart: 19 writtenby: Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene album: Tossin' & Turnin'	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin	1961	Beltone
3	recordlabel: Beltone 1012 chartposition: RandB #8, US #9 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Bobby Lewis & Malou Rene album: Tossin' & Turnin'	Bobby Lewis	One Track Mind	1961	Beltone
4	recordlabel: Decca 31231 chartposition: RandB #25, US #6 writtenby: Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap & Earl Hines	Brenda Lee	You Can Depend on Me	1961	Decca
5	recordlabel: Mercury 71774 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon	Brook Benton	For My Baby	1961	Mercury
6	recordlabel: Mercury 71774 chartposition: RandB #6, US #11 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis	Brook Benton	Think Twice	1961	Mercury
7	recordlabel: Mercury 71820 chartposition: RandB #2 (4 weeks), US #2, UK #30, US AC #1 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits	Brook Benton	The Boll Weevil Song	1961	Mercury
8	recordlabel: Mercury 71859 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8 writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis	Brook Benton	It's Just a House Without You	1961	Mercury
9	recordlabel: Mercury 71903 chartposition: RandB #12, US #15 writtenby: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald	Brook Benton	Revenge	1961	Mercury
10	recordlabel: Mercury 71859 chartposition: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6 writtenby: Brook Benton album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits comments: Adapted by Brook Benton	Brook Benton	Frankie and Johnny	1961	Mercury
11	recordlabel: Seven Arts 705 chartposition: RandB #10, US #93 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Sally Nix and Henry Glover comments: new version of 1948 hit [R]	Bull Moose Jackson	I Love You, Yes I Do	1961	Seven Arts
---	recordlabel: Fairlane 21003 writtenby: Carter And Scott	Calvin & Clarence	I Wanna Dance (But Don't Know How)	1961	Fairlane
1	recordlabel: Riverside 45457 chartposition: RandB #21, US #41 writtenby: Galt Macdermott	Cannonball Adderley	African Waltz	1961	Riverside
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2086 chartposition: RandB #5, US #10 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Carla Thomas album: Gee Whiz	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)	1961	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2101 chartposition: RandB #20, US #56 writtenby: Carla Thomas	Carla Thomas	A Love of My Own	1961	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: King 5405 chartposition: RandB #21, US #76 writtenby: Brown, Redd comments: [christmas]	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	1961	King
5	recordlabel: Instant 3229 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 17 writtenby: Chris Kenner & Allen Toussaint album: Land Of 1000 Dances	Chris Kenner	I Like It Like That	1961	Instant
6	recordlabel: Instant 3234 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Chris Kenner	Chris Kenner	A Very True Story	1961	Instant
7	recordlabel: Vee Jay 399 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: C. Kittrell	Christine Kittrell	Sittin' And Drinking	1961	Vee Jay
8	recordlabel: Parkway 818 chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), UK #27, US #1 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Don Covay & John Berry album: It's Pony Time	Chubby Checker	Pony Time	1961	Parkway
9	recordlabel: Parkway 822 chartposition: US #24 writtenby: Dave Appell and Kal Mann album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits	Chubby Checker	(Dance The) Mess Around	1961	Parkway
10	recordlabel: Parkway 822 chartposition: US #43 writtenby: James Brown and Albert Shubert album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits	Chubby Checker	Good, Good Lovin'	1961	Parkway
11	recordlabel: Parkway 811 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Kal Mann album: Your Twist Party	Chubby Checker	Twistin' U.S.A.	1961	Parkway
12	recordlabel: Parkway 830 chartposition: RandB #11, US #7 writtenby: Woodcrest, Mured album: For Teen Twisters Only	Chubby Checker	The Fly	1961	Parkway
13	recordlabel: Parkway 824 chartposition: UK #2. RandB #26, US #8 writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appel album: Let's Twist Again	Chubby Checker	Let's Twist Again	1961	Parkway
---	recordlabel: New Breed 501 writtenby: Chuck Bernard	Chuck Bernard	Can't Get You Off My Mind	1961	New Breed
---	recordlabel: New Breed 502 comments: [northern soul]	Chuck Bernard	Hall Of Soul	1961	New Breed
1	recordlabel: Beltone 1005 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Ed Davis and Robert Head	Chuck Jackson	Mr. Pride	1961	Beltone
2	recordlabel: Wand 108 chartposition: RandB #22, US #46 writtenby: Ollie Jones and Luther Dixon	Chuck Jackson	(It Never Happens) In Real Life	1961	Wand
3	recordlabel: Wand 110 chartposition: RandB #13, US #59 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: I Don't Want to Cry! / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits comments: [ballad]	Chuck Jackson	I Wake Up Crying	1961	Wand
4	recordlabel: Wand 106 chartposition: RandB #5, US #36 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Chuck Jackson album: I Don't Want to Cry! / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits	Chuck Jackson	I Don't Want to Cry	1961	Wand
5	recordlabel: Argo 5378 chartposition: RandB #9, US #4, UK #3 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Robert Guidry and Paul Gayten album: You Always Hurt the One You Love	Clarence Frogman Henry	But I Do	1961	Argo
6	recordlabel: Argo 5401 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Kennedy and Mosley	Clarence Frogman Henry	Standing in the Need of Love	1961	Argo
7	recordlabel: Argo 5401 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64 writtenby: Robert Guidry	Clarence Frogman Henry	On Bended Knees	1961	Argo
8	recordlabel: Argo 5395 chartposition: RandB #19, US #57, UK #42 writtenby: Joe Bisko	Clarence Frogman Henry	Lonely Street	1961	Argo
9	recordlabel: Argo 5388 chartposition: RandB #11, US #12, UK #6 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher album: You Always Hurt the One You Love	Clarence Frogman Henry	You Always Hurt the One You Love	1961	Argo
10	recordlabel: Mercury 71841 chartposition: RandB #17, US #56 writtenby: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter	Clyde McPhatter	I Never Knew	1961	Mercury
11	recordlabel: Mercury 71783 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Gene Pitney	Clyde McPhatter	Tomorrow Is a-Comin'	1961	Mercury
12	recordlabel: Mercury 71783 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Joy Kennedy	Clyde McPhatter	I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home	1961	Mercury
13	recordlabel: Mercury 71840 chartposition: RandB #15, US #12 writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	1961	Mercury
14	recordlabel: Mercury 71760 chartposition: US #75 writtenby: McShann and Bowman	Damita Jo	Keep Your Hands Off of Him	1961	Mercury
15	recordlabel: Vee Jay 383 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Dee Clark album: Hold On....It's Dee Clark	Dee Clark	Raindrops	1961	Vee Jay
16	recordlabel: Vee Jay 372 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Dee Clark	Dee Clark	Because I Love You	1961	Vee Jay
17	recordlabel: Vee Jay 409 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Horace Ott and Calvin Carter	Dee Clark	Don't Walk Away from Me	1961	Vee Jay
18	recordlabel: Vee Jay 372 chartposition: RandB #30, US #34 writtenby: Dee Clark and Calvin Carter	Dee Clark	Your Friends	1961	Vee Jay
19	recordlabel: Mercury 71744 chartposition: RandB #40 (cashbox) writtenby: Clyde Otis, Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	Looking Back	1961	Mercury
20	recordlabel: Mercury 71876 chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, UK #35, US AC #5 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Harry Warren & Al Dubin album: September in the Rain comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	September in the Rain	1961	Mercury
21	recordlabel: Arnold 1002 chartposition: US #60 writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry	Don Covay	Pony Time	1961	Arnold
---	recordlabel: Abner 7003 writtenby: Don Downing	Don Downing With Rodney & The Blazers	A Bird In The Hand	1961	Abner
1	recordlabel: Ric Records 977 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: D. Johnson	Eddie Bo	It Must Be Love	1961	Ric Records
2	recordlabel: Vee Jay 61 1766 chartposition: RandB #16, US #36 writtenby: Ernest Gold album: Exodus to Jazz	Eddie Harris	Exodus	1961	Vee Jay
3	recordlabel: Mercury 71772 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Benton, Williams mpcode: zmPJ0m03vlk	Ernestine Anderson	A Lover's Question	1961	Mercury
4	recordlabel: Minit 634 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #69 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Ernie K-Doe	I Cried My Last Tear	1961	Minit
5	recordlabel: Minit 634 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #71 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	1961	Minit
6	recordlabel: Minit 627 chartposition: RandB #21, US #53 writtenby: Ernest Kador	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	1961	Minit
7	recordlabel: Minit 623 chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #29 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Mother in Law comments: [southern soul]	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-in-Law	1961	Minit
8	recordlabel: Argo 5380 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #47 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon album: At Last! comments: [ballad]	Etta James	At Last	1961	Argo
9	recordlabel: Argo 5385 chartposition: RandB #4, US #30 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz album: At Last! comments: [ballad]	Etta James	Trust in Me	1961	Argo
10	recordlabel: Argo 5390 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55 writtenby: Johnny Mercer comments: US B side to Fool That I Am	Etta James	Dream	1961	Argo
11	recordlabel: Argo 5393 chartposition: RandB #6, US #39 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Stella Unger, Saul Bernie and James Price Johnson album: The Second Time Around	Etta James	Don't Cry, Baby	1961	Argo
12	recordlabel: Argo 5390 chartposition: RandB #14, US #50 writtenby: Floyd Hunt album: The Second Time Around	Etta James	Fool That I Am	1961	Argo
13	recordlabel: Argo 5402 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #95 writtenby: Billy Davis album: The Second Time Around	Etta James	Seven Day Fool	1961	Argo
14	recordlabel: Argo 5402 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #54 writtenby: Deborah Chessler comments: US B side to Seven Day Fool	Etta James	It's Too Soon to Know	1961	Argo
15	recordlabel: King 5443 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Carmen Lombardo and Charles Newman comments: [soul jazz]	Etta Jones	Sweethearts On Parade	1961	King
16	recordlabel: Prestige 191 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Eddie Heywood and Norman Gimbel album: Something Nice comments: [soul jazz]	Etta Jones	Canadian Sunset	1961	Prestige
17	recordlabel: King 5545 chartposition: RandB #19 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Eugene Church	Eugene Church	Mind Your Own Business	1961	King
18	recordlabel: Imperial 5764 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #15 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew album: Let The Four Winds Blow	Fats Domino	Let the Four Winds Blow	1961	Imperial
19	recordlabel: Imperial 5779 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: A. Domino, J. Jessup, P. Maddux album: What A Party!	Fats Domino	Rockin' Bicycle	1961	Imperial
20	recordlabel: Imperial 5796 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: Bartholomew, King, Domino	Fats Domino	I Hear You Knocking	1961	Imperial

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