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

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1961, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1961 . . .

The following songs were released in 1961 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1961 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54045 writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr., Barney Ales album: Meet The Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	Buttered Popcorn	1961	Tamla
1	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10266 chartposition: RandB #10, US #72 writtenby: Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits	Ray Charles	But on the Other Hand Baby	1961	ABC Paramount
2	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
3	recordlabel: Tamla 54044 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: William Robinson album: Cookin' with The Miracles comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Broken Hearted	1961	Tamla
4	recordlabel: ABC 10208 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Edward Ellen and Kenneth W. Seymour	The Del-Vikings	Bring Back Your Heart	1961	ABC
5	recordlabel: Vee Jay 398 chartposition: RandB #3, US #58 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Jimmy Reed album: Plays 12 String Guitar Blues comments: [blues]	Jimmy Reed	Bright Lights, Big City	1961	Vee Jay
6	recordlabel: Colpix 186 chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #1 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart	The Marcels	Blue Moon	1961	Colpix
7	recordlabel: King 5550 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: Williams, Artis album: Dance Along	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Big Red Sunset	1961	King
8	recordlabel: Reprise 20002 chartposition: RandB #28 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Lincoln Mayorga and Ed Cobb comments: [instrumental]	The Link Eddy Combo	Big Mr. C.	1961	Reprise
9	recordlabel: Scepter 1223 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #21 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: John Patton & Amiel Sommer album: Baby It's You	The Shirelles	Big John	1961	Scepter
10	recordlabel: Vee Jay 380 chartposition: RandB #13, US #78 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Al Smith and Luther Dixon	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	1961	Vee Jay
11	recordlabel: King 5442 chartposition: RandB #8, US #40 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup album: Think!	James Brown	Bewildered	1961	King
12	recordlabel: Vee Jay 372 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Dee Clark	Dee Clark	Because I Love You	1961	Vee Jay
13	recordlabel: Willow 23000 chartposition: RandB #27, US #52 writtenby: Tyler, Johnson, Robinson, and Gibson comments: B side to Lovedrops	Mickey & Sylvia	Baby, You're So Fine	1961	Willow
14	recordlabel: King 5524 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US 49 weeksinr&bchart: 19 writtenby: Joe Tex and James Brown album: Think! comments: [ballad]	James Brown	Baby, You're Right	1961	King
15	recordlabel: Scepter 1227 chartposition: RandB #3, US #8 writtenby: Mack David, Barney Williams, Bert Bacharach album: Baby It's You	The Shirelles	Baby It's You	1961	Scepter
16	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10298 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41, US #91 writtenby: Frank Loesser album: Ray Charles and Betty Carter	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	1961	ABCParamount
17	recordlabel: Vee Jay 405 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105 writtenby: Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield	Jerry Butler	Aware of Love	1961	Vee Jay
18	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
---	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: 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
2	recordlabel: Nomar 103 chartposition: RandB #2 (weeks), US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Brown, Kirkland, Johnson album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul] [released 1960, charted 1961]	Maxine Brown	All in My Mind	1961	Nomar
3	recordlabel: Tamla 54036 chartposition: RandB #15, US #49 writtenby: Bill album: Cookin' with The Miracles comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Ain't It Baby	1961	Tamla
4	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10255 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #103 writtenby: Bobby Stevenson	Maxine Brown	After All We've Been Through	1961	ABC Paramount
5	recordlabel: Riverside 45457 chartposition: RandB #21, US #41 writtenby: Galt Macdermott	Cannonball Adderley	African Waltz	1961	Riverside
6	recordlabel: Instant 3234 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Chris Kenner	Chris Kenner	A Very True Story	1961	Instant
7	recordlabel: Scepter 1220 chartposition: RandB #26, US #41 writtenby: Bob Brass and Irwin Levine album: Baby It's You	The Shirelles	A Thing of the Past	1961	Scepter
8	recordlabel: Liberty 55344 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #17, US #31 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Willie Denson album: Tower Of Strength mpcode: VliitO_La-I	Gene McDaniels	A Tear	1961	Liberty
9	recordlabel: Mercury 71772 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Benton, Williams mpcode: zmPJ0m03vlk	Ernestine Anderson	A Lover's Question	1961	Mercury
10	recordlabel: Atlantic 2101 chartposition: RandB #20, US #56 writtenby: Carla Thomas	Carla Thomas	A Love of My Own	1961	Atlantic
11	recordlabel: Laurie 3098 chartposition: RandB #7, US #12 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) album: A Little Bit of Soap [6 track mini album]	The Jarmels	A Little Bit of Soap	1961	Laurie
12	recordlabel: Liberty 55308 chartposition: RandB #11, US #3 writtenby: Luther Dixon & Bob Elgin album: 100 Lbs. Of Clay!	Gene McDaniels	A Hundred Pounds of Clay	1961	Liberty
13	recordlabel: Minit 634 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #71 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	1961	Minit
---	recordlabel: Abner 7003 writtenby: Don Downing	Don Downing With Rodney & The Blazers	A Bird In The Hand	1961	Abner
---	recordlabel: Federal 12435 writtenby: S. Thompson, S. Johnson	Syl Johnson	(She's So Fine) I Just Gotta Make Her Mine	1961	Federal
1	recordlabel: Wand 108 chartposition: RandB #22, US #46 writtenby: Ollie Jones and Luther Dixon	Chuck Jackson	(It Never Happens) In Real Life	1961	Wand
2	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

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