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
101	recordlabel: Felsted 8624 chartposition: RandB #20, US #25 writtenby: Aaron Collins	The Flares	Foot Stomping	1961	Felsted
102	recordlabel: Impulse 202 chartposition: RandB #8, US #66 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Roy Alfred album: Genius+Soul=Jazz	Ray Charles	I've Got News for You	1961	Impulse
103	recordlabel: Mercury 71847 chartposition: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7 writtenby: Ruth Lowe	The Platters	I'll Never Smile Again	1961	Mercury
104	recordlabel: Brunswick 9 55201 chartposition: RandB #10, US #32 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld	Jackie Wilson	The Tear of the Year	1961	Brunswick
105	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10141 chartposition: RandB #10, US #58 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Ricci Harper	Ray Charles	Them That Got	1961	ABC Paramount
106	recordlabel: Atco 6192 chartposition: RandB #16, US #23 writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller	The Coasters	Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)	1961	Atco
107	recordlabel: Tamla 54048 chartposition: RandB #11, US #52 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: William Robinson and Ronnie White album: Cookin' with The Miracles comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to I Can't Believe	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Everybody Gotta Pay Some Dues	1961	Tamla
108	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
109	recordlabel: Argo 5391 chartposition: RandB #12, US #54 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum	The Sensations featuring Yvonne	Music, Music, Music	1961	Argo
110	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
111	recordlabel: Brunswick 55216 chartposition: RandB #9, US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Al Kasha & Horace Ott	Jackie Wilson	I'm Comin' On Back to You	1961	Brunswick
112	recordlabel: Brunswick 55208 chartposition: RandB #11, US #20 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Joyce Lee	Jackie Wilson	Please Tell Me Why	1961	Brunswick
113	recordlabel: Hi 2028 chartposition: RandB #22, US #20 writtenby: Ray; Jackson comments: [instrumental]	Bill Blacks Combo	Hearts of Stone	1961	Hi
114	recordlabel: Swingin 45 623 chartposition: RandB #20, US #26 writtenby: Wyatt and Herderson	Rochell & the Candles	Once Upon a Time	1961	Swingin
115	recordlabel: Colpix 175 chartposition: RandB #11, US #93 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Richard M. Jones	Nina Simone	Trouble in Mind	1961	Colpix
116	recordlabel: Excello 2194 chartposition: RandB #17, US #34 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: James Moore and Jerry West	Slim Harpo	Rainin' in My Heart	1961	Excello
117	recordlabel: Duke 335 chartposition: RandB #5, US #85 writtenby: Roosevelt Sykes album: Driving Wheel comments: [blues]	Little Junior Parker	Driving Wheel	1961	Duke
118	recordlabel: Decca 31231 chartposition: RandB #25, US #6 writtenby: Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap & Earl Hines	Brenda Lee	You Can Depend on Me	1961	Decca
119	recordlabel: King 5573 chartposition: RandB #2, US #48 writtenby: James Brown , Bobby Byrd and Lloyd Eugene Stallworth album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	James Brown	Lost Someone	1961	King
120	recordlabel: Liberty 55375 chartposition: US #42, US AC #9 writtenby: Charlie Chaplin, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons	Timi Yuro	Smile	1961	Liberty
121	recordlabel: Heritage 102 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #14, US #10 writtenby: D. Hogan	The Dreamlovers	When We Get Married	1961	Heritage
122	recordlabel: Sue 753 chartposition: RandB #4, US #38 writtenby: Ike Turner album: Dynamite!	Ike & Tina Turner	Poor Fool	1961	Sue
123	recordlabel: Checker 969 chartposition: RandB #13, US #25 writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson], Shirley Hall and Leslie Temple	The Vibrations	The Watusi	1961	Checker
124	recordlabel: Boyd 3398 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #10, US #29 writtenby: Clarke, Upchurch, Muldrow comments: [instrumental]	Phil Upchurch Combo	You Can't Sit Down (Part 2)	1961	Boyd
125	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
126	recordlabel: Duke 341 chartposition: RandB #7 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Little Junior Parker	Little Junior Parker	In the Dark	1961	Duke
127	recordlabel: Liberty 55343 chartposition: US #72, US AC #19 writtenby: Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson and Al Goodhart album: Hurt!!!!!!	Timi Yuro	I Apologize	1961	Liberty
128	recordlabel: Vee Jay 373 chartposition: RandB #12, US #68 writtenby: Jimmy Reed	Jimmy Reed	Close Together	1961	Vee Jay
129	recordlabel: RCA 7946 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42, US #22 writtenby: Willie Nelson comments: [ballad]	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	1961	RCA
130	recordlabel: Twin 700 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #19, US #21 writtenby: G. Jones, Jr.	The Edsels	Rama Lama Ding Dong	1961	Twin
131	recordlabel: Carlton 564 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #7, US #29 writtenby: Richard Barrett comments: answer song to ray charles'	The Chantels	Well, I Told You	1961	Carlton
132	recordlabel: Cub 9085 chartposition: UK #33, US #85 writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell mpcode: zZVWtjqM-0Y	Jimmy Jones	I Told You So	1961	Cub
133	recordlabel: King 5491 chartposition: RandB #12, US #33 writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	The Continental Walk	1961	King
134	recordlabel: Sue 745 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #17, US #25 writtenby: Henry Bellinger album: Stick Shift comments: [instrumental]	The Duals	Stick Shift	1961	Sue
135	recordlabel: Monument 441 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20, US #26 writtenby: V. Johnson	The Velvets featuring Virgil Johnson	Tonight (Could Be The Night)	1961	Monument
136	recordlabel: Vee Jay 61 1766 chartposition: RandB #16, US #36 writtenby: Ernest Gold album: Exodus to Jazz	Eddie Harris	Exodus	1961	Vee Jay
137	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
138	recordlabel: Roulette 4401 chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #33 writtenby: Joey Dee & Henry Glover	Joey Dee & the Starliters	Peppermint Twist	1961	Roulette
139	recordlabel: Argo 5390 chartposition: RandB #14, US #50 writtenby: Floyd Hunt album: The Second Time Around	Etta James	Fool That I Am	1961	Argo
140	recordlabel: Fury 1056 chartposition: RandB #22, US #27 writtenby: King	Lee Dorsey	Do-Re-Mi	1961	Fury
141	recordlabel: Atlantic 2099 chartposition: RandB #17, US #35 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Saved	1961	Atlantic
142	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
143	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8751 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #56 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Feel It	1961	RCA Victor
144	recordlabel: Scepter 1220 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #54 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King	The Shirelles	What a Sweet Thing That Was	1961	Scepter
145	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
146	recordlabel: Mercury 71749 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46, US #30 writtenby: Jack Lawrence album: Remember When? comments: [ballad]	The Platters	If I Didn't Care	1961	Mercury
147	recordlabel: Colpix 196 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50, UK #46, US #78 writtenby: Gershwin, Heyward	The Marcels	Summertime	1961	Colpix
148	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
149	recordlabel: RCA 101043 chartposition: RandB #25, US #31 writtenby: Roy Alfred and Del Serino	Sam Cooke	That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On	1961	RCA
150	recordlabel: Dot 16144 chartposition: RandB #15, US #72 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Bobby Rackep and Bill Ness comments: [northern soul]	Ronnie Love & His Orchestra	Chills and Fever	1961	Dot
151	recordlabel: Ray Star 777 chartposition: RandB #14, US #117 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Alonzo Willis and K. Venetoulis	Gene & Wendell with the Sweethearts	The Roach	1961	Ray Star
152	recordlabel: Eldo 111 chartposition: US #35 writtenby: H.B. Barnum	H.B. Barnum	Lost Love	1961	Eldo
153	recordlabel: Argo 5395 chartposition: RandB #19, US #57, UK #42 writtenby: Joe Bisko	Clarence Frogman Henry	Lonely Street	1961	Argo
154	recordlabel: Duke 330 chartposition: RandB #11 writtenby: Little Junior Parker	Little Junior Parker	Stand by Me	1961	Duke
155	recordlabel: Brunswick 55219 chartposition: RandB #25, US #37 writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Robert Adams and Horace Ott	Jackie Wilson	Years from Now	1961	Brunswick
156	recordlabel: Atco 6186 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #18, US #37 writtenby: Bobby Darin and Don Kirshner	The Coasters	Wait a Minute	1961	Atco
157	recordlabel: Hull 747 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #16, US #70 writtenby: Shane Sheppard	Shep & the Limelites	Three Steps to the Altar	1961	Hull
158	recordlabel: King 5459 chartposition: RandB #17, US #39 writtenby: Billy Myles and Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night)	1961	King
159	recordlabel: Brunswick 55208 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #40 writtenby: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson	Jackie Wilson	Your One and Only Love	1961	Brunswick
160	recordlabel: Scepter 1212 chartposition: RandB #28, US #41 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Lee Thomas	Lenny Miles	Don't Believe Him, Donna	1961	Scepter
161	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
162	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
163	recordlabel: Stax 112 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #60 writtenby: Robert Talley and Earl Forest album: Last Night!	The Mar-Keys	Morning After	1961	Stax
164	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
165	recordlabel: Atlantic 2101 chartposition: RandB #20, US #56 writtenby: Carla Thomas	Carla Thomas	A Love of My Own	1961	Atlantic
166	recordlabel: Hull 742 chartposition: US #42 writtenby: James Sheppard	Shep & the Limelites	Ready for Your Love	1961	Hull
167	recordlabel: Liberty 55405 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15 writtenby: Barry, Crofford, Resnick album: Hit After Hit	Gene McDaniels	Chip Chip	1961	Liberty
168	recordlabel: End 1092 chartposition: US #45 writtenby: Miguel Prado	The Flamingos	Time Was	1961	End
169	recordlabel: Minit 627 chartposition: RandB #21, US #53 writtenby: Ernest Kador	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	1961	Minit
170	recordlabel: Brunswick 55219 chartposition: RandB #19, US #79 writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson and Morris Levy	Jackie Wilson	You Don't Know What It Means	1961	Brunswick
171	recordlabel: Tamla 54044 chartposition: RandB #21, US #51 writtenby: William Robinson comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Broken Hearted	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Mighty Good Lovin'	1961	Tamla
172	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
173	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
174	recordlabel: Mercury 71840 chartposition: RandB #15, US #12 writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	1961	Mercury
175	recordlabel: King 5405 chartposition: RandB #21, US #76 writtenby: Brown, Redd comments: [christmas]	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	1961	King
176	recordlabel: Kent 360 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: King and Josea	B.B. King	Someday	1961	Kent
177	recordlabel: Minit 634 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #71 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	1961	Minit
178	recordlabel: RCA Victor 7840 chartposition: RandB #16, US #4, UK #1 writtenby: Floyd Cramer album: On the Rebound comments: [instrumental]	Floyd Cramer	On the Rebound	1961	RCA Victor
179	recordlabel: Everest 19418 chartposition: RandB #16, US #95, US AC #19 writtenby: Bernie Friedman and Ollie Jones album: This Little Boy of Mine	Gloria Lynne	Impossible	1961	Everest
180	recordlabel: Mercury 71841 chartposition: RandB #17, US #56 writtenby: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter	Clyde McPhatter	I Never Knew	1961	Mercury
181	recordlabel: Neptune 122 chartposition: RandB #17, US #60 writtenby: Baby Washington	Baby Washington	Nobody Cares (About Me)	1961	Neptune
182	recordlabel: King 5503 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)	Little Willie John	Flamingo	1961	King
183	recordlabel: King 5547 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: James Brown album: The Amazing James Brown	James Brown	Just You and Me, Darling	1961	King
184	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
185	recordlabel: Vogue Pop 459174(UK) chartposition: UK #40 writtenby: Armand Piron	The Olympics	I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	1961	Vogue Pop (UK)
186	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
187	recordlabel: Brunswick 55220 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58 writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell	Jackie Wilson	The Way I Am	1961	Brunswick
188	recordlabel: King 5545 chartposition: RandB #19 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Eugene Church	Eugene Church	Mind Your Own Business	1961	King
189	recordlabel: King 5452 chartposition: US #60 writtenby: Little Willie John , James "Jay" McDougal and Titus Turner	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	1961	King
190	recordlabel: King 5458 chartposition: US #61 writtenby: Ray Noble	Little Willie John	The Very Thought of You	1961	King
191	recordlabel: Minit 632 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #61 writtenby: Norman Johnson	The Showmen	It Will Stand	1961	Minit
192	recordlabel: Gee 1067 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #60 writtenby: Pat Best (as William Best) and Deek Watson	The Cleftones	For Sentimental Reasons	1961	Gee
193	recordlabel: Brunswick 55220 chartposition: US #65 writtenby: Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels	Jackie Wilson	My Heart Belongs to Only You	1961	Brunswick
194	recordlabel: Argo 5401 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64 writtenby: Robert Guidry	Clarence Frogman Henry	On Bended Knees	1961	Argo
195	recordlabel: Federal 4512428 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson album: Freddy King Sings	Freddy King	See See Baby	1961	Federal
196	recordlabel: Riverside 45457 chartposition: RandB #21, US #41 writtenby: Galt Macdermott	Cannonball Adderley	African Waltz	1961	Riverside
197	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
198	recordlabel: Vee Jay 389 chartposition: RandB #21 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Percy Mayfield	Wade Flemons	Please Send Me Someone To Love	1961	Vee Jay
199	recordlabel: King 45 5535 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Hank Ballard comments: [B side to Nothin' But Good]	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Keep On Dancing	1961	King
200	recordlabel: Wand 108 chartposition: RandB #22, US #46 writtenby: Ollie Jones and Luther Dixon	Chuck Jackson	(It Never Happens) In Real Life	1961	Wand

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