1961
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1961
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
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Tossin' and Turnin'Bobby Lewis - 2
I Fall to PiecesPatsy Cline - 3
MichaelThe Highwaymen - 4
CryingRoy Orbison - 5
RunawayDel Shannon - 6
My True StoryThe Jive Five - 7
Pony TimeChubby Checker - 8
WheelsThe String-A-Longs - 9
RaindropsDee Clark - 10
Wooden HeartJoe Dowell - 11
CalcuttaLawrence Welk - 12
Take Good Care of My BabyBobby Vee - 13
Running ScaredRoy Orbison - 14
Dedicated to the One I LoveThe Shirelles - 15
Last NightThe Mar-Keys - 16
Will You Love Me TomorrowThe Shirelles - 17
ExodusFerrante & Teicher - 18
Where the Boys AreConnie Francis - 19
Hit the Road JackRay Charles - 20
Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)Sue Thompson - 21
Mother In LawErnie K-Doe - 22
Bristol StompThe Dovells - 23
Travelin' ManRicky Nelson - 24
Shop AroundThe Miracles - 25
The Boll Weevil SongBrook Benton
More from 1961
🎤 Big in 1961
🎚️ 1961 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1961
The hands behind 1961 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Snuff Garrett was on 3 of them.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1961.
What does 1961 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1961.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1961?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1961 albums on vinyl
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📻 60s gear
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