| Top 40 Hits of Late December 1961 |
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1 |
Danny Williams | Moon River |
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2 |
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Midnight In Moscow |
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3 |
Frankie Vaughan | Tower Of Strength |
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4 |
Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums |
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5 |
Pat Boone | Johnny Will |
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6 |
Acker Bilk | Stranger On The Shore |
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7 |
Neil Sedaka | Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen |
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8 |
Russ Conway | Toy Balloons |
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9 |
Bobby Darin | Multiplication |
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10 |
Bobby Vee | Take Good Care Of My Baby |
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11 |
Billy Fury | I'd Never Find Another You |
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12 |
Del Shannon | So Long Baby |
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13 |
Petula Clark | My Friend The Sea |
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14 |
Jimmy Dean | Big Bad John |
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15 |
Elvis Presley | His Latest Flame / Little Sisters |
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16 |
Helen Shapiro | Walking Back To Happiness |
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17 |
Chubby Checker | Let's Twist Again |
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18 |
G-Clefs | I Understand |
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19 |
Dorothy Provine | Don't Bring Lulu |
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20 |
Tokens | The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
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21 |
Mrs Mills | Mrs Mills Medley |
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22 |
Jim Reeves | You're The Only Good Thing |
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23 |
Shadows | The Savage |
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24 |
Shirley Bassey | I'll Get By |
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25 |
Bobby Vee | Run To Him |
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26 |
Temperance Seven | Charleston |
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27 |
Dave Brubeck | Take Five |
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28 |
Cliff Richard | When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart |
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29 |
Adam Faith | The Time Has Come |
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30 |
Springfields | Bambino |
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31 |
Troy Shondell | This Time |
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32 |
Gary Miller | The Night Is Young / There Goes That Song Again |
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33 |
Ricky Stevens | I Cried For You |
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34 |
Rose Brennan | Tall Dark Stranger |
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35 |
Acker Bilk | Stars And Stripes / Creole Jazz |
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36 |
Terry Lightfoot | King Kong |
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37 |
Connie Francis | Baby's First Christmas |
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38 |
Dion | Runaround Sue |
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39 |
John D Loudermilk | The Language Of Love |
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40 |
James Darren | Goodbye Cruel World |
