Billboard's Year End Pop Singles Charts Revised Versions

[vince]

It is almost the time of year for year-end countdowns. Over the past 9 years, I have posted various explanation of how both BB and AT40 complied their year-end pop singles charts. I decided to post my attempts to analyze BB’s year end pop singles chart during the Rock Era beginning in 1955 up to the Soundscan era in 1991. Some of these ranking were posted in other threads, but now they will all be in the same thread for anyone interested.

Since BB did not rank all years the same way, I will provide an explanation of what BB may have done year by year with an attempt to match what BB did for most years. I am posting this under General Music Discussion rather than the AT40 Classics because this thread is about BB’s year end pop singles chart rankings. AT40 did not always use BB’s year-end chart. If you are interested in AT40’s year-end rankings when they compiled their own chart or my estimates of what AT40 would have done for years they used BB, there is a thread called “What If AT40 Ranked Their Own Year-End Countdown”.

From 1962 to 1986 the basis for BB’s year-end pop singles chart was a simple inverse point system with bonus points added for #1 some years and later top for 10 hits. The inverse point system works as 100 points for #1, 99 points for #2, down to 1 point for #100. I will refer to this as reverse rank throughout this thread. For these years I will post attempts to match or provide corrected versions of the official published year end pop singles chart.

Before 1962, BB’s YE charts were not based on a direct inverse point system of the published weekly charts. They were likely based on the accumulation of data to compile the weekly charts. For the early Rock Era I will post charts based on an inverse point system. My rankings before 1962 are not meant as a correction of the official chart, but as an alternative version ranked with an inverse point methodology.

AT40 and Joel Whitburn’s Record Research regarded the rock era as starting in 1955, so that is where I will start. I used the Best Sellers chart for 1955. BB did a separate ranking for the Best Sellers, Jockey, Jukebox, and Honor Roll of hits charts. The official chart referred to today is BB’s Best Sellers ranking.

Just as BB did for 1955, I only did a top 30 ranking. My ranking is based on a modified reverse rank methodology. The Best Sellers chart fluctuated from 25 to 30 positions in 1955 so I only counted positions in the top 25. I gave 25 points for #1, 24 points to #2, down to 1 point for #25. Number ones were given an additional 25 points for each week at #1. What resulted is similar but not the same as BB’s official Best Sellers ranking. My survey period was the chart dates of 1/5/1955 to 11/30/1955. Until the 1970’s BB's survey periods began with the first survey in January. The cut off dates fluctuated but were generally though the end of November. Records were not credited outside the survey periods.

Points POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
745 *1 CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE Perez Prado (#1, April)
666 *2 (We're Gonna) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and His Comets (#1, July)
535 *3 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Mitch Miller (#1, Sept)
530 *4 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT Bill Hayes (#1, March)
506 *5 SINCERELY The McGuire Sisters (#1, Feb)
453 *6 AUTUMN LEAVES Roger Williams (#1, Oct)
407 7 UNCHAINED MELODY Les Baxter (#2, May)
391 *8 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (#1, Oct)
353 9 AIN'T THAT A SHAME Pat Boone (#2, Sept)
351 10 A BLOSSOM FELL / IF I MAY Nat King Cole (#2, July)
350 11 MELODY OF LOVE Billy Vaughn (#2, March)
346 12 LEARNIN' THE BLUES Frank Sinatra (#2, July)
331 13 THE CRAZY OTTO (Medley) Johnny Maddox (#2, March)
326 14 DANCE WITH ME HENRY (Wallflower) Georgia Gibbs (#2, May)
309 15 TWEEDLE DEE Georgia Gibbs (#3, April)
297 16 UNCHAINED MELODY Al Hibbler (#5, June)
296 17 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT Fess Parker (#5, May)
288 18 MOMENTS TO REMEMBER The Four Lads (#3, Nov)
275 *19 HEARTS OF STONE The Fontane Sisters (#1, Feb)
248 20 HARD TO GET Gisele MacKenzie (#5, Aug)
246 21 HONEY-BABE Art Mooney (#6, June)
233 22 IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE Somethin' Smith and the Redheads (#7, Aug)
232 23 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT Tennessee Ernie Ford (#6, May)
219 24 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Johnny Desmond (#6, Sept)
214 *25 LET ME GO LOVER Joan Weber (#1, Jan)
204 26 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU Jaye P. Morgan (#5, Feb)
200 27 KO KO MO (I Love You So) Perry Como (#4, March)
194 *28 SIXTEEN TONS Tennessee Ernie Ford (#1, Nov)
188 29 TINY MARIE Perry Como (#6, Aug)
186 *30 MR. SANDMAN The Chordettes (#1, Dec 1954)

[dukelightning]

Still blows my mind that Billboard for so many years did not have December weeks in any of their survey periods for the year end chart.

[djjoe1960]

Hey Vince,

Just wanted to say 'thanks' for all the hard work you do on these things. I am sure it takes a lot of time and effort to do these and to get it right. You are to be commended for that. I think one reason that people really enjoy year end charts is that it's interesting to remember all the big hits in a given 12 month period.

In my mind, all year end charts should contain most (if not all) of the Top 10 hits of a given year. In addition, the #1 for a year should be either the biggest seller or received the most airplay of a given year. I know that Cash Box Magazine's year end charts were a lot like Billboard's from 1956-1977 in which songs that peaked in January (at the beginning of a year) and December (songs that peaked late in the year) were often MIA on the year end chart--OR-- didn't get full credit for their chart life and it is reflected on where the song placed on a year end chart. I only think Cash Box's year end charts were better than Billboard's in two years (1978 & 1979)--otherwise the November to November time frame is really the best idea for a year end chart.

Joe Cantello
Cash Box Countdown

[doofus67]

Nov 26, 2016 18:26:23 GMT -5 dukelightning said:

Still blows my mind that Billboard for so many years did not have December weeks in any of their survey periods for the year end chart.

Yeah. The year-end issue didn't hit newsstands until Christmas week. They needed that much advance time? I guess so.

[vince]

Here is 1956. This is only a top 50 since that is all BB did. While BB did publish a weekly Top 100 throughout 1956 they never did a year-end chart for the Top 100. Year-end charts were done for the other pop charts, but the one based on the Best Sellers is considered the official year-end chart today. The inverse point system I used is still based on the top 25 of BB’s Best Sellers chart. Unlike BB, I did not separate “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog”, they were both on the same record. The survey period runs the chart dates of 1/4/1956 to 11/28/1956.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
718 *1 DON'T BE CRUEL / HOUND DOG Elvis Presley (#1, Aug)
589 *2 HEARTBREAK HOTEL Elvis Presley (#1, April)
529 *3 THE WAYWARD WIND Gogi Grant (#1, June)
504 *4 LISBON ANTIGUA Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (#1, Feb)
455 *5 THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS Les Baxter and His Orchestra (#1, March)
401 *6 MY PRAYER The Platters (#1, Aug)
369 7 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) Doris Day (#3, Aug)
368 *8 MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS Dean Martin (#1, Jan)
361 9 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM "PICNIC" Morris Stoloff (#2, June)
354 *10 ROCK AND ROLL WALTZ Kay Starr (#1, Feb)
341 11 HOT DIGGITY (Dog Ziggity Boom) / JUKE BOX BABY Perry Como (#2, May)
340 *12 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU Elvis Presley (#1, July)
336 13 CANADIAN SUNSET Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra with Eddie Heywood (#2, Oct)
322 *14 LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley (#1, Nov)
302 15 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) Bill Doggett (#2, Oct)
297 16 THE GREAT PRETENDER The Platters (#2, Feb)
288 17 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND Pat Boone (#2, July)
267 18 NO, NOT MUCH The Four Lads (#3, March)
264 19 BLUE SUEDE SHOES Carl Perkins (#3, May)
263 20 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN Fats Domino (#4, July)
263 21 ALLEGHENY MOON Patti Page (#5, Aug)
261 22 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN Johnnie Ray (#3, Oct)
256 23 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME Patience and Prudence (#6, Oct)
255 24 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon (#7, April)
242 25 STANDING ON THE CORNER The Four Lads (#3, June)
238 26 I'LL BE HOME / TUTTI’ FRUTTI Pat Boone (#6, April)
235 27 THE GREEN DOOR Jim Lowe (#2, Nov)
227 28 BE-BOP-A-LULA Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (#7, July)
216 29 MOONGLOW AND THE THEME FROM "PICNIC" George Cates and his Orchestra (#5, June)
216 30 SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR Bill Haley and His Comets (#6, Feb)
208 31 BAND OF GOLD Don Cherry (#5, Jan)
207 32 IVORY TOWER Cathy Carr (#7, June)
201 33 MORE / GLENDORA Perry Como (#4, July)
188 34 A TEAR FELL / BO WEEVIL Teresa Brewer (#9, May)
182 35 (You've Got) THE MAGIC TOUCH The Platters (#5, May)
176 36 FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) / CHAIN OF LOVE Pat Boone (#9, Oct)
173 37 THE FOOL Sanford Clark (#7, Sept)
167 38 TRUE LOVE Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (#5, Nov)
165 39 BLUEBERRY HILL Fats Domino (#3, Jan 1957)
161 40 BORN TO BE WITH YOU The Chordettes (#7, July)
160 *41 SIXTEEN TONS Tennessee Ernie Ford (#1, Nov 1955)
157 42 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Vic Damone (#8, July)
156 43 THE FLYING SAUCER (Parts 1 and 2) Buchanan and Goodman (#3, Aug)
155 *44 SINGING THE BLUES Guy Mitchell (#1, Dec)
153 45 IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW The Dream Weavers (#8, Jan)
153 46 MORITAT (A Theme From "The Three Penny Opera") The Dick Hyman Trio (#10, March)
140 47 DUNGAREE DOLL Eddie Fisher (#8, Feb)
131 48 LONG TALL SALLY / SLIPPIN’ & SLIDIN’ Little Richard (#6, May)
131 49 CANADIAN SUNSET Andy Williams (#10, Sept)
125 50 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE Eddie Heywood (#11, Sept)

[vince]

This is the top 50 of 1957 based on an inverse point system using BB’s Best sellers chart. This chart is based on performance in the top 30. The inverse point system is 30 points for #1, 29 for #2, down to 1 point for #30. 30 bonus point are added for each week at #1. The survey period is the chart dates of 1/2/1957 to 11/30/1957. This is the second year with a double sided hit at #1.

Points (* indicates a #1 song)POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
713 *1 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND / BERNADINE Pat Boone (#1, June)
679 *2 ALL SHOOK UP Elvis Presley (#1, April)
645 *3 (Let Me Be Your) TEDDY BEAR / LOVING YOU Elvis Presley (#1, July)
567 *4 TAMMY Debbie Reynolds (#1, Aug)
497 5 SO RARE The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (#2, June)
460 6 BYE BYE LOVE The Everly Brothers (#2, June)
451 7 SEARCHIN' / YOUNG BLOOD The Coasters (#5, July)
445 *8 JAILHOUSE ROCK / TREAT ME NICE Elvis Presley (#1, Oct)
442 9 LITTLE DARLIN' The Diamonds (#2, April)
441 *10 YOUNG LOVE Tab Hunter (#1, Feb)
418 *11 HONEYCOMB Jimmy Rodgers (#1, Sept)
408 *12 DIANA Paul Anka (#1, Sept)
398 13 COME GO WITH ME The Dell-Vikings (#4, May)
393 *14 ROUND AND ROUND Perry Como (#1, April)
370 *15 TOO MUCH / PLAYING FOR KEEPS Elvis Presley (#1, Feb)
355 *16 SINGING THE BLUES Guy Mitchell (#1, Dec 1956)
347 *17 PARTY DOLL Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids (#1, March)
333 18 DON'T FORBID ME Pat Boone (#3, Feb)
327 *19 WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE Everly Brothers (#1, Oct)
306 20 YOUNG LOVE Sonny James (#2, Feb)
303 21 A WHITE SPORT COAT (And a Pink Carnation) Marty Robbins (#2, June)
300 22 BANANA BOAT (Day-O) Harry Belafonte (#5, Feb)
300 23 A TEENAGER'S ROMANCE / I'M WALKIN' Ricky Nelson (#2, June)
296 *24 THAT'LL BE THE DAY The Crickets (#1, Sept)
296 25 GONE Ferlin Husky (#5, April)
294 26 IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY Johnny Mathis (#6, June)
291 27 WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOING ON Jerry Lee Lewis (#3, Sept)
290 28 CHANCES ARE / THE TWELTH OF NEVER Johnny Mathis (#4, Oct)
285 29 SEND FOR ME / MY PERSONAL PASSIONS Nat King Cole (#6, July)
284 30 BUTTERFLY Charlie Gracie (#3, April)
283 31 DARK MOON Gale Storm (#6, June)
269 32 SCHOOL DAY Chuck Berry (#3, May)
258 *33 YOU SEND ME Sam Cooke (#1, Dec)
250 34 RAINBOW Russ Hamilton (#7, Sept)
243 35 THE BANANA BOAT SONG The Tarriers (#5, Feb)
242 36 TEEN-AGE CRUSH Tommy Sands (#2, Feb)
240 37 I'M WALKIN' Fats Domino (#5, April)
239 38 BUTTERFLY Andy Williams (#4, March)
233 39 BE-BOP BABY / HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY Ricky Nelson (#3, Oct)
228 40 MOONLIGHT GAMBLER Frankie Laine (#5, Dec)
225 41 SHORT FAT FANNIE Larry Williams (#5, Aug)
220 42 I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER Billy Williams (#7, Aug)
220 42 MARIANNE Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders (#6, April)
216 44 MR. LEE The Bobbettes (#7, Sept)
211 45 HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY The Tune Weavers (#8, Oct)
210 46 WHY BABY WHY / I’M JUST WAITING FOR YOU Pat Boone (#5, April)
200 47 SILHOUETTES / DADDY COOL The Rays (#4, Nov)
199 48 FASCINATION Jane Morgan and the Troubadors (#12, Oct)
198 49 REMEMBER YOUR MINE / THERE’S A GOLD MINE IN THE SKY Pat Boone (#10, Sept)
196 50 BLUE MONDAY Fats Domino (#9, March)

[vince]

For 1958 I did a top 100 of the year since it was the first year of BB's Hot 100 chart. BB's official year end pop singles chart for 1958 was a top 50 based on a combination of the Best Sellers and Hot 100. I went with the Top 100 for the first half of 1958 since sides were ranked separately just as the Hot 100 did. My inverse point version is based on reverse rank with 100 bonus point for each week at #1. The survey period is the chart dates of 1/4/1958 to 11/30/1958. Due to the cut off dates the full popularity of some songs are not fully represented. Had "It's All In The Game" had its full chart run counted it would have been #1, and "At The Hop" #2.

Points (*indicates #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2046 *1 TEQUILA The Champs (#1, March)
1921 *2 IT'S ALL IN THE GAME Tommy Edwards (#1, Sept)
1852 *3 NEL BLU DIPINTO DI BLU (Volare) Domenico Modugno (#1, Aug)
1841 *4 AT THE HOP Danny and the Juniors (#1, Jan)
1779 *5 WITCH DOCTOR David Seville (#1, April)
1740 6 SAIL ALONG SILVERY MOON Billy Vaughn (#5, Feb)
1732 *7 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM The Everly Brothers (#1, May)
1732 *8 PATRICIA Prez Prado (#1, July)
1715 9 SUGARTIME The McGuire Sisters (#5, Feb)
1644 *10 THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER Sheb Wooley (#1, June)
1634 *11 LITTLE STAR The Elegants (#1, Aug)
1582 *12 DON'T Elvis Presley (#1, Feb)
1576 13 CATCH A FALLING STAR Perry Como (#9, March)
1576 14 OH LONESOME ME Don Gibson (#7, Oct)
1557 *15 TWILIGHT TIME The Platters (#1, April)
1552 16 MARCH FROM THE RIVER KWAI AND COLONEL BOGEY Mitch Miller (#21, Feb)
1546 17 RETURN TO ME Dean Martin (#4, June)
1505 18 HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD (In His Hands) Laurie London (#2, April)
1487 19 ROCK-IN ROBIN Bobby Day (#2, Oct)
1477 *20 POOR LITTLE FOOL Ricky Nelson (#1, Aug)
1460 21 BIRD DOG The Everly Brothers (#2, Aug)
1458 *22 GET A JOB The Silhouettes (#1, Feb)
1443 23 JUST A DREAM Jimmy Clanton (#4, Aug)
1443 23 WHO'S SORRY NOW Connie Francis (#4, March)
1385 25 MY TRUE LOVE Jack Scott (#3, Aug)
1375 26 26 MILES (Santa Catalina) The Four Preps (#5, March)
1352 27 CHANTILLY LACE The Big Bopper (#6, Nov)
1345 *28 YAKETY YAK The Coasters (#1, July)
1341 29 THE STROLL The Diamonds (#5, Feb)
1336 30 OH JULIE The Crescendos (#5, March)
1326 31 SUSIE DARLIN' Robin Luke (#5, Oct)
1309 32 LOOKING BACK Nat King Cole (#5, May)
1301 33 BOOK OF LOVE The Monotones (#5, April)
1290 34 TEARS ON MY PILLOW Little Anthony and the Imperials (#4, Oct)
1266 35 DO YOU WANT TO DANCE Bobby Freeman (#5, June)
1263 36 ARE YOU SINCERE Andy Williams (#10, March)
1257 37 A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE Pat Boone (#10, March)
1244 38 WHAT AM I LIVING FOR Chuck Willis (#15, June)
1243 39 WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK Elvis Presley (#3, April)
1224 40 SECRETLY Jimmy Rodgers (#4, June)
1197 41 SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN Chuck Berry (#2, March)
1195 42 LOLLIPOP The Chordettes (#2, March)
1184 43 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE The Johnny Otis Show (#9, Aug)
1163 44 SHORT SHORTS The Royal Teens (#3, Feb)
1153 45 ENDLESS SLEEP Jody Reynolds (#5, June)
1151 46 BORN TOO LATE The Poni-Tails (#7, Sept)
1142 47 FOR YOUR LOVE Ed Townsend (#15, June)
1140 48 BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN Johnny Cash (#16, March)
1138 49 SUMMERTIME BLUES Eddie Cochran (#8, Sept)
1132 50 WHEN The Kalin Twins (#5, Aug)
1123 *51 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Conway Twitty (#1, Nov)
1111 52 STOOD UP Ricky Nelson (#5, Jan)
1104 53 SPLISH SPLASH Bobby Darin (#3, Aug)
1099 54 LAZY MARY (Luna Mezzo Mare) Lou Monte (#12, April)
1095 55 YOU ARE MY DESTINY Paul Anka (#7, Feb)
1094 56 IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW Pat Boone (#13, April)
1092 57 JOHNNY B. GOODE Chuck Berry (#8, June)
1086 58 BIG MAN The Four Preps (#5, June)
1074 59 THE WALK Jimmy McCracklin (#7, March)
1065 60 FEVER Peggy Lee (#8, Aug)
1063 61 CHANSON D'AMOUR (Song Of Love) Art and Dotty Todd (#13, May)
1063 62 MAYBE The Chantels (#20, March)
1062 63 REBEL 'ROUSE Duane Eddy (#6, July)
1059 64 NEAR YOU Roger Williams (#10, Sept)
1055 65 TEA FOR TWO CHA CHA The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington (#7, Nov)
1046 66 BILLY Kathy Linden (#12, April)
1044 67 DEDE DINAH Frankie Avalon (#7, Feb)
1039 68 DEVOTED TO YOU The Everly Brothers (#10, Sept)
1039 69 GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY Johnny Cash (#11, July)
1038 70 DON'T LET GO Roy Hamilton (#13, March)
1033 71 KEWPIE DOLL Perry Como (#12, May)
997 72 TOPSY II Cozy Cole (#3, Oct)
994 73 SUGAR MOON Pat Boone (#11, June)
988 74 HARD HEADED WOMAN Elvis Presley (#2, July)
972 75 WESTERN MOVIES The Olympics (#8, Sept)
961 76 ALL THE WAY Frank Sinatra (#15, Jan)
950 77 HOW THE TIME FLIES Jerry Wallace (#11, Oct)
945 78 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Jerry Lee Lewis (#2, Jan)
938 79 THE LITTLE BLUE MAN Betty Johnson (#19, April)
929 80 BREATHLESS Jerry Lee Lewis (#7, April)
925 81 JENNIE LEE Jan and Arnie (#8, June)
921 82 RUMBLE Link Wray (#16, June)
908 83 LA DEE DAH Billy & Lillie (#9, Jan)
907 84 TO BE LOVED Jackie Wilson (#22, June)
905 85 GINGERBREAD Frankie Avalon (#9, Sept)
900 86 EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER Doris Day (#14, July)
898 87 DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT Huey “Piano” Smith (#9, April)
897 88 STUPID CUPID Connie Frances (#17, Sept)
893 89 YOU CHEATED Shields (#15, Oct)
891 90 WITCHCRAFT Frank Sinatra (#20, Feb)
878 91 THE END Earl Grant (#7, Oct)
872 92 PADRE Toni Arden (#18, June)
866 93 PEGGY SUE Buddy Holly (#3, Dec 1957)
861 94 ARE YOU REALLY MINE Jimmie Rodgers (#10, Sept)
860 95 OH OH, I’M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Jimmie Rodgers (#22, March)
852 *96 TOM DOOLEY The Kingston Trio (#1, Nov)
846 97 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME Buddy Knox (#22, Aug)
838 *98 APRIL LOVE Pat Boone (#1, Dec 1957)
833 99 MAGIC MOMENTS Perry Como (#27, Feb)
799 100 IF DREAMS COME TRUE Pat Boone (#11, July)

[vince]

Here is 1959. The first full year of BB's Hot 100 chart. My inverse point year end chart is once again based on reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. Because of the limitations of a defined survey period songs from early or late in the year do not have their full popularity represented. "Mack The Knife" would have been #1 if its full chart run was counted. The survey period is the chart dates of 1/4/1959 to 11/29/1959.

Points (* indicates a #1 song)POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2332 *1 THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Johnny Horton (#1, June)
1961 *2 MACK THE KNIFE Bobby Darin (#1, Oct)
1849 *3 VENUS Frankie Avalon (#1, March)
1848 *4 STAGGER LEE Lloyd Price (#1, Feb)
1787 *5 THE THREE BELLS The Browns (#1, Aug)
1743 *6 LONELY BOY Paul Anka (#1, July)
1636 *7 COME SOFTLY TO ME The Fleetwoods (#1, April)
1609 8 MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK Carl Dobkins Jr. (#3, Aug)
1520 *9 SLEEP WALK Santo and Johnny (#1, Sept)
1505 10 DONNA Ritchie Valens (#2, Feb)
1465 11 PERSONALITY Lloyd Price (#2, June)
1458 *12 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES The Platters (#1, Jan)
1438 13 THE HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG Andy Williams (#11, Feb)
1421 *14 THE HAPPY ORGAN Dave "Baby" Cortez (#1, May)
1400 *15 KANSAS CITY Wilburt Harrison (#1, May)
1390 16 PINK SHOE LACES Dodie Stevens (#3, April)
1388 17 WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MAKES Dinah Washington (#8, Aug)
1361 18 THERE GOES MY BABY The Drifters (#2, Aug)
1358 19 SEA OF LOVE Phil Phillips with the Twilights (#2, Aug)
1353 20 DREAM LOVER Bobby Darin (#2, June)
1344 21 I CRIED A TEAR LaVern Baker (#6, Feb)
1332 22 16 CANDLES The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro (#2, May)
1314 23 LAVENDER-BLUE Sammy Turner (#3, Aug)
1304 24 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME Brook Benton (#3, April)
1292 25 TRAGEDY Thomas Wayne (#5, March)
1292 26 RED RIVER ROCK Johnny and the Hurricanes (#5, Sept)
1283 *27 A BIG HUNK O' LOVE Elvis Presley (#1, Aug)
1281 28 LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR Connie Francis (#5, June)
1268 29 ROBBIN’ THE CRADLE Tony Bellus (#25, Aug)
1267 30 ('Til) I KISSED YOU The Everly Brothers (#4, Sept)
1254 31 SORRY (I Ran All The Way Home) The Impalas (#2, May)
1223 32 PETER GUNN Ray Anthony (#8, March)
1220 33 LONELY TEARDROPS Jackie Wilson (#7, Feb)
1215 34 CHARLIE BROWN The Coasters (#2, March)
1205 35 GUITAR BOOGIE SHUFFLE The Virtues (#5, April)
1196 36 BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY Sarah Vaughan (#7, Sept)
1190 37 QUIET VILLAGE Martin Denny (#4, June)
1185 38 A TEENAGER IN LOVE Dion and the Belmonts (#5, May)
1174 39 THE ALL AMERICAN BOY Bill Parsons (#2, Feb)
1161 40 WATERLOO Stonewall Jackson (#4, July)
1160 41 PRIMROSE LANE Jerry Wallace (#8, Oct)
1156 42 MY HAPPINESS Connie Francis (#2, Jan)
1153 43 NEVER BE ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU Ricky Nelson (#6, April)
1152 *44 MR. BLUE The Fleetwoods (#1, Nov)
1146 45 I'M GONNA GET MARRIED Lloyd Price (#3, Sept)
1142 46 GOTTA TRAVEL ON Billy Grammer (#4, Jan)
1138 47 YOU'RE SO FINE The Falcons (#17, July)
1135 48 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER Paul Anka (#2, Oct)
1113 49 MAKIN’ LOVE Floyd Robinson (#20, Sept)
1109 50 (Now and Then There's) A FOOL SUCH AS I Elvis Presley (#2, April)
1107 51 I'VE HAD IT The Bell Notes (#6, March)
1098 52 SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU The Skyliners (#12, April)
1091 53 FRANKIE Connie Francis (#9, July)
1090 55 SO FINE The Fiestas (#11, June)
1088 56 POISON IVY The Coasters (#7, Oct)
1085 57 GOODBYE BABY Jack Scott (#8, Feb)
1081 54 ONLY YOU Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles (#9, June)
1080 58 WHAT'D I SAY (Part 1) Ray Charles (#6, Aug)
1076 59 (All Of A Sudden) MY HEART SINGS Paul Anka (#15, Feb)
1074 60 MAY YOU ALWAYS The McGuire Sisters (#11, Jan)
1069 61 FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD Duane Eddy (#9, July)
1040 62 TALLAHASSIE LASSIE Freddie Cannon (#6, June)
1039 63 SEA CRUISE Frankie Ford (#14, April)
1029 64 TIGER Fabian (#3, July)
1027 65 TALL PAUL Annette (#7, Feb)
1026 *66 THE CHIPMUNK SONG The Chipmunks featuring David Seville (#1, Dec 1958)
1025 67 TEEN BEAT Sandy Nelson (#4, Oct)
1022 68 PETITE FLEUR (Little Flower) Chris Barber's Jazz Band (#5, March)
1018 69 JUST ASK YOUR HEART Frankie Avalon (#7, Oct)
1016 70 MANHATTAN SPIRITUAL The Reg Owens Orchestra (#10, Feb)
1012 71 A LOVER'S QUESTION Clyde McPhatter (#6, Jan)
1005 72 KOOKIE KOOKIE (Lend Me Your Comb) Edward Byrnes with Connie Stevens (#4, May)
998 73 TURN ME LOOSE Fabian (#9, May)
997 74 ENCHANTED The Platters (#12, May)
996 75 MORGEN Ivo Robic and the Song-Masters (#13, Sept)
983 76 I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT Elvis Presley (#4, April)
979 77 I WANT TO WALK YOU HOME Fats Domino (#8, Sept)
974 78 IT WAS I Skip and Flip (#11, Aug)
971 79 BOBBY SOX TO STOCKINGS Frankie Avalon (#8, July)
959 80 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU The Flamingos (#11, July)
951 81 LONELY STREET Andy Williams (#5, Nov)
950 82 JUST KEEP IT UP Dee Clark (#18, June)
935 83 KISSIN' TIME Bobby Rydell (#11, Sept)
925 84 THANK YOU PRETTY BABY Brook Benton (#16, Aug)
917 85 IT'S LATE Ricky Nelson (#9, April)
907 86 TELL HIM NO Travis and Bob (#8, April)
905 87 GOODBYE JIMMY, GOODBYE Kathy Linden (#11, June)
894 88 SHE SAY (Oom Dooby Doom) The Diamonds (#18, March)
893 89 JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH Ricky Nelson (#9, Aug)
888 90 ALVIN'S HARMONICA The Chipmunks Featuring David Seville (#3, March)
888 91 THE CHILDREN’S MARCHING SONG (Nick Nack Taddy Whack) Cyril Stapleton (#13, Feb)
887 92 A BOY WITHOUT A GIRL Frankie Avalon (#10, July)
880 93 HEY LITTLE GIRL Dee Clark (#20, Sept)
879 94 THE TIJUANA JAIL The Kingston Trio (#12, April)
874 95 IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly (#13, March)
869 96 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (#13, Oct)
864 97 BABY TALK Jan and Dean (#10, Sept)
862 98 BONGO ROCK Preston Epps (#14, July)
858 99 ENDLESSLY Brook Benton (#12, June)
846 100 DECK OF CARDS Wink Martindale (#7, Nov)

[Michael1973]

Nov 26, 2016 18:26:23 GMT -5 dukelightning said:

Still blows my mind that Billboard for so many years did not have December weeks in any of their survey periods for the year end chart.

I agree. I always thought that they should have printed the year-end charts in late January so the chart year could have matched the calendar year.

[vince]

Moving into the 1960's. Here is my inverse point ranking for 1960. The methodology is reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1 again. The survey period is the chart dates of 1/3/1960 to 11/27/1960. I did match BB's #1 song of 1960 from their official chart.

Points (*indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2616 *1 THEME FROM "A SUMMER PLACE" Percy Faith and His Orchestra (#1, Feb)
2123 *2 IT'S NOW OR NEVER Elvis Presley (#1, Aug)
2082 *3 I'M SORRY Brenda Lee (#1, July)
1929 4 HE'LL HAVE TO GO Jim Reeves (#2, March)
1860 *5 CATHY'S CLOWN The Everly Brothers (#1, May)
1717 *6 EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL Connie Francis (#1, June)
1693 7 SIXTEEN REASONS Connie Stevens (#3, May)
1677 *8 STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley (#1, April)
1639 *9 RUNNING BEAR Johnny Preston (#1, Jan)
1628 10 SWEET NOTHIN'S Brenda Lee (#4, April)
1609 *11 THE TWIST Chubby Checker (#1, Sept)
1579 12 FINGER POPPIN' TIME Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (#7, Aug)
1567 *13 TEEN ANGEL Mark Dinning (#1, Feb)
1528 *14 MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN Connie Francis (#1, Sept)
1526 15 GREENFIELDS The Brothers Four (#2, April)
1512 16 PLEASE HELP ME, I'M FALLING Hank Locklin (#8, Aug)
1506 17 ONLY THE LONLEY (Know How I Feel) Roy Orbison (#2, July)
1416 18 HANDYMAN Jimmy Jones (#2, Feb)
1386 19 WALK-DON'T RUN The Ventures (#2, Aug)
1350 *20 EL PASO Marty Robbins (#1, Jan)
1345 21 SINK THE BISMARCK Johnny Horton (#3, May)
1341 *22 ITSY BITSY TEENIE-WEENIE YELLOW POLKADOT BIKINI Brian Hyland (#1, Aug)
1338 23 THEME FROM "THE APARTMENT" Ferrante and Teicher (#10, Sept)
1332 *24 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME The Drifters (#1, Oct)
1325 *25 ALLEY OOP The Hollywood Argyles (#1, July)
1318 26 LOVE YOU SO Ron Holden (#7, June)
1304 27 MISSION BELL Donnie Brooks (#7, Sept)
1295 28 WILD ONE Bobby Rydell (#2, March)
1293 29 MULE SKINNER BLUES The Fendermen (#5, July)
1252 30 KIDDIO Brook Benton (#7, Sept)
1250 31 NIGHT Jackie Wilson (#4, May)
1246 32 WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU Jack Scott (#5, Feb)
1239 33 CHAIN GANG Sam Cooke (#2, Oct)
1221 34 LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCE Billy Bland (#7, May)
1219 35 BURNING BRIDGES Jack Scott (#3, June)
1207 36 PAPER ROSES Anita Bryant (#5, June)
1193 37 IMAGE OF A GIRL The Safaris (#6, Aug)
1147 38 VOLARE Bobby Rydell (#4, Sept)
1143 *39 MR. CUSTER Larry Verne (#1, Oct)
1135 40 GOOD TIMIN' Jimmy Jones (#3, May)
1134 41 BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG Duane Eddy (#4, July)
1132 42 DEVIL OR ANGEL Bobby Vee (#6, Oct)
1127 43 CRADLE OF LOVE Johnny Preston (#7, May)
1124 44 WHERE OR WHEN Dion and the Belmonts (#3, Feb)
1123 45 BABY (You Got What It Takes) Brook Benton and Dinah Washington (#5, March)
1117 46 PUPPY LOVE Paul Anka (#2, April)
1102 47 HARBOR LIGHTS The Platters (#8, March)
1079 48 WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS Fats Domino (#6, Aug)
1074 49 LET IT BE ME The Everly Brothers (#7, Feb)
1071 50 WHITE SILVER SANDS Bill Black's Combo (#9, April)
1060 51 THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown (#5, May)
1058 52 BEYOND THE SEA Bobby Darin (#6, Feb)
1057 53 DREAMIN' Johnny Burnette (#11, Aug)
1055 54 A MILLION TO ONE Jimmy Charles (#5, Sept)
1041 *55 I WANT TO BE WANTED Brenda Lee (#1, Oct)
1041 56 LONELY WEEKENDS Charlie Rich (#22, May)
1037 57 PRETTY BLUE EYES Steve Lawrence (#9, Jan)
1021 *58 WHY Frankie Avalon (#1, Dec 1959)
1014 59 YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES Marv Johnson (#10, Feb)
1008 60 TELL LAURA I LOVE HER Ray Peterson (#7, Aug)
1006 61 FOREVER The Little Dippers (#9, March)
989 62 DOWN BY THE STATION The Four Preps (#13, Feb)
976 63 LONLEY BLUE BOY Conway Twitty (#6, Feb)
975 64 WONDERFUL WORLD Sam Cooke (#12, June)
973 65 THAT'S ALL YOU GOTTA DO Brenda Lee (#6, July)
972 66 SO SAD (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) The Everly Brothers (#7, Oct)
971 67 DOGGIN' AROUND Jackie Wilson (#15, May)
971 68 NEVER ON SUNDAY Don Costa (#19, Oct)
969 69 MONEY (That's What I Want) Barrett Strong (#23, April)
965 70 A ROCKIN' GOOD WAY (To Mess Around and Fall In Love)Dinah Washington and Brook Benton (#7, June)
959 71 GO, JIMMY, GO Jimmy Clanton (#5, Feb)
953 72 CHERRY PIE Skip and Flip (#11, May)
952 73 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE Marv Johnson (#9, April)
947 74 IN MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD Anita Bryant (#10, Aug)
941 75 HE'LL HAVE TO STAY Jeanne Black (#4, May)
938 76 MAMA Connie Francis (#8, April)
923 77 LITTLE BITTY GIRL Bobby Rydell (#19, March)
917 78 TRACY'S THEME Spencer Ross (#13, Feb)
915 79 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Neil Sedaka (#9, May)
913 80 MY HOME TOWN Paul Anka (#8, July)
899 81 FOOTSTEPS Steve Lawrence (#7, April)
888 82 YOUNG EMOTIONS Ricky Nelson (#12, May)
886 83 BEATNIK FLY Johnny and the Hurricanes (#15, March)
882 84 THE BIG HURT Miss Toni Fisher (#3, Dec 1959)
876 85 STEP BY STEP The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro (#14, May)
866 86 OVER THE RAINBOW Demensions (#16, Sept)
864 87 (You Were Made For) ALL MY LOVE Jackie Wilson (#12, Aug)
861 88 LADY LUCK Lloyd Price (#14, March)
857 89 LOOK FOR A STAR Garry Miles (#16, Aug)
849 90 SWINGING SCHOOL Bobby Rydell (#5, June)
849 91 LET'S THINK ABOUT LIVING Bob Luman (#7, Oct)
845 92 HAPPY-GO-LUCKY-ME Paul Evans (#10, June)
816 93 WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS Freddy Cannon (#3, Jan)
816 94 THE VILLAGE OF ST. BERNADETTE Andy Williams (#7, Jan)
814 95 WHEN WILL I BE LOVED The Everly Brothers (#8, July)
814 96 O DIO MIO Annette (#10, March)
798 97 ANYMORE Teresa Brewer (#31, Sept)
788 *98 GEORGIA ON MY MIND Ray Charles (#1, Nov)
766 *99 STAY Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (#1, Nov)
763 100 SLEEP Little Willie John (#13, Nov)

[vince]

This is 1961’s year- end pop singles chart based on the reverse rank inverse point system with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period is the chart dates of 1/1/1961 to 11/26/1961. Both BB and I had the same #1 song. One big difference was “I Fall To Pieces” which ranked at #2 on BB’s official chart ranked at #32 on my re-rank.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2503 *1 TOSSIN' AND TURNIN' Bobby Lewis (#1, July)
1747 *2 RUNAWAY Del Shannon (#1, April)
1664 *3 PONY TIME Chubby Checker (#1, Feb)
1549 *4 TRAVELIN' MAN Ricky Nelson (#1, May)
1529 *5 CALCUTTA Lawrence Welk (#1, Feb)
1480 *6 MICHAEL The Highwaymen (#1, Sept)
1469 *7 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY Bobby Vee (#1, Sept)
1434 *8 BLUE MOON The Marcels (#1, April)
1426 *9 RUNNING SCARED Roy Orbison (#1, June)
1349 *10 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW The Shirelles (#1, Jan)
1348 *11 QUARTER TO THREE Gary "U.S." Bonds (#1, June)
1328 12 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE The Shirelles (#3, March)
1316 13 EXODUS Ferrante and Teicher (#2, Jan)
1294 *14 MOTHER-IN-LAW Ernie K-Doe (#1, May)
1285 *15 WONDERLAND BY NIGHT Burt Kaempfert (#1, Jan)
1272 *16 SURRENDER Elvis Presley (#1, March)
1272 *17 WOODEN HEART Joe Dowell (#1, Aug)
1268 18 MY TRUE STORY The Jive Five (#3, Sept)
1239 19 WHEELS The String-A-Longs (#3, March)
1237 20 APACHE Jorge Ingmann and His Guitar (#2, April)
1235 *21 MOODY RIVER Pat Boone (#1, June)
1227 22 RAINDROPS Dee Clark (#2, June)
1221 23 CRYING Roy Orbison (#2, Oct)
1206 24 DON'T WORRY Marty Robins (#3, March)
1198 25 THE BOLL WEEVIL SONG Brook Benton (#2, July)
1188 26 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT Chris Kenner (#2, July)
1185 *27 HIT THE ROAD JACK Ray Charles (#1, Oct)
1172 28 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY Gene McDaniels (#3, May)
1168 29 SHOP AROUND The Miracles (#2, Feb)
1161 30 WHERE THE BOYS ARE Connie Francis (#4, March)
1148 31 HELLO MARY LOU Ricky Nelson (#9, May)
1141 32 I FALL TO PIECES Patsy Cline (#12, Sept)
1113 33 LAST NIGHT The Mar-Keys (#3, Aug)
1094 34 BUT I DO Clarence Henry (#4, April)
1090 35 CALANDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka (#4, Feb)
1081 36 WINGS OF A DOVE Ferlin Husky (#12, Feb)
1073 37 PORTRAIT OF MY LOVE Steve Lawrence (#9, May)
1068 38 ON THE REBOUND Floyd Kramer (#4, April)
1067 39 TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER Adam Wade (#7, May)
1061 40 STAND BY ME Ben E. King (#4, June)
1060 41 DADDY'S HOME Shep and the Limelights (#2, May)
1047 42 SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King (#10, March)
1036 *43 ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT Elvis Presley (#1, Nov 1960)
1032 *44 RUNAROUND SUE Dion (#1, Oct)
1023 45 I'VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR Linda Scott (#3, May)
1021 *46 BIG BAD JOHN Jimmy Dean (#1, Nov)
1018 47 MEXICO Bob Moore (#7, Oct)
1006 48 THE MOUNTAIN'S HIGH Dick and DeeDee (#2, Sept)
994 49 THERE'S A MOON OUT TONIGHT The Capris (#3, Feb)
989 50 EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Pips (#6, July)
985 51 ASIA MINOR Kokomo (#8, April)
982 52 HATS OFF TO LARRY Del Shannon (#5, July)
981 53 LITTLE SISTER Elvis Presley (#5, Oct)
974 54 DUM DUM Brenda Lee (#4, July)
972 55 WALK RIGHT BACK The Everly Brothers (#7, March)
958 56 YELLOW BIRD Arthur Lyman Group (#4, July)
953 57 BABY SITTIN' BOOGIE Buzz Clifford (#6, March)
951 58 ANGEL BABY Rosie & the Origanals (#5, Jan)
951 59 DON'T BET MONEY HONEY Linda Scott (#9, Aug)
950 60 BRISTOL STOMP The Dovells (#2, Oct)
941 61 ONE MINT JULIP Ray Charles (#8, May)
928 62 YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME Brenda Lee (#6, May)
922 63 GEE WHIZ (Look At His Eyes) Carla Thomas (#10, March)
912 64 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT (Until You Lose It) Ral Donner (#4, Sept)
910 65 HURT Timi Yuro (#4, Sept)
908 66 LET'S TWIST AGAIN Chubby Checker (#8, Aug)
902 67 THOSE OLDIES BUT GOODIES (Remind Me Of You) Little Caesar and The Romans (#9, June)
897 68 EBONY EYES Everly Brothers (#8, March)
890 69 WHO PUT THE BOMP (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) Barry Mann (#7, Sept)
885 70 PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER Cathy Jean / Roommates (#12, April)
880 71 EMOTIONS Brenda Lee (#7, Feb)
880 72 LET'S GET TOGETHER Hayley Mills (#8, Oct)
877 73 TOGETHER Connie Francis (#6, Aug)
871 74 WITHOUT YOU Johnny Tillotson (#7, Sept)
870 75 MY KIND OF GIRL Matt Monro (#18, July)
865 76 SAD MOVIES Sue Thompson (#5, Oct)
863 77 HELLO WALLS Faron Young (#12, May)
859 78 SCHOOL IS OUT Gary "U.S." Bonds (#6, Sept)
859 79 BABY BLUE The Echoes (#12, May)
850 80 THINK TWICE Brook Benton (#11, April)
849 81 MAMA SAID The Shirelles (#4, May)
847 82 THE WRITING ON THE WALL Adam Wade (#5, July)
842 83 YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY Bobby Darin (#5, Oct)
841 84 RUBBER BALL Bobby Vee (#6, Jan)
837 85 DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group (#5, Sept)
830 86 THIS TIME Troy Shondell (#6, Oct)
830 87 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Floyd Cramer (#8, July)
821 88 GOOD TIME BABY Bobby Rydell (#11, March)
819 89 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME The Paris Sisters (#5, Oct)
810 90 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT The Lettermen (#13, Oct)
810 91 PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES Curtis Lee (#7, Aug)
806 92 BREAKIN' IN A BRAND NEW BROKEN HEART Connie Francis (#7, May)
805 93 CORINA, CORINA Ray Peterson (#9, Jan)
801 94 YA YA Lee Dorsey (#7, Oct)
786 95 IT'S GONNA WORK OUT FINE Ike and Tina Turner (#14, Sept)
781 96 TONIGHT MY LOVE, TONIGHT Paul Anka (#13, May)
778 97 CUPID Sam Cooke (#17, July)
777 98 PLEASE STAY The Drifters (#14, July)
775 99 SEA OF HEARTBREAK Don Gibson (#21, Aug)
755 100 (Marie's the Name) HIS LATEST FLAME Elvis Presley (#4, Sept)

[vince]

This should get more interesting now that I can attempt to match what BB did. For 1962, BB compiled their year-end pop singles chart by an inverse point system based on the positions on the published weekly charts. BB’s 1962 ranking used reverse rank with no bonus points. The survey period was 1/6/1962 to 10/27/1962. My attempt to match what BB did came close, but there were a few songs whose points did not match with the official BB ranking. The most notable is “Johnny Get Angry” ranking at #56 on BB, but #46 on my attempted match.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1612 *1 STRANGER ON THE SHORE Mr. Acker Bilk (#1, May)
1476 *2 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Ray Charles (#1, June)
1440 3 MASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee Sharp (#2, May)
1309 *4 ROSES ARE RED (My Love) Bobby Vinton (#1, July)
1303 *5 THE STRIPPER David Rose (#1, July)
1262 *6 JOHNNY ANGEL Shelly Fabares (#1, April)
1248 *7 THE LOCO-MOTION Little Eva (#1, Aug)
1239 8 LET ME IN The Sensations (#4, March)
1217 *9 THE TWIST Chubby Checker (#1, Jan)
1214 *10 SOLDIER BOY The Shirrelles (#1, May)
1212 *11 HEY BABY Bruce Channel (#1, March)
1201 12 THE WANDERER Dion (#2, Feb)
1193 *13 DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler (#1, Feb)
1192 14 PALISADES PARK Freddy Cannon (#3, June)
1179 *15 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Neil Sedaka (#1, Aug)
1149 16 SLOW TWISTIN' Chubby Checker (#3, April)
1146 17 WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN Claude King (#6, July)
1137 18 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' Johnny Tillotson (#3, June)
1128 19 THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (#8, June)
1125 *20 GOOD LUCK CHARM Elvis Presley (#1, April)
1123 21 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW Kenny Ball and His Jazzman (#2, March)
1121 *22 SHEILA Tommy Roe (#1, Sept)
1108 23 TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (#9, March)
1076 24 THE WAH WATUSI The Orlons (#2, July)
1068 *25 THE PEPPERMINT TWIST Joey Dee and the Starlighters (#1, Jan)
1067 26 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY Brenda Lee (#4, March)
1061 27 PLAYBOY The Marvelettes (#7, June)
1060 28 RAMBLIN' ROSE Nat King Cole (#2, Sept)
1059 29 SEALED WITH A KISS Brian Hyland (#3, July)
1044 30 SHE CRIED Jay and the Americans (#5, May)
1038 *31 DON'T BREAK THE HEART THAT LOVES YOU Connie Francis (#1, March)
1038 32 DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#9, Feb)
1031 33 NORMAN Sue Thompson (#3, Feb)
1011 34 LOVE LETTERS Kitty Lester (#5, April)
998 35 PARTY LIGHTS Claudine Clark (#5, Sept)
997 36 COTTON FIELDS The Highwaymen (#13, Feb)
996 37 ALLEY CAT Bent Fabric (#7, Sept)
994 38 TWIST AND SHOUT The Isley Brothers (#17, Aug)
992 39 THEME FROM "DR. KILDARE" (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) Richard Chamberlain (#10, Aug)
978 40 TUFF Ace Cannon (#17, March)
978 41 LOVER PLEASE Clyde McPhatter (#7, April)
975 42 I KNOW (You Don't Love Me No More) Barbara George (#3, Jan)
974 43 YOUNG WORLD Rick Nelson (#5, April)
973 44 BABY IT'S YOU The Shirelles (#8, Feb)
970 45 SPEEDY GONZALES Pat Boone (#6, July)
962 46 JOHNNY GET ANGRY Joanie Sommers (#7, July)
961 47 A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (#9, Feb)
954 48 CRYING IN THE RAIN The Everly Brothers (#6, March)
953 49 AL DI LA' Emilio Pericoli (#6, July)
940 50 SHOUT SHOUT (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca (#6, May)
933 51 WHAT'S YOUR NAME Don And Juan (#7, March)
924 52 SMOKY PLACES The Corsairs (#12, March)
914 53 HAVING A PARTY Sam Cooke (#17, July)
903 54 GREEN ONIONS Booker T. & the MG's (#3, Sept)
902 55 YOU DON'T KNOW ME Ray Charles (#2, Sept)
900 *56 SHERRY The Four Seasons (#1, Sept)
898 57 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Elvis Presley (#2, Feb)
897 58 SHOUT (Part 1) Joey Dee and the Starlighters (#6, May)
894 59 RINKY DINK Dave "Baby" Cortez (#10, Sept)
886 60 MOON RIVER Henry Mancini (#11, Dec 1961)
885 61 AHAB, THE ARAB Ray Stevens (#5, Aug)
883 62 THINGS Bobby Darin (#3, Aug)
882 63 (The Man Who Shot) LIBERTY VALANCE Gene Pitney (#4, June)
881 64 YOU BELONG TO ME The Duprees (#7, Sept)
880 65 DREAM BABY (How Long Must I Dream) Roy Orbison (#4, March)
870 66 SNAP YOUR FINGERS Joe Henderson (#8, July)
867 67 LOVERS WHO WANDER Dion (#3, June)
863 68 LET'S DANCE Chris Montez (#4, Oct)
854 69 CINDY'S BIRTHDAY Johnny Crawford (#8, June)
848 70 YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH Mary Wells (#9, Sept)
843 71 YOU'LL LOSE A GOOD THING Barbara Lynn (#8, Aug)
843 72 UPTOWN The Crystals (#13, May)
835 73 EVERYBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU Brenda Lee (#6, May)
832 74 PATCHES Dickey Lee (#6, Oct)
831 75 LOVE ME WARM AND TENDER Paul Anka (#12, April)
824 76 VENUS IN BLUE JEANS Jimmy Clanton (#7, Oct)
813 77 TEEN AGE IDOL Rick Nelson (#5, Sept)
812 78 SHE'S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (#14, March)
811 79 DEAR ONE Larry Finnegan (#11, April)
809 80 HER ROYAL MAJESTY James Darren (#6, March)
800 81 OLD RIVERS Walter Brennan (#5, May)
799 82 FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHIN' Burl Ives (#10, May)
794 83 TELL ME Dick and DeeDee (#22, May)
791 84 TWISTIN' MATILDA Jimmy Soul (#22, May)
790 85 A SWINGIN' SAFARI Billy Vaughan (#13, Sept)
784 86 PT109 Jimmy Dean (#8, May)
783 87 LITTLE DIANE Dion (#8, Aug)
782 88 PERCOLATOR (Twist) Billy Joe and the Checkmates (#10, March)
776 89 TWIST, TWIST SENORA Gary "U.S." Bonds (#9, May)
771 90 GRAVY (For My Mased Potatoes) Dee Dee Sharp (#9, July)
767 91 WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (Part 1) Jimmy Smith (#21, June)
766 92 SOUL TWIST King Curtis (#17, April)
765 93 I'LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN Bobby Rydell (#14, July)
757 94 I'M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) The Ikettes (#19, March)
756 95 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE The Kingston Trio (#21, April)
754 96 (Girls, Girls, Girls) MADE TO LOVE Eddie Hodges (#14, Aug)
753 97 TOWN WITHOUT PITY Gene Pitney (#13, Jan)
751 98 IF I HAD A HAMMER Peter, Paul and Mary (#10, Oct)
741 99 I WISH THAT WE WERE MARRIED Ronnie and the Hi-Lights) (#16, May
738 100 SURFIN' SAFARI Beach Boys (#14, Oct)

[vince]

Now an alternate version for 1962. When reverse rank is used without #1 bonus points a lot of the #1s under perform on the year-end chart. I did a second ranking for 1962 using reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. I also extended the survey period through 11/24/1962. This extension still does not get “Big Girls Don’t Cry” into the survey, but it did get “Monster Mash” and “He’s A Rebel” in. The bonus points get “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” on to the list.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1976 *1 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Ray Charles (#1, June)
1712 *2 STRANGER ON THE SHORE Mr. Acker Bilk (#1, May)
1709 *3 ROSES ARE RED (My Love) Bobby Vinton (#1, July)
1697 *4 SHERRY The Four Seasons (#1, Sept)
1514 *5 SOLDIER BOY The Shirelles (#1, May)
1512 *6 HEY BABY Bruce Channel (#1, March)
1493 *7 DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler (#1, Feb)
1462 *8 JOHNNY ANGEL Shelly Fabares (#1, April)
1440 9 MASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee Sharp (#2, May)
1417 *10 THE TWIST Chubby Checker (#1, Jan)
1403 *11 THE STRIPPER David Rose (#1, July)
1379 *12 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Neil Sedaka (#1, Aug)
1368 *13 THE PEPPERMINT TWIST Joey Dee and the Starlighters (#1, Jan)
1348 *14 THE LOCO-MOTION Little Eva (#1, Aug)
1325 *15 GOOD LUCK CHARM Elvis Presley (#1, April)
1321 *16 SHEILA Tommy Roe (#1, Sept)
1257 17 RAMBLIN' ROSE Nat King Cole (#2, Sept)
1239 18 LET ME IN The Sensations (#4, March)
1233 *19 MONSTER MASH Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers (#1, Oct)
1224 20 ALLEY CAT Bent Fabric (#7, Sept)
1201 21 THE WANDERER Dion (#2, Feb)
1192 22 PALISADES PARK Freddy Cannon (#3, June)
1169 23 GREEN ONIONS Booker T. & the MG's (#3, Sept)
1149 25 SLOW TWISTIN' Chubby Checker (#3, April)
1146 24 WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN Claude King (#6, July)
1138 *26 DON'T BREAK THE HEART THAT LOVES YOU Connie Francis (#1, March)
1137 27 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN' Johnny Tillotson (#3, June)
1128 28 THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (#8, June)
1123 29 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW Kenny Ball and His Jazzman (#2, March)
1123 30 PATCHES Dickey Lee (#6, Oct)
1108 31 TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (#9, March)
1076 32 THE WAH WATUSI The Orlons (#2, July)
1067 33 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY Brenda Lee (#4, March)
1061 34 PLAYBOY The Marvelettes (#7, June)
1060 *35 HE'S A REBEL Crystals (#1, Nov)
1059 36 SEALED WITH A KISS Brian Hyland (#3, July)
1047 37 DO YOU LOVE ME Contours (#3, Oct)
1044 38 SHE CRIED Jay and the Americans (#5, May)
1038 39 DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds (#9, Feb)
1031 40 NORMAN Sue Thompson (#3, Feb)
1021 41 SURFIN' SAFARI The Beach Boys (#14, Oct)
1011 42 LOVE LETTERS Kitty Lester (#5, April)
998 43 PARTY LIGHTS Claudine Clark (#5, Sept)
997 44 COTTON FIELDS The Highwaymen (#13, Feb)
996 45 LET'S DANCE Chris Montez (#4, Oct)
994 46 TWIST AND SHOUT The Isley Brothers (#17, Aug)
992 47 THEME FROM "DR. KILDARE" (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) Richard Chamberlain (#10, Aug)
978 48 TUFF Ace Cannon (#17, March)
978 49 LOVER PLEASE Clyde McPhatter (#7, April)
975 50 I KNOW (You Don't Love Me No More) Barbara George (#3, Jan)
974 51 YOUNG WORLD Rick Nelson (#5, April)
973 52 BABY IT'S YOU The Shirelles (#8, Feb)
970 53 SPEEDY GONZALES Pat Boone (#6, July)
962 54 JOHNNY GET ANGRY Joanie Sommers (#7, July)
961 55 A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Burl Ives (#9, Feb)
954 56 CRYING IN THE RAIN The Everly Brothers (#6, March)
953 57 AL DI LA' Emilio Pericoli (#6, July)
940 58 SHOUT SHOUT (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca (#6, May)
938 59 VENUS IN BLUE JEANS Jimmy Clanton (#7, Oct)
933 60 WHAT'S YOUR NAME Don And Juan (#7, March)
924 61 SMOKY PLACES The Corsairs (#12, March)
919 62 I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO Tony Bennett (#19, Oct)
914 63 HAVING A PARTY Sam Cooke (#17, July)
902 64 YOU DON'T KNOW ME Ray Charles (#2, Sept)
898 65 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Elvis Presley (#2, Feb)
897 66 SHOUT (Part 1) Joey Dee and the Starlighters (#6, May)
894 67 RINKY DINK Dave "Baby" Cortez (#10, Sept)
890 68 ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART Gene Pitney (#2, Nov)
886 69 MOON RIVER Henry Mancini (#11, Dec 1961)
885 70 AHAB, THE ARAB Ray Stevens (#5, Aug)
883 71 THINGS Bobby Darin (#3, Aug)
882 72 (The Man Who Shot) LIBERTY VALANCE Gene Pitney (#4, June)
881 73 YOU BELONG TO ME The Duprees (#7, Sept)
880 74 DREAM BABY (How Long Must I Dream) Roy Orbison (#4, March)
870 75 SNAP YOUR FINGERS Joe Henderson (#8, July)
867 76 LOVERS WHO WANDER Dion (#3, June)
854 77 CINDY'S BIRTHDAY Johnny Crawford (#8, June)
848 78 YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH Mary Wells (#9, Sept)
843 79 YOU'LL LOSE A GOOD THING Barbara Lynn (#8, Aug)
843 80 UPTOWN The Crystals (#13, May)
835 81 EVERYBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU Brenda Lee (#6, May)
831 82 SHE'S NOT YOU Elvis Presley (#5, Sept)
831 83 LOVE ME WARM AND TENDER Paul Anka (#12, April)
819 *84 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT Tokens (#1, Dec 1961)
813 85 TEEN AGE IDOL Rick Nelson (#5, Sept)
812 86 SHE'S GOT YOU Patsy Cline (#14, March)
811 87 DEAR ONE Larry Finnegan (#11, April)
809 88 HER ROYAL MAJESTY James Darren (#6, March)
800 89 OLD RIVERS Walter Brennan (#5, May)
799 90 FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHIN' Burl Ives (#10, May)
799 91 IF I HAD A HAMMER Peter, Paul and Mary (#10, Oct)
797 92 I REMBER YOU Frank Ifield (#5, Oct)
794 93 TELL ME Dick and DeeDee (#22, May)
791 94 TWISTIN' MATILDA Jimmy Soul (#22, May)
790 95 A SWINGIN' SAFARI Billy Vaughan (#13, Sept)
784 96 PT109 Jimmy Dean (#8, May)
783 97 LITTLE DIANE Dion (#8, Aug)
782 98 PERCOLATOR (Twist) Billy Joe and the Checkmates (#10, March)
776 99 TWIST, TWIST SENORA Gary "U.S." Bonds (#9, May)
771 100 GRAVY (For My Mased Potatoes) Dee Dee Sharp (#9, July)

[vince]

Now on to 1963. I will post three versions for this year. The first version is my attempt to match BB’s originally published YE pop singles chart. Using reverse rank with no bonus points for the survey period of 1/5/1963 to 11/30/1963, what I got was close but there were some discrepancies. The biggest discrepancy was I had “Surfer Girl” by the Beach Boys at #30 while BB left it off. Of interesting note is the top 3 in this version never hit #1 on the weekly surveys.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1305 1 SURFIN' U.S.A. The Beach Boys (#3, May)
1284 2 THE END OF THE WORLD Skeeter Davis (#2, Mar)
1269 3 RHYTHM OF THE RAIN The Cascades (#3, Mar)
1246 *4 HE'S SO FINE The Chiffons (#1, Mar)
1233 *5 BLUE VELVET Bobby Vinton (#1, Sept)
1207 *6 HEY PAULA Paul and Paula (#1, Feb)
1198 *7 FINGERTIPS (Part 2) Little Stevie Wonder (#1, Aug)
1175 8 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU Andy Williams (#2, April)
1171 *9 MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK The Angels (#1, Aug)
1170 *10 SUKIYAKI Kyu Sakamoto (#1, June)
1156 *11 SO MUCH IN LOVE The Tymes (#1, Aug)
1149 12 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, May)
1143 13 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, Aug)
1132 14 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#2, Aug)
1130 15 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Al Martino (#3, June)
1120 16 WILD WEEKEND The Rebels (#8, Mar)
1113 17 YOU'RE THE REASON I'M LIVING Bobby Darin (#3, March)
1110 *18 WALK LIKE A MAN The Four Seasons (#1, Mar)
1109 19 MOCKINGBIRD Inez Foxx (#7, Sept)
1105 *20 I WILL FOLLOW HIM Little Peggy March (#1, April)
1100 21 PIPELINE The Chantay's (#4, May)
1099 *22 SURF CITY Jan and Dean (#1, July)
1097 *23 IT'S MY PARTY Lesley Gore (#1, June)
1093 24 BLAME IT ON THE BOSA NOVA Eydie Gorme (#7, Mar)
1090 25 YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN The Dovells (#3, June)
1087 26 HEAT WAVE Martha and the Vandellas (#4, Sept)
1082 *27 WALK RIGHT IN The Rooftop Singers (#1, Jan)
1082 28 DENISE Randy and the Rainbows (#10, Aug)
1077 *29 IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY Jimmy Soul (#1, May)
1069 30 SURFER GIRL The Beach Boys (#7, Sept)
1067 31 IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez (#3, Sept)
1058 *32 EASIER SAID THAN DONE The Essex (#1, July)
1057 33 RUBY BABY Dion (#2, Feb)
1047 *34 OUR DAY WILL COME Ruby and the Romantics (#1, Mar)
1028 35 HELLO STRANGER Barbara Lewis (#3, June)
1025 36 BE MY BABY The Ronnettes (#2, Oct)
1015 37 SOUTH STREET The Orlons (#3, April)
1013 38 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Henry Mancini (#33, Mar)
1012 39 CANDY GIRL The Four Seasons (#3, Aug)
1011 40 MONKEY TIME Major Lance (#8, Sept)
1008 *41 SUGAR SHACK Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs (#1, Oct)
1004 42 STILL Bill Anderson (#8, June)
996 43 BLUE ON BLUE Bobby Vinton (#3, July)
995 44 CRY BABY Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters (#4, Oct)
995 45 TWO FACES HAVE I Lou Christie (#6, June)
991 46 BUSTED Ray Charles (#4, Oct)
987 47 DA DOO RON RON (When He Walked Me Home) The Crystals (#3, June)
987 48 FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL The Shirrelles (#4, May)
985 49 MEMPHIS Lonnie Mack (#5, July)
979 50 IN DREAMS Roy Orbison (#7, Mar)
977 51 MORE Kai Winding (#8, Aug)
963 52 I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU Skeeter Davis (#7, Nov)
962 53 LOSING YOU Brenda Lee (#6, May)
959 54 MEAN WOMAN BLUES Roy Orbison (#5, Nov)
949 55 OUR WINTER LOVE Bill Purcell (#9, Mar)
945 56 I WANNA BE AROUND Tony Bennett (#14, Mar)
938 57 YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME The Miracles (#8, Feb)
924 58 SALLY GO 'ROUND THE ROSES The Jaynetts (#2, Sept)
921 59 THEN HE KISSED ME The Crystals (#6, Sept)
911 60 BABY WORKOUT Jackie Wilson (#5, April)
911 61 PRIDE AND JOY Marvin Gaye (#10, July)
909 62 THOSE LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER Nat King Cole (#6, June)
905 *63 DEEP PURPLE Nino Tempo and April Stevens (#1, Nov)
891 64 FROM A JACK TO A KING Ned Miller (#6, Feb)
891 65 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters (#5, Feb)
889 66 WHAT WILL MARY SAY Johnny Mathis (#9, Mar)
885 67 MAMA DON'T LIE Jan Bradley (#14, Mar)
882 68 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES Bobby Vee (#3, Feb)
879 69 DON'T SAY NOTHIN' BAD (About My Baby) The Cookies (#7, April)
873 70 RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash (#17, July)
872 71 JUST ONE LOOK Doris Troy (#10, July)
868 72 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE Elvis Presley (#3, Aug)
860 73 HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (A Letter From Camp) Allan Sherman (#2, Aug)
859 74 JUDY'S TURN TO CRY Lesley Gore (#5, Aug)
857 75 HEY GIRL Freddie Scott (#10, Sept)
849 76 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT Rolf Harris (#3, July)
849 77 MICKEY'S MONKEY The Miracles (#8, Sept)
846 78 FOOLS RUSH IN Rick Nelson (#12, Nov)
842 79 WASHINGTON SQUARE The Village Stompers (#2, Nov)
829 80 THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER Nat King Cole (#12, Nov)
826 81 DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA Dion (#6, Oct)
820 82 ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT Sam Cooke (#10, May)
818 83 PAINTED, TAINTED ROSE Al Martino (#15, Sept)
812 *84 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Steve Lawrence (#1, Jan)
809 85 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Ray Charles (#8, May)
808 86 TALK TO ME Sunny and The Sunglows (#11, Oct)
802 87 COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES Martha and the Vandellas (#29, June)
801 88 DO THE BIRD Dee Dee Sharp (#10, April)
794 89 SHUT DOWN The Beach Boys (#23, June)
792 90 DANKE SCHOEN Wayne Newton (#13, Aug)
790 91 ONE FINE DAY The Chiffons (#5, July)
788 92 WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! The Tymes (#7, Sept)
783 93 LITTLE TOWN FLIRT Del Shannon (#12, Feb)
779 94 FLY ME TO THE MOON BOSSA NOVA Joe Harnell (#14, Feb)
779 95 THE REVEREND MR. BLACK The Kingston Trio (#8, May)
779 96 HOT PASTRAMI The Dartells (#11, May)
779 97 MARTIAN HOP The Ran-Dells (#16, Sept)
777 98 ABILENO George Hamilton IV (#15, Aug)
774 99 PART TIME LOVE Little Johnny Taylor (#19, Oct)
773 100 MARIA ELENA Los Indios Tabajaras (#6, Nov)

[vince]

This next version for 1963 is my version using reverse rank with 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The survey period is extended to include two more weeks and runs from 1/5/1963 to 12/14/1963.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1691 *1 SUGAR SHACK Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs (#1, Oct)
1646 *2 HE'S SO FINE The Chiffons (#1, Mar)
1533 *3 BLUE VELVET Bobby Vinton (#1, Sept)
1507 *4 HEY PAULA Paul and Paula (#1, Feb)
1498 *5 FINGERTIPS (Part 2) Little Stevie Wonder (#1, Aug)
1471 *6 MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK The Angels (#1, Aug)
1470 *7 SUKIYAKI Kyu Sakamoto (#1, June)
1410 *8 WALK LIKE A MAN The Four Seasons (#1, Mar)
1405 *9 I WILL FOLLOW HIM Little Peggy March (#1, April)
1305 10 SURFIN' U.S.A. The Beach Boys (#3, May)
1299 *11 SURF CITY Jan and Dean (#1, July)
1297 *12 IT'S MY PARTY Lesley Gore (#1, June)
1284 13 THE END OF THE WORLD Skeeter Davis (#2, Mar)
1282 *14 WALK RIGHT IN The Rooftop Singers (#1, Jan)
1277 *15 IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY Jimmy Soul (#1, May)
1269 16 RHYTHM OF THE RAIN The Cascades (#3, Mar)
1258 *17 EASIER SAID THAN DONE The Essex (#1, July)
1256 *18 SO MUCH IN LOVE The Tymes (#1, Aug)
1175 *19 DEEP PURPLE Nino Tempo and April Stevens (#1, Nov)
1175 20 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU Andy Williams (#2, April)
1149 21 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, May)
1147 *22 OUR DAY WILL COME Ruby and the Romantics (#1, Mar)
1143 23 BLOWIN' IN THE WIND Peter, Paul and Mary (#2, Aug)
1132 24 WIPE OUT The Surfaris (#2, Aug)
1130 25 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Al Martino (#3, June)
1120 26 WILD WEEKEND The Rebels (#8, Mar)
1113 27 YOU'RE THE REASON I'M LIVING Bobby Darin (#3, March)
1109 28 MOCKINGBIRD Inez Foxx (#7, Sept)
1100 29 PIPELINE The Chantay's (#4, May)
1093 30 BLAME IT ON THE BOSA NOVA Eydie Gorme (#7, Mar)
1090 31 YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN The Dovells (#3, June)
1087 32 HEAT WAVE Martha and the Vandellas (#4, Sept)
1082 33 DENISE Randy and the Rainbows (#10, Aug)
1069 34 SURFER GIRL The Beach Boys (#7, Sept)
1067 35 IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez (#3, Sept)
1062 *36 I'M LEAVINGING IT UP TO YOU Dale and Grace (#1, Nov)
1057 37 RUBY BABY Dion (#2, Feb)
1028 38 HELLO STRANGER Barbara Lewis (#3, June)
1025 39 BE MY BABY The Ronnettes (#2, Oct)
1018 40 WASHINGTON SQUARE The Village Stompers (#2, Nov)
1015 41 SOUTH STREET The Orlons (#3, April)
1013 42 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES Henry Mancini (#33, Mar)
1012 *43 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Steve Lawrence (#1, Jan)
1012 44 CANDY GIRL The Four Seasons (#3, Aug)
1011 45 MONKEY TIME Major Lance (#8, Sept)
1004 46 STILL Bill Anderson (#8, June)
996 47 BLUE ON BLUE Bobby Vinton (#3, July)
995 48 CRY BABY Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters (#4, Oct)
995 49 TWO FACES HAVE I Lou Christie (#6, June)
991 50 BUSTED Ray Charles (#4, Oct)
987 51 DA DOO RON RON (When He Walked Me Home) The Crystals (#3, June)
987 52 FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL The Shirrelles (#4, May)
985 53 MEMPHIS Lonnie Mack (#5, July)
979 54 IN DREAMS Roy Orbison (#7, Mar)
977 55 MORE Kai Winding (#8, Aug)
963 56 I CAN'T STAY MAD AT YOU Skeeter Davis (#7, Nov)
962 57 LOSING YOU Brenda Lee (#6, May)
959 58 MEAN WOMAN BLUES Roy Orbison (#5, Nov)
949 59 OUR WINTER LOVE Bill Purcell (#9, Mar)
945 60 I WANNA BE AROUND Tony Bennett (#14, Mar)
938 61 YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME The Miracles (#8, Feb)
931 62 IT'S ALL RIGHT The Impressions (#4, Nov)
924 63 SALLY GO 'ROUND THE ROSES The Jaynetts (#2, Sept)
921 64 THEN HE KISSED ME The Crystals (#6, Sept)
914 65 MARIA ELENA Los Indios Tabajaras (#6, Nov)
912 66 SHE'S A FOOL Leslie Gore (#5, Dec)
911 67 BABY WORKOUT Jackie Wilson (#5, April)
911 68 PRIDE AND JOY Marvin Gaye (#10, July)
909 69 THOSE LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER Nat King Cole (#6, June)
904 70 FOOLS RUSH IN Rick Nelson (#12, Nov)
891 71 FROM A JACK TO A KING Ned Miller (#6, Feb)
891 72 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters (#5, Feb)
889 73 WHAT WILL MARY SAY Johnny Mathis (#9, Mar)
885 74 MAMA DON'T LIE Jan Bradley (#14, Mar)
882 75 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES Bobby Vee (#3, Feb)
879 76 DON'T SAY NOTHIN' BAD (About My Baby) The Cookies (#7, April)
873 77 RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash (#17, July)
872 78 JUST ONE LOOK Doris Troy (#10, July)
868 79 (You're the) DEVIL IN DISGUISE Elvis Presley (#3, Aug)
860 80 HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUH (A Letter From Camp) Allan Sherman (#2, Aug)
859 81 JUDY'S TURN TO CRY Lesley Gore (#5, Aug)
857 82 HEY GIRL Freddie Scott (#10, Sept)
849 83 TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT Rolf Harris (#3, July)
849 84 MICKEY'S MONKEY The Miracles (#8, Sept)
829 85 THAT SUNDAY THAT SUMMER Nat King Cole (#12, Nov)
826 86 DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA Dion (#6, Oct)
820 87 ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT Sam Cooke (#10, May)
818 88 PAINTED, TAINTED ROSE Al Martino (#15, Sept)
809 89 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Ray Charles (#8, May)
808 90 TALK TO ME Sunny and The Sunglows (#11, Oct)
802 91 COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES Martha and the Vandellas (#29, June)
801 92 DO THE BIRD Dee Dee Sharp (#10, April)
794 93 EVERYBODY Tommy Roe (#3, Dec)
794 94 SHUT DOWN The Beach Boys (#23, June)
792 95 DANKE SCHOEN Wayne Newton (#13, Aug)
790 96 ONE FINE DAY The Chiffons (#5, July)
788 97 WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! The Tymes (#7, Sept)
783 98 LITTLE TOWN FLIRT Del Shannon (#12, Feb)
779 99 FLY ME TO THE MOON BOSSA NOVA Joe Harnell (#14, Feb)
779 100 THE REVEREND MR. BLACK The Kingston Trio (#8, May)