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Top 20 Song Chart for April 29, 1961

LW TW       peak  
1 1   Runaway  
  Del Shannon
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5 2   Mother-In-Law 1  
  Ernie K-Doe
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4 3   Take Good Care Of Her  
  Adam Wade
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8 4   A Hundred Pounds Of Clay 2  
  Gene McDaniels
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7 5   You Can Depend On Me  
  Brenda Lee
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9 6   One Mint Julep  
  Ray Charles
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12 7   I've Told Every Little Star 5  
  Linda Scott
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3 8   But I Do 3  
  Clarence Frogman Henry
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11 9   Baby Blue 5  
  The Echoes
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14 10   Some Kind Of Wonderful 4  
  The Drifters
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2 11   Blue Moon 1  
  The Marcels
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18 12   Tonight My Love, Tonight  
  Paul Anka
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17 13   Tonight I Fell In Love 7  
  The Tokens
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10 14   Please Love Me Forever 6  
  Cathy Jean And The Roommates
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- 15   Daddy's Home 2  
  Shep And The Limelites
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19 16   Funny  
  Maxine Brown
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- 17   Portrait Of My Love 6  
  Steve Lawrence
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- 18   African Waltz 17  
  Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra
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- 19   Good Goodbye (So So Long) 14  
  The Bob Knight Four
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13 20   Pony Time 1  
  Chubby Checker
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Runaway tops the entire chart this week for Del Shannon. Mother-In-Law by Ernie K-Doe is at number two on the chart. Adam Wade finds the third chart position this week with Take Good Care Of Her.


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