Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Top 20 Song Chart for June 3, 1961

LW TW       peak  
2 1   Running Scared  
  Roy Orbison
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4 2   Travelin' Man 1  
  Ricky Nelson
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3 3   Daddy's Home 2  
  Shep And The Limelites
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5 4   Mama Said  
  The Shirelles
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1 5   Mother-In-Law 1  
  Ernie K-Doe
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9 6   Hello Walls  
  Faron Young
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6 7   A Hundred Pounds Of Clay 2  
  Gene McDaniels
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8 8   Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart  
  Connie Francis
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13 9   I Feel So Bad  
  Elvis Presley
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14 10   Tragedy 8  
  The Fleetwoods
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10 11   Hello Mary Lou 6  
  Ricky Nelson
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- 12   Stand By Me 3  
  Ben E. King
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19 13   Barbara-Ann 2  
  The Regents
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18 14   Halfway To Paradise 12  
  Tony Orlando
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- 15   Raindrops 4  
  Dee Clark
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- 16   You Always Hurt The One You Love 7  
  Clarence Frogman Henry
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17 17   Little Devil 11  
  Neil Sedaka
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- 18   Life Is But A Dream 14  
  The Earls
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- 19   Just For Old Time's Sake  
  The McGuire Sisters
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- 20   Rama Lama Ding Dong 11  
  The Edsels
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Roy Orbison and Running Scared fill the top chart song spot this week. Travelin' Man by Ricky Nelson finds the runner-up spot. Shep And The Limelites places number three this week with Daddy's Home.


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