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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Running Scared by Roy Orbison is the number one song this week. Ricky Nelson finds the number two position this week with Travelin' Man. Shep And The Limelites finds the third chart position this week with Daddy's Home.


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