Billboard Top R&B Records of 1961 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1961.
R&Brank Poprank Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Tossin' and Turnin'" Bobby Lewis Beltone2 65 "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" Ike & Tina Turner Sue3 NR "Don't Cry No More" Bobby Bland Duke4 NR "Hide Away" Freddy King Federal5 24 "Shop Around" The Miracles Tamla6 6 "My True Story" The Jive Five Beltone7 34 "I Like It Like That" Chris Kenner Instant8 63 "Stand by Me" Ben E. King Atco9 21 "Mother-in-Law" Ernie K-Doe Minit10 NR "All in My Mind" Maxine Brown Nomar11 NR "I Pity the Fool" Bobby Bland Duke12 NR "Every Beat of My Heart" Gladys Knight & the Pips Vee Jay13 NR "Baby You're Right" James Brown King14 15 "Last Night" The Mar-Keys Satellite15 NR "For My Baby" Brook Benton Mercury16 25 "Boll Weevil Song" Brook Benton Mercury17 19 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount18 NR "I Don't Mind" James Brown King19 53 "Ya Ya" Lee Dorsey Fury20 16 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles Scepter21 60 "One Mint Julep" Ray Charles Impulse22 40 "Blue Moon" The Marcels Colpix23 31 "Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds Le Grand24 NR "At Last" Etta James Argo25 9 "Raindrops" Dee Clark Vee Jay26 7 "Pony Time" Chubby Checker Parkway27 NR "Bright Lights, Big City" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay28 41 "Daddy's Home" Shep and the Limelites Hull29 78 "Think Twice" Brook Benton Mercury30 NR "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes Tamla31 NR "I Don't Want to Cry!" Chuck Jackson Wand32 62 "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" Carla Thomas Atlantic33 NR "You Can Have Her" Roy Hamilton Epic34 NR "A Little Bit of Soap" The Jarmels Laurie35 NR "Trust in Me" Etta James Argo36 46 "Runaround Sue" Dion Laurie37 NR "Driving Wheel" Little Junior Parker Duke38 82 "Let the Four Winds Blow" Fats Domino Imperial39 81 "Mama Said" The Shirelles Scepter40 NR "Exodus" Eddie Harris Vee Jay41 NR "Lonesome Whistle Blues" Freddy King Federal42 NR "Take My Love" Little Willie John King43 NR "The Switch-a-Roo" Hank Ballard and The Midnighters King44 22 "Bristol Stomp" The Dovells Parkway45 NR "Look in My Eyes" The Chantels Carlton46 14 "Dedicated to the One I Love" The Shirelles Scepter47 NR "San-Ho-Zay" Freddy King Federal48 NR "Don't Cry Baby" Etta James Argo49 NR "Find Another Girl" Jerry Butler Vee Jay50 NR "That's What Girls Are Made For" The Spinners Tri-Phi
See also List of Hot R&B Sides number ones of 1961 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1961 1961 in music
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