Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1961

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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.[1]

R&B
rank[1]		 Pop
rank[2]		 Title Artist(s) Label
11"Tossin' and Turnin'"Bobby LewisBeltone
265"It's Gonna Work Out Fine"Ike & Tina TurnerSue
3NR"Don't Cry No More"Bobby BlandDuke
4NR"Hide Away"Freddy KingFederal
524"Shop Around"The MiraclesTamla
66"My True Story"The Jive FiveBeltone
734"I Like It Like That"Chris KennerInstant
863"Stand by Me"Ben E. KingAtco
921"Mother-in-Law"Ernie K-DoeMinit
10NR"All in My Mind"Maxine BrownNomar
11NR"I Pity the Fool"Bobby BlandDuke
12NR"Every Beat of My Heart"Gladys Knight & the PipsVee Jay
13NR"Baby You're Right"James BrownKing
1415"Last Night"The Mar-KeysSatellite
15NR"For My Baby"Brook BentonMercury
1625"Boll Weevil Song"Brook BentonMercury
1719"Hit the Road Jack"Ray CharlesABC-Paramount
18NR"I Don't Mind"James BrownKing
1953"Ya Ya"Lee DorseyFury
2016"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"The ShirellesScepter
2160"One Mint Julep"Ray CharlesImpulse
2240"Blue Moon"The MarcelsColpix
2331"Quarter to Three"Gary U.S. BondsLe Grand
24NR"At Last"Etta JamesArgo
259"Raindrops"Dee ClarkVee Jay
267"Pony Time"Chubby CheckerParkway
27NR"Bright Lights, Big City"Jimmy ReedVee Jay
2841"Daddy's Home"Shep and the LimelitesHull
2978"Think Twice"Brook BentonMercury
30NR"Please Mr. Postman"The MarvelettesTamla
31NR"I Don't Want to Cry!"Chuck JacksonWand
3262"Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)"Carla ThomasAtlantic
33NR"You Can Have Her"Roy HamiltonEpic
34NR"A Little Bit of Soap"The JarmelsLaurie
35NR"Trust in Me"Etta JamesArgo
3646"Runaround Sue"DionLaurie
37NR"Driving Wheel"Little Junior ParkerDuke
3882"Let the Four Winds Blow"Fats DominoImperial
3981"Mama Said"The ShirellesScepter
40NR"Exodus"Eddie HarrisVee Jay
41NR"Lonesome Whistle Blues"Freddy KingFederal
42NR"Take My Love"Little Willie JohnKing
43NR"The Switch-a-Roo"Hank Ballard and The MidnightersKing
4422"Bristol Stomp"The DovellsParkway
45NR"Look in My Eyes"The ChantelsCarlton
4614"Dedicated to the One I Love"The ShirellesScepter
47NR"San-Ho-Zay"Freddy KingFederal
48NR"Don't Cry Baby"Etta JamesArgo
49NR"Find Another Girl"Jerry ButlerVee Jay
50NR"That's What Girls Are Made For"The SpinnersTri-Phi

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