# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Lucky Lips | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | | 2:45 |
2 | Hello Mary Lou- recording of:
- Hello Mary Lou
- writer:
- Cayet Mangiaracina and Gene Pitney
- publisher:
- Champion Music, Champion Music Corp., Intersong Music Ltd., January Music, January Music Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
| Ricky Nelson | | 2:19 |
3 | Sheila | Tommy Roe | | 2:04 |
4 | Speedy Gonzalez | Pat Boone | | 2:35 |
5 | Runaround Sue | Dion | | 2:44 |
6 | The Locomotion | Little Eva | | 2:25 |
7 | Sweets for My Sweet | The Searchers | 4 | 2:29 |
8 | Surfin' Safari | The Beach Boys | | 2:07 |
9 | Kon-Tiki | The Shadows | | 1:56 |
10 | Twist and Shout- cover recording of:
- Twist and Shout
- writer:
- Bert Russell (in 1961-02) and Phil Medley (in 1961-02)
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Progressive Music, Inc , Robert Mellin Ltd., Robert Mellin, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| Brian Poole & The Tremeloes | | 2:06 |
11 | Surf City | Jan & Dean | | 2:29 |
12 | Rubber Ball | Bobby Vee | | 2:31 |
13 | It's My Party | Lesley Gore | 4.5 | 2:16 |
14 | Memphis | Lonnie Mack | | 2:28 |
15 | Walkin' Back to Happiness | Helen Shapiro | | 2:32 |
16 | Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen | Neil Sedaka | | 2:36 |
17 | Scarlett O'Hara | Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | | 2:19 |
18 | The Young Ones | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 2.65 | 3:08 |
19 | Hey Baby | Bruce Channel | | 2:22 |
20 | Do You Love Me | Brian Poole & The Tremeloes | | 2:24 |
21 | Da Doo Ron Ron- cover recording of:
- Da Doo Ron Ron
- writer:
- Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
- publisher:
- Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (ended), ABKCO Music, Inc. , Intersong , Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Co., Inc., Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 日本アブコ音楽出版, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Searchers | | 2:25 |
22 | Wild Weekend | The Rockin' Rebels | | 2:16 |
23 | Moody River | Pat Boone | | 2:38 |
24 | Please Mr. Postman- bass:
- James Jamerson (in 1961-04)
- drums (drum set):
- Benny Benjamin (in 1961-04) and Marvin Gaye (in 1961-04)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (in 1961-04)
- percussion:
- Eddie “Bongo” Brown (in 1961-04)
- piano:
- Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie (in 1961-04)
- background vocals:
- Katherine Anderson (in 1961-04), Wyanetta "Juanita" Cowart (in 1961-04), Gladys Horton (in 1961-04), Georgeanna Tillman (in 1961-04) and Wanda Young (in 1961-04)
- lead vocals:
- Gladys Horton (in 1961-04)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1961-04)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 10) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 331)
- recording of:
- Please Mr. Postman (in 1961-04)
- writer:
- Robert Bateman (in 1961), Georgia Dobbins (in 1961), William Garrett (in 1961), Freddie Gorman (in 1961) and Brian Holland (in 1961)
- publisher:
- Dominion Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. , EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
| The Marvelettes | 4.45 | 2:31 |
25 | Take Good Care of My Baby | Bobby Vee | | 2:29 |
26 | I Don't Know Why | Eden Kane | | 2:25 |
27 | Wonderful Land | The Shadows | | 2:07 |
28 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Tokens | | 2:40 |