May 1, 1961

----- DROPOUTS -----
Trust In Me - Etta James ----- 30 / 4
Hide Away - Freddy King ----- 29 / 4
Brass Buttons - The String-A-Longs ----- 35 / 2
Shu Rah - Fats Domino ----- 32 / 2
Think Twice - Brook Benton ----- 11 / 9
Find Another Girl - Jerry Butler ----- 27 / 4
Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) - Carla Thomas ----- 10 / 10
Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers ----- 7 / 10
Please Tell Me Why - Jackie Wilson ----- 20 / 5


RE 40 --- Some Kind Of Wonderful - The Drifters (44)
 39 --- Hello Walls - Faron Young (62)
 38 --- Saved - LaVern Baker (54)
 37 --- The Continental Walk - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (47)
 36 --- Girl Of My Best Friend - Ral Donner & The Starfires (55)
31 35 --- Tenderly - Bert Kaempfert & his Orchestra
 34 --- Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson (71)
 33 --- Bonanza - Al Caiola & his Orchestra (58 )
35 32 --- Frogg - The Brothers Four
39 31 --- What'd I Say - Jerry Lee Lewis & his Pumping Piano

23 30 --- Pony Time - Chubby Checker        
30 29 --- Funny - Maxine Brown
 28 --- (Dance The) Mess Around - Chubby Checker (79)
13 27 --- Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles
33 26 --- Bumble Boogie - B. Bumble & The Stingers
19 25 --- Surrender - Elvis Presley      
38 24 --- Running Scared - Roy Orbison
26 23 --- Just For Old Time's Sake - The McGuire Sisters
18 22 --- Don't Worry - Marty Robbins
15 21 --- Asia Minor - Kokomo

12 20 --- Please Love Me Forever - Cathy Jean & The Roommates
34 19 --- Flaming Star - Elvis Presley
 18 --- Mama Said - The Shirelles (42)
28 17 --- Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens
21 16 --- Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis
20 15 --- Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites
11 14 --- Apache - Jorgen Ingmann & his Guitar
16 13 --- Tonight My Love, Tonight - Paul Anka
14 12 --- Baby Blue - The Echoes
17 11 --- Portrait Of My Love - Steve Lawrence

05 10 --- On The Rebound - Floyd Cramer
08 09 --- You Can Depend On Me - Brenda Lee
10 08 --- One Mint Julep - Ray Charles
09 07 --- Take Good Care Of Her - Adam Wade
04 06 --- But I Do - Clarence Henry
02 05 --- Blue Moon - The Marcels        
06 04 --- A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
07 03 --- I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott
03 02 --- Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe
01 01 --- Runaway - Del Shannon      


New artists making their debuts this week are Ral Donner and Faron Young.