August 14, 1961

----- DROPOUTS -----
Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson ----- 1 (2) / 15      
Every Beat Of My Heart - Pips ----- 6 / 10
Moody River - Pat Boone ----- 1 (1) / 12    
The Switch-A-Roo - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ----- 26 (2) / 4
Raindrops - Dee Clark ----- 2 / 12
The Fish - Bobby Rydell ----- 25 / 5


 40 --- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night) - Lonnie Donegan & his Skiffle Group (75)
RE 39 --- Sea Of Heartbreak - Don Gibson (43)
 38 --- Right Or Wrong - Wanda Jackson (45)
27 37 --- That's What Girls Are Made For - The Spinners
 36 --- Princess - Frank Gari (42)
24 35 --- Sacred - The Castells
21 34 --- Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman Group
 33 --- I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven - Tex Ritter (44)
 32 --- My True Story - The Jive Five (41)
39 31 --- A Tear - Gene McDaniels

23 30 --- Please Stay - The Drifters
19 29 --- San Antonio Rose - Floyd Cramer
29 28 --- Runaround - The Regents
33 27 --- Quite A Party - The Fireballs
34 26 --- I'm A Telling You - Jerry Butler
40 25 --- One Summer Night - The Diamonds
28 24 --- I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
17 23 --- Cupid - Sam Cooke
26 22 --- I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door - Eddie Hodges
32 21 --- As If I Didn't Know - Adam Wade

11 20 --- The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton
12 19 --- Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds      
18 18 --- My Kind Of Girl - Matt Monro
22 17 --- Let The Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino
25 16 --- Don't Bet Money Honey - Linda Scott
20 15 --- Hurt - Timi Yuro
05 14 --- Hats Off To Larry - Del Shannon
13 13 --- Never On Sunday - The Chordettes
14 12 --- I'll Be There - Damita Jo
15 11 --- You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) - Ral Donner

16 10 --- School Is Out - Gary U.S. Bonds
06 09 --- Together - Connie Francis
08 08 --- Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
07 07 --- Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
10 06 --- Michael - The Highwaymen
09 05 --- Wooden Heart - Joe Dowell
04 04 --- Dum Dum - Brenda Lee
03 03 --- Last Night - The Mar-Keys
02 02 --- I Like It Like That, Part 1 - Chris Kenner
01 01 --- Tossin' And Turnin' - Bobby Lewis              



This is the second Top 40 hit for Lonnie Donegan & his Skiffle Group. Rock Island Line made a debut on 3/31/56 and peaked at #8. He was known as Englnd's "King of Skiffle" and was a member of 'Chris Barber's Jazz Band' in 1954. He died of a heart attack on 11/3/02 (age 71).

This is also the second Top 40 hit for Tex Ritter. On 7/7/56 he made his first debut with The Wayward Wind which peaked at #28. He starred in several western movies and was the father of actor John Ritter, who died on 9/11/03 (age 54). Tex Ritter, born Maurice Ritter died of a heart attack on 1/2/74 (age 68).

Making their first debut are The Jive Five.