1961: My 100 Favorite Records

[NightTrain]

Listed alphabetically by title:

AT LAST – Etta James
BABY, YOU BELONG TO ME – The Nu Luvs
BABY, YOU’RE RIGHT – James Brown & The Famous Flames
BARBARA-ANN – The Regents
BEVERLY JEAN – Curtis Lee
BEWILDERED – James Brown & The Famous Flames
BIG BOSS MAN – Jimmy Reed
BLUE MOON – The Marcels
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY – Jimmy Reed
BUT I DO – Clarence “Frogman” Henry
BYE BYE BABY – Mary Wells
CHARLENA – The Sevilles
COME ON – Chuck Berry
CRAZY – Patsy Cline
CRAZY BELLS – The Marcels
CRYING – Roy Orbison
DADDY’S HOME – Shep & The Limelites
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE – The Shirelles
DON’T CRY NO MORE – Bobby “Blue” Bland
DRIVING WHEEL – Junior Parker
EMOTIONS – Brenda Lee
EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART – The Pips
FOOT STOMPING – The Flares
THE GLITTER IN YOUR EYES – The Sheppards
GYPSY WOMAN – The Impressions
HEART AND SOUL – The Cleftones
HEARTACHES – The Marcels
HIDE AWAY – Freddy King
HIS LATEST FLAME – Elvis Presley
HIT THE ROAD JACK – Ray Charles
THE HOOCHI-COOCHI-COO – Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
HURT – Timi Yuro
I DON’T WANT TO CRY – Chuck Jackson
I FALL TO PIECES – Patsy Cline
I KNOW – Barbara George
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT (PART 1) – Chris Kenner
I PITY THE FOOL – Bobby “Blue” Bland
(I WANNA) LOVE MY LIFE AWAY – Gene Pitney
I’M A FOOL TO CARE – Joe Barry
I’M COMIN’ ON BACK TO YOU – Jackie Wilson
IT WILL STAND – The Showmen
IT’S GONNA WORK OUT FINE – Ike & Tina Turner
LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOW – Fats Domino
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT – The Tokens
A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP – The Jarmels
LITTLE EGYPT – The Coasters
LITTLE SISTER – Elvis Presley
LONG, TALL GIRL – The Carnations
LOVER’S ISLAND – The Blue Jays
LULLABY OF THE LEAVES – The Ventures
MIGHTY GOOD LOVIN’ – The Miracles
MOTHER-IN-LAW – Ernie K-Doe
THE MOUNTAIN’S HIGH – Dick & Dee Dee
MR. MOTO – The Bel-Airs
MY TRUE STORY – The Jive Five
NO GREATER LOVE – The Romancers
NO WAY OUT – Joyce Harris
NOTHING BUT GOOD – Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
ONCE UPON A TIME – Rochell & The Candles
OPERATION HEARTBREAK – Aretha Franklin
PEANUT BUTTER – The Marathons
POOR FOOL – Ike & Tina Turner
PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYES – Curtis Lee
QUARTER TO THREE – Gary “U.S.”Bonds
RAINDROPS – Dee Clark
RAINING IN MY HEART – Slim Harpo
RAM-BUNK-SHUSH – The Ventures
RAMA LAMA DING DONG – The Edsels
THE REBEL—JOHNNY YUMA – Johnny Cash
THE RED ROOSTER – Howlin’ Wolf
RIOT IN CELL BLOCK NUMBER 9 – Wanda Jackson
RUNAROUND SUE – Dion
RUNAWAY – Del Shannon
RUNNING SCARED – Roy Orbison
SAVED – LaVern Baker
SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER – Elmore James
A SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES – Arthur Alexander
SHOUT BAMALAMA – Otis Redding & The Pinetoppers
SOLITAIRE – The Embers
SOOTHE ME – The Sims Twins
STAND BY ME – Ben E. King
TE-TA-TE-TA-TA – Ernie K-Doe
THERE’S A MOON OUT TONIGHT – The Capris
THERE’S NO OTHER (LIKE MY BABY) – The Crystals
THINK TWICE – Brook Benton
THREE PRECIOUS WORDS – The Edsels
TIME WAS – The Flamingos
TONIGHT (COULD BE THE NIGHT) – The Velvets
TRAGIC – The Sheppards
TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT – Bobby “Blue” Bland
VOODOO VOODOO – LaVern Baker
WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT – Patsy Cline (Re-recording of her 1957 debut hit)
WATCH YOUR STEP – Bobby Parker
WHISPER (SOFTLY) – The Avons
WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER – The Robins
WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE? – Charlie Rich
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? – The Shirelles
WISHING RING – The Five Satins
YOU BROKE THE ONLY HEART – The Five Keys (Recorded in 1959)
YOU CAN HAVE HER – Roy Hamilton

[grasswire]

1. I wonder....

....when "Night Life" was written. Seeing "Crazy" on your list made me think of it.

[Sperk]

2. 1961 was a wonderful year all right...............

'cause that's the year I showed up! :-)

[44wax]

3. That is one fucking impressive list

do you have lyric sheets for all of the songs. Have you ever heard a song with the hook, "You got that look in your eye..." It is a doo wop song.