# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door | Eddie Hodges | | 2:03 |
2 | It’s My Party | Lesley Gore | | 2:13 |
3 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland | 4 | 2:20 |
4 | Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool | Connie Francis | | 2:37 |
5 | I Saw Linda Yesterday | Dickey Lee | | 2:00 |
6 | From a Jack to a King | Ned Miller | | 2:15 |
7 | Blame It on the Bossa Nova | Eydie Gormé | | 2:31 |
8 | Ramblin’ Rose | Nat King Cole | 4 | 2:47 |
9 | No Particular Place to Go | Chuck Berry | 5 | 2:42 |
10 | Sweet Nothin’s | Brenda Lee | | 2:22 |
11 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | 3 | 2:15 |
12 | Hey Paula | Paul & Paula | | 2:34 |
13 | Tell Laura I Love Her | Ray Peterson | | 2:55 |
14 | Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) | Roy Orbison | 3 | 2:31 |
15 | Lover Please | Clyde McPhatter | | 1:55 |
16 | Sheila | Tommy Roe | | 2:01 |
17 | (Dance With The) Guitar Man | Duane Eddy | 3 | 2:40 |
18 | Let’s Think About Living | Bob Luman | | 2:04 |
19 | Poetry in Motion | Johnny Tillotson | 4 | 2:28 |
20 | 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, 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 | 2:26 |
21 | Mother‐In‐Law | Ernie K‐Doe | | 2:33 |
22 | Hello Mary Lou- producer:
- Jimmie Haskell, Ozzie Nelson and Ricky Nelson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Polydor GmbH and Liberty (in 1961)
- cover 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 | 2.5 | 2:19 |
23 | The Lion Sleeps Tonite | The Tokens | | 2:40 |
24 | The Stripper | David Rose | | 1:54 |