Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 by Moondance
In 1961, I was 5 and had started kindergarden. Our family (2 parents & 6 kids) had moved to Blacktown (western suburbs of Sydney, Australia). We had our first TV - black & white, with only 3 channels. The TV also housed a radio & a record player.
The songs I remember most vividly from that year are: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (& I still love that song!); Runaway; Wooden Heart; My Boomerang Won't Come Back; Baby Face: Hit The Road Jack.
I get the sense that I was already forging a tight connection to modern music by this age as I would sing songs I heard on the radio as I went about the business of being 5 - walking to/from school; hanging out with neighbourhood friends.
In terms of ranking the year (1961) from the 63 years between 1960 - 2022, it is not going to get above #62 of 63. Apart from a few songs, there is not much that connects me the the artists, the albums, the era.
- Chart updated: 04/11/2024 06:45
- (Created: 09/14/2020 04:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 composition
Artist | Albums | % | |
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Ray Charles | 3 | 3% | |
Lightnin' Hopkins | 3 | 3% | |
Jimmy Reed | 2 | 2% | |
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem | 2 | 2% | |
Sarah Vaughan | 2 | 2% | |
The Miracles | 2 | 2% | |
John Lee Hooker | 2 | 2% | |
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Country | Albums | % | |
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73 | 73% | ||
8 | 8% | ||
7 | 7% | ||
3 | 3% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
2 | 2% | ||
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1961 chart changes
Biggest climbers |
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Up 60 from 91st to 31st Straight Ahead by Abbey Lincoln |
Up 34 from 87th to 53rd Jump Up Calypso by Harry Belafonte |
Up 30 from 77th to 47th Songs For Rolling Stones by Slim Dusty |
Biggest fallers |
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Down 68 from 15th to 83rd Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddie King by Freddie King |
Down 60 from 19th to 79th Judy At Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland |
Down 59 from 34th to 93rd Party Time by The Olympics |
New entries |
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You Always Hurt The One You Love by Clarence Henry |
Leavers |
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Alone With Dion by Dion |
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