Top-rated tracks of 1961

Listed below are the top-rated tracks of 1961 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, a track must have had at least 10 member ratings .)
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Top rated track (90/100 - 149 votes)  90 (149 votes)
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Top rated track (89/100 - 40 votes)  89 (40 votes)
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Top rated track (88/100 - 71 votes)  88 (71 votes)
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Top rated track (88/100 - 62 votes)  88 (62 votes)
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Crazy
Song from album:
Showcase 
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Top rated track (87/100 - 63 votes)  87 (63 votes)
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Top rated track (86/100 - 38 votes)  86 (38 votes)
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Olé
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Olé Coltrane 
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Top rated track (86/100 - 56 votes)  86 (56 votes)
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Top rated track (86/100 - 47 votes)  86 (47 votes)
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Runaround Sue
Song from album:
Runaround Sue 
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Top rated track (85/100 - 33 votes)  85 (33 votes)
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Total tracks: 281. Page 1 of 29

The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating a track has currently received.
n = number of ratings a track has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for a track to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for a track (currently 76/100).

Best Artists of 1962
1. Ray Charles
2. Bill Evans
3. Bill Evans Trio
4. Howlin' Wolf
5. Bob Dylan
6. Charles Mingus
7. Booker T. & The M.G.'s
8. John Coltrane
9. Dexter Gordon
10. Françoise Hardy
11. Sonny Rollins
12. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
13. Art Blakey
14. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
15. Roy Orbison
16. The Beach Boys
17. Herbie Hancock
18. Peter, Paul And Mary
19. Jacques Brel
20. Sam Cooke
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