Is this when Billboard stopped publishing an r&b chart for a year or two? If so, you could always use the Cashbox chart for this period.
And, the final #1 for 1961 is: Please Mr. Postman - The Marvellettes This is the inferior stereo version. Youtube doesn't seem to have the mono hit version up.
I'll comment. I love the Marvellettes but this really isn't one of my favorites by them. I'll take "I'll Keep On Holding On", "Too Many Fish In The Sea" and several others over "Please Mr. Postman".
Unchain My Heart! One of the first songs I ever had on a record - but not by Ray Charles. On one of those grocery store albums of hits of the day performed by a studio group...
"Tossin’ And Turnin’" on "Collector's Gold Series" is not the original mono version as I Love Music has found out. In the meantime I have bought the mp3 song of the Collectables release. Another chance could bis the cd "The Complete Recordings" from HOT PRODUCTIONS (US) with cat.no. 8526 (8089 78526-2) which was remastered from Walter DeVenne who also worked for Rhino, Ace and Varese Sarabande (see Wikipedia) and his name is on the back cover of the cd at Allmusic: Complete Recordings - Bobby Lewis | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic A Beltone Album Discography is here (with "The Complete Recordings"): Beltone Album Discography
For the next song, the R&B gives a nod to teen pop. I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler This song needs no introduction. It's also one of the first songs I remember ever hearing in my life.
Certainly one of the all-time classics. I guess not technically Doo-wop but sounds like it and I used to assume it was from the late 50's. Just now I saw how many of Gene Chandler's singles made the top 100, surprising. My favorite of his is "Groovy Situation".
Always wanted to know where Earl was... Somewhere for lovers who wander? and found it amusing Earl was also a title in the Brit blueblood world. Great song in any case.
Yes, Inez & Charlie Foxx are so underrated. They recorded all kinds of great songs and very few people know about them.
That song seemed to raise Twisting to a new level. Glad to see it was a Number 1! The album pictured in the You Tube video was in my small collection back in the mid-60s and was where I first heard Summertime.