Entertainment


Top  10 Rock & Roll Singles of 1961

Remember watching American Bandstand or listening to Sandy Shore or Wolfman Jack ?

Tossin' and Turnin' Bobby Lewis
I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline
Michael Highwaymen
Crying Roy Orbison
Runaway Del Shannon
My True Story Jive Five
Pony Time Chubby Checker
Wheels String-a-Longs
Raindrops Dee Clark
Wooden Heart Joe Dowell

This site contains the lyrics for the top 100 songs of 1961.

    Top TV Shows of 1961


Gunsmoke CBS
Wagon Train NBC
Have Gun Will Travel CBS
The Andy Griffith Show CBS
The Real McCoys ABC
Rawhide CBS
Candid Camera CBS
The Untouchables ABC
The Price is Right NBC
The Jack Benny Show CBS


Top 10 Grossing Films of 1961 (North America)

Did you see any of these at the Paramount, the Iowa, the State or the Twixt Town Drive-In?

The Guns of Navarone
Exodus
The Parent Trap
The Absent-Minded Professor
The Alamo
Swiss Family Robinson
Come September
The World of Suzie Wong
Gone with the Wind (reissued)
101 Dalmatians

Academy Awards

Best Picture: West Side Story
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell for Judgement at Nuremberg
Best Actress: Sophia Loren for Two Women


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