Number-one hits of 1961 (Germany)
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This is a list of songs that reached number one on the German Media Control
Top100 Singles Chart in 1961.
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
Top100 Singles Chart in 1961.
| Issue date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 7 January | "Ramona Ramona (song) "Ramona" is a 1928 song, with lyrics written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne.-History:It was created as the title song for the 1928 adventure film-romance Ramona . The song was used again in the 1936 remake of the movie... " |
Blue Diamonds Blue Diamonds The Blue Diamonds were a Dutch 1960s doo-wop duo, best known for their million-selling chart-topping single, "Ramona". Indo brothers Ruud de Wolff and Riem de Wolff founded the group shortly after immigrating to the Netherlands in 1949... |
| 14 January | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 21 January | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 28 January | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 4 February | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 11 February | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 18 February | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 25 February | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 4 March | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 11 March | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds |
| 18 March | "Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an" | Ivo Robić Ivo Robic Ivo Robić was Croatian singer and songwriter.-Domestic career:Robić began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra, while studying at the same time in Zagreb... |
| 25 March | "Mit 17 fängt das Leben erst an" | Ivo Robić |
| 1 April | "Pigalle" | Bill Ramsey Bill Ramsey William Thrace Ramsey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder for the Boston Braves for a single Major League Baseball season in 1945.... |
| 8 April | "Pigalle" | Bill Ramsey |
| 15 April | "Pigalle" | Bill Ramsey |
| 22 April | "Babysitter-Boogie" | Ralf Bendix |
| 29 April | "Babysitter-Boogie" | Ralf Bendix |
| 6 May | "Babysitter-Boogie" | Ralf Bendix |
| 13 May | "Babysitter-Boogie" | Ralf Bendix |
| 20 May | "Babysitter-Boogie" | Ralf Bendix |
| 27 May | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen) Wheels (The String-A-Longs song) Wheels is The String-A-Longs' biggest hit single , in 1961 . The tune peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the number 8 single of 1961 according to Billboard. The track reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart... " |
Billy Vaughn Billy Vaughn Richard "Billy" Vaughn was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.... |
| 3 June | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 10 June | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 17 June | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 24 June | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 1 July | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 8 July | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 15 July | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 22 July | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 29 July | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 5 August | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 12 August | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 19 August | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 26 August | "Wheels (Vier Schimmel, ein Wagen)" | Billy Vaughn |
| 2 September | "La Paloma La Paloma This article is about the song. For the American city, see La Paloma, Texas."La Paloma" is a popular song, having been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was composed and written by Spanish composer Sebastián... " |
Freddy Quinn Freddy Quinn Freddy Quinn is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity within the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. Similar to Hans Albers two generations before him, Quinn adopted the persona of the rootless wanderer who goes to sea but longs for a home, family and friends... |
| 9 September | "La Paloma" | Freddy Quinn |
| 16 September | "La Paloma" | Freddy Quinn |
| 23 September | "La Paloma" | Freddy Quinn |
| 30 September | "La Paloma" | Freddy Quinn |
| 7 October | "Der Mann im Mond" | Gus Backus Gus Backus Gus Backus is a former member of the Del-Vikings. He also released a single on Carlton Records in 1958. He later became a popular singer in 1960s West Germany after he was stationed there as a soldier in the U.S. Army at Wiesbaden Air Base from 1957.-External links:... |
| 14 October | "Der Mann im Mond" | Gus Backus |
| 21 October | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri Nana Mouskouri Nana Mouskouri , born Ioánna Moúschouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer who has sold about 300 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She was known as Nána to her friends and... |
| 28 October | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 4 November | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 11 November | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 18 November | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 25 November | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 2 December | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 9 December | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 16 December | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 23 December | "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" | Nana Mouskouri |
| 30 December | "Tanze mit mir in den Morgen" | Gerhard Wendland |