List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1961 (original) (raw)
Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. The chart debuted in the issue of Billboard dated July 17, 1961 under the title Easy Listening. Initially the listing was compiled simply by extracting from the magazine's all-genre chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed to fit under the Easy Listening banner and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100. In 1961 seven different songs topped the Easy Listening chart in 24 issues of the magazine.
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| dbo:abstract | Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. The chart debuted in the issue of Billboard dated July 17, 1961 under the title Easy Listening. Initially the listing was compiled simply by extracting from the magazine's all-genre chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed to fit under the Easy Listening banner and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100. In 1961 seven different songs topped the Easy Listening chart in 24 issues of the magazine. The number one song on the first Easy Listening chart was "The Boll Weevil Song" by Brook Benton, which was at number 2 on the Hot 100 that week. Benton had achieved a string of chart-toppers on the R&B chart, but "The Boll Weevil Song" would prove to be his only Easy Listening number one. The song held the top spot on the new chart for three weeks before being replaced by "Together" by Connie Francis. The longest-running Easy Listening number one of 1961 was "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean, which spent the final ten weeks of the year in the top spot. The song was a multi-genre chart-topper, also reaching number one on the country chart as well as the Hot 100. It was one of three songs to top the Hot 100 as well as the Easy Listening chart during the year, along with "Wooden Heart" by Joe Dowell and "Michael" by The Highwaymen. As the chart was in its infancy and no act had more than one number one during 1961, every number one of the year was the first Easy Listening chart-topper for the artist. "Mexico" by Bob Moore and his Orchestra, which topped the chart for a single week, would prove to be the only appearance for Moore on both the Easy Listening chart and the Hot 100. Moore, whose primary instrument was the bass guitar, was better known as a backing musician for other artists, including Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. (en) Список синглов № 1 в чарте Easy Listening (ныне — Adult Contemporary) в 1961 году по версии журнала Billboard включает в себя самые популярные песни жанра лёгкая музыка (а также граничащие жанры). 1961 — первый год публикации чарта. Всего в дебютный год чарт возглавили семь песен. В выпуске от 17 июля первую строчку занял Брук Бентон с песней «Boll Weevil Song», параллельно он возглавлял чарт Hot R&B Sides, а также находился на второй строчке «горячей сотни». Это был его единственный лидер в чарте. В общей сложности он провёл три недели на вершине, пока 7 августа не был смещен Конни Фрэнсис с песней «Together». Самым продолжительным хитом номер один в 1961 году был сингл «Big Bad John» Джимми Дина, который провел последние десять недель года на первом месте. Песня была мульти-жанровой, поэтому смогла также возглавить чарты Hot Country Singles и Hot 100. Это была одна из трёх песен, которая смогла возглавить данный чарт и поп-чарт наряду с «Wooden Heart» Джо Доуэлла и «Michael» The Highwaymen в тот год. (ru) |
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| rdfs:comment | Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. The chart debuted in the issue of Billboard dated July 17, 1961 under the title Easy Listening. Initially the listing was compiled simply by extracting from the magazine's all-genre chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed to fit under the Easy Listening banner and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100. In 1961 seven different songs topped the Easy Listening chart in 24 issues of the magazine. (en) Список синглов № 1 в чарте Easy Listening (ныне — Adult Contemporary) в 1961 году по версии журнала Billboard включает в себя самые популярные песни жанра лёгкая музыка (а также граничащие жанры). 1961 — первый год публикации чарта. Всего в дебютный год чарт возглавили семь песен. (ru) |
| rdfs:label | List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1961 (en) Список синглов № 1 в чарте Easy Listening в 1961 году (Billboard) (ru) |
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