1961

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Years : 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Films released

  • 101 Dalmatians
  • The Absent-Minded Professor
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • Hustler
  • Parent Trap
  • West Side Story

[edit] Hit songs

  • "I Fall to Pieces" - Patsy Cline
  • "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
  • "Where the Boys Are" - Connie Francis
  • "Running Scared" - Roy Orbison
  • "Crying" - Roy Orbison
  • "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" - Gene Pitney
  • "Town Without Pity" - Gene Pitney
  • "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens
  • "Calcutta" - Lawrence Welk
  • "Runaround Sue" - Dion
  • "Let's Go Trippin'" - Dick Dale's first local hit, regarded as first surf rock instrumental
  • "Tossin' & Turnin' " - Bobby Lewis
  • "Runaway" - Del Shannon
  • "Garde-Moi la Dernière Danse" - Dalida
  • "Nuits d'Espagne" - Dalida
  • "Blue Moon" - The Marcels
  • "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles
  • "There's No Other Like My Baby" - The Crystals' first hit
  • "Please Mr. Postman" - The Marvelettes
  • "Quarter To Three" - Gary U.S. Bonds
  • "Shop Around" - The Miracles
  • "Travelin' Man" - Ricky Nelson
  • "Hello Mary Lou" - Ricky Nelson
  • "Stand By Me" - Ben E. King
  • "The Wanderer" - Dion
  • "The Mountain's High" - Dick and Deedee
  • "Big River, Big Man" - Claude King
  • "The Commancheros" - Claude King
  • "Moody River" - Pat Boone
  • "I Love How You Love Me" - The Paris Sisters

[edit] New books

  • Border Country - Raymond Williams
  • Casanova's Chinese Restaurant - Anthony Powell
  • The Chapman Report - Irving Wallace
  • Clea - Lawrence Durrell
  • Don't Tell Alfred - Nancy Mitford
  • For Your Eyes Only - Ian Fleming
  • Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
  • Hunters in a Narrow Street - Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
  • The Insolences of Brother Anonymous – Jean-Paul Desbiens
  • The Many Colored Coat - Morley Callaghan
  • Take a Girl Like You - Kingsley Amis
  • To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  • The Torch - Wilder Penfield
  • The Violent Bear It Away - Flannery O'Connor
  • The White Stone - Carlo Coccioli
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Henry Farrell