The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1961
TOP POP ALBUMS (As published in the December 30, 1961, issue)
POSTITLE – Artist (Label)
TOP 50 MONAURAL ALBUMS
  1CAMELOT – Original Cast (Columbia)
  1
 (tie)
EXODUS – Original Soundtrack (RCA Victor)
 
  3GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES – Various Artists (United Artists)
  4G.I. BLUES – Original Soundtrack/Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
  5THE SOUND OF MUSIC – Original Cast (Columbia)
  6NEVER ON SUNDAY – Original Soundtrack (United Artists)
  7CALCUTTA! – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
  8KNOCKERS UP! – Rusty Warren (Jubilee)
  9THE BUTTON-DOWN MIND STRIKES BACK! – Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.)
10ENCORE OF GOLDEN HITS – The Platters (Mercury)
11THE BUTTON-DOWN MIND OF BOB NEWHART (Warner Bros.)
12NICE ’N’ EASY – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
13MAKE WAY! – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
14TV SING ALONG WITH MITCH – Mitch Miller & The Gang (Columbia)
15ALL THE WAY – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
16SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY – Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
17MANTOVANI PLAYS MUSIC FROM EXODUS AND OTHER GREAT THEMES (London)
18STRING ALONG – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
19SINATRA’S SWINGIN’ SESSION!!! – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
20GOIN’ PLACES – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
21GENIUS + SOUL = JAZZ – Ray Charles (Impulse)
22JOHNNY’S MOOD – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
23WONDERLAND BY NIGHT – Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra (Decca)
24BRENDA LEE (Decca)
25HAPPY TIMES! SING ALONG WITH MITCH – Mitch Miller & The Gang (Columbia)
26RING-A-DING DING! – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
27LAST DATE – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
28JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL – Judy Garland (Capitol)
29TONIGHT: IN PERSON – The Limeliters (RCA Victor)
30CARNIVAL – Original Cast (MGM)
31YELLOW BIRD – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
32STARS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT – Various Artists (Columbia)
33PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
34MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS – Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Columbia)
35RICK IS 21 – Rick Nelson (Imperial)
36SINATRA SWINGS – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
37SOLID AND RAUNCHY – Bill Black’s Combo (Hi)
38BELAFONTE RETURNS TO CARNEGIE HALL – Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor)
39THIS IS...BRENDA – Brenda Lee (Decca)
40THE GENIUS HITS THE ROAD – Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)
41EXODUS TO JAZZ – Eddie Harris (Vee-Jay)
42THE BOBBY DARIN STORY (Atco)
43DANCE ’TIL QUARTER TO THREE – U.S. Bonds (Legrand)
4460 YEARS OF MUSIC AMERICA LOVES BEST – Various Artists (RCA Victor)
45COME SWING WITH ME! – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
46DARIN AT THE COPA – Bobby Darin (Atco)
47THE ASTRONAUT (The First Man In Space) – Jose Jimenez (Kapp)
48THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN – Original Cast (Capitol)
49PAUL ANKA SINGS HIS BIG 15 (ABC-Paramount)
50I’LL BUY YOU A STAR – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
TOP 50 STEREO ALBUMS
  1THE SOUND OF MUSIC – Original Cast (Columbia)
  2EXODUS – Original Soundtrack (RCA Victor)
  3GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES – Various Artists (United Artists)
  4CAMELOT – Original Cast (Columbia)
  5CALCUTTA! – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
  6NEVER ON SUNDAY – Original Soundtrack (United Artists)
  7PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION – Terry Snyder & The All Stars (Command)
  8G.I. BLUES – Original Soundtrack/Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
  9SOUTH PACIFIC – Original Soundtrack (RCA Victor)
10MANTOVANI PLAYS MUSIC FROM EXODUS AND OTHER GREAT THEMES (London)
11NICE ’N’ EASY – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
12MAKE WAY! – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
13ALL THE WAY – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
14STRING ALONG – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
15SINATRA’S SWINGIN’ SESSION!!! – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
16TV SING ALONG WITH MITCH – Mitch Miller & The Gang (Columbia)
17WONDERLAND BY NIGHT – Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra (Decca)
18JOHNNY’S MOOD – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
19HAPPY TIMES! SING ALONG WITH MITCH – Mitch Miller & The Gang (Columbia)
20MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS – Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Columbia)
21LAST DATE – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
22GOIN’ PLACES – The Kingston Trio (Capitol)
23PROVOCATIVE PERCUSSION – The Command All Stars (Command)
24GENIUS + SOUL = JAZZ – Ray Charles (Impulse)
25SAY IT WITH MUSIC (A Touch Of Latin) – Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Columbia)
26BEN-HUR – Original Soundtrack (MGM)
27STARS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT – Various Artists (Columbia)
28JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL – Judy Garland (Capitol)
29BELAFONTE RETURNS TO CARNEGIE HALL – Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor)
30EXODUS TO JAZZ – Eddie Harris (Vee-Jay)
31RING-A-DING DING! – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
32BONGOS BONGOS BONGOS – Los Admiradores (Command)
33CARNIVAL – Original Cast (MGM)
34YELLOW BIRD – Lawrence Welk (Dot)
35YELLOW BIRD – Arthur Lyman (HiFi)
36PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION, VOLUME 2 – Terry Snyder & The All Stars (Command)
37THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN – Original Cast (Capitol)
38PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY – Johnny Mathis (Columbia)
39ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL AND WHEELS – Billy Vaughn (Dot)
40WILD IS LOVE – Nat King Cole (Capitol)
41SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY – Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
42SINATRA SWINGS – Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
43LOOK FOR A STAR – Billy Vaughn (Dot)
44YOUNG AT HEART – Ray Conniff & His Orchestra (Columbia)
45TONIGHT: IN PERSON – The Limeliters (RCA Victor)
46COME SWING WITH ME! – Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
47MR. LUCKY GOES LATIN – Henry Mancini (RCA Victor)
48JUMP UP CALYPSO – Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor)
49ITALIA MIA – Mantovani (London)
50WILDCAT – Original Cast (RCA Victor)
SINGLES  |  1961