100 Greatest Albums of 1961

  1. Two Steps From The Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland
  2. The Shadows - The Shadows
  3. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley
  4. Your Twist Party With The King Of The Twist - Chubby Checker
  5. Let's Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King - Freddy King
  6. Dance 'Til Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds
  7. Hi! We're The Miracles - The Miracles
  8. Runaround Sue - Dion
  9. The Genius Sings The Blues - Ray Charles
10. The Ventures - The Ventures
11. The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner
12. Blue Moon - The Marcels
13. Runaway With Del Shannon - Del Shannon
14. Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall - Jimmy Reed
15. Freddy King Sings - Freddy King
16. Showcase - Patsy Cline
17. Do The Twist! With Ray Charles - Ray Charles
18. Bo Diddley Is A...REVOL - Bo Diddley
19. Last Night! - The Mar-Keys
20. Rick Is 21 - Rick Nelson
21. Doin' the Twist Recorded Live At The Peppermint Lounge - Joey Dee & the Starliters
22. Spotlight On Hank Ballard - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
23. The Amazing James Brown - James Brown and the Famous Flames
24. I Miss You So - Fats Domino
25. Slim Harpo Sings "Raining In My Heart" - Slim Harpo
26. Jerry Lee's Greatest! - Jerry Lee Lewis
27. There's A Party Goin' On - Wanda Jackson
28. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
29. The Second Time Around - Etta James
30. Cookin' With The Miracles - The Miracles
31. At The Rockhouse - Roy Orbison
32. Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley
33. Aretha - Aretha Franklin
34. New Juke Box Hits - Chuck Berry
35. Both Sides Of An Evening - The Everly Brothers
36. Let The Four Winds Blow -Fats Domino
37. Gee Whiz - Carla Thomas
38. For Twisters Only - Chubby Checker
39. Heart And Soul - The Cleftones
40. Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
41. Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
42. All The Way - Brenda Lee
43. Alone With Dion - Dion
44. I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis
45. I Didn't Want To Do It - The Spiders
46. Another Smash!!! - The Ventures
47. Rockin' Guitars - The Shadows
48. The Shirelles Sing To Trumpets And Strings - The Shirelles
49. Sure Things - Little Willie John
50. For Dancing - Huey Smith and His Clowns
51. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
52. Aware Of Love - Jerry Butler
53. Unforgettable - Dinah Washington
54. What A Party - Fats Domino
55. Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
56. Barbara Ann - The Regents
57. Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Ray Charles and Betty Carter
58. The Folk Lore Of John Lee Hooker - John Lee Hooker
59. My Kind Of Blues - Sam Cooke
60. Bye Bye Baby, I Don't Want To Take A Chance - Mary Wells
61. The Colorful Ventures - The Ventures
62. Swing Low - Sam Cooke
63. Right Or Wrong - Wanda Jackson
64. Dedicated To You - Ray Charles
65. You Always Hurt The One You Love - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
66. Emotions - Brenda Lee
67. Timi Yuro - Timi Yuro
68. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
69. September In The Rain - Dinah Washington
70. Saved - LaVern Baker
71. Nuts To You Vol. 1 - Doug Clark & The Hot Nuts
72. The Sweet, The Hot, The Teenage Beat - Little Willie John
73. Dance By The Light Of The Moon - The Olympics
74. Watusi - The Vibrations
75. Let's Go Again - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
76. Bristol Stomp - The Dovells
77. Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vee
78. Listen To Cliff! - Cliff Richard
79. Twist With Bobby Darin - Bobby Darin
80. Girls! Girls! Girls! - Duane Eddy
81. The Rock & Roll Story - Conway Twitty
82. Bobby Vee - Bobby Vee
83. Takin' Care Of Business - Ral Donner
84. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones
85. Who Put The Bomp In The Bomp Bomp Bomp - Barry Mann
86. Like, Long Hair - Paul Revere and the Raiders
87. Party Time - The Olympics
88. The Boll Weevil Song (And Eleven Other Great Hits) - Brook Benton
89. Come Rock With Me - Johnny Preston
90. It's Pony Time - Chubby Checker
91. Hold On... It's Dee Clark - Dee Clark
92. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - The Platters
93. You Can Have Her - Roy Hamilton
94. James Ray - James Ray
95. Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker - Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker
96. Johnny Burnette - Johnny Burnette
97. Stick Shift - The Duals
98. Peanut Butter - The Marathons
99. Encore Of Foot Stompin' Hits - The Flares
100. Drumsville - Earl Palmer