# VG-lista 1961

This is a complete list of all the singles that entered the VG-lista - the official Norwegian hit-chart - in 1961. 50 singles entered the VG-lista in 1961 altogether and these are all listed below according to how well they have charted over time.

## Detailed listing of Number-ones in 1961

| Week | Artist | Single | Country | Weeks | Weeks | Weeks | Straight to #1 ? |
| Week | Artist | Single | Country | Top 1 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Straight to #1 ? |
| 1 | Elvis Presley | "It's Now or Never" | | | | | |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | "It's Now or Never" | | | | | |
| 3 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | 9 | 23 | | No |
| 4 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 5 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 6 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 7 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 8 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 9 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 10 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 11 | Lolita | "Seemann" | | | | | |
| 12 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | 6 | 17 | | No |
| 13 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | | | | |
| 14 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | | | | |
| 15 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | | | | |
| 16 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | | | | |
| 17 | Robertino | "Romantica" | | | | | |
| 18 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | | 5 | 14 | | No |
| 19 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | | | | | |
| 20 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | | | | | |
| 21 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | | | | | |
| 22 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure?" | | | | | |
| 23 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | | 5 | 23 | | No |
| 24 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | | | | | |
| 25 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | | | | | |
| 26 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | | | | | |
| 27 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | | | | | |
| 28 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | 14 | 24 | | No |
| 29 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 30 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 31 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 32 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 33 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 34 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 35 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 36 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 37 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 38 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 39 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 40 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 41 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou/Travellin' Man" | | | | | |
| 42 | The Highwaymen | "Michael" | | 5 | 15 | | No |
| 43 | The Highwaymen | "Michael" | | | | | |
| 44 | The Highwaymen | "Michael" | | | | | |
| 45 | The Highwaymen | "Michael" | | | | | |
| 46 | The Highwaymen | "Michael" | | | | | |
| 47 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | 8 | 12 | | No |
| 48 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | | | | |
| 49 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | | | | |
| 50 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | | | | |
| 51 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | | | | |
| 52 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | | | | | |

## Top singles of 1961

| Position | Artist | Song title | Highest position | Points |
| 1 | Ricky Nelson | "Hello Mary Lou" | 1 | 446 |
| 2 | The Brothers Four | "Greenfields" | 1 | 397 |
| 3 | Robertino | "O sole mio" | 2 | 329 |
| 4 | Elvis Presley | "Wooden Heart" | 3 | 313 |
| 5 | Robertino | "Romantica" | 1 | 297 |
| 6 | Ray Adams | "Violetta" | 3 | 283 |
| 7 | Elvis Presley | "Surrender" | 2 | 280 |
| 8 | The Highwaymen | "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" | 1 | 267 |
| 9 | Buzz Clifford | "Babysitter-Boogie" | 4 | 259 |
| 10 | Elvis Presley | "Are You Lonesome To-Night?" | 3 | 251 |
| 11 | The Allisons | "Are You Sure" | 1 | 246 |
| 12 | Die Blue Diamonds | "Ramona" | 2 | 231 |
| 13 | The Monn Keys | "Åh Marie, jeg vil hjem" | 2 | 221 |
| 14 | Eddie Hodges | "I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" | 2 | 220 |
| 15 | Cliff Richard | "When the Girl In Your Arms is the Girl In Your Heart" | 1 | 219 |
| 16 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | "A Girl Like You" | 2 | 201 |
| 17 | Pat Boone | "Moody River" | 4 | 191 |
| 18 | Blue Diamonds | "Down by the Riverside" | 2 | 181 |
| 19 | Helen Shapiro | "Walkin' Back to Happiness" | 3 | 170 |
| 20 | The Monn Keys | "Sucu Sucu" | 4 | 164 |
| 21 | Jay Epae | "Putti Putti" | 2 | 163 |
| 22 | Clarence "Frogman" Henry | "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" | 3 | 159 |
| 23 | Jan Høiland | "Sjømann" | 2 | 146 |
| 24 | Helen Shapiro | "You Don't Know" | 2 | 139 |
| 25 | John Leyton | "Johnny Remember Me" | 4 | 132 |
| 25 | The String-A-Longs | "Wheels" | 4 | 132 |
| 27 | The Marcels | "Blue Moon" | 4 | 126 |
| 28 | Del Shannon | "Runaway" | 4 | 114 |
| 29 | Inger Jacobsen | "Han er endelig, endelig min" | 5 | 107 |
| 30 | Johnny Burnette | "You're Sixteen - You're Beautiful (And You're Mine)" | 6 | 96 |
| 31 | Elvis Presley | "Little Sister" | 6 | 91 |
| 32 | Elvis Presley | "His Latest Flame" | 4 | 89 |
| 33 | Troy Shondell | "This Time" | 4 | 87 |
| 34 | Johnny Tillotson | "Poetry in Motion" | 4 | 86 |
| 35 | Jørgen Ingmann | "Pepe" | 6 | 80 |
| 36 | Frankie Vaughan | "Tower of Strength" | 5 | 73 |
| 37 | The Four Jacks | "Oh Marie, jeg vil hjem til dig" | 8 | 72 |
| 38 | Petula Clark | "Romeo" | 7 | 71 |
| 39 | Jimmy Dean | "Big Bad John" | 6 | 68 |
| 39 | The Shadows | "Kon-Tiki" | 7 | 68 |
| 41 | Alice & Titti Babs | "Nattens underland" | 4 | 54 |
| 42 | Craig Douglas | "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" | 8 | 38 |
| 43 | Johnny Horton | "North to Alaska" | 8 | 34 |
| 43 | Dario Campeotto | "Angelique" | 9 | 34 |
| 45 | The Everly Brothers | "Walk Right Back" | 10 | 22 |
| 46 | Nora Brockstedt | "Du mener vel alvor, Halvor?" | 10 | 11 |
| 46 | The Brothers Four | "The Green Leaves of Summer" | 10 | 11 |
| 46 | Lonnie Donegan | "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" | 10 | 11 |
| 46 | Don Gibson | "Sea of Heartbreak" | 10 | 11 |
| 46 | Jerry Lee Lewis | "What'd I Say" | 10 | 11 |