# 3 Top 10 Hits From 1961 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/3-top-10-hits-from-1961-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Published: 2026-10-24T00:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:08:41+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/3-top-10-hits-from-1961-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Three enduring hits highlighted from 1961
- “Hello Mary Lou” had a later-added songwriter credit
- Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” reached two Billboard chart milestones

## Summary

Three songs featured in the article as memorable Top 10 hits from 1961 are Ricky Nelson’s “Hello Mary Lou”, Elvis Presley’s “I Feel So Bad” and Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”. Together, they illustrate the range of popular music at a time when new sounds and styles were emerging.

“Hello Mary Lou” was written by Gene Pitney, with Cayet Mangiaracina later credited after a lawsuit over its similarity to a song he had written. Chuck Willis wrote “I Feel So Bad” and first released it in 1954; Presley later recorded it. Willie Nelson wrote “Crazy”, which reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 5 on Adult Contemporary, though Cline was not his first choice to record it.

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