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Class of 1961 Reunion Playlist: The Hits of Senior Year
Senior year for the class of 1961 ran from fall 1960 to spring 1961. These are the 40 biggest songs of those two years, ranked from the 1960 and 1961 year-end charts, led by “Theme From "A Summer Place"” by Percy Faith.
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The class of 1961 top 40
Want more? See the full 1960 and 1961 charts, or freshman year: the No. 1 of 1958 was “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)”.
How we pick: each song earns points from its year-end position on the 1960 and 1961 charts (No. 1 = 100 points), so the biggest hits of the whole school year rise to the top. Source: Billboard’s year-end singles charts, as compiled on Wikipedia.