FIRST TOP TEN ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART

[onebuffalo]

Billboard will be celebrating the adult contemporary chart's 50th anniversary in their current issue. That got me thinking. What was the first top ten chart from July, 1961? Well, here it is:

BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 17, 1961:
1. BOLL WEEVIL SONG-BROOK BENTON-MERCURY
2. Yellow Bird-Arthur Lyman-HiFi
3. San Antonio Rose-Floyd Cramer-RCA
4. Moody River-Pat Boone-Dot
5. The Writing On The Wall-Adam Wade-Coed
6. Together-Connie Francis-MGM
7. Never On Sunday-The Chordettes-Cadence
8. My Kind Of Girl-Matt Monro-Warwick
9. Wooden Heart Muss I Denn-Joe Dowell-Smash
10. Should I-String-A-Longs-Warwick

What do you think?

[dth1971]

Nice 1961 AC Top 10 list, the singer of the song at #5 - Adam Wade - would later host in 1975 the game show "Musical Chairs" and become the first African-American game show host.

[mrlee]

The chart's name did not actually become
Adult Contemporary until April 1979.

[johnm1120]

Brook Benton would hold onto the top spot for 2 more weeks before Connie Francis took over. She only lasted for 1 week before Joe Dowell claimed #1.

[dth1971]

If Casey Kasem's American Top 10 was still around, Casey would have celebrated this AC/Easy Listening chart 50th. anniversary!

[johnm1120]

I doubt it cause Casey stopped using Billboard information when he left AT40 in the 80s.

[BillboardBoy]

I remember on AT10 when Casey listed some of the various names that the AC chart had over the years, including the Easy Listening Chart.

[jdanton2]

who would have thought the first AC number #1 could almost be considered Rap. :o