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16 unusual facts about 1961 in music


Beverley's

Beverley's was a Jamaican record label (19611971) owned by the Chinese Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong.

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1961

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1961 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1961.

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1961

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1961 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1961.

Carnival Records

In 1961, Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert, set up a short-lived label, the precursor of their A&M Records.

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May.

Folk-Legacy Records

It was founded in 1961 by Sandy and Caroline Paton along with Lee Baker Haggerty.

L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg

L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg is the third album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1961.

La Mejor Música de los Andes Venezolanos

La Mejor Música de los Andes Venezolanos is the name of a 33 rpm LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music) with the record label Cymbal.

Please Love Me Forever

Two singles came from this album: the title track (previously a hit for Cathy Jean and the Roommates, reaching #12 in the US in 1961) and "Just as Much as Ever".

Ray Charles and Betty Carter

Ray Charles and Betty Carter is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album by Betty Carter and Ray Charles.

Send for Me

Send for Me was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3171 as a monophonic recording in 1961, and later in stereo under catalog number LST-7171 in 1961.

The Lure of the Grand Canyon

It was released in 1961 (see 1961 in music) by Columbia Records, and Cash's contribution was only that of spoken narration.

Tradition Records

Tradition Records was an American record label that existed from 1955 to 1961.

Very Tall

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and also featuring the jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson.

Whatever Julie Wants

Whatever Julie Wants was an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records under catalog number LRP-3192 as a monophonic recording and catalog number LST-7192 in stereo in 1961.