1961

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[edit] Events

• The Fantastic Four make their debut.
• The Berlin Wall is built.
• The Vietnam War begins.
• Bay of Pigs invasion
• Rockband Golden Earring was founded

[edit] Films released

• 101 Dalmatians
• The Absent-Minded Professor
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Hustler
• Parent Trap
• West Side Story

[edit] Hit songs

• "I Fall to Pieces" - Patsy Cline
• "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
• "Where the Boys Are" - Connie Francis
• "Running Scared" - Roy Orbison
• "Crying" - Roy Orbison
• "(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" - Gene Pitney
• "Town Without Pity" - Gene Pitney
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens
• "Calcutta" - Lawrence Welk
• "Runaround Sue" - Dion
• "Let's Go Trippin'" - Dick Dale's first local hit, regarded as first surf rock instrumental
• "Tossin' & Turnin' " - Bobby Lewis
• "Runaway" - Del Shannon
• "Garde-Moi la Dernière Danse" - Dalida
• "Nuits d'Espagne" - Dalida
• "Blue Moon" - The Marcels
• "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles
• "There's No Other Like My Baby" - The Crystals' first hit
• "Please Mr. Postman" - The Marvelettes
• "Quarter To Three" - Gary U.S. Bonds
• "Shop Around" - The Miracles
• "Travelin' Man" - Ricky Nelson
• "Hello Mary Lou" - Ricky Nelson
• "Stand By Me" - Ben E. King
• "The Wanderer" - Dion
• "The Mountain's High" - Dick and Deedee
• "Big River, Big Man" - Claude King
• "The Commancheros" - Claude King
• "Moody River" - Pat Boone
• "I Love How You Love Me" - The Paris Sisters

[edit] New books

• Border Country - Raymond Williams
• Casanova's Chinese Restaurant - Anthony Powell
• The Chapman Report - Irving Wallace
• Clea - Lawrence Durrell
• Don't Tell Alfred - Nancy Mitford
• For Your Eyes Only - Ian Fleming
• Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
• Hunters in a Narrow Street - Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
• The Insolences of Brother Anonymous – Jean-Paul Desbiens
• The Many Colored Coat - Morley Callaghan
• Take a Girl Like You - Kingsley Amis
• To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• The Torch - Wilder Penfield
• The Violent Bear It Away - Flannery O'Connor
• The White Stone - Carlo Coccioli
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - Henry Farrell