List of number one hits in Italy (1961)

This list of number one hits is based on the charts of the Italian music magazine Musica e dischi in 1961. There were nine number one singles that year.

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Singles

← 1960 ←	List of number one hits in Italy  (M&D)			1962 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) 43rd week 1960 - 1st week 1961 11 weeks 11 Mina Il cielo in una stanza Renato Angiolini, Gino Paoli , Mogol - 2nd to 5th Week 4 weeks 4th Nico Fidenco What a Sky Francesco Maselli , Giovanni Fusco , Giuseppe Cassia With this song from the soundtrack of the film I delfini by Francesco Maselli (1960) Fidenco began his career; the single also contained the Italian version Su nel cielo . 6-11 Week 6 weeks 6th Adriano Celentano 24,000 baci Pietro Vivarelli, Lucio Fulci , Adriano Celentano After taking second place at the Sanremo Festival in 1961 , the song went straight to number one. 12-14 Week 3 weeks 3 Pino Donaggio Come sinfonia Pino Donaggio Presented at the Sanremo Festival together with Teddy Reno , the song only managed tenth place (out of twelve); however, it could reach the top of the chart. 15-19 Week 5 weeks 5 Connie Francis Jealous of You Marjorie Harper, Peppino Mendes, Vittorio Mascheroni With the English version of the song Tango della gelosia from 1930, the Italian-born singer achieved a number one hit. 20th - 24th Week 5 weeks 5 Nico Fidenco Il mondo di Suzie Wong George Duning , Giorgio Calabrese, Mogol , Nico Fidenco, Panfilo Fidenco topped the charts for the second time this year with an Italian version of the title track from the film The World of Suzie Wong . 25.-37. Week 13 weeks 13 Nico Fidenco Legata a un granello di sabbia Gianni Marchetti, Nico Fidenco After replacing himself at the top, Fidenco had its third number one hit in a year. 38-48 Week 11 weeks 11 Tony Dallara La novia Mogol , Tony Dallara, Antonio Prieto With an Italian version of Antonio Prieto's hit, Dallara reached the top of the singles charts. Also Domenico Modugnos version was successful. 49th week 1961 - 2nd week 1962 6 weeks 6th Adriano Celentano Nata per me Miki Del Prete , Mogol , Adriano Celentano, Mariano Detto The song reached second place in the Canzonissima competition in 1961.
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Annual hit parade

← 1960 ←	List of number one hits in Italy  (M&D)			1962 →
position# Singles 1 Il mondo di Suzie Wong Nico Fidenco George Duning , Giorgio Calabrese, Mogol , Nico Fidenco, Panfilo 2 Legata a un granello di sabbia Nico Fidenco Gianni Marchetti, Nico Fidenco 3 Come sinfonia Pino Donaggio Pino Donaggio 4th Jealous of You Connie Francis Marjorie Harper, Peppino Mendes, Vittorio Mascheroni 5 Non esiste l'amor Adriano Celentano Ezio Leoni, Luciano Beretta , Piero Vivarelli 6th Exodus Ferrante & Teicher Ernest Gold 7th La novia Tony Dallara Mogol , Tony Dallara, Antonio Prieto 8th Pepito Los Machucambos Arthur Truscott, Carmen Taylor 9 Chitarra romana Connie Francis Bruno Cherubini, Eldo Di Lazzaro 10 I magnifici sette Al Caiola Elmer Amber
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literature

• Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 16 .
• Guido Racca: M&D Top 100 Year-End: Singoli & Album 1960-2018 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-980329-12-1 , pp. 21 .

See also: 1961 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , France , the Netherlands , Norway , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .