The very first number-one song on the Easy Listening chart was "Boll Weevil Song" by Brook Benton, 1961. The chart was introduced without any special editorial mention, quietly appearing next to the Hot 100 as a 20-position survey.
Hour One
Johnny Mathis I Only Have Eyes For You
Bread Guitar Man
The Supremes The Happening
Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr Home To Us
Player Givin' It All
Lyle Lovett If I Had A Boat
Jewel You Were Ment For Me
Poco Barbados
Michael Stanley Rosewood Bitters
Brook Benton The Boll Weevil Song
Jimmy Buffett In The Shelter
Pattie Page Tennesse Waltz
Nat King Cole Mona Lisa
Paolo Nutini/PHJB Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Starbuck Moonlight Feels Right
Hour Two
Stephen Bishop It Might Be You
Dave Stewart/Candy Dullfer Lilly Was Here
Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin)
Jefferson Airplane Pretty As You Feel
The Fleetwoods Come Softly To Me
The Manhattan Transfer That Cat Is High
Rocco DeLuca Doctor's Lament
Ramsey Lewis Hey Mrs. Jones
Pilot Magic
Jeff Golub Mercy Mercy Me
10cc Dreadlock Holiday
Robert Palmer Every Kind of People
Joni Mitchell Help Me
Squirrel Nut Zippers Wash Jones
