| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 38 | -- | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Cerveza (his original 1959, Decca non-hit 45 got 1961 airplay, after his big 1960 success) | | |
| 27 | -- | | Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra | Orange Blossom Special | | |
| PH | | | Blue Falcons | When You Were Sweet Sixteen | | |
| PH | | | Buddy Knox | Ling-Ting-Tong | | |
| 37 | -- | | Chuck Jackson | I Don't Want To Cry | | |
| 31 | -- | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | | |
| PH | | | Connie Russell | The Second Time Around | | |
| 35 | -- | | Dickie Goodman | The Touchables | | |
| PH | | | Ferrante & Teicher | Love Theme From One Eyed Jacks | | |
| PH | | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | | |
| PH | | | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night) | | |
| 29 | -- | | Jan & Dean | Baggy Pants | | |
| 40 | -- | | The Dubs | Be Sure (My Love) (the original 1958 45 release also got airplay in 1961) | | |
| PH | | | The Echoes | Baby Blue | | |
| PH | | | The Flamingos | Kokomo | | |
| PH | | | The Miracles | Depend On Me | | |
| PH | | | The Nightbeats | Exotic | | |
| PH | | | The Texans | Green Grass Of Texas | | |
| 34 | 40 | | Bill Black's Combo | Hearts Of Stone | 2 | |
| 12 | 26 | | Carla Thomas | Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) | 2 | |
| 11 | 24 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | 2 | |
| 24 | 32 | | The Castells | Little Sad Eyes | 2 | |
| 36 | 39 | | The Castiles | Enchantment | 2 | |
| 30 | 34 | | The Olympics | Little Pedro | 2 | |
| 20 | 38 | | The Ventures | Ram-Bunk-Shush | 2 | |
| 13 | 15 | | Bobby Bland | I Pity The Fool | 3 | |
| 9 | 12 | | Bobby Darin | Lazy River | 3 | |
| 10 | 18 | | Bobby Vee | Stayin' In | 3 | |
| 10 | 18 | | Bobby Vee | More Than I Can Say | 3 | |
| 7 | 11 | | Charlie McCoy | Cherry Berry Wine | 3 | |
| 26 | 29 | | Ronnie And The Premiers | Sharon | 3 | |
| 18 | 25 | | Roy Hamilton | You Can Have Her | 3 | |
| 19 | 33 | | The Playmates | Little Miss Stuck-Up | 3 | |
| 23 | 19 | | Brook Benton | Think Twice | 4 | |
| 23 | 19 | | Brook Benton | For My Baby | 4 | |
| 17 | 16 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | 4 | |
| 15 | 14 | | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | | Kathy Young With The Innocents | Happy Birthday Blues | 4 | |
| 6 | 10 | | The Olympics | (Baby) Hully Gully | 4 | |
| 8 | 7 | | Bobby Rydell | Cherie | 5 | |
| 8 | 7 | | Bobby Rydell | Good Time Baby | 5 | |
| 33 | 17 | | Freddy Cannon | Muskrat Ramble | 5 | |
| 33 | 17 | | Freddy Cannon | Two Thousand-88 | 5 | |
| 25 | 23 | | Johnny Tillotson | Jimmy's Girl | 5 | |
| 1 | 1 | | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | Apache | 5 | |
| 21 | 22 | | The Coasters | Wait A Minute | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | | The Everly Brothers | Ebony Eyes | 5 | |
| 39 | 31 | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 6 | |
| 39 | 31 | | Connie Francis | No One | 6 | |
| 16 | 6 | | Rochell And The Candles | Once Upon A Time | 6 | |
| 4 | 5 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | 6 | |
| 32 | 13 | | Brenda Lee | Emotions | 7 | |
| 22 | 8 | | Jackie Wilson | The Tear Of The Year | 7 | |
| 14 | 9 | | Paul Anka | The Story Of My Love | 7 | |
| 28 | 21 | | The Shirelles | Dedicated To The One I Love | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | | The Capris | There's A Moon Out Tonight | 8 | |