| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | | | Rosie And The Originals | Angel Baby | | |
| 2 | | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | | |
| 3 | | | Neil Sedaka | Calendar Girl | | |
| 4 | | | Rochell And The Candles | Once Upon A Time | | |
| 5 | | | Ricky Nelson | You Are The Only One | | |
| 6 | | | The Shells | Baby Oh Baby | | |
| 7 | | | The Miracles | Shop Around | | |
| 8 | | | Jimmy Clanton | What Am I Gonna Do? | | |
| 9 | | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | | |
| 10 | | | Shelby Flint | Angel On My Shoulder | | |
| 11 | | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Last Date | | |
| 12 | | | The Chimes | Once In Awhile | | |
| 13 | | | The Capris | There's A Moon Out Tonight | | |
| 14 | | | The Platters | If I Didn't Care | | |
| 15 | | | The Chantels | I Love You So (1958 original 45 also got airplay in 1961) | | |
| 16 | | | Conway Twitty | C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) | | |
| 17 | | | Brenda Lee | Emotions | | |
| 18 | | | Johnny Tillotson | Jimmy's Girl | | |
| 19 | | | Johnny Horton | North To Alaska | | |
| 20 | | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | | |
| 21 | | | Bobby Vee | Rubber Ball | | |
| 22 | | | The Drifters | I Count The Tears | | |
| 23 | | | Frankie Avalon | A Perfect Love | | |
| 24 | | | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | The Hoochi Coochi Coo | | |
| 25 | | | Elvis Presley | I Gotta Know | | |
| 25 | | | Elvis Presley | Are You Lonesome To-Night? | | |
| 26 | | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | | |
| 27 | | | Ray Peterson | Corinna, Corinna | | |
| 28 | | | Paul Anka | Don't Say You're Sorry | | |
| 28 | | | Paul Anka | The Story Of My Love | | |
| 29 | | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | | |
| 30 | | | The Ventures | Perfidia | | |
| 31 | | | Johnny Preston | Leave My Kitten Alone | | |
| 32 | | | Ronnie Savoy | And The Heavens Cried | | |
| 33 | | | Freddy Cannon | Two Thousand-88 | | |
| 33 | | | Freddy Cannon | Muskrat Ramble | | |
| 34 | | | Patti Page | Don't Read The Letter | | |
| 35 | | | Titus Turner | Sound-Off | | |
| 36 | | | The Innocents | Gee Whiz | | |
| 37 | | | Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra | Wheels | | |
| 38 | | | Frank Gari | Utopia | | |
| 39 | | | Dee Clark | Your Friends | | |
| 40 | | | Googie Rene | The Slide (Part 2) | | |
| 41 | | | Roy Orbison | I'm Hurtin' | | |
| 42 | | | The Sevilles | Charlena | | |
| 43 | | | Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs | I Remember | | |
| 44 | | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | | |
| 45 | | | H.B. Barnum | Lost Love | | |
| 46 | | | Jackie Wilson | The Tear Of The Year | | |
| 46 | | | Jackie Wilson | My Empty Arms | | |
| 47 | | | The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro | I Remember (In The Still Of The Night) | | |
| 48 | | | Jerry Butler | He Will Break Your Heart | | |
| 49 | | | The Four Young Men | You've Been Torturing Me | | |
| 50 | | | Kathy Young With The Innocents | A Thousand Stars | | |
| 51 | | | The Coasters | Wait A Minute | | |
| 52 | | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | | |
| 52 | | | Chubby Checker | Oh, Susannah | | |
| 53 | | | Fats Domino | Ain't That Just Like A Woman | | |
| 54 | | | Annette With The Afterbeats | Dream Boy | | |
| 55 | | | Joe And Ann | Gee Baby | | |
| 56 | | | Dinah Washington | We Have Love | | |
| 57 | | | Johnny And The Hurricanes | Ja-Da | | |
| 58 | | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Cerveza (his original 1959, Decca non-hit 45 got 1961 airplay, after his big 1960 success) | | |
| 59 | | | The Fleetwoods | Confidential | | |
| 60 | | | Fabian | You Know You Belong To Somebody Else | | |
| 60 | | | Fabian | Hold On | | |