| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 24 | | Del Shannon | Runaway | | |
| 2 | 9 | | The Marathons | Peanut Butter | | |
| 3 | 10 | | Ernie K-Doe | Mother-In-Law | | |
| 4 | 2 | | Kokomo | Asia Minor | | |
| 5 | 1 | | The Marcels | Blue Moon | | |
| 6 | 6 | | Gene McDaniels | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | | |
| 7 | 3 | | Clarence Henry | But I Do (some 45s show title as "I Don't Know Why") | | |
| 8 | 12 | | The Daarts | Beloved Stranger | | |
| 9 | 4 | | Joe Jones | California Sun | | |
| 10 | 11 | | The Dubs | Be Sure (My Love) (the original 1958 45 release also got airplay in 1961) | | |
| 11 | 14 | | The Echoes | Baby Blue | | |
| 12 | 5 | | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound | | |
| 13 | 13 | | Marv Johnson | Merry-Go-Round | | |
| 14 | 19 | | The Shirelles | I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde) (1961 success on Scepter garnered "vaults" airplay) | | |
| 15 | 7 | | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | Apache | | |
| 16 | 15 | | Steve Lawrence | Portrait Of My Love | | |
| 17 | 21 | | Ben E. King | Spanish Harlem | | |
| 18 | 25 | | Brenda Lee | You Can Depend On Me | | |
| 19 | 20 | | Paul Anka | Tonight My Love, Tonight | | |
| 20 | 16 | | Elvis Presley | Surrender | | |
| 21 | 27 | | Jimmy Norman | Here Comes The Night (Part 1) | | |
| 22 | 8 | | Chubby Checker | Pony Time | | |
| 23 | 23 | | Sam Cooke | That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On | | |
| 24 | 33 | | Little Caesar And The Romans | Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You) | | |
| 25 | 17 | | Little Anthony And The Imperials | Two People In The World | | |
| 26 | 34 | | Bobby Bare | Book Of Love | | |
| 27 | 18 | | Carla Thomas | Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) | | |
| 28 | 29 | | The Rollers | The Continental Walk | | |
| 29 | 32 | | The Brothers Four | Frogg | | |
| 30 | PH | | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou | | |
| 31 | 31 | | Fats Domino | Fell In Love On Monday | | |
| 32 | PH | | Connie Francis | Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart | | |
| 33 | 30 | | Duane Eddy | Gidget Goes Hawaiian | | |
| 33 | 30 | | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie | | |
| 34 | 35 | | Johnny Mathis | Jenny | | |
| 35 | HB | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | (Theme From) My Three Sons | | |
| 36 | 39 | | Buzz Clifford | Three Little Fishes | | |
| 37 | HB | | Jerry Fuller | Shy Away | | |
| 38 | -- | | Adam Wade | Take Good Care Of Her | | |
| 39 | 40 | | Etta James | Trust In Me | | |
| 40 | -- | | The Fleetwoods | Tragedy | | |
| HB | | | Chubby Checker | Good Good Lovin' | | |
| HB | | | The Philharmonics (Featuring Ray Johnson) | Warsaw Concerto | | |
| HB | | | Tab Hunter | Wild Side Of Life | | |
| HB | | | Jack Scott | A Little Feeling (Called Love) | | |
| HB | | | Frankie Avalon | Gotta Get A Girl | | |
| HB | | | Don Costa | That's The Way With Love | | |
| HB | | | Andy Williams | The Bilbao Song | | |
| HB | | | Russell Faith | Theme For Jacqueline | | |
| HB | | | Dorsey Burnette | That's Me Without You | | |
| HB | | | Roy Hamilton | You're Gonna Need Magic | | |
| HB | | | Gene Ross | True Love | | |
| HB | | | The Paramours | That's The Way We Love | | |
| HB | | | The Ventures | Lullaby Of The Leaves | | |
| HB | | | Joe Barry | I'm A Fool To Care | | |
| HB | | | The Delicates | Little Boy Of Mine | | |
| HB | | | Judy Brown | Heaven And Paradise | | |
| HB | | | The Penguins | Believe Me | | |
| HB | | | Faron Young | Hello Walls | | |
| HB | | | The Blossoms | Son-In-Law | | |
| PH | | | Neil Sedaka | Little Devil | | |
| PH | | | Neil Sedaka | I Must Be Dreaming | | |
| PH | | | Pat Boone | Moody River | | |