| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | The Shirelles | Dedicated To The One I Love | | |
| 2 | 6 | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | | |
| 3 | 5 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | | |
| 4 | 3 | | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | | |
| 5 | 4 | | Elvis Presley | Are You Lonesome To-Night? | | |
| 6 | 2 | | Rosie And The Originals | Angel Baby | | |
| 7 | 7 | | Bobby Vee | Rubber Ball | | |
| 8 | 11 | | The Miracles | Shop Around | | |
| 9 | 15 | | Neil Sedaka | Calendar Girl | | |
| 10 | 9 | | Ray Peterson | Corinna, Corinna | | |
| 11 | 12 | | Rufus Beacham | No Man Is King | | |
| 12 | 8 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | | |
| 13 | 14 | | The Drifters | I Count The Tears | | |
| 14 | 10 | | Dion | Lonely Teenager | | |
| 15 | 18 | | Frankie Avalon | A Perfect Love | | |
| 16 | 22 | | Joey Dee & The Starlights | Face Of An Angel | | |
| 17 | 46 | | The Olympics | Dance By The Light Of The Moon | | |
| 18 | 31 | | Roy Orbison | I'm Hurtin' | | |
| 19 | 30 | | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | The Hoochi Coochi Coo | | |
| 20 | 13 | | Googie Rene | The Slide (Part 2) | | |
| 21 | 19 | | The Shells | Baby Oh Baby | | |
| 22 | 20 | | Ramrods | (Ghost) Riders In The Sky | | |
| 23 | 35 | | The Flamingos | Your Other Love | | |
| 24 | 21 | | Shelby Flint | Angel On My Shoulder | | |
| 25 | 23 | | Ricky Nelson | You Are The Only One | | |
| 26 | 36 | | The Sevilles | Charlena | | |
| 27 | 37 | | Ike And Tina Turner | I Idolize You | | |
| 28 | 52 | | Buster Brown | Sincerely | | |
| 28 | 52 | | Buster Brown | Doctor Brown | | |
| 29 | 43 | | Jerry Murad's Harmonicats | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White | | |
| 30 | 33 | | Little Willie John | Walk Slow | | |
| 31 | 50 | | The Chantels | I Love You So (1958 original 45 also got airplay in 1961) | | |
| 32 | 24 | | Skeeter Davis | My Last Date (With You) | | |
| 33 | 26 | | Brook Benton | Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) | | |
| 33 | 26 | | Brook Benton | Someday You'll Want Me To Want You | | |
| 34 | -- | | Lenny Myles | Don't Believe Him Donna | | |
| 35 | 32 | | Bill Black's Combo | Blue Tango | | |
| 36 | 28 | | Floyd Cramer | Last Date | | |
| 36 | 28 | | Floyd Cramer | Sweetie Baby | | |
| 37 | 38 | | Earl King | Come On - Part 1 | | |
| 38 | 41 | | Gene Pitney | (I Wanna) Love My Life Away | | |
| 39 | 47 | | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie | | |
| 40 | 57 | | Carla Thomas | Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) | | |
| 41 | 48 | | Paul Clayton | Wings Of A Dove | | |
| 41 | 48 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | | |
| 42 | 49 | | Maxine Brown | All In My Mind | | |
| 43 | -- | | Chuck Jackson | I Don't Want To Cry | | |
| 44 | 29 | | Johnny Horton | North To Alaska | | |
| 45 | -- | | Aretha Franklin | Won't Be Long | | |
| 46 | 59 | | The Dreamers | Teenage Vows Of Love | | |
| 47 | 51 | | Frankie Lymon | Silhouettes | | |
| 48 | 52 | | Titus Turner | Sound-Off | | |
| 49 | 53 | | Gene & Ruth | It Shouldn't Happen To A Dog | | |
| 50 | -- | | Brenda Lee | Emotions | | |
| 50 | -- | | Brenda Lee | I'm Learning About Love | | |
| 51 | 54 | | Conway Twitty | C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) | | |
| 52 | 55 | | H.B. Barnum | Lost Love | | |
| 53 | 58 | | Ben E. King | Spanish Harlem | | |
| 54 | 60 | | The Blue Diamonds | Ramona | | |
| 55 | -- | | Jackie Wilson | The Tear Of The Year | | |
| 55 | -- | | Jackie Wilson | My Empty Arms | | |
| 56 | -- | | Etta James | At Last | | |
| 57 | -- | | Johnny Cash | Oh Lonesome Me | | |
| 58 | -- | | Paul Anka | The Story Of My Love | | |
| 58 | -- | | Paul Anka | Don't Say You're Sorry | | |
| 59 | -- | | El Pauling & The Royalton | Now Baby Don't Do It | | |
| 60 | -- | | Johnny Tillotson | Jimmy's Girl | | |
| PH | | | Fats Domino | What A Price | | |
| PH | | | Pat Boone | The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine) | | |
| PH | | | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | | |
| PH | | | Dizzy Dixon And The Deacons | Hapsburg Serenade (Twist) | | |