| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | Wonderland By Night | | |
| 2 | 2 | | Elvis Presley | Are You Lonesome To-Night? | | |
| 3 | 14 | | The String-A-Longs | Wheels | | |
| 4 | 3 | | Kathy Young With The Innocents | A Thousand Stars | | |
| 5 | 9 | | Ronnie Love And His Orchestra | Chills And Fever | | |
| 6 | 12 | | Ferrante & Teicher | Exodus | | |
| 7 | 4 | | Jackie Wilson | Alone At Last | | |
| 7 | 4 | | Jackie Wilson | Am I The Man | | |
| 8 | 23 | | Bobby Vee | Rubber Ball | | |
| 9 | 32 | | Rosie And The Originals | Angel Baby | | |
| 10 | 5 | | Johnny Burnette | You're Sixteen | | |
| 11 | 7 | | Floyd Cramer | Last Date | | |
| 12 | 6 | | Jerry Butler | He Will Break Your Heart | | |
| 13 | 16 | | Ray Peterson | Corinna, Corinna | | |
| 14 | 11 | | Brook Benton | Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) | | |
| 15 | 8 | | Johnny Horton | North To Alaska | | |
| 16 | 20 | | The Innocents | Gee Whiz | | |
| 17 | 10 | | Fats Domino | My Girl Josephine | | |
| 18 | 30 | | Bob Luman | Why, Why, Bye, Bye | | |
| 19 | 13 | | Lolita | Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | | |
| 20 | 17 | | Bobby Helms | Guess We Thought The World Would End | | |
| 21 | 26 | | The Flamingos | Your Other Love | | |
| 22 | 18 | | The Dubs | Could This Be Magic (the original 1957 45 release also got airplay in 1961) | | |
| 23 | 33 | | LaVern Baker | Bumble Bee | | |
| 24 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Like Strangers | | |
| 24 | 19 | | The Everly Brothers | Brand New Heartache | | |
| 25 | 22 | | The Piltdown Men | Piltdown Rides Again | | |
| 26 | 37 | | Duane Eddy | Pepe | | |
| 27 | 21 | | The Ventures | Perfidia | | |
| 28 | 39 | | Larry Verne | Mister Livingston | | |
| 29 | 24 | | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go | | |
| 30 | 36 | | Bill Doggett | (Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist | | |
| 31 | 34 | | The Viscounts | Wabash Blues | | |
| 32 | 42 | | Bob Crewe | Ev'rytime | | |
| 33 | 25 | | Chubby Checker | The Hucklebuck | | |
| 34 | 43 | | Bill Black's Combo | Blue Tango | | |
| 35 | 27 | | U.S. Bonds | New Orleans | | |
| 36 | 44 | | The Olympics | Dance By The Light Of The Moon | | |
| 37 | 38 | | Wink Martindale | Glory Of Love | | |
| 38 | 47 | | Rusty Draper | Ten Thousand Years Ago | | |
| 39 | 40 | | Sugarpie DeSanto | Wish You Were Mine | | |
| 40 | 41 | | Margie Singleton | She Will Break Your Heart | | |
| 41 | 45 | | The Chiffons | Tonight's The Night | | |
| 42 | -- | | The Capris | There's A Moon Out Tonight | | |
| 43 | 50 | | Skeeter Davis | My Last Date (With You) | | |
| 44 | 49 | | Ferlin Husky | Wings Of A Dove | | |
| 45 | 48 | | Jerry Wallace | There She Goes | | |
| 46 | -- | | Donnie Brooks | Doll House | | |
| 47 | -- | | Jeanne Black | Oh, How I Miss You Tonight | | |
| 48 | -- | | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | Calcutta | | |
| 49 | -- | | Neil Sedaka | Calendar Girl | | |
| 50 | -- | | The Drifters | I Count The Tears | | |
| | | The Platters | If I Didn't Care | | |
| | | Dinah Washington | We Have Love | | |
| | | June Valli | Guess Things Happen That Way | | |
| | | Simon Crum | Enormity In Motion (Poetry In Motion) | | |
| | | The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro | Good Golly Miss Molly | | |
| | | Ronnie Hawkins | Cold, Cold Heart | | |