Top 40 Hits of Mid December 1961
 | 1 | Frankie Vaughan | Tower Of Strength |
 | 2 | Danny Williams | Moon River |
 | 3 | Bobby Vee | Take Good Care Of My Baby |
 | 4 | Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Midnight In Moscow |
 | 5 | Helen Shapiro | Walking Back To Happiness |
 | 6 | Pat Boone | Johnny Will |
 | 7 | Jimmy Dean | Big Bad John |
 | 8 | Elvis Presley | His Latest Flame / Little Sisters |
 | 9 | Petula Clark | My Friend The Sea |
 | 10 | Mr Acker Bilk | Stranger On The Shore |
 | 11 | Adam Faith | The Time Has Come |
 | 12 | Shirley Bassey | I'll Get By |
 | 13 | The Shadows | The Savage |
 | 14 | Del Shannon | So Long Baby |
 | 15 | Dave Brubeck | Take Five |
 | 16 | Russ Conway | Toy Balloons |
 | 17 | Cliff Richard | When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart |
 | 18 | Jim Reeves | You're The Only Good Thing |
 | 19 | Dion | Runaround Sue |
 | 20 | The Springfields | Bambino |
 | 21 | The G-Clefs | I Understand |
 | 22 | Sandy Nelson | Let There Be Drums |
 | 23 | Jimmy Crawford | I Love How You Love Me |
 | 24 | Troy Shondell | This Time |
 | 25 | Dorothy Provine | Don't Bring Lulu |
 | 26 | Ray Charles | Hit The Road Jack |
 | 27 | The Temperance Seven | Charleston |
 | 28 | Billy Fury | I'd Never Find Another You |
 | 29 | Karl Denver | Mexicali Rose |
 | 30 | Nina & Frederick | Sucu Sucu |
 | 31 | Mr Acker Bilk | Stars And Stripes / Creole Jazz |
 | 32 | Mrs Mills | Mrs Mills Medley |
 | 33 | Nat 'King' Cole | Let True Love Begin |
 | 34 | Rose Brennan | Tall Dark Stranger |
 | 35 | Hayley Mills | Let's Get Together |
 | 36 | Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazzmen | King Kong |
 | 37 | Bobby Darin | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby |
 | 38 | Connie Francis | Baby's First Christmas |
 | 39 | James Darren | Goodbye Cruel World |
 | 40 | The Dale Sisters | My Sunday Baby |