| Top 40 Hits of May 1961 |
| 1 |
Temperance Seven |
You're Driving Me Crazy |
| 2 |
Marcels |
Blue Moon |
| 3 |
Floyd Cramer |
On The Rebound |
| 4 |
Bobby Vee |
More Than I Can Say / Staying In |
| 5 |
Del Shannon |
Runaway |
| 6 |
Helen Shapiro |
Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
| 7 |
Shadows |
Frightened City |
| 8 |
Elvis Presley |
Wooden Heart |
| 9 |
Elvis Presley |
Surrender |
| 10 |
Duane Eddy |
Theme From Dixie |
| 11 |
Brook Brothers |
War Paint |
| 12 |
Craig Douglas |
100 Pounds Of Clay |
| 13 |
Cliff Richard |
Gee Whiz It's You |
| 14 |
Adam Faith |
Easy Going Me |
| 15 |
Johnny Dankworth |
African Waltz |
| 16 |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
What'd I Say |
| 17 |
Johnny Burnette |
Little Boy Sad |
| 18 |
Shirley Bassey |
You'll Never Know |
| 19 |
Ferrante & Teicher |
Theme From 'Exodus' |
| 20 |
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry |
But I Do |
| 21 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Have A Drink On Me |
| 22 |
Allisons |
Are You Sure |
| 23 |
Connie Francis |
Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo |
| 24 |
Bobby Darin |
Lazy River |
| 25 |
Shadows |
FBI |
| 26 |
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson |
How Wonderful To Know |
| 27 |
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen |
I Still Love You All |
| 28 |
Andy Stewart |
A Scottish Soldier |
| 29 |
Anthony Newley |
And The Heavens Cried |
| 30 |
Neil Sedaka |
Little Devil |
| 31 |
Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen |
Samantha |
| 32 |
Gene Pitney |
I Wanna Love My Life Away |
| 33 |
Everly Brothers |
Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes |
| 34 |
Ernie K-Doe |
Mother-In-Law |
| 35 |
Cliff Richard |
Theme For A Dream |
| 36 |
Billy Fury |
Halfway To Paradise |
| 37 |
Allisons |
Words |
| 38 |
Frank Sinatra |
My Blue Heaven |
| 39 |
Matt Monro |
Why Not Now? / Can This Be Love? |
| 40 |
Linda Scott |
I've Told Every Little Star |
