Top 40 Hits of Early May 1961
| 1 | The Marcels | Blue Moon |
| 2 | The Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy |
| 3 | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart |
| 4 | Helen Shapiro | Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
| 5 | The Brook Brothers | War Paint |
| 6 | Cliff Richard | Gee Whiz It's You |
| 7 | Bobby Vee | More Than I Can Say / Staying In |
| 8 | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie |
| 9 | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound |
| 10 | Johnny Dankworth | African Waltz |
| 11 | Allisons | Are You Sure |
| 12 | Craig Douglas | 100 Pounds Of Clay |
| 13 | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad |
| 14 | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo |
| 15 | Bobby Darin | Lazy River |
| 16 | Ferrante & Teicher | Theme From 'Exodus' |
| 17 | Adam Faith | Easy Going Me |
| 18 | Del Shannon | Runaway |
| 19 | The Shadows | FBI |
| 20 | Anthony Newley | And The Heavens Cried |
| 21 | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes |
| 22 | Cliff Richard | Theme For A Dream |
| 23 | Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Samantha |
| 24 | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
| 25 | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | How Wonderful To Know |
| 26 | Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl |
| 27 | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie |
| 28 | Gene Pitney | I Wanna Love My Life Away |
| 29 | Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow? |
| 30 | Jerry Lee Lewis | What'd I Say |
| 31 | The String-A-Longs | Wheels |
| 32 | Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | But I Do |
| 33 | The Ramrods | Riders In The Sky |
| 34 | Frank Sinatra | My Blue Heaven |
| 35 | The King Brothers | 76 Trombones |
| 36 | Freddie Cannon | Muskrat Ramble |
| 37 | Kokomo | Asia Minor |
| 38 | Mike Preston | Marry Me |
| 39 | The Shadows | Frightened City |
| 40 | Alma Cogan | Cowboy Jimmy Joe |