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 | Jim Reeves | You're The Only Good Thing |
| 18 | Cliff Richard | When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart |
| 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 |