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