Top 40 Hits of Mid September 1961
| 1 | Shirley Bassey | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
| 2 | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me |
| 3 | Helen Shapiro | You Don't Know |
| 4 | Elvis Presley | Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad |
| 5 | The Shadows | Kon-Tiki |
| 6 | Eden Kane | Well I Ask You |
| 7 | Billy Fury | Halfway To Paradise |
| 8 | Lonnie Donegan | Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered |
| 9 | Sam Cooke | Cupid |
| 10 | Mr Acker Bilk | That's My Home |
| 11 | Bobby Vee | How Many Tears |
| 12 | US Bonds | Quarter To Three |
| 13 | The Brook Brothers | Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week |
| 14 | Petula Clark | Romeo |
| 15 | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry |
| 16 | Billy Fury | Jealousy |
| 17 | The Highwaymen | Michael |
| 18 | The Temperance Seven | Pasadena |
| 19 | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou / Travelin' Man |
| 20 | Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | You Always Hurt The One You Love |
| 21 | Karl Denver | Marcheta |
| 22 | Connie Francis | Together |
| 23 | Joe Loss | Wheels Cha Cha |
| 24 | Eden Kane | Get Lost |
| 25 | Buddy Holly | Baby I Don't Care / Valley Of Tears |
| 26 | Craig Douglas | Time |
| 27 | Cleo Laine | You'll Answer To Me |
| 28 | Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway | Say It With Flowers |
| 29 | Adam Faith | Don't You Know It? |
| 30 | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
| 31 | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak |
| 32 | Cliff Richard | A Girl Like You |
| 33 | Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Someday (You'll Be Sorry) |
| 34 | Duane Eddy | Drivin' Home |
| 35 | The Everly Brothers | Temptation |
| 36 | Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazzmen | True Love |
| 37 | Eddie Cochran | Weekend |
| 38 | The Springfields | Breakaway |
| 39 | Ken Dodd | Once In Every Lifetime |
| 40 | Jan & Dean | Heart And Soul |