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