| Top 40 Hits of May 1961 |
| 1 |
Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy |
| 2 |
Marcels | Blue Moon |
| 3 |
Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound |
| 4 |
Bobby Vee | More Than I Can Say / Staying In |
| 5 |
Del Shannon | Runaway |
| 6 |
Helen Shapiro | Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
| 7 |
Shadows | Frightened City |
| 8 |
Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart |
| 9 |
Elvis Presley | Surrender |
| 10 |
Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie |
| 11 |
Brook Brothers | War Paint |
| 12 |
Craig Douglas | 100 Pounds Of Clay |
| 13 |
Cliff Richard | Gee Whiz It's You |
| 14 |
Adam Faith | Easy Going Me |
| 15 |
Johnny Dankworth | African Waltz |
| 16 |
Jerry Lee Lewis | What'd I Say |
| 17 |
Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad |
| 18 |
Shirley Bassey | You'll Never Know |
| 19 |
Ferrante & Teicher | Theme From 'Exodus' |
| 20 |
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | But I Do |
| 21 |
Lonnie Donegan | Have A Drink On Me |
| 22 |
Allisons | Are You Sure |
| 23 |
Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo |
| 24 |
Bobby Darin | Lazy River |
| 25 |
Shadows | FBI |
| 26 |
Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | How Wonderful To Know |
| 27 |
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | I Still Love You All |
| 28 |
Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
| 29 |
Anthony Newley | And The Heavens Cried |
| 30 |
Neil Sedaka | Little Devil |
| 31 |
Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Samantha |
| 32 |
Gene Pitney | I Wanna Love My Life Away |
| 33 |
Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes |
| 34 |
Ernie K-Doe | Mother-In-Law |
| 35 |
Cliff Richard | Theme For A Dream |
| 36 |
Billy Fury | Halfway To Paradise |
| 37 |
Allisons | Words |
| 38 |
Frank Sinatra | My Blue Heaven |
| 39 |
Matt Monro | Why Not Now? / Can This Be Love? |
| 40 |
Linda Scott | I've Told Every Little Star |
