| Top 40 Hits of April 1961 |
| 1 |
Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart |
| 2 |
Allisons | Are You Sure |
| 3 |
Bobby Darin | Lazy River |
| 4 |
Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes |
| 5 |
Marcels | Blue Moon |
| 6 |
Cliff Richard | Theme For A Dream |
| 7 |
Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy |
| 8 |
Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl |
| 9 |
Ferrante & Teicher | Theme From 'Exodus' |
| 10 |
Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo |
| 11 |
Shadows | FBI |
| 12 |
Anthony Newley | And The Heavens Cried |
| 13 |
Cliff Richard | Gee Whiz It's You |
| 14 |
Brook Brothers | War Paint |
| 15 |
Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow? |
| 16 |
Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Samantha |
| 17 |
Johnny Dankworth | African Waltz |
| 18 |
Helen Shapiro | Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
| 19 |
Ramrods | Riders In The Sky |
| 20 |
Adam Faith | Who Am I? / This Is It |
| 21 |
Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie |
| 22 |
String-A-Longs | Wheels |
| 23 |
Mike Preston | Marry Me |
| 24 |
Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie |
| 25 |
Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad |
| 26 |
Craig Douglas | 100 Pounds Of Clay |
| 27 |
Bobby Vee | More Than I Can Say / Staying In |
| 28 |
Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound |
| 29 |
King Brothers | 76 Trombones |
| 30 |
Petula Clark | Sailor |
| 31 |
Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
| 32 |
Gene Pitney | I Wanna Love My Life Away |
| 33 |
Piltdown Men | Goodnight Mrs Flintstone |
| 34 |
Elvis Presley | Are You Lonesome Tonight? |
| 35 |
Neil Sedaka | Calendar Girl |
| 36 |
Johnny & The Hurricanes | Ja-Da |
| 37 |
Chubby Checker | Pony Time |
| 38 |
Brenda Lee | Let's Jump The Broomstick |
| 39 |
Semprini | Theme From 'Exodus' |
| 40 |
Krew Kats | Trambone |