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