Top 40 Hits of Early September 1961
 | 1 | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me |
 | 2 | Helen Shapiro | You Don't Know |
 | 3 | Shirley Bassey | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
 | 4 | Eden Kane | Well I Ask You |
 | 5 | Billy Fury | Halfway To Paradise |
 | 6 | Petula Clark | Romeo |
 | 7 | US Bonds | Quarter To Three |
 | 8 | Mr Acker Bilk | That's My Home |
 | 9 | Karl Denver | Marcheta |
 | 10 | Ricky Nelson | Hello Mary Lou / Travelin' Man |
 | 11 | The Temperance Seven | Pasadena |
 | 12 | Bobby Vee | How Many Tears |
 | 13 | Sam Cooke | Cupid |
 | 14 | Elvis Presley | Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad |
 | 15 | Adam Faith | Don't You Know It? |
 | 16 | Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | You Always Hurt The One You Love |
 | 17 | Craig Douglas | Time |
 | 18 | The Brook Brothers | Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week |
 | 19 | Buddy Holly | Baby I Don't Care / Valley Of Tears |
 | 20 | Cliff Richard | A Girl Like You |
 | 21 | The Shadows | Kon-Tiki |
 | 22 | Lonnie Donegan | Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered |
 | 23 | The Everly Brothers | Temptation |
 | 24 | Joe Loss | Wheels Cha Cha |
 | 25 | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
 | 26 | Eddie Cochran | Weekend |
 | 27 | Del Shannon | Runaway |
 | 28 | Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Someday (You'll Be Sorry) |
 | 29 | The Shadows | Frightened City |
 | 30 | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak |
 | 31 | The Fireballs | Quite A Party |
 | 32 | Tommy Steele | Writing On The Wall |
 | 33 | Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway | Say It With Flowers |
 | 34 | Gene Vincent | I'm Going Home |
 | 35 | Anthony Newley | What Kind Of Fool Am I? |
 | 36 | Brenda Lee | Dum Dum |
 | 37 | The Springfields | Breakaway |
 | 38 | Jan & Dean | Heart And Soul |
 | 39 | The Highwaymen | Michael |
 | 40 | Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | But I Do |