Top 40 Hits of Early May 1961
 | 1 | The Marcels | Blue Moon |
 | 2 | The Temperance Seven | You're Driving Me Crazy |
 | 3 | Elvis Presley | Wooden Heart |
 | 4 | Helen Shapiro | Don't Treat Me Like A Child |
 | 5 | The Brook Brothers | War Paint |
 | 6 | Cliff Richard | Gee Whiz It's You |
 | 7 | Bobby Vee | More Than I Can Say / Staying In |
 | 8 | Duane Eddy | Theme From Dixie |
 | 9 | Floyd Cramer | On The Rebound |
 | 10 | Johnny Dankworth | African Waltz |
 | 11 | Allisons | Are You Sure |
 | 12 | Craig Douglas | 100 Pounds Of Clay |
 | 13 | Johnny Burnette | Little Boy Sad |
 | 14 | Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are / Baby Roo |
 | 15 | Bobby Darin | Lazy River |
 | 16 | Ferrante & Teicher | Theme From 'Exodus' |
 | 17 | Adam Faith | Easy Going Me |
 | 18 | Del Shannon | Runaway |
 | 19 | The Shadows | FBI |
 | 20 | Anthony Newley | And The Heavens Cried |
 | 21 | The Everly Brothers | Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes |
 | 22 | Cliff Richard | Theme For A Dream |
 | 23 | Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen | Samantha |
 | 24 | Andy Stewart | A Scottish Soldier |
 | 25 | Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson | How Wonderful To Know |
 | 26 | Matt Monro | My Kind Of Girl |
 | 27 | Buzz Clifford | Baby Sittin' Boogie |
 | 28 | Gene Pitney | I Wanna Love My Life Away |
 | 29 | Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow? |
 | 30 | Jerry Lee Lewis | What'd I Say |
 | 31 | The String-A-Longs | Wheels |
 | 32 | Clarence 'Frogman' Henry | But I Do |
 | 33 | The Ramrods | Riders In The Sky |
 | 34 | Frank Sinatra | My Blue Heaven |
 | 35 | The King Brothers | 76 Trombones |
 | 36 | Freddie Cannon | Muskrat Ramble |
 | 37 | Kokomo | Asia Minor |
 | 38 | Mike Preston | Marry Me |
 | 39 | The Shadows | Frightened City |
 | 40 | Alma Cogan | Cowboy Jimmy Joe |