Top 40 Hits of Early October 1961
 | 1 | The Shadows | Kon-Tiki |
| 2 | The Highwaymen | Michael |
| 3 | Billy Fury | Jealousy |
 | 4 | Helen Shapiro | Walking Back To Happiness |
 | 5 | John Leyton | Johnny Remember Me |
| 6 | Elvis Presley | Wild In The Country / I Feel So Bad |
| 7 | Connie Francis | Together |
| 8 | Cleo Laine | You'll Answer To Me |
| 9 | Shirley Bassey | Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
| 10 | Del Shannon | Hats Off To Larry |
| 11 | Eden Kane | Get Lost |
| 12 | Helen Shapiro | You Don't Know |
| 13 | Don Gibson | Sea Of Heartbreak |
| 14 | Lonnie Donegan | Michael Row The Boat / Lumbered |
| 15 | John Leyton | Wild Wind |
| 16 | Mr Acker Bilk | That's My Home |
| 17 | Frank Sinatra | Granada |
| 18 | Laurie Johnson Orchestra | Sucu Sucu |
| 19 | The Brook Brothers | Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week |
| 20 | Sam Cooke | Cupid |
| 21 | Eden Kane | Well I Ask You |
| 22 | Bobby Vee | How Many Tears |
| 23 | Joe Loss | Wheels Cha Cha |
| 24 | The Viscounts | Who Put The Bomp |
| 25 | Charlie Drake | My Boomerang Won't Come Back |
| 26 | The Everly Brothers | Muskrat / Don't Blame Me |
| 27 | Tony Orlando | Bless You |
| 28 | Billy Fury | Halfway To Paradise |
| 29 | US Bonds | Quarter To Three |
| 30 | Roy Orbison | Cryin' |
| 31 | Dorothy Squires & Russ Conway | Say It With Flowers |
| 32 | The Temperance Seven | Hard Hearted Hannah |
| 33 | Petula Clark | Romeo |
| 34 | Ken Dodd | Once In Every Lifetime |
| 35 | Ral Donner | You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It) |
| 36 | The Springfields | Breakaway |
| 37 | Nina & Frederick | Sucu Sucu |
| 38 | Karl Denver | Marcheta |
| 39 | Eddie Hodges | I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door |
| 40 | Ben E King | Amor |
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