Jaar Top 100 1961
| De beste nummers van 1961 uit de hitparades van Nederland, Engeland en USA! | ||
| 1 | Running scared | Roy Orbison | 
| 2 | Temptation | Everly Brothers | 
| 3 | Stand by me | Ben E King | 
| 4 | Walking back to happiness | Helen Shapiro | 
| 5 | Are you sure | Allisons | 
| 6 | Wheels | Billy Vaughn / String-a-longs / Jumping Jewels | 
| 7 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 
| 8 | Crying | Roy Orbison | 
| 9 | FBI | Shadows | 
| 10 | Little ship | Blue Diamonds | 
| 11 | Will you love me tomorrow | Shirelles | 
| 12 | You don't know | Helen Shapiro | 
| 13 | Sailor | Petula Clark | 
| 14 | Kon-Tiki | Shadows | 
| 15 | Walk right back | Everly Brothers | 
| 16 | Hello Mary Lou | Ricky Nelson | 
| 17 | I'm gonna knock on your door | Eddie Hodges | 
| 18 | Let's twist again | Chubby Checker | 
| 19 | Dedicated to the one I love | Shirelles | 
| 20 | Ebony eyes | Everly Brothers | 
| 21 | Romeo | Petula Clark | 
| 22 | Wooden heart | Elvis Presley | 
| 23 | Hit the road Jack | Ray Charles | 
| 24 | Big bad John | Jimmy Dean | 
| 25 | Corrina Corrina | Ray Peterson / Herman van Keeken | 
| 26 | Please Mr Postman | Marvelettes | 
| 27 | Bonanza | Al Caiola & Orchestra | 
| 28 | Travelin' man | Ricky Nelson | 
| 29 | Johnny remember me | John Leyton | 
| 30 | Blue moon | Marcels | 
| 31 | The frightened city | Shadows | 
| 32 | Mexico | Bob Moore & Orchestra | 
| 33 | Theme from the Magnificent Seven | Al Caiola & Orchestra | 
| 34 | Nine times out of ten | Cliff Richard | 
| 35 | Non je ne regrette rien | Edith Piaf | 
| 36 | Rubber ball | Bobby Vee / Marty Wilde | 
| 37 | You're sixteen | Johnny Burnette | 
| 38 | Calendar girl | Neil Sedaka | 
| 39 | A girl like you | Cliff Richard | 
| 40 | Dance on little girl | Paul Anka | 
| 41 | Can't help falling in love | Elvis Presley | 
| 42 | Michael | Highwaymen | 
| 43 | Surrender | Elvis Presley | 
| 44 | (I don't know why) But I do | Clarence Henry | 
| 45 | Cupid | Sam Cooke | 
| 46 | Ring of fire | Duane Eddy & Rebels | 
| 47 | Theme for a dream | Cliff Richard | 
| 48 | Barbara Ann | Regents | 
| 49 | Pony time | Chubby Checker | 
| 50 | Goodbye cruel world | James Darren | 
| 51 | Candy man | Roy Orbison | 
| 52 | Runaround Sue | Dion | 
| 53 | Wonderland by night | Bert Kaempfert & Orchestra | 
| 54 | A thing of the past | Shirelles | 
| 55 | Hurt | Timi Yuro | 
| 56 | Every breath I take | Gene Pitney | 
| 57 | Spanish Harlem | Ben E. King | 
| 58 | The fly | Chubby Checker | 
| 59 | Sweets for my sweet | Drifters | 
| 60 | Where the boys are | Connie Francis | 
| 61 | Take good care of my baby | Bobby Vee | 
| 62 | Little sister | Elvis Presley | 
| 63 | Like, long hair | Paul Revere & Raiders | 
| 64 | Some kind of wonderful | Drifters | 
| 65 | Mama said | Shirelles | 
| 66 | Dance the mess around | Chubby Checker | 
| 67 | Breakin' in a brand new heart | Connie Francis | 
| 68 | Tossin' and turnin' | Bobby Lewis | 
| 69 | Dum dum | Brenda Lee | 
| 70 | Together | Connie Francis | 
| 71 | Heart and soul | Jan & Dean | 
| 72 | What a sweet thing that was | Shirelles | 
| 73 | It's gonna work out fine | Ike & Tina Turner | 
| 74 | Take five | Dave Brubeck Quartet | 
| 75 | Let me belong to you | Brian Hyland | 
| 76 | Don't blame me | Everly Brothers | 
| 77 | Reach for the stars / Climb ev'ry mountain | Shirley Bassey | 
| 78 | Rock-a-bye baby with a dixie melody | Aretha Franklin | 
| 79 | You'll never know | Shirley Bassey | 
| 80 | Peppermint twist | Joey Dee | 
| 81 | Town without pity | Gene Pitney | 
| 82 | Poor fool | Ike & Tina Turner | 
| 83 | Baby it's you | Shirelles | 
| 84 | Pepe | Duane Eddy | 
| 85 | Ja-da | Johnny & Hurricanes | 
| 86 | Don't treat me like a child | Helen Shapiro | 
| 87 | Gee whiz it's you | Cliff Richard | 
| 88 | Little devil | Neil Sedaka | 
| 89 | When the girl in your arms is the girl in your heart | Cliff Richard | 
| 90 | Hole in the bucket | Harry Belafonte | 
| 91 | Tribute to Buddy Holly | Mike Berry | 
| 92 | The savage | The Shadows | 
| 93 | Bambino | Springfields | 
| 94 | Tomorrow's clown | Marty Wilde | 
| 95 | Tonight my love tonight | Paul Anka | 
| 96 | Batje Vier | Cocktail Trio | 
| 97 | Danke für die Blumen | Siw Malmkvist | 
| 98 | Brigitte Bardot | Jorge Veiga / Digno Garcia / Emeralds | 
| 99 | Baby sittin' boogie | Buzz Clifford | 
| 100 | Sucu sucu | Ping Ping |