List of Top 25 singles for 1961 in Australia

The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1961. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1961. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"Eddie Hodges17
2."Runaway"Del Shannon16
3."Wooden Heart"Elvis Presley14
4."Hello Mary Lou"Ricky Nelson15
5."My Boomerang Won't Come Back"Charlie Drake16 (pkd #1 in 1960 & 61)
6."A Scottish Soldier"Andy Stewart11
7."I'm Counting on You"Johnny O'Keefe13
8."Wonderland by Night"Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra13
9."Theme from Exodus"Ferrante and Teicher2
10."Crying" / "Candy Man"Roy Orbison13
11."Goodbye Cruel World"James Darren12
12."Rubber Ball"Bobby Vee13
13."Mexico"Bob Moore and His Orchestra12
14."Surrender"Elvis Presley13
15."One Last Kiss"Crash Craddock11
16."Wheels"The String-A-Longs2
17."Michael"The Highwaymen11
18."Take Good Care of My Baby"Bobby Vee3
19."(Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister"Elvis Presley2
20."Baby Face" / "How Many Tears"Bobby Vee3
21."Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)"Sue Thompson6
22."Sailor (Seeman)"Lolita6
23."Together"Connie Francis2
24."Hit the Road Jack"Ray Charles3
25."Little Devil"Neil Sedaka3

Top 25 singles of 1961
Other Australian top charts for 1961
top 25 albums
Australian number-one charts of 1961
albums
singles

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"

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