UK No.1 Hits of 1961

This is a list of all the singles to top the UK charts in the year 1961.

See Also: List of Number 1 singles (UK), UK No.1 Hits of 1960, 1961 in music, UK No.1 Hits of 1962

Notes

Records

*First act to accumulate six number one singles on the UK Singles Chart (Elvis Presley, "Are You Lonesome Tonight")
*First act to accumulate seven number one singles on the UK Singles Chart (Elvis Presley, "Wooden Heart")
*First act to accumulate eight number one singles on the UK Singles Chart (Elvis Presley, "Surrender")
*First act to accumulate nine number one singles on the UK Singles Chart (Elvis Presley, "Little Sister"/"His Latest Flame")
*First act to achieve four number one singles on the UK Singles Chart in a single calendar year (Elvis Presley)
*Youngest solo female singer to achieve a number one single on the UK Singles Chart (14; Helen Shapiro, "You Don't Know")

Artists At #1 For The First Time

*Johnny Tillotson with "Poetry In Motion"
*Petula Clark with "Sailor"
*The Marcels with "Blue Moon"
*Floyd Cramer with "On The Rebound"
*The Temperance Seven with "You're Driving Me Crazy"
*Del Shannon with "Runaway"
*Eden Kane with "Well I Ask You"
*Helen Shapiro with "You Don't Know"
*John Leyton with "Johnny Remember Me"
*The Highwaymen with "Michael"
*Danny Williams with "Moon River"