List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1961

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1961.

Elvis Presley scored six top ten hits during the year with "Surrender", "I Feel So Bad", "Little Sister", "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", and "Can't Help Falling in Love", the most among all other artists.

General sources

 * Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.