page_title: List of UK top-ten singles in 1961
section_title: Entries by artist
hierarchical_section_title: List of UK top-ten singles in 1961 / Entries by artist
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Jimmy Dean from his 1958 television program.
context_page_description: The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1961, as well as singles which peaked in 1960 and 1962 but were in the top 10 in 1961. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
  One-hundred and four singles were in the top ten in 1961. Eleven singles from 1960 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Midnight in Moscow" by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, "Moon River" by Danny Williams with Geoff Love and His Orchestra and "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr Acker Bil" were all released in 1961 but did not reach their peak until 1962. "I Love You" by Cliff Richard and The Shadows and "Poetry in Motion" by John Tillotson were the singles from 1960 to reach their peak in 1961. Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1961.
context_section_description: The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1961, including singles that reached their peak in 1960 or 1962. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1961 is also shown.
caption: Jimmy Dean, the American country music singer, television host and businessman, scored his only UK top 10 hit in November of this year with "Big Bad John", which peaked at number two.
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