| CASH BOX Singles Looking Ahead | |||
| Week ending JUNE 10, 1961 | |||
| TW | TITLE ArtistLabel | LW | WKS |
| 1 | HATS OFF TO LARRY Del ShannonBig Top 3075 | | 1 |
| 2 | THE LONELY CROWD Teddy VannColumbia 41996 | 44 | 2 |
| 3 | LIFE IS BUT A DREAM EarlsRome 101 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | THATS THE WAY WITH LOVE
Don Costa & OrchestraUnited Artists 318 / Piero SofficiKip 224 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | YOU CANT SIT DOWN (pt. 2) Philip Upchurch ComboBoyd 3398 | 30 | 2 |
| 6 | I LEFT THERE CRYING Valerie CarrRoulette 4365 | 43 | 3 |
| 7 | YOUD BETTER Russell ByrdWand 107 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | RESPECTABLE ChantsMGM 13008 | 14 | 5 |
| 9 | SHOULD I String-A-LongsWarwick 654 | | 1 |
| 10 | MILORD Teresa BrewerCoral 62265 | 21 | 5 |
| 11 | QUITE A PARTY FireballsWarwick 644 | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | LOUISIANA MAN Rusty & DougHickory 1137 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | (Ive Got) SPRING FEVER Little Willie JohnKing 5503 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | A SCOTTISH SOLDIER (Green Hills Of Tyrol) Andy StewartWarwick 627 | 23 | 6 |
| 15 | RIMSHOT (pt. 1) Roller CoastersHoliday Inn 100 | 18 | 6 |
| 16 | LA DOLCE VITA (The Sweet Life)
Ray Ellis & OrchestraRCA Victor 47-7888 / Harry Simeone Orchestra20th Fox 245 | 19 | 3 |
| 17 | RIGHT OR WRONG Wanda JacksonCapitol 4553 | 22 | 3 |
| 18 | LONESOME WHISTLE BLUES / ITS TOO BAD THINGS ARE GOING SO TOUGH Freddy KingFederal 12415 | 20 | 4 / 2 |
| 19 | CHARLIE WASNT THERE Barbara EvansPioneer 7002 | 48 | 2 |
| 20 | HUMOROUS / THEME FROM A SILENT MOVIE KokomoFelsted 8622 | 28 | 3 |
| 21 | HERES MY CONFESSION Wyatt (Earp) McPhersonSavoy 1599 | 25 | 5 |
| 22 | A MILLION TEARDROPS / IM IN A BLUE, BLUE MOOD Conway TwittyMGM 13011 | 37 | 2 |
| 23 | TE-TA-TE-TA-TA Ernie K-DoeMinit 627 | | 1 |
| 24 | IN MY HEART TimetonesTimes Square 421 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 | RED WING Billy Vaughn & OrchestraDot 16220 | | 1 |
| 26 | BOBBY Neil ScottPortrait 102 | | 1 |
| 27 | JIMMY LOVE Cathy CarrollTriodex 110 | | 1 |
| 28 | THE REBELJOHNNY YUMA Johnny CashColumbia 41995 | 9 | 6 |
| 29 | THE PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE (pts. 1 & 2) SickniksAmy 824 | | 1 |
| 30 | BACARDI Ralph MarterieUnited Artists 315 | 45 | 3 |
| 31 | GOODNIGHT BABY ImaginationsMusic Makers 103 | 33 | 3 |
| 32 | SAD EYES (Dont You Cry) EchoesSeg-Way 106 | | 1 |
| 33 | WARPAINT Brooks BrothersLondon 1987 | 36 | 2 |
| 34 | NEVER ON SUNDAY Don Costa & OrchestraUnited Artists 234 | 41 | 2 |
| 35 | (Theme From Carnival) LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
Jane Morgan Kapp 390 | | 1 |
| 36 | HOLD BACK THE TEARS DelacardosUnited Artists 310 | | 1 |
| 37 | TURN AROUND Dodie StevensDot 16200 | 39 | 3 |
| 38 | MARY AND MAN-O Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount 10221 | | 1 |
| 39 | CHA CHA GO GO Danny & JuniorsSwan 4072 | 27 | 6 |
| 40 | DINKY DOO Eddie BoRic 981 | | 1 |
| 41 | SEA OF HEARTBREAK Don GibsonRCA Victor 47-7890 | | 1 |
| 42 | THEY CALL ME THE FOOL Nick NobleCoral 62262 | 46 | 2 |
| 43 | (Theme From) GOODBYE AGAIN Ferrante & TeicherUnited Artists 319 | 47 | 2 |
| 44 | SAN ANTONIO ROSE Floyd CramerRCA Victor 47-7893 | | 1 |
| 45 | MICHAEL HighwaymenUnited Artists 258 | | 4 |
| 46 | I JUST CRY Fats DominoImperial 5753 | 32 | 3 |
| 47 | WISHBONE Donnie BrooksEra 3049 | 50 | 2 |
| 48 | LITTLE SUZY Clarence HenryArgo 5388 | | 1 |
| 49 | LOOK FOR MY TRUE LOVE Bobby DarinAtco 6196 | | 1 |
| 50 | MAKE ME SMILE AGAIN Cathy JeanValmor 009 | | 1 |
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