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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1961.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 22 | "The Boll Weevil Song" | Brook Benton | 1 | July 22 | 6 |
| "Yellow Bird" | Arthur Lyman Group | 2 | July 22 | 5 | |
| "San Antonio Rose" | Floyd Cramer | 3 | July 22 | 5 | |
| "Moody River" | Pat Boone | 4 | July 22 | 3 | |
| "The Writing on the Wall" | Adam Wade | 5 | July 22 | 2 | |
| "Together" | Connie Francis | 1 | August 12 | 7 | |
| "Never on Sunday" | The Chordettes | 4 | August 19 | 7 | |
| "My Kind of Girl" | Matt Monro | 6 | August 12 | 6 | |
| "Wooden Heart" | Joe Dowell | 1 | August 19 | 11 | |
| "Should I" | The String-A-Longs | 10 | July 22 | 1 | |
| July 29 | "Don't Bet Money Honey" [A] | Linda Scott | 3 | August 19 | 7 |
| August 5 | "Hurt" | Timi Yuro | 2 | September 16 | 10 |
| August 12 | "Michael" | The Highwaymen | 1 | September 9 | 11 |
| "As If I Didn't Know" | Adam Wade | 4 | September 16 | 6 | |
| August 26 | "I Fall To Pieces" | Patsy Cline | 6 | September 2 | 5 |
| September 2 | "I'll Never Smile Again" | The Platters | 7 | September 9 | 2 |
| "Right Or Wrong" | Wanda Jackson | 9 | September 2 | 1 | |
| September 9 | "Frankie and Johnny" | Brook Benton | 6 | September 16 | 4 |
| "(Marie's the Name) Hist Latest Flame" | Elvis Presley | 2 | September 23 | 8 | |
| "Big Cold Wind" | Pat Boone | 5 | September 23 | 5 | |
| September 16 | "More Money for You and Me" | The Four Preps | 4 | September 30 | 4 |
| September 23 | "Mexico" | Bob Moore | 1 | October 14 | 9 |
| September 30 | "The Astronaut" | Jose Jimenez | 4 | October 7 | 4 |
| "Missing You" | Ray Peterson | 7 | October 21 | 5 | |
| October 7 | "The Way You Look Tonight" | The Lettermen | 3 | October 7 | 8 |
| "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" | Sue Thompson | 1 | October 21 | 10 | |
| October 14 | "Big Bad John" | Jimmy Dean | 1 | October 28 | 11 |
| "Take Five" | Dave Brubeck | 5 | October 28 | 5 | |
| "Waterboy" | Don Shirley | 10 | October 14 | 1 | |
| October 21 | "Moon River" | Jerry Butler | 3 | December 16 | 12 |
| October 28 | "It's Just a House Without You" | Brook Benton | 8 | October 28 | 1 |
| "September In the Rain" | Dinah Washington | 5 | December 2 | 8 | |
| November 4 | "Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 2 | December 2 | 8 |
| "Tonight" | Ferrante & Teicher | 2 | November 25 | 9 | |
| "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" | Solomon Burke | 6 | November 18 | 8 | |
| November 18 | "Moon River" [B] | Henry Mancini | 3 | December 23 | 14 |
| November 25 | "The Bridge of Love" | Joe Dowell | 10 | November 25 | 1 |
| December 2 | "Smile" | Timi Yuro | 9 | December 2 | 1 |
| "(Up A) Lazy River" | Si Zentner | 10 | December 2 | 1 | |
| December 16 | "I Don't Know Why" | Linda Scott | 4 | December 23 | 5 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 9 | "When I Fall in Love" | The Lettermen | 1 | January 6 | 10 |
| "When The Boy in Your Arms (Is The Boy in Your Heart)" | Connie Francis | 2 | January 6 | 8 | |
| December 23 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | 3 | January 6 | 3 |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending August 19, 1961. [1]
BThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 1962. [2]