Top 20 Song Chart for May 20, 1961 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Mother-In-Law | ▲ |
| Ernie K-Doe |
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| 3 | 2 | Daddy's Home | ▲ |
| Shep And The Limelites |
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| 2 | 3 | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 2 |
| Gene McDaniels |
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| 9 | 4 | Running Scared | 1 |
| Roy Orbison |
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| 4 | 5 | Some Kind Of Wonderful | 4 |
| The Drifters |
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| 10 | 6 | Portrait Of My Love | ▲ |
| Steve Lawrence |
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| 11 | 7 | Mama Said | 4 |
| The Shirelles |
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| 12 | 8 | Travelin' Man | 1 |
| Ricky Nelson |
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| 5 | 9 | I've Told Every Little Star | 5 |
| Linda Scott |
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| 15 | 10 | Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart | 8 |
| Connie Francis |
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| 8 | 11 | Runaway | 1 |
| Del Shannon |
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| 16 | 12 | Hello Mary Lou | 6 |
| Ricky Nelson |
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| 7 | 13 | Tonight I Fell In Love | 7 |
| The Tokens |
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| 17 | 14 | Good Goodbye (So So Long) | ▲ |
| The Bob Knight Four |
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| 6 | 15 | Baby Blue | 5 |
| The Echoes |
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| 20 | 16 | Hello Walls | 6 |
| Faron Young |
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| 18 | 17 | Blue Moon | 1 |
| The Marcels |
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| - | 18 | Bonanza | 16 |
| Al Caiola |
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| - | 19 | Tragedy | 8 |
| The Fleetwoods |
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| - | 20 | Little Devil | 11 |
| Neil Sedaka |
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