Top 20 Song Chart for April 29, 1961 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Runaway | ▲ |
| Del Shannon |
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| 5 | 2 | Mother-In-Law | 1 |
| Ernie K-Doe |
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| 4 | 3 | Take Good Care Of Her | ▲ |
| Adam Wade |
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| 8 | 4 | A Hundred Pounds Of Clay | 2 |
| Gene McDaniels |
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| 7 | 5 | You Can Depend On Me | ▲ |
| Brenda Lee |
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| 9 | 6 | One Mint Julep | ▲ |
| Ray Charles |
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| 12 | 7 | I've Told Every Little Star | 5 |
| Linda Scott |
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| 3 | 8 | But I Do | 3 |
| Clarence Frogman Henry |
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| 11 | 9 | Baby Blue | 5 |
| The Echoes |
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| 14 | 10 | Some Kind Of Wonderful | 4 |
| The Drifters |
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| 2 | 11 | Blue Moon | 1 |
| The Marcels |
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| 18 | 12 | Tonight My Love, Tonight | ▲ |
| Paul Anka |
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| 17 | 13 | Tonight I Fell In Love | 7 |
| The Tokens |
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| 10 | 14 | Please Love Me Forever | 6 |
| Cathy Jean And The Roommates |
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| - | 15 | Daddy's Home | 2 |
| Shep And The Limelites |
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| 19 | 16 | Funny | ▲ |
| Maxine Brown |
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| - | 17 | Portrait Of My Love | 6 |
| Steve Lawrence |
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| - | 18 | African Waltz | 17 |
| Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra |
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| - | 19 | Good Goodbye (So So Long) | 14 |
| The Bob Knight Four |
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| 13 | 20 | Pony Time | 1 |
| Chubby Checker |
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