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These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1961. | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference | | 7 January | "It's Now Or Never" | Elvis Presley | [1] | | 14 January | "Ramona" | Blue Diamonds {{flagicon|Netherlands}} | | 21 January | | 28 January | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | The Drifters | | 4 February | | 11 February | | 18 February | | 25 February | "Wooden Heart" | Elvis Presley | | 4 March | | 11 March | | 18 March | | 25 March | | 1 April | | 8 April | | 15 April | "Non je ne regrette rien" | Edith Piaf | | 22 April | | 29 April | | 6 May | | 13 May | "Wheels" | The String-A-Longs | | 20 May | | 27 May | | 3 June | | 10 June | | 17 June | "Non je ne regrette rien" | Edith Piaf | | 24 June | "Wheels" | The String-A-Longs | | 1 July | | 8 July | | 15 July | | 22 July | | 29 July | | 5 August | "Hello Mary Lou" | Ricky Nelson | | 12 August | | 19 August | | 26 August | | 2 September | | 9 September | | 16 September | | 23 September | "Och was ik maar bij moeder thuis gebleven" | Johnny Hoes | | 30 September | | 7 October | | 14 October | | 21 October | | 28 October | | 4 November | | 11 November | | 18 November | | 25 November | | 2 December | | 9 December | | 16 December | "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" | Eddie Hodges | | 23 December | | 30 December |
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/hol/hol60.htm |title=Netherlands No.1s Hits 1960s|accessdate=30 September 2014}}
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