Editing 1961 in music (section)

== Published popular music ==
* "Another Time, Another Place" w.m. [[Richard Adler]] from the musical ''[[Kwamina]]''
* "[[Baby Elephant Walk]]" m. [[Henry Mancini]] from the film ''[[Hatari!]]''
* "[[Big Bad John]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Dean]]
* "[[Blue Bayou]]" w.m. [[Joe Melson]] & [[Roy Orbison]]
* "Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart" w.m. [[Howard Greenfield]] & Jack Keller
* "[[Crazy (Willie Nelson song)|Crazy]]" w.m. [[Willie Nelson]]
* ''Cruella DeVil'' w.m. [[Mel Leven]], from the [[Walt Disney]] animated film ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]''
* "[[Crying (Roy Orbison song)|Crying]]" w.m. [[Joe Melson]] & [[Roy Orbison]]
* "[[Funny How Time Slips Away]]" w.m. [[Willie Nelson]]
* "[[Hats Off to Larry]]" w.m. [[Del Shannon]]
* "[[Hit the Road Jack]]" w.m. [[Percy Mayfield]]
* "[[I Love How You Love Me]]" w.m. [[Barry Mann]] & [[Larry Kolber]]
* "[[Let's Get Together (Hayley Mills song)|Let's Get Together]]" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''
* "[[Let's Twist Again]]" w.m. Dave Appell & Kal Mann
* "Little Miss Stuck-up" w.m. [[Lee Pockriss]] & [[Paul Vance]]
* "[[Love Makes the World Go 'Round (1961 song)|Love Makes the World Go 'Round]]" w.m. [[Bob Merrill]] from the film ''[[Carnival!]]''
* "[[Mister Ed]] theme song" w.m. [[Jay Livingston]] & [[Ray Evans]]
* "[[Moon River]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Henry Mancini]] from the film ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''
* "Multiplication" w.m. [[Bobby Darin]]. Introduced by Bobby Darin in the film ''[[Come September]]''.
* "[[My Kind of Girl (Matt Monro song)|My Kind of Girl]]" w.m. [[Leslie Bricusse]]
* "The Passenger's Always Right" w.m. [[Noël Coward]] from the musical ''[[Sail Away (musical)|Sail Away]]''
* "Pocketful Of Miracles" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Pocketful of Miracles]]''
* "[[Running Scared (Roy Orbison song)|Running Scared]]" w.m. [[Joe Melson]] & [[Roy Orbison]]
* "[[Speedy Gonzales]]" w.m David Hess, Buddy Kaye & Ethel Lee
* "Ten Girls Ago" w. Diane Lampert m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "Tender Is the Night" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]. Theme from the film ''[[Tender Is the Night (film)|Tender Is the Night]]''
* "[[Tower of Strength (Gene McDaniels song)|Tower of Strength]]" w. [[Bob Hilliard]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[Walk on the Wild Side (David and Bernstein song)|Walk on the Wild Side]]" w. [[Mack David]] m. [[Elmer Bernstein]]
* "[[When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart]]" w.m. [[Roy Bennett (songwriter)|Roy Bennett]] & [[Sid Tepper]] from the soundtrack album ''[[The Young Ones (album)|The Young Ones]]''
* "Why Do The Wrong People Travel?" w.m. [[Noël Coward]] from the musical ''[[Sail Away (musical)|Sail Away]]''
* "[[The Young Ones (song)|The Young Ones]]" w. [[Roy Bennett (songwriter)|Roy Bennett]] m. [[Sid Tepper]] from soundtrack album ''[[The Young Ones (album)|The Young Ones]]''