List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960
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This is a list of singles that have spent time in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1960, presented chronologically from the year's first top-ten list from the issue dated January 4, 1960, to each song's entry date through the final published issue of the year.
Top-ten singles[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1959 | |||||
| December 21 | "El Paso" | Marty Robbins | 1 | January 4 | 9 |
| "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" | Freddy Cannon | 3 | January 11 | 7 | |
| December 28 | "Pretty Blue Eyes" | Steve Lawrence | 9 | January 4 | 6 |
| Singles from 1960 | |||||
| January 4 | "Running Bear" | Johnny Preston | 1 | January 18 | 10 |
| "Go, Jimmy, Go" | Jimmy Clanton | 5 | February 1 | 5 | |
| January 18 | "The Village of St. Bernadette" | Andy Williams | 7 | January 25 | 2 |
| "Teen Angel" | Mark Dinning | 1 | February 8 | 10 | |
| January 25 | "Where or When" | Dion and the Belmonts | 3 | February 8 | 5 |
| February 1 | "Handy Man" | Jimmy Jones | 2 | February 29 | 9 |
| February 8 | "Lonely Blue Boy" | Conway Twitty | 6 | February 8 | 3 |
| "What in the World's Come Over You" | Jack Scott | 5 | February 22 | 7 | |
| "He'll Have to Go" | Jim Reeves | 2 | March 7 | 12 | |
| "You Got What It Takes" | Marv Johnson | 10 | February 8 | 1 | |
| February 15 | "Theme from A Summer Place" | Percy Faith | 1 | February 22 | 12 |
| "Let It Be Me" | The Everly Brothers | 7 | February 22 | 4 | |
| February 22 | "Beyond the Sea" | Bobby Darin | 6 | February 29 | 4 |
| February 29 | "Wild One" | Bobby Rydell | 2 | March 28 | 8 |
| "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" | Dinah Washington and Brook Benton | 5 | March 21 | 6 | |
| March 14 | "Harbor Lights" | The Platters | 8 | March 28 | 4 |
| "Puppy Love" | Paul Anka | 2 | April 4 | 7 | |
| March 21 | "Sweet Nothin's" | Brenda Lee | 4 | April 18 | 7 |
| March 28 | "O, Dio Mio" | Annette | 10 | March 28 | 1 |
| "Forever" | The Little Dippers | 9 | March 28 | 1 | |
| April 4 | "Sink the Bismarck" | Johnny Horton | 3 | April 25 | 7 |
| "Footsteps" | Steve Lawrence | 7 | April 4 | 2 | |
| "Mama" | Connie Francis | 8 | April 11 | 3 | |
| April 11 | "Greenfields" | The Brothers Four | 2 | April 18 | 9 |
| "I Love the Way You Love" | Marv Johnson | 9 | April 11 | 1 | |
| April 18 | "Stuck on You" | Elvis Presley | 1 | April 25 | 10 |
| "Sixteen Reasons" | Connie Stevens | 3 | May 2 | 7 | |
| April 25 | "The Old Lamplighter" | The Browns | 5 | May 2 | 3 |
| "White Silver Sands" | Bill Black's Combo | 9 | April 25 | 1 | |
| May 2 | "Night" | Jackie Wilson | 4 | May 9 | 6 |
| "Cradle of Love" | Johnny Preston | 7 | May 2 | 5 | |
| "Let the Little Girl Dance" | Billy Bland | 7 | May 16 | 4 | |
| May 9 | "Stairway to Heaven" | Neil Sedaka | 9 | May 9 | 1 |
| "Cathy's Clown" | The Everly Brothers | 1 | May 23 | 9 | |
| May 16 | "Good Timin'" | Jimmy Jones | 3 | May 23 | 7 |
| "He'll Have to Stay" | Jeanne Black | 4 | May 30 | 6 | |
| May 23 | "Paper Roses" | Anita Bryant | 5 | June 13 | 6 |
| May 30 | "Burning Bridges" | Jack Scott | 3 | June 13 | 6 |
| June 6 | "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" | Connie Francis | 1 | June 27 | 8 |
| "Love You So" | Ron Holden | 7 | June 13 | 3 | |
| June 13 | "Swingin' School" | Bobby Rydell | 5 | June 20 | 3 |
| "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" | Paul Evans | 10 | June 13 | 1 | |
| June 20 | "Alley Oop" | The Hollywood Argyles | 1 | July 11 | 8 |
| June 27 | "Because They're Young" | Duane Eddy | 4 | July 4 | 4 |
| "I'm Sorry" | Brenda Lee | 1 | July 18 | 11 | |
| "A Rockin' Good Way" | Dinah Washington and Brook Benton | 7 | June 27 | 3 | |
| July 4 | "That's All You Gotta Do" | Brenda Lee | 6 | July 4 | 5 |
| "My Home Town" | Paul Anka | 8 | July 4 | 2 | |
| "Mule Skinner Blues" | The Fendermen | 5 | July 11 | 5 | |
| July 11 | "Only the Lonely" | Roy Orbison | 2 | July 25 | 8 |
| "When Will I Be Loved" | The Everly Brothers | 8 | July 18 | 2 | |
| July 18 | "Tell Laura I Love Her" | Ray Peterson | 7 | August 1 | 5 |
| "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" | Brian Hyland | 1 | August 8 | 8 | |
| July 25 | "Image of a Girl" | The Safaris | 6 | August 1 | 5 |
| "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" | Hank Locklin | 8 | August 1 | 3 | |
| August 1 | "It's Now or Never" | Elvis Presley | 1 | August 15 | 11 |
| August 8 | "Walk, Don't Run" | The Ventures | 2 | August 29 | 9 |
| "Walkin' to New Orleans" | Fats Domino | 6 | August 15 | 2 | |
| August 15 | "Finger Poppin' Time" | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters | 7 | August 15 | 4 |
| "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | 1 | September 19 | 12 | |
| August 22 | "Volare" | Bobby Rydell | 4 | September 5 | 5 |
| "Mission Bell" | Donnie Brooks | 7 | September 5 | 4 | |
| August 29 | "In My Little Corner of the World" | Anita Bryant | 10 | August 29 | 1 |
| September 5 | "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" | Connie Francis | 1 | September 26 | 10 |
| "Theme from The Apartment" | Ferrante & Teicher | 10 | September 5 | 3 | |
| September 12 | "Mr. Custer" | Larry Verne | 1 | October 10 | 7 |
| "Chain Gang" | Sam Cooke | 2 | October 3 | 8 | |
| "Kiddio" | Brook Benton | 7 | September 19 | 4 | |
| "Yogi" | The Ivy Three | 8 | September 19 | 2 | |
| September 19 | "A Million to One" | Jimmy Charles | 5 | September 26 | 5 |
| September 26 | "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" | The Everly Brothers | 7 | October 10 | 5 |
| "Save the Last Dance for Me" | The Drifters | 1 | October 17 | 9 | |
| October 10 | "Devil or Angel" | Bobby Vee | 6 | October 17 | 5 |
| "I Want to Be Wanted" | Brenda Lee | 1 | October 24 | 6 | |
| October 24 | "Let's Think About Living" | Bob Luman | 7 | October 24 | 2 |
| October 31 | "You Talk Too Much" | Joe Jones | 3 | November 14 | 4 |
| "Poetry in Motion" | Johnny Tillotson | 2 | November 14 | 7 | |
| "Georgia on My Mind" | Ray Charles | 1 | November 14 | 5 | |
| November 7 | "Stay" | Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs | 1 | November 21 | 5 |
| "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" | Hank Ballard & the Midnighters | 6 | November 21 | 5 | |
| "Blue Angel" | Roy Orbison | 9 | November 7 | 2 | |
| November 14 | "Last Date" | Floyd Cramer | 2 | November 28 | 10 |
| "A Thousand Stars" | Kathy Young with the Innocents | 3 | December 12 | 8 | |
| November 21 | "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" | Elvis Presley | 1 | November 28 | 11 |
| "New Orleans" | U.S. Bonds | 6 | November 28 | 3 | |
| November 28 | "North to Alaska" | Johnny Horton | 4 | December 19 | 8 |
| "Alone at Last" | Jackie Wilson | 8 | November 28 | 1 | |
| December 5 | "He Will Break Your Heart" | Jerry Butler | 7 | December 5 | 3 |
| "Sailor" | Lolita | 5 | December 19 | 4 | |
| December 12 | "Many Tears Ago" | Connie Francis | 7 | December 26 | 4 |
| December 19 | "You're Sixteen" | Johnny Burnette | 8 | December 26 | 4 |
1959 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 9 | "Heartaches by the Number" | Guy Mitchell | 1 | December 14 | 10 |
| December 14 | "Why" | Frankie Avalon | 1 | December 28 | 9 |
| "The Big Hurt" | Miss Toni Fisher | 3 | December 28 | 8 | |
| "It's Time to Cry" | Paul Anka | 4 | December 28 | 5 | |
| December 21 | "Among My Souvenirs" | Connie Francis | 7 | December 28 | 5 |
1961 peaks[]
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 12 | "Wonderland by Night" | Bert Kaempfert | 1 | January 9 | 10 |
| "Exodus" | Ferrante & Teicher | 2 | January 23 | 11 | |
| December 26 | "Corrina, Corinna" | Ray Peterson | 9 | January 9 | 5 |
| December 31[1] | "Angel Baby" | Rosie and the Originals | 5 | January 23 | 7 |
See also[]
- 1960 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1960 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1960
References[]
General sources[]
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online business archive services and print editions of the magazine.
Categories:
- Lists of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles
- 1960 record charts