Billboard Magazine ® Top 100 Singles for 1960
(* indicates a #1 song)

Position-Title
Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)

*1   Theme From "A Summer Place"
      Percy Faith And His Orchestra (#1, Feb)
 2   He'll Have To Go
      Jim Reeves (#2, March)
*3   Cathy's Clown
      The Everly Brothers (#1, May)
*4   Running Bear
      Johnny Preston (#1, Jan)
*5   Teen Angel
      Mark Dinning (#1, Feb)
*6   It's Now Or Never
      Elvis Presley (#1, Aug)
 7   Handyman
      Jimmy Jones (#2, Feb)
*8   I'm Sorry
      Brenda Lee (#1, July)
*9   Stuck On You
      Elvis Presley (#1, April)
*10  The Twist
      Chubby Checker (#1, Sept)
*11  Everybody's Somebody's Fool
      Connie Francis (#1, June)
 12  Wild One
      Bobby Rydell (#2, March)
 13  Greenfields
      The Brothers Four (#2, April)
 14  What In The World's Come Over You
      Jack Scott (#5, Feb)
*15  El Paso
      Marty Robbins (#1, Jan)
*16  Alley Oop
      The Hollywood Argyles (#1, July)
*17  My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
      Connie Francis (#1, Sept)
 18  Sweet Nothin's
      Brenda Lee (#4, April)
*19  Itsy Bitsy Teenie-Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
      Brian Hyland (#1, Aug)
 20  Only The Lonley (Know How I Feel)
      Roy Orbison (#2, July)
 21  Where Or When
      Dion And The Belmonts (#3, Feb)
 22  Sixteen Reasons
      Connie Stevens (#3, May)
 23  Puppy Love
      Paul Anka (#2, April)
*24  Why
      Frankie Avalon (#1, Dec 1959)
 25  Walk-Don't Run
      The Ventures (#2, Aug)
*26  Save The Last Dance For Me
      The Drifters (#1, Oct)
 27  Baby (You Got What It Takes)
      Brook Benton And Dinah Washington (#5, March)
 28  Sink The Bismarck
      Johnny Horton (#3, May)
 29  Chain Gang
      Sam Cooke (#2, Oct)
 30  Let It Be Me
     The Everly Brothers (#7, Feb)
 31  Good Timin'
      Jimmy Jones (#3, May)
 32  Beyond The Sea
      Bobby Darin (#6, Feb)
 33  Go, Jimmy, Go
      Jimmy Clanton (#5, Feb)
 34  Night
      Jackie Wilson (#4, May)
 35  Burning Bridges
      Jack Scott (#3, June)
 36  The Big Hurt
      Miss Toni Fisher (#3, Dec 1959)
 37  Because They're Young
      Duane Eddy (#4, July)
 38  Lonley Blue Boy
      Conway Twitty (#6, Feb)
 39  Pretty Blue Eyes
      Steve Lawrence (#9, Jan)
 40  Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
      Freddy Cannon (#3, Jan)
 41  Paper Roses
      Anita Bryant (#5, June)
*42  Mr. Custer
      Larry Verne (#1, Oct)
*43  I Want To Be Wanted
      Brenda Lee (#1, Oct)
 44  Mule Skinner Blues
      The Fendermen (#5, July)
 45  Cradle Of Love
      Johnny Preston (#7, May)
 46  You Got What It Takes
      Marv Johnson (#10, Feb)
 47  Please Help Me, I'm Falling
      Hank Locklin (#8, Aug)
 48  Love You So
      Ron Holden (#7, June)
 49  Finger Poppin' Time
      Hank Ballard And The Midnighters (#7, Aug)
 50  Harbor Lights
      The Platters (#8, March)
 51  Let The Little Girl Dance
      Billy Bland (#7, May)
 52  He'll Have To Stay
      Jeanne Black (#4, May)
 53  Theme From "The Apartment"
      Ferrante And Teicher (#10, Sept)
 54  Volare
      Bobby Rydell (#4, Sept)
 55  A Million To One
      Jimmy Charles (#5, Sept)
 56  The Village Of St. Bernadette
      Andy Williams (#7, Jan)
 57  The Old Lamplighter
      The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown (#5, May)
 58  White Silver Sands
      Bill Black's Combo (#9, April)
 59  Devil Or Angel
      Bobby Vee (#6, Oct)
 60  Down By The Station
      The Four Preps (#13, Feb)
 61  Forever
      The Little Dippers (#9, March)
 62  Image Of A Girl
      The Safaris (#6, Aug)
 63  Kiddio
      Brook Benton (#7, Sept)
 64  Mission Bell
      Donnie Brooks (#7, Sept)
 65  I Love The Way You Love
      Marv Johnson (#9, April)
 66  It's Time To Cry
      Paul Anka (#4, Dec 1959)
 67  Tell Laura I Love Her
      Ray Peterson (#7, Aug)
 68  Mama
      Connie Francis (#8, April)
 69  Footsteps
      Steve Lawrence (#7, April)
 70  So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
      The Everly Brothers (#7, Oct)
 71  That's All You Gotta Do
      Brenda Lee (#6, July)
 72  Walking To New Orleans
      Fats Domino (#6, Aug)
 73  Among My Souvenirs
      Connie Francis (#7, Dec 1959)
 74  Swinging School
      Bobby Rydell  (#5, June)
 75  A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
      Dinah Washington And Brook Benton (#7, June)
 76  Stairway To Heaven
      Neil Sedaka (#9, May)
 77  My Home Town
      Paul Anka (#8, July)
*78  Georgia On My Mind
      Ray Charles (#1, Nov)
 79  Cherry Pie
      Skip And Flip (#11, May)
 80  Wonderful World
      Sam Cooke (#12, June)
 81  Tracy's Theme
      Spencer Ross (#13, Feb)
 82  Lady Luck
      Lloyd Price (#14, March)
 83  Step By Step
      The Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro (#14, May)
 84  Happy-Go-Lucky-Me
      Paul Evans (#10, June)
 85  Young Emotions
      Ricky Nelson (#12, May)
 86  Dreamin'
      Johnny Burnette (#11, Aug)
 87  Poetry In Motion
      Johnny Tillotson (#2, Nov)
 88  O Dio Mio
      Annette (#10, March)
 89  You Talk Too Much
      Joe Jones (#3, Nov)
 90  Beatnik Fly
      Johnny And The Hurricanes (#15, March)
 91  When Will I Be Loved
      The Everly Brothers (#8, July)
 92  Let's Think About Living
      Bob Luman (#7, Oct)
*93  Heartaches By The Number
      Guy Mitchell (#1, Dec 1959)
 94  In My Little Corner Of The World
      Anita Bryant (#10, Aug)
 95  Doggin' Around
      Jackie Wilson (#15, May)
 96  Little Bitty Girl
      Bobby Rydell (#19, March)
 97  Money (That's What I Want)
      Barrett Strong (#23, April)
*98  Stay
      Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs (#1, Nov)
 99  Lonely Weekends
      Charlie Rich (#22, May)
100  Sandy
      Larry Hall (#15, Jan)

 

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