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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1960.
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(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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| February 8 | He'll Have to Go | Jim Reeves | 14 | |
| May 16 | Please Help Me, I'm Falling | Hank Locklin | 14 | [1] [A]
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| August 22 | Alabam | Cowboy Copas | 12 | [B] |
| November 14 | Wings of a Dove | Ferlin Husky | 10 | [2] [A]
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| US | Single | Artist |
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| 3 | Above and Beyond | Buck Owens |
| 16 | Accidentally on Purpose | George Jones |
| 8 | Am I Losing You | Jim Reeves |
| 11 | Am I That Easy to Forget | Skeeter Davis |
| 5 | Amigo's Guitar | Kitty Wells |
| 2 | Another (Just Like Me) | Roy Drusky |
| 3 | Anymore | Roy Drusky |
| 12 | Are You Willing, Willie | Marion Worth |
| 15 | Baby Rocked Her Dolly | Frankie Miller |
| 7 | The Ballad of Wild River | Gene Woods |
| 4 | Before This Day Ends | George Hamilton IV |
| 5 | Big Iron | Marty Robbins |
| 18 | A Broken Dream | Jimmy Smart |
| 16 | But You Use To | Laverne Downs |
| 16 | Carmel by the Sea | Kitty Wells |
| 9 | Cruel Love | Lou Smith |
| 19 | Dead or Alive | Bill Anderson |
| 12 | Dear Mama | Merle Kilgore |
| 17 | (Doin' the) Lover's Leap | Webb Pierce |
| 11 | Drifting Texas Sand | Webb Pierce |
| 4 | Each Moment (Spent With You) | Ernest Ashworth |
| 16 | Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool | Ernest Tubb |
| 2 | Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) | Buck Owens |
| 12 | Eyes of Love | Margie Singleton |
| 10 | Face to the Wall | Faron Young |
| 4 | Fallen Angel | Webb Pierce |
| 10 | Family Bible | Claude Gray |
| 11 | Far, Far Away | Don Gibson |
| 6 | He'll Have to Stay | Jeanne Black |
| 5 | Heart to Heart Talk | Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan |
| 13 | Here I Am Drunk Again | Clyde Beavers |
| 14 | Hot Rod Lincoln | Charlie Ryan |
| 17 | How Far to Little Rock | The Stanley Brothers |
| 2 | (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too | Skeeter Davis |
| 5 | I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today | Warren Smith |
| 6 | I Know One | Jim Reeves |
| 20 | I Love You Because | Johnny Cash |
| 3 | I Missed Me | Jim Reeves |
| 7 | I Think I Know | Marion Worth |
| 5 | I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today | Ray Price |
| 19 | I Wish You Love | Billy Walker |
| 14 | I'm a Honky Tonk Girl | Loretta Lynn |
| 3 | I'm Gettin' Better | Jim Reeves |
| 14 | I'm Movin' On | Don Gibson |
| 19 | Imitation of Love | Adrian Roland |
| 11 | Is It Wrong (For Loving You) | Webb Pierce |
| 17 | It's Not Wrong | Connie Hall |
| 17 | Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary) | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper |
| 2 | Just One Time | Don Gibson |
| 18 | The Key's in the Mailbox | Freddie Hart |
| 5 | Left to Right | Kitty Wells |
| 9 | Let's Think About Living | Bob Luman |
| 15 | Life of a Poor Boy | Stonewall Jackson |
| 20 | Little Angel (Come Rock Me to Sleep) | Ted Self |
| 13 | A Little Guy Called Joe | Stonewall Jackson |
| 16 | Lonely River Rhine | Bobby Helms |
| 11 | The Long Walk | Bill Leatherwood |
| 10 | Love Has Made You Beautiful | Merle Kilgore |
| 6 | A Lovely Work of Art | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 12 | Mary Don't You Weep | Stonewall Jackson |
| 9 | Miller's Cave | Hank Snow |
| 15 | Money to Burn | George Jones |
| 16 | The Moon Is Crying | Alan Riddle [1] [2] |
| 16 | Mule Skinner Blues | The Fendermen |
| 4 | No Love Have I | Webb Pierce |
| 13 | Nobody's Darling but Mine | Johnny Sea |
| 20 | The Old Lamplighter | The Browns |
| 2 | One More Time | Ray Price |
| 13 | The One You Slip Around With | Jan Howard |
| 8 | The Picture | Ray Godfrey |
| 13 | Pinball Machine | Lonnie Irving |
| 13 | Reasons to Live | Jimmie Skinner |
| 4 | Riverboat | Faron Young |
| 14 | Riverboat Gambler | Jimmie Skinner |
| 7 | Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | The Browns |
| 10 | Seasons of My Heart | Johnny Cash |
| 15 | Second Honeymoon | Johnny Cash |
| 14 | She's Just a Whole Lot Like You | Hank Thompson |
| 6 | Sink the Bismarck | Johnny Horton |
| 10 | A Six Pack to Go | Hank Thompson |
| 13 | Smiling Bill McCall | Johnny Cash |
| 4 | Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms) | Lewis Pruitt |
| 16 | Straight A's in Love | Johnny Cash |
| 5 | That's My Kind of Love | Marion Worth |
| 16 | This Ole House | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper |
| 10 | Timbrook | Lewis Pruitt |
| 7 | The Tip of My Fingers | Bill Anderson |
| 19 | Too Much to Lose | Carl Belew |
| 20 | Until Today | Elmer Snodgrass |
| 11 | Wanting You with Me Tonight | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 11 | Who Will Buy the Wine | Charlie Walker |
| 6 | Why I'm Walkin' | Stonewall Jackson |
| 5 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
| 18 | World So Full of Love | Ray Sanders |
| 8 | You Can't Pick a Rose in December | Ernest Ashworth |
| 4 | You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me) | George Morgan |
| 5 | Your Old Used to Be | Faron Young |
| Single | Artist | Record Label |
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| Blood on the Saddle | Tex Ritter | Capitol |
| Dutchman's Gold | Walter Brennan | Dot |
| Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
| Goldie Hill | Goldie Hill | Decca |
| I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too | Skeeter Davis | RCA |
| Johnny Horton Makes History | Johnny Horton | Columbia |
| Midnight Jamboree | Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors, featuring Various Artists | Decca |
| More | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
| The Other Chet Atkins | Chet Atkins | RCA |
| Single | Artist | Record Label |
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| George Jones Salutes Hank Williams | George Jones | Mercury |
| Seasons of My Heart | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Capitol |
| Smoke, Smoke, Smoke | Tex Williams | Capitol |
| Teensville | Chet Atkins | RCA |
| Town and Country | The Browns | RCA Victor |
| A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers | Louvin Brothers | Capitol |
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