Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960

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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960
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Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1988 (original release)
1993 (re-issue)
1997 (re-issue)
Recorded1960
Genre Pop, Rock
Length24:18 (original 1988 release)
23:37 (1993 re-release)
24:10 (1997 re-release)
Label Rhino Records
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1959
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1961
(1988)
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring ten hit recordings from 1960.

One song included on this disc, The Twist by Chubby Checker, is not an original Cameo/Parkway recording but a late 60's re-recording. The reason was because Cameo/Parkway's collection of songs was not able to be licensed for release on CD at that time. Rhino, therefore could not include the original recording. It is a rare instance that Rhino would substitute an original recording for a newer recording.

Three versions of this volume in the "Billboard Top Hits" series were released. The original version was released in 1988 and included two appearances by Elvis Presley: "It's Now or Never" and "Stuck on You." In 1993, the album was re-released and replaced the two Elvis songs with Joe Jones' "You Talk Too Much" and Brenda Lee's "Sweet Nothin's." The album was again reissued in 1997 and the Presley songs were replaced with another two songs, "Mister Custer," by Larry Verne and "Poetry in Motion," by Johnny Tillotson.

The track lineup on the original 1988 release includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The two exceptions were "Handy Man" and "Walk, Don't Run". The substitution of the Elvis Presley tracks on the re-release brings that number down to six for the 1993 reissue and seven for the 1997 reissue as "Mister Custer" was the only chart topper out of the four replacement songs.

Track listing

1988 original release
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."It's Now or Never" Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires 3:17
2."Cathy's Clown" The Everly Brothers 2:25
3."The Twist" Hank Ballard Chubby Checker 2:36
4."Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters 2:30
5."Running Bear" Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. Johnny Preston 2:39
6."Stuck on You" Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires 2:20
7."Handy Man" Jimmy Jones 2:02
8."Walk, Don't Run" Johnny Smith The Ventures 2:05
9."Alley Oop" The Hollywood Argyles 2:45
10."Stay" Maurice Williams Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1:39
Total length:24:18
1993 reissue, replacement tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."You Talk Too Much"
Joe Jones 2:31
6."Sweet Nothin's" Ronnie Self Brenda Lee 2:25
Total length:23:37
1997 reissue, replacement tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Mister Custer"
Larry Verne 2:59
6."Poetry in Motion"
  • Mike Anthony
  • Paul Kaufman
Johnny Tillotson 2:30
Total length:24:10

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References

  1. Campbell, Al. Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960 at AllMusic
  2. Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits: 1960 (liner notes). Various artists. Rhino. 1960.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)