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.

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Connie Francis scored five top ten hits during the year with "Mama", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", "Many Tears Ago", and "Among My Souvenirs", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1959
December 21"El Paso" Marty Robbins 1January 49
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Freddy Cannon 3January 117
December 28"Pretty Blue Eyes" Steve Lawrence 9January 46
Singles from 1960
January 4"Running Bear" Johnny Preston 1January 1810
"Go, Jimmy, Go" Jimmy Clanton 5February 15
January 18"The Village of St. Bernadette" Andy Williams 7January 252
"Teen Angel" Mark Dinning 1February 810
January 25"Where or When" Dion and the Belmonts 3February 85
February 1"Handy Man" Jimmy Jones 2February 299
February 8"Lonely Blue Boy" Conway Twitty 6February 83
"What in the World's Come Over You" Jack Scott 5February 227
"He'll Have to Go" Jim Reeves 2March 712
"You Got What It Takes" Marv Johnson 10February 81
February 15"Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith 1February 2212
"Let It Be Me" The Everly Brothers 7February 224
February 22"Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darin 6February 294
February 29"Wild One" Bobby Rydell 2March 288
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 5March 216
March 14"Harbor Lights" The Platters 8March 284
"Puppy Love" Paul Anka 2April 47
March 21"Sweet Nothin's" Brenda Lee 4April 187
March 28"O, Dio Mio" Annette 10March 281
"Forever"The Little Dippers9March 281
April 4"Sink the Bismarck" Johnny Horton 3April 257
"Footsteps"Steve Lawrence7April 42
"Mama" Connie Francis 8April 113
April 11"Greenfields" The Brothers Four 2April 189
"I Love the Way You Love" Marv Johnson 9April 111
April 18"Stuck on You" Elvis Presley 1April 2510
"Sixteen Reasons" Connie Stevens 3May 27
April 25"The Old Lamplighter" The Browns 5May 23
"White Silver Sands" Bill Black's Combo 9April 251
May 2"Night" Jackie Wilson 4May 96
"Cradle of Love"Johnny Preston7May 25
"Let the Little Girl Dance" Billy Bland 7May 164
May 9"Stairway to Heaven" Neil Sedaka 9May 91
"Cathy's Clown"The Everly Brothers1May 239
May 16"Good Timin'"Jimmy Jones3May 237
"He'll Have to Stay" Jeanne Black 4May 306
May 23"Paper Roses" Anita Bryant 5June 136
May 30"Burning Bridges" Jack Scott 3June 136
June 6"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"Connie Francis1June 278
"Love You So" Ron Holden 7June 133
June 13"Swingin' School"Bobby Rydell5June 203
"Happy-Go-Lucky Me" Paul Evans 10June 131
June 20"Alley Oop" The Hollywood Argyles 1July 118
June 27"Because They're Young" Duane Eddy 4July 44
"I'm Sorry"Brenda Lee1July 1811
"A Rockin' Good Way"Dinah Washington and Brook Benton7June 273
July 4"That's All You Gotta Do"Brenda Lee6July 45
"My Home Town" Paul Anka 8July 42
"Mule Skinner Blues" The Fendermen 5July 115
July 11"Only the Lonely" Roy Orbison 2July 258
"When Will I Be Loved"The Everly Brothers8July 182
July 18"Tell Laura I Love Her" Ray Peterson 7August 15
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Brian Hyland 1August 88
July 25"Image of a Girl" The Safaris 6August 15
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" Hank Locklin 8August 13
August 1"It's Now or Never"Elvis Presley1August 1511
August 8"Walk, Don't Run" The Ventures 2August 299
"Walkin' to New Orleans" Fats Domino 6August 152
August 15"Finger Poppin' Time" Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 7August 154
"The Twist" Chubby Checker 1September 1912
August 22"Volare"Bobby Rydell4September 55
"Mission Bell" Donnie Brooks 7September 54
August 29"In My Little Corner of the World"Anita Bryant10August 291
September 5"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"Connie Francis1September 2610
"Theme from The Apartment" Ferrante & Teicher 10September 53
September 12"Mr. Custer" Larry Verne 1October 107
"Chain Gang" Sam Cooke 2October 38
"Kiddio"Brook Benton7September 194
"Yogi" The Ivy Three 8September 192
September 19"A Million to One" Jimmy Charles 5September 265
September 26"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"The Everly Brothers7October 105
"Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters 1October 179
October 10"Devil or Angel" Bobby Vee 6October 175
"I Want to Be Wanted"Brenda Lee1October 246
October 24"Let's Think About Living" Bob Luman 7October 242
October 31"You Talk Too Much" Joe Jones 3November 144
"Poetry in Motion" Johnny Tillotson 2November 147
"Georgia on My Mind" Ray Charles 1November 145
November 7"Stay" Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 1November 215
"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"Hank Ballard & the Midnighters6November 215
"Blue Angel"Roy Orbison9November 72
November 14"Last Date" Floyd Cramer 2November 2810
"A Thousand Stars" Kathy Young with the Innocents 3December 128
November 21"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"Elvis Presley1November 2811
"New Orleans" U.S. Bonds 6November 283
November 28"North to Alaska"Johnny Horton4December 198
"Alone at Last" Jackie Wilson 8November 281
December 5"He Will Break Your Heart" Jerry Butler 7December 53
"Sailor" Lolita 5December 194
December 12"Many Tears Ago" Connie Francis 7December 264
December 19"You're Sixteen" Johnny Burnette 8December 264

1959 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1960 which peaked in 1959
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 9"Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell 1December 1410
December 14"Why"Frankie Avalon1December 289
"The Big Hurt" Miss Toni Fisher 3December 288
"It's Time to Cry"Paul Anka4December 285
December 21"Among My Souvenirs"Connie Francis7December 285

1961 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1960 which peaked in 1961
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 12"Wonderland by Night" Bert Kaempfert 1January 910
"Exodus"Ferrante & Teicher2January 2311
December 26"Corrina, Corinna"Ray Peterson9January 95
December 31 [1] "Angel Baby" Rosie and the Originals 5January 237

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

References

  1. "Hot 100". Billboard. December 31, 1960. p. 30. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

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