List of number-one singles of 1960 (Canada)

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The following is a list of the CHUM Chart number-one singles of 1960.

Issue dateSongArtistReference
January 4"Running Bear" Johnny Preston [1]
January 11 [2]
January 18"Go, Jimmy, Go" Jimmy Clanton [3]
January 25 [4]
February 1"Teen Angel" Mark Dinning [5]
February 8"He'll Have to Go" Jim Reeves [6]
February 15 [7]
February 22 [8]
February 29 [8]
March 7 [9]
March 14 [10]
March 21"Beatnik Fly" Johnny and the Hurricanes [11]
March 28 [11]
April 4 [12]
April 11"Sink the Bismark" Johnny Horton [13]
April 18"Stuck On You" Elvis Presley [14]
April 25 [15]
May 2 [16]
May 9"The Old Lamplighter" The Browns [17]
May 16"Paper Roses" Anita Bryant [18]
May 23 [19]
May 30"He'll Have to Stay" Jeanne Black [20]
June 6"My Old Man's a Dustman" Lonnie Donegan [21]
June 13 [22]
June 20"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Connie Francis [23]
June 27 [24]
July 4"Please Help Me, I'm Falling'" Hank Locklin [25]
July 11 [26]
July 18"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" Brian Hyland [27]
July 25 [28]
August 1 [29]
August 8"It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues"Elvis Presley [30]
August 15 [31]
August 22 [32]
August 29"Walk, Don't Run'" The Ventures [33]
September 5 [34]
September 12"The Wreck of the John B" Jimmie Rodgers [35]
September 19 [36]
September 26 [37]
October 3"Let's Think About Living'" Bob Luman [38]
October 10 [39]
October 17 [40]
October 24"Save the Last Dance for Me'" The Drifters [41]
October 31"Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)'" Lolita [42]
November 7 [43]
November 14"North to Alaska'"Johnny Horton [44]
November 21 [45]
November 28"Are You Lonesome Tonight?'"Elvis Presley [46]
December 5"Wonderland by Night'" Bert Kaempfert [47]
December 12 [48]
December 19 [49]
December 26 [50]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chart Number 140 – Monday, January 04, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Chart Number 141 – Monday, January 11, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Chart Number 142 – Monday, January 18, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Chart Number 143 – Monday, January 25, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006.
  5. ↑ "Chart Number 144 – Monday, February 01, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Chart Number 145 – Monday, February 08, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Chart Number 146 – Monday, February 15, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 19, 2006.
  8. 1 2 "Reeves, Jim". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 19, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Chart Number 149 – Monday, March 07, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  10. ↑ "Chart Number 150 – Monday, March 14, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  11. 1 2 "Chart Number 152 – Monday, March 28, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  12. ↑ "Chart Number 153 – Monday, April 04, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  13. ↑ "Chart Number 154 – Monday, April 11, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  14. ↑ "Presley, Elvis". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006.
  15. ↑ "Chart Number 156 – Monday, April 25, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  16. ↑ "Chart Number 157 – Monday, May 02, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  17. ↑ "Chart Number 158 – Monday, May 09, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  18. ↑ "Chart Number 159 – Monday, May 16, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  19. ↑ "Chart Number 160 – Monday, May 23, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  20. ↑ "Chart Number 161 – Monday, May 30, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  21. ↑ "Chart Number 162 – Monday, June 06, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  22. ↑ "Chart Number 163 – Monday, June 13, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  23. ↑ "Chart Number 164 – Monday, June 20, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  24. ↑ "Francis, Connie". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006.
  25. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade: Week of July 4, 1960". Las-solanas.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  26. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade: Week of July 11, 1960". Las-solanas.com. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Chart Number 168 – Monday, July 18, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  28. ↑ "Chart Number 169 – Monday, July 25, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  29. ↑ "Chart Number 170 – Monday, August 01, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006.
  30. ↑ "Chart Number 171 – Monday, August 08, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  31. ↑ "Chart Number 172 – Monday, August 15, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006.
  32. ↑ "Chart Number 173 – Monday, August 22, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on February 28, 2006.
  33. ↑ "Chart Number 174 – Monday, August 29, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  34. ↑ "CHART NUMBER 175 – Monday, September 05, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  35. ↑ "Chart Number 176 – Monday, September 12, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  36. ↑ "Chart Number 177 – Monday, September 19, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  37. ↑ "Chart Number 178 – Monday, September 26, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  38. ↑ "Chart Number 179 – Monday, October 03, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  39. ↑ "Chart Number 180 – Monday, October 10, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  40. ↑ "Chart Number 181 – Monday, October 17, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  41. ↑ "Chart Number 182 – Monday, October 24, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  42. ↑ "Chart Number 183 – Monday, October 31, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  43. ↑ "Chart Number 184 – Monday, November 07, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  44. ↑ "Chart Number 185 – Monday, November 14, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  45. ↑ "Chart Number 186 – Monday, November 21, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  46. ↑ "Chart Number 187 – Monday, November 28, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  47. ↑ "Chart Number 188 – Monday, December 05, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  48. ↑ "Chart Number 189 – Monday, December 12, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
  49. ↑ "Chart Number 190 – Monday, December 19, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006.
  50. ↑ "Chart Number 191 – Monday, December 26, 1960". CHUM Chart. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006.
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