List of top 25 singles for 1960 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1960. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1960. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."It's Now or Never" Elvis Presley 17
2."Boom Boom Baby" Crash Craddock 14
3."He'll Have to Go" Jim Reeves 14
4."Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know" Elvis Presley 16
5."Clap Your Hands" The Beau Marks 14
6."Just a Closer Walk with Thee" Jimmie Rodgers 12
7."Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters 14
8."Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" Rolf Harris 13
9."What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" Emile Ford and The Checkmates 14
10."My Old Man's a Dustman" Lonnie Donegan 12
11."North to Alaska" Johnny Horton 2
12."Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Connie Francis 13
13."She's My Baby" / "Own True Self" Johnny O'Keefe 11
14."Swingin' School" / "Ding-A-Ling" Bobby Rydell 12
15."Peter Gunn" Duane Eddy 2
16."Walk Don't Run" The Ventures 12
17."Beatnik Fly" Johnny and the Hurricanes 12
18."I Found a New Love" / "Defenceless" Lonnie Lee 2
19."Running Bear" Johnny Preston 2
20."Little Boy Lost" Johnny Ashcroft 3
21."Come on and Take My Hand" / "Don't You Know" Johnny O'Keefe 11
22."Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" Elvis Presley 11
23."What in the World's Come Over You" Jack Scott 2
24."Please Don't Tease" Cliff Richard & The Shadows 2
25."Cathy's Clown" Everly Brothers 3

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"