Billboard number one hits of 1960
This lists songs that hit number one on the charts in the US during 1960. If a song spent nonconsecutive weeks at number one, the number of weeks for each occurrence at the top is shown in parenthesis. Play a medley of these number one songs Length: 1:53 « Number One Songs 1961 » Date Artist - Title Weeks at 1 « Number One Songs 1961 » December 27 1959 – January 2 1960 Frankie Avalon - Why 1 January 3 – 16 1960 Marty Robbins - El Paso 2 January 17 – February 6 1960 Johnny Preston - Running Bear 3 February 7 – 20 1960 Mark Dinning - Teen Angel 2 February 21 – April 23 1960 Percy Faith - Theme From ' A Summer Place' 9 April 24 – May 21 1960 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You 4 May 22 – June 25 1960 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 5 June 26 – July 9 1960 Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool 2 July 10 – 16 1960 Hollywood Argyles - Alley Oop 1 July 17 – August 6 1960 Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry 3 August 7 – 13 1960 Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini 1 August 14 – September 17 1960 Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never 5 September 18 – 24 1960 Chubby Checker - The Twist 1 September 25 – October 8 1960 Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own 2 October 9 – 15 1960 Larry Verne - Mister Custer 1 October 16 – 22 1960 Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 3 (1) October 23 – 29 1960 Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted 1 October 30 – November 12 1960 Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me 3 (2) November 13 – 19 1960 Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind 1 November 20 – 26 1960 Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay 1 November 27 1960 – January 7 1961 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight 6 Source: Billboard 20 different songs hit number one in the US during 1960. Top 5 Songs of 1960.
This article is about the American Billboard Hot 100 chart held from 1958–1969. The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During 1958–1970 the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. Contents 1 Number ones 2 Statistics by decade 2.1 By artist 2.2 Artists by total number of weeks at number-one 2.3 Songs by total number of weeks at number-one 3 See also 4 References Number ones[edit] Key ♪ – Number-one single of the year The Beatles had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during 1958–1969 (18 songs). In addition, The Beatles remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during 1958–1969 (55 weeks). Elvis Presley remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 22 weeks during 1958–1969. The Supremes remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 22 weeks during 1958–1969. Reached number one Artist(s) Single Record label Weeks at number one Ref 1958 1 August 4, 1958 Ricky Nelson Poor Little Fool Imperial Records 2 [1] 2 August 18, 1958 Domenico Modugno Volare ( Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) ♪ (1958) Fonit Cetra, Decca Records 5 [1] 3 August 25, 1958 The Elegants Little Star Apt Records 1 [1] 4 September 29, 1958 Tommy Edwards It's All in the Game MGM Records 6 [1] 5 November 10, 1958 Conway Twitty It's Only Make Believe MGM Records 2 [1] 6 November 17, 1958 The Kingston Trio Tom Dooley Capitol Records 1 [1] 7 December 1, 1958 The Teddy Bears To Know Him Is to Love Him Dore Records 3 [1] 8 December 22, 1958 The Chipmunks with David Seville The Chipmunk Song Liberty Records 4 [1] 1959 9 January 19, 1959 The Platters Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Mercury 3 [1] 10 February 9, 1959 Lloyd Price Stagger Lee ABC- Paramount 4 [1] 11 March 9, 1959.
Going further back with the UK number one hits. Beginning with 1960 to 1961. Based on the charts currently acknowledged by the Official Chart.
• The first number-one song on the Hot 100 was “ Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson ( August 4, 1958). • The number-one song on the first week Billboard incorporated sales and airplay data from Nielsen Sound Scan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems was “ Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” by P. M. Dawn ( November 30, 1991). The first “airplay-only” song to reach number one (no points from a commercial single release) was “ Try Again” by Aaliyah ( June 17, 2000). • For the week of April 11, 1964, the Beatles had fourteen singles on the Hot 100, a record unlikely to be surpassed at any time in the conceivable future. The group held the number 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 14, 38, 48, 50, 52, 61, 74, 78 and 81 slots. One week earlier, five Beatles singles had filled the entire top five, also a record. • American Idol season 7 winner David Cook set a record with the most debuts in a single week (11) in the issue dated June 7, 2008. • “ The Twist” by Chubby Checker is the only song to hit number one twice in two separate chart runs (one week in 1960 and two weeks in 1962). • “ Le Freak” by Chic (1978 “ Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis (2008 “ Whatever You Like” by T. I. (2008) and “ Live Your Life” by T. I. featuring Rihanna (2008) are the only songs to reach the number-one position three separate times during the same chart run; each was knocked off the top of the chart twice by other singles, before reclaiming the slot. • The record for the most separate chart runs for the same single is nine, and is held by Bing Crosby’s “ White Christmas”. Re-released annually by Decca Records, the song was still on the chart in January 1955, as well as 19 The song also had twelve previous runs on Billboard’s pre-rock charts, from 1942 to 1945, and 1947 to 1953. For singles first released during the rock era, the record is five separate chart runs, and is held by three other Christmas songs: David Seville.