The Top 100 Songs of 1960
1. |
The Theme From "A Summer Place" | Percy Faith | ||
2. |
Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | ||
3. |
It's Now Or Never | Elvis Presley | ||
4. |
Cathy's Clown | Everly Brothers | ||
5. |
Stuck On You | Elvis Presley | ||
6. |
Running Bear | Johnny Preston | ||
7. |
I'm Sorry | Brenda Lee | ||
8. |
Save The Last Dance For me | Drifters | ||
9. |
El Paso | Marty Robbins | ||
10. |
Teen Angel | Mark Dinning | ||
11. |
Everybody's Somebody's Fool | Connie Francis | ||
12. |
My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own | Connie Francis | ||
13. |
The Twist | Chubby Checker | ||
14. |
Stay | Maurice Williams & Zodiacs | ||
15 |
Why | Frankie Avalon | ||
16. |
Alley-Oop | Hollywood Argyles | ||
17. |
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland | ||
18. |
I Want To Be Wanted | Brenda Lee | ||
19. |
Mr. Custer | Larry Verne | ||
20. |
Georgia On My Mind | Ray Charles | ||
21. |
Last Date | Floyd Cramer | ||
22. |
Greenfields | Brothers Four | ||
23. |
He'll Have To Go | Jim Reeves | ||
24. |
Chain Gang | Sam Cooke | ||
25. |
Puppy Love | Paul Anka | ||
26. |
Only The Lonely | Roy Orbison | ||
27. |
Walk Don't Run | Ventures | ||
28. |
Handy Man | Jimmy Jones | ||
29. |
Wild One | Bobby Rydell | ||
30. |
Poetry In Motion | Johnny Tillotson | ||
31. |
Sixteen Reasons | Connie Stevens | ||
32. |
Sink The Bismark | Johnny Horton | ||
33. |
A Thousand Stars | Kathy Young & Innocents | ||
34. |
The Big Hurt | Toni Fisher | ||
35. |
Burning Bridges | Jack Scott | ||
36. |
Where Or When | Dion & Belmonts | ||
37. |
Good Timin' | Jimmy Jones | ||
38. |
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | Freddie Cannon | ||
39. |
You Talk Too Much | Joe Jones | ||
40. |
Sweet Nothin's | Brenda Lee | ||
41. |
North To Alaska | Johnny Horton | ||
42. |
Night | Jackie Wilson | ||
43. |
Because They're Young | Duane Eddy | ||
44. |
Volare | Bobby Rydell | ||
45. |
It's Time To Cry | Paul Anka | ||
46. |
He'll Have To Stay | Jeanne Black | ||
47. |
Mule Skinner Blues | Fendermen | ||
48. |
Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) | Lolita | ||
49. |
Paper Roses | Anita Bryant | ||
50. |
What In The World's Come Over You | Jack Scott | ||
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51. |
Go, Jimmy Go | Jimmy Clanton | ||
52. |
Baby (You've Got What It Takes) | Dinah Washington & Brook Benton | ||
53. |
The Old Lamplighter | Browns | ||
54. |
A Million To One | Jimmy Charles | ||
55. |
Swingin' School | Bobby Rydell | ||
56. |
Devil Or Angel | Bobby Vee | ||
57. |
Image Of A Girl | Safaris | ||
58. |
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go | Hank Ballard & Midnighters | ||
59. |
Lonely Blue Boy | Conway Twitty | ||
60. |
New Orleans | Gary U.S. Bonds | ||
61. |
Walking To New Orleans | Fats Domino | ||
62. |
That's All You Gotta Do | Brenda Lee | ||
63. |
Beyond The Sea | Bobby Darin | ||
64. |
Finger Poppin' Time | Hank Ballard & Midnighters | ||
65. |
Mission Bell | Donnie Brooks | ||
66. |
Let The Little Girl Dance | Billy Bland | ||
67. |
Love You So | Ron Holden | ||
68. |
Kiddio | Brook Benton | ||
69. |
Cradle Of Love | Johnny Preston | ||
70. |
Let It Be Me | Everly Brothers | ||
71. |
He Will Break Your Heart | Jerry Butler | ||
72. |
Among My Souvenirs | Connie Francis | ||
73. |
Tell Laura I love Her | Ray Peterson | ||
74. |
Let's Think About Living | Bob Luman | ||
75. |
Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | ||
76. |
The Village Of St. Bernadette | Andy Williams | ||
77. |
A Rockin' Good Way | Dinah Washington & Brook benton | ||
78. |
Many Tears Ago | Connie Francis | ||
79. |
So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) | Everly Brothers | ||
80. |
Please Help Me, I'm Falling | Hank Locklin | ||
81. |
Harbor Lights | Platters | ||
82. |
You're Sixteen | Johnny Burnette | ||
83. |
Alone At last | Jackie Wilson | ||
84. |
When Will I Be Loved | Everly Brothers | ||
85. |
My Home Town | Paul Anka | ||
86. |
Mama | Connie Francis | ||
87. |
Yogi | Ivy Three | ||
88. |
Pretty Blue Eyes | Steve Lawrence | ||
89. |
Stairway To Heaven | Neil Sedaka | ||
90. |
Blue Angel | Roy Orbison | ||
91. |
Forever | Little Dippers | ||
92. |
White Silver Sands | Bill Black's Combo | ||
93. |
I Love The Way You Love | Marv Johnson | ||
94. |
You Got What It Takes | Marv Johnson | ||
95. |
Theme From "The Apartment" | Ferrante & Teicher | ||
96. |
In My Little Corner Of The World | Anita Bryant | ||
97. |
Happy-Go-Lucky-Me | Paul Evans | ||
98. |
O Dio Mia | Annette | ||
99. |
Cherry Pie | Skip & Flip | ||
100. |
Dreamin' | Johnny Burnette | ||
Some statistics from 1960
US GDP (1998 dollars): $526.6 billion
Federal spending: $92.19 billion
Federal debt: $290.5 billion
Consumer Price Index: 29.6
Unemployment: 5.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962.
Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
There are 900 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War.
John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in a closely-fought presidential race.
World Series
Pittsburgh defeated NY Yankees (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston defeated St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Venetian Way
NCAA Basketball Championship
Ohio St. defeated California (75-55)
NCAA Football Champions
Minnesota (AP, UPI, NFF) (8-2-0) & Mississippi (FW) (10-0-1)Seventy million people watch the presidential debate between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon.
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho terrifies movie-goers and becomes one of the year's most successful films, as well as one of the most memorable psychological thrillers.
Best Picture: Ben-Hur
Best Actor: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur
Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith, Ben-Hur
Best Actress: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Director: William Wyler, Ben-Hur
