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BILLBOARD - 1960

This is an alphabetical artist list of every song to make the top 40 during any given week during this year and its peak highest position reached on the national charts in USA

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Al Brown's Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown The Madison 1960 23
Ames Brothers China Doll 1960 38
Andy Williams Village Of St. Bernadette 1960 07
Anita Bryant In My Little Corner of the World 1960 10
Anita Bryant Paper Roses 1960 05
Annette O Dio Mio 1960 10
Annette with The Afterbeats First Name Initial 1960 20
Annette with The Afterbeats Pineapple Princess 1960 11
Annette with The Afterbeats Train of Love 1960 36
Barrett Strong Money (That's What I Want) 1960 23
Bill Black's Combo Blue Tango 1960 16
Bill Black's Combo Don't Be Cruel 1960 11
Bill Black's Combo Josephine 1960 18
Bill Black's Combo Smokie (Part 2) 1960 17
Bill Black's Combo White Silver Sands 1960 09
Billy Bland Let the Little Girl Dance 1960 07
Billy Vaughn Orchestra Look For A Star 1960 19
Bing Crosby White Christmas 1960 26
Bob Beckham Crazy Arms 1960 36
Bob Luman Let's Think About Living 1960 07
Bobby Darin Artificial Flowers 1960 20
Bobby Darin Beyond the Sea 1960 06
Bobby Darin Clementine 1960 21
Bobby Darin Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey 1960 19
Bobby Freeman (I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy 1960 37
Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock 1960 36
Bobby Marchan There's Something on Your Mind (Part 2) 1960 31
Bobby Rydell Wild One 1960 02
Bobby Rydell Ding-a-Ling 1960 18
Bobby Rydell Little Bitty Girl 1960 19
Bobby Rydell Sway 1960 14
Bobby Rydell Swingin' School 1960 05
Bobby Rydell Volare 1960 04
Bobby Vee Devil Or Angel 1960 06
Brenda Lee I Want To Be Wanted 1960 01
Brenda Lee I'm Sorry 1960 01
Brenda Lee Just a Little 1960 40
Brenda Lee Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 1960 14
Brenda Lee Sweet Nothin's 1960 04
Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 1960 06
Brian Hyland Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini 1960 01
Brook Benton Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) 1960 24
Brook Benton Kiddio 1960 07
Brook Benton The Same One 1960 16
Brook Benton The Ties That Bind 1960 37
Brothers Four Greenfields 1960 02
Browns The Old Lamplighter 1960 05
Buster Brown Fannie Mae 1960 38
Carl Dobkins Jr Lucky Devil 1960 25
Champs Too Much Tequila 1960 30
Charlie Rich Lonely Weekends 1960 22
Charlie Ryan Hot Rod Lincoln 1960 33
Chipmunks Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1960 21
Chipmunks & David Seville Alvin's Orchestra 1960 33
Chubby Checker The Hucklebuck 1960 14
Chubby Checker The Twist 1960 01
Clyde McPhatter Ta Ta 1960 23
Coasters Run Red Run 1960 36
Connie Francis Everybody's Somebody's Fool 1960 01
Connie Francis Jealous of You (Tango Della Gelosia) 1960 19
Connie Francis Mama 1960 08
Connie Francis Many Tears Ago 1960 07
Connie Francis My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own 1960 01
Connie Francis Teddy 1960 17
Connie Stevens Sixteen Reasons 1960 03
Conway Twitty Lonely Blue Boy 1960 06
Conway Twitty Is a Blue Bird Blue? 1960 35
Conway Twitty What Am I Living For 1960 26
Crests Step by Step 1960 14
Crests Trouble in Paradise 1960 20
Damita Jo I'll Save the Last Dance for You 1960 22
Danny & The Juniors Twistin' U.S.A. 1960 27
Dante & The Evergreens Alley-Oop 1960 15
Deane Hawley Look For A Star 1960 29
Debbie Reynolds Am I That Easy to Forget 1960 25
Dee Clark How About That 1960 33
Della Reese Not One Minute More 1960 16
Demensions Over the Rainbow 1960 16
Dinah Washington Love Walked In 1960 30
Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth 1960 24
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) 1960 07
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton Baby (You've Got What It Takes) 1960 05
Dion Lonely Teenager 1960 12
Dion & The Belmonts In the Still Of the Night 1960 38
Dion & The Belmonts When You Wish Upon a Star 1960 30
Dion & The Belmonts Where Or When 1960 03
Don Costa & His Orchestra Never on Sunday 1960 19
Don Costa & His Orchestra The Theme from "The Unforgiven" (The Need for Love) 1960 27
Don Gibson Just One Time 1960 29
Donnie Brooks Doll House 1960 31
Donnie Brooks Mission Bell 1960 07
Dorsey Burnette (There Was a) Tall Oak Tree 1960 23
Drifters Save the Last Dance For Me 1960 01
Drifters This Magic Moment 1960 16
Duane Eddy Because They're Young 1960 04
Duane Eddy Bonnie Came Back 1960 26
Duane Eddy Peter Gunn 1960 27
Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife 1960 27
Elvis Presley A Mess of Blues 1960 32
Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight? 1960 01
Elvis Presley Fame and Fortune 1960 17
Elvis Presley I Gotta Know 1960 20
Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never 1960 01
Elvis Presley Stuck on You 1960 01
Etta James All I Could Do Was Cry 1960 33
Etta James My Dearest Darling 1960 34
Etta Jones Don't Go to Strangers 1960 36
Everly Brothers Cathy's Clown 1960 01
Everly Brothers Let It Be Me 1960 07
Everly Brothers Like Strangers 1960 22
Everly Brothers Lucille 1960 21
Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) 1960 07
Everly Brothers When Will I Be Loved? 1960 08
Fabian About This Thing Called Love 1960 31
Fabian String Along 1960 39
Fats Domino Country Boy 1960 25
Fats Domino Don't Come Knockin' 1960 21
Fats Domino My Girl Josephine 1960 14
Fats Domino Natural Born Lover 1960 38
Fats Domino Three Nights a Week 1960 15
Fats Domino Walking To New Orleans 1960 06
Fendermen Mule Skinner Blues 1960 05
Ferrante & Teicher The Theme from "The Apartment" (Jealous Lover) 1960 10
Fireballs Bulldog 1960 24
Flamingos Nobody Loves Me Like You 1960 30
Fleetwoods Outside My Window 1960 28
Fleetwoods Runaround 1960 23
Floyd Cramer Last Date 1960 02
Four Preps Down By the Station 1960 13
Four Preps Got a Girl 1960 24
Frank Sinatra Ol' MacDonald 1960 25
Frankie Avalon Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops 1960 22
Frankie Avalon Swingin' On A Rainbow 1960 39
Frankie Avalon Togetherness 1960 26
Frankie Avalon Where Are You 1960 32
Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy 1960 34
Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon Jump Over 1960 28
Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 1960 03
Gary "U.S." Bonds New Orleans 1960 06
Gary Miles Look For A Star 1960 16
Gary Mills Look For A Star (Part 1) 1960 26
Hank Ballard Twist 1960 28
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Finger Poppin' Time 1960 07
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go 1960 06
Hank Locklin Please Help Me, I'm Falling 1960 08
Harold Dorman Mountain of Love 1960 21
Harry Simeone Choir The Little Drummer Boy 1960 24
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra Mr. Lucky 1960 21
Hollywood Argyles Alley-Oop 1960 01
Hugo & Luigi and Chorus Just Come Home 1960 35
Ike & Tina Turner A Fool in Love 1960 27
Innocents Honest I Do 1960 28
Ivy Three Yogi 1960 08
Jack Scott What in the World's Come Over You 1960 05
Jack Scott Burning Bridges 1960 03
Jack Scott It Only Happened Yesterday 1960 38
Jack Scott Oh, Little One 1960 34
Jackie Wilson Talk That Talk 1960 34
Jackie Wilson (You Were Made for) All My Love 1960 12
Jackie Wilson A Woman, a Lover, a Friend 1960 15
Jackie Wilson Alone At Last 1960 08
Jackie Wilson Am I the Man 1960 32
Jackie Wilson Doggin' Around 1960 15
Jackie Wilson Night 1960 04
James Brown & The Famous Flames Think 1960 33
Jeanne Black He'll Have To Stay 1960 04
Jerry Butler He Will Break Your Heart 1960 07
Jerry Wallace Little Coco Palm 1960 36
Jessie Hill Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) 1960 28
Jim Reeves He'll Have To Go 1960 02
Jim Reeves Am I Losing You 1960 31
Jim Reeves I'm Gettin' Better 1960 37
Jimmie Rodgers T.L.C. (Tender Love and Care) 1960 24
Jimmy Charles & The Revelettes A Million To One 1960 05
Jimmy Clanton Another Sleepless Night 1960 22
Jimmy Clanton Go, Jimmy, Go 1960 05
Jimmy Jones Handy Man 1960 02
Jimmy Jones Good Timin' 1960 03
Jimmy Reed Baby What You Want Me To Do 1960 37
Joe Jones You Talk Too Much 1960 03
Johnny & The Hurricanes Beatnik Fly 1960 15
Johnny Bond Hot Rod Lincoln 1960 26
Johnny Burnette Dreamin' 1960 11
Johnny Burnette You're Sixteen 1960 08
Johnny Ferguson Angela Jones 1960 27
Johnny Horton North To Alaska 1960 04
Johnny Horton Sink the Bismarck 1960 03
Johnny Mathis Starbright 1960 25
Johnny Preston Running Bear 1960 01
Johnny Preston Cradle of Love 1960 07
Johnny Preston Feel So Fine (Feel So Good) 1960 14
Johnny Tillotson Poetry In Motion 1960 02
Joni James Little Things Mean A Lot 1960 35
June Valli Apple Green 1960 29
Kathy Young with The Innocents A Thousand Stars 1960 03
Kingston Trio Bad Man Blunder 1960 37
Kingston Trio El Matador 1960 32
Larry Hall Sandy 1960 15
Larry Verne Mr. Custer 1960 01
Lawrence Welk Last Date 1960 21
Little Anthony & The Imperials Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop 1960 24
Little Dippers Forever 1960 09
Little Willie John Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) 1960 38
Little Willie John Sleep 1960 13
Lloyd Price Lady Luck 1960 14
Lloyd Price No If's - No Ands 1960 40
Lloyd Price Question 1960 19
Lolita Sailor (Your Home is the Sea) 1960 05
Mark Dinning Teen Angel 1960 01
Marty Robbins El paso 1960 01
Marty Robbins Ballad Of the Alamo 1960 34
Marty Robbins Big Iron 1960 26
Marty Robbins Is There Any Chance 1960 31
Marv Johnson You Got What It Takes 1960 10
Marv Johnson (You've Got to) Move Two Mountains 1960 20
Marv Johnson I Love the Way You Love 1960 09
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Stay 1960 01
Monty Kelly & His Orchestra Summer Set 1960 30
Nat "King" Cole Time and the River 1960 30
Neil Sedaka Run Samson Run 1960 28
Neil Sedaka Stairway to Heaven 1960 09
Neil Sedaka You Mean Everything to Me 1960 17
Paradons Diamonds and Pearls 1960 18
Pat Boone (Welcome) New Lovers 1960 18
Patti Page One of Us (Will Weep Tonight) 1960 31
Paul Anka Hello Young Lovers 1960 23
Paul Anka I Love You in the Same Old Way 1960 40
Paul Anka My Home Town 1960 08
Paul Anka Puppy Love 1960 02
Paul Anka Summer's Gone 1960 11
Paul Evans Happy-Go-Lucky-Me 1960 10
Paul Evans Midnight Special 1960 16
Percy Faith & His Orchestra The Theme From "A Summer Place" 1960 01
Percy Faith & His Orchestra Theme for Young Lovers 1960 35
Perry Como Delaware 1960 22
Platters Harbor Lights 1960 08
Platters Red Sails In the Sunset 1960 36
Platters To Each His Own 1960 21
Playmates Wait for Me 1960 37
Ray Bryant Combo The Madison Time (Part 1) 1960 30
Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind 1960 01
Ray Charles Ruby 1960 28
Ray Charles Sticks and Stones 1960 40
Ray Peterson Tell Laura I Love Her 1960 07
Ray Smith Rockin' Little Angel 1960 22
Ricky Nelson I'm Not Afraid 1960 27
Ricky Nelson Yes Sir, That's My Baby 1960 34
Ricky Nelson Young Emotions 1960 12
Rod Lauren If I Had A Girl 1960 31
Ron Holden Love You So 1960 07
Roy Orbison Blue Angel 1960 09
Roy Orbison Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) 1960 02
Safaris Image of a Girl 1960 06
Sam Cooke Chain Gang 1960 02
Sam Cooke Sad Mood 1960 29
Sam Cooke Wonderful World 1960 12
Shirelles Tonight's the Night 1960 39
Skeeter Davis (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too 1960 39
Skip & Flip Cherry Pie 1960 11
Skyliners Pennies from Heaven 1960 24
Spencer Ross Tracy's Theme 1960 13
Steve Lawrence Pretty Blue Eyes 1960 09
Steve Lawrence Footsteps 1960 07
Temptations Barbara 1960 29
Teresa Brewer Anymore 1960 31
Tobin Mathews & Co. Ruby Duby Du 1960 30
Tommy Edwards I Really Don't Want to Know 1960 18
Ventures Perfidia 1960 15
Ventures Walk - Don't Run 1960 02
Walter Brennan Dutchman's Gold 1960 30
Wanda Jackson Let's Have a Party 1960 37

		PERCY FAITH & ORCHESTRA - THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE (1960) hit #1 Biggest song of the year and the top instrumental of the 1960's. Classic ! The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film, A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film by Hugo Winterhalter. Originally known as the "Molly and Johnny Theme", the piece is not the main title theme of the film, but a love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue. Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, in the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960. It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole". Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy. Faith re-recorded the song twice – first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76". In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first fifty years of the Hot 100 chart
		THE EVERLY BROTHERS - SO SAD (1960) hit #7 One of my favorites out of all their hits - played this song many times in an Everly Brothers tribute Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (born January 19, 1939), together known as the Everly Brothers, are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. After three years on the Cadence label, the Everlys signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1960, for a reported 10-year, multi-million dollar deal. They continued to have hits for Warner Brothers and their first, 1960s "Cathy's Clown" (written by Don and Phil) sold eight million copies, making it the duo's biggest-selling record. "Cathy's Clown" was number WB1, the first release in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. We're not Grand Ole Opry ... we're obviously not Perry Como ... we're just pop music. But, you could call us an American skiffle group! —NME - November 1960 Other successful Warner Brothers singles followed in the US, such as "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (1960, Pop #7), "Walk Right Back" (1961, Pop #7), "Crying In The Rain" (1962, Pop #6), and "That's Old Fashioned" (1962, Pop #9, their last Top 10 hit). From 1960 to 1962, Cadence Records also continued to release Everly Brothers singles from the vaults: these included the top ten hit "When Will I Be Loved" (written by Phil, Pop #8) and the top 40 hit "Like Strangers," as well as lower-charting singles
		THE VENTURES - WALK DON'T RUN (1960) hit #2 Classic first top 10 hit for the legendary guitar instrumental group "Walk, Don't Run" is an instrumental composition written and first recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954. The tune is essentially a counter-melody to the chord changes of the old standard, "Softly, As in the Morning Sunrise". The Seattle-based instrumental rock band The Ventures released their version of the tune as a surf rock single in autumn 1960, which quickly became a hit. In the UK, the tune was covered by the John Barry Seven, whose version, while only peaking at #11 on the Record Retailer chart, compared to the Ventures' #8, outcharted them to reach the Top 10 on other UK charts, such as that of the NME. The Ventures' version is believed to be one of the first surfing songs to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #2 and reaching #3 on the Cash Box magazine chart for five weeks in August and September 1960. The band's original drummer, George T. Babbitt, Jr., who later retired as a four-star Air Force general, left the band before "Walk, Don't Run" was released. The Ventures' website lists "[t]he drummer on Walk, Don't Run [as] Skip Moore, not Howie Johnson as many assume. Skip was given the choice of $25 or ¼ of the money the record would make for playing on the session. He took the $25". The Ventures made an updated cover version of the song in 1964 called "Walk, Don't Run '64" (which has a guitar riff similar to "Misirlou"), which made it into the Top Ten in the US that August.
		JOHNNY BURNETTE - YOU'RE SIXTEEN (1960) hit #8 Classic song later covered by Ringo Starr You're Sixteen" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman). It was first performed by American rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. In January 1974, a cover version by British musician Ringo Starr hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. The original 1960 version of "You're Sixteen" by Johnny Burnette is featured prominently on the 1973 motion picture soundtrack of the film American Graffiti. John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette (March 25, 1934 – August 14, 1964) was an American rockabilly musician. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and friend Paul Burlison, Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He was the father of 1980s rockabilly singer Rocky Burnette.
		RAY CHARLES - GEORGIA ON MY MIND (1960) hit #1 Classic song that I never knew growing up. I didnt have a copy! I've come to appreciate this song a lot in just the past couple years. Georgia on My Mind" is a song written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). It is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia. Gorrell wrote the lyrics for Hoagy's sister, Georgia Carmichael It was not until Ray Charles' 1960 recording on The Genius Hits the Road that the song became a major hit, reaching the number one spot for one week in November 1960 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. On March 7, 1979, in a mutual symbol of reconciliation after conflict over civil rights issues, he performed it before the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature). After this performance, the connection to the state was firmly made, and then the Assembly adopted it as the state song on April 24. This version of the song was played with a video montage each time that Georgia Public Television went off the air nightly. With the advent of 24-hour broadcasting, it is rarely used now, the last time being in 2009 for the permanent sign-off of GPB's analog TV stations on February 17.
		THE EVERLY BROTHERS - WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (1960) hit #8 One of my favorites out of all their hits - played this song many times in an Everly Brothers tribute When Will I Be Loved" is a classic popular song, written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers and a #8 hit single for that duo in the summer of 1960. The track had been recorded in 1959 while the Everly Brothers were contracted to Cadence Records; by 1960 they had moved to Warner Brothers and recording in a more mainstream pop/rock style than previously. The belated release by Cadence of "When Will I Be Loved" provided the Everly Brothers with a final rockabilly-style hit. Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (born January 19, 1939), together known as the Everly Brothers, are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
		ELVIS PRESLEY - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (1960) hit #1 Classic acoustic unplugged type #1 pop hit Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, first published in 1927 and most notably revived by Elvis Presley in 1960 (with the title spelled Are You Lonesome To-Night?). Morgan's version was followed by the best-known recording, by Elvis Presley, recorded on April 4, 1960 along with I Gotta Know, and engineered by Nashville sound pioneer Bill Porter. Colonel Parker (it was one of his wife's favorite songs) persuaded Elvis to record his own rendition of this song. Elvis' version was based on the Blue Barron Orchestra version from 1950 with spoken segment. It went on to be one of the biggest-selling singles of 1960, peaking at number one on the Billboard pop chart for six weeks and peaking at number three on the R&B charts Elvis's version was listed at #81 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time
		CHUBBY CHECKER - THE TWIST (1960) hit #1 The only pop song to have such a dance craze that it was a #1 hit two years in a row - some consider this to be the most successful song of all time. The Twist" is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twist dance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side (to "Teardrops on Your Letter") but his version was only a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, and the dance the Twist, was popularized in 1960 when the song was covered by Chubby Checker. His single became a hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960 (one week) and then setting a record by being the only single to reach #1 in two different chart runs when it resurfaced and topped the chart again on January 13, 1962 (two weeks). In 1988, "The Twist" became popular once again, due to a new recording of the song by The Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker. This version reached #2 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Germany According to Billboard Magazine, "The Twist" held the honor of being the number-one song on its "Hot 100 50th Anniversary" list of "The Billboard: All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs" in the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The song is ranked number 451 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack released May 1, 2007.
		BRIAN HYLAND - ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI (1960) hit #1 One of the biggest bubblegum type novelty songs ever Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl wearing a revealing polka dot bikini at the beach. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland with orchestra conducted by John Dixon. Hyland's version hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 8, 1960 and also made the top 10 in other countries, including #8 on the UK Singles Chart. The story told through the three verses of the song is as follows : (1) the young lady is too afraid to leave the locker where she has changed into her bikini; (2) she has made it to the beach but sits on the sand wrapped in a blanket; and (3) she has finally gone into the ocean, but is too afraid to come out, and stays immersed in the water – despite the fact that she's "turning blue"– to hide herself from view. Trudy Packer recited the phrases "One, two, three, four/Tell the people what she wore", heard at the end of each verse before the chorus; and "Stick around, we'll tell you more", heard after the first chorus and before the start of the second verse Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s. Allmusic journalist Jason Ankeny states, "Hyland's puppy-love pop virtually defined the sound and sensibility of bubblegum during the pre-Beatles era." Although his status as a teen idol faded, he went on to release several country-influenced albums and had further chart hits later in his career
		BRENDA LEE - ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1960) Great classic Christmas early rock song that was a radio hit "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca 9-30776. Despite her mature-sounding voice, Lee recorded this song when she was only 13 years old. Despite the song's title, its instrumentation also fits the country music genre, which Brenda Lee more fully embraced as her career evolved. The recording features Hank Garland's ringing guitar and Boots Randolph's swinging solo sax break. Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960. That Christmas holiday season, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It continued to sell well during subsequent holiday seasons, peaking as high as No. 3 on Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in December 1965. For decades, Brenda Lee's recording was the only notable version of the song. Radio stations ranging from Top 40 to Adult Contemporary to Country Music to Oldies to even Adult Standards played this version. Lee's recording still receives a great deal of airplay, and has since turned into a perennial holiday favorite. As of December 25, 2011, Nielsen SoundScan estimated total sales of the digital track at 679,000 downloads, placing it fourth on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history

BONNEY WALTERS - FAVORITE SONGS OF 1960

		Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never 1960 01
		Roy Orbison Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) 1960 02
		Sam Cooke Chain Gang 1960 02
		ELVIS PRESLEY - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (1960) hit #1 Classic acoustic unplugged type #1 pop hit Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, first published in 1927 and most notably revived by Elvis Presley in 1960 (with the title spelled Are You Lonesome To-Night?). Morgan's version was followed by the best-known recording, by Elvis Presley, recorded on April 4, 1960 along with I Gotta Know, and engineered by Nashville sound pioneer Bill Porter. Colonel Parker (it was one of his wife's favorite songs) persuaded Elvis to record his own rendition of this song. Elvis' version was based on the Blue Barron Orchestra version from 1950 with spoken segment. It went on to be one of the biggest-selling singles of 1960, peaking at number one on the Billboard pop chart for six weeks and peaking at number three on the R&B charts Elvis's version was listed at #81 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time
		CHUBBY CHECKER - THE TWIST (1960) hit #1 The only pop song to have such a dance craze that it was a #1 hit two years in a row - some consider this to be the most successful song of all time. The Twist" is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twist dance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side (to "Teardrops on Your Letter") but his version was only a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, and the dance the Twist, was popularized in 1960 when the song was covered by Chubby Checker. His single became a hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960 (one week) and then setting a record by being the only single to reach #1 in two different chart runs when it resurfaced and topped the chart again on January 13, 1962 (two weeks). In 1988, "The Twist" became popular once again, due to a new recording of the song by The Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker. This version reached #2 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Germany According to Billboard Magazine, "The Twist" held the honor of being the number-one song on its "Hot 100 50th Anniversary" list of "The Billboard: All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs" in the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The song is ranked number 451 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack released May 1, 2007.
		BOBBY RYDELL - WILD ONE #2
		JOHNNY BURNETTE - YOU'RE SIXTEEN (1960) hit #8 Classic song later covered by Ringo Starr You're Sixteen" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman). It was first performed by American rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. In January 1974, a cover version by British musician Ringo Starr hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. The original 1960 version of "You're Sixteen" by Johnny Burnette is featured prominently on the 1973 motion picture soundtrack of the film American Graffiti. John Joseph "Johnny" Burnette (March 25, 1934 – August 14, 1964) was an American rockabilly musician. Along with his older brother Dorsey Burnette and friend Paul Burlison, Burnette was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He was the father of 1980s rockabilly singer Rocky Burnette.
		Sam Cooke Wonderful World 1960 12
		Mark Dinning Teen Angel 1960 01
		Ray Peterson Tell Laura I Love Her 1960 07
		Brenda Lee I'm Sorry 1960 01