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1960

Cashbox Ranking title artist
1 Theme From a Summer Place Percy Faith
2 It's Now or Never Elvis Presley
3 Save the Last Dance for Me The Drifters
4 The Twist Chubby Checker
5 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Brian Hyland
6 I'm Sorry Brenda Lee
7 Stuck On You Elvis Presley
8 He'll Have To Go Jim Reeves
9 Cathy's Clown The Everly Brothers
10 Running Bear Johnny Preston
11 Walk -- Don't Run The Ventures
12 Everybody's Somebody's Fool Connie Francis
13 Handy Man Jimmy Jones
14 My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Connie Francis
15 Only the Lonely Roy Orbison
16 Teen Angel Mark Dinning
17 El Paso Marty Robbins
18 Chain Gang Sam Cooke
19 Kiddio Brook Benton
20 Please Help Me, I'm Fallin' Hank Locklin
21 Greenfields The Brothers Four
22 Night Jackie Wilson
23 Good Timin' Jimmy Jones
24 Baby, You've Got What It Takes Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
25 Wild One Bobby Rydell
26 Mr. Custer Larry Verne
27 Sink the Bismark Johnny Horton
28 Sweet Nothin's Brenda Lee
29 Puppy Love Paul Anka
30 I Want To Be Wanted Brenda Lee
31 Paper Roses Anita Bryant
32 Because They're Young Duane Eddy
33 Alley-Oop The Hollywood Argyles
34 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Freddy Cannon
35 Why Frankie Avalon
36 Burning Bridges Jack Scott
37 Where or When Dion & the Belmonts
38 Finger Poppin' Time Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
39 Volare Bobby Rydell
40 Theme From the Apartment Ferrante & Teicher
41 Devil Or Angel Bobby Vee
42 You Talk Too Much Joe Jones
44 A Rockin' Good Way Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
45 White Silver Sands Bill Black Combo
46 It's Time to Cry Paul Anka
47 You've Got What It Takes Marv Johnson
48 What In the World's Come Over You Jack Scott
48 Heartaches By the Number Guy Mitchell
49 The Big Hurt Toni Fisher
50 Harbor Lights The Platters
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In the 1950's Cashbox Magazine was the main competitor with Billboard for the music trade. In 1956 the rankings expanded to a top 50 and then to a top 75 in 1957 and became a top 100 in 1958. Publicaton of the magazine ended in 1996.
Back from the army in 1960, Elvis placed two songs in the Cashbox top ten: "It's Now Or Never" (#2) and "Stuck On You" (#7).
"The Drifters had the #3 Cashbox record for 1960 with "Save The Last Dance For Me." Ben E. King sang lead on the record."
"Chubby Checker led the dance songs of 1960, and Cashbox ranked "The Twist" as the #4 song of the year. This story is to "be continued.""