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| 30 Best of 1960 -- click on the column header to sort the table. |
| Rank |
title |
artist |
highest ranking |
Date Highest Rank |
Weeks in Top Twenty |
weeks on chart |
| 1 |
Theme From a Summer Place |
Percy Faith |
1 |
1960/02/22 |
15 |
17 |
| 2 |
The Twist |
Chubby Checker |
1 |
1960/09/19 |
29 |
15 |
| 3 |
Handy Man |
Jimmy Jones |
2 |
1960/02/29 |
12 |
14 |
| 4 |
He'll Have To Go |
Jim Reeves |
2 |
1960/03/07 |
16 |
20 |
| 5 |
Lonely Teenager |
Dion |
11 |
1960/12/19 |
6 |
12 |
| 6 |
Beyond the Sea |
Bobby Darin |
6 |
1960/02/29 |
8 |
11 |
| 7 |
Georgia On My Mind |
Ray Charles |
1 |
1960/11/14 |
8 |
10 |
| 8 |
He Will Break Your Heart |
Jerry Butler |
7 |
1960/12/05 |
9 |
13 |
| 9 |
Only the Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
2 |
1960/07/25 |
10 |
15 |
| 10 |
I'm Sorry |
Brenda Lee |
1 |
1960/07/18 |
13 |
18 |
| 11 |
Step by Step |
The Crests |
14 |
1960/05/09 |
6 |
8 |
| 12 |
Wild One |
Bobby Rydell |
2 |
1960/03/28 |
10 |
13 |
| 13 |
Sweet Nothin's |
Brenda Lee |
4 |
1960/04/18 |
11 |
15 |
| 14 |
Walk -- Don't Run |
The Ventures |
2 |
1960/08/29 |
12 |
14 |
| 15 |
Among My Souvenirs |
Connie Francis |
7 |
1959/12/28 |
6 |
11 |
| 16 |
Last Date |
Floyd Cramer |
2 |
1960/11/28 |
13 |
15 |
| 17 |
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree |
Brenda Lee |
14 |
1960/12/26 |
2 |
3 |
| 18 |
Save the Last Dance for Me |
The Drifters |
1 |
1960/10/17 |
12 |
14 |
| 19 |
A Thousand Stars |
Kathy Young & the Innocents |
3 |
1960/12/12 |
12 |
15 |
| 20 |
Cathy's Clown |
The Everly Brothers |
1 |
1960/05/23 |
12 |
13 |
| 21 |
Wonderful World |
Sam Cooke |
12 |
1960/06/27 |
7 |
11 |
| 22 |
You're Sixteen |
Johnny Burnette |
8 |
1960/12/26 |
9 |
11 |
| 23 |
Devil Or Angel |
Bobby Vee |
6 |
1960/10/17 |
9 |
13 |
| 24 |
Stay |
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs |
1 |
1960/11/21 |
8 |
14 |
| 25 |
North To Alaska |
Johnny Horton |
4 |
1960/12/19 |
14 |
18 |
| 26 |
Heartaches By the Number |
Guy Mitchell |
1 |
1959/12/14 |
12 |
16 |
| 27 |
This Magic Moment |
The Drifters |
16 |
1960/03/28 |
2 |
6 |
| 28 |
New Orleans |
Gary U.S. Bonds |
6 |
1960/11/28 |
8 |
11 |
| 29 |
Blue Angel |
Roy Orbison |
9 |
1960/11/07 |
4 |
8 |
| 30 |
Let It Be Me |
The Everly Brothers |
7 |
1960/02/22 |
8 |
11 |
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