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title
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artist
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| 1 |
Theme From a Summer Place |
Percy Faith |
| 2 |
It's Now or Never |
Elvis Presley |
| 3 |
He'll Have To Go |
Jim Reeves |
| 4 |
Cathy's Clown |
The Everly Brothers |
| 5 |
The Twist |
Chubby Checker |
| 6 |
I'm Sorry |
Brenda Lee |
| 7 |
Running Bear |
Johnny Preston |
| 8 |
Stuck On You |
Elvis Presley |
| 9 |
Handy Man |
Jimmy Jones |
| 10 |
Teen Angel |
Mark Dinning |
| 11 |
Everybody's Somebody's Fool |
Connie Francis |
| 12 |
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini |
Brian Hyland |
| 13 |
Save the Last Dance for Me |
The Drifters |
| 14 |
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own |
Connie Francis |
| 15 |
El Paso |
Marty Robbins |
| 16 |
Greenfields |
The Brothers Four |
| 17 |
Only the Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
| 18 |
Walk -- Don't Run |
The Ventures |
| 19 |
Wild One |
Bobby Rydell |
| 20 |
Sweet Nothin's |
Brenda Lee |
| 21 |
Chain Gang |
Sam Cooke |
| 22 |
Alley-Oop |
The Hollywood Argyles |
| 23 |
Baby, You've Got What It Takes |
Brook Benton & Dinah Washington |
| 24 |
Puppy Love |
Paul Anka |
| 25 |
Good Timin' |
Jimmy Jones |
| 26 |
What In the World's Come Over You |
Jack Scott |
| 27 |
Sink the Bismark |
Johnny Horton |
| 28 |
Night |
Jackie Wilson |
| 29 |
Where or When |
Dion & the Belmonts |
| 30 |
Why |
Frankie Avalon |
| 31 |
Kiddio |
Brook Benton |
| 32 |
Please Help Me, I'm Fallin' |
Hank Locklin |
| 33 |
Sixteen Reasons |
Connie Stevens |
| 34 |
Mr. Custer |
Larry Verne |
| 35 |
Because They're Young |
Duane Eddy & the Rebels |
| 36 |
Let It Be Me |
The Everly Brothers |
| 37 |
I Want To Be Wanted |
Brenda Lee |
| 38 |
Burning Bridges |
Jack Scott |
| 39 |
Paper Roses |
Anita Bryant |
| 40 |
Beyond the Sea |
Bobby Darin |
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"The Top Ten" was written by Gary Theroux and Bob Gilbert and published in 1982. It provides a "Top 40" list for each year from 1956 to 1981 and a one page article on each of the top ten songs from each year. It also has a collection of information on pop history to introduce each year." |
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"G&T, Cashbox, and Billboard all agreed that "Theme From A Summer Place" by Percy Faith was the #1 song of 1960. It held the number one spot for nine weeks." |
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"El Paso" by Marty Robbins was originally just a cut from the "Gunfighter Ballads" album, but popular demand got it released as a single and it became the first #1 song of 1960 and was ranked the 15th best of the year by G&T." |
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Jimmy Jones had two songs on the G&T Top 40: "Handy Man" (#9) and "Good Timin'" (#25). |
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