Billboard Top 20, August 8, 1960
Rank..Previous .. # Weeks .. Title .. Artist
#1 .. 2 / 6 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka DoBrian Hyland
#2 .. 1 / 11 I'm Sorry-------------------------------Brenda Lee
#3 .. 3 / 4 It's Now Or Never-----------------------Elvis Presley
#4 .. 4 / 10 Only The Lonely-------------------------Roy Orbison
#5 .. 5 / 11 Alley-Oop-------------------------------The Hollywood Argyles
#6 .. 6 / 10 Image Of A Girl-------------------------The Safaris
#7 .. 18 / 4 Walk -- Don't Run-----------------------The Ventures
#8 .. 7 / 9 Tell Laura I Love Her-------------------Ray Peterson
#9 .. 8 / 12 Please Help Me, I'm Fallin'-------------Hank Locklin
#10 .. 13 / 8 Walking To New Orleans------------------Fats Domino
#11 .. 49 / 2 The Twist-------------------------------Chubby Checker
#12 .. 11 / 14 Everybody's Somebody's Fool-------------Connie Francis
#13 .. 9 / 12 Mule Skinner Blues----------------------The Fendermen
#14 .. 15 / 8 Feel So Fine----------------------------Johnny Preston
#15 .. 14 / 13 Finger Poppin' Time----Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
#16 .. 16 / 7 Look For A Star-------------------------Garry Miles
#17 .. 17 / 12 Because They're Young-------------------Duane Eddy
#18 .. 20 / 9 Mission Bell----------------------------Donnie Brooks
#19 .. 22 / 7 Question--------------------------------Lloyd Price
#20 .. 20 / 9 Trouble In Paradise---------------------The Crests
#21 .. 12 / 11 When Will I Be Loved-------------The Everly Brothers
#22 .. 23 / 7 Josephine-------------------------------Bill Black Combo
#23 .. 41 / 5 In My Little Corner Of The World--------Anita Bryant
#24 .. 26 / 5 All My Love-----------------------------Jackie Wilson
#25 .. 58 / 6 Over The Rainbow------------------------The Dimensions
#26 .. 31 / 8 This Bitter Earth-----------------------Dinah Washington
#27 .. 30 / 4 Volare----------------------------------Bobby Rydell
#28 .. 19 / 8 Look For A Star-------------------------Billy Vaughn
#29 .. 34 / 5 A Woman A Lover A Friend----------------Jackie Wilson
#30 .. 21 / 7 Don't Come Knockin'---------------------Fats Domino
#31 .. 33 / 8 Is There Any Chance---------------------Marty Robbins
#32 .. 32 / 9 Where Are You---------------------------Frankie Avalon
#33 .. 10 / 10 That's All You Gotta Do-----------------Brenda Lee
#34 .. 25 / 12 A Rockin' Good Way--Brook Benton & Dinah Washington
#35 .. 29 / 8 Look For A Star - Part I----------------Garry Mills
#36 .. 85 / 3 Theme From The Apartment------Ferrante & Teicher
#37 .. 43 / 8 Bad Man Blunder-------------------------The Kingston Trio
#38 .. 37 / 9 Is A Blue Bird Blue---------------------Conway Twitty
#39 .. 57 / 11 Hot Rod Lincoln--Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders
#40 .. 67 / 7 Sticks And Stones-----------------------Ray Charles |
While rock and roll was the prevalent genre on the Billboard Hot 100 in August, 1960, the top spot was occupied by one of the many "novelty" songs that met with success during the Elvis Era. Dave Kapp (of Kapp records) didn't particularly like rock and roll but he was willing to record "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Dot Bikini" by an artist new to the label, Brian Hyland. Paul Vance had originally written the song about his two year old daughter -- he had to point that out to Kapp when Kapp thought the song might be a little risque. To keep from "lowering the image" of Kapp, a new label was created (Leader) to produce the record. Released in July, it hit the top spot on August 8th.
This was the beginning of the teen idol stage of rock and roll. Along with Paul Anka, Fabian, Bobby Darin, Frankie Avalon, and Freddy Cannon all had top ten entries. Avalon had two songs in the top twenty with the double-sided hit, "A Boy Without a Girl" and "Bobby Sox to Stockings." Connie Francis also two sided top twenty with "Lipstick on Your Collar" and "Frankie" (her ode to Frankie Avalon.)
The July 13th chart showcased four records that would make Billboard's 1959 end of the year top ten: "The Battle of New Orleans" (#1), "Personality" (#3), "Lonely Boy" (#5), and "Dream Lover" (#6).
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