Billboard Hot 100 — April 4, 1960
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of April 4, 1960. "The Theme From "A Summer Place"" by Percy Faith And His Orchestra held #1 for a 7th straight week, on its way to 9 weeks on top. 11 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Doggin' Around" by Jackie Wilson at #81, which would go on to peak at #15. The biggest climber was "Cradle Of Love" by Johnny Preston, up 38 places from #76 to #38.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The Theme From "A Summer Place"" by Percy Faith And His Orchestra — 7 weeks at the top so far, 13 weeks on the chart since debuting January 11, 1960.
- New in the top 10: "Sink The Bismark" by Johnny Horton (up from #14 to #6); "Footsteps" by Steve Lawrence (up from #25 to #7); "Mama" by Connie Francis (up from #11 to #9).
- Biggest fall: "Lonely Blue Boy" by Conway Twitty, down 44 places from #56 to #100.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston, 25 weeks and counting (peak #1).
- Gone from the chart: "You Got What It Takes" by Marv Johnson after 22 weeks (peak #10).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | The Theme From "A Summer Place" Percy Faith And His Orchestra |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Puppy Love Paul Anka |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Wild One Bobby Rydell |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | He'll Have To Go Jim Reeves |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Sweet Nothin's Brenda Lee |
| 6 | 14 | 6 | 5 | Sink The Bismark Johnny Horton |
| 7 | 25 | 7 | 5 | Footsteps Steve Lawrence |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | Harbor Lights The Platters |
| 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | Mama Connie Francis |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | O Dio Mio Annette |
| 12 | 21 | 12 | 7 | Greenfields The Brothers Four |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | 15 | Handy Man Jimmy Jones |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | I Love The Way You Love Marv Johnson |
| 15 | 20 | 15 | 5 | White Silver Sands Bill Black's Combo |
| 16 | 23 | 16 | 10 | Sixteen Reasons Connie Stevens |
| 17 | 29 | 17 | 6 | Teddy Connie Francis |
| 18 | 22 | 18 | 7 | (Welcome) New Lovers Pat Boone |
| 19 | 17 | 15 | 8 | Beatnik Fly Johnny And The Hurricanes |
| 20 | 18 | 14 | 10 | Lady Luck Lloyd Price and His Orchestra |
| 21 | 16 | 16 | 7 | This Magic Moment The Drifters |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | 13 | What In The World's Come Over You Jack Scott |
| 23 | 9 | 9 | 11 | Forever The Little Dippers |
| 24 | 35 | 24 | 4 | The Old Lamplighter The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown |
| 25 | 28 | 25 | 6 | Starbright Johnny Mathis |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | 12 | Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin |
| 27 | 38 | 27 | 4 | Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops Frankie Avalon |
| 28 | 34 | 28 | 8 | Let The Little Girl Dance Billy Bland |
| 29 | 19 | 19 | 10 | Little Bitty Girl Bobby Rydell |
| 30 | 42 | 30 | 6 | Summer Set Monty Kelly And His Orchestra |
| 31 | 26 | 26 | 10 | Money (That's what I want) Barrett Strong |
| 32 | 33 | 25 | 12 | Am I That Easy To Forget Debbie Reynolds |
| 33 | 43 | 33 | 6 | Step By Step The Crests |
| 34 | 44 | 34 | 3 | Clementine Bobby Darin |
| 35 | 24 | 1 | 16 | Teen Angel Mark Dinning |
| 36 | 37 | 36 | 5 | Just One Time Don Gibson |
| 37 | 40 | 23 | 10 | (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree Dorsey Burnette |
| 38 | 76 | 38 | 2 | Cradle Of Love Johnny Preston |
| 39 | 36 | 32 | 7 | El Matador The Kingston Trio |
| 40 | 27 | 7 | 13 | Let It Be Me The Everly Brothers |
| 41 | 32 | 16 | 11 | Midnite Special Paul Evans |
| 42 | 59 | 42 | 4 | Big Iron Marty Robbins |
| 43 | 41 | 39 | 7 | String Along Fabian |
| 44 | 31 | 31 | 6 | About This Thing Called Love Fabian |
| 45 | 47 | 28 | 8 | Outside My Window The Fleetwoods |
| 46 | 46 | 46 | 8 | Paradise Sammy Turner |
| 47 | 30 | 22 | 9 | Delaware Perry Como |
| 48 | 39 | 39 | 10 | Fannie Mae Buster Brown |
| 49 | 57 | 49 | 5 | Apple Green June Valli |
| 50 | 55 | 50 | 4 | Teenage Sonata Sam Cooke |
| 51 | 69 | 51 | 4 | Caravan Santo & Johnny |
| 52 | 48 | 22 | 14 | Rockin' Little Angel Ray Smith |
| 53 | 60 | 53 | 3 | Night Jackie Wilson |
| 54 | 63 | 54 | 6 | Chattanooga Choo Choo Ernie Fields & Orch. |
| 55 | 49 | 47 | 7 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy Gary Stites |
| 56 | 61 | 56 | 4 | At My Front Door Dee Clark |
| 57 | 45 | 45 | 7 | Don't Fence Me In Tommy Edwards |
| 58 | 75 | 57 | 7 | Angela Jones Johnny Ferguson |
| 59 | 62 | 38 | 10 | China Doll The Ames Brothers |
| 60 | 64 | 60 | 5 | Down By The Riverside Les Compagnons De La Chanson |
| 61 | 66 | 61 | 6 | Mountain Of Love Harold Dorman |
| 62 | 70 | 62 | 3 | Wake Me When It's Over Andy Williams |
| 63 | 74 | 63 | 3 | Shazam! Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels |
| 64 | 84 | 64 | 2 | Teen-Ex The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown |
| 65 | 87 | 65 | 4 | Don't Deceive Me Ruth Brown |
| 66 | 77 | 66 | 4 | Ruby Adam Wade |
| 67 | 53 | 1 | 25 | Running Bear Johnny Preston |
| 68 | 65 | 42 | 12 | Why Do I Love You So Johnny Tillotson |
| 69 | 71 | 52 | 15 | Harlem Nocturne The Viscounts |
| 70 | 50 | 50 | 7 | Anyway The Wind Blows Doris Day |
| 71 | 79 | 71 | 6 | You Don't Know Me Lenny Welch |
| 72 | 51 | 51 | 6 | The Same Old Me Guy Mitchell |
| 73 | 52 | 34 | 7 | Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy Freddy Cannon |
| 74 | 81 | 74 | 2 | Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Part II Jessie Hill |
| 75 | 99 | 75 | 2 | Stairway To Heaven Neil Sedaka |
| 76 | 54 | 3 | 15 | Where Or When Dion & The Belmonts |
| 77 | 58 | 13 | 14 | Tracy's Theme Spencer Ross |
| 78 | 83 | 78 | 2 | It Could Happen To You Dinah Washington |
| 79 | 85 | 79 | 3 | Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) Della Reese |
| 80 | 82 | 37 | 8 | Baby What You Want Me To Do Jimmy Reed |
| 81 | NEW | 81 | 1 | Doggin' Around Jackie Wilson |
| 82 | 95 | 78 | 4 | Lonely Weekends Charlie Rich |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | Rockin' Red Wing Sammy Masters |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | Stuck On You Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Love You So Ron Holden with The Thunderbirds |
| 86 | 93 | 86 | 2 | What Am I Living For Conway Twitty |
| 87 | 96 | 87 | 2 | Why I'm Walkin' Stonewall Jackson |
| 88 | 88 | 88 | 2 | House Of Bamboo Earl Grant |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | The Madison Al Brown's Tunetoppers Featuring Cookie Brown |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Think Me A Kiss Clyde McPhatter |
| 91 | 72 | 25 | 10 | Country Boy Fats Domino |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Cherry Pie Skip And Flip |
| 93 | NEW | 82 | 2 | Never Let Me Go Lloyd Price and His Orchestra |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Adam And Eve Paul Anka |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | Mr. Lucky Henry Mancini |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | What Do You Want? Bobby Vee |
| 97 | 86 | 1 | 22 | El Paso Marty Robbins |
| 98 | 67 | 13 | 15 | Down By The Station The Four Preps |
| 99 | 91 | 75 | 6 | Road Runner Bo Diddley |
| 100 | 56 | 6 | 15 | Lonely Blue Boy Conway Twitty |
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