Billboard Hot 100 Charts of 1960
Browse every weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1960 — 52 charts in all. 19 different songs reached #1 during the year. The song that spent the most weeks at #1 during 1960 was "The Theme From "A Summer Place"" by Percy Faith And His Orchestra (9 weeks on top). Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires held the #1 spot for the most weeks of any artist that year.
52weekly charts
19different #1 songs
9weeks at #1 for the year's biggest song
39weeks on the chart for the year's longest-running debut
Number-one songs of 1960
| Reached #1 | Weeks at #1 | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4, 1960 | 2 | El Paso | Marty Robbins |
| January 18, 1960 | 3 | Running Bear | Johnny Preston |
| February 8, 1960 | 2 | Teen Angel | Mark Dinning |
| February 22, 1960 | 9 | The Theme From "A Summer Place" | Percy Faith And His Orchestra |
| April 25, 1960 | 4 | Stuck On You | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| May 23, 1960 | 5 | Cathy's Clown | The Everly Brothers |
| June 27, 1960 | 2 | Everybody's Somebody's Fool | Connie Francis |
| July 11, 1960 | 1 | Alley-Oop | Hollywood Argyles |
| July 18, 1960 | 3 | I'm Sorry | Brenda Lee |
| August 8, 1960 | 1 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini | Brian Hyland |
| August 15, 1960 | 5 | It's Now Or Never | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
| September 19, 1960 | 1 | The Twist | Chubby Checker |
| September 26, 1960 | 2 | My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own | Connie Francis |
| October 10, 1960 | 1 | Mr. Custer | Larry Verne |
| October 17, 1960 | 1 | Save The Last Dance For Me | The Drifters |
| October 24, 1960 | 1 | I Want To Be Wanted | Brenda Lee |
| October 31, 1960 | 2 | Save The Last Dance For Me | The Drifters |
| November 14, 1960 | 1 | Georgia On My Mind | Ray Charles |
| November 21, 1960 | 1 | Stay | Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs |
| November 28, 1960 | 6 | Are You Lonesome To-night? | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires |
Artists with the most weeks at #1 in 1960
- Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires — 14 weeks
- Percy Faith And His Orchestra — 9 weeks
- The Everly Brothers — 5 weeks
- Connie Francis — 4 weeks
- Brenda Lee — 4 weeks
Longest-running hits that debuted in 1960
| Weeks on chart | Peak | Song | Artist | Debuted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | #1 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | August 1, 1960 |
| 26 | #7 | Finger Poppin' Time | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | May 16, 1960 |
| 26 | #19 | Never On Sunday | Don Costa And His Orchestra And Chorus | August 8, 1960 |
| 24 | #3 | Sixteen Reasons | Connie Stevens | February 1, 1960 |
| 23 | #1 | I'm Sorry | Brenda Lee | May 30, 1960 |
| 23 | #4 | North To Alaska | Johnny Horton | September 19, 1960 |
| 22 | #8 | Please Help Me, I'm Falling | Hank Locklin | May 23, 1960 |
| 21 | #1 | The Theme From "A Summer Place" | Percy Faith And His Orchestra | January 11, 1960 |
| 21 | #2 | Only The Lonely (Know How I Feel) | Roy Orbison | June 6, 1960 |
| 21 | #2 | Exodus | Ferrante & Teicher | November 14, 1960 |
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