List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960

This is a list of singles that have spent time in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1960, presented chronologically from the year's first top-ten list from the issue dated January 4, 1960, to each song's entry date through the final published issue of the year.

Connie Francis scored five top ten hits during the year with "Mama", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own", "Many Tears Ago", and "Among My Souvenirs", the most among all other artists.

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
Singles from 1959
December 21	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins	1	January 4	9
December 21	"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"	Freddy Cannon	3	January 11	7
December 28	"Pretty Blue Eyes"	Steve Lawrence	9	January 4	6
Singles from 1960
January 4	"Running Bear"	Johnny Preston	1	January 18	10
January 4	"Go, Jimmy, Go"	Jimmy Clanton	5	February 1	5
January 18	"The Village of St. Bernadette"	Andy Williams	7	January 25	2
January 18	"Teen Angel"	Mark Dinning	1	February 8	10
January 25	"Where or When"	Dion and the Belmonts	3	February 8	5
February 1	"Handy Man"	Jimmy Jones	2	February 29	9
February 8	"Lonely Blue Boy"	Conway Twitty	6	February 8	3
	"What in the World's Come Over You"	Jack Scott	5	February 22	7
	"He'll Have to Go"	Jim Reeves	2	March 7	12
	"You Got What It Takes"	Marv Johnson	10	February 8	1
February 15	"Theme from A Summer Place"	Percy Faith	1	February 22	12
February 15	"Let It Be Me"	The Everly Brothers	7	February 22	4
February 22	"Beyond the Sea"	Bobby Darin	6	February 29	4
February 29	"Wild One"	Bobby Rydell	2	March 28	8
February 29	"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"	Dinah Washington and Brook Benton	5	March 21	6
March 14	"Harbor Lights"	The Platters	8	March 28	4
March 14	"Puppy Love"	Paul Anka	2	April 4	7
March 21	"Sweet Nothin's"	Brenda Lee	4	April 18	7
March 28	"O, Dio Mio"	Annette	10	March 28	1
March 28	"Forever"	The Little Dippers	9	March 28	1
April 4	"Sink the Bismarck"	Johnny Horton	3	April 25	7
	"Footsteps"	Steve Lawrence	7	April 4	2
	"Mama"	Connie Francis	8	April 11	3
April 11	"Greenfields"	The Brothers Four	2	April 18	9
April 11	"I Love the Way You Love"	Marv Johnson	9	April 11	1
April 18	"Stuck on You"	Elvis Presley	1	April 25	10
April 18	"Sixteen Reasons"	Connie Stevens	3	May 2	7
April 25	"The Old Lamplighter"	The Browns	5	May 2	3
April 25	"White Silver Sands"	Bill Black's Combo	9	April 25	1
May 2	"Night"	Jackie Wilson	4	May 9	6
	"Cradle of Love"	Johnny Preston	7	May 2	5
	"Let the Little Girl Dance"	Billy Bland	7	May 16	4
May 9	"Stairway to Heaven"	Neil Sedaka	9	May 9	1
May 9	"Cathy's Clown"	The Everly Brothers	1	May 23	9
May 16	"Good Timin'"	Jimmy Jones	3	May 23	7
May 16	"He'll Have to Stay"	Jeanne Black	4	May 30	6
May 23	"Paper Roses"	Anita Bryant	5	June 13	6
May 30	"Burning Bridges"	Jack Scott	3	June 13	6
June 6	"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	Connie Francis	1	June 27	8
June 6	"Love You So"	Ron Holden	7	June 13	3
June 13	"Swingin' School"	Bobby Rydell	5	June 20	3
June 13	"Happy-Go-Lucky Me"	Paul Evans	10	June 13	1
June 20	"Alley Oop"	The Hollywood Argyles	1	July 11	8
June 27	"Because They're Young"	Duane Eddy	4	July 4	4
	"I'm Sorry"	Brenda Lee	1	July 18	11
	"A Rockin' Good Way"	Dinah Washington and Brook Benton	7	June 27	3
July 4	"That's All You Gotta Do"	Brenda Lee	6	July 4	5
	"My Home Town"	Paul Anka	8	July 4	2
	"Mule Skinner Blues"	The Fendermen	5	July 11	5
July 11	"Only the Lonely"	Roy Orbison	2	July 25	8
July 11	"When Will I Be Loved"	The Everly Brothers	8	July 18	2
July 18	"Tell Laura I Love Her"	Ray Peterson	7	August 1	5
July 18	"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"	Brian Hyland	1	August 8	8
July 25	"Image of a Girl"	The Safaris	6	August 1	5
July 25	"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"	Hank Locklin	8	August 1	3
August 1	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley	1	August 15	11
August 8	"Walk, Don't Run"	The Ventures	2	August 29	9
August 8	"Walkin' to New Orleans"	Fats Domino	6	August 15	2
August 15	"Finger Poppin' Time"	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	7	August 15	4
August 15	"The Twist"	Chubby Checker	1	September 19	12
August 22	"Volare"	Bobby Rydell	4	September 5	5
August 22	"Mission Bell"	Donnie Brooks	7	September 5	4
August 29	"In My Little Corner of the World"	Anita Bryant	10	August 29	1
September 5	"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"	Connie Francis	1	September 26	10
September 5	"Theme from The Apartment"	Ferrante & Teicher	10	September 5	3
September 12	"Mr. Custer"	Larry Verne	1	October 10	7
	"Chain Gang"	Sam Cooke	2	October 3	8
	"Kiddio"	Brook Benton	7	September 19	4
	"Yogi"	The Ivy Three	8	September 19	2
September 19	"A Million to One"	Jimmy Charles	5	September 26	5
September 26	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"	The Everly Brothers	7	October 10	5
September 26	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	The Drifters	1	October 17	9
October 10	"Devil or Angel"	Bobby Vee	6	October 17	5
October 10	"I Want to Be Wanted"	Brenda Lee	1	October 24	6
October 24	"Let's Think About Living"	Bob Luman	7	October 24	2
October 31	"You Talk Too Much"	Joe Jones	3	November 14	4
	"Poetry in Motion"	Johnny Tillotson	2	November 14	7
	"Georgia on My Mind"	Ray Charles	1	November 14	5
November 7	"Stay"	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	1	November 21	5
	"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	6	November 21	5
	"Blue Angel"	Roy Orbison	9	November 7	2
November 14	"Last Date"	Floyd Cramer	2	November 28	10
November 14	"A Thousand Stars"	Kathy Young with the Innocents	3	December 12	8
November 21	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Elvis Presley	1	November 28	11
November 21	"New Orleans"	U.S. Bonds	6	November 28	3
November 28	"North to Alaska"	Johnny Horton	4	December 19	8
November 28	"Alone at Last"	Jackie Wilson	8	November 28	1
December 5	"He Will Break Your Heart"	Jerry Butler	7	December 5	3
December 5	"Sailor"	Lolita	5	December 19	4
December 12	"Many Tears Ago"	Connie Francis	7	December 26	4
December 19	"You're Sixteen"	Johnny Burnette	8	December 26	4

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
November 9	"Heartaches by the Number"	Guy Mitchell	1	December 14	10
December 14	"Why"	Frankie Avalon	1	December 28	9
	"The Big Hurt"	Miss Toni Fisher	3	December 28	8
	"It's Time to Cry"	Paul Anka	4	December 28	5
December 21	"Among My Souvenirs"	Connie Francis	7	December 28	5

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten
December 12	"Wonderland by Night"	Bert Kaempfert	1	January 9	10
December 12	"Exodus"	Ferrante & Teicher	2	January 23	11
December 26	"Corrina, Corinna"	Ray Peterson	9	January 9	5
December 31^[1]	"Angel Baby"	Rosie and the Originals	5	January 23	7

List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960

Top-ten singles

1959 peaks

1961 peaks

See also

References

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