List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1960 explained

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1960.

That year, 12 acts achieved their first number ones, such as Marty Robbins, Johnny Preston, Mark Dinning, Connie Francis, The Hollywood Argyles, Brenda Lee, Brian Hyland, Chubby Checker, Larry Verne, The Drifters, Ray Charles, and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Percy Faith and The Everly Brothers, despite having most of their previous songs hit number one prior to the creation of the Hot 100, also achieved their first number one songs on the chart. Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, and Brenda Lee were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1960 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=30		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	24	January 4	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins	^[1]
January 11	^[2]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	25	January 18	"Running Bear"	Johnny Preston	^[3]
January 25	^[4]
February 1	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	26	February 8	"Teen Angel"	Mark Dinning	^[6]
February 15	^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=9	27	February 22	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="9"	"Theme from A Summer Place"	Percy Faith	^[8]
February 29	^[9]
March 7	^[10]
March 14	^[11]
March 21	^[12]
March 28	^[13]
April 4	^[14]
April 11	^[15]
April 18	^[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	28	April 25	"Stuck on You"	Elvis Presley	^[17]
May 2	^[18]
May 9	^[19]
May 16	^[20]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	29	May 23	"Cathy's Clown"	The Everly Brothers	^[21]
May 30	^[22]
June 6	^[23]
June 13	^[24]
June 20	^[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	30	June 27	"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	Connie Francis	^[26]
July 4	^[27]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	31	July 11	"Alley Oop"	Hollywood Argyles	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	32	July 18	"I'm Sorry"	Brenda Lee	^[29]
July 25	^[30]
August 1	^[31]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	33	August 8	"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"	Brian Hyland	^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	34	August 15	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley	^[33]
August 22	^[34]
August 29	^[35]
September 5	^[36]
September 12	^[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	35	September 19	"The Twist"	Chubby Checker	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	36	September 26	"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"	Connie Francis	^[39]
October 3	^[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	37	October 10	"Mr. Custer"	Larry Verne	^[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	38	October 17	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	The Drifters	^[42]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	39	October 24	"I Want to Be Wanted"	Brenda Lee	^[43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	re	October 31	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	The Drifters	^[44]
November 7	^[45]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	40	November 14	"Georgia on My Mind"	Ray Charles	^[46]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	41	November 21	"Stay"	Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	42	November 28	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Elvis Presley	^[48]
December 5	^[49]
December 12	^[50]
December 19	^[51]
December 26	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Elvis Presley	14
2	Percy Faith	9
3	The Everly Brothers	5
4	Connie Francis	4
	Brenda Lee
6	Johnny Preston	3
	The Drifters
8	Marty Robbins	2
	Mark Dinning
10	Hollywood Argyles	1
	Brian Hyland
	Chubby Checker
	Larry Verne
	Ray Charles
	Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

See also

• 1960 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1960
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 4, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
2. Web site: January 11, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
3. Web site: January 18, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
4. Web site: January 25, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
5. Web site: February 1, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
6. Web site: February 8, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
7. Web site: February 15, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
8. Web site: February 22, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
9. Web site: February 29, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
10. Web site: March 7, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
11. Web site: March 14, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
12. Web site: March 21, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
13. Web site: March 28, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
14. Web site: April 4, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
15. Web site: April 11, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
16. Web site: April 18, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
17. Web site: April 25, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
18. Web site: May 2, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
19. Web site: May 9, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
20. Web site: May 16, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
21. Web site: May 23, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
22. Web site: May 30, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
23. Web site: June 6, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
24. Web site: June 13, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
25. Web site: June 20, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
26. Web site: June 27, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
27. Web site: July 4, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
28. Web site: July 11, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
29. Web site: July 18, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
30. Web site: July 25, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
31. Web site: August 1, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
32. Web site: August 8, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
33. Web site: August 15, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
34. Web site: August 22, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
35. Web site: August 29, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
36. Web site: September 5, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
37. Web site: September 12, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
38. Web site: September 19, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
39. Web site: September 26, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
40. Web site: October 3, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
41. Web site: October 10, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
42. Web site: October 17, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
43. Web site: October 24, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
44. Web site: October 31, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
45. Web site: November 7, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
46. Web site: November 14, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
47. Web site: November 21, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
48. Web site: November 28, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
49. Web site: December 5, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
50. Web site: December 12, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
51. Web site: December 19, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.
52. Web site: December 26, 1960. Billboard Hot 100.