| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 07/1960 | | 406
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 7 | adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder |
 | 2. | 04/1960 | | 403
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly |
 | 3. | 11/1960 | | 398
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country 22
US R&B 3 | hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk |
| 4. | 01/1960 | | 377
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 2 |  [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[Columbia 41490]
written by James Owen & Max Steiner |
| 5. | 09/1960 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 6. | 04/1960 | | 331
| US ✫1
UK 3
US country 27
US R&B 6 | [RCA 47-7740]
written by J. Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder |
| 7. | 06/1960 | | 325
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 14 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
| 8. | 04/1960 | | 319
| US 3
UK ✫1
US R&B 8 | [Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr. |
| 9. | 08/1960 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 11 | [MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield |
| 10. | 05/1960 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 5
US country 24
US R&B 2 | [MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield |
|
| 11. | 10/1960 | | 305
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 27 | [Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony |
| 12. | 11/1960 | | 301
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125]
originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
| 13. | 05/1960 | | 273
| US 4
UK 2
US R&B 17 | [Jamie 1156]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Don Costa & Wally Gold |
| 14. | 11/1960 | | 269
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B 6 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[United Artists 274]
written by Ernest Gold |
| 15. | 05/1960 | | 266
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B 4 | [Decca 31093]
written by Dub Albritten (as Dub Albritton) & Ronnie Self |
 | 16. | 07/1960 | | 259
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 10 | [novelty]
[Leader 805]
written by Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss |
| 17. | 03/1960 | | 254
| US 7
UK 2
US R&B 15 | [Mercury 71598]
written by Jack Fautheree & Wayne Gray |
| 18. | 02/1960 | | 252
| US 2
UK 7
US R&B 10 | [Cameo 171]
written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe |
 | 19. | 10/1960 | | 247
| US ✫1
UK 14
US R&B 3 | [Herald 552]
written by Maurice Williams |
 | 20. | 07/1960 | | 242
| US 3
UK 9
US AC ✫1
US R&B 19 | [novelty]
[Epic 9596]
written by Rolf Harris |
| 21. | 07/1960 | | 241
| US 2
UK 8
US R&B 13 | [Dolton 25]
written by Johnny Smith |
| 22. | 08/1960 | | 241
| US 2
UK 9
US R&B 2 | [RCA Victor 47-7783]
written by Sam Cooke & Charles Cooke |
| 23. | 05/1960 | | 231
| US ✫1
UK 24
US R&B 3 | [novelty]
[Lute 5905]
written by Dallas Frazier |
 | 24. | 02/1960 | | 230
| US 3
UK 9
US R&B 10 | [Warner 5137]
written by Bill Post & Doree Post |
| 25. | 11/1960 | | 230
| US 6
UK 4 | [Liberty 55287]
written by Anne Orlowski & Aaron Schroeder |
| 26. | 09/1960 | | 225
| US 7
UK 6
US country 9
US R&B 14 | [novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant |
| 27. | 09/1960 | | 225
| US 7
UK 4
US R&B 16 | Lucille / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) released as a double a-side in the UK
written by Don Everly |
 | 28. | 10/1960 | | 224
| US 8
UK 3 | [Liberty 55285]
written by Robert B. Sherman (as Bob Sherman) & Richard M. Sherman (as Dick Sherman) |
 | 29. | 09/1960 | | 221
| US ✫1
UK 24
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #44]
; hit for Frankie Trumbauer in 1931
[ABC-Paramount 10135]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell |
| 30. | 09/1960 | | 217
| US ✫1
UK 31
US R&B 7 | [Decca 31149]
written by Kim Gannon, Giuseppe Spotti & Alberto Testa |
 | 31. | 12/1960 | | 217
| US 4
UK 8
US R&B 22 | [RCA 47-7829]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 32. | 08/1960 | | 211
| US ✫1
UK 44
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #451]
[Parkway 811]
written by Hank Ballard |
| 33. | 05/1960 | | 211
| US 8
UK 4 | written by Phil Everly |
| 34. | 09/1960 | | 208
| US 4
UK 23
US country ✫1
US R&B 10 | [Columbia 4-41782]
written by Mike Phillips |
| 35. | 11/1960 | | 208
| US ✫1
US R&B 5 | [instrumental]
trumpet solo by Charly Tabor
[Decca 31141]
written by Klaus Gunter Neumann |
| 36. | 05/1960 | | 204
| US 8
UK 9
US country ✫1 | written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair |
| 37. | 01/1960 | | 199
| US 6
UK 8
US R&B 15 | hit for Benny Goodman in 1948
written by Charles Trenet & Jack Lawrence |
| 38. | 01/1960 | | 197
| US 5
UK 11
US R&B 7 | [Top Rank 2028]
written by Jack Scott |
| 39. | 03/1960 | | 193
| US 7
UK 4 | [ABC-Paramount 45-10085]
written by Barry Mann & Hank Hunter |
| 40. | 10/1960 | | 191
| US 2
US country 11
US R&B 3 | [RCA 47-7775]
written by Floyd Cramer |
| 41. | 08/1960 | | 190
| US ✫1
US R&B 9 | [novelty]
[Era 3024]
written by Al De Lory, Fred Darian & Joseph Van Winkle |
| 42. | 12/1960 | | 189
| US ✫1
US R&B 10 | [Dot 16161]
written by Heino Gazel, Hans Bradtke, Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance |
 | 43. | 07/1960 | | 186
| US 4
UK 22
US R&B 9 | [Cameo 179]
written by Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci |
| 44. | 12/1960 | | 185
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #495]
[Tamla 54034]
written by Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy |
| 45. | 06/1960 | | 184
| US 6
UK 19
US R&B 2 | [Imperial 5675]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew & Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry) |
| 46. | 10/1960 | | 184
| US 6
UK 16
US R&B 5 | as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1003]
written by Frank Guida & Joseph Royster |
 | 47. | 03/1960 | | 183
| US 9
UK 8
US R&B 16 | [RCA 47-7709]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 48. | 02/1960 | | 178
| US 7
UK 15
US R&B 11 | [Old Town 1076]
written by Carl Spencer & Henry Glover |
| 49. | 02/1960 | | 178
| US 2
UK 40 | [Columbia 41571]
written by Frank Miller, Richard Dehr & Terry Gilkyson |
| 50. | 12/1960 | | 176
| US 18
UK 2 | [Jamie 1175]
written by Hans Wittstatt & Dory Previn (as Dory Langdon) |
| 51. | 11/1960 | | 173
| US 7
UK 12 | [MGM 12964]
written by Winfield Scott |
| 52. | 04/1960 | | 172
| US 5
UK 24
US R&B 16 | [Carlton 528]
written by Fred Spielman & Janice Torre |
| 53. | 09/1960 | | 172
| US 9
UK 11
US R&B 23 | [Monument 425]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson |
| 54. | 04/1960 | | 171
| US 3
UK 32
US R&B 5 | [Top Rank 2041]
written by Walter Scott |
 | 55. | 07/1960 | | 170
| UK ✫1 |
[ABC 10138]
written by Jerry Lordan |
| 56. | 01/1960 | | 168
| US 7
UK 13 | [Cadence 1376]
written by Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë & Manny Curtis (as Mann Curtis) |
| 57. | 02/1960 | | 166
| US 2
UK 33 | [ABC-Paramount 10082]
written by Paul Anka |
| 58. | 01/1960 | | 164
| UK ✫1 | written by Peter De Angelis & Bob Marcucci (as Robert Marcucci) |
| 59. | 03/1960 | | 164
| UK ✫1 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Group
written by Peter Buchanan, Lonnie Donegan & Beverley Thorne |
| 60. | 07/1960 | | 164
| US 11
UK 5 | [Liberty 55258]
written by Barry De Vorzon & Ted Ellis |
 | 61. | 05/1960 | | 164
| US 5
UK 32
US country 16 | [Soma 1137]
written by Jimmie Rodgers & Vaughn Horton (as George Vaughn) |
| 62. | 10/1960 | | 163
| US 15
UK 4 | [instrumental]
[Dolton 28]
written by Alberto Domínguez |
| 63. | 01/1960 | | 161
| US 8
UK 11
US R&B 15 | [Mercury 71563]
written by Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy |
| 64. | 05/1960 | | 159
| US 4
UK 41
US country 6
US R&B 11 | answer to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go"
[Capitol 4368]
written by Audrey Allison, Charles Grean & Joe Allison |
| 65. | 09/1960 | | 159
| US 3
US R&B 9 | [Ric 972]
written by Reggie Hall (as Reginald Hall) & Joe Jones |
| 66. | 07/1960 | | 159
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[ABC 10136]
written by Bruce Welch & Pete Chester |
| 67. | 08/1960 | | 159
| UK ✫1 | written by Jeff Barry & Ben Raleigh |
| 68. | 10/1960 | | 158
| US 3
US R&B 6 | as Kathy Young & The Innocents
[Indigo 108]
written by Eugene Pearson |
| 69. | 01/1960 | | 156
| US 5
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71565]
written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton |
 | 70. | 05/1960 | | 155
| US 108
UK ✫1 | written by Eddie Cochran |
| 71. | 02/1960 | | 155
| US 22
UK 3 | [RCA 47-7670]
written by Irving Gordon |
| 72. | 07/1960 | | 155
| US 32
UK 2 | US: B-side to It's Now Or Never;
[RCA 47-7777]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman |
| 73. | 08/1960 | | 154
| US 7
UK 41
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis |
 | 74. | 03/1960 | | 153
| US 3
US country 6 | [Columbia 4-41568]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton |
| 75. | 01/1960 | | 153
| UK ✫1 | [Cub 9068]
written by Les Vandyke |
| 76. | 12/1960 | | 153
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Bruce Welch |
| 77. | 03/1960 | | 152
| US 91
UK ✫1 | [London 1918]
written by Lionel Bart |
| 78. | 12/1960 | | 151
| US 3
US R&B 11 | [Lost Nite 101 / Old Town 1094]
written by Joseph Luccisano, Alfonso Gentile & Alfred Striano |
| 79. | 12/1960 | | 148
| US 5
US R&B 5 | as Rosie & The Originals
[Highland 1011]
written by Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin) |
| 80. | 09/1960 | | 147
| US 21
UK 4 | Lucille / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) released as a double a-side in the UK
[Warner 5163]
written by Albert Collins & Little Richard |
| 81. | 01/1960 | | 147
| UK ✫1 | written by Earl Shuman & Mort Garson |
| 82. | 06/1960 | | 147
| UK ✫1 | written by Johnny Kidd |
| 83. | 03/1960 | | 146
| US 4
US R&B 3 | based on saint-saens aria "my heart at thy sweet voice"
[Brunswick 55166]
written by Camille Saint-Saëns (as Saint-Saëns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller |
| 84. | 03/1960 | | 146
| US 9
UK 35
US R&B 2 | [United Artists 208]
written by Berry Gordy & Mikaljon |
| 85. | 09/1960 | | 145
| US 6
US R&B ✫1 | as Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
[King 5400]
written by Hank Ballard |
| 86. | 05/1960 | | 145
| US 5
UK 44 | US B side to Ding-a-Ling
[Cameo 175]
written by Bernie Lowe, Dave Appell & Kal Mann |
| 87. | 03/1960 | | 144
| US 5
US country 20
US R&B 17 | #1 hit for Sammy Kaye's Orchestra in 1946
[RCA 47-7700]
written by Nat Simon & Charles Tobias |
| 88. | 05/1960 | | 143
| US 7
US R&B 2 | as Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
[King 5341]
written by Hank Ballard |
| 89. | 03/1960 | | 137
| US 9
UK 50
US R&B ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Hi 2021]
written by Charles 'Red' Matthews & Gladys Reinhart |
| 90. | 05/1960 | | 136
| US 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71629]
written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus |
| 91. | 10/1960 | | 135
| US 5 | [Kapp 349]
written by Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch & Norman Newell (as David West) |
| 92. | 08/1960 | | 133
| US 6
US R&B 22 | [Liberty 55270]
written by Blanche Carter |
| 93. | 06/1960 | | 132
| US 6
US R&B 19 | US B side to I'm Sorry
[Decca 31093]
written by Jerry Reed |
| 94. | 04/1960 | | 130
| US 7
US R&B 11 | with the Thunderbirds
[Donna 1315]
written by Ron Holden |
| 95. | 12/1960 | | 129
| US 7
UK 45 | written by Ramsey Kearney & Mel Tillis |
| 96. | 02/1960 | | 128
| US 15
UK 8 | rock version of "Blue Tail Fly"
written by Ira Mack & Tom King |
| 97. | 03/1960 | | 128
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[ABC 10109]
written by Ian Samwell (as Ian Ralph Samwell) |
| 98. | 05/1960 | | 128
| UK 2 | written by Cesare Bixio, Hal Barlow, Phil Brito, George Goehring & Sylvia Dee |
 | 99. | 08/1960 | | 128
| UK 2 | written by Lionel Bart |
| 100. | 01/1960 | | 128
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Bunny Lewis & Norrie Paramor |
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