Top Country Songs of 1960 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1959 <-1960-> 1961
Top songs: #1: Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley - #2: Stuck on You by Elvis Presley - #3: Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis - #4: Let's Think About Living by Bob Luman - #5: North to Alaska by Johnny Horton
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Are You Lonesome Tonight?
#1
11/1960

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley

462 pts
1
US
22
ctry
3
R&B
1
UK
hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk
Stuck on You
#2
04/1960

Stuck on You
Elvis Presley

396 pts
1
US
27
ctry
6
R&B
3
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
#3
05/1960

Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Connie Francis

from More Greatest Hits   
382 pts
1
US
24
ctry
2
R&B
5
UK
[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
Let's Think About Living
#4
09/1960

Let's Think About Living
Bob Luman

from Let's Think About Livin'   
250 pts
7
US
9
ctry
14
R&B
6
UK
[novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
North to Alaska
#5
09/1960

North to Alaska
Johnny Horton

from Greatest Hits   
232 pts
4
US
1
ctry
10
R&B
23
UK
[Columbia 41782]
written by Mike Phillips
Last Date
#6
10/1960

Last Date
Floyd Cramer

from Last Date   
223 pts
2
US
11
ctry
3
R&B


instrumental
[RCA Victor 7775]
written by Floyd Cramer
Please Help Me, I'm Falling
#7
03/1960

Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Hank Locklin

from Please Help Me, I'm Falling   
217 pts
8
US
1
ctry


9
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7692]
written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair
#8
05/1960

He'll Have to Stay
Jeanne Black

from A Little Bit Lonely   
195 pts
4
US
6
ctry
11
R&B
41
UK
answer to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go"
[Capitol 4368]
written by Audrey Allison, Charles Grean & Joe Allison
Sink the Bismarck
#9
03/1960

Sink the Bismarck
Johnny Horton

from Johnny Horton Makes History   
175 pts
3
US
6
ctry




[Columbia 41568]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton
Mule Skinner Blues
#10
05/1960

Mule Skinner Blues
The Fendermen

from Mule Skinner Blues   
172 pts
5
US
16
ctry


32
UK
[Soma 1137]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer] & George Vaughn
#11
03/1960

The Old Lamplighter
The Browns

from Town & Country   
150 pts
5
US
20
ctry
17
R&B


#1 hit for Sammy Kaye's Orchestra in 1946
[RCA Victor 7700]
written by Nat Simon & Charles Tobias
Wings of a Dove
#12
09/1960

Wings of a Dove
Ferlin Husky

103 pts
12
US
1
ctry




[Capitol 4406]
written by Bob Ferguson
Big Iron
#13
03/1960

Big Iron
Marty Robbins

from Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs   
71 pts
26
US
5
ctry


48
UK
[Columbia 41589]
written by Marty Robbins
#14
03/1960

Just One Time
Don Gibson

from Look Who's Blue   
55 pts
29
US
2
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7690]
written by Don Gibson
My Last Date (With You)
#15
12/1960

My Last Date (With You)
Skeeter Davis

from Here's the Answer   
55 pts
26
US
5
ctry




answer-song to floyd cramer's "last date"
[RCA Victor 47-7825]
written by Floyd Cramer, Boudleaux Bryant & Skeeter Davis
(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too
#16
06/1960

(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too
Skeeter Davis

from Here's the Answer   
42 pts
39
US
2
ctry




answer-song to hank locklin's "please help me, i'm falling"
[RCA Victor 47-7767]
written by Hal Blair, Don Robertson & Skeeter Davis
#17
10/1960

Am I Losing You
Jim Reeves

42 pts
31
US
8
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7800]
written by Jim Reeves
I'm Gettin' Better
#18
06/1960

I'm Gettin' Better
Jim Reeves

from The Intimate Jim Reeves   
41 pts
37
US
3
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7756]
written by Jim Reeves
Hot Rod Lincoln
#19
05/1960

Hot Rod Lincoln
Charlie Ryan

37 pts
33
US
14
ctry




[4 Star 1733]
written by Charlie Ryan & W. S. Stevenson
#20
07/1960

Alabam
Cowboy Copas

36 pts
63
US
1
ctry




[Starday 501]
written by Cowboy Copas
#21
10/1960

I Missed Me
Jim Reeves

36 pts
44
US
3
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7800]
written by Bill Anderson
I Know One
#22
07/1960

I Know One
Jim Reeves

21 pts
82
US
6
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7756]
written by Jack Clement
#23
11/1960

Fallen Angel
Webb Pierce

21 pts
99
US
4
ctry




[Decca 9-31165]
written by Wayne Walker & Marijohn Wilkin
Why I'm Walkin'
#24
03/1960

Why I'm Walkin'
Stonewall Jackson

from The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson   The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
21 pts
83
US
6
ctry




[Columbia 4-41591]
written by Stonewall Jackson
#25
11/1960

The Window Up Above
George Jones

21 pts


2
ctry




[Mercury 71700]
written by George Jones
#26
04/1960

One More Time
Ray Price

20 pts


2
ctry




[Columbia 4-41590]
written by Mel Tillis
Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)
#27
09/1960

Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)
Buck Owens

from Buck Owens [1961 album]   
20 pts


2
ctry




[Capitol 4412]
written by Harlan Howard & Buck Owens
#28
01/1960

Another (Just Like Me)
Roy Drusky

from Anymore with Roy Drusky   
20 pts


2
ctry




[Decca 9-31024]
written by Roy Drusky & Vic McAlpin
#29
11/1960

Sweet Dreams
Don Gibson

from Sweet Dreams   
20 pts
93
US
6
ctry




R
[RCA Victor 47-7805]
written by Don Gibson
#30
05/1960

Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
Webb Pierce

19 pts
69
US
11
ctry




B side to (Doin' The) Lover's Leap
[Decca 9-31058]
written by Warner Mack
#31
11/1960

Send Me the Pillow (That You Dream On)
The Browns

from I Heard the Bluebirds Sing   
19 pts
56
US
23
ctry




[RCA Victor 7804]
written by Hank Locklin
#32
08/1960

Far, Far Away
Don Gibson

from Sweet Dreams   
19 pts
72
US
11
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7762]
written by Don Gibson
#33
03/1960

Above and Beyond
Buck Owens

from Buck Owens [1961 album]   
17 pts


3
ctry




[Capitol 4337]
written by Harlan Howard
Anymore
#34
07/1960

Anymore
Roy Drusky

from Anymore with Roy Drusky   
17 pts


3
ctry




[Decca 9-31109]
written by Vic McAlpin, Roy Drusky & Marie Wilson
#35
04/1960

Jenny Lou
Sonny James

17 pts
67
US
22
ctry




[NRC 050]
written by Mark McIntyre & William Olofson
#36
01/1960

You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)
George Morgan

16 pts


4
ctry




[Columbia 4-41523]
written by Jack Toombs
#37
06/1960

Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms)
Lewis Pruitt

16 pts


4
ctry




[Decca 9-31095]
written by Red Bailey & Jim Howell
#38
10/1960

Before This Day Ends
George Hamilton IV

16 pts


4
ctry




[ABC-Paramount 10125]
written by Marie Wilson, Roy Drusky & Vic McAlpin
#39
05/1960

Each Moment (Spent with You)
Ernest Ashworth

16 pts


4
ctry




[Decca 9-31085]
written by Billy Hogan
#40
07/1960

Second Honeymoon
Johnny Cash

16 pts
79
US
15
ctry




[Columbia 4-41707]
written by Autry Inman
#41
04/1960

Left to Right
Kitty Wells

from Kitty Wells' Golden Favorites   
15 pts


5
ctry




[Decca 9-31065]
written by Lorene Mann
#42
04/1960

Your Old Used to Be
Faron Young

from Sings the Best   
15 pts


5
ctry




[Capitol 4351]
written by Faron Young
#43
10/1960

I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today
Ray Price

15 pts


5
ctry




[Columbia 4-41767]
written by Harlan Howard
#44
09/1960

I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today
Warren Smith

15 pts


5
ctry




[Liberty 55248]
written by Harlan Howard
#45
08/1960

Heart to Heart Talk
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys   
15 pts


5
ctry




vocals by Tommy Duncan
[Liberty 55260]
written by Lee Ross
#46
05/1960

That's My Kind of Love
Marion Worth

from That's My Kind of Love   
15 pts


5
ctry




[Guyden 2033]
written by Marion Worth
#47
02/1960

Straight A's in Love
Johnny Cash

from Sings Hank Williams   
14 pts
84
US
16
ctry




as Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
[Sun 334]
written by Johnny Cash
#48
09/1960

Five Brothers
Marty Robbins

from More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs   
14 pts
74
US
26
ctry




[Columbia 41771]
written by Tompall Glaser
Oh Lonesome Me
#49
12/1960

Oh Lonesome Me
Johnny Cash

from Now Here's Johnny Cash   
14 pts
93
US
13
ctry




with The Gene Lowery Singers
[Sun 355]
written by Don Gibson
#50
06/1960

Miller's Cave
Hank Snow

14 pts
101
US
9
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7748]
written by Jack Clement
#51
06/1960

A Lovely Work of Art
Jimmy Newman

13 pts


6
ctry




[MGM 12894]
written by James Joiner
#52
03/1960

A Six Pack to Go
Hank Thompson

from At the Golden Nugget   
13 pts
102
US
10
ctry




as Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys
[Capitol 4334]
written by Hank Thompson, Johnny Lowe & Dick Hart
#53
07/1960

She's a Whole Lot Like You
Hank Thompson

from At the Golden Nugget   
13 pts
99
US
14
ctry




as Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys
[Capitol 4386]
written by Hank Thompson
#54
04/1960

(Doin' The) Lover's Leap
Webb Pierce

13 pts
93
US
17
ctry




[Decca 9-31058]
written by Lee Emerson & Webb Pierce
#55
08/1960

Drifting Texas Sand
Webb Pierce

12 pts
108
US
11
ctry




[Decca 9-31118]
written by Buster Coward
#56
04/1960

Rockin' Rollin' Ocean
Hank Snow

12 pts
87
US
22
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7702]
written by Ted Daffan & Theda Roush
#57
11/1960

I Think I Know
Marion Worth

from Greatest Hits   
12 pts


7
ctry




[Columbia 4-41799]
written by Curly Putman
#58
11/1960

Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart)
Bob Gallion

12 pts


7
ctry




[Hickory 1130]
written by Helen Carter
#59
06/1960

The Tip of My Fingers
Bill Anderson

from Country Heart Songs   
12 pts


7
ctry




[Decca 9-31092]
written by Bill Anderson
#60
10/1960

The Ballad of Wild River
Gene Woods

12 pts


7
ctry




[HAP 1004]
written by Marshall Pack
#61
05/1960

Smiling Bill McCall
Johnny Cash

11 pts
110
US
13
ctry




[novelty]
[Columbia 41618]
written by Johnny Cash
#62
10/1960

You Can't Pick a Rose in December
Ernest Ashworth

11 pts


8
ctry




[Decca 9-31156]
written by Leon Payne
#63
06/1960

The Picture
Ray Godfrey

11 pts


8
ctry




[Savoy 3021]
written by Jim Howell
#64
08/1960

Cruel Love
Lou Smith

10 pts


9
ctry




[KRCo 105]
written by Lessie Lyle
#65
12/1960

Walk Out Backwards
Bill Anderson

from Country Heart Songs   
10 pts


9
ctry




[Decca 9-31168]
written by Bill Anderson
Seasons of My Heart
#66
04/1960

Seasons of My Heart
Johnny Cash

from Now, There Was a Song!   
9 pts


10
ctry




[Columbia 4-41618]
written by Darrell Edwards & George Jones
Family Bible
#67
03/1960

Family Bible
Claude Gray

9 pts


10
ctry




[D 1118]
written by Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland, Claude Gray & Paul Buskirk
#68
07/1960

Love Has Made You Beautiful
Merle Kilgore

9 pts


10
ctry




[Starday 497]
written by Merle Kilgore
#69
11/1960

Wanting You with Me Tonight
Jimmy Newman

9 pts


11
ctry




[MGM 12945]
written by Jimmy Newman
#70
05/1960

Who Will Buy the Wine
Charlie Walker

from Greatest Hits   
9 pts


11
ctry




[Columbia 4-41633]
written by Billy Mize
#71
07/1960

The Long Walk
Bill Leatherwood

9 pts


11
ctry




[Country Jubilee 539]
written by Bill Leatherwood
#72
03/1960

Am I That Easy to Forget
Skeeter Davis

from I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too   
9 pts


11
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7671]
written by Carl Belew & W. S. Stevenson
#73
12/1960

Polka on a Banjo
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

8 pts


12
ctry




as Flatt & Scruggs
[Columbia 4-41786]
written by George N. Williams, Leon Luallen & Richard Tillman
#74
02/1960

The Eyes of Love
Margie Singleton

from 20 Greatest Hits   
8 pts


12
ctry




[Starday 472]
written by Margie Singleton & Shelby Singleton
#75
02/1960

Dear Mama
Merle Kilgore

8 pts


12
ctry




[Starday 469]
written by Merle Kilgore
#76
03/1960

Pinball Machine
Lonnie Irving

8 pts


13
ctry




[Starday 486]
written by Lonnie Irving
#77
10/1960

Here I Am Drunk Again
Clyde Beavers

8 pts


13
ctry




[Decca 9-31173]
written by Jack Kay & Autry Inman
#78
11/1960

A Little Guy Called Joe
Stonewall Jackson

8 pts


13
ctry




[Columbia 4-41785]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Wayne P. Walker
The One You Slip Around With
#79
01/1960

The One You Slip Around With
Jan Howard

from Jan Howard [1960 album]   
8 pts


13
ctry




[Challenge 59059]
written by Harlan Howard
#80
08/1960

Reasons to Live
Jimmie Skinner

8 pts


13
ctry




[Mercury 71663]
written by Jimmie Skinner & Ted Mullins
Nobody's Darling but Mine
#81
02/1960

Nobody's Darling but Mine
Johnny Sea

8 pts


13
ctry




[NRC 049]
written by Jimmie Davis
#82
10/1960

You Don't Want My Love
Roger Miller

8 pts


14
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7776]
written by Roger Miller
One Step Ahead of My Past
#83
12/1960

One Step Ahead of My Past
Hank Locklin

8 pts


14
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-7813]
written by Don Robertson & Hal Blair
#84
01/1960

Riverboat Gambler
Jimmie Skinner

8 pts


14
ctry




[Mercury 71539]
written by Vernon Lyons & Jimmie Skinner
I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
#85
06/1960

I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
Loretta Lynn

from Loretta Lynn   
8 pts


14
ctry




[Zero 107]
written by Loretta Lynn
#86
05/1960

Baby Rocked Her Dolly
Frankie Miller [country singer]

7 pts


15
ctry




[Starday 496]
written by Merle Kilgore
#87
04/1960

Life of a Poor Boy
Stonewall Jackson

7 pts


15
ctry




[Columbia 4-41591]
written by Mac McCarty
#88
09/1960

This Ole House
Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

7 pts


16
ctry




[Hickory 1126]
written by Stuart Hamblen
#89
11/1960

The Moon Is Crying
Alan Riddle

7 pts


16
ctry




[Plaid 1001]
written by Jim Edwards
#90
04/1960

Accidentally on Purpose
George Jones

7 pts


16
ctry




[Mercury 71583]
written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards
#91
09/1960

Carmel By the Sea
Kitty Wells

7 pts


16
ctry




[Decca 9-31123]
written by Mel Tillis & Marijohn Wilkin
#92
09/1960

Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool
Ernest Tubb

7 pts


16
ctry




[Decca 9-31119]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
#93
07/1960

But You Use To
Laverne Downs

7 pts


16
ctry




[Peach 735]
written by Tommy Downs & Ann Kinslow
#94
10/1960

Lonely River Rhine
Bobby Helms

7 pts


16
ctry




[Decca 9-31148]
written by Betty Sue Perry
#95
03/1960

How Far to Little Rock
The Stanley Brothers

6 pts


17
ctry




[King 5306]
written by Ruby Rakes
#96
05/1960

Johhny, My Love (Grandma's Diary)
Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

6 pts


17
ctry




[Hickory 1118]
written by Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant
#97
10/1960

It's Not Wrong
Connie Hall

6 pts


17
ctry




[Decca 9-31130]
written by Warner McPherson & Webb Pierce
#98
05/1960

The Key's in the Mailbox
Freddie Hart

from The Spirited Freddie Hart   
6 pts


18
ctry




[Columbia 4-41597]
written by Harlan Howard
#99
10/1960

A World So Full of Love
Ray Sanders

6 pts


18
ctry




[Liberty 55267]
written by Roger Miller
#100
10/1960

A Broken Dream
Jimmy Smart

6 pts


18
ctry




[Allstar 7211]
written by Edvin Forrester & Jimmy Smart

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