Top R&B Songs of 1960 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly

hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk

adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA Victor 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961 instrumental
[Columbia 4-41490]
written by Max Steiner & Mack Discant

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony

[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125] originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

instrumental
[Jamie 1156]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Don Costa & Wally Gold

[novelty]
[Kapp 342]
written by Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1961 instrumental
[United Artists 274]
written by Ernest Gold

[Decca 31093]
written by Dub Albritton & Ronnie Self

[Cameo 171]
written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe

[Herald 552]
written by Maurice Williams

[RCA Victor 7783]
written by Sam Cooke & Charles Cooke

[Mercury 71598]
written by Jack Fautheree & Wayne Gray

[Dolton 25]
written by Johnny Smith

[novelty]
[Epic 9596]
written by Rolf Harris

[novelty]
[Lute 5905]
written by Dallas Frazier

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #44] ; hit for Frankie Trumbauer in 1931
[ABC-Paramount 10135]
written by Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #451]
[Parkway 811]
written by Hank Ballard

Lucille / So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) released as a double a-side in the UK
[Warner 5163]
written by Don Everly

[Decca 31149]
written by Kim Gannon, Giuseppe Spotti & Alberto Testa

[Warner 5137]
written by Bill Post & Doree Post

[RCA Victor 7829]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

[novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

instrumental trumpet solo by Charly Tabor
[Decca 31141]
written by Klaus Günter Neumann

[Dot 16161]
written by Heino Gaze, Hans Bradtke, Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance

[novelty]
[Era 3024]
written by Al De Lory, Fred Darian & Joseph Van Winkle

[Columbia 41782]
written by Mike Phillips

[Top Rank 2028]
written by Jack Scott

hit for Benny Goodman in 1948
[Atco 6158]
written by Charles Trenet & Jack Lawrence

instrumental
[RCA Victor 7775]
written by Floyd Cramer

featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #495]
[Tamla 54034]
written by Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy

[Cameo 179]
written by Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci

[Top Rank 2041]
written by Walter Scott

as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1003]
written by Frank Guida & Joseph Royster

[Imperial 5675]
written by Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew & Robert Guidry

[RCA Victor 7709]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

answer to Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go"
[Capitol 4368]
written by Audrey Allison, Charles Grean & Joe Allison

[Mercury 71563]
written by Hugh Williams & Jimmy Kennedy

[Old Town 1076]
written by Carl Spencer & Henry Glover

[Carlton 528]
written by Fred Spielman & Janice Torre

[Monument 425]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

as Kathy Young & The Innocents
[Indigo 108]
written by Eugene Pearson

based on saint-saens aria "my heart at thy sweet voice"
[Brunswick 55166]
written by Saint-Saëns, Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller

[Roulette 4304]
written by Reginald Hall & Joe Jones

[Old Town 1094]
written by Joseph Luccisano, Alfonso Gentile & Alfred Striano

[Mercury 71565]
written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton

[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis

as Rosie & The Originals
[Highland 1011]
written by Rosie Hamlin

as Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
[King 5400]
written by Hank Ballard

as Jimmy Charles and The Revelletts
[Promo 1002]
written by Phil Medley

#1 hit for Sammy Kaye's Orchestra in 1946
[RCA Victor 7700]
written by Nat Simon & Charles Tobias

[United Artists 208]
written by Berry Gordy, Mike Ossman, Al Abrams & John O'Den

[Vee-Jay 354]
written by Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield & Calvin Carter

[Mercury 71629]
written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #373]
[Keen 8-2112]
written by Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert & Lou Adler

instrumental
[Hi 2021]
written by Charles 'Red' Matthews & Gladys Reinhart

as Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
[King 5341]
written by Hank Ballard

US B side to I'm Sorry
[Decca 31093]
written by Jerry Reed

[Liberty 55270]
written by Blanche Carter

based on Tchaikovsky's piano concerto in b flat
[Brunswick 55170]
written by Johnny Lehman

with the Thunderbirds
[Donna 1315]
written by Ron Holden

instrumental
[Hi 2026]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

[Imperial 5704]
written by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew

instrumental
[United Artists 231]
written by Charles Williams

[Atlantic 2087]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

and His Orchestra
[ABC-Paramount 10075]
written by Lloyd Price & Harold Logan

[Verve 10209]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht

[Shell 720]
written by Charles Koppelman, Lou Stallman & Sid Jacobson

[Imperial 5687]
written by Antoine Domino

[Imperial 5663]
written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David

US B side to Night
[Brunswick 55166]
written by Lena Agree

US B side to (You Were Made For) All My Love
[Brunswick 55167]
written by Sid Wyche

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #349]
[Atco 6185]
written by Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector

[Brent 7010]
written by Joe Josea

[ABC-Paramount 10147]
written by Paul Anka

[King 5394]
written by Earl Burtnett & Adam Geibel

[Atlantic 2050]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Nomar 103]
written by Maxine Brown, Leroy Kirkland & Fred Johnson

[Capitol 4325]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

[Parkway 813]
written by Andy Gibson & Roy Alfred

[Mercury 71722]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer

and His Orchestra
[ABC-Paramount 10123]
written by Lloyd Price & Harold Logan

[Mercury 71635]
written by Clyde Otis

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #288]
[Anna 1111]
written by Janie Bradford & Berry Gordy

B side to Kiddio
[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis

as Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
[King 5430]
written by Billy Myles & Hank Ballard

[Rita 1003]
written by Harold Dorman

[Sue 730]
written by Ike Turner

[Milestone 2003]
written by West Tyler

[United Artists 241]
written by Berry Gordy Jr.

[Mercury 71660]
written by Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver

[novelty]
[Fire 1022]
written by Big Jay McNeely

[Minit 607]
written by Jessie Hill