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Top R&B Songs of 1960

1959 <-

1960

-> 1961

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

04/1960

Cathy's Clown by The Everly Brothers

from A Date with the Everly Brothers

441

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

11/1960

Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley

438

✫1
US

22
country

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

07/1960

It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley

428

✫1
US

7
R&B

✫1
UK

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

09/1960

Save the Last Dance for Me by The Drifters

411

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

01/1960

Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith and His Orchestra

410

✫1
US

2
R&B

2
UK

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

06/1960

Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) by Roy Orbison

from Lonely and Blue

391

2
US

14
R&B

✫1
UK

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

10/1960

Poetry in Motion by Johnny Tillotson

from This Is Johnny Tillotson

385

2
US

27
R&B

✫1
UK

[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony

04/1960

Stuck on You by Elvis Presley

377

✫1
US

27
country

6
R&B

3
UK

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

11/1960

Will You Love Me Tomorrow? by The Shirelles

from Tonight's the Night

370

✫1
US

2
R&B

4
UK

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

10.

04/1960

Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones

367

3
US

8
R&B

✫1
UK

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

11.

08/1960

My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own by Connie Francis

from More Greatest Hits

367

✫1
US

11
R&B

3
UK

[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

12.

05/1960

Everybody's Somebody's Fool by Connie Francis

from More Greatest Hits

363

✫1
US

24
country

2
R&B

5
UK

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

13.

05/1960

Because They're Young by Duane Eddy

from $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang

324

4
US

17
R&B

2
UK

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

14.

07/1960

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini by Brian Hyland

314

✫1
US

10
R&B

8
UK

[novelty]
[Leader 805]
written by Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss

15.

11/1960

Exodus by Ferrante & Teicher

from Golden Piano Hits

311

2
US

6
R&B

6
UK

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

16.

05/1960

I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee

from Miss Dynamite

302

✫1
US

4
R&B

12
UK

[Decca 31093]
written by Dub Albritten (as Dub Albritton) & Ronnie Self

17.

02/1960

Wild One by Bobby Rydell

295

2
US

10
R&B

7
UK

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

18.

09/1960

Stay by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

295

✫1
US

3
R&B

14
UK

[Herald 552]
written by Maurice Williams

19.

08/1960

Chain Gang by Sam Cooke

from Swing Low

291

2
US

2
R&B

9
UK

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

20.

03/1960

Cradle of Love by Johnny Preston

from Come Rock with Me

290

7
US

15
R&B

2
UK

[Mercury 71598]
written by Jack Fautheree & Wayne Gray

21.

07/1960

Walk, Don't Run by The Ventures

from Walk Don't Run

284

2
US

13
R&B

8
UK

[Dolton 25]
written by Johnny Smith

22.

07/1960

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport by Rolf Harris

from Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport & Sun Arise

275

3
US

✫1
AC

19
R&B

9
UK

[novelty]
[Epic 9596]
written by Rolf Harris

23.

05/1960

Alley-Oop by The Hollywood Argyles

271

✫1
US

3
R&B

24
UK

[novelty]
[Lute 5905]
written by Dallas Frazier

24.

09/1960

Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles

from The Genius Hits the Road

270

✫1
US

3
R&B

24
UK

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

25.

09/1960

So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) by The Everly Brothers

from It's Everly Time

253

7
US

16
R&B

4
UK

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

26.

09/1960

I Want to Be Wanted by Brenda Lee

from This Is…Brenda

253

✫1
US

7
R&B

31
UK

[Decca 31149]
written by Kim Gannon, Pino Spotti (as Giuseppe Spotti) & Alberto Testa

27.

08/1960

The Twist by Chubby Checker

from Twist with Chubby Checker

252

✫1
US

2
R&B

44
UK

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

28.

02/1960

Sixteen Reasons by Connie Stevens

from As Cricket In "Hawaiian Eye"

251

3
US

10
R&B

9
UK

[Warner 5137]
written by Bill Post & Doree Post

29.

12/1960

Calendar Girl by Neil Sedaka

from Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits

243

4
US

22
R&B

8
UK

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

30.

09/1960

Let's Think About Living by Bob Luman

from Let's Think About Livin'

240

7
US

9
country

14
R&B

6
UK

[novelty]
[Warner 5172]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

31.

11/1960

Wonderland by Night by Bert Kaempfert

from Wonderland by Night

229

✫1
US

5
R&B

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

32.

08/1960

Mr. Custer by Larry Verne

223

✫1
US

9
R&B

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

33.

01/1960

Beyond the Sea (La Mer) by Bobby Darin

from That's All

221

6
US

15
R&B

8
UK

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

34.

12/1960

Calcutta by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra

from Calcutta!

221

✫1
US

10
R&B

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

35.

09/1960

North to Alaska by Johnny Horton

from Greatest Hits

220

4
US

✫1
country

10
R&B

23
UK

[Columbia 4-41782]
written by Mike Phillips

36.

01/1960

What in the World's Come Over You by Jack Scott

from What in the World's Come Over You

219

5
US

7
R&B

11
UK

[Top Rank 2028]
written by Jack Scott

37.

10/1960

Last Date by Floyd Cramer

from Last Date

211

2
US

11
country

3
R&B

[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 7775]
written by Floyd Cramer

38.

12/1960

Shop Around by The Miracles

from Hi We're the Miracles

209

2
US

✫1
R&B

featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson
rolling stone logo

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

39.

07/1960

Volare by Bobby Rydell

200

4
US

9
R&B

22
UK

[Cameo 179]
written by Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci

40.

04/1960

Burning Bridges by Jack Scott

from What in the World's Come Over You

196

3
US

5
R&B

32
UK

[Top Rank 2041]
written by Walter Scott

41.

10/1960

New Orleans by Gary U.S. Bonds

from Dance 'Til Quarter to Three

196

6
US

5
R&B

16
UK

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

42.

06/1960

Walking to New Orleans by Fats Domino

from Million Sellers by Fats

195

6
US

2
R&B

19
UK

[Imperial 5675]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew & Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry)

43.

03/1960

Stairway to Heaven by Neil Sedaka

from Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits

193

9
US

16
R&B

8
UK

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

44.

05/1960

He'll Have to Stay by Jeanne Black

from A Little Bit Lonely

184

4
US

6
country

11
R&B

41
UK

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

45.

02/1960

Let the Little Girl Dance by Billy Bland

182

7
US

11
R&B

15
UK

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

46.

01/1960

Harbor Lights by The Platters

181

8
US

15
R&B

11
UK

[Mercury 71563]
written by Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy

47.

04/1960

Paper Roses by Anita Bryant

180

5
US

16
R&B

24
UK

[Carlton 528]
written by Fred Spielman & Janice Torre

48.

09/1960

Blue Angel by Roy Orbison

from Lonely and Blue

173

9
US

23
R&B

11
UK

[Monument 425]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

49.

10/1960

A Thousand Stars by Kathy Young

169

3
US

6
R&B

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

50.

09/1960

You Talk Too Much by Joe Jones

166

3
US

9
R&B

[RIC 972/Roulette 4304]
written by Reggie Hall (as Reginald Hall) & Joe Jones

51.

12/1960

There's a Moon Out Tonight by The Capris

164

3
US

11
R&B

[Lost Nite 101 / Old Town 1094]
written by Joseph Luccisano, Alfonso Gentile & Alfred Striano

52.

03/1960

Night by Jackie Wilson

from A Woman, a Lover, a Friend

164

4
US

3
R&B

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

53.

01/1960

Baby (You've Got What It Takes) by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

160

5
US

✫1
R&B

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

54.

08/1960

Kiddio by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

156

7
US

✫1
R&B

41
UK

[Mercury 71652]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis

55.

12/1960

Angel Baby by Rosie

149

5
US

5
R&B

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

56.

09/1960

Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go by The Midnighters

149

6
US

✫1
R&B

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

57.

03/1960

The Old Lamplighter by The Browns

from Town & Country

144

5
US

20
country

17
R&B

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

58.

08/1960

A Million to One by Jimmy Charles

143

5
US

8
R&B

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

59.

03/1960

I Love the Way You Love by Marv Johnson

140

9
US

2
R&B

35
UK

[United Artists 208]
written by Berry Gordy, Mike Ossman (as part of Mikaljon), Al Abrams (as part of Mikaljon) & John O'Den (as part of Mikaljon)

60.

05/1960

A Rockin' Good Way by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

137

7
US

✫1
R&B

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

61.

10/1960

He Will Break Your Heart by Jerry Butler

from He Will Break Your Heart

136

7
US

✫1
R&B

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

62.

03/1960

White Silver Sands by Bill Black's Combo

135

9
US

✫1
R&B

50
UK

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

63.

05/1960

Finger Poppin' Time by The Midnighters

134

7
US

2
R&B

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

64.

05/1960

Wonderful World by Sam Cooke

133

12
US

2
R&B

27
UK

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

65.

06/1960

That's All You Gotta Do by Brenda Lee

from Miss Dynamite

128

6
US

19
R&B

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

66.

08/1960

Devil or Angel by Bobby Vee

from Bobby Vee

127

6
US

22
R&B

[Liberty 55270]
written by Blanche Carter

67.

04/1960

Love You So by Ron Holden

120

7
US

11
R&B

with the Thunderbirds
[Donna 1315]
written by Ron Holden

68.

10/1960

Alone at Last by Jackie Wilson

from Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies

119

8
US

20
R&B

50
UK

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

69.

09/1960

Don't Be Cruel by Bill Black's Combo

from Solid and Raunchy

116

11
US

9
R&B

32
UK

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

70.

07/1960

The Theme from The Apartment (Jealous Lover) by Ferrante & Teicher

from The World's Greatest Themes

108

10
US

24
R&B

44
UK

[instrumental]
[United Artists 231]
written by Charles Williams

71.

10/1960

My Girl Josephine by Fats Domino

from Million Sellers by Fats

108

14
US

7
R&B

32
UK

[Imperial 5704]
written by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew

72.

12/1960

I Count the Tears by The Drifters

106

17
US

6
R&B

28
UK

[Atlantic 2087]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

73.

08/1960

Yogi by The Ivy Three

106

8
US

22
R&B

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

74.

02/1960

Lady Luck by Lloyd Price

104

14
US

3
R&B

45
UK

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

75.

04/1960

Mack the Knife by Ella Fitzgerald

104

27
US

6
R&B

19
UK

[Verve 10209]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht

76.

09/1960

Three Nights a Week by Fats Domino

from Million Sellers by Fats

15
US

8
R&B

45
UK

[Imperial 5687]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)

77.

04/1960

Young Emotions by Ricky Nelson

12
US

28
R&B

48
UK

[Imperial 5663]
written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David

78.

12/1960

Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King

from Spanish Harlem

10
US

15
R&B

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

79.

04/1960

Doggin' Around by Jackie Wilson

from Jackie Sings the Blues

15
US

✫1
R&B

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

80.

07/1960

A Woman, a Lover, a Friend by Jackie Wilson

from A Woman, a Lover, a Friend

15
US

✫1
R&B

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

81.

04/1960

Cherry Pie by Skip & Flip

11
US

27
R&B

[Brent 7010]
written by Joe Josea

82.

09/1960

Summer's Gone by Paul Anka

from Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 2

11
US

29
R&B

[ABC-Paramount 10147]
written by Paul Anka

83.

09/1960

Sleep by Little Willie John

13
US

10
R&B

[King 5394]
written by Earl Burtnett & Adam Geibel

84.

02/1960

This Magic Moment by The Drifters

16
US

4
R&B

[Atlantic 2050]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

85.

12/1960

All in My Mind by Maxine Brown

19
US

2
R&B

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

86.

02/1960

Time and the River by Nat King Cole

30
US

27
R&B

23
UK

[Capitol 4325]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

87.

10/1960

The Hucklebuck by Chubby Checker

from Twist with Chubby Checker

14
US

15
R&B

[Parkway 813]
written by Andy Gibson & Roy Alfred

88.

11/1960

Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) by Brook Benton

from Songs I Love to Sing

24
US

5
R&B

50
UK

[Mercury 71722]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer

89.

06/1960

Question by Lloyd Price

19
US

5
R&B

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

90.

06/1960

This Bitter Earth by Dinah Washington

from Unforgettable

24
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 71635]
written by Clyde Otis

91.

01/1960

Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong

23
US

2
R&B

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

92.

08/1960

The Same One by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits

16
US

21
R&B

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

93.

12/1960

The Hoochi Coochi Coo by The Midnighters

23
US

3
R&B

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

94.

02/1960

Mountain of Love by Harold Dorman

21
US

7
R&B

[Rita 1003]
written by Harold Dorman

95.

08/1960

A Fool in Love by Ike & Tina Turner

from The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner

27
US

2
R&B

[Sue 730]
written by Ike Turner

96.

08/1960

Diamonds and Pearls by The Paradons

18
US

27
R&B

[Milestone 2003]
written by West Tyler

97.

09/1960

(You've Got to) Move Two Mountains by Marv Johnson

20
US

12
R&B

[United Artists 241]
written by Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)

98.

07/1960

Ta Ta by Clyde McPhatter

from Ta Ta!

23
US

7
R&B

[Mercury 71660]
written by Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver

99.

06/1960

There's Something on Your Mind (Part 2) by Bobby Marchan

31
US

✫1
R&B

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

100.

03/1960

Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) by Jessie Hill

28
US

3
R&B

[Minit 607]
written by Jessie Hill

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