List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1960

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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

Key

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

Template:Abbr	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
24	January 4	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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25	January 18	"Running Bear"	Johnny Preston	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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26	February 8	"Teen Angel"	Mark Dinning	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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27	February 22	"Theme from A Summer Place"	Percy Faith	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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28	April 25	"Stuck on You"	Elvis Presley	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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29	May 23	"Cathy's Clown"	The Everly Brothers	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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30	June 27	"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	Connie Francis	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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31	July 11	"Alley Oop"	Hollywood Argyles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
32	July 18	"I'm Sorry"	Brenda Lee	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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33	August 8	"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"	Brian Hyland	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
34	August 15	"It's Now or Never"	Elvis Presley	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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35	September 19	"The Twist"	Chubby Checker	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
36	September 26	"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"	Connie Francis	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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37	October 10	"Mr. Custer"	Larry Verne	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
38	October 17	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	The Drifters	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
39	October 24	"I Want to Be Wanted"	Brenda Lee	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
re	October 31	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	The Drifters	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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40	November 14	"Georgia on My Mind"	Ray Charles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
41	November 21	"Stay"	Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
42	November 28	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Elvis Presley	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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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 (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.