Song
Artist
Last Date
Floyd Cramer
Walk Don’t Run
The Ventures
Puppy Love
Paul Anka
Mama
Connie Francis
Wonderful World
Sam Cooke
Chain Gang
Sam Cooke
Bye Bye Baby
Mary Wells
Pretty Blue Eyes
Craig Douglas
Beyond The Sea
Bobby Darin
Wild One
Bobby Rydell
Swingin’ School
Bobby Rydell
A Voice In The Wilderness
Cliff Richard
Nine Times Out Of Ten
Cliff Richard
North To Alaska
Johnny Horton
Mission Bell
Donny Brooks
The Magic Moment
The Drifters
Sweet Nothings
Brenda Lee
Where Or When
Dion & The Belmonts
Man Of Mystery
The Shadows
Hot Rod Lincoln
Johnny Bond
Strawberry Fair
Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me
Shirley Bassey
My Home Town
Paul Anka
New Orleans
Gary U.S. Bonds
Shazam
Duane Eddy
Because they’re Young
Duane Eddy
Bad Boy
Marty Wilde
Go Jimmy Go
Jimmy Clanton
Collette
Billy Fury
There’s A Moon Out Tonight
The Capris
You Talk Too Much
Joe Jones
A Fool In Love
Ike and Tina Turner
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
Three Nights A Week
Fats Domino
Blue Angel
Roy Orbison
Burning Bridges
Jack Scott
Money ( That’s What I Want)
Barrett Strong
Suzie Wong
The Medallion Strings
Pennies From Heaven
Skyliners
Handy Man
Jimmy Jones
Sixteen Reasons
Connie Stevens
Someone Else’s Baby
Adam Faith
Weekend
Eddie Cochran
Beatnik Fly
Johnny & the Hurricanes
Rocking Goose
Johnny & the Hurricanes
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop
Little Anthony & Imperials
Devil Or Angel
Bobby Vee
Corinna, Corrina
Ray Peterson
Finger Poppin’ Time
Hank Ballard & Midnighters
Let’s Go,Let’s Go, Let’s Go
Hank Ballard & Midnighters
Night
Jackie Wilson
Let the Little Girl Dance
Billy Bland
Wild Cat
Gene Vincent
Bye Bye Johnny
Chuck Berry
You’re Sixteen
Johnny Burnette
Dreamin’
Johnny Burnette
I’lll Go Crazy
James Brown
Let it be Me
The Everly Brothers
When Will I Be Loved
The Everly Brothers
Riders in the Sky
The Ramrods
Baby(You’ve Got What It Takes)
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Freddy Cannon
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Number Ones 1960
The first number one of the decade in America was the self penned song “El Paso” written and recorded by Marty Robbins.
Johnny Preston ( born John Preston Courville ) had the next number one hit in January in the U.S. with “Running Bear” written by J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper). Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in an air crash in Iowa in February 1959. The song reached the top spot in the U.K. in March.
In May “Cathy’s Clown” written by Don & Phil Everly, The Everly Brothers had their biggest ever selling single which went to number one in both the U.S. and U.K. Charts.
Chubby Checker reached number one in September with the Hank Ballard composition “The Twist” which began the massive dance craze.
Brenda Lee (Little Miss Dynamite) had two number ones in 1960 with “I’m Sorry” which was originally going to be the “B” side and in October with “I Want to be Wanted”.
Elvis had his first hit record having left the army after completing his two year conscription with “Stuck on You” written by Aaron Shroeder & J. Leslie McFarland. Elvis also reached number one in the U.S. and the U.K. charts with “It’s Now or Never” which sold an estimated 20 million copies. In November he went to the top with “Are You Lonesome Tonight” written by Handman & Turk, this was the final chart topper of 1960 in the United States.
In February in the U.K. actor/singer songwriter Anthony Newley with his version of “Why” reached the number one spot, this was recorded earlier by Frankie Avalon and was the final number one in the U.S. of the 1950’s decade. Anthony Newley also hit the top in April with “Do You Mind” the song written by Lionel Bart.
In June Eddie Cochran who died in a car crash in April that year, had a posthumous number one with his self penned song “Three Steps to Heaven”.
In July Cliff Richard and the Shadows topped with the song composed by Bruce Welch & Peter Chester “Please Don’t Tease”, they also had the last number one of the year with “I Love You”. The Shadows had their first number one in August with “Apache”.