1960 Artists & Hits

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1960, what a year it was! Elvis is discharged from the Army and he hits the ground singing. The album "Elvis Is Back" was released and included three #1 singles, "It's Now Or Never", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "Stuck On You". Two more songs "Wooden Spoon" and "Surrender" rounded out Elvis's chart entries. Number of Charted Songs Top 100: Elvis Presley - 5 Connie Francis - 4 Brenda Lee - 2 The Drifters - 2 Bobby Vee - 2 The Everly Brothers - 2 And The Grammy Goes To: Record of the Year - "Theme From A Summer Place" - Percy Faith Album of the Year - "Button Down Mind" - Bob Newhart Song of the Year: - "Theme From Exodus" - Ernest Gold, songwriter Elvis certainly wasn't alone on the charts however. Superstars like Connie Francis added tunes as well, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" both went to #1. "Where the Boys Are" only charted to #4 but was the theme song for a popular movie by the same name and was responsible for starting the "Spring Break" craze in Ft. Lauderdale among college students. Brenda Lee lent her voice to the charts with "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry" and "I Want To Be Wanted" with the latter two reaching the #1 spot as well. The Drifters contributed "Save The Last Dance For Me" and "This Magic Moment" to the top half of the chart. Bobby Vee who had become a somewhat of a teen idol had some limited chart success with "What Do You Want?" and "Rubber Ball". The Everly Brothers had a #1 hit with "Cathy's Clown" and another chart entry with "Let It Be Me". American Bandstand launched the careers of many young artists and many new dance crazes. One in particular was Chubby Checker who twisted his way to #1 with "The Twist".

BILLBOARD #1 HITS
1960

SONG ARTIST (click to purchase) # OF WEEKS DATE Why Frankie Avalon 1 12/28 El Paso Marty Robbins 2 1/4 Running Bear Johnny Preston 3 1/18 Teen Angel Mark Dinning 2 2/8 The Theme from "A Summer Place" Percy Faith 8 2/22 Stuck on You Elvis Presley 4 4/25 Cathy's Clown Everly Brothers 5 5/23 Everybody's Somebody's Fool Connie Francis 2 6/27 Alley-Oop Hollywood Argyles 1 7/11 I'm Sorry Brenda Lee 3 7/18 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Brian Hyland 1 8/8 It's Now or Never Elvis Presley 5 8/15 The Twist Chubby Checker 1 9/19 My Heart Has a Mind of It's Own Connie Francis 2 9/26 Mr. Custer Larry Verne 1 10/10 Save the Last Dance For Me The Drifters 1 10/17 I Want To Be Wanted Brenda Lee 3 10/24 Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles 1 11/14 Stay Maurice Williams & Zodiacs 1 11/21 Are You Lonesome Tonight? Elvis Presley 6 11/28