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Bobby Rydell had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Brenda Lee had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Connie Francis had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. The Everly Brothers had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1960.
- List of Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Singles of 1960
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1960....
- Cathy's Clown
The song spent seven weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles...
- List of Billboard Hot 100 Number-One Singles of 1960
This is a list of singles that have spent time in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1960, presented chronologically from the year's first top-ten list from the issue dated January 4, 1960, to each song's entry date through the final published issue of the year.
Songs by total number of weeks at number-one. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1950–1958.
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January – Stuart Sutcliffe joins the Liverpool band Johnny and the Moondogs and suggests they change their name to the Beatals; after several variations this settles on The Beatlesin August.January 14 – Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the United States Army.January 25 – The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeysaccepting money for playing particular records.February 6 – Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles; he is co-author of "Earth Angel", The Penguins' classic from 1954.A Date with the Everly Brothers – The Everly BrothersA Portrait of Duke Ellington – Dizzy GillespieAt Last! – Etta JamesAt Newport 1960 – Muddy Waters"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" – words: Sammy Cahn, music: Jimmy Van Heusen"Alley-Oop" – words and music: Dallas Frazier"Apache" – m. Jerry Lordan"As Long as He Needs Me" – w.m. Lionel Bart from the musical Oliver!"Al Watan Al Akbar" – w.m. Mohammed Abdel Wahab"Dance of the Yi People" (instrumental) by Wang Huiran"Et maintenant" – w. Pierre Delanoë m. Gilbert Bécaud"Nous les amoureux" – w. Maurice Vidalin m. Jacques DatinCompositions
1. William Alwyn– Piano Concerto No. 2 2. Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 4 3. Henk Badings – Symphonic Variations 4. Luciano Berio 4.1. Circlesfor female voice, harp and two percussionists 4.2. Momentifor tape 5. Benjamin Britten– Cello Sonata in C major 6. Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 2 7. Mario Davidovsky – Contrastes No. 1for string orchestra and electronic sounds 8. Lukas Foss 8.1. Concerto, for five improvising instruments 8.2. Time Cycle, for soprano and orchestra 9. Alberto Ginas...
Benjamin Britten – A Midsummer Night's Dream (premiered on June 11 at the Aldeburgh Festival; the rôle of Oberon is sung by the countertenor Alfred Dellerfor whom it is written)Lukas Foss – Introductions and Goodbyes (a nine-minute opera, libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, composed 1959, premiered on May 5, 1960)Beg, Borrow or Steal (Bud Freeman) and (Leon Pober) – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatreon February 10 and ran for 5 performances.Bye Bye Birdie (Lee Adams and Charles Strouse) – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatreon April 14 and ran for 607 performancesCamelot (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatreon December 3 and ran for 873 performancesChristine – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatreon April 28 and ran for 12 performancesBarsaat Ki Raat Bollywood films starring MadhubalaBells Are Ringing (Vincente Minnelli)starring Judy Holliday, Dean Martin and Eddie Foy Jr.Can-Can (Walter Lang) starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan and Juliet ProwseCinderfella (Frank Tashlin) starring Jerry LewisApr 19, 2024 · Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1960. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here. Table of Contents. Top 100 Songs of 1960. 1. Cathy’s Clown – Everly Brothers. 2. Running Bear – Johnny Preston. 3. He’ll Have to Go – Jim Reeves. 4
Billboard magazine. The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During 1958–1969 the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
