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Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 1958–1961
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1958[edit]

Top-ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top-ten
Ref.
1958
August 9 "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson 1 August 9 6 [1]
"Patricia" Pérez Prado 2 August 9 5 [1]
"Splish Splash" Bobby Darin 3 August 9 3 [1]
"Hard Headed Woman" Elvis Presley 4 August 9 2 [1]
"When" Kalin Twins 5 August 9 5 [1]
"Rebel-'Rouser" Duane Eddy 6 August 9 3 [1]
"Yakety Yak" The Coasters 7 August 9 1 [1]
"My True Love" Jack Scott 3 August 23 6 [1]
"Willie and the Hand Jive" The Johnny Otis Show 9 August 9 2 [1]
"Fever" Peggy Lee 8 August 30 3 [1]
August 16 "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" Domenico Modugno 1 August 23 10 [2]
"Just a Dream" Jimmy Clanton 4 August 30 8 [2]
August 23 "Little Star" The Elegants 1 August 30 9 [3]
August 30 "Bird Dog" The Everly Brothers 2 September 20 11 [4]
"Born Too Late" The Poni-Tails 7 September 20 3 [4]
September 6 "Ginger Bread" Frankie Avalon 9 September 6 2 [5]
"Are You Really Mine?" Jimmie Rodgers 10 September 6 1 [5]
September 13 "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day 2 October 18 10 [6]
"Western Movies" The Olympics 8 September 20 2 [6]
September 20 "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards 1 October 4 13 [7]
"Tears on My Pillow" Little Anthony and the Imperials 4 October 18 7 [7]
"Susie Darlin" Robin Luke 5 October 18 7 [7]
September 27 "Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers 10 September 27 1 [8]
October 4 "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran 8 October 4 2 [9]
"Near You" Roger Williams 10 October 4 3 [9]
October 11 "Tea for Two Cha Cha" Tommy Dorsey 7 November 8 6 [10]
October 18 "The End" Earl Grant 7 October 18 3 [11]
October 25 "Topsy, Part 2" Cozy Cole 3 October 25 6 [12]
"It's Only Make Believe" Conway Twitty 1 November 15 10 [12]
"Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio 1 November 22 12 [12]
"Chantilly Lace" The Big Bopper 6 November 8 5 [12]
November 1 [13]
November 8 [14]
November 15 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" The Teddy Bears 1 December 6 11 [15]
"I Got a Feeling" Ricky Nelson 10 November 15 2 [15]
November 22 "Beep Beep" The Playmates 4 December 6 6 [16]
"Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson 7 December 6 6 [16]
"Queen of the Hop" Bobby Darin 9 November 22 3 [16]
November 29 "One Night" Elvis Presley 4 November 29 6 [17]
"I Got Stung" Elvis Presley 8 November 29 4 [17]
December 6 "Problems" The Everly Brothers 2 December 20 7 [18]
December 13 [19]
December 20 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters 1 January 24 10 [20]
"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" The Chipmunks with David Seville 1 December 27 6 [20]
December 27 "A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter 6 January 24 7 [21]
References
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 9, 1958". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 16, 1958". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 23, 1958". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 30, 1958". Billboard.
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 6, 1958". Billboard.
  6. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 13, 1958". Billboard.
  7. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 20, 1958". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 27, 1958". Billboard.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 4, 1958". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 11, 1958". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 18, 1958". Billboard.
  12. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 25, 1958". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 1, 1958". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 8, 1958". Billboard.
  15. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 15, 1958". Billboard.
  16. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 22, 1958". Billboard.
  17. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 29, 1958". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 6, 1958". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 13, 1958". Billboard.
  20. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 20, 1958". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 27, 1958". Billboard.

1959[edit]

Top-ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top-ten
Ref.
1959
January 3 "Whole Lotta Loving" Fats Domino 6 January 17 5 [1]
January 10 "My Happiness" Connie Francis 2 January 24 7 [2]
"Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer 4 January 17 7 [2]
January 17 [3]
January 24 "Donna" Ritchie Valens 2 February 28 10 [4]
"16 Candles" The Crests 2 February 14 8 [4]
"Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price 1 February 14 10 [4]
January 31 "Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson 7 February 14 5 [5]
"Goodbye Baby" Jack Scott 8 February 21 4 [5]
February 7 "The All American Boy" Bill Parsons 2 February 7 5 [6]
February 14 "Manhattan Spiritual" Reg Owen 10 February 14 2 [7]
February 21 [8]
February 28 "Charlie Brown" The Coasters 2 March 14 8 [9]
"I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker 6 February 28 3 [9]
"Tall Paul" Annette 7 February 28 1 [9]
"Petite Fleur" Chris Barber 5 March 7 3 [9]
"Peter Gunn" Ray Anthony 8 March 7 3 [9]
March 7 "Venus" Frankie Avalon 1 March 14 10 [10]
"Alvin's Harmonica" The Chipmunks with David Seville 3 March 21 6 [10]
March 14 "I've Had It" The Bell Notes 6 March 14 4 [11]
"It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton 3 April 11 7 [11]
March 21 "Tragedy" Thomas Wayne 5 March 28 6 [12]
"Never Be Anyone Else But You" Ricky Nelson 6 April 11 6 [12]
March 28 "Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods 1 April 18 8 [13]
April 4 "Pink Shoe Laces" Dodie Stevens 3 April 18 8 [14]
"It's Late" Ricky Nelson 9 April 11 3 [14]
April 11 "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" The Virtues 5 May 2 6 [15]
April 18 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" Elvis Presley 2 May 2 5 [16]
"I Need Your Love Tonight" Elvis Presley 4 April 25 5 [16]
April 25 [17]
May 2 "The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez 1 May 16 7 [18]
"Tell Him No" Travis and Bob 8 May 2 2 [18]
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" The Impalas 2 May 16 7 [18]
"Turn Me Loose" Fabian 9 May 16 4 [18]
May 9 [19]
May 16 "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" Edward Byrnes with Connie Stevens 4 May 16 6 [20]
"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison 1 May 23 8 [20]
May 23 "A Teenager in Love" Dion and the Belmonts 5 May 23 7 [21]
"Dream Lover" Bobby Darin 2 June 13 10 [21]
"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton 1 June 6 13 [21]
"Quiet Village" Martin Denny 4 June 6 7 [21]
May 30 "Personality" Lloyd Price 2 June 20 10 [22]
"Only You (And You Alone)" Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles 9 June 6 4 [22]
June 6 [23]
June 13 [24]
June 20 "Tallahassee Lassie" Freddy Cannon 6 July 4 6 [25]
"Lonely Boy" Paul Anka 1 July 18 10 [25]
June 27 "Along Came Jones" The Coasters 9 June 27 2 [26]
"Lipstick on Your Collar" Connie Francis 5 July 4 6 [26]
July 4 [27]
July 11 "Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson 4 July 18 6 [28]
"Bobby Sox to Stockings" Frankie Avalon 8 July 11 1 [28]
"Frankie" Connie Francis 9 July 11 1 [28]
"Tiger" Fabian 3 July 25 6 [28]
July 18 "My Heart is an Open Book" Carl Dobkins Jr. 3 August 8 7 [29]
"A Boy Without a Girl" Frankie Avalon 10 July 18 1 [29]
July 25 "A Big Hunk o' Love" Elvis Presley 1 August 15 7 [30]
August 1 "There Goes My Baby" The Drifters 2 August 22 6 [31]
"Forty Miles of Bad Road" Duane Eddy 9 August 1 3 [31]
August 8 "Lavender Blue" Sammy Turner 3 August 29 6 [32]
"Sweeter Than You" Ricky Nelson 9 August 8 1 [32]
August 15 "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" Dinah Washington 8 August 15 3 [33]
"What'd I Say" Ray Charles 6 August 22 5 [33]
August 22 "The Three Bells" The Browns 1 August 29 10 [34]
"Just a Little Too Much" Ricky Nelson 9 August 22 1 [34]
August 29 "Sea of Love" Phil Phillips 2 August 29 6 [35]
"Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny 1 September 26 9 [35]
"I Want to Walk You Home" Fats Domino 8 September 19 5 [35]
September 5 "I'm Gonna Get Married" Lloyd Price 3 September 19 6 [36]
"Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes 5 September 12 6 [36]
September 12 "(Till) I Kissed You" The Everly Brothers 4 September 26 7 [37]
"Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan 7 September 12 4 [37]
September 19 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin 1 October 10 16 [38]
"Baby Talk" Jan and Dean 10 September 19 1 [38]
September 26 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" Paul Anka 2 October 10 11 [39]
October 3 "Teen Beat" Sandy Nelson 4 October 24 8 [40]
October 10 "Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods 1 November 21 11 [41]
"Poison Ivy" The Coasters 7 October 17 5 [41]
October 17 "Just Ask Your Heart" Frankie Avalon 7 October 31 4 [42]
"Lonely Street" Andy Williams 5 November 14 6 [42]
October 24 [43]
October 31 "Don't You Know?" Della Reese 2 December 5 8 [44]
"Primrose Lane" Jerry Wallace 8 October 31 5 [44]
"Deck of Cards" Wink Martindale 7 November 7 5 [44]
November 7 [45]
November 14 "Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat)" Paul Evans 9 November 14 1 [46]
"Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell 1 December 19 10 [46]
November 21 "So Many Ways" Brook Benton 6 November 28 5 [47]
November 28 "In the Mood" Ernie Fields 4 December 19 4 [48]
"We Got Love" Bobby Rydell 6 December 5 5 [48]
December 5 "Be My Guest" Fats Domino 8 December 12 2 [49]
December 12 "Oh! Carol" Neil Sedaka 9 December 12 1 [50]
"Danny Boy" Conway Twitty 10 December 12 1 [50]
December 19 "Why" Frankie Avalon 1 January 2 5 [51]
"It's Time to Cry" Paul Anka 4 January 2 5 [51]
"The Big Hurt" Miss Toni Fisher 3 January 2 8 [51]
December 26 "El Paso" Marty Robbins 1 January 9 9 [52]
"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" Freddy Cannon 3 January 16 7 [52]
"Among My Souvenirs" Connie Francis 7 January 2 5 [52]
"Hound Dog Man" Fabian 9 January 2 2 [52]
References
  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 3, 1959". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 10, 1959". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 17, 1959". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 24, 1959". Billboard.
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 31, 1959". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, February 7, 1959". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, February 14, 1959". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, February 21, 1959". Billboard.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, February 28, 1959". Billboard.
  10. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, March 7, 1959". Billboard.
  11. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, March 14, 1959". Billboard.
  12. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, March 21, 1959". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, March 28, 1959". Billboard.
  14. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, April 4, 1959". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, April 11, 1959". Billboard.
  16. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, April 18, 1959". Billboard.
  17. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, April 25, 1959". Billboard.
  18. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, May 2, 1959". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, May 9, 1959". Billboard.
  20. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, May 16, 1959". Billboard.
  21. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, May 23, 1959". Billboard.
  22. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, May 30, 1959". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, June 6, 1959". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, June 13, 1959". Billboard.
  25. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, June 20, 1959". Billboard.
  26. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, June 27, 1959". Billboard.
  27. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, July 4, 1959". Billboard.
  28. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, July 11, 1959". Billboard.
  29. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, July 18, 1959". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, July 25, 1959". Billboard.
  31. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 1, 1959". Billboard.
  32. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 8, 1959". Billboard.
  33. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 15, 1959". Billboard.
  34. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 22, 1959". Billboard.
  35. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, August 29, 1959". Billboard.
  36. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 5, 1959". Billboard.
  37. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 12, 1959". Billboard.
  38. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 19, 1959". Billboard.
  39. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 26, 1959". Billboard.
  40. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 3, 1959". Billboard.
  41. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 10, 1959". Billboard.
  42. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 17, 1959". Billboard.
  43. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 24, 1959". Billboard.
  44. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 31, 1959". Billboard.
  45. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 7, 1959". Billboard.
  46. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 14, 1959". Billboard.
  47. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 21, 1959". Billboard.
  48. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, November 28, 1959". Billboard.
  49. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 5, 1959". Billboard.
  50. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 12, 1959". Billboard.
  51. ^ a b c "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 19, 1959". Billboard.
  52. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, December 26, 1959". Billboard.

1960[edit]

Top-ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top-ten
Ref.
1960
January 2 "Pretty Blue Eyes" Steve Lawrence 9 January 9 6 [1]
January 9 "Running Bear" Johnny Preston 1 January 23 10 [2]
"Go, Jimmy, Go" Jimmy Clanton 5 February 6 5 [2]
January 16 [3]
January 23 "Teen Angel" Mark Dinning 1 February 13 10 [4]
"The Village of St. Bernadette" Andy Williams 7 January 30 2 [4]
January 30 "Where or When" Dion and the Belmonts 3 February 13 5 [5]
February 6 "Handy Man" Jimmy Jones 2 March 5 9 [6]
February 13 "Lonely Blue Boy" Conway Twitty 6 February 13 3 [7]
"What in the World's Come Over You" Jack Scott 5 February 27 7 [7]
"He'll Have to Go" Jim Reeves 2 March 12 12 [7]
"You Got What It Takes" Marv Johnson 10 February 13 1 [7]
February 20 "Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith 1 February 27 12 [8]
"Let It Be Me" The Everly Brothers 7 February 27 4 [8]
February 27 "Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darin 6 March 5 4 [9]
March 5 "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 5 March 26 6 [10]
"Wild One" Bobby Rydell 2 April 2 7 [10]
March 12 [11]
March 19 "Puppy Love" Paul Anka 2 April 9 7 [12]
"Harbor Lights" The Platters 8 April 2 4 [12]
March 26 "Sweet Nothin's" Brenda Lee 4 April 23 7 [13]
April 2 "Forever" The Little Dippers 9 April 2 1 [14]
"O, Dio Mio" Annette 10 April 2 1 [14]
April 9 "Sink the Bismark" Johnny Horton 3 April 30 7 [15]
"Footsteps" Steve Lawrence 7 April 9 2 [15]
"Mama" Connie Francis 8 April 16 3 [15]
April 16 "Greenfields" The Brothers Four 2 April 23 9 [16]
"I Love the Way You Love" Marv Johnson 9 April 16 1 [16]
April 23 "Stuck on You" Elvis Presley 1 April 30 10 [17]
"Sixteen Reasons" Connie Stevens 3 May 7 7 [17]
April 30 "The Old Lamplighter" The Browns 5 May 7 3 [18]
"White Silver Sands" Bill Black's Combo 9 April 30 1 [18]
May 7 "Night" Jackie Wilson 4 May 14 6 [19]
"Cradle of Love" Johnny Preston 7 May 7 5 [19]
"Let the Little Girl Dance" Billy Bland 7 May 21 4 [19]
May 14 "Cathy's Clown" The Everly Brothers 1 May 28 9 [20]
"Stairway to Heaven" Neil Sedaka 9 May 14 1 [20]
May 21 "Good Timin'" Jimmy Jones 3 May 28 7 [21]
"He'll Have to Stay" Jeanne Black 4 June 4 6 [21]
May 28 "Paper Roses" Anita Bryant 5 June 18 6 [22]
June 4 "Burning Bridges" Jack Scott 3 June 18 6 [23]
June 11 "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Connie Francis 1 July 2 8 [24]
"Love You So" Ron Holden 7 June 18 3 [24]
June 18 "Swinging School" Bobby Rydell 5 June 25 3 [25]
"Happy-Go-Lucky Me" Paul Evans 10 June 18 1 [25]
June 25 "Alley Oop" The Hollywood Argyles 1 July 16 8 [26]
July 2 "Because They're Young" Duane Eddy 4 July 9 4 [27]
"I'm Sorry" Brenda Lee 1 July 23 11 [27]
"A Rockin' Good Way" Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 7 July 2 3 [27]
July 9 "That's All You Gotta Do" Brenda Lee 6 July 9 5 [28]
"My Home Town" Paul Anka 8 July 9 2 [28]
"Mule Skinner Blues" The Fendermen 5 July 16 5 [28]
July 16 "Only the Lonely" Roy Orbison 2 July 30 8 [29]
"When Will I Be Loved" The Everly Brothers 8 July 23 2 [29]
July 23 "Tell Laura I Love Her" Ray Peterson 7 August 6 5 [30]
"Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" Brian Hyland 1 August 13 8 [30]
July 30 "Image of a Girl" The Safaris 6 August 6 5 [31]
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" Hank Locklin 8 August 6 3 [31]
August 6 "It's Now or Never" Elvis Presley 1 August 20 11 [32]
August 13 "Walk, Don't Run" The Ventures 2 September 3 9 [33]
"Walkin' to New Orleans" Fats Domino 6 August 20 2 [33]
August 20 "Finger Poppin' Time" Hank Ballard & the Midnighters 7 August 20 4 [34]
"The Twist" Chubby Checker 1 September 24 12 [34]
August 27 "Volare" Bobby Rydell 4 September 10 5 [35]
"Mission Bell" Donnie Brooks 7 September 10 4 [35]
September 3 "In My Little Corner of the World" Anita Bryant 10 September 3 1 [36]
September 10 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" Connie Francis 1 October 1 10 [37]
"Theme from The Apartment" Ferrante & Teicher 10 September 10 3 [37]
September 17 "Mr. Custer" Larry Verne 1 October 15 7 [38]
"Chain Gang" Sam Cooke 2 October 8 8 [38]
"Kiddio" Brook Benton 7 September 24 4 [38]
"Yogi" The Ivy Three 8 September 24 2 [38]
September 24 "A Million to One" Jimmy Charles 5 October 1 5 [39]
October 1 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" The Everly Brothers 7 October 15 5 [40]
"Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters 1 October 22 9 [40]
October 8 [41]
October 15 "Devil or Angel" Bobby Vee 6 October 22 5 [42]
"I Want to Be Wanted" Brenda Lee 1 October 29 6 [42]
October 22 [43]
October 29 "Let's Think About Living" Bob Luman 7 October 29 2 [44]
November 5 "You Talk Too Much" Joe Jones 3 November 19 4 [45]
"Poetry in Motion" Johnny Tillotson 2 November 19 7 [45]
"Georgia on My Mind" Ray Charles 1 November 19 5 [45]
November 12 "Stay" Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs 1 November 26 5 [46]
"Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" Hank Ballard & the Midnighters 6 November 26 5 [46]
"Blue Angel" Roy Orbison 9 November 12 2 [46]
November 19 "Last Date" Floyd Cramer 2 December 3 8 [47]
"A Thousand Stars" Kathy Young with The Innocents 3 December 17 8 [47]
November 26 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Elvis Presley 1 December 3 8 [48]
"New Orleans" U.S. Bonds 6 December 3 3 [48]
December 3 "North to Alaska" Johnny Horton 4 December 24 7 [49]
"Alone at Last" Jackie Wilson 8 December 3 1 [49]
December 10 "He Will Break Your Heart" Jerry Butler 7 December 10 3 [50]
"Sailor" Lolita 5 December 24 4 [50]
December 17 "Wonderland by Night" Bert Kaempfert 1 January 14 9 [51]
"Many Tears Ago" Connie Francis 7 December 31 4 [51]
"Exodus" Ferrante & Teicher 2 January 28 11 [51]
December 24 "You're Sixteen" Johnny Burnette 8 December 31 4 [52]
December 31 "Corrina, Corinna" Ray Peterson 9 January 14 5 [53]
References
  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 2, 1960". Billboard.
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  11. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, March 12, 1960". Billboard.
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  38. ^ a b c d "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 17, 1960". Billboard.
  39. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, September 24, 1960". Billboard.
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  41. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 8, 1960". Billboard.
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  43. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 22, 1960". Billboard.
  44. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 29, 1960". Billboard.
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1961[edit]

Top-ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top-ten
Ref.
1961
January 7 "Angel Baby" Rosie and the Originals 5 January 28 7 [1]
January 14 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles 1 February 4 7 [2]
"Rubber Ball" Bobby Vee 6 January 14 5 [2]
January 21 "Calcutta" Lawrence Welk 1 February 18 9 [3]
January 28 "Shop Around" The Miracles 2 February 25 6 [4]
"Calendar Girl" Neil Sedaka 4 February 18 7 [4]
February 4 "Emotions" Brenda Lee 7 February 18 4 [5]
February 11 "My Empty Arms" Jackie Wilson 9 February 11 1 [6]
February 18 "Pony Time" Chubby Checker 1 March 4 8 [7]
"There's a Moon Out Tonight" The Capris 3 March 4 4 [7]
February 25 "Dedicated to the One I Love" The Shirelles 3 April 1 9 [8]
"Wheels" The String-a-Longs 3 March 11 6 [8]
March 4 "Surrender" Elvis Presley 1 March 25 8 [9]
"Don't Worry" Marty Robbins 3 March 25 7 [9]
"Where the Boys Are" Connie Francis 4 March 25 5 [9]
"Ebony Eyes" The Everly Brothers 8 March 25 4 [9]
March 11 "Baby Sittin' Boogie" Buzz Clifford 6 March 18 3 [10]
March 18 "Spanish Harlem" Ben E. King 10 March 18 1 [11]
March 25 "Apache" Jørgen Ingmann and his Guitar 2 April 8 5 [12]
"Walk Right Back" The Everly Brothers 7 April 1 4 [12]
April 1 "Blue Moon" The Marcels 1 April 8 8 [13]
"Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" Carla Thomas 10 April 1 1 [13]
April 8 "On the Rebound" Floyd Cramer 4 April 22 6 [14]
"Runaway" Del Shannon 1 April 29 9 [14]
"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" Clarence "Frogman" Henry 4 April 29 4 [14]
April 15 "Mother-in-Law" Ernie K-Doe 1 May 27 8 [15]
April 22 "Asia Minor" Kokomo 8 April 22 1 [16]
"A Hundred Pounds of Clay" Gene McDaniels 3 May 13 8 [16]
April 29 "I've Told Every Little Star" Linda Scott 3 May 6 5 [17]
"You Can Depend on Me" Brenda Lee 6 May 13 4 [17]
"Take Good Care of Her" Adam Wade 7 May 6 4 [17]
"One Mint Julep" Ray Charles 8 May 6 3 [17]
May 6 [18]
May 13 "Portrait of My Love" Steve Lawrence 9 May 13 1 [19]
May 20 "Daddy's Home" Shep and the Limelites 2 June 3 4 [20]
"Travelin' Man" Ricky Nelson 1 June 3 8 [20]
"Mama Said" The Shirelles 4 June 3 4 [20]
May 27 "Running Scared" Roy Orbison 1 June 10 4 [21]
"Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" Connie Francis 7 June 3 3 [21]
"Hello Mary Lou" Ricky Nelson 9 May 27 1 [21]
June 3 "I Feel So Bad" Elvis Presley 5 June 10 3 [22]
"Tragedy" The Fleetwoods 10 June 3 1 [22]
June 10 "Stand by Me" Ben E. King 4 June 17 4 [23]
"Moody River" Pat Boone 1 June 24 6 [23]
"Raindrops" Dee Clark 2 July 1 8 [23]
June 17 "The Writing on the Wall" Adam Wade 5 July 8 5 [24]
"Every Beat of My Heart" The Pips 6 July 15 6 [24]
"Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds 1 July 1 8 [24]
"The Boll Weevil Song" Brook Benton 2 July 15 8 [24]
June 24 "Tossin' and Turnin'" Bobby Lewis 1 July 15 12 [25]
"Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" Little Caesar & the Romans 9 July 1 3 [25]
July 1 [26]
July 8 "Yellow Bird" Arthur Lyman 4 July 29 5 [27]
July 15 "Hats off to Larry" Del Shannon 5 August 5 5 [28]
"Dance on Little Girl" Paul Anka 10 July 15 1 [28]
July 22 "San Antonio Rose" Floyd Cramer 8 July 22 1 [29]
"I Like It Like That" Chris Kenner 2 August 5 7 [29]
"Dum Dum" Brenda Lee 4 August 5 6 [29]
July 29 "Together" Connie Francis 6 August 12 4 [30]
"Let's Twist Again" Chubby Checker 8 August 12 5 [30]
August 5 "Last Night" The Mar-Keys 3 August 12 5 [31]
August 12 "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" Curtis Lee 7 August 12 4 [32]
"Wooden Heart (Muss i denn)" Joe Dowell 1 September 2 7 [32]
"Michael" The Highwaymen 1 September 9 9 [32]
August 19 "School Is Out" Gary U.S. Bonds 5 September 9 4 [33]
August 26 "You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)" Ral Donner 4 September 9 5 [34]
September 2 "Don't Bet Money Honey" Linda Scott 9 September 2 2 [35]
"Hurt" Timi Yuro 4 September 16 3 [35]
September 9 "Take Good Care of My Baby" Bobby Vee 1 September 23 7 [36]
"My True Story" The Jive Five 3 September 16 4 [36]
"As If I Didn't Know" Adam Wade 10 September 9 2 [36]
September 16 "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight)" Lonnie Donegan 5 September 30 4 [37]
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" Barry Mann 7 September 30 2 [37]
"Little Sister" Elvis Presley 5 October 7 4 [37]
September 23 "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" Elvis Presley 4 September 23 2 [38]
"Crying" Roy Orbison 2 October 14 5 [38]
"Without You" Johnny Tillotson 7 September 23 2 [38]
"One Track Mind" Bobby Lewis 9 September 23 1 [38]
"When We Get Married" The Dreamlovers 10 September 23 1 [38]
September 30 "The Mountain's High" Dick and Dee Dee 2 September 30 3 [39]
October 7 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles 1 October 14 8 [40]
"Mexico" Bob Moore 7 October 7 3 [40]
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" Bobby Darin 5 October 21 3 [40]
"Bristol Stomp" The Dovells 2 October 28 9 [40]
October 14 "Runaround Sue" Dion 1 October 28 9 [41]
"Let's Get Together" Hayley Mills 8 October 28 3 [41]
October 21 "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" Sue Thompson 5 October 28 5 [42]
"Big Bad John" Jimmy Dean 1 November 11 10 [42]
"Ya Ya" Lee Dorsey 7 November 4 3 [42]
October 28 "This Time" Troy Shondell 6 October 28 6 [43]
"I Love How You Love Me" The Paris Sisters 5 November 4 3 [43]
"The Fly" Chubby Checker 7 November 18 5 [43]
November 4 [44]
November 11 "Fool #1" Brenda Lee 3 November 18 5 [45]
"Tower of Strength" Gene McDaniels 5 November 18 5 [45]
November 18 "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes 1 December 16 7 [46]
November 25 "Goodbye Cruel World" James Darren 3 December 9 7 [47]
December 2 "Heartaches" The Marcels 7 December 2 1 [48]
"Crazy" Patsy Cline 9 December 2 2 [48]
December 9 "The Twist" Chubby Checker 1 January 13 13 [49]
"Walk On By" Leroy Van Dyke 5 December 16 8 [49]
"I Understand (Just How You Feel)" The G-Clefs 9 December 9 1 [49]
December 16 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The Tokens 1 December 23 8 [50]
"Run to Him" Bobby Vee 2 December 30 6 [50]
"Tonight" Ferrante & Teicher 8 December 16 1 [50]
"Let There Be Drums" Sandy Nelson 7 December 23 3 [50]
"Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" Neil Sedaka 6 January 6 5 [50]
December 23 "Peppermint Twist - Part 1" Joey Dee and the Starliters 1 January 27 11 [51]
December 30 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Elvis Presley 2 February 3 8 [52]
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