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Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith was the number one song of 1960. 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 ...
During the 1960s, most of the music produced in Mexico consisted on Spanish-language versions of English-language rock-and-roll hits. Singers and musical groups like Angelica Maria , César Costa , Enrique Guzmán performed cover versions of songs by Elvis Presley , Nancy Sinatra , Paul Anka and others.
US BB 1 – Aug 1960, US BB 1 of 1960, US CashBox 1 of 1962, Canada 1 – Aug 1960, POP 1 of 1960, UK 5 – Nov 1975, South Africa 7 of 1961, DDD 9 of 1960, RYM 12 of 1960, RIAA 32, Italy 38 of 1962, Party 46 of 2007, Acclaimed 140, Germany 396 of the 1960s, Rolling Stone 451 4: The Drifters: Save the Last Dance for Me: 1960: US
The original version of "Shop Around" by the Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson"), was released in 1960 on Motown's Tamla label, catalog number T 54034. [3] The song, written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy , depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a ...
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1960; List of European number-one hits of 1960; List of number-one singles of 1960 (France) List of Hot C&W Sides number ones of 1960; List of number-one hits of 1960 (Italy) List of Hot R&B Sides number ones of 1960; List of number-one singles in 1960 (New Zealand) List of UK top-ten singles in 1960
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.
In the early 1960s, Goodyear and Firestone sold Christmas records in the hopes of bumping tire sales before the holidays. ... Today you can listen to whatever you want on Apple Music or Spotify ...
Current events become a major influence on popular music. Many songs are written in protest to the Vietnam War. The song "Ohio" was written about the Kent State massacre, and became a hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. World music sees a huge rise in popularity as many seek interest in other cultures.