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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1960 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1960 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1960, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1960, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1960' returned 222 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
--- recordlabel: Minit 618
writtenby: A. T. Bragg P. Lack
Aaron Neville Show Me The Way 1960 Minit
--- recordlabel: Minit 612
writtenby: A. Neville
album: Like It 'Tis
Aaron Neville Every Day 1960 Minit
1 recordlabel: Minit 612
chartposition: RandB #21, US #111
writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)
Aaron Neville Over You 1960 Minit
2 recordlabel: Amy 804
chartposition: RandB 14, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Al Brown
Al Brown's Tunetoppers with Cookie Brown The Madison 1960 Amy
--- recordlabel: V Tone 220
writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky
Al Downing If I Had Our Love To Live Over 1960 V Tone
--- recordlabel: Bobbin 126
writtenby: Albert King
Albert King Let's Have A Natural Ball! 1960 Bobbin
--- recordlabel: Bobbin 129
writtenby: Albert King
Albert King I Walked All Night Long 1960 Bobbin
1 recordlabel: DeLuxe 6189
chartposition: RandB #17, US #104
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: James and Gibson
Annie Laurie If You're Lonely 1960 DeLuxe
--- recordlabel: Columbia 31204
writtenby: J. Burns, B. Holiday
album: Aretha
Aretha Franklin Who Needs You? 1960 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Columbia 31204
writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland
album: Aretha
Aretha Franklin Right Now 1960 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 41793
chartposition: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Curtis Lewis
album: Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)
Aretha Franklin Today I Sing the Blues 1960 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Old Town 1079
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Ray Noble
album: I Worry About You
Arthur Prysock The Very Thought of You 1960 Old Town
3 recordlabel: Kent 333
chartposition: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: B.B. King and Joe Josea
album: Let Me Love You
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Got a Right to Love My Baby 1960 Kent
4 recordlabel: Kent 346
chartposition: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: B.B. King
album: King Of The Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Partin' Time 1960 Kent
5 recordlabel: Kent 45330
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week)
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: King, Josea
album: The Great B.B. King
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Sweet Sixteen (Pt. 1) 1960 Kent
6 recordlabel: Kent 45350
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Peter Joe Clayton
B.B. King Walking Dr. Bill 1960 Kent
7 recordlabel: Neptune 107
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Baby Washington
Baby Washington Work Out 1960 Neptune
8 recordlabel: Tamla 54027
chartposition: RandB #2 (6 weeks), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Janie Bradford & Berry Gordy
album: US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Barrett Strong Money 1960 Tamla
9 recordlabel: Atco 456185
chartposition: US #53, UK #27
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector
Ben E. King First Taste of Love 1960 Atco
--- recordlabel: Minit 606
writtenby: B. Spellman, A. Toussaint
Benny Spellman Life Is Too Short 1960 Minit
--- recordlabel: V Tone 215
writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky
Big Al Downing Yes I'm Loving You 1960 V Tone
1 recordlabel: Hi 2018
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bill Black
comments: [instrumental]
Bill Blacks Combo Smokie 1960 Hi
2 recordlabel: Hi 2026
chartposition: RandB #9, US #11, UK #32
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
album: Solid and Raunchy
comments: instrumental
Bill Blacks Combo Don't Be Cruel 1960 Hi
3 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 5181
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Bill Doggett, Billy Butler
comments: [instrumental]
Bill Doggett (Let's Do the) Hully Gully Twist 1960 Warner Bros.
4 recordlabel: King 5310
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Black
comments: [instrumental]
Bill Doggett Smokie (Part II) 1960 King
5 recordlabel: Old Town 1076
chartposition: RandB #11, US #7, UK #15
writtenby: Carl Spencer & Henry Glover
Billy Bland Let the Little Girl Dance 1960 Old Town
6 recordlabel: Checker 951
chartposition: US #111
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Crawdad 1960 Checker
7 recordlabel: Checker 942
chartposition: RandB #20, US #75
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Road Runner 1960 Checker
8 recordlabel: Duke 327
chartposition: RandB #9, US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues]
Bobby Bland Cry, Cry, Cry 1960 Duke
9 recordlabel: Duke 318
chartposition: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
Bobby Bland Lead Me On 1960 Duke
10 recordlabel: King 5373
chartposition: US #37
writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert
Bobby Freeman (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy 1960 King
11 recordlabel: Fire 1022
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #31
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Big Jay McNeely
album: There's Something on Your Mind
comments: [ballad]
Bobby Marchan There's Something on Your Mind (Part 2) 1960 Fire
12 recordlabel: V Tone 214
chartposition: RandB #15, US #96
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Al Kasha
Bobby Peterson Quintet Irresistible You 1960 V Tone
13 recordlabel: Decca 31093
chartposition: RandB #19, US #6
writtenby: Jerry Reed
album: Miss Dynamite
Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 1960 Decca
14 recordlabel: Decca 31093
chartposition: RandB #4, US #13, UK #12
writtenby: Dub Albritten & Ronnie Self
album: Miss Dynamite
Brenda Lee I'm Sorry 1960 Decca
15 recordlabel: Mercury 71566
chartposition: US #58
writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton Hither, Thither and Yon 1960 Mercury
16 recordlabel: Mercury 71722
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #50
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
album: Songs I Love To Sing
Brook Benton Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread) 1960 Mercury
17 recordlabel: Mercury 71.722
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Jimmie Hodges
Brook Benton Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 1960 Mercury .
18 recordlabel: Mercury 1109
chartposition: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton Kiddio 1960 Mercury
19 recordlabel: Mercury 72214
chartposition: RandB #12, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens) and Jessie Hollis
comments: [christmas]
Brook Benton This Time of the Year 1960 Mercury
20 recordlabel: Mercury 71652
chartposition: RandB #21, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton The Same One 1960 Mercury
21 recordlabel: Mercury 71566
chartposition: RandB #15, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Vin Corso (as Vincent A. Corso) and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton The Ties That Bind 1960 Mercury
22 recordlabel: Fire 1008
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 25
writtenby: Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis and Waymon Glasco
album: New King Of The Blues
Buster Brown Fannie Mae 1960 Fire
23 recordlabel: Fire 1023
chartposition: US #81
writtenby: Louis Jordan and Billy Austin
Buster Brown Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby 1960 Fire
24 recordlabel: Fire 1020
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Buster Brown, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis
Buster Brown John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) 1960 Fire
25 recordlabel: Parkway 813
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Dave "Curlee" Williams and James Faye "Roy" Hall
album: For Twisters Only
Chubby Checker Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 1960 Parkway
26 recordlabel: Parkway 811
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #44
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Twist with Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker The Twist 1960 Parkway
27 recordlabel: Parkway 813
chartposition: RandB #15, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Andy Gibson & Roy Alfred
album: Twist with Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker The Hucklebuck 1960 Parkway
28 recordlabel: Chess 1747
chartposition: US #64
writtenby: Chuck Berry
album: Rockin' at the Hops
Chuck Berry Let It Rock 1960 Chess
29 recordlabel: Chess 1767
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Jaguar and Thunderbird 1960 Chess
30 recordlabel: Chess 1747
chartposition: RandB #18, US #42
writtenby: Chuck Berry
album: Rockin' at the Hops
Chuck Berry Too Pooped to Pop (Casey) 1960 Chess
31 recordlabel: Mercury 71660
chartposition: RandB #7, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver
album: Ta Ta!
Clyde McPhatter Ta Ta 1960 Mercury
32 recordlabel: Atlantic 2049
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter Just Give Me a Ring 1960 Atlantic
33 recordlabel: MGM 12843
chartposition: RandB #13, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Billy Smith
Clyde McPhatter Let's Try Again 1960 MGM
34 recordlabel: MGM 12877
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Ray Stanley
Clyde McPhatter Think Me a Kiss 1960 MGM
35 recordlabel: Maske 102
chartposition: RandB #25, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Kerrin and Lendon
Cornbread & Biscuits The Big Time Spender 1960 Maske
36 recordlabel: Mercury 71690
chartposition: RandB #16, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
comments: answer to "Save The Last Dance For Me" by The Drifters
Damita Jo I'll Save the Last Dance for You 1960 Mercury
37 recordlabel: Abner 1032
chartposition: RandB #10, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Doris Troy (as Doris Payne) and Frank Augustus
album: How About That
Dee Clark How About That 1960 Abner
38 recordlabel: Vee Jay 355
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: Calvin Carter and Marion Oliver
Dee Clark You're Looking Good 1960 Vee Jay
39 recordlabel: Abner 1037
chartposition: US #56
writtenby: John Moore (as John C. Moore) and Ewart Abner (as Ewart G. Abner)
Dee Clark At My Front Door 1960 Abner
40 recordlabel: RCA 477644
chartposition: RandB #13, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Ella Robertson, Donald Robertson and Hal Blair
comments: [ballad]
Della Reese Not One Minute More 1960 RCA
41 recordlabel: Mercury 71635
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: Unforgettable
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth 1960 Mercury
42 recordlabel: Mercury 71696
chartposition: RandB #16, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington Love Walked In 1960 Mercury
43 recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Dinah Washington and Alfonso Higgins
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington We Have Love 1960 Mercury
44 recordlabel: Mercury 71560
chartposition: US #53
writtenby: Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington It Could Happen to You 1960 Mercury
45 recordlabel: Mercury 1099
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) 1960 Mercury
46 recordlabel: Mercury 71565
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton Baby, You've Got What It Takes 1960 Mercury
47 recordlabel: Verve 10209
chartposition: RandB #6, US #27, UK #19
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
album: Mack The Knife Ella In Berlin
comments: [jazz RnB]
Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife 1960 Verve
48 recordlabel: Fire 1016
chartposition: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Elmore James, Morris Levy and Clarence Lewis
comments: [blues]
Elmo James & His Broomdusters The Sky Is Crying 1960 Fire
49 recordlabel: Mercury 71542
chartposition: RandB #22, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Eddie Shuler and William Wildridge
comments: recorded in 1955 and originally released on Eddie Shuler's (the song's co writer) Goldband label
Elton Anderson with Sid Lawrence Combo Secret of Love 1960 Mercury
50 recordlabel: Argo 5368
chartposition: RandB #5, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Eddie Bo (as Edwin Bocage) and Paul Gayten
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James My Dearest Darling 1960 Argo
51 recordlabel: Argo 5359
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James All I Could Do Was Cry 1960 Argo
52 recordlabel: Chess 1760
chartposition: RandB #6, US #52
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Etta James and Harvey Fuqua
Etta James & Harvey If I Can't Have You 1960 Chess
53 recordlabel: Chess 1760
chartposition: RandB #6, US #52
writtenby: Etta James and Harvey Fuqua
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua If I Can't Have You 1960 Chess
54 recordlabel: Chess 1771
chartposition: RandB #12, US #78
writtenby: Willie Dixon
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua Spoonful 1960 Chess
55 recordlabel: King 5424
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Young, Heyman
album: The Jones Girl.... Etta... Sings, Sings, Sings
comments: [jazz soul ballad]
Etta Jones When I Fall In Love 1960 King
56 recordlabel: Prestige 180
chartposition: RandB #5, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: David A. Mann, Arthur Kent and Redd Evans
album: Don't Go to Strangers
comments: [ballad]
Etta Jones Don't Go to Strangers 1960 Prestige
57 recordlabel: Rendezvous 132
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Eugene Church
Eugene Church Good News 1960 Rendezvous
58 recordlabel: Imperial 5704
chartposition: RandB #7, US #14 UK #32
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew
album: Million Sellers by Fats
Fats Domino My Girl Josephine 1960 Imperial
59 recordlabel: Imperial 5687
chartposition: RandB #8, US #15, UK #45
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)
album: Million Sellers by Fats
Fats Domino Three Nights a Week 1960 Imperial
60 recordlabel: Imperial 5675
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #6, UK #19
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew & Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry)
album: Million Sellers by Fats
Fats Domino Walking to New Orleans 1960 Imperial
61 recordlabel: Roulette 4257
chartposition: US #58
writtenby: Bobby Day
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Little Bitty Pretty One 1960 Roulette
62 recordlabel: Legrand 1003
chartposition: RandB #5, US #6, UK #16
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
album: Dance 'Til Quarter To Three With U. S. Bonds
Gary U.S. Bonds New Orleans 1960 Legrand
63 recordlabel: Rendezvous 134
chartposition: RandB #20, US #105
writtenby: Jeanne Vikki
Googie Rene Combo The Slide (Part I) 1960 Rendezvous
64 recordlabel: King 5400
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Spotlight on Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go 1960 King
65 recordlabel: King 5341
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Mr. Rhythm And Blues
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters Finger Poppin' Time 1960 King
66 recordlabel: King 5312
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Coffee Grind 1960 King
67 recordlabel: King 5171
chartposition: RandB #6, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Twist 1960 King
68 recordlabel: Value 213
chartposition: RandB #19, US #78
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Oscar Straus
comments: [ballad]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes My Hero 1960 Value
69 recordlabel: Sue 735
chartposition: RandB #5, US #82
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Ike Turner
album: The Soul of Ike and Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner I Idolize You 1960 Sue
70 recordlabel: Sue 730
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Ike Turner
album: The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner A Fool in Love 1960 Sue
71 recordlabel: Ron 328
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Dorothy LaBostrie
Irma Thomas Don't Mess with My Man 1960 Ron
--- recordlabel: Rich 1005
writtenby: D. Davis, J. Hendricks
J.J. Barnes Won't You Let Me Know 1960 Rich
--- recordlabel: Kable 437
writtenby: D. Davis
J.J. Barnes & the Del! Fi's My Love Came Tumbling Down 1960 Kable
1 recordlabel: Brunswick 3050
chartposition: US #12, UK #33
writtenby: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson (You Were Made For) All My Love 1960 Brunswick
2 recordlabel: Brunswick 55170
chartposition: RandB #10, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Bob Hamilton and Tom King
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
Jackie Wilson Am I the Man 1960 Brunswick
3 recordlabel: Brunswick 4027
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Sid Wyche
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
Jackie Wilson A Woman, a Lover, a Friend 1960 Brunswick
4 recordlabel: Brunswick 55170
chartposition: RandB #20, US #8, UK #50
writtenby: Johnny Lehman
Jackie Wilson Alone at Last 1960 Brunswick
5 recordlabel: Brunswick 55166
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Camille Saint Saëns (as Saint Saëns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson Night 1960 Brunswick
6 recordlabel: Brunswick 55166
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Lena Agree
album: Jackie Sings The Blues
Jackie Wilson Doggin' Around 1960 Brunswick

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