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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: Warwick 559
writtenby: Berry
Little Esther Phillips The Chains 1960 Warwick
1 recordlabel: Warwick 535
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Shirley & Lee I've Been Loved Before 1960 Warwick
2 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.
3 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
4 recordlabel: Vee Jay 357
chartposition: RandB #18, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
album: Found Love
comments: [blues]
Jimmy Reed Hush-Hush 1960 Vee Jay
5 recordlabel: Vee Jay 355
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: Calvin Carter and Marion Oliver
Dee Clark You're Looking Good 1960 Vee Jay
6 recordlabel: Vee Jay 354
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield & Calvin Carter
album: He Will Break Your Heart
Jerry Butler He Will Break Your Heart 1960 Vee Jay
7 recordlabel: Vee Jay 350
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Faith Evans
The Spaniels I Know 1960 Vee Jay
8 recordlabel: Vee Jay 349
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker No Shoes 1960 Vee Jay
9 recordlabel: Vee Jay 347
chartposition: RandB #16, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed Found Love 1960 Vee Jay
10 recordlabel: Vee Jay 344
chartposition: RandB #10, US #70
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Jesse Stone
album: Wade Flemons
Wade Flemons Easy Lovin' 1960 Vee Jay
11 recordlabel: Vee Jay 335
chartposition: US #94
writtenby: Wheelock Bisson
Wade Flemons What's Happening 1960 Vee Jay
12 recordlabel: Vee Jay 333
chartposition: RandB #10, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
album: Found Love
comments: [blues]
Jimmy Reed Baby, What Do You Want Me to Do 1960 Vee Jay
13 recordlabel: Vee Jay 332
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: D. Gordon
Rosco Gordon Just a Little Bit 1960 Vee Jay
14 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
--- recordlabel: V Tone 220
writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky
Al Downing If I Had Our Love To Live Over 1960 V Tone
--- recordlabel: V Tone 215
writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky
Big Al Downing Yes I'm Loving You 1960 V Tone
1 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
2 recordlabel: United Artists 273
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #58
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Toni McKnight
Marv Johnson Happy Days 1960 United Artists
3 recordlabel: United Artists 241
chartposition: RandB #12, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Berry Gordy
Marv Johnson (You've Got To) Move Two Mountains 1960 United Artists
4 recordlabel: United Artists 229
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Dave Braithwaite and Eddie Powell
The Falcons The Teacher 1960 United Artists
5 recordlabel: United Artists 226
chartposition: US #63
writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.), Brian Holland and Janie Bradford
Marv Johnson All the Love I Got 1960 United Artists
6 recordlabel: United Artists 226
chartposition: US #74, UK #50
writtenby: Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson Ain't Gonna Be That Way 1960 United Artists
7 recordlabel: United Artists 208
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #9, UK #35
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Berry Gordy & Mikaljon
album: More Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson I Love the Way You Love 1960 United Artists
8 recordlabel: Triple X 106
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Billy Ward and Rose Marks
The Bobbettes Have Mercy Baby 1960 Triple X
9 recordlabel: Triple X 106
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
comments: US B side to Have Mercy Baby
The Bobbettes Dance with Me, Georgie 1960 Triple X
10 recordlabel: Top Rank 2076
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Ted Taylor
Ted Taylor Look Out 1960 Top Rank
11 recordlabel: Tamla 54034
chartposition: RandB #1 (8 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy
album: Hi We're The Miracles / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Shop Around 1960 Tamla
12 recordlabel: Tamla 54030
writtenby: Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Singin' Sammy Ward Who's The Fool 1960 Tamla
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 recordlabel: Signature 12026
chartposition: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Ray Bryant
album: Little Susie
comments: [jazz instrumental]
Ray Bryant Trio Little Susie 1960 Signature
17 recordlabel: Scepter 1211
chartposition: RandB #2 (4 weeks), UK #4, US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Tonight's The Night
The Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 1960 Scepter
18 recordlabel: Scepter 1208
chartposition: RandB #14, US #39
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Shirley Owens
album: Tonight's the Night
The Shirelles Tonight's the Night 1960 Scepter
19 recordlabel: Roulette 4257
chartposition: US #58
writtenby: Bobby Day
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Little Bitty Pretty One 1960 Roulette
20 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
1 recordlabel: Ric 972
chartposition: RandB #9, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Reggie Hall (as Reginald Hall) & Joe Jones
Joe Jones You Talk Too Much 1960 Ric
2 recordlabel: Rendezvous 134
chartposition: RandB #20, US #105
writtenby: Jeanne Vikki
Googie Rene Combo The Slide (Part I) 1960 Rendezvous
3 recordlabel: Rendezvous 132
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Eugene Church
Eugene Church Good News 1960 Rendezvous
4 recordlabel: RCA Victor 7816
chartposition: RandB #23, US #29
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke Sad Mood 1960 RCA Victor
5 recordlabel: RCA Victor 477701
chartposition: RandB #22, US #50
writtenby: Jeff Barry
Sam Cooke Teenage Sonata 1960 RCA Victor
6 recordlabel: RCA Victor 1202
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #2, UK #9
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Sam Cooke & Charles Cooke
album: Swing Low / The Best of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke Chain Gang 1960 RCA Victor
7 recordlabel: RCA 477811
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #46
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Mickey & Sylvia What Would I Do 1960 RCA
8 recordlabel: RCA 477811
chartposition: US #100
writtenby: Eunice Frost and Gene Forrest
comments: B side to What Would I Do
Mickey & Sylvia This Is My Story 1960 RCA
9 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
10 recordlabel: Promo 1003
chartposition: RandB #38 (cashbox), US #47
writtenby: Marie Latimer and Alma Wells
Jimmy Charles Age for Love 1960 Promo
11 recordlabel: Promo 1002
chartposition: RandB #8, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Phil Medley
comments: [ballad]
Jimmy Charles A Million to One 1960 Promo
12 recordlabel: Profile 4011
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Mel London
Junior Wells Little by Little 1960 Profile
13 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
14 recordlabel: Peacock 1697
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
comments: [instrumental]
James Booker Gonzo 1960 Peacock
15 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
16 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
17 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
18 recordlabel: Paramount 10062
chartposition: RandB #6, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: US B side to Come Into My Heart
Lloyd Price Won't Cha Come Home 1960 Paramount
19 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
20 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
21 recordlabel: Neptune 107
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Baby Washington
Baby Washington Work Out 1960 Neptune
22 recordlabel: Musicraft 1102
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris
The Paragons Blue Velvet 1960 Musicraft
--- recordlabel: Minit 618
writtenby: A. T. Bragg P. Lack
Aaron Neville Show Me The Way 1960 Minit
1 recordlabel: Minit 612
chartposition: RandB #21, US #111
writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)
Aaron Neville Over You 1960 Minit
--- recordlabel: Minit 612
writtenby: A. Neville
album: Like It 'Tis
Aaron Neville Every Day 1960 Minit
1 recordlabel: Minit 611
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Jessie Hill
comments: [rock 'n soul]
mpcode: DMBTDfA_ZEE
Jessie Hill Whip It On Me 1960 Minit
2 recordlabel: Minit 607
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Jessie Hill
album: Can't Get Enough (Of That Ooh Poo Pah Doo)
Jessie Hill Ooh Poo Pah Doo 1960 Minit
--- recordlabel: Minit 606
writtenby: B. Spellman, A. Toussaint
Benny Spellman Life Is Too Short 1960 Minit
1 recordlabel: Milestone 2003
chartposition: RandB #27, US #18
writtenby: West Tyler
comments: [ballad]
The Paradons Diamonds and Pearls 1960 Milestone
2 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
3 recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Dinah Washington and Alfonso Higgins
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington We Have Love 1960 Mercury
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 recordlabel: Mercury 71652
chartposition: RandB #21, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton The Same One 1960 Mercury
9 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
10 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
11 recordlabel: Mercury 71566
chartposition: US #58
writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton Hither, Thither and Yon 1960 Mercury
12 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
13 recordlabel: Mercury 71563
chartposition: RandB #15, US #8, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
album: Reflections
The Platters Harbor Lights 1960 Mercury
14 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
15 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
16 recordlabel: Mercury 71.722
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Jimmie Hodges
Brook Benton Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 1960 Mercury .
17 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
18 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
19 recordlabel: Maske 102
chartposition: RandB #25, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Kerrin and Lendon
Cornbread & Biscuits The Big Time Spender 1960 Maske
20 recordlabel: MGM 12877
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Ray Stanley
Clyde McPhatter Think Me a Kiss 1960 MGM
21 recordlabel: MGM 12843
chartposition: RandB #13, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Billy Smith
Clyde McPhatter Let's Try Again 1960 MGM
22 recordlabel: MGM 1103 (UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Michael Burton, Jeff Lane and Van McCoy
mpcode: nlb8Xb3BqoE
Jimmy Jones Ready For Love 1960 MGM(UK)
23 recordlabel: Lost Nite 101 / Old Town 1094
chartposition: RandB #11, US #3
writtenby: Joseph Luccisano, Alfonso Gentile & Alfred Striano
The Capris There's a Moon Out Tonight 1960 Lost Nite/ Old Tow
24 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
25 recordlabel: King 5428
chartposition: RandB #21, US #48
writtenby: Little Willie John and Darryl John
Little Willie John Walk Slow 1960 King
26 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
27 recordlabel: King 5423
chartposition: US #68
writtenby: Billy Ward
album: The Amazing James Brown
James Brown The Bells 1960 King
28 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
29 recordlabel: King 5373
chartposition: US #37
writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert
Bobby Freeman (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy 1960 King
30 recordlabel: King 5356
chartposition: RandB #6, US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Jon Thomas
album: Sure Things
Little Willie John Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me) 1960 King
31 recordlabel: King 5342
chartposition: US #63
writtenby: Larry Conley and Willard Robison
Little Willie John Cottage for Sale 1960 King
32 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
33 recordlabel: King 5329
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Lowman Pauling
The 5 Royales I'm With You 1960 King
34 recordlabel: King 5312
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Coffee Grind 1960 King

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