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.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1960 . . .

The following songs were released in 1960 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1960 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
101	recordlabel: King 5310 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Doggett	Smokie (Part II)	1960	King
102	recordlabel: King 5171 chartposition: RandB #6, US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	The Twist	1960	King
103	recordlabel: King 45 5799 chartposition: RandB #11, US #100 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Sonny Thompson album: In Action comments: [ballad]	Little Willie John	Let Them Talk	1960	King
104	recordlabel: King 45 5394 chartposition: RandB #10, US #13 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Earl Burnett & Adam Geibel album: Sure Things	Little Willie John	Sleep	1960	King
105	recordlabel: Kent 45350 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Peter Joe Clayton	B.B. King	Walking Dr. Bill	1960	Kent
106	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
107	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
108	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
109	recordlabel: Keen 82112 chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #12, UK #27 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert & Lou Adler album: The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke / The Best of Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Wonderful World	1960	Keen
110	recordlabel: Keen 82111 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)	Sam Cooke	No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)	1960	Keen
---	recordlabel: Kable 437 writtenby: D. Davis	J.J. Barnes & the Del! Fi's	My Love Came Tumbling Down	1960	Kable
1	recordlabel: Jurny 501 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week) weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Jon Thomas album: Heartbreak	Jon Thomas & Orchestra	Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)	1960	Jurny
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	recordlabel: Home Of The Blues 112 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: James Brown and Johnny Terry	The 5 Royales	Please, Please, Please	1960	Home Of The Blues
6	recordlabel: Highland 1011 chartposition: RandB #5, US #5 writtenby: Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin)	Rosie & The Originals	Angel Baby	1960	Highland
7	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
8	recordlabel: Hi 2018 chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #17 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Bill Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Blacks Combo	Smokie	1960	Hi
9	recordlabel: Herald 552 chartposition: RandB #3 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #14 weeksinr&bchart: 18 writtenby: Maurice Williams album: Stay	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	Stay	1960	Herald
10	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
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: Fire 1020 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Buster Brown, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis	Buster Brown	John Henry (The Steel Driving Man)	1960	Fire
13	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
14	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
15	recordlabel: Federal 12378 chartposition: RandB #20, US #79 writtenby: James Brown album: Think!	James Brown	This Old Heart	1960	Federal
---	recordlabel: Federal 12374 writtenby: Syl Johnson	Syl Johnson	I've Got Love	1960	Federal
1	recordlabel: Federal 12370 chartposition: RandB #14, US #86 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: James Brown album: Think! comments: [ballad] B side to Think	James Brown with Bea Ford	You've Got the Power	1960	Federal
2	recordlabel: Federal 12370 chartposition: RandB #7, US #33 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Lowman Pauling album: Think!	James Brown	Think	1960	Federal
3	recordlabel: Federal 12369 chartposition: #37 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: James Brown mpcode: nfTiG_p2NCU	James Brown with the Famous Flames	I Know It's True	1960	Federal
4	recordlabel: Federal 12369 chartposition: RandB #15, US #15 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: James Brown album: Think!	James Brown	I'll Go Crazy	1960	Federal
5	recordlabel: End 1081 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #54 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	The Flamingos	Your Other Love	1960	End
6	recordlabel: End 1073 chartposition: RandB #27, US #74 writtenby: Jacob Carey, Nathaniel Nelson, Terry Johnson, Charles Hunt, Paul Wilson and Esekiel Carey	The Flamingos	Mio Amore	1960	End
7	recordlabel: End 1068 chartposition: RandB #23, US #30 writtenby: Sam Cooke	The Flamingos	Nobody Loves Me Like You	1960	End
8	recordlabel: End 1067 chartposition: US #86 writtenby: Patrick Welch and Michael Me	Little Anthony & the Imperials	My Empty Room	1960	End
9	recordlabel: End 1060 chartposition: RandB #14, US #24 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Bob Smith	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop	1960	End
10	recordlabel: Ember 1061 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal	The Five Satins	I'll Be Seeing You	1960	Ember
11	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
12	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
13	recordlabel: Donna 1315 chartposition: RandB #11, US #7 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Ron Holden	Ron Holden	Love You So	1960	Donna
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: Decca 31093 chartposition: RandB #19, US #6 writtenby: Jerry Reed album: Miss Dynamite	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	1960	Decca
16	recordlabel: DeLuxe 6189 chartposition: RandB #17, US #104 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: James and Gibson	Annie Laurie	If You're Lonely	1960	DeLuxe
17	recordlabel: Dade 1804 chartposition: RandB #8, US #84 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Rozier	Nat Kendrick & the Swans	(Do the) Mashed Potatoes	1960	Dade
18	recordlabel: Cub 9076 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Sue MacDonald mpcode: ezOhMciM8SE	Jimmy Jones	Ee-I Ee-I Oh	1960	Cub
19	recordlabel: Cub 9076 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Dorothy Woodman Stipe, Joseph Huber comments: US B side to Ee-I Ee-I Oh mpcode: Nbhp4AwoxA0	Jimmy Jones	Itchin'	1960	Cub
20	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: UK #35 writtenby: Don Covay mpcode: QLWbd04CQTE	Jimmy Jones	I Just Go For You	1960	Cub
21	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Waldense Hall and Lockie Edward mpcode: K41kBdnwKMo	Jimmy Jones	That's When I Cried	1960	Cub
22	recordlabel: Cub 9071 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry	The Five Satins	Your Memory	1960	Cub
23	recordlabel: Cub 9067 chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #1 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr. album: Good Timin'	Jimmy Jones	Good Timin'	1960	Cub
24	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
25	recordlabel: Columbia 41628 chartposition: RandB #5, US #30 weeksinr&bchart: 18 writtenby: Ray Bryant and Eddie Morrison album: Madison Time comments: (Calls by Eddie Morrison)	Ray Bryant Combo	Madison Time	1960	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 31204 writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland album: Aretha	Aretha Franklin	Right Now	1960	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Columbia 31204 writtenby: J. Burns, B. Holiday album: Aretha	Aretha Franklin	Who Needs You?	1960	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Colpix 158 chartposition: RandB #23, US #93 writtenby: Jimmy Cox	Nina Simone	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	1960	Colpix
2	recordlabel: Coed 525 chartposition: US #14 writtenby: Ollie Jones and Billy Smith (as Billy Dawn Smith) mpcode: 7DhevKN-p9k	The Crests	Step by Step	1960	Coed
3	recordlabel: Chess 1771 chartposition: RandB #12, US #78 writtenby: Willie Dixon	Etta James & Harvey Fuqua	Spoonful	1960	Chess
4	recordlabel: Chess 1767 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	Jaguar and Thunderbird	1960	Chess
5	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
6	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
7	recordlabel: Chess 1747 chartposition: US #64 writtenby: Chuck Berry album: Rockin' at the Hops	Chuck Berry	Let It Rock	1960	Chess
8	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
9	recordlabel: Checker 954 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson]	The Vibrations	So Blue	1960	Checker
10	recordlabel: Checker 951 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Crawdad	1960	Checker
11	recordlabel: Checker 942 chartposition: RandB #20, US #75 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Road Runner	1960	Checker
---	recordlabel: Checker 955 writtenby: Willie Dixon comments: [blues]	Little Walter	My Babe	1960	Checker
1	recordlabel: Check 103 chartposition: RandB #4 weeksinr&bchart: 14 writtenby: Ronald Dean Badger, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Bob Geddins (as Robert L. Geddins) album: Sugar Pie	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Want to Know	1960	Check
2	recordlabel: Capitol 4393 chartposition: RandB #12 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Ollie Jones	Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton	My Love	1960	Capitol
3	recordlabel: Capitol 4325 chartposition: RandB #15, US #92 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Nat King Cole comments: US B side to Time and The River	Nat King Cole	What 'Cha Gonna Do	1960	Capitol
4	recordlabel: Capitol 4325 chartposition: RandB #27, US #30, UK #23 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold	Nat King Cole	Time and the River	1960	Capitol
---	recordlabel: Candix 311 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Theola Kilgore	Chain Gang -- The Sound Of My Man	1960	Candix
1	recordlabel: Brunswick 55170 chartposition: RandB #20, US #8, UK #50 writtenby: Johnny Lehman	Jackie Wilson	Alone at Last	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 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
4	recordlabel: Brunswick 55166 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #4 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Camille Saint SaÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â«ns (as Saint SaÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â«ns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend comments: [ballad]	Jackie Wilson	Night	1960	Brunswick
5	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
6	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
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 129 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	I Walked All Night Long	1960	Bobbin
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 126 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	Let's Have A Natural Ball!	1960	Bobbin
1	recordlabel: Big Top 3032 chartposition: RandB #13, US #46 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Gordon Clifford and Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown)	Sammy Turner	Paradise	1960	Big Top
2	recordlabel: Big Deal 6003 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Shirley Owens and Luther Dixon	The Chiffons	Tonight's the Night	1960	Big Deal
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 8039 album: Ray Charles - In Person comments: (Complete Live album)	Ray Charles	In Person (full album)	1960	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 452087 chartposition: RandB #6, US #17, UK #28 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman album: Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	I Count the Tears	1960	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2084 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer album: The Genius of Ray Charles	Ray Charles	Come Rain or Come Shine	1960	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2077 chartposition: US #46 writtenby: Leroy Fullylove	LaVern Baker	Bumble Bee	1960	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 2071 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #2 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman album: Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	Save the Last Dance for Me	1960	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 2069 chartposition: US #52 writtenby: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	1960	Atlantic
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 2068 chartposition: RandB #13 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Lowman Pauling album: Ray Charles in Person	Ray Charles	Tell the Truth	1960	Atlantic
7	recordlabel: Atlantic 2062 chartposition: RandB #9, US #54 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	The Drifters	Lonely Winds	1960	Atlantic
8	recordlabel: Atlantic 2059 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Wheel of Fortune	1960	Atlantic
9	recordlabel: Atlantic 2059 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Otis Blackwell album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Shadows of Love	1960	Atlantic
10	recordlabel: Atlantic 2055 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Lil Hardin Armstrong and Don Raye album: The Genius of Ray Charles	Ray Charles	Just for a Thrill	1960	Atlantic
11	recordlabel: Atlantic 2054 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Nelson and Jules Taub	Joe Turner	My Little Honey Dripper	1960	Atlantic
12	recordlabel: Atlantic 2052 chartposition: RandB #10, US #62 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Chuck Willis comments: [ballad]	Ruth Brown	Don't Deceive Me	1960	Atlantic
13	recordlabel: Atlantic 2050 chartposition: RandB #4, US #16 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman	The Drifters	This Magic Moment	1960	Atlantic
14	recordlabel: Atlantic 2049 chartposition: US #96 writtenby: Clyde McPhatter	Clyde McPhatter	Just Give Me a Ring	1960	Atlantic
15	recordlabel: Atlantic 2048 chartposition: RandB #13 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Joe Morris album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Shake a Hand	1960	Atlantic
16	recordlabel: Atlantic 2047 chartposition: US #78 writtenby: Sam Theard and Fleecie Moore album: The Genius of Ray Charles	Ray Charles	Let the Good Times Roll	1960	Atlantic
17	recordlabel: Atlantic 2047 chartposition: RandB #17, US #95 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Joe Greene album: The Genius of Ray Charles comments: [ballad]	Ray Charles	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'	1960	Atlantic
18	recordlabel: Atco 6178 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Kent Harris	The Coasters	Shoppin' for Clothes	1960	Atco

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