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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.

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
201 recordlabel: Atco 6168
chartposition: RandB #14, US #51
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Billy Guy
album: Coast Along with the Coasters
The Coasters Wake Me, Shake Me 1960 Atco
202 recordlabel: Atco 6153
chartposition: RandB #29, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Coast Along With The Coasters
The Coasters Run Red Run 1960 Atco
203 recordlabel: Atco 456185
chartposition: US #53, UK #27
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector
Ben E. King First Taste of Love 1960 Atco
204 recordlabel: Arvee 595
chartposition: RandB #10, US #50
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Don Harris and Dewey Terry (as Dewey Terry Jr.)
The Olympics Big Boy Pete 1960 Arvee
205 recordlabel: Arvee 5020
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #47
writtenby: Fred Smith, Cliff Goldsmith, Jimmy Eaton, Mickey Leader and Terry Shand
The Olympics Dance by the Light of the Moon 1960 Arvee
206 recordlabel: Arvee 5006
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Armand Piron
The Olympics Shimmy Like Kate 1960 Arvee
207 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
208 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
--- recordlabel: Apollo 759
writtenby: Davis
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: 41QZTGP58OI
The O'Jays Miracles 1960 Apollo
1 recordlabel: Anna 1119
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Berry Gordy and Gwen Gordy
Joe Tex All I Could Do Was Cry (Part 1) 1960 Anna
2 recordlabel: Anna 1114
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Ty Hunter, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Roquel Davis) and Harvey Fuqua
Ty Hunter with the Voice Masters Everything About You 1960 Anna
3 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
4 recordlabel: Ace 577
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: J. Joseph and Alvin Tyler
album: Great RandB Duets
Joe & Ann Gee Baby 1960 Ace
5 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
6 recordlabel: Abner 1035
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler A Lonely Soldier 1960 Abner
7 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
8 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10164
chartposition: US #55
writtenby: Jack Yellen, Milton Ager and Charles Bates
album: Dedicated to You
Ray Charles Hardhearted Hannah 1960 ABC Paramount
9 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10123
chartposition: RandB #5, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
Lloyd Price Question 1960 ABC Paramount
10 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10075
chartposition: RandB #3 (3 weeks), US #14, UK #45
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
album: Mr Personality's 15 Hits
Lloyd Price Lady Luck 1960 ABC Paramount
11 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10164
chartposition: RandB #10, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Mitchell Parish and Heinz Roemheld
album: Dedicated to You
comments: [ballad]
Ray Charles Ruby 1960 ABC Paramount
12 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10135
chartposition: RandB #3 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
album: The Genius Hits the Road
Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind 1960 ABC Paramount
13 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10118
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Henry Glover and Titus Turner
Ray Charles Sticks and Stones 1960 ABC Paramount

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