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

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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
1	recordlabel: Dade 1804 chartposition: RandB #8, US #84 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Rozier	Nat Kendrick & the Swans	(Do the) Mashed Potatoes	1960	Dade
2	recordlabel: King 5373 chartposition: US #37 writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert	Bobby Freeman	(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy	1960	King
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: Brunswick 3050 chartposition: US #12, UK #33 writtenby: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson	Jackie Wilson	(You Were Made For) All My Love	1960	Brunswick
5	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
6	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
7	recordlabel: Abner 1035 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler	Jerry Butler	A Lonely Soldier	1960	Abner
8	recordlabel: Promo 1002 chartposition: RandB #8, US #5 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Phil Medley comments: [ballad]	Jimmy Charles	A Million to One	1960	Promo
9	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
10	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
11	recordlabel: Promo 1003 chartposition: RandB #38 (cashbox), US #47 writtenby: Marie Latimer and Alma Wells	Jimmy Charles	Age for Love	1960	Promo
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	recordlabel: Brunswick 55170 chartposition: RandB #20, US #8, UK #50 writtenby: Johnny Lehman	Jackie Wilson	Alone at Last	1960	Brunswick
17	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
18	recordlabel: Highland 1011 chartposition: RandB #5, US #5 writtenby: Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin)	Rosie & The Originals	Angel Baby	1960	Highland
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	recordlabel: Musicraft 1102 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris	The Paragons	Blue Velvet	1960	Musicraft
24	recordlabel: Atlantic 2077 chartposition: US #46 writtenby: Leroy Fullylove	LaVern Baker	Bumble Bee	1960	Atlantic
25	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
---	recordlabel: Candix 311 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Theola Kilgore	Chain Gang -- The Sound Of My Man	1960	Candix
1	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
2	recordlabel: King 5342 chartposition: US #63 writtenby: Larry Conley and Willard Robison	Little Willie John	Cottage for Sale	1960	King
3	recordlabel: Checker 951 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Crawdad	1960	Checker
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	recordlabel: Milestone 2003 chartposition: RandB #27, US #18 writtenby: West Tyler comments: [ballad]	The Paradons	Diamonds and Pearls	1960	Milestone
8	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
9	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
10	recordlabel: Atlantic 2052 chartposition: RandB #10, US #62 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Chuck Willis comments: [ballad]	Ruth Brown	Don't Deceive Me	1960	Atlantic
11	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
12	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
13	recordlabel: Ron 328 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Dorothy LaBostrie	Irma Thomas	Don't Mess with My Man	1960	Ron
14	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
15	recordlabel: Cub 9076 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Sue MacDonald mpcode: ezOhMciM8SE	Jimmy Jones	Ee-I Ee-I Oh	1960	Cub
---	recordlabel: Minit 612 writtenby: A. Neville album: Like It 'Tis	Aaron Neville	Every Day	1960	Minit
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	recordlabel: Atco 456185 chartposition: US #53, UK #27 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector	Ben E. King	First Taste of Love	1960	Atco
5	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
6	recordlabel: Vee Jay 347 chartposition: RandB #16, US #88 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Jimmy Reed	Jimmy Reed	Found Love	1960	Vee Jay
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	recordlabel: Rendezvous 132 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Eugene Church	Eugene Church	Good News	1960	Rendezvous
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	recordlabel: Triple X 106 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Billy Ward and Rose Marks	The Bobbettes	Have Mercy Baby	1960	Triple X
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	recordlabel: Mercury 71566 chartposition: US #58 writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold album: Golden Hits	Brook Benton	Hither, Thither and Yon	1960	Mercury
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: UK #35 writtenby: Don Covay mpcode: QLWbd04CQTE	Jimmy Jones	I Just Go For You	1960	Cub
26	recordlabel: Vee Jay 350 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Faith Evans	The Spaniels	I Know	1960	Vee Jay
27	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
28	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
29	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
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 129 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	I Walked All Night Long	1960	Bobbin
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: Ember 1061 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal	The Five Satins	I'll Be Seeing You	1960	Ember
3	recordlabel: Federal 12369 chartposition: RandB #15, US #15 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: James Brown album: Think!	James Brown	I'll Go Crazy	1960	Federal
4	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
5	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
6	recordlabel: King 5329 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Lowman Pauling	The 5 Royales	I'm With You	1960	King
7	recordlabel: Warwick 535 chartposition: US #88 writtenby: Leonard Lee	Shirley & Lee	I've Been Loved Before	1960	Warwick
---	recordlabel: Federal 12374 writtenby: Syl Johnson	Syl Johnson	I've Got Love	1960	Federal
1	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
2	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
---	recordlabel: V Tone 220 writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky	Al Downing	If I Had Our Love To Live Over	1960	V Tone
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: Atlantic 8039 album: Ray Charles - In Person comments: (Complete Live album)	Ray Charles	In Person (full album)	1960	Atlantic
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: 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
3	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
4	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
5	recordlabel: Chess 1767 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	Jaguar and Thunderbird	1960	Chess
6	recordlabel: Fire 1020 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Buster Brown, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis	Buster Brown	John Henry (The Steel Driving Man)	1960	Fire
7	recordlabel: Atlantic 2049 chartposition: US #96 writtenby: Clyde McPhatter	Clyde McPhatter	Just Give Me a Ring	1960	Atlantic
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
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: Chess 1747 chartposition: US #64 writtenby: Chuck Berry album: Rockin' at the Hops	Chuck Berry	Let It Rock	1960	Chess
14	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
15	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

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