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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: 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
202 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
203 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
204 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
205 recordlabel: Highland 1011
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5
writtenby: Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin)
Rosie & The Originals Angel Baby 1960 Highland
206 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
207 recordlabel: Brunswick 55170
chartposition: RandB #20, US #8, UK #50
writtenby: Johnny Lehman
Jackie Wilson Alone at Last 1960 Brunswick
208 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
209 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
210 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
211 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
212 recordlabel: Promo 1003
chartposition: RandB #38 (cashbox), US #47
writtenby: Marie Latimer and Alma Wells
Jimmy Charles Age for Love 1960 Promo
213 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
214 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
215 recordlabel: Promo 1002
chartposition: RandB #8, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Phil Medley
comments: [ballad]
Jimmy Charles A Million to One 1960 Promo
216 recordlabel: Abner 1035
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler A Lonely Soldier 1960 Abner
217 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
218 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
219 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
220 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.
221 recordlabel: King 5373
chartposition: US #37
writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert
Bobby Freeman (I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy 1960 King
222 recordlabel: Dade 1804
chartposition: RandB #8, US #84
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Rozier
Nat Kendrick & the Swans (Do the) Mashed Potatoes 1960 Dade

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