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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
1 recordlabel: End 1081
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #54
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
The Flamingos Your Other Love 1960 End
2 recordlabel: Cub 9071
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
The Five Satins Your Memory 1960 Cub
3 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
4 recordlabel: Vee Jay 355
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: Calvin Carter and Marion Oliver
Dee Clark You're Looking Good 1960 Vee Jay
5 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
--- recordlabel: V Tone 215
writtenby: Downing, Poe, Sandusky
Big Al Downing Yes I'm Loving You 1960 V Tone
1 recordlabel: Neptune 107
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Baby Washington
Baby Washington Work Out 1960 Neptune
2 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
--- recordlabel: Rich 1005
writtenby: D. Davis, J. Hendricks
J.J. Barnes Won't You Let Me Know 1960 Rich
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54030
writtenby: Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Singin' Sammy Ward Who's The Fool 1960 Tamla
--- recordlabel: Columbia 31204
writtenby: J. Burns, B. Holiday
album: Aretha
Aretha Franklin Who Needs You? 1960 Columbia
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: 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
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 2059
chartposition: US #83
writtenby: Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
album: Saved
LaVern Baker Wheel of Fortune 1960 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Vee Jay 335
chartposition: US #94
writtenby: Wheelock Bisson
Wade Flemons What's Happening 1960 Vee Jay
5 recordlabel: RCA 477811
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #46
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Mickey & Sylvia What Would I Do 1960 RCA
6 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
7 recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Dinah Washington and Alfonso Higgins
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington We Have Love 1960 Mercury
8 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
9 recordlabel: Kent 45350
chartposition: RandB #23
writtenby: Peter Joe Clayton
B.B. King Walking Dr. Bill 1960 Kent
10 recordlabel: King 5428
chartposition: RandB #21, US #48
writtenby: Little Willie John and Darryl John
Little Willie John Walk Slow 1960 King
11 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
12 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
13 recordlabel: Big Deal 6003
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Shirley Owens and Luther Dixon
The Chiffons Tonight's the Night 1960 Big Deal
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 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
18 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
19 recordlabel: Federal 12378
chartposition: RandB #20, US #79
writtenby: James Brown
album: Think!
James Brown This Old Heart 1960 Federal
20 recordlabel: Atlantic 2050
chartposition: RandB #4, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
The Drifters This Magic Moment 1960 Atlantic
21 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
22 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
23 recordlabel: MGM 12877
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Ray Stanley
Clyde McPhatter Think Me a Kiss 1960 MGM
24 recordlabel: Federal 12370
chartposition: RandB #7, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Lowman Pauling
album: Think!
James Brown Think 1960 Federal
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 recordlabel: King 5171
chartposition: RandB #6, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Twist 1960 King
30 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
31 recordlabel: United Artists 229
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Dave Braithwaite and Eddie Powell
The Falcons The Teacher 1960 United Artists
32 recordlabel: Rendezvous 134
chartposition: RandB #20, US #105
writtenby: Jeanne Vikki
Googie Rene Combo The Slide (Part I) 1960 Rendezvous
33 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
34 recordlabel: Mercury 71652
chartposition: RandB #21, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton The Same One 1960 Mercury
35 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
36 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
37 recordlabel: King 5312
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters The Coffee Grind 1960 King
--- recordlabel: Warwick 559
writtenby: Berry
Little Esther Phillips The Chains 1960 Warwick
1 recordlabel: Maske 102
chartposition: RandB #25, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Kerrin and Lendon
Cornbread & Biscuits The Big Time Spender 1960 Maske
2 recordlabel: King 5423
chartposition: US #68
writtenby: Billy Ward
album: The Amazing James Brown
James Brown The Bells 1960 King
3 recordlabel: Cub 9072
chartposition: US #83
writtenby: Waldense Hall and Lockie Edward
mpcode: K41kBdnwKMo
Jimmy Jones That's When I Cried 1960 Cub
4 recordlabel: Decca 31093
chartposition: RandB #19, US #6
writtenby: Jerry Reed
album: Miss Dynamite
Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 1960 Decca
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2068
chartposition: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Lowman Pauling
album: Ray Charles in Person
Ray Charles Tell the Truth 1960 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: RCA Victor 477701
chartposition: RandB #22, US #50
writtenby: Jeff Barry
Sam Cooke Teenage Sonata 1960 RCA Victor
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: 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
9 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
10 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
11 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
12 recordlabel: Chess 1771
chartposition: RandB #12, US #78
writtenby: Willie Dixon
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua Spoonful 1960 Chess
13 recordlabel: Mercury 71.722
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Jimmie Hodges
Brook Benton Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 1960 Mercury .
14 recordlabel: Checker 954
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson]
The Vibrations So Blue 1960 Checker
15 recordlabel: King 5310
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Black
comments: [instrumental]
Bill Doggett Smokie (Part II) 1960 King
16 recordlabel: Hi 2018
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bill Black
comments: [instrumental]
Bill Blacks Combo Smokie 1960 Hi
17 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
--- recordlabel: Minit 618
writtenby: A. T. Bragg P. Lack
Aaron Neville Show Me The Way 1960 Minit
1 recordlabel: Atco 6178
chartposition: US #83
writtenby: Kent Harris
The Coasters Shoppin' for Clothes 1960 Atco
2 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
3 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
4 recordlabel: Arvee 5006
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Armand Piron
The Olympics Shimmy Like Kate 1960 Arvee
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2048
chartposition: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Joe Morris
album: Saved
LaVern Baker Shake a Hand 1960 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 2059
chartposition: US #83
writtenby: Otis Blackwell
album: Saved
LaVern Baker Shadows of Love 1960 Atlantic
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
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: Checker 942
chartposition: RandB #20, US #75
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Road Runner 1960 Checker
--- recordlabel: Columbia 31204
writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland
album: Aretha
Aretha Franklin Right Now 1960 Columbia
1 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)
2 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10123
chartposition: RandB #5, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Lloyd Price & Harold Logan
Lloyd Price Question 1960 ABC Paramount
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 recordlabel: Minit 612
chartposition: RandB #21, US #111
writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)
Aaron Neville Over You 1960 Minit
7 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
8 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
9 recordlabel: End 1068
chartposition: RandB #23, US #30
writtenby: Sam Cooke
The Flamingos Nobody Loves Me Like You 1960 End
10 recordlabel: Colpix 158
chartposition: RandB #23, US #93
writtenby: Jimmy Cox
Nina Simone Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 1960 Colpix
11 recordlabel: Vee Jay 349
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker No Shoes 1960 Vee Jay
12 recordlabel: Keen 82111
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)
Sam Cooke No One (Can Ever Take Your Place) 1960 Keen
13 recordlabel: Brunswick 55166
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Camille Saint Saëns (as Saint Saëns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson Night 1960 Brunswick
14 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
--- recordlabel: Kable 437
writtenby: D. Davis
J.J. Barnes & the Del! Fi's My Love Came Tumbling Down 1960 Kable
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4393
chartposition: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Ollie Jones
Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton My Love 1960 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2054
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Nelson and Jules Taub
Joe Turner My Little Honey Dripper 1960 Atlantic

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