Soul R&B Music Charts of 1960 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1960 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

←Back.... Best-Selling Soul R&B Singles of 1960...

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: Mercury 71696 chartposition: RandB #16, US #30 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	Love Walked In	1960	Mercury
102	recordlabel: Vee Jay 347 chartposition: RandB #16, US #88 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Jimmy Reed	Jimmy Reed	Found Love	1960	Vee Jay
103	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
104	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
105	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
106	recordlabel: King 5312 chartposition: RandB #21 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Hank Ballard	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	The Coffee Grind	1960	King
107	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
108	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
109	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
110	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
111	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
112	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
113	recordlabel: Highland 1011 chartposition: RandB #5, US #5 writtenby: Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin)	Rosie & The Originals	Angel Baby	1960	Highland
114	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
115	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
116	recordlabel: Chess 1771 chartposition: RandB #12, US #78 writtenby: Willie Dixon	Etta James & Harvey Fuqua	Spoonful	1960	Chess
117	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
118	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
119	recordlabel: End 1068 chartposition: RandB #23, US #30 writtenby: Sam Cooke	The Flamingos	Nobody Loves Me Like You	1960	End
120	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
121	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: UK #35 writtenby: Don Covay mpcode: QLWbd04CQTE	Jimmy Jones	I Just Go For You	1960	Cub
122	recordlabel: King 5373 chartposition: US #37 writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert	Bobby Freeman	(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy	1960	King
123	recordlabel: Atco 456185 chartposition: US #53, UK #27 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector	Ben E. King	First Taste of Love	1960	Atco
124	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
125	recordlabel: Checker 942 chartposition: RandB #20, US #75 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Road Runner	1960	Checker
126	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)
127	recordlabel: Promo 1003 chartposition: RandB #38 (cashbox), US #47 writtenby: Marie Latimer and Alma Wells	Jimmy Charles	Age for Love	1960	Promo
128	recordlabel: Atlantic 2077 chartposition: US #46 writtenby: Leroy Fullylove	LaVern Baker	Bumble Bee	1960	Atlantic
129	recordlabel: RCA 477811 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #46 writtenby: Leonard Lee	Mickey & Sylvia	What Would I Do	1960	RCA
130	recordlabel: King 5428 chartposition: RandB #21, US #48 writtenby: Little Willie John and Darryl John	Little Willie John	Walk Slow	1960	King
131	recordlabel: Federal 12378 chartposition: RandB #20, US #79 writtenby: James Brown album: Think!	James Brown	This Old Heart	1960	Federal
132	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
133	recordlabel: RCA Victor 477701 chartposition: RandB #22, US #50 writtenby: Jeff Barry	Sam Cooke	Teenage Sonata	1960	RCA Victor
134	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
135	recordlabel: Rendezvous 134 chartposition: RandB #20, US #105 writtenby: Jeanne Vikki	Googie Rene Combo	The Slide (Part I)	1960	Rendezvous
136	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
137	recordlabel: End 1081 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #54 writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman	The Flamingos	Your Other Love	1960	End
138	recordlabel: United Artists 229 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: Dave Braithwaite and Eddie Powell	The Falcons	The Teacher	1960	United Artists
139	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
140	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
141	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
142	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
143	recordlabel: Roulette 4257 chartposition: US #58 writtenby: Bobby Day	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	Little Bitty Pretty One	1960	Roulette
144	recordlabel: Decca 31093 chartposition: RandB #19, US #6 writtenby: Jerry Reed album: Miss Dynamite	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	1960	Decca
145	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
146	recordlabel: Arvee 5006 chartposition: US #42 writtenby: Armand Piron	The Olympics	Shimmy Like Kate	1960	Arvee
147	recordlabel: King 5342 chartposition: US #63 writtenby: Larry Conley and Willard Robison	Little Willie John	Cottage for Sale	1960	King
148	recordlabel: Maske 102 chartposition: RandB #25, US #75 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Kerrin and Lendon	Cornbread & Biscuits	The Big Time Spender	1960	Maske
149	recordlabel: Minit 612 chartposition: RandB #21, US #111 writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)	Aaron Neville	Over You	1960	Minit
150	recordlabel: Vee Jay 349 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker	No Shoes	1960	Vee Jay
151	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
152	recordlabel: Triple X 106 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Billy Ward and Rose Marks	The Bobbettes	Have Mercy Baby	1960	Triple X
153	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.
154	recordlabel: King 5423 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Billy Ward album: The Amazing James Brown	James Brown	The Bells	1960	King
155	recordlabel: Ron 328 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Dorothy LaBostrie	Irma Thomas	Don't Mess with My Man	1960	Ron
156	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
157	recordlabel: Kent 45350 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Peter Joe Clayton	B.B. King	Walking Dr. Bill	1960	Kent
158	recordlabel: Tamla 54030 writtenby: Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson comments: [Motown Sound]	Singin' Sammy Ward	Who's The Fool	1960	Tamla
159	recordlabel: Vee Jay 350 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Faith Evans	The Spaniels	I Know	1960	Vee Jay
160	recordlabel: Profile 4011 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Mel London	Junior Wells	Little by Little	1960	Profile
161	recordlabel: Colpix 158 chartposition: RandB #23, US #93 writtenby: Jimmy Cox	Nina Simone	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	1960	Colpix
162	recordlabel: Big Deal 6003 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Shirley Owens and Luther Dixon	The Chiffons	Tonight's the Night	1960	Big Deal
163	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
164	recordlabel: Abner 1035 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler	Jerry Butler	A Lonely Soldier	1960	Abner
165	recordlabel: Mercury 71744 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Dinah Washington and Alfonso Higgins comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	We Have Love	1960	Mercury
166	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
167	recordlabel: Ember 1061 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal	The Five Satins	I'll Be Seeing You	1960	Ember
168	recordlabel: Vee Jay 355 chartposition: US #43 writtenby: Calvin Carter and Marion Oliver	Dee Clark	You're Looking Good	1960	Vee Jay
169	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
170	recordlabel: Cub 9072 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Waldense Hall and Lockie Edward mpcode: K41kBdnwKMo	Jimmy Jones	That's When I Cried	1960	Cub
171	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
172	recordlabel: Atlantic 2059 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Otis Blackwell album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Shadows of Love	1960	Atlantic
173	recordlabel: Atco 6178 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Kent Harris	The Coasters	Shoppin' for Clothes	1960	Atco
174	recordlabel: Atlantic 2059 chartposition: US #83 writtenby: Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss album: Saved	LaVern Baker	Wheel of Fortune	1960	Atlantic
175	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
176	recordlabel: Mercury 71566 chartposition: US #58 writtenby: Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold album: Golden Hits	Brook Benton	Hither, Thither and Yon	1960	Mercury
177	recordlabel: Warwick 535 chartposition: US #88 writtenby: Leonard Lee	Shirley & Lee	I've Been Loved Before	1960	Warwick
178	recordlabel: Minit 611 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Jessie Hill comments: [rock 'n soul] mpcode: DMBTDfA_ZEE	Jessie Hill	Whip It On Me	1960	Minit
179	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
180	recordlabel: King 5310 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Doggett	Smokie (Part II)	1960	King
181	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
182	recordlabel: Vee Jay 335 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: Wheelock Bisson	Wade Flemons	What's Happening	1960	Vee Jay
183	recordlabel: Atlantic 2049 chartposition: US #96 writtenby: Clyde McPhatter	Clyde McPhatter	Just Give Me a Ring	1960	Atlantic
184	recordlabel: Chess 1747 chartposition: US #64 writtenby: Chuck Berry album: Rockin' at the Hops	Chuck Berry	Let It Rock	1960	Chess
185	recordlabel: MGM 12877 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Ray Stanley	Clyde McPhatter	Think Me a Kiss	1960	MGM
186	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
187	recordlabel: Musicraft 1102 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris	The Paragons	Blue Velvet	1960	Musicraft
188	recordlabel: Top Rank 2076 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Ted Taylor	Ted Taylor	Look Out	1960	Top Rank
189	recordlabel: Atlantic 2054 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Nelson and Jules Taub	Joe Turner	My Little Honey Dripper	1960	Atlantic
190	recordlabel: Cub 9076 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Sue MacDonald mpcode: ezOhMciM8SE	Jimmy Jones	Ee-I Ee-I Oh	1960	Cub
191	recordlabel: Keen 82111 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)	Sam Cooke	No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)	1960	Keen
192	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
193	recordlabel: King 5329 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Lowman Pauling	The 5 Royales	I'm With You	1960	King
194	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
195	recordlabel: Fire 1020 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Buster Brown, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis	Buster Brown	John Henry (The Steel Driving Man)	1960	Fire
196	recordlabel: Rendezvous 132 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Eugene Church	Eugene Church	Good News	1960	Rendezvous
197	recordlabel: Cub 9071 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry	The Five Satins	Your Memory	1960	Cub
198	recordlabel: Checker 954 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson]	The Vibrations	So Blue	1960	Checker
199	recordlabel: Checker 951 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)	Bo Diddley	Crawdad	1960	Checker
200	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

1714260352