YEAR-END UK TOP 150 of 1960 (Singles)
Based on point-system NME Charts (nr. 1 75 points, nr. 2 74 etc)
nr | title | artist | pnts | wks | hp |
1 | Theme from A Summer Place | Percy Faith | 1631 | 31 | 2 |
2 | He'll have to go | Jim Reeves | 1571 | 31 | 12 |
3 | Handy man | Jimmy Jones | 1481 | 24 | 3 |
4 | As long as he needs me | Shirley Bassey | 1438 | 22 | 2 |
5 | Only the lonely | Roy Orbison | 1383 | 22 | 1 |
6 | Apache | Shadows | 1310 | 21 | 1 |
7 | Please don't tease | Cliff Richard | 1213 | 18 | 1 |
8 | Cathy's clown | Everly Brothers | 1202 | 18 | 1 |
9 | Mess of blues | Elvis Presley | 1190 | 18 | 2 |
10 | Mama / Robot man | Connie Francis | 1184 | 19 | 2 |
11 | Why | Anthony Newley | 1162 | 18 | 1 |
12 | Shakin' all over | Johnny Kid & Pirates | 1157 | 19 | 1 |
13 | Poor me | Adam Faith | 1145 | 18 | 1 |
14 | Because they're young | Duane Eddy & Rebels | 1139 | 18 | 2 |
15 | Sweet nothings | Brenda Lee | 1110 | 19 | 4 |
16 | Summer set | Mr Acker Bilk | 1055 | 20 | 5 |
17 | Way down yonder in New Orleans | Freddy Cannon | 1034 | 17 | 3 |
18 | Running bear | Johnny Preston | 1027 | 16 | 1 |
19 | Paper roses | Kaye Sisters | 1022 | 19 | 7 |
20 | I wanna go home | Lonnie Donegan | 1014 | 17 | 5 |
21 | Please help me I'm falling | Hank Locklin | 1011 | 19 | 9 |
22 | When will I be loved | Everly Brothers | 1009 | 6 | 4 |
23 | Love is like a violin | Ken Dodd | 1006 | 18 | 8 |
24 | Beatnik fly | Johnny & Hurricanes | 1005 | 9 | 8 |
25 | Fall in love with you | Cliff Richard | 994 | 15 | 2 |
26 | Do you mind | Anthony Newley | 992 | 15 | 1 |
27 | You got what it takes | Marv Johnson | 975 | 17 | 7 |
28 | Tell Laura I love her | Ricky Valence | 972 | 16 | 1 |
29 | Voice in the wilderness | Cliff Richard | 970 | 16 | 2 |
30 | Three steps to heaven | Eddie Cochran | 968 | 15 | 1 |
31 | Cradle of love | Johnny Preston | 963 | 16 | 2 |
32 | Good timin' | Jimmy Jones | 962 | 15 | 1 |
33 | Let's think about living | Bob Luman | 953 | 17 | 6 |
34 | Ain't misbehavin' | Tommy Bruce & Bruisers | 919 | 16 | 3 |
35 | What do you want to make those eyes for | Emile Ford & Checkmates | 902 | 16 | 1 |
36 | Rockin' goose | Johnny & Hurricanes | 895 | 14 | 3 |
37 | On a slow boat to China | Emile Ford | 895 | 15 | 3 |
38 | I'm sorry | Brenda Lee | 880 | 16 | 12 |
39 | Pretty blue eyes | Craig Douglas | 875 | 15 | 4 |
40 | If she should come to you | Anthony Newley | 873 | 15 | 4 |
41 | Fings ain't wot they used t'be | Max Bygraves | 850 | 15 | 5 |
42 | Stairway to heaven | Neil Sedaka | 843 | 15 | 8 |
43 | Delaware | Perry Como | 841 | 14 | 3 |
44 | Lucille / So sad | Everly Brothers | 838 | 15 | 4 |
45 | Dreamin' | Johnny Burnette | 832 | 15 | 5 |
46 | My old man's a dustman | Lonnie Donegan | 829 | 13 | 1 |
47 | Stuck on you | Elvis Presley | 822 | 14 | 3 |
48 | What in the world's come over you | Jack Scott | 816 | 15 | 11 |
49 | MacDonald's cave | Piltdown Men | 813 | 17 | 14 |
50 | Shazam | Duane Eddy & Rebels | 812 | 13 | 4 |
51 | Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | 805 | 13 | 4 |
52 | Wild one | Bobby Rydell | 798 | 15 | 7 |
53 | How about that | Adam Faith | 795 | 14 | 4 |
54 | Someone else's baby | Adam Faith | 794 | 13 | 2 |
55 | Everybody's somebody's fool | Connie Francis | 784 | 13 | 5 |
56 | My love for you | Johnny Mathis | 765 | 13 | 9 |
57 | Nine times out of ten | Cliff Richard | 747 | 12 | 3 |
58 | When Johnny comes marching home / Made you | Adam Faith | 743 | 13 | 5 |
59 | Look for a star | Gary Mills | 742 | 14 | 7 |
60 | Walk don't run | John Barry Seven | 741 | 14 | 11 |
61 | Hit and miss | John Barry Seven | 739 | 15 | 10 |
62 | Angela Jones | Michael Cox | 732 | 13 | 7 |
63 | What do you want | Adam Faith | 725 | 12 | 2 |
64 | Tie me kangaroo down sport | Rolf Harris | 721 | 13 | 9 |
65 | Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polkadot bikini | Brian Hyland | 718 | 13 | 8 |
66 | Starry end | Michael Holliday | 707 | 13 | 1 |
67 | Them there eyes | Emile Ford | 687 | 16 | 18 |
68 | Be mine | Lance Fortune | 687 | 12 | 4 |
69 | Walk don't run | Ventures | 675 | 13 | 8 |
70 | It's now or never | Elvis Presley | 674 | 9 | 1 |
71 | Beyond the sea | Bobby Darin | 673 | 12 | 8 |
72 | Heartaches by the number | Guy Mitchell | 666 | 11 | 5 |
73 | Rawhide | Frankie Laine | 665 | 12 | 8 |
74 | Clementine | Bobby Darin | 659 | 12 | 8 |
75 | Little white bull | Tommy Steele | 655 | 12 | 6 |
76 | Chain gang | Sam Cooke | 651 | 11 | 9 |
77 | What a mouth | Tommy Steele | 647 | 11 | 5 |
78 | Sixteen reasons | Connie Stevens | 638 | 12 | 9 |
79 | Harbour lights | Platters | 638 | 12 | 11 |
80 | Standing on the corner | King Brothers | 619 | 11 | 4 |
81 | Misty | Johnny Mathis | 698 | 13 | 12 |
82 | Nice 'n easy | Frank Sinatra | 600 | 12 | 15 |
83 | Save the last dance for me | Drifters | 596 | 9 | 2 |
84 | Down yonder | Johnny & Hurricanes | 584 | 11 | 8 |
85 | My heart has a mind of its own | Connie Francis | 584 | 9 | 3 |
86 | Milord | Edith Piaf | 569 | 13 | 24 |
87 | Bonnie come back | Duane Eddy & Rebels | 563 | 11 | 12 |
88 | Green jeans | Flee-Rakkers | 560 | 13 | 23 |
89 | We could be bluer | Jerry Lordan | 557 | 11 | 16 |
90 | Oh Carol | Neil Sedaka | 556 | 9 | 3 |
91 | Mr Custer | Charlie Drake | 553 | 10 | 12 |
92 | That's love | Billy Fury | 550 | 11 | 19 |
93 | Blue angel | Roy Orbison | 549 | 10 | 11 |
94 | Looking high high high | Brian Johnson | 545 | 11 | 20 |
95 | Mustapha | Bob Azzam | 540 | 14 | 23 |
96 | Man of mystery | Shadows | 534 | 8 | 5 |
97 | Image of a girl | Mark Wynter | 532 | 10 | 11 |
98 | Goddness gracious me | Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren | 513 | 8 | 4 |
99 | Let it be me | Everly Brothers | 506 | 10 | 13 |
100 | Heart of a teenage girl | Craig Douglas | 505 | 9 | 10 |
101 | Be my guest | Fats Domino | 505 | 9 | 11 |
102 | Let the little girl dance | Billy Bland | 502 | 10 | 15 |
103 | Staccato theme | Elmer Bernstein | 502 | 8 | 4 |
104 | Feel so fine | Johnny Preston | 495 | 10 | 18 |
105 | Mais oui | King Brothers | 489 | 10 | 16 |
106 | Top teen baby | Gary Mills | 487 | 11 | 24 |
107 | Country boy | Fats Domino | 485 | 11 | 19 |
108 | You'll never know what you're missing | Emile Ford & Checkmates | 485 | 9 | 12 |
109 | Pistol packin' momma | Gene Vincent | 473 | 9 | 15 |
110 | The urge | Freddie Cannon | 466 | 10 | 18 |
111 | Little donkey | Nina & Frederik | 456 | 7 | 3 |
112 | Passing breeze | Russ Conway | 447 | 10 | 16 |
113 | River stay 'way from my door | Frank Sinatra | 445 | 9 | 18 |
114 | Colette | Billy Fury | 441 | 9 | 9 |
115 | How do you know it's love | Teresa Brewer | 440 | 11 | 21 |
116 | Alley oop | Hollywood Argyles | 433 | 10 | 24 |
117 | Walkin' to New Orleans | Fats Domino | 429 | 10 | 19 |
118 | Lucky five | Russ Conway | 429 | 9 | 14 |
119 | El Paso | Marty Robbins | 426 | 9 | 14 |
120 | Lorelei | Lonnie Donegan | 425 | 8 | 10 |
121 | That's you | Nat King Cole | 418 | 8 | 10 |
122 | Just as much as ever | Nat King Cole | 418 | 8 | 18 |
123 | Kommotion | Duane Eddy & Rebels | 416 | 8 | 13 |
124 | I'd do anything | Mike Preston | 414 | 10 | 23 |
125 | Mack the knife | Ella Fitzgerald | 413 | 9 | 19 |
126 | Lonely pup | Adam Faith | 405 | 7 | 4 |
127 | Never on sunday | Manuel & Music of Mountains | 393 | 10 | 29 |
128 | Shortnin' bread | Viscounts | 392 | 8 | 16 |
129 | Royal event | Russ Conway | 390 | 8 | 15 |
130 | Strawberry fair | Anthony Newley | 380 | 6 | 3 |
131 | Sorry Robbie | Bert Weedon | 379 | 10 | 28 |
132 | Expresso bongo EP | Cliff Richard | 378 | 7 | 14 |
133 | Never on sunday | Don Costa | 373 | 10 | 27 |
134 | Wondrous place | Billy Fury | 371 | 9 | 25 |
135 | Lucky devil | Frank Ifield | 363 | 8 | 22 |
136 | Kicking up the leaves | Mark Wynter | 358 | 8 | 24 |
137 | The stranger | Shadows | 356 | 6 | 11 |
138 | White cliffs of Dover | Mr Acker Bilk | 347 | 9 | 30 |
139 | In the mood | Ernie Fields | 347 | 6 | 13 |
140 | Ol' MacDonald | Frank Sinatra | 346 | 6 | 11 |
141 | I love you | Cliff Richard | 346 | 5 | 1 |
142 | Never on sunday | Lynn Cornell | 343 | 9 | 30 |
143 | Lively | Lonnie Donegan | 340 | 6 | 13 |
144 | Kookie kookie | Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens | 327 | 8 | 4 |
145 | Seven little girls | Avons | 325 | 5 | 4 |
146 | My heart | Gene Vincent | 323 | 8 | 16 |
147 | Lady is a tramp | Buddy Greco | 318 | 8 | 26 |
148 | Mule skinner blues | Fendermen | 317 | 9 | 32 |
149 | Valentino | Connie Francis | 317 | 8 | 27 |
150 | Let's have a party | Wanda Jackson | 315 | 8 | 32 |
Bubbling under | |||||
151 | The twist | Chubby Checker | 315 | 7 | 25 |
152 | Wonderful world | Sam Cooke | 303 | 8 | 27 |
168 | Bad boy | Marty Wilde | 246 | 4 | 7 |
170 | Travellin' light | Cliff Richard | 243 | 4 | 9 |
173 | Puppy love | Paul Anka | 230 | 7 | 33 |
180 | Why | Frankie Avalon | 210 | 4 | 20 |
187 | Reveille rock | Johnny & Hurricanes | 182 | 3 | 14 |
188 | Georgia on my mind | Ray Charles | 176 | 4 | 24 |
191 | Red river rock | Johnny & Hurricanes | 173 | 3 | 10 |
209 | Banjo boy | Jan & Kjeld | 140 | 4 | 36 |
217 | Heartbeat | Buddy Holly | 128 | 3 | 30 |
219 | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin | 125 | 3 | 23 |
230 | Put your head on my shoulder | Paul Anka | 108 | 2 | 12 |
266 | Listen to the ocean | Nina & Frederik | 59 | 2 | 46 |
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