List of UK top-ten singles in 1960
Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
Freddy Cannon 1 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 3 -
Johnny Preston 2 Running Bear 1 Cradle of Love ( 2 )
Acker Bilk 1 Summer Set 5 -
Marv Johnson 1 You Got What It Takes 7 -
Lance Fortune 1 Be Mine ( Alle Mädchen wollen küssen ) 4 -
Bobby Rydell 1 Wild One 7 -
Billy Fury 1 Colette 9 -
Jimmy Jones 2 Handy Man 3 Good Timin ' ( 1 )
The John Barry Seven plus Four 1 Hit and Miss 10 -
Brenda Lee 1 Sweet Nothin 's 4 -
Steve Lawrence 1 Footsteps 4 -
Tommy Bruce and the Bruisers 1 Ai n't Misbehavin ' 3 -
Michael Cox 1 Angela Jones 7 -
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates 1 Shakin ' All Over 1 -
Connie Stevens 1 Sixteen Reasons 9 -
Gary Mills 1 Look for a Star 7 -
Brian Hyland 1 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini 8 -
Rolf Harris 1 Tie Me Kangaroo Down , Sport 9 -
Ken Dodd 1 Love is Like a Violin 8 -
Ricky Valance 1 Tell Laura I Love Her 1 -
Background -- Chart debuts
Thirty-two artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1960 , either as a lead or featured artist . Jimmy Jones and Johnny Preston both had one other entry in their breakthrough year . The following table ( collapsed on desktop site ) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single .
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1960, as well as singles which peaked in 1959 and 1961 but were in the top 10 in 1960. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced). Ninety-five singles were in the top ten in 1960. Ten singles from 1959 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while I Love You by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, and Poetry in Motion by John Tillotson were both released in 1960 but did not reach their peak until 1961. Little White Bull by Tommy Steele, Rawhide by Frankie Laine, Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat by The Avons and Staccato's Theme by Elmer Bernstein, were the singles from 1959 to reach their peak in 1960. Twenty artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1960. Billy Fury, The Drifters, Ken Dodd, Rolf Harris, Roy Orbison and Sam Cooke were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1960. The 1959 Christmas number-one, What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? by Emile Ford & The Checkmates, remained at number-one for the first four weeks of 1960. The first new number-one single of the year was Starry Eyed by Michael Holliday.