Senior citizens: #1 songs from 1960 - nostalgia

[Florida Guy]

#1 Songs of 1960
Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
El Paso - Marty Robbins
Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
I Want to Be Wanted - Brenda Lee
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own - Connie Francis
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Stuck on You - Elvis Presley
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith & His Orchestra (instrumental)
The Twist - Chubby Checker

 

[deduke1907]

THE GREAT HITS OF 1960 OH YES

 

[labworm]

#1 Songs of 1960

The Twist - Chubby Checker

Interesting note:

"The Twist" (recharted at #1 in January 1962)

 

[oldman45]

Interesting note:

"The Twist" (recharted at #1 in January 1962)

However, The Twist was originally released by another artist and re-recorded by Chubby Checker.

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters was the first ones to release The Twist in 1959.

 

[Stainz]

I was feeling pretty good this AM - then I saw this - and realized that I recall all of them... and that was over half a century ago! Well, let me find my walker...

I got my 5% off yesterday at Publix. The sacker said I shouldn't get the 'senior citizen' discount - I didn't look Hispanic! Good grief. Then he added that I should get a 'white hair discount'...

I remember Palisades Park - & Freddy 'Boom-boom' Cannon - from those days (I lived in Bayside, LI, NY.). The Tokens, Four Seasons, etc.... wow, seems like yesterday. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast! Where'd I leave that walker... Thanks for the reminder...

Stainz

 

[cowboy117]

I remember all of those songs.Mark Dinning[Teen Angel]was a friend of mine.His sister was one of the back up singers for the Grand 'Ole Opry.

 

[oldfella]

Enjoy them all here: Free Oldies Music - Our Musical Heritage - Playa Cofi Jukebox

Pete

 

[perrazi]

oldfella- thanks a ton. great stuff there.

 

[corpulent]

I would've been listening to Mingus and Coltrane in 1960.

 

[ACP230]

I was out of the U.S. in 1960 but I heard all of them when I came back in 1961.

First heard the Beatles on a transistor I held to my ear outside the Occidental Hotel in Brisbane, Australia.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..."

 

[labworm]

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