1960/1961 Hit Music

Number One Song This lists songs that hit number one on the charts in the US during school year from Sept 1960 thru June 1961. If a song spent nonconsecutive weeks at number one, the number of weeks for each occurrence at the top is shown in parenthesis.

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**Number One Songs**
Dates	Artist - Title	Weeks at #1
August 14 – September 17 1960	Elvis Presley - It's Now or Never	5
September 18 – 24 1960	Chubby Checker - The Twist	1
September 25 – October 8 1960	Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own	2
October 9 – 15 1960	Larry Verne - Mister Custer	1
October 16 – 22 1960	Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me	3 (1)
October 23 – 29 1960	Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted	1
October 30 – November 12 1960	Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me	3 (2)
November 13 – 19 1960	Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind	1
November 20 – 26 1960	Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs - Stay	1
November 27 1960 – January 7 1961	Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight	6
January 8 – 28 1961	Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland by Night	3
January 29 – February 11 1961	Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow	2
February 12 – 25 1961	Lawrence Welk - Calcutta	2
February 26 – March 18 1961	Chubby Checker - Pony Time	3
March 19 – April 1 1961	Elvis Presley - Surrender	2
April 2 – 22 1961	Marcels - Blue Moon	3
April 23 – May 20 1961	Del Shannon - Runaway	4
May 21 – 27 1961	Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law	1
May 28 – June 3 1961	Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man	2 (1)
June 4 – 10 1961	Roy Orbison - Running Scared	1
June 11 – 17 1961	Ricky Nelson - Travelin' Man	2 (1)
June 18 – 24 1961	Pat Boone - Moody River	1

Academy Award 1960	Never On Sunday
Academy Award 1961	Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's

	Other Favorites, some new and some old
	Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
	Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
	Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
	Neil Diamond - Play Me
	John Denver - Annie's Song
	Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
	IZ - Somewhere over the Rainbow
	Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

	Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

	Favorite songs added on request

Number One Songs - School year 1960/1961

Source: Billboard Magazine

with thanks to Bob Borst..!