POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 1960
1

The Theme From "A Summer Place"

Percy Faith And His Orchestra

—

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 1

2

He'll Have To Go

Jim Reeves

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 3

3

Handy Man

Jimmy Jones

↓ 1

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

4

Wild One

Bobby Rydell

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

5

What In The World's Come Over You

Jack Scott

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Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

6

Teen Angel

Mark Dinning

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

7

Beyond The Sea

Bobby Darin

↓ 1

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

8

Baby (You've Got What It Takes)

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 9

9

Let It Be Me

The Everly Brothers

↓ 1

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 8

10

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 7

11

Forever

The Little Dippers

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

12

Harbor Lights

The Platters

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

13

Sweet Nothin's

Brenda Lee

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 24 wks • Prev: 16

14

Lonely Blue Boy

Conway Twitty

↓ 2

Peak: 6 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

15

Where Or When

Dion & The Belmonts

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

16

Lady Luck

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

17

Puppy Love

Paul Anka

↑ 24

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

18

Down By The Station

The Four Preps

↓ 4

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

19

Beatnik Fly

Johnny And The Hurricanes

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

20

Tracy's Theme

Spencer Ross

↓ 3

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

21

Midnite Special

Paul Evans

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

22

Delaware

Perry Como

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 11 wks • Prev: 23

23

(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree

Dorsey Burnette

↑ 11

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 34

24

You Got What It Takes

Marv Johnson

↓ 4

Peak: 10 • 22 wks • Prev: 20

25

Country Boy

Fats Domino

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Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 25

26

Rockin' Little Angel

Ray Smith

↓ 4

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

27

Little Bitty Girl

Bobby Rydell

↑ 1

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

28

Pretty Blue Eyes

Steve Lawrence

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

29

O Dio Mio

Annette

↑ 32

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 61

30

Outside My Window

The Fleetwoods

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

31

El Paso

Marty Robbins

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 29

32

Lucky Devil

Carl Dobkins, Jr.

↓ 1

Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 31

33

Alvin's Orchestra

David Seville And The Chipmunks

↑ 38

Peak: 33 • 5 wks • Prev: 71

34

(Welcome) New Lovers

Pat Boone

↑ 16

Peak: 18 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

35

Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy

Freddy Cannon

↑ 17

Peak: 34 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

36

Bulldog

The Fireballs

↓ 12

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

37

Too Much Tequila

The Champs

↓ 7

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 30

38

Baby What You Want Me To Do

Jimmy Reed

↓ 1

Peak: 37 • 14 wks • Prev: 37

39

Am I That Easy To Forget

Debbie Reynolds

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Peak: 25 • 17 wks • Prev: 39

40

Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop

Little Anthony And The Imperials

↓ 7

Peak: 24 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

41

About This Thing Called Love

Fabian

↑ 12

Peak: 31 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

42

Crazy Arms

Bob Beckham

↓ 6

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

43

Go, Jimmy, Go

Jimmy Clanton

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 32

44

Too Pooped To Pop ("Casey")

Chuck Berry

↓ 2

Peak: 42 • 6 wks • Prev: 42

45

Money (That's what I want)

Barrett Strong

↓ 2

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 43

46

Mama

Connie Francis

↑ 16

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

47

This Magic Moment

The Drifters

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Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 47

48

Bad Boy

Marty Wilde

↑ 1

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

49

El Matador

The Kingston Trio

↑ 21

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

50

Sixteen Reasons

Connie Stevens

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 24 wks • Prev: 55

51

T.L.C. Tender Love And Care

Jimmie Rodgers

↓ 25

Peak: 24 • 10 wks • Prev: 26

52

Time And The River

Nat King Cole

↓ 17

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

53

China Doll

The Ames Brothers

↓ 15

Peak: 38 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

54

Eternally

Sarah Vaughan

↓ 8

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

55

Anyway The Wind Blows

Doris Day

↑ 17

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 72

56

Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Gary Stites

↑ 7

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

57

Fannie Mae

Buster Brown

↓ 6

Peak: 38 • 17 wks • Prev: 51

58

Why Do I Love You So

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 4

Peak: 42 • 14 wks • Prev: 54

59

On The Beach

Frank Chacksfield And His Orch.

↓ 11

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

60

Paradise

Sammy Turner

↑ 6

Peak: 46 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

61

Angela Jones

Johnny Ferguson

↑ 7

Peak: 27 • 15 wks • Prev: 68

62

Teddy

Connie Francis

↑ 15

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 77

63

The Same Old Me

Guy Mitchell

↑ 26

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

64

Greenfields

The Brothers Four

↑ 16

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 80

65

Clementine

Jan & Dean

↑ 2

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

66

String Along

Fabian

↓ 6

Peak: 39 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

67

Just A Little Bit

Rosco Gordon

↓ 3

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 64

68

Harlem Nocturne

The Viscounts

↓ 12

Peak: 39 • 29 wks • Prev: 56

69

Sink The Bismark

Johnny Horton

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 18 wks

70

White Silver Sands

Bill Black's Combo

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 14 wks

71

Starbright

Johnny Mathis

↑ 13

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

72

Summer Set

Monty Kelly And His Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

73

Waltzing Matilda

Jimmie Rodgers

↓ 15

Peak: 41 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

74

Don't Fence Me In

Tommy Edwards

↑ 1

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

75

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Ernie Fields & Orch.

↑ 10

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

76

Sleepy Lagoon

The Platters

↓ 11

Peak: 65 • 5 wks • Prev: 65

77

Why

Frankie Avalon

↓ 33

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

78

Let It Rock

Chuck Berry

↓ 2

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

79

I Love The Way You Love

Marv Johnson

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 13 wks

80

Just One Time

Don Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 11 wks

81

Road Runner

Bo Diddley

↑ 16

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 97

82

Never Let Me Go

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 3 wks

83

The Big Hurt

Miss Toni Fisher

↓ 38

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 45

84

Footsteps

Steve Lawrence

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 13 wks

85

Step By Step

The Crests

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 90

86

Darling Lorraine

The Knockouts

↓ 29

Peak: 46 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

87

The Village Of St. Bernadette

Andy Williams

↓ 28

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 59

88

You Don't Know Me

Lenny Welch

↑ 7

Peak: 45 • 13 wks • Prev: 95

89

Apple Green

June Valli

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 13 wks

90

Let The Little Girl Dance

Billy Bland

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 20 wks • Prev: 93

91

Mountain Of Love

Harold Dorman

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 19 wks • Prev: 96

92

Werewolf

The Frantics

↓ 9

Peak: 83 • 2 wks • Prev: 83

93

A Closer Walk

Pete Fountain

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 3 wks

94

Whatcha' Gonna Do

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 2 wks

95

Suddenly

Nickey DeMatteo

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

96

Just Give Me A Ring

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 4

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

97

You're My Baby

Sarah Vaughan

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 2 wks

98

(Baby) Hully Gully

The Olympics

↓ 12

Peak: 72 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

99

Jambalaya

Bobby Comstock And The Counts

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 4 wks

100

Down By The Riverside

Les Compagnons De La Chanson

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 8 wks

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