POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1960
1

Are You Lonesome To-night?

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

Last Date

Floyd Cramer

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Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 2

3

A Thousand Stars

Kathy Young With The Innocents

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

4

Wonderland By Night

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

5

North To Alaska

Johnny Horton

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 23 wks • Prev: 6

6

Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea)

Lolita

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

7

He Will Break Your Heart

Jerry Butler

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Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

8

Many Tears Ago

Connie Francis

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

9

Poetry In Motion

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 6

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

10

Exodus

Ferrante & Teicher

↑ 20

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 30

11

Stay

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

12

You're Sixteen

Johnny Burnette

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

13

New Orleans

U.S. Bonds

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

14

Sway

Bobby Rydell

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 11 wks • Prev: 16

15

Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

16

Alone At Last

Jackie Wilson

↓ 4

Peak: 8 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

17

My Girl Josephine

Fats Domino

↓ 3

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

18

Lonely Teenager

Dion

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

19

Perfidia

The Ventures

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Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

20

I Gotta Know

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 7

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 27

21

Last Date

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

↑ 18

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

22

Blue Tango

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 19

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

23

Rubber Ball

Bobby Vee

↑ 30

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

24

The Hucklebuck

Chubby Checker

↓ 4

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

25

Wonderland By Night

Louis Prima

↑ 26

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 51

26

Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)

Brook Benton

↓ 2

Peak: 24 • 10 wks • Prev: 24

27

I'll Save The Last Dance For You

Damita Jo

↓ 5

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

28

Georgia On My Mind

Ray Charles

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

29

Save The Last Dance For Me

The Drifters

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

30

Like Strangers

The Everly Brothers

↓ 7

Peak: 22 • 10 wks • Prev: 23

31

Am I Losing You

Jim Reeves

↑ 6

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

32

I Want To Be Wanted

Brenda Lee

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

33

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

↑ 25

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 58

34

Ballad Of The Alamo

Marty Robbins

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

35

Ruby

Ray Charles

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

36

Don't Go To Strangers

Etta Jones

↑ 38

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

37

To Each His Own

The Platters

↓ 11

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

38

Sleep

Little Willie John

↓ 9

Peak: 13 • 16 wks • Prev: 29

39

Natural Born Lover

Fats Domino

↓ 1

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

40

Angel Baby

Rosie And The Originals

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 13 wks

41

Blue Angel

Roy Orbison

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

42

Corinna, Corinna

Ray Peterson

↑ 29

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

43

Am I The Man

Jackie Wilson

↓ 11

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

44

I Missed Me

Jim Reeves

↑ 5

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 49

45

Main Theme from Exodus (Ari's Theme)

Mantovani & His Orch.

↑ 9

Peak: 31 • 13 wks • Prev: 54

46

Ruby Duby Du

Tobin Mathews & Co.

↓ 11

Peak: 30 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

47

Ol' Mac Donald

Frank Sinatra

↓ 16

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

48

You Talk Too Much

Joe Jones

↓ 20

Peak: 3 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

49

Once In Awhile

The Chimes

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 18 wks • Prev: 59

50

Gonzo

James Booker

↓ 7

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

51

Sad Mood

Sam Cooke

↑ 18

Peak: 29 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

52

Gee Whiz

The Innocents

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

53

The Little Drummer Boy

The Harry Simeone Chorale

★ NEW

Peak: 13 • 28 wks

54

Walk Slow

Little Willie John

↑ 13

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

55

White Christmas

Bing Crosby

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 30 wks

56

Artificial Flowers

Bobby Darin

↓ 23

Peak: 20 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

57

Wonderland By Night

Anita Bryant

↑ 32

Peak: 18 • 10 wks • Prev: 89

58

The Hoochi Coochi Coo

Hank Ballard And The Midnighters

↑ 26

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

59

Wings Of A Dove

Ferlin Husky

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 18 wks • Prev: 62

60

Send Me The Pillow You Dream On

The Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

61

Alabam

Pat Boone

↓ 14

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

62

Togetherness

Frankie Avalon

↓ 20

Peak: 26 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

63

My Dearest Darling

Etta James

↓ 29

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 34

64

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 64 wks

65

Doll House

Donnie Brooks

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

66

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

David Seville And The Chipmunks

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 15 wks

67

Dear John

Pat Boone

↓ 21

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

68

Wait For Me

The Playmates

↓ 24

Peak: 37 • 8 wks • Prev: 44

69

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 61 wks

70

Groovy Tonight

Bobby Rydell

↑ 9

Peak: 70 • 2 wks • Prev: 79

71

Shop Around

The Miracles (featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson)

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 16 wks

72

Dance By The Light Of The Moon

The Olympics

↑ 18

Peak: 47 • 11 wks • Prev: 90

73

The Bells

James Brown

↓ 3

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 70

74

Bumble Bee

LaVern Baker

↑ 8

Peak: 46 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

75

The Magnificent Seven

Al Caiola And His Orchestra

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 87

76

Ruby Duby Du From Key Witness

Charles Wolcott

↓ 26

Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 50

77

Ramona

The Blue Diamonds

↑ 3

Peak: 72 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

78

Rambling

The Ramblers

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

79

Adeste Fideles (Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful)

Bing Crosby

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 3 wks

80

Gloria's Theme

Adam Wade

↑ 6

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

81

Alabam

Cowboy Copas

↓ 8

Peak: 63 • 12 wks • Prev: 73

82

Gee

Jan & Dean

↓ 1

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

83

Hardhearted Hannah

Ray Charles

↓ 28

Peak: 55 • 4 wks • Prev: 55

84

I'm Hurtin'

Roy Orbison

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 8 wks

85

The Green Leaves Of Summer

The Brothers Four

↓ 20

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

86

The Puppet Song

Frankie Avalon

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 7 wks

87

Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)

Teresa Brewer

↑ 5

Peak: 84 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

88

A Perfect Love

Frankie Avalon

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 6 wks

89

The Age For Love

Jimmy Charles

↑ 8

Peak: 47 • 12 wks • Prev: 97

90

(You Better) Know What You're Doin'

Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

↑ 8

Peak: 90 • 2 wks • Prev: 98

91

The Big Time Spender (Parts I & II)

Cornbread & Biscuits

↓ 16

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

92

Rockin', Rollin' Ocean

Hank Snow

↑ 8

Peak: 87 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

93

Happy Days

Marv Johnson

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 7 wks

94

I Idolize You

Ike & Tina Turner

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 4 wks

95

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 17 wks

96

You Don't Want My Love

Andy Williams

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 7 wks

97

Ballad Of The Alamo

Bud & Travis

↓ 20

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

98

My Last Date (With You)

Skeeter Davis

★ NEW

Peak: 26 • 8 wks

99

Wabash Blues

The Viscounts

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Peak: 77 • 7 wks • Prev: 99

100

The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

Nat King Cole

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 49 wks

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