The year in music
Best Songs of 1960
Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” starts a dance craze, Ray Charles sings “Georgia on My Mind”, Elvis Presley comes home from the army, and the Beatles go to play in Hamburg.
Play 1960
16 songs
Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
Only the Lonely
Roy Orbison
Because They're Young
Duane Eddy
Chain Gang
Sam Cooke
Wonderful World
Sam Cooke
Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
School Is Out
Gary U.S. Bonds
Travelin' Man
Ricky Nelson
At Last
Etta James
Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King
The Click Song
Miriam Makeba
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
Silver Dagger
Joan Baez
Stairway to Heaven
Neil Sedaka
Stay
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
1960 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 16 songs first released in 1960. Rock, Soul and Pop lead the year. Gary U.S. Bonds, Sam Cooke and Ben E. King are among the voices of 1960.
Artists of 1960
- Gary U.S. Bonds2
- Sam Cooke2
- Ben E. King
- Duane Eddy
- Etta James
- Joan Baez
- John Coltrane
- Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
- Miriam Makeba
- Neil Sedaka
- Ray Charles
- Ricky Nelson
- Roy Orbison
- The Shirelles