This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1960.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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February 8 | He'll Have to Go | Jim Reeves | 14 | |
May 16 | Please Help Me, I'm Falling | Hank Locklin | 14 | [1][A]
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August 22 | Alabam | Cowboy Copas | 12 | [B] |
November 14 | Wings of a Dove | Ferlin Husky | 10 | [2][A]
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US | Single | Artist |
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3 | Above and Beyond | Buck Owens |
16 | Accidentally on Purpose | George Jones |
8 | Am I Losing You | Jim Reeves |
11 | Am I That Easy to Forget | Skeeter Davis |
5 | Amigo's Guitar | Kitty Wells |
2 | Another (Just Like Me) | Roy Drusky |
3 | Anymore | Roy Drusky |
12 | Are You Willing, Willie | Marion Worth |
15 | Baby Rocked Her Dolly | Frankie Miller |
7 | The Ballad of Wild River | Gene Woods |
4 | Before This Day Ends | George Hamilton IV |
5 | Big Iron | Marty Robbins |
18 | A Broken Dream | Jimmy Smart |
16 | But You Use To | Laverne Downs |
16 | Carmel by the Sea | Kitty Wells |
9 | Cruel Love | Lou Smith |
19 | Dead or Alive | Bill Anderson |
12 | Dear Mama | Merle Kilgore |
17 | (Doin' the) Lover's Leap | Webb Pierce |
11 | Drifting Texas Sand | Webb Pierce |
4 | Each Moment (Spent With You) | Ernest Ashworth |
16 | Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool | Ernest Tubb |
2 | Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) | Buck Owens |
12 | Eyes of Love | Margie Singleton |
10 | Face to the Wall | Faron Young |
4 | Fallen Angel | Webb Pierce |
10 | Family Bible | Claude Gray |
11 | Far, Far Away | Don Gibson |
6 | He'll Have to Stay | Jeanne Black |
5 | Heart to Heart Talk | Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan |
13 | Here I Am Drunk Again | Clyde Beavers |
14 | Hot Rod Lincoln | Charlie Ryan |
17 | How Far to Little Rock | The Stanley Brothers |
2 | (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too | Skeeter Davis |
5 | I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today | Warren Smith |
6 | I Know One | Jim Reeves |
20 | I Love You Because | Johnny Cash |
3 | I Missed Me | Jim Reeves |
7 | I Think I Know | Marion Worth |
5 | I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today | Ray Price |
19 | I Wish You Love | Billy Walker |
14 | I'm a Honky Tonk Girl | Loretta Lynn |
3 | I'm Gettin' Better | Jim Reeves |
14 | I'm Movin' On | Don Gibson |
19 | Imitation of Love | Adrian Roland |
11 | Is It Wrong (For Loving You) | Webb Pierce |
17 | It's Not Wrong | Connie Hall |
17 | Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary) | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper |
2 | Just One Time | Don Gibson |
18 | The Key's in the Mailbox | Freddie Hart |
5 | Left to Right | Kitty Wells |
9 | Let's Think About Living | Bob Luman |
15 | Life of a Poor Boy | Stonewall Jackson |
20 | Little Angel (Come Rock Me to Sleep) | Ted Self |
13 | A Little Guy Called Joe | Stonewall Jackson |
16 | Lonely River Rhine | Bobby Helms |
11 | The Long Walk | Bill Leatherwood |
10 | Love Has Made You Beautiful | Merle Kilgore |
6 | A Lovely Work of Art | Jimmy C. Newman |
12 | Mary Don't You Weep | Stonewall Jackson |
9 | Miller's Cave | Hank Snow |
15 | Money to Burn | George Jones |
16 | The Moon Is Crying | Alan Riddle[1][2] |
16 | Mule Skinner Blues | The Fendermen |
4 | No Love Have I | Webb Pierce |
13 | Nobody's Darling but Mine | Johnny Sea |
20 | The Old Lamplighter | The Browns |
2 | One More Time | Ray Price |
13 | The One You Slip Around With | Jan Howard |
8 | The Picture | Ray Godfrey |
13 | Pinball Machine | Lonnie Irving |
13 | Reasons to Live | Jimmie Skinner |
4 | Riverboat | Faron Young |
14 | Riverboat Gambler | Jimmie Skinner |
7 | Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) | The Browns |
10 | Seasons of My Heart | Johnny Cash |
15 | Second Honeymoon | Johnny Cash |
14 | She's Just a Whole Lot Like You | Hank Thompson |
6 | Sink the Bismarck | Johnny Horton |
10 | A Six Pack to Go | Hank Thompson |
13 | Smiling Bill McCall | Johnny Cash |
4 | Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms) | Lewis Pruitt |
16 | Straight A's in Love | Johnny Cash |
5 | That's My Kind of Love | Marion Worth |
16 | This Ole House | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper |
10 | Timbrook | Lewis Pruitt |
7 | The Tip of My Fingers | Bill Anderson |
19 | Too Much to Lose | Carl Belew |
20 | Until Today | Elmer Snodgrass |
11 | Wanting You with Me Tonight | Jimmy C. Newman |
11 | Who Will Buy the Wine | Charlie Walker |
6 | Why I'm Walkin' | Stonewall Jackson |
5 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
18 | World So Full of Love | Ray Sanders |
8 | You Can't Pick a Rose in December | Ernest Ashworth |
4 | You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me) | George Morgan |
5 | Your Old Used to Be | Faron Young |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Blood on the Saddle | Tex Ritter | Capitol |
Dutchman's Gold | Walter Brennan | Dot |
Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Goldie Hill | Goldie Hill | Decca |
I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too | Skeeter Davis | RCA |
Johnny Horton Makes History | Johnny Horton | Columbia |
Midnight Jamboree | Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors, featuring Various Artists | Decca |
More | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
The Other Chet Atkins | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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George Jones Salutes Hank Williams | George Jones | Mercury |
Seasons of My Heart | Kitty Wells | Decca |
Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Capitol |
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke | Tex Williams | Capitol |
Teensville | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Town and Country | The Browns | RCA Victor |
A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers | Louvin Brothers | Capitol |