Top 100 songs for August 8, 1960
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1960 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” by Brian Hyland. Meanwhile, “Theme From The Apartment” by Ferrante & Teicher rises from No. 85 to No. 36. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Theme From The Apartment — Ferrante & Teicherup 49 places, No. 85 → No. 36
- The Twist — Chubby Checkerup 38 places, No. 49 → No. 11
- Over The Rainbow — The Demensionsup 33 places, No. 58 → No. 25
New to this week’s Top 10
- Walk -- Don't Run — The VenturesNo. 7
- Walking To New Orleans — Fats DominoNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- The Twist — Chubby CheckerNo. 11
- In My Little Corner Of The World — Anita BryantNo. 23
- Over The Rainbow — The DemensionsNo. 25
- Theme From The Apartment — Ferrante & TeicherNo. 36
- Bad Man Blunder — The Kingston TrioNo. 37
- Hot Rod Lincoln — Charlie Ryan and the Timberline RidersNo. 39
- Sticks And Stones — Ray Charles and his OrchestraNo. 40
First-week entries
- Kiddio — Brook BentonNo. 59
- Never On Sunday — Don Costa And His Orchestra And ChorusNo. 75
- Yogi — The Ivy ThreeNo. 80
- Anymore — Teresa BrewerNo. 81
- Little Bitty Pretty One — Frankie LymonNo. 84
- You Mean Everything To Me — Neil SedakaNo. 87
- The Brigade Of Broken Hearts — Paul EvansNo. 90
- Hot Rod Lincoln — Johnny BondNo. 93
- Blue Velvet — The StatuesNo. 96
- She's Mine — Conway TwittyNo. 98
- No — Dodie StevensNo. 99
- Run Samson Run — Neil SedakaNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.