Top 100 songs for September 12, 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 “It's Now Or Never” by Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires. Meanwhile, “Three Nights A Week” by Fats Domino rises from No. 76 to No. 35. 12 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Three Nights A Week — Fats Dominoup 41 places, No. 76 → No. 35
- Save The Last Dance For Me — The Driftersup 34 places, No. 78 → No. 44
- Lucille — The Everly Brothersup 33 places, No. 66 → No. 33
New to this week’s Top 10
- Mr. Custer — Larry VerneNo. 4
- Chain Gang — Sam CookeNo. 6
- Kiddio — Brook BentonNo. 8
- Yogi — The Ivy ThreeNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) — The Everly BrothersNo. 17
- Lucille — The Everly BrothersNo. 33
- Anymore — Teresa BrewerNo. 34
- Three Nights A Week — Fats DominoNo. 35
- I Love You In The Same Old Way — Paul AnkaNo. 40
First-week entries
- I Want To Be Wanted — Brenda LeeNo. 67
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby — Ricky NelsonNo. 80
- Since I Met You Baby — Bobby VeeNo. 81
- Brontosaurus Stomp — The Piltdown MenNo. 83
- Journey Of Love — The Crests featuring Johnny MastroNo. 85
- Tonight's The Night — The ChiffonsNo. 89
- Five Brothers — Marty RobbinsNo. 95
- Don't Be Cruel — Bill Black's ComboNo. 96
- Tonights The Night — The ShirellesNo. 97
- Shimmy Like Kate — The OlympicsNo. 98
- Just Call Me (And I'll Understand) — Lloyd Price and His OrchestraNo. 99
- Time Machine — Dante and the EvergreensNo. 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.