Top 100 songs for December 19, 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 “Are You Lonesome To-night?” by Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires. Meanwhile, “Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee rises from No. 64 to No. 26. 16 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree — Brenda Leeup 38 places, No. 64 → No. 26
- Calcutta — Lawrence Welk And His Orchestraup 30 places, No. 95 → No. 65
- I'm Hurtin' — Roy Orbisonup 27 places, No. 84 → No. 57
New to this week’s Top 10
- You're Sixteen — Johnny BurnetteNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree — Brenda LeeNo. 26
- Corinna, Corinna — Ray PetersonNo. 27
- The Little Drummer Boy — The Harry Simeone ChoraleNo. 28
- Sad Mood — Sam CookeNo. 29
- White Christmas — Bing CrosbyNo. 32
First-week entries
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer — David Seville And The ChipmunksNo. 62
- Silent Night — Bing CrosbyNo. 64
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer — The MelodeersNo. 74
- I Count The Tears — The DriftersNo. 77
- Twistin' Bells — Santo & JohnnyNo. 78
- Your Other Love — The FlamingosNo. 82
- Christmas Auld Lang Syne — Bobby DarinNo. 89
- My Last Date (With You) — Joni JamesNo. 90
- Utopia — Frank GariNo. 91
- Baby Oh Baby — The ShellsNo. 93
- Pepe — Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The RebelsNo. 95
- White Christmas — The Drifters Featuring Clyde McPhatter And Bill PinkneyNo. 96
- Blue Christmas — The Browns Featuring Jim Edward BrownNo. 97
- Lovey Dovey — Buddy KnoxNo. 98
- Mister Livingston — Larry VerneNo. 99
- Calendar Girl — 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.