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The Year in Music

1960

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Theme from "A Summer Place" by Percy Faith — cover art

1960 in music: “Theme from "A Summer Place"” by Percy Faith topped the year-end chart; The Everly Brothers owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1960

Theme from "A Summer Place"
Percy Faith
1960
He'll Have to Go (feat. Jim Reeves)
Skeeter Davis
1960
Cathy's Clown
The Everly Brothers
1960
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
1960
Teen Angel
Mark Dinning
1959
I'm Sorry
Brenda Lee
1960
It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
1960
Handy Man - Original
Jimmy Jones
1960
Stuck On You
Elvis Presley
1960
The Twist
Chubby Checker
1960
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Connie Francis
1960
Wild One
Bobby Rydell
1960

At the movies

  • Psycho
  • Spartacus
  • The Apartment

On TV

  • The Flintstones
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • My Three Sons

Headlines

  • First televised Kennedy–Nixon debate
  • The laser is invented
  • Motown releases its first hits
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