Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the band's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, starting the British Invasion of the American music charts. [17] The song entered the chart on January 18, 1964, at No. 45 before it became the No. 1 single for 7 weeks and went on to last a total of 15 weeks in the chart. [ 18 ]
The 100 top songs of 1960 by highest chart position reached & number of weeks on the chart. "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faithwas the number one song of 1960. Bobby Rydellhad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Brenda Leehad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Connie Francishad four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
The Allman Joys. Alma Cogan. Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Amboy Dukes. Ambrose Slade. Amen Corner. The American Breed. The Ames Brothers. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra.
1967. 1968. 1969. 1970s →. The Beatles earned the most number-one hits (18 songs) and remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart (55 weeks) during 1958–1969. Elvis Presley remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 22 weeks during 1958–1969. The Supremes scored 12 number-one singles during 1958 ...
The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online business archive services and print editions of the magazine.
The Beatles released 18 of the best-selling songs of the 1960s. A single is a type of music release defined by the British Official Charts Company (OCC) as having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes. On 31 May 2010, a retrospective record chart was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 that listed the 60 biggest-selling singles in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1960. That year, 12 acts achieved their first number ones, such as Marty Robbins, Johnny Preston, Mark Dinning, Connie Francis, The Hollywood Argyles, Brenda Lee, Brian Hyland, Chubby Checker, Larry Verne, The Drifters, Ray Charles, and Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.
1. Mungo Jerry. In the 1960s, a British group called Mungo Jerry brought jug band music to the masses with their hit single “In the Summertime.”. The name came from T. S. Eliot’s 1939 ...