'America's Greatest Hits' series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s

As adjuncts to our highly popular 'America's Greatest Hits' series of collections for each calendar year in the 50s and early '60s, we have already produced collections based on landmark moments in the Billboard charts - 'The First Top 100 Nov. 1955' (ACQCD7062) and 'The First Hot 100 Aug. 1958' (ACQCD7083). This collection highlights another musical landmark with the very first Hot 100 chart of the 1960s, the dawn of a momentous decade in the annals of popular music. It simply comprises every record in that chart, published by Billboard on 4th January 1960, from No. 1 (Marty Robbins' 'El Paso') to No. 100 (Rod Bernard's 'One More Chance', capturing the musical zeitgeist of the era, as pop music made the transition from the rock 'n' roll era into a period which would see equally iconoclastic developments in the genre. Alongside the major names there are a host of obscure and collectable records - minor one-hit wonders on relatively unknown labels which are not generally available on CD and which give a fascinating insight into the music of the time. It contains a 10,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record.

Track Listing

• Marty Robbins - El Paso
• Frankie Avalon - Why
• Toni Fisher - The Big Hurt
• Johnny Preston - Running Bear
• Freddie Cannon - Way Down Yonder I New Orleans
• Guy Mitchell - Heartaches By The Number
• Paul Anka - It’s Time To Cry
• Connie Francis - Among My Souvenirs
• Steve Lawrence - Pretty Blue Eyes
• Jimmy Clanton - Go Jimmy Go
• Bobby Rydell - We Got Love
• Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
• Andy Williams - The Village Of St. Bernadette
• The Nutty Squirrels - Uh! Oh! (Part 2)
• Larry Hall - Sandy
• Fabian - Hound Dog Man
• Browns - Scarlet Ribbons
• Bill Black's Combo - Smokie (Pt. 2)
• Della Reese - Not One Minute More
• Fabian - Friendly World
• Ernie Fields - In The Mood
• Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
• Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes
• Annette - First Name Initial
• Brook Benton - So Many Ways

• Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
• Fats Domino - Be My Guest
• Santo & Johnny - Teardrop
• Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
• Lloyd Price - Come Into My Heart
• Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue
• Ricky Nelson - I Wanna Be Loved
• Conway Twitty - Danny Boy
• Della Reese - Don't You Know
• Jackie Wilson - Talk That Talk
• Rocco Granata & The International Quintet - Marina
• Hugo & Luigi - Just Come Home
• Dee Clark - How About That
• Frankie Avalon - Swingin' On A Rainbow
• Johnny Mathis - Misty
• Jim Reeves - He’ll Have To Go
• Royal Teens - Believe Me
• The Drifters - Dance With Me
• Bob Beckham - Just As Much As Ever
• Dancer, Prancer And Nervous (The Singing Reindeer) - The Happy Reindeer
• Duane Eddy - Bonnie Came Back
• Tommy Edwards - (New In) The Ways Of Love
• Rod Lauren - If I Had A Girl
• Ricky Nelson - Mighty Good
• The Coasters - What About Us

• Dion And The Belmonts - Where Or When
• The Spacemen - Clouds
• Stonewall Jackson - Mary, Don't You Weep
• The Drifters - (If You Cry) True Love, True Love
• Webb Pierce - No Love Have I
• Johnny & The Hurricanes - Reveille Rock
• The Nutty Squirrels - Uh! Oh! (Part 1)
• Sammy Turner - Always
• Little Anthony & The Imperials - Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko Bop
• David Seville & The Chipmunks - Chipmunk Song
• Four Preps - Down By The Station
• The Crests - A Year Ago Tonight
• Joe Turner - Honey Hush
• Conway Twitty - Lonely Blue Boy
• Lloyd Price - Won'tcha Come Home
• Jimmy Jones - Handy Man
• Bob Beckham - Crazy Arms
• Tommy Facenda - High School USA
• Carl Dobkins Jr. - Lucky Devil
• Clyde McPhatter - Let's Try Again
• Dorothy Collins - Baciare, Baciare (Kissing, Kissing)
• Paul Evans & The Curls - Seven Little Girls (Sittin' In The Back Seat)
• Jerry Wallace With The Jewels - Primrose Lane
• Brook Benton - This Time Of The Year

• The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
• Tony Bennett - Climb Ev'ry Mountain
• Bill Haley & the Comets - Skokiaan
• Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's
• The Coasters - Run, Red, Run
• Anita Bryant - Promise Me A Rose (A Slight Detail)
• Ray Smith - Rockin' Little Angel
• Ray Charles and His Orchestra - I'm Movin' On
• Spencer Ross - Tracy's Theme
• Joni James - Little Things Mean A Lot
• Faron Young - Riverboat
• The Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne
• Connie Francis - God Bless America
• Patti Page - The Sound Of Music
• The Bluenotes - I Don't Know What It Is
• The Knockouts - Darling Lorraine
• The Five Satins - (I Remember) In The Still Of The Nite
• Mitch Miller & The Kids - Do-Re-Mi
• Jerry Wallace - Little Coco Palm
• Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards
• Chet Atkins - One Mint Julep
• Jane Morgan - Happy Anniversary
• Rod Bernard - One More Chance

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 285 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/11/16

UPC: 824046709723