HIGHLIGHTS OF 1960 BILLBOARD LIST OF #1'S FOLLOWS EVENTS John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in a closely-fought presidential race. Black sit-in at Greensboro, N.C., diner receives national attention. American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1). Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16). Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23)—executed in Israel in 1962. Powers sentenced to prison for 10 years (Aug. 19)—freed in February 1962 in exchange for Soviet spy. Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology. Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence. Cuba begins confiscation of $770 million of U.S. property (Aug. 7). There are 900 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam. World Series Pittsburgh d. NY Yankees (4-3) NBA Championship Boston d. St. Louis Hawks (4-3) Stanley Cup Montreal d. Toronto (4-0) Wimbledon Women: Maria Bueno d. S. Reynolds (8-6 6-0) Men: Neale Fraser d. R. Laver (6-4 3-6 9-7 7-5) Kentucky Derby Champion Venetian Way NCAA Basketball Championship Ohio St. d. California (75-55) NCAA Football Champions Minnesota (AP, UPI, NFF) (8-2-0) & Mississippi (FW) (10-0-1) Pulitzer Prizes Fiction: Advise and Consent, Allen Drury Music: Second String Quartet, Elliott Carter Drama: Fiorello! George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick Oscars awarded in 1960 Best Picture: Ben-Hur, Sam Zimbalist, producer (MGM) Nobel Prize for Literature: St. John Perse (Alexis St.-Léger Léger) (France) Miss America: Lynda Lee Mead (MS) Seventy million people watch the presidential debate between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon. John Coltrane forms his own quartet and becomes the voice of jazz's New Wave movement. Ninety percent of U.S. homes have a television set. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho terrifies movie-goers and becomes one of the year's most successful films, as well as one of the most memorable psychological thrillers. Movies Psycho, The Apartment, The Sundowners, Sons and Lovers Books John Barth, The Sot-Weed Factor Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Flannery O'Connor, The Violent Bear It Away Anne Sexton, To Bedlam and Part Way Back William Styron, Set This House on Fire John Updike, Rabbit, Run Nobel Prizes in Science Chemistry: Willard F. Libby (US), for “atomic time clock” to measure age of objects by measuring their radioactivity Physics: Donald A. Glaser (US), for invention of ""bubble chamber"" to study subatomic particles Physiology or Medicine: Sir Macfarlane Burnet (Australia) and Peter Brian Medawar (UK), for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance The first working laser is built by T. H. Maiman (US). Echo I, the first communications satellite, is launched. NASA launches Tiros I, the first weather satellite. Deaths Boris Pasternak Emily Post Lawrence Tibbett 1. Cathy's Clown, Everly Brothers 2. He'll Have To Go, , Jim Reeves 3. Theme From "A Summer Place", , Percy Faith 4. It's Now Or Never, , Elvis Presley 5. Teen Angel, , Mark Dinning 6. I'm Sorry, , Brenda Lee 7. Running Bear, , Johnny Preston 8. Handy Man, , Jimmy Jones 9. Stuck On You, , Elvis Presley 10. The Twist, , Chubby Checker 11. Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Connie Francis 12. Alley-oop, Hollywood Argyles 13. Greenfields, Brothers Four 14. What In The World's Come Over You, Jack Scott 15. El Paso, Marty Robbins 16. Weld One, Bobby Rydell 17. My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, Connie Francis 18. Sweet Nothin's, Brenda Lee 19. Only The Lonely, Roy Orbison 20. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini, Brian Hyland 21. Where Or When, Dion and The Belmonts 22. Sixteen Reasons, Connie Stevens 23. Puppy Love, Paul Anka 24. Why, Frankie Avalon 25. Walk, Dont Run, Ventures 26. Save The Last Dance For Me, Drifters 27. Baby (You Got What It Takes), Brook Benton and Dinah Washington 28. Sink The Bismark, Johnny Horton 29. Chain Gang, Sam Cooke 30. Let It Be Me, Everly Brothers 31. Good Timin', Jimmy Jones 32. Beyond The Sea, Bobby Darin 33. Go Jimmy Go, Jimmy Clanton 34. Night, Jackie Wilson 35. Burning Bridges, Jack Scott 36. Because They're Young, Duane Eddy 37. Lonely Blue Boy, Conway Twitty 38. The Big Hurt, Toni Fisher 39. Pretty Blue Eyes, Steve Lawrence 40. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Freddie Cannon 41. Paper Roses, Anita Bryant 42. Mr. Custer, Larry Verne 43. I Want To Be Wanted, Brenda Lee 44. Mule Skinner Blues, Fendermen 45. Cradle Of Love, Johnny Preston 46. Please Help Me, I'm Falling, Hank Locklin 47. You've Got What It Takes, Marv Johnson 48. Love You So, Rod Holden 49. Finger Poppin' Time, Hank Ballard and The Midnighters 50. Harbor Lights, Platters 51. Let The Little Girl Dance, Bobby Bland 52. He'll Have To Stay, Jeanne Black 53. Theme From The Apartment, Ferrante and Teicher 54. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu), Bobby Rydell 55. A Million To One, Jimmy Charles 56. The Village Of St. Bernadette, Andy Williams 57. White Silver Sands, Bill Black's Combo 58. The Old Lamplighter, Browns 59. Devil Or Angel, Bobby Vee 60. Down By The Station, Four Preps 61. Forever, Little Dippers 62. Image Of A Girl, Safaris and The Phantom's Band 63. Kiddio, Brook Benton 64. Mission Bell, Donnie Brooks 65. I Love The Way You Love, Marv Johnson 66. It's Time To Cry, Paul Anka 67. Tell Laura I Love Her, Ray Peterson 68. Mama, Connie Francis 69. Footsteps, Steve Lawrence 70. So Sad, Everly Brothers 71. That's All You Gotta Do, Brenda Lee 72. Walking To New Orleans, Fats Domino 73. Among My Souvenirs, Connie Francis 74. Swingin' School, Bobby Rydell 75. A Rockin' Good Way, Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 76. Stairway To Heaven, Neil Sedaka 77. My Home Town, Paul Anka 78. Georgia On My Mind, Ray Charles 79. Cherry Pie, Skip and Flip 80. Wonderful World, Sam Cooke 81. O Dio Mio, Annette 82. Lady Luck, Lloyd Price 83. Step By Step, Crests 84. Beatnik Fly, Johnny and The Hurricanes 85. Young Emotions, Ricky Nelson 86. Dreamin', Johnny Burnette 87. Mule Bitty Girl, Bobby Rydell 88.Tracy's Theme, Spencer Ross 89. You Talk Too Much, Joe Jones 90. Happy-Go-Lucky Me, Paul Evans 91. When Will I Be Loved, Everly Brothers 92. Let's Think About Livin', Bob Luman 93. Heartaches By The Number, Guy Mitchell 94. In My Little Corner Of The World, Anita Bryant 95. Sandy, Larry Hall 96. Poetry In Motion, Johnny Tillotson 97. Money, Barret Strong 98. Stay, Maurice Williams 99. Lonely Weekends, Charlie Rich 100. Doggin' Around, Jackie Wilson Pop culture madness 1960 Grammy Awards Record of the Year “Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith Album of the Year Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.) Song of the Year “Theme From Exodus,” Ernest Gold, songwriter Best New Artist of 1960 Bob Newhart Best Performance By a Pop Single Artist “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles (ABC) Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female “Mack the Knife,” Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) Best Vocal Performance, Album, Male Genius of Ray Charles, Ray Charles (Atlantic) Best Vocal Performance, Album, Female Mack the Knife—Ella in Berlin, Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) Best Performance By a Vocal Group “We Got Us,” Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence Best Performance By a Chorus Songs of the Cowboy, Norman Luboff Choir Best Rhythm and Blues Performance “Let the Good Times Roll,” Ray Charles Best Jazz Performance, Solo or Small Group West Side Story, André Previn Best Jazz Performance, Large Group Blues and the Beat, Henry Mancini Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis and Gil Evans, composers Best Performance By a Band for Dancing Dance With Basie, Count Basie Best Country and Western Performance “El Paso,” Marty Robbins Best Performance, Folk “Swing Dat Hammer,” Harry Belafonte Best Performance By an Orchestra Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini Best Arrangement Mr. Lucky, Henry Mancini, arranger Best Show Album (Original Cast) The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, composers (Columbia) Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Music Score From Motion Picture or Television Exodus, Ernest Gold, composer (RCA) Best Soundtrack Album or Recording of Original Cast From Motion Picture or Television Can-Can, Cole Porter, composer (Capital) Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Fritz Reiner conducting Chicago Symphony Best Classical Performance, Vocal or Instrumental Chamber Music Conversations With the Guitar, Laurindo Almeida Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental Soloist Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Sviatoslav Richter; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Chicago Symphony Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist or Duo (Other Than Orchestral) The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, Laurindo Almeida Best Classical Opera Production Puccini, Turandot, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra; solos: Tebaldi, Nilsson, Björling and Tozzi Best Classical Performance, Choral (Including Oratorio) Handel, The Messiah, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist A Program of Song, Leontyne Price Best Contemporary Classical Composition Orchestral Suite From Tender Land Suite, Aaron Copland, composer Best Comedy Performance (Spoken Word) Button Down Mind Strikes Back, Bob Newhart Best Comedy Performance (Musical) Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris, Jo Stafford and Paul Weston Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy) F.D.R. Speaks, Robert Bialek Best Album Created for Children Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks, David Seville (Liberty) Best Album Cover Latin a la Lee, Marvin Schwartz, art director (Capitol)