HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Chain Gang” by Sam Cooke
“Chain Gang” by Sam Cooke finished No. 29 on the year-end Top 100 of 1960, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 291960
Year-end charts11960
ArtistSam Cooke8 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1960 was “Theme From "A Summer Place"” by Percy Faith. Sam Cooke had 8 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Chain Gang”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1960 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1960 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Save The Last Dance For Me | The 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 | The Everly Brothers | ▶♪ |
| 31 | Good Timin' | Jimmy Jones | ▶♪ |
| 32 | Beyond The Sea | Bobby Darin | ▶♪ |
More hits by Sam Cooke
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Send Me | Sam Cooke | 1957 #20 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Twistin' The Night Away | Sam Cooke | 1962 #23 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Having A Party | Sam Cooke | 1962 #52 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Shake | Sam Cooke | 1965 #66 | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Little Red Rooster | Sam Cooke | 1963 #67 | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | 1960 #80 | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Another Saturday Night | Sam Cooke | 1963 #88 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.