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“Let It Be Me” by The Everly Brothers

“Let It Be Me” by The Everly Brothers finished No. 30 on the year-end Top 100 of 1960, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 301960
Year-end charts11960
ArtistThe Everly Brothers14 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1960 was “Theme From "A Summer Place"” by Percy Faith. The Everly Brothers had 14 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “Let It Be Me”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1960 chart.

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Around it on the 1960 chart

#SongArtistListen
27Baby (You Got What It Takes)Brook Benton and Dinah Washington▶♪
28Sink The BismarkJohnny Horton▶♪
29Chain GangSam Cooke▶♪
30Let It Be MeThe Everly Brothers▶♪
31Good Timin'Jimmy Jones▶♪
32Beyond The SeaBobby Darin▶♪
33Go Jimmy GoJimmy Clanton▶♪

More hits by The Everly Brothers

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1All I Have To Do Is Dream / ClaudetteThe Everly Brothers1958 #2▶♪
2Cathy's ClownThe Everly Brothers1960 #3▶♪
3Bye Bye LoveThe Everly Brothers1957 #11▶♪
4Bird Dog / Devoted To YouThe Everly Brothers1958 #13▶♪
5Wake Up Little SusieThe Everly Brothers1957 #19▶♪
6('Til) I Kissed YouThe Everly Brothers1959 #20▶♪
7Crying In The RainThe Everly Brothers1962 #47▶♪
8Walk Right BackThe Everly Brothers1961 #57▶♪

Same title, different hit

“Let It Be Me” by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler (1964)

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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.