Top 20 Song Chart for January 2, 1960 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Why | ▲ |
| Frankie Avalon |
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| 8 | 2 | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | ▲ |
| Freddy Cannon |
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| 2 | 3 | The Big Hurt | 1 |
| Miss Toni Fisher |
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| 3 | 4 | Marina | 3 |
| Willy Alberti |
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| 5 | 5 | It's Time To Cry | ▲ |
| Paul Anka |
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| 6 | 6 | Among My Souvenirs | ▲ |
| Connie Francis |
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| 14 | 7 | El Paso | 1 |
| Marty Robbins |
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| 4 | 8 | Oh! Carol | 3 |
| Neil Sedaka |
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| 15 | 9 | Running Bear | 1 |
| Johnny Preston |
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| 9 | 10 | Uh! Oh! Part 2 | 9 |
| The Nutty Squirrels |
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| 18 | 11 | You Got What It Takes | 5 |
| Marv Johnson |
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| 10 | 12 | Heartaches By The Number | 1 |
| Guy Mitchell |
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| 19 | 13 | The Village Of St. Bernadette | 6 |
| Andy Williams |
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| 16 | 14 | Pretty Blue Eyes | ▲ |
| Steve Lawrence |
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| 17 | 15 | Go, Jimmy, Go | 8 |
| Jimmy Clanton |
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| 13 | 16 | This Friendly World | 13 |
| Fabian |
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| 7 | 17 | So Many Ways | 2 |
| Brook Benton |
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| - | 18 | Not One Minute More | 16 |
| Della Reese |
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| - | 19 | First Name Initial | ▲ |
| Annette With The Afterbeats |
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| 12 | 20 | Hound Dog Man | 12 |
| Fabian |
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