# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1960 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930 "2014-08-30T01:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/21 "2014-08-31T00:40:30Z")
Of that list, I have to go with Ray Charles, and Percy Faith comes in a close second. _ **Apache** _ should have made the list too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/22 "2014-08-31T14:25:21Z")
On first glance it seems to be a poor list, but there are a number of songs familiar even today… something the 1958 crop lacked. I went with “Georgia” because I used to live there, but I could have just as easily gone with “El Paso”, “Summer Place”, or “Save the Last Dance.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/23 "2014-08-31T14:57:53Z")
I went Georgia, but I somehow missed “Save the Last Dance” on the list. I probably would have gone with that if I hadn’t skimmed. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/24 "2014-08-31T15:24:06Z")
Georgia On My Mind stands out head and shoulders, but I like Stuck On You by Elvis, followed by Theme From Summer Place. (an “A” and two “B’s”). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/25 "2014-09-01T04:52:31Z")
To me it was between Ray Charles and The Drifters, so I went with the great Drifters tune. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/26 "2014-09-01T10:53:39Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Wiki sez _It’s Now Or Never_ was second only to _Hound Dog_ on the all-time list of Presley’s best-selling singles – such that the Beatles only beat either single once. Interesting, thanks. I know little about Elvis. Perhaps I should have said “this seems to be a period during which Elvis was cranking out big hits, but not timeless, game-changing songs which even 21st-century non-fans would recognize.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/27 "2014-09-02T16:02:51Z")
I picked the Drifters, just ahead of “Cathy’s Clown.” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/28 "2014-09-03T17:07:46Z")
I love “El Paso”. Listened to it in the car with Dad on long trips as a kid and it resonates with me still. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/29 "2014-09-03T17:13:30Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Georgia On My Mind stands out head and shoulders The others are entertaining but Georgia is just about as close to perfection as a pop song can get. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930/30 "2014-10-24T22:58:36Z")
I “Georgia On My Mind”, with Brian Hyland’s “Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” a close second. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1960/696930.md?page=1)