60'S TOP 40 SONGS FROM FILMS

1960[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 25	A Summer Place	"Theme from A Summer Place"	Percy Faith	Mack Discant and Max Steiner	1	2	won Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961, also US #16 for The Lettermen
July 4	Circus of Horrors	"Look for a Star"	Garry Mills	Franz Reizenstein, Muir Mathieson	26	7
August 8	The Apartment	"Theme from The Apartment"	Ferrante & Teicher	Adolph Deutsch	10	44
August 8	The Wizard of Oz	“Over the Rainbow“	The Demensions	music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg	16		won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939
November 28	Exodus	"Theme from Exodus"	Ferrante & Teicher	Ernest Gold	2	6

1961[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 13	Wild in the Country	“Lonely Man”	Elvis Presley	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	32		recorded for the film, but not used
April 24	Flaming Star	“Flaming Star”	Elvis Presley	Sid Wayne, Sherman Edwards	14
May 13	The Frightened City	"The Frightened City"	The Shadows	Norrie Paramor		3
June 19	Wild in the Country	“Wild in the Country”	Elvis Presley	Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss	26	4
July 3	Never on Sunday	“Never on Sunday”	Manos Hadjidakis	The Chordettes	13		won 1960 Academy Award for Best Original Song; also Don Costa US #19, UK #27
September 18	The Parent Trap	"Let's Get Together"	Hayley Mills	Robert and Richard Sherman	8	17
April 17	One-Eyed Jacks	"(Love Theme From) One Eyed Jacks"	Ferrante & Teicher	Hugo Friedhofer	37
October 16	West Side Story	"Tonight"	Ferrante & Teicher	music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	8		also Shirley Bassey UK #21
November 13	Breakfast at Tiffany's	"Moon River"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	11	44	won 1961 Academy Award for Best Original Song,[6] also 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[7]
December 18	Town Without Pity	“Town Without Pity”	Gene Pitney	music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington	13	32

1962[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 19	Follow That Dream	“Follow That Dream”	Elvis Presley	music Fred Wise lyrics by Ben Weisman	15	34	UK charting as an EP
May 19	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"	Gene Pitney	Music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David	4		ranked No. 36 in the Western Writers of America's list of the top 100 Western songs of all time, as compiled from a survey of its members;[4] not included in movie.
October 6	Kid Galahad	"King of the Whole Wide World"	Elvis Presley	Bob Roberts, Ruth Bachelor	30		released as an EP
October 27	Girls! Girls! Girls!	"Return to Sender"	Elvis Presley	Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell	2	1

1963[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 26	Days of Wine and Roses	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	33		won 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Song; also Andy Williams US #26
February 23	It Happened at the World's Fair	"One Broken Heart for Sale"	Elvis Presley	Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell	2	1
July 6	Mondo Cane	“More”	Kai Winding	Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero	8		instrumental version; the vocal version by Vic Dana peaked at US #42
November 2	Fun in Acapulco	“Bossa Nova Baby“	Elvis Presley	Leiber, Stoller	8	13

1964[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 25	Charade	"Charade"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	36		nominated for 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song
March 7	Kissin' Cousins	“Kissin' Cousins“	Elvis Presley	Fred Wise, Randy Starr	12	10
April 18	The Pink Panther	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini	31	14	UK charting for EP "The Pink Panther" Saxophone by Plas Johnson
May 30	Viva Las Vegas	“Viva Las Vegas“	Elvis Presley	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	29	17
July 18	A Hard Day's Night	“A Hard Day's Night”	The Beatles	Lennon–McCartney	1	1
December 19	Dear Heart	"Dear Heart"	Andy Williams	Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	24

1965[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 13	Girl Happy	“Do the Clam“	Elvis Presley	Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman, and Dolores Fuller	21	19
July 3	Tickle Me	"(Such an) Easy Question"	Elvis Presley	Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott	11	19
July 3	What's New Pussycat?	“What's New Pussycat?”	Tom Jones	music by Burt Bacharach lyrics by Hal David	3	11
August 14	Help	“Help!"	The Beatles	Lennon–McCartney	1	1
September 4	Catch Us If You Can (aka Having a Wild Weekend in US)	“Catch Us If You Can”	The Dave Clark Five	Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson	4	5
December 4	Girl Happy	“Puppet on a String”	Elvis Presley	Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper	14

1966[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
April 17	Baby the Rain Must Fall	"Baby the Rain Must Fall"	Glenn Yarbrough	Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon	12
May 28	A Man Could Get Killed	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra	music by Bert Kaempfert, English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder	1	1	won 1966 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well as 1967 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman
July 9	Doctor Zhivago	"Lara's Theme" aka "Somewhere My Love"	Ray Conniff Singers	music by Maurice Jarre, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster	9
August 20	Alfie	“Alfie”	Cher	music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David	32		also Dionne Warwick US #15, Cilla Black UK #9
October 15	Born Free	“Born Free”	Roger Williams	music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black	7		also The Hesitations US #38
November 5	Spinout	“Spinout”	Elvis Presley	Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller, Sid Wayne	40
November 27	The War Lord	"The War Lord"	The Shadows	Jerome Moross		18

1967[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 25	You're a Big Boy Now	"Darlin' Be Home Soon"	The Lovin' Spoonful	John Sebastian	15	44
April 15	The Happening	“The Happening”	The Supremes	Holland–Dozier–Holland and Frank De Vol	1	6
May 6	Double Trouble	“Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)”	Elvis Presley	John Leslie McFarland, Winfield Scott	63	49
May 13	Easy Come, Easy Go	“You Gotta Stop/Love Machine”	Elvis Presley	Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye/Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson		38	released as an EP Easy Come, Easy Go

1968[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 4	The Graduate	“Mrs. Robinson”	Simon & Garfunkel	Paul Simon	1	4	It became the first rock song to win Record of the Year, and it also was awarded the Grammy for Best Contemporary-Pop Performance – Vocal Duo or Group.[8]

1969[edit]

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
November 29	Midnight Cowboy	"Midnight Cowboy"	Ferrante & Teicher	John Barry	10
August 2	The Trouble with Girls	"Clean Up Your Own Backyard"	Elvis Presley	Mac Davis, Billy Strange	35	21
August 16	Midnight Cowboy	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Nilsson	Fred Neil	6	23	won 1970 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
August 23	True Grit	“True Grit”	Glen Campbell	lyrics by Don Black, music by Elmer Bernstein	35
November 1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	B. J. Thomas	Burt Bacharach	1	38	won 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song
December 20	The Sterile Cuckoo	"Come Saturday Morning"	The Sandpipers	music by Fred Karlin, lyrics by Dory Previn	17		nominated for 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song