6 of the 60s: 3/13/13 (1960)...

Hey gang, it's time for another half-dozen nuggets from the 60s, and this week's I'm all the way back to 1960, the year John F. Kennedy was elected president, the youngest man elected into that office.

Johnny Preston - "Running Bear"
from the album Running Bear (1960)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

The Texas native topped the pop charts for three weeks with this song by the late Big Bopper, with background chanting by George Jones..

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Safaris - "Image Of A Girl"
from the album Image Of A Girl (2011)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6

The L.A. band had a one-hit-wonder with this nugget from the last gasp of pure doo-wop..

Jerry Butler - "He Will Break Your Heart"
from the album He Will Break Your Heart (1960)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

The original lead singer from the iconic gospel soul group the Impressions, Butler was most recently a Commissioner on the county board in Chicago.

Bill Black's Combo - "Josephine"
from the album Bill Black's Greatest Hits (1963)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #18

Elvis' bassistgoes the easy-listening route with this organ grinder of an instrumental

Temptations - "Barbara"
from the album The Doo Wop Box Vol II (1996)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #29

Before the legendary Motown vocal group, Neil Stevens and this group of New Yorkers laid claim to the moniker for their sole hit.

Patti Page - "One Of Us (Will Weep Tonight)"
from the album Golden Hits Volume 2 (1963)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #31

One of the holdouts from the pre-rock era, Page was the last person you'd expect first-person narrating a gunfight song.

Well that does it for this week's flashback...thanks for coming...tomorrow I'll have 7 more of the 70s and 8 of the 80s.