(Monday, October 17, 1960) — “Save the Last Dance for Me” by The Drifters peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three non-consecutive weeks (Oct. 17/31, Nov. 7, 1960).

The song ranked #182 on Rolling Stone‘s “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” making it the second-highest charting Drifters song on the list, behind “Up on the Roof.”