"Everybody's Somebody's Fool" #1 7/2/1960

This was the first #1 by a solo female artist of the Hot 100 era, which began in 1958. Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) ran into serious opposition from her label, with the suits telling her it would be career suicide to put out an almost country sounding record. They wanted this as a B-side. However, she was one of the first artists to have near-total control of their music, so Connie held her ground and had the song released as an A-side. All it did was become her first chart topper.