Carol" by Neil Sedaka for one week at the No.1 spot of Hitkrant's List of European number-one hits of 1960.

It was the #2 jukebox play of the whole year in Automaten-Markt's records after "Seemann" by Lolita.

In the Netherlands, the number of born Marina's rose from 156 in 1958 (before the hit song), to 190 and 250 in 1959 and 1960: an increase of 22% in 1959 and again 32% the next year.

[5] In Italy, the number of born Marina's goes from 2984 in 1959 to 8294 in 1960, becoming the fifth most popular name in the country in that year.

A (German) musical feature film entitled Marina (by Paul Martin) was released in 1960.