Best Songs of the 1960s

A lot of great songs were written during the 1960's. Rock, R&B, funk, soul, country, you name it. Any song that was released between 1960 and 1970 is good for this list. Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.

 

1
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie

Greatest 60’s song ever.

debsan

I remember this song as though it were just yesterday. Great song of the 60’s.

debsan

2Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones

I wanna see it painted, painted black...

Freya

love this song

best song ever!

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3Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

OOhhh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for, your touch, a long, lonely time...

Freya

4At Last - Etta James

At Last, my love has come along. My lonely days, are over

Freya

5Hey Jude - Beatles

It's the greatest song from the greatest band ever! Not just the greatest band, but the greatest musical artist in general! This song is the peak of The Beatles' career. Everything they did before this song were just the baby steps that they needed to create the greatest song of all time.

6A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum

I like the melody

nothing like it ever...
a stand along classic with no rival

A great and very haunting song.

Ninnia

7Light My Fire - The Doors

Jim Morrison kicks ass

Its a kick ass song

8Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Hello Darkness, my old friend...

Freya

9Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Dylan at his best

BEST SONG EVER not just best song of the 60s, BEST SONG EVER!

This song changed music forever

10House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals

 

11To Love Somebody - The Bee Gees
12Stand By Me - Ben E. King

When the night, has come..

Freya

13I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight

Yes! I heard it - sing it Gladys!

14Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues

got to be the best ever love song in history

15Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle
16California Girls - The Beach Boys

The Beach boys had a great sound which is exemplified by this song

17Daydream Believer - Monkees

Cheer up Sleepy Gene!

Freya

18Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

happy, pick me up song

19Happy Together - The Turtles
20Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues

One of many unforgettable, timeless hits they wrote during the 60's!

21Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
22Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth, and taste. Been around for a long long year......

Freya

23These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra

These boots are made for walking, and thats just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you!

Freya

it refreshes the memories of the army infantry when on long marches

24People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
25The Rain, Park And Other Things - The Cowsills
26Crimson And Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells

GREAT, GREAT SONG

27Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

the best song from the 60's... and I am not even from that decade!

28Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
29Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash And Young

It takes me back to wonderful
times of my life.

30Space Oddity - David Bowie

Ground Control to Major Tom...

Freya

31Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups

This Mardi Gras song as a hit!

Freya

32I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles

Why wouldn't you want to hold your lover's hand...

33I'll Be There - The Jackson Five
34Help - The Beatles
35When a Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
36Get Back - The Beatles

That guitar and bass, Harrison and McCartney at their best! An amazing song off the Let It Be album and a great performance on it on the rooftop of 3 Saville Row on 30th January 1969.

37Come See About Me - The Supremes
38Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
39Love Me Do - The Beatles

it a good song if you listen to it and take the time to listen to the words it sounds really good

the beatles will always be the best!

40Penny Lane - The Beatles
41Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
42For Your Love - The Yardbirds

GREAT YARDBIRDS. CLAPTON, BECK AND PAGE ALL WITH THIS GROUP AT ONE TIME. I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SIXTIES SONGS EVERY WRITTEN. YES

43Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - The Tams
44Needles And Pins - The Searchers
45Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
46Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
47White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

It is the quintessential summary of everything 60's.

48Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was and still is the greatest singer of all times. This his last number one hit.

The King, thank you very much.

0448mickey

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49Bus Stop - The Hollies
50Respect - Aretha Franklin
51Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
52Piece of My Heart - Big Brother
53Monterey - The Animals

Summarized the psychedelic feeling of the Summer of Love. The Monterey Pop Festival was both the end and beginning of the mid-60's. It officially ended the Surf Music mindset, and ushered in the late 60's psychedelic Nirvana years.

54When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers Listen to sample
55Oh, Boy! - Buddy Holly Listen to sample
56Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo Listen to sample
57Where Were You When I Needed You - Grassroots Listen to sample
58Massachusetts - Bee Gees Listen to sample
59Crying - Roy Orbison
60Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds Listen to sample
61Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan Listen to sample
6221st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson Listen to sample
63Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes Listen to sample
64Baby It's You - Smith Listen to sample
65(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones Listen to sample
66More Than Words - Extreme
67Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf Listen to sample
68Downtown - Petula Clark Listen to sample

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This list was created on October 27, 2006 and has been voted on over 700 times.