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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3At Last - Etta James

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

Freya

4Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

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

Freya

5A 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

6Hey Jude - Beatles
7Like 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

8Light My Fire - The Doors

Jim Morrison kicks ass

Its a kick ass song

9House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
10Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Hello Darkness, my old friend...

Freya

 

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

When the night, has come..

Freya

13Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle
14California Girls - The Beach Boys

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

15I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight

Yes! I heard it - sing it Gladys!

16Daydream Believer - Monkees

Cheer up Sleepy Gene!

Freya

17Sympathy 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

18Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues

got to be the best ever love song in history

19Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues
20Happy Together - The Turtles
21Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
22Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

happy, pick me up song

23The Rain, Park And Other Things - The Cowsills
24Crimson And Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells

GREAT, GREAT SONG

25These 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

26Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations

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

27People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
28Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups

This Mardi Gras song as a hit!

Freya

29Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
30Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash And Young

It takes me back to wonderful
times of my life.

31Space Oddity - David Bowie

Ground Control to Major Tom...

Freya

32I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles

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

33Help - The Beatles
34When a Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
35Come See About Me - The Supremes
36I'll Be There - The Jackson Five
37Get Back - The Beatles
38Penny Lane - The Beatles
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!

40Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
41Needles And Pins - The Searchers
42Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
43Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
44White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

It is the quintessential summary of everything 60's.

45Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy - The Tams
46Respect - Aretha Franklin
47For Your Love - The Yardbirds
48Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
49Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
50Piece of My Heart - Big Brother
51Monterey - 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.

52Oh, Boy! - Buddy Holly Listen to sample
53Where Were You When I Needed You - Grassroots Listen to sample
54Massachusetts - Bee Gees Listen to sample
55Bus Stop - The Hollies
56Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds Listen to sample
57When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers Listen to sample
58Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo Listen to sample
59Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan Listen to sample
60Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

The King, thank you very much.

0448mickey

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This list was created on October 27, 2006 and has been voted on over 500 times.