These are my personal favorite top 100 songs from 1960-1969.
1. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
2. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
3. The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (1969)
4. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
5. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
6. The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” (1966)
7. The Beatles “With a Little Help from My Friends” (1967)
8. The Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
9. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964)
10. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
11. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
12. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
13. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
14. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
15. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
16. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)
17. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
18. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
19. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)
20. The Who “Pinball Wizard” (1969)
21. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
22. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
23. The Who “My Generation” (1966)
24. Jimmy Durante “Frosty the Snowman” (1969)
25. Aretha Franklin “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” (1967)
26. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
27. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
28. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
29. Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant” (1967)
30. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1968)
31. James Brown & the Furious Flames “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1965)
32. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
34. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
35. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
36. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
37. Sly & The Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
38. Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’” (1964)
39. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
40. The Righteous Brothers “Unchained Melody” (1965)
41. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
42. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
43. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
44. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
45. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
46. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
47. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
48. The Beatles “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (1967)
49. Sam Cooke “Wonderful World” (1960)
50. The Troggs “Wild Thing” (1966)
51. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
52. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
53. Blind Faith “Can’t Find My Way Home” (1969)
54. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)
55. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
56. Them “Gloria” (1964)
57. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
58. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (1969)
59. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
60. The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (1963)
61. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
62. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
63. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
64. The Drifters “Under the Boardwalk” (1964)
65. The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (1966)
66. The Beach Boys “California Girls” (1965)
67. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
68. The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (1967)
69. Julie Andrews “The Sound of Music” (1965)
70. Etta James “At Last” (1961)
71. Frank Sinatra “My Way” (1969)
72. The Rolling Stones “Mother’s Little Helper” (1966)
73. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
74. The Surfaris “Wipe Out” (1963)
75. The Rolling Stones “Under My Thumb” (1966)
76. The Disneyland Boys Choir “It’s a Small World After All” (1964)
77. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (1960)
78. Lesley Gore “It’s My Party” (1963)
79. Julie Andrews with Dick Van Dyke & the Pearlie Chorus “Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious” (1964)
80. Aretha Franklin “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You” (1967)
81. The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (1965)
82. The Beatles “Come Together” (1969)
83. The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (1964)
84. The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)
85. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)
86. Steam “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (1969)
87. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965)
88. The Beatles “Something” (1969)
89. Julie Andrews with Ensemble “Do Re Mi” (1965)
90. The Doors “People Are Strange” (1967)
91. Cream “Sunshine of Your Love’ (1967)
92. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
93. The Beatles “I Am the Walrus” (1967)
94. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963)
95. The Marcels “Blue Moon” (1961)
96. The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” (1963)
97. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
98. Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin’” (1966)
99. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
100. B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone” (1969)
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