Greatest Songs of the 1960s

Rank Song Artist Year
#306
Time of the Season The Zombies 1968
#322
In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett 1965
#325
Dark End of the Street James Carr 1967
#334
Sunday Morning The Velvet Underground 1966
#347
Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding 1964
#348
At Last Etta James 1960
#351
Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 1967
#352
Heroin The Velvet Underground 1967
#359
Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
#365
I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown 1967
#368
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 1967
#370
Itchycoo Park Small Faces 1967
#375
I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding 1965
#379
Je t'aime moi non plus Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg 1969
#384
Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley, The Jordanaires 1961
#385
You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes 1966
#391
I'm Waiting for the Man The Velvet Underground 1967
#393
America Simon & Garfunkel 1968
#394
Crimson & Clover Tommy James & the Shondells 1967
#399
Desolation Row Bob Dylan 1965
#401
Reason to Believe Tim Hardin 1966
#402
The House of the Rising Sun The Animals 1964
#405
Gimme Some Lovin' The Spencer Davis Group 1966
#406
Some Velvet Morning Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood 1967
#417
River Deep – Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner 1966
#420
I Fought the Law The Bobby Fuller Four 1965
#426
Love Letters Ketty Lester 1962
#433
Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 1968
#436
The Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkel 1964
#444
Ticket to Ride The Beatles 1965
#445
I'm a Believer The Monkees 1966
#446
Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 1966
#455
Just Like a Woman Bob Dylan 1966
#459
(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 1963
#460
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers 1965
#461
Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1 James Brown 1968
#462
Make It Easy on Yourself The Walker Brothers 1965
#463
Baby Love The Supremes 1964
#469
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson 1967
#473
Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles 1966
#474
The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel 1964
#477
The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen 1967
#483
The Way Young Lovers Do Van Morrison 1968
#488
All Tomorrow's Parties The Velvet Underground 1967
#489
Arnold Layne Pink Floyd 1967
#490
She's a Rainbow The Rolling Stones 1967
#493
I Shall Be Released The Band 1968
#494
Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Bob Dylan 1966
#498
Blackbird The Beatles 1968
#513
Downtown Petula Clark 1964
#514
While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles 1968
#520
Walk Away Renee The Left Banke 1966
#525
White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground 1967
#529
You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 1969
#536
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore The Walker Brothers 1966
#545
Girl From The North Country Bob Dylan 1963
#548
Then He Kissed Me The Crystals 1963
#549
Needle of Death Bert Jansch 1965
#552
Roadrunner Bo Diddley 1960
#557
Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 1964
#564
Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan 1969
#569
With a Little Help From My Friends The Beatles 1967
#574
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan 1963
#575
Paperback Writer The Beatles 1966
#578
Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones 1967
#581
Chain Gang Sam Cooke 1960
#583
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield 1966
#584
Feeling Good Nina Simone 1965
#585
Ballad of a Thin Man Bob Dylan 1965
#586
When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 1968
#603
I Got You Babe Sonny & Cher 1965
#607
Tainted Love Gloria Jones 1965
#618
Move on up a Little Higher Mahalia Jackson 1963
#623
On Broadway The Drifters 1963
#624
Bright Lights, Big City Jimmy Reed 1961
#633
Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette 1968
#640
We Shall Overcome Joan Baez 1963
#641
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) Four Tops 1965
#642
Blowin' In The Wind Bob Dylan 1963
#646
Pressure Drop Toots & The Maytals 1968
#648
Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band 1969
#649
D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette 1968
#654
Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969
#655
Purple Haze The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
#660
Baby I Need Your Loving Four Tops 1964
#661
Up on the Roof The Drifters 1962
#664
California Dreamin' The Mamas & the Papas 1965
#665
Help! The Beatles 1965
#692
No Particular Place to Go Chuck Berry 1964
#717
'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk 1966
#719
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better The Byrds 1965
#724
My Way Frank Sinatra 1969
#729
Bonnie and Clyde Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot 1968
#740
Rumble Link Wray 1969
#742
Crosstown Traffic The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
#752
A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964
#753
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) The Byrds 1965
#755
Everybody's Talkin' Harry Nilsson 1968
#756
Let's Spend the Night Together The Rolling Stones 1967
#757
Do You Believe in Magic The Lovin' Spoonful 1965