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udiscovermusic: 100 Best 60s Songs

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Authored by one person but the article uses "We", instead of "I", alluding to a group/staff effort. Personally, I like the list - it's very AMFish.

100 Of The Best 60s Songs: Classic Tunes From A Decade That Changed Music Forever
This list of the best songs of the 60s celebrates wild and far-ranging sounds from all around the world.

Published on April 30, 2021
By Sam Armstrong
source: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ ... s-feature/

The best songs of the 60s? Surely an impossible task. And it is. So we’ll say at the beginning that this list doesn’t purport to be the definitive top 100 songs of the 60s. Instead, what we’re hoping to provide is a window into a decade that changed music forever and a pathway for future discovery.

Two important things that are worth mentioning. The first: We wanted each song we included to have some sort of popular impact, either in the decade it was released (or importance in the following decades). That means most of the jazz you’ll find on this list hit the Billboard charts. The second: We’ve only allowed one song per artist in an effort to pay tribute to as many folks as possible.

100: Roger Miller – King of the Road (1965)
99: Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Yeh, Yeh (1964)
98: Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (1967)
97: Roy Orbison – Crying (1961)
96: Russell Morris – The Real Thing (1969)
95: Leonard Cohen – Suzanne (1967)
94: Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World (1968)
93: Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual (1965)
92: The Monkees – Daydream Believer (1967)
91: Del Shannon – Runaway (1961)
90: Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is? (1969)
89: Silver Apples – Oscillations (1968)
88: Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (1965)
87: BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Doctor Who (1963)
86: Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People (1968)
85: Bee Gees – To Love Somebody (1967)
84: Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man (1968)
83: Bembeya Jazz National – Armée Guinéenne (1969)
82: Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds (1969)
81: Mulatu Astatke – Yègellé Tezeta (1969)
80: Françoise Hardy – Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles (1962)
79: Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe (1965)
78: Terry Riley – In C (1968)
77: Vince Guaraldi Trio – Linus & Lucy (1964)
76: Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (1965)
75: Ray Barretto – El Watusi (1962)
74: The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk (1964)
73: Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side (1964)
72: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966)
71: Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (1968)
70: Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
69: Gal Costa – Baby (1969)
68: The Kinks – You Really Got Me (1964)
67: Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
66: The Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “In” Crowd (1964)
65: The Kingsmen – Louie Louie (1963)
64: Wendy Carlos – Two-Part Invention in F Major (1968)
63: Joe Bataan – Subway Joe (1968)
62: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound Of Silence (1965)
61: Babatunde Olatunji – Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (1960)
60: The Zombies – Time of the Season
59: The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man (1967)
58: Etta James – At Last (1960)
57: Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (1968)
56: The Band – The Weight (1968)
55: Stan Getz & João Gilberto feat. Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Girl From Ipanema (1964)
54: Patsy Cline – Crazy (1961)
53: Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg – Je t’aime… moi non plus (1969)
52: Celia Cruz – Bemba Colorá (1966)
51: David Bowie – Space Oddity (1969)
50: Ennio Morricone – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Main Theme) (1966)
49: Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire (1963)
48: Hugh Masekela – Grazing in the Grass (1968)
47: Loretta Lynn – Fist City (1968)
46: The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears (1965)
45: Gilberto Gil – Aquele Abraço (1969)
44: The Byrds – Eight Miles High (1966)
43: Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata (1967)
42: The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack (1964)
41: Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man (1969)
40: Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites (1968)
39: Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman (1968)
38: Cream – Sunshine of Your Love (1967)
37: Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (1969)
36: Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth (1966)
35: Jorge Ben – Mas, Que Nada! (1963)
34: The Doors – Light My Fire (1967)
33: Booker T. And The MG’s – Green Onions (1962)
32: Caetano Veloso – Tropicália (1968)
31: Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart (1967)
30: The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back (1969)
29: The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’ (1965)
28: Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (1965)
27: Frankie Valli – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (1967)
26: Pete Rodriguez – I Like It Like That (1967)
25: Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number (1968)
24: The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)
23: Frank Sinatra – My Way (1969)
22: Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
21: Alton Ellis – I’m Still In Love With You (1967)
20: Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High (1966)
19: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son (1969)
18: Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (1967)
17: Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (1969)
16: Ray Charles – Georgia on My Mind (1960)
15: Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower (1968)
14: Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)
13: Os Mutantes – A Minha Menina (1968)
12: Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing in the Street (1964)
11: Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay (1968)
10: The Who – My Generation (1965)
09: The Ronettes – Be My Baby (1963)
08: The Temptations – My Girl (1965)
07: James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) (1965)
06: Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
05: Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman (1967)
04: The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
03: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (1966)
02: The Beatles – Come Together (1969)
01: Nina Simone – Sinnerman (1962)
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Re: udiscovermusic: 100 Best 60s Songs

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Excellent find Dexter, good to hear from all these wonderful songs again!
Browsing through this wonderful site I found another gem! The Top 100 Legendary Vocalists Who Changed The World !!!

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ ... vocalists/

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Re: udiscovermusic: 100 Best 60s Songs

Post by panam »

I like they they compiled the list, although Sam Armstrong seems to be the compilar it seems like a collaborative work because it's a very good job with music of different styles

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Re: udiscovermusic: 100 Best 60s Songs

Post by hero »

Great list with Sinnerman at the top :) But I am a little allergic to lists with only one song per artist.
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