Top 100 Songs Of The 1960s

Top 100 Songs Of The 1960s

			peak	wks		year
1	"The Twist" from the LP Twist With Chubby Checker 1960: Billboard chart run: 11 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 4 - 24 - 29 - off 1962: Billboard chart run: 27 - 16 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 13 - 24 - 32 - off	Chubby Checker	1(3)	33	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1960 1962
2	Hey Jude  from the LP Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) Billboard chart run: 10 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 11 - 15 - 23 - 30 - 38 - off	The Beatles	1(9)	19	iTunes	1968
3	The Theme From A Summer Place from the LP Theme From A Summer Place Billboard chart run: 28 - 19 - 12 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 9 - 18 - 35 - off	Percy Faith	1(9)	17	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1960
4	Tossin' And Turnin'  from the LP Tossin' And Turnin'  Billboard chart run: 34 - 24 - 17 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 15 - 16 - off	Bobby Lewis	1(7)	17	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1961
5	I Want To Hold Your Hand from the LP Meet The Beatles! Billboard chart run: 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 19 - 24 - off	The Beatles	1(7)	14	iTunes	1964
6	Sugar, Sugar from the LP Everything's Archie Billboard chart run: 24 - 14 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 9 - 16 - 19 - 32 - 32 - off	Archies	1(4)	18	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1969
7	Walk Don't Run  from the LP Walk, Don't Run 1960: Billboard chart run: 39 - 18 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 12 - 15 - 34 - off 1964: Billboard chart run: 29 - 20 - 13 - 8 - 8 - 15 - 26 - off	The Ventures	2	21	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1960 1964
8	Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In	5th Dimension	1(6)	16		1969
9	I'm A Believer	The Monkees	1(7)	13		1967
10	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Marvin Gaye	1(7)	15		1969
11	He'll Have To Go	Jim Reeves	2	20		1960
12	It's Now Or Never	Elvis Presley	1(5)	16		1960
13	Hello, Dolly!	Louis Armstrong	1(1)	19		1964
14	I'm Sorry	Brenda Lee	1(3)	18		1960
15	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	Elvis Presley	1(6)	14		1961
16	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles	1(5)	14		1962
17	Love Is Blue	Paul Mauriat	1(5)	15		1968
18	Limbo Rock	Chubby Checker	2	17		1962
19	Running Bear	Johnny Preston	1(3)	14		1960
20	Big Girls Don't Cry from the LP Sherry & 11 Others Billboard chart run: 17 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 11 - 18 - 27 - off	The Four Seasons	1(5)	14	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1962
21	To Sir With Love	Lulu	1(5)	15		1967
22	Exodus	Ferrante & Teicher	2	18		1961
23	Wipeout	The Surfaris	2	20		1963 1966
24	Cathy's Clown	Everly Brothers	1(5)	13		1960
25	Sugar Shack	Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs	1(5)	13		1963
26	El Paso	Marty Robbins	1(2)	16		1960
27	Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee & The Starliters	1(3)	14		1962
28	Stranger On The Shore	Mr. Acker Bilk	1(1)	15		1962
29	Everyday People	Sly & The Family Stone	1(4)	14		1969
30	Wonderland By Night	Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra	1(3)	15		1961
31	Big Bad John	Jimmy Dean	1(5)	13		1961
32	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	Otis Redding	1(4)	14		1968
33	Honky Tonk Women	Rolling Stones	1(4)	14		1969
34	Love Child	Diana Ross & The Supremes	1(2)	15		1968
35	Last Date	Floyd Cramer	2	15		1960
36	Honey	Bobby Goldsboro	1(5)	13		1968
37	People Got To Be Free	The Rascals	1(5)	13		1968
38	North To Alaska	Johnny Horton	4	18		1960
39	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Connie Francis	1(2)	16		1960
40	Roses Are Red	Bobby Vinton	1(4)	13		1962
41	Crimson And Clover	Tommy James & The Shondells	1(2)	15		1969
42	Greenfields	Brothers Four	2	15		1960
43	She Loves You	The Beatles	1(2)	14		1964
44	My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own	Connie Francis	1(2)	14		1960
45	I Can't Get Next To You	The Temptations	1(2)	15		1969
46	Stuck On You	Elvis Presley	1(4)	13		1960
47	In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)	Zager & Evans	1(6)	12		1969
48	Come Together	The Beatles	1(1)	16		1969
49	Runaway	Del Shannon	1(4)	12		1961
50	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Peter, Paul & Mary	1(1)	15		1969
51	Light My Fire	The Doors	1(3)	14		1967
52	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow	The Shirelles	1(2)	15		1961
53	Sixteen Reasons	Connie Stevens	3	17		1960
54	Something	The Beatles	3	16		1969
55	Pony Time	Chubby Checker	1(3)	14		1961
56	Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	1(3)	14		1960
57	Winchester Cathedral	New Vaudeville Band	1(3)	13		1966
58	Calcutta	Lawrence Welk	1(2)	13		1961
59	Get Back	The Beatles	1(5)	12		1969
60	The Letter	The Box Tops	1(4)	13		1967
61	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Righteous Brothers	1(2)	13		1965
62	Teen Angel	Mark Dinning	1(2)	14		1960
63	Mashed Potato Time	Dee Dee Sharp	2	15		1962
64	Sherry from the LP Sherry & 11 Others Billboard chart run: 22 - 11 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 11 - 15 - 34 - off	The Four Seasons	1(5)	12	iTunes Amazon.mp3	1962
65	Windy	Association	1(4)	13		1967
66	Ode To Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	1(4)	12		1967
67	Return To Sender	Elvis Presley	2	14		1962
68	Dizzy	Tommy Roe	1(4)	13		1969
69	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Rolling Stones	1(4)	12		1965
70	Only The Lonely	Roy Orbison	2	15		1960
71	He's So Fine	The Chiffons	1(4)	12		1963
72	This Guy's In Love With You	Herb Alpert	1(4)	12		1968
73	Handy Man	Jimmy Jones	2	14		1960
74	Sweet Nothin's	Brenda Lee	4	15		1960
75	Oh, Pretty Woman	Roy Orbison	1(3)	14		1964
76	Wooly Bully	Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	2	14		1965
77	Please Mr. Postman	The Marvelettes	1(1)	15		1961
78	The Ballad Of The Green Berets	SSgt. Barry Sadler	1(5)	11		1966
79	Runaround Sue	Dion	1(2)	12		1961
80	Daydream Believer	The Monkees	1(4)	12		1967
81	Louie Louie	The Kingsmen	2	13		1964
82	Happy Together	The Turtles	1(3)	12		1967
83	Travelin' Man	Ricky Nelson	1(2)	15		1961
84	Dominique	Singing Nun	1(4)	12		1963
85	Downtown	Petula Clark	1(2)	13		1965
86	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares	1(2)	13		1962
87	I Get Around	Beach Boys	1(2)	13		1964
88	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2	14		1967
89	Mr. Lonely	Bobby Vinton	1(1)	14		1964
90	Blue Velvet	Bobby Vinton	1(3)	12		1963
91	Telstar	The Tornadoes	1(3)	13		1962
92	Wedding Bell Blues	The 5th Dimension	1(3)	14		1969
93	My Guy	Mary Wells	1(2)	13		1964
94	I Can't Help Myself	Four Tops	1(2)	13		1965
95	Hey Paula	Paul & Paula	1(3)	12		1963
96	Soldier Boy	The Shirelles	1(3)	13		1962
97	Come See About Me	The Supremes	1(2)	13		1965
98	The Good, The Bad & The Ugly	Hugo Montenegro	2	14		1968
99	Go Away Little Girl	Steve Lawrence	1(2)	12		1963
100	Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)	John Fred & His Playboy Band	1(2)	13		1968