1960s Top Pop Songs Of The Years summary
page number one pop songs
for each year in the 1960s with song links
and links to number one calendars at Tunecaster encyclopedia
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on the pictures to see full artist hit song discographies
with chart data
Instrumental
song The Theme From A Summer Place won
the Grammy Award for Record Of The Year and
became the top
song of the year and the top
song of the 1960s.
Percy Faith and others recorded various
instrumental and vocal versions.
Max Steiner wrote the song. The song was
from the movie A Summer Place.
In
1952, The Weavers took a traditional song
from Africa and recorded it as Wimoweh
(Mbube), and the song became very popular.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight was a vocal adaptation
of that song and became the 1961 top song of the year. Many artists went on to
record the song in the future, including
Robert
John, who brought it to number
one again in 1972. The Tokens song was from the album The Lion
Sleeps Tonight. The writers of this
song were: Paul Campbell, Luigi Creatore,
Solomon Linda, Hugo Peretti, Albert Stanton,
George David Weiss.
I
Can't Stop Loving You was the 1962 top song of the year. The song was from the album
Modern Sounds In Country And Western
Music. Don Gibson wrote the song.
February
9, 1964, The Beatles arrived to great
fanfare in New York City, when I Want
To Hold Your Hand was popular. This
became the 1964top
song of the year. The song
was from the album Meet The Beatles!.
The writers of this song were: John
Lennon, Paul McCartney.
(I
Can't Get No) Satisfaction was the
1965top
song of the year. The song
was from the album Out Of Our Heads.
The writers of this song were: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards.
Groovin'
was the 1967top
song of the year. The
video here is a live performance.
The song was from the album Groovin'.
The writers of this song were: Felix
Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati.
Paul
McCartney wrote Hey Jude
for Julian Lennon, the son of John
Lennon. Julian went on
to have his own music career. This
song was the first release by The
Beatles on Apple Records. Hey Jude
became the 1968top
song of the year. The
video featured here is an alternate
take from the hit version.
Ron
Dante sang Sugar, Sugar and the
other songs by The Archies. Sugar,
Sugar became the 1969top
song of the year. The
song was from the album Everything's
Archie. The writers of this
song were: Jeff Barry, Andy Kim.
