Top Songs of the 1960s ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC-Paramount 10330]
written by Don Gibson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #16]
[Capitol 5112]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Reprise 0561]
written by Carson Parks (as C. Carson Parks)

[Columbia 42674]
written by Doc Pomus (as Jerome "Doc" Pomus) & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly

hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk

[RCA Victor 0174]
written by Rick Evans

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[intrumental]

[London 9561]
written by Joe Meek

adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA Victor 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder

[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

[United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell

19th century folk song
written by traditional

[Capitol 2056]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #362]
[Capitol 5964]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42175]
written by Jimmy Dean

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]

[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1967]

[Reprise 0470]
written by Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #324]
[Motown 1066]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Calendar 1008]
written by Andy Kim & Jeff Barry

[RCA 47-7992]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]

[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #34]
[Philles 124]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[Columbia 41490]
written by Max Steiner & Mack Discant

harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]

[London 9766]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #116]

[London 910]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

with Billy Preston
[Apple 2490]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #8]
[Apple 2276]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Dizzy by Tommy Roe

from Dizzy

[ABC 11164]
written by Tommy Roe & Freddy Weller

[Warner 7340]
written by John Denver

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #120]
charted as I Want You Back / Who's Lovin' You in US R&B charts
[Motown 1157]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)

melody based on a traditional russian folk song
[Apple 1801]
written by Boris Fomin & Gene Raskin

[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 9223]
written by Ennio Morricone

[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, A.B. Quintanilla (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudillo

[RCA Victor 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell

written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

charted as Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out in UK charts
[Capitol 5555]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

adapted from the italian song "come back to sorrento"
[RCA 47-7850]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394]
charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #29]
[Capitol 5476]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #79]
[Columbia 43271]
written by Bob Dylan

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #384]
[Capitol 5407]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #91]
[RCA 47-9764]
written by Mark James [songwriter]

[Colgems 1002 A]
written by Neil Diamond

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #449]
charted as Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever in UK charts
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #174]

[London 901]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #6]
[Capitol 5676]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

[Capitol 5651]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Reprise 0432]
written by Lee Hazlewood

as Roy Orbison & The Candymen

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #222]

[Monument 851]
written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees

[Capitol 5327]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Ascot 2157]
written by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #153]
[Capitol 5222]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Warner 7002]
written by Charlie Chaplin

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #122]
written by traditional

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #289]
[Capitol 5150]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Capitol 5175]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony

[Smash 1965]
written by Roger Miller

[Philips 40152]
written by The Singing Nun (as Jeanine Deckers)

[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods

as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
[Columbia 44450]
written by Jerry Fuller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28]
[recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

as Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[A&M 929]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #355]
[Fantasy 622]
written by John Fogerty

written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver & Peter Ker

[ABC-Paramount 10329]
written by Tommy Roe

as Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

written by Clint Ballard Jr.

[recorded in 1960]
[RCA 447-0643]
written by Artie Glenn

charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Jerry Fuller

[instrumental]
[Kapp 442]
written by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (as Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy) & Kenny Ball (arrangement)

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125]
originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[RCA Victor 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus

written by John Fred & Andrew Bernard

[Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #303]
charted as Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday in UK charts
[London 904]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Motown 1097]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #257]
[Atco 6415]
written by Chip Taylor

[Liberty 55986]
written by Gilbert Bécaud & Mack David

[Epic 10045]
written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)

charted as Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby in UK charts
[Capitol 5715]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #472]
[Motown 1060]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Vee-Jay 457]
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger

[recorded live at san quentin prison]
[noverly]
[Columbia 4-44944]
written by Shel Silverstein

[Dunhill 4077]
written by Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling

produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck (as John Gluck Jr.)

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Philips 40211]
written by Bob Gaudio & Bob Crewe

[Parrot 40011]
written by Eddie Miller & James Pebworth (as Dub Williams)

Top Songs of the 1960s

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