Most Popular Song Each Month in the 60s

live627

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I saw a youtuber react to a similar music compilation and I thought it'd be a fun challenge to jog my memory and create a tally of the songs that I recognize.

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Feb 1960 Teen Angel
Sep 1960 Apache (The Shadows)
Nov 1960 Save the last dance for me
Aug 1962 Locomotion
Feb 1964 I wanna hold your hand
May 1964 My Guy
Sep 1964 House of the riising asun
Oct 1964 Pretty Woman
Feb 1965 Dsowntown
Jun 1965 Mr Tambiourine Man
Nov 1966 Get off of my Cloud
Dec 1965 Turn Turn Turn (The Byrds)
May 1966 Monday Monday
Jul 1966 Strangers in the Night
Aug 1966 Summer in the City
Oct 1966 Yellow Submarine
Dec 1966 Good Vibrations
Feb 1967 I'm a Believer
Jun 1967 Silence is Golden
Sep 1967 The Letter (The Box Tops)
Dec 1967 Daydream Believer
Mar 1968 Love is Blue
Jun 1968 Mrs. Robinson
Jul 1968 This Guy's in Love with You
Oct 1968 Hey Jude
Oct 1969 Sugar Sugar

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Dec 1963 Louie Louie (Theeee Kingsmen)
Jul 1964 I Get Around (The Beach Boys)
Oct 1964 Do Wah Diddy Diddy Do
Jan 1966 come see about me
mar 1965 my girl (the temptations)
Oct 1965 Hang On Sloopy
Dec 1965 Day Trooper
Jan 1966 Sound Of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Jul 1966 Wild Thing
Jan 1967 Snoopy vs the Red Baron
Apr 1967 Happy Together
May 1967 Groovin'
Jun 1967 Respect
Aug 1967 Light My Fire
Jan 1969 Build me up buttercup
Mar 1969 Proud Mary

Surely someone older than me has heard more of these old hits.

My final score is 26 top hits and 16 #2 hits.
 

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Nice idea for a thread. The #1 songs I recognize:
  1. March 1960 - He'll have to go
  2. April 1960 - Theme From a Summer Place
  3. August 1960 - I'm Sorry
  4. September 1960 - Apache (The Shadows)
  5. October 1960 - It's Now or Never
  6. November 1960 - Save the Last Dance for Me
  7. December 1960 - Are You Lonesome Tonight
  8. February 1961 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
  9. April 1961 - Blue Moon
  10. May 1961 - Runaway
  11. October 1961 - Hit the Road Jack
  12. November 1961 - Runaround Sue
  13. December 1961 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  14. January 1962 - The Young Ones
  15. February 1962 - Can't Help Falling in Love
  16. March 1962 - Hey! Baby
  17. May 1962 - Good Luck Charm
  18. August 1962 - The Loco-motion
  19. October 1962 - Sherry
  20. December 1962 - Return to Sender
  21. March 1963 - Summer Holiday
  22. May 1963 - I Will Follow Him
  23. June 1963 - It's My Party
  24. July 1963 - Sukiyaki
  25. August 1963 - (You're the) Devil in Disguise
  26. September 1963 - Blue Velvet
  27. November 1963 - You'll Never Walk Alone
  28. December 1963 - Dominique
  29. January 1964 - She Loves You
  30. February 1964 - I Want to Hold Your Hand
  31. March 1964 - I Saw Her Standing There
  32. April 1964 - Can't Buy Me Love
  33. May 1964 - My Guy
  34. August 1964 - A Hard Day's Night
  35. September 1964 - The House of the Rising Sun
  36. October 1964 - Oh, Pretty Woman
  37. November 1964 - Baby Love
  38. December 1964 - Mr. Lonely
  39. January 1965 - I Feel Fine
  40. February 1965 - Downtown
  41. May 1965 - Ticket to Ride
  42. June 1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man
  43. July 1965 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
  44. August 1965 - I Got You Babe
  45. September 1965 - Help!
  46. October 1965 - Yesterday
  47. December 1965 - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)
  48. January 1966 - We Can Work It Out
  49. March 1966 - These Boots are Made for Walkin'
  50. June 1966 - Paint It Black
  51. August 1966 - Summer in the City
  52. September 1966 - You Can't Hurry Love
  53. October 1966 - Yellow Submarine
  54. November 1966 - Reach Out and I'll be There
  55. December 1966 - Good Vibrations
  56. January 1967 - Green, Green Grass of Home
  57. February 1967 - I'm a Believer
  58. March 1967 - Penny Lane
  59. April 1967 - Somethin' Stupid
  60. May 1967 - Puppet On A String
  61. June 1967 - Silence is Golden
  62. July 1967 - A Whiter Shade of Pale
  63. August 1967 - All You Need is Love
  64. September 1967 - The Letter
  65. October 1967 - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
  66. November 1967 - Massachusetts
  67. December - Daydream Believer
  68. January 1968 - Hello, Goodbye
  69. June 1968 - Mrs. Robinson
  70. October 1968 - Hey Jude
  71. November 1968 - Those Were the Days
  72. December 1968 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  73. January 1969 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  74. February 1969 - I Started A Joke
  75. March 1969 - Dizzy
  76. April 1969 - Aquarius
  77. April 1969 - Let the Sunshine In
  78. May 1969 - Get Back
  79. June 1969 - The Ballad of John and Yoko
  80. July 1969 - In the Year 2525
  81. September 1969 - Bad Moon Rising
  82. October 1969 - Sugar, Sugar
  83. November 1969 - Suspicious Minds
  84. December 1969 - Something
As for the #2 hits:
  1. April 1960 - Marina
  2. August 1960 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
  3. October 1960 - Only the Lonely
  4. February 1961 - Calendar Girl
  5. July 1961 - Hello Mary Lou
  6. October 1961 - Walkin' Back to Happiness
  7. January 1962 - The Twist
  8. March 1962 - Let's Twist Again
  9. December 1962 - Big Girl's Don't Cry
  10. May 1963 - From Me to You
  11. October 1963 - Be My Baby
  12. December 1963 - Louie Louie
  13. March 1964 - Love Me Do
  14. April 1964 - Twist and Shout
  15. June 1964 - Chapel of Love
  16. July 1964 - I Get Around
  17. August 1964 - Where Did Our Love Go
  18. September 1964 - You Really Got Me
  19. October 1964 - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
  20. November 1964 - Leader of the Pack
  21. December 1964 - She's Not There
  22. February 1965 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
  23. March 1965 - My Girl
  24. September 1965 - Eve of Destruction
  25. October 1965 - Hang on Sloppy
  26. January 1966 - The Sound of Silence
  27. February 1966 - Barbara Ann
  28. May 1966 - Sloop John B
  29. July 1966 - Wild Thing
  30. August 1966 - Sunny
  31. November 1966 - You Keep Me Hangin' On
  32. February 1967 - Ruby Tuesday
  33. April 1967 - Happy Together
  34. June 1967 - Respect
  35. August 1967 - Light My Fire
  36. March 1968 - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
  37. April 1968 - Young Girl
  38. May 1968 - What a Wonderful World
  39. June 1968 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
  40. July 1968 - Baby, Come Back
  41. January 1969 - Build Me Up Buttercup
  42. March 1969 - Proud Mary
  43. April 1969 - Israelites
  44. May 1969 - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
  45. August 1969 - In the Ghetto
  46. October 1969 - Je t'aime (Moi Non Plus)
  47. December 1969 - Come Together
I was born in 1982. 🙈
 

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1989 here. A few years ago I would proudly proclaim that I was the only one amongst my siblings to have lived within five different decades :D
 
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