Most Popular Song Each Month in the 60s

live627 · Saturday at 06:54

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.

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

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.

Hitcore · Saturday at 14:09

Nice idea for a thread. The #1 songs I recognize:

March 1960 - He'll have to go
April 1960 - Theme From a Summer Place
August 1960 - I'm Sorry
September 1960 - Apache (The Shadows)
October 1960 - It's Now or Never
November 1960 - Save the Last Dance for Me
December 1960 - Are You Lonesome Tonight
February 1961 - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
April 1961 - Blue Moon
May 1961 - Runaway
October 1961 - Hit the Road Jack
November 1961 - Runaround Sue
December 1961 - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
January 1962 - The Young Ones
February 1962 - Can't Help Falling in Love
March 1962 - Hey! Baby
May 1962 - Good Luck Charm
August 1962 - The Loco-motion
October 1962 - Sherry
December 1962 - Return to Sender
March 1963 - Summer Holiday
May 1963 - I Will Follow Him
June 1963 - It's My Party
July 1963 - Sukiyaki
August 1963 - (You're the) Devil in Disguise
September 1963 - Blue Velvet
November 1963 - You'll Never Walk Alone
December 1963 - Dominique
January 1964 - She Loves You
February 1964 - I Want to Hold Your Hand
March 1964 - I Saw Her Standing There
April 1964 - Can't Buy Me Love
May 1964 - My Guy
August 1964 - A Hard Day's Night
September 1964 - The House of the Rising Sun
October 1964 - Oh, Pretty Woman
November 1964 - Baby Love
December 1964 - Mr. Lonely
January 1965 - I Feel Fine
February 1965 - Downtown
May 1965 - Ticket to Ride
June 1965 - Mr. Tambourine Man
July 1965 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
August 1965 - I Got You Babe
September 1965 - Help!
October 1965 - Yesterday
December 1965 - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)
January 1966 - We Can Work It Out
March 1966 - These Boots are Made for Walkin'
June 1966 - Paint It Black
August 1966 - Summer in the City
September 1966 - You Can't Hurry Love
October 1966 - Yellow Submarine
November 1966 - Reach Out and I'll be There
December 1966 - Good Vibrations
January 1967 - Green, Green Grass of Home
February 1967 - I'm a Believer
March 1967 - Penny Lane
April 1967 - Somethin' Stupid
May 1967 - Puppet On A String
June 1967 - Silence is Golden
July 1967 - A Whiter Shade of Pale
August 1967 - All You Need is Love
September 1967 - The Letter
October 1967 - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
November 1967 - Massachusetts
December - Daydream Believer
January 1968 - Hello, Goodbye
June 1968 - Mrs. Robinson
October 1968 - Hey Jude
November 1968 - Those Were the Days
December 1968 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
January 1969 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
February 1969 - I Started A Joke
March 1969 - Dizzy
April 1969 - Aquarius
April 1969 - Let the Sunshine In
May 1969 - Get Back
June 1969 - The Ballad of John and Yoko
July 1969 - In the Year 2525
September 1969 - Bad Moon Rising
October 1969 - Sugar, Sugar
November 1969 - Suspicious Minds
December 1969 - Something

As for the #2 hits:

April 1960 - Marina
August 1960 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
October 1960 - Only the Lonely
February 1961 - Calendar Girl
July 1961 - Hello Mary Lou
October 1961 - Walkin' Back to Happiness
January 1962 - The Twist
March 1962 - Let's Twist Again
December 1962 - Big Girl's Don't Cry
May 1963 - From Me to You
October 1963 - Be My Baby
December 1963 - Louie Louie
March 1964 - Love Me Do
April 1964 - Twist and Shout
June 1964 - Chapel of Love
July 1964 - I Get Around
August 1964 - Where Did Our Love Go
September 1964 - You Really Got Me
October 1964 - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
November 1964 - Leader of the Pack
December 1964 - She's Not There
February 1965 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
March 1965 - My Girl
September 1965 - Eve of Destruction
October 1965 - Hang on Sloppy
January 1966 - The Sound of Silence
February 1966 - Barbara Ann
May 1966 - Sloop John B
July 1966 - Wild Thing
August 1966 - Sunny
November 1966 - You Keep Me Hangin' On
February 1967 - Ruby Tuesday
April 1967 - Happy Together
June 1967 - Respect
August 1967 - Light My Fire
March 1968 - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
April 1968 - Young Girl
May 1968 - What a Wonderful World
June 1968 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
July 1968 - Baby, Come Back
January 1969 - Build Me Up Buttercup
March 1969 - Proud Mary
April 1969 - Israelites
May 1969 - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)
August 1969 - In the Ghetto
October 1969 - Je t'aime (Moi Non Plus)
December 1969 - Come Together

I was born in 1982.

live627 · 2026-01-11T00:51:11+0000

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

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