Neil’s Top 30 Songs of The 1960s
Arguably the decade that saw the most change in the world of music. On 1 January 1960, Joey’s Song by Bill Haley and The Comets was sitting at number one. By 31 December 1969, the evolution had happened and Elvis was sitting there with Suspicious Minds.
In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite songs of the decade … how many of these would you include in your list?
- Something – The Beatles
- God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum
- The Real Thing – Russell Morris
- San Francisco – Scott McKenzie
- The Sound Of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel
- Yesterday – The Beatles
- I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Dusty Springfield
- I Am The Walrus – The Beatles
- The Star – Ross D. Wyllie
- Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
- Living In A Child’s Dream – Masters Apprentices
- Over The Rainbow – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
- A Lover’s Concerto – The Toys
- You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling – The Righteous Brothers
- The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – The Walker Brothers
- Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
- The Carnival Is Over – The Seekers
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- The Rain, The Park & Other Things – The Cowsills
- All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
- Happy Together – The Turtles
- The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperdinck
- Penny Lane – The Beatles
- Fox On The Run – Manfred Mann
- I Can’ Stop Loving You – Ray Charles
- The Days Of Pearly Spencer – David McWilliams
- Come A Little Bit Closer – Jay and The Americans
- (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet – The Reflections
- Volare – Bobby Rydell
The next 10 cabs off the rank if we had taken it to number 40 – in chronological order:
- Are You Lonesome Tonight – Elvis Presley – 1960
- Downtown – Petula Clark – 1965
- You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield – 1966
- Georgy Girl – The Seekers – 1967
- Different Drum – The Stone Poneys – 1967
- The Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann – 1968
- To Sir With Love – Lulu – 1968
- Young Girl – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – 1968
- Help Yourself – Tom Jones – 1968
- Hey Jude – The Beatles – 1968