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Favorite Songs of the 1960s (Chronological)

Decade Rating: 3.81. Ranked  #3 / 7.

5 songs per year, starting from 1960.

1960

    1) Charles Mingus - Moanin'  ||  Post-Bop Jazz 

    2) Etta James - At Last  ||  Soul, Vocal Jazz

    3) John Coltrane - Giant Steps  ||  Hard Bop Jazz

    4) Miles Davis - Concierto de Aranjuez  ||  Modal Jazz, Spanish Classical

    5) Max Roach - Freedom Day  ||  Avant-Garde Jazz

1961

    1) Roy Orbison - Crying  ||  Traditional Pop

    2) Bill Evans Trio - Haunted Heart  ||  Cool Jazz

    3) Tod Dockstader - Piece #8  ||  Musique concrète, Electronic

    4) Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces  ||  Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan

    5) Chavela Vargas - La llorna  ||  Ranchere, Bolero

1962

    1) Charlie Mingus - Ysabel's Table Dance  ||  Post-Bop Jazz

    2) Chet Baker Sextet - These Foolish Things  ||  Cool Jazz

    3) Charles Mingus - Hog Callin' Blues  ||  Post-Bop Jazz, Hard Bop Jazz

    4) Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Skating in the Central Park  ||  Cool Jazz

    5) Sonny Rollins - The Bridge  ||  Hard Bop Jazz

1963

    1) Bob Dylan - Blowin' In the Wind  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    2) Mingus - Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)  ||  Third Stream, Avant-Garde Jazz

    3) Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach - Le fleurs africaines (African Flower)  ||  Cool Jazz

    4) The Ronettes - Be My Baby  ||  Girl Group

    5) The Beatles - All My Loving  ||  Merseybeat, Pop Rock

1964

    1) The Animals - House of the Rising Sun  ||  British Rhythm & Blues

    2) The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night  ||  Garage Rock, Mod, Proto-Punk

    3) Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    4) Hank Mobley - Three Way Split  ||  Hard Bop Jazz

    5) Eric Dolphy - Hat and Beard  ||  Avant-Garde Jazz

1965

    1) Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence  ||  Folk Pop, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter

    2) Nina Simone - Sinnerman  ||  Vocal Jazz, Soul

    3) Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run the Game  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    4) John Coltrane - Part II - Resolution  ||  Spiritual Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz

    5) The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)  ||  Pop Rock

1966

    1) Patty Waters - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair  ||  Dark Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz

    2) The Beach Boys - God Only Knows  ||  Baroque Pop 

    3) Monks - Monk Time  ||  Garage Rock, Proto-Punk

    4) The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black  ||  Psychedelic Rock

    5) The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows  ||  Pop Rock, Psychedelic Pop

1967

    1) Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    2) The Velvet Underground & Nico - Heroin  ||  Art Rock, Experimental Rock

    3) Ewa Demarczyk - Karuzela z Madonnami  ||  Poezja śpiewana

    4) The Doors - Break on Through (to the Other Side)  ||  Psychedelic Rock

    5) Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World  ||  Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop

1968

    1) Nico - Evening of Light  ||  Avant-Folk

    2) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson  ||  Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter

    3) The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil  ||  Roots Rock

    4) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower  ||  Psychedelic Rock

    5) Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy  ||  Electric Blues

1969

    1) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising  ||  Swamp Rock, Country Rock

    2) King Crimson - Epitaph  ||  Art Rock, Progressive Rock

    3) David Bowie - Space Oddity  ||  Folk Rock

    4) The Velvet Underground - After Hours  ||  Pop Rock

    5) Can - Yoo Doo Right  ||  Krautrock, Experimental Rock

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