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1960s Music Year-By-Year  
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1960 * Elvis Presley returns to the music scene after his discharge from the army *Bye Bye Birdie opens on Broadway *The Beatles begin to make appearances outside of their native Liverpool  top singles of 1960Alley-Oop (The Hollywood Argyles) Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis Presley) Cathy's Clown (The Everly Brothers) I'm Sorry (Brenda Lee) It's Now Or Never (Elvis Presley) My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own (Connie Francis) Save The Last Dance For Me (The Drifters) Stuck On You (Elvis Presley) Theme From A Summer Place (Percy Faith) The Twist (Chubby Checker) | ----- |
 songs from 1960Theme From A Summer Place Percy Faith (midi) Cathy's Clown Everly Brothers (midi) Poetry In Motion Johnny Tillotson (midi) | ||
1961 *Dance tunes like "The Twist" and "The Bristol Stomp" are popular *FM stereo is introduced *Bob Dylan makes his debut in Greenwich Village
top singles of 1961Big Bad John (Jimmy Dean) Blue Moon (The Marcels) The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) Michael (The Highwaymen) Pony Time (Chubby Checker) Runaround Sue (Dion) Runaway (Del Shannon) Surrender (Elvis Presley) Take Good Care Of My Baby (Bobby Vee) Tossin' and Turnin' (Bobby Lewis) | songs from 1961 Runaway Del Shannon (midi) Blue Moon The Marcels (midi) Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany's (midi) Where The Boys Are Connie Francis (midi) (Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame Elvis Presley (midi) I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline (midi) | |||
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1962 *After replacing Pete Best with Ringo Starr, the Beatles record their first single, "Love Me Do" *Folk music and California surf music are popular *The Telstar satellite inspires an instrumental recording of the same name *The charts are dominated by girl groups like the Shirelles and the Crystals top singles of 1962Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons) Duke Of Earl (Gene Chandler) Good Luck Charm (Elvis Presley) Hey! Baby (Bruce Channel) I Can't Stop Loving You (Ray Charles) Peppermint Twist (Joey Dee & The Starliters) Roses Are Red (Bobby Vinton) Sheila (Tommy Roe) Sherry (The Four Seasons) Soldier Boy (The Shirelles) |  songs from 1962The Lonely Bull Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (midi) Palisades Park Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon (midi) Twisting The Night Away Chubby Checker (midi) The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Bobby Vee (midi) Telstar The Tornadoes (midi) Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka (midi) Stranger On The Shore Acker Bilk (midi) Crazy Patsy Cline (midi) | |||
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1963 *Beatlemania sweeps England *Phil Spector creates his signature "wall of sound" *The Rolling Stones record their first single, "Come On" top singles of 1963Blue Velvet (Bobby Vinton) Dominique (The Singing Nun) Fingertips--Part 2 (Little Stevie Wonder) He's So Fine (The Chiffons) Hey Paula (Paul and Paula) I Will Follow Him (Little Peggy March) My Boyfriend's Back (The Angels) Sugar Shack (Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs) Sukiyaki (Kyu Sakamoto) Walk Like A Man (The Four Seasons) | ----- | songs from 1963 The End Of The World Skeeter Davis (midi) Blue Velvet Bobby Vinton (midi) Surfin' USA The Beach Boys (midi) Wipe Out The Surfaris (midi) It's My Party Lesley Gore (midi) Rhythm Of The Rain The Cascades (midi) Fools Rush In Ricky Nelson (midi) Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash (midi) My Boyfriend's Back The Angels (midi) | ||
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1964 *The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show *Folk musicians respond to society's problems with protest songs *The Motown sound establishes itself *The TV shows Shindig and Top Of The Pops are launched top singles of 1964Baby Love (The Supremes) Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles) Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups) A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals) I Get Around (The Beach Boys) I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) Rag Doll (The Four Seasons) There, I've Said It Again (Bobby Vinton) | ----- |
 songs from 1964The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto (midi) Walk On By Dionne Warwick (midi) Mr. Lonely Bobby Vinton (midi) Viva Las Vegas Elvis Presley (midi) I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles (midi) 
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1965 *The popularity of the Beatles gives rise to the British Invasion *Bob Dylan and the Byrds introduce us to the sounds of folk rock *The Who and Jefferson Airplane hit the music scene top singles of 1965Get Off My Cloud (The Rolling Stones) Help! (The Beatles) Help Me Rhonda (The Beach Boys) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits) Stop! In The Name Of Love (The Supremes) Turn, Turn, Turn (The Byrds) Wooly Bully (Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs) Yesterday (The Beatles) |  songs from 1965Count Me In Gary Lewis & The Playboys (midi) What's New Pussycat? Tom Jones (midi) A Taste Of Honey Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass (midi) Flowers On The Wall The Statler Brothers (midi) You've Got Your Troubles The Fortunes (midi) Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash (midi) | |||
1966 *John Lennon angers fans when he states that the Beatles "are more popular than Jesus Christ" *TV gives us the first pre-fabricated rock group, The Monkees *Shindig and Hullabaloo are canceled top singles of 1966The Ballad Of The Green Berets (Sgt. Barry Sadler) Cherish (The Association) Hanky Panky (Tommy James & The Shondells) Monday, Monday (The Mamas & Papas) Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones) Summer In The City (The Lovin' Spoonful) Wild Thing (The Troggs) Winchester Cathedral (The New Vaudeville Band) You Can't Hurry Love (The Supremes) (You're My) Soul And Inspiration (The Righteous Brothers) | ----- |  songs from 1966Red Rubber Ball The Cyrkle (midi) California Dreaming The Mamas & The Papas (midi) Hazy Shade Of Winter Simon & Garfunkel (midi) She The Monkees (midi) Papa Gene's Blues The Monkees (midi) No Milk Today Herman's Hermits (midi) Paint It Black The Rolling Stones (midi) A Man & A Woman theme song from the movie (midi) | ||
  1967 *The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band *The music of Simon & Garfunkel is featured on The Graduate soundtrack *The Monterey Pop Festival introduces us to Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix *Decca asks the London Festival Orchestra to collaborate with an up-and-coming band on a project featuring their new Deramic Sound System. The band was the Moody Blues, and what was supposed to be just a stereo demonstration album turned out to be the wildly popular Days Of Future Passed top singles of 1967Daydream Believer (The Monkees) Groovin' (The Young Rascals) Happy Together (The Turtles) I'm A Believer (The Monkees) The Letter (The Box Tops) Light My Fire (The Doors) Ode To Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry) Something Stupid (Frank & Nancy Sinatra) To Sir With Love (Lulu) Windy (The Association)
| songs from 1967 Different Drum Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys (midi) San Francisco (Wear Flowers In Your Hair) Scott McKenzie (midi) Incense & Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock (midi) Sometime In The Morning The Monkees (midi) Silence Is Golden The Tremeloes (midi) Music To Watch Girls By (midi) Lazy Day Spanky & Our Gang (midi) The Rain, The Park & Other Things The Cowsills (midi) Pleasant Valley Sunday The Monkees (midi) A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin (midi) Shades Of Grey The Monkees (midi) Rocky Top (midi) | |||
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1968 *Hair opens off-Broadway *Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple are formed *Elvis Presley's TV special launches his "comeback" *Having struck gold with The Monkees, Don Kirshner forms The Archies, and pre-teen bubblegum music is born *Johnny Cash performs his famous concert inside the walls of Folsom Prison top singles of 1968Hello, I Love You (The Doors) Hey Jude (The Beatles) Honey (Bobby Goldsboro) I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) Judy In Disguise (John Fred & His Playboy Band) Love Is Blue (Paul Mauriat) Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) People Got To Be Free (The Rascals) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) This Guy's In Love With You (Herb Alpert) 
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  songs from 1968Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat (midi) Classical Gas Mason Williams (midi) Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues (midi) Mrs. Robinson Simon & Garfunkel (midi) Pictures Of Matchstick Men Status Quo (midi) Reach Out In The Darkness Friend & Lover (midi) Honey Bobby Goldsboro (midi) At The Zoo Simon & Garfunkel (midi) Song For A Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot (midi) 1969 *Soul music is popular *Over 400,000 people attend the three-day Woodstock Music and Art Fair *London is the site of the Beatles' last performance together as a group *A series of coincidences spark the "Paul is dead" rumors, convincing many people that Paul McCartney died back in 1966 and was replaced by an imposter *Violence erupts during a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway, resulting in four deaths and many injuries top singles of 1969Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The 5th Dimension) Dizzy (Tommy Roe) Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone) Get Back (The Beatles) Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones) I Can't Get Next To You (The Temptations) In The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam) Sugar, Sugar (The Archies) Wedding Bell Blues (The 5th Dimension)  songs from 1969Aquarius The 5th Dimension (midi) Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond (midi) Traces The Classics IV (midi) Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (midi) In The Year 2525 Zager & Evans (midi) Sugar, Sugar The Archies (midi)  | |||
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