The Best Rock Songs of the 60s - part one

Full Songlist-

1960-
Walk, Don't Run (The Ventures)
Shakin' All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates)
Apache (The Shadows)

1961-
Kon-Tiki (The Shadows)

1962-
Missirlou (Dick Dale)
Wipeout (The Surfaris)
Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs)

1963-
I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
Twist and Shout (The Beatles)
Surfin' USA (The Beach Boys)
Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)

1964-
She's Not There (The Zombies)
You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Gloria (Them)
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
I Get Around (The Beach Boys)

1965-
Heart Full of Soul (The Yardbirds)
California Dreamin' (The Mamas and the Papas)
Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
Boom Boom Boom (The Animals)
Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)
Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds)
My Generation (The Who)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)

1966-
Summer in the City (The Lovin' Spoonful)
Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys)
Psychotic Reaction (Count Five)
Time Has Come Today (The Chambers Brothers)
Gimme Some Lovin' (The Spencer Davis Group)
Wild Thing (The Troggs)

1967-
Break On Through To The Other Side (The Doors)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (The Beatles)
For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
We Love You (The Rolling Stones)
Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)
Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)
I Can See For Miles (The Who)
Light My Fire (The Doors)
White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
The Letter (The Boxtops)
Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
A Day In The Life (The Beatles)
Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)
Get Together (The Youngbloods)

1968-
Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)
White Room (Cream)
Mony Mony (Tommy James and the Shondells)
All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix)
In a Gadda Da Vida (Iron Butterfly)
Hey Jude (The Beatles)
Voodoo Child Slight Return (Jimi Hendrix)
Hush (Deep Purple)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)
Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (The Bob Seger System)
Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
Sympathy For The Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Do It Again (The Beach Boys)

1969-
Fortunate Son (Creedence Cleerwater Revival)
Venus (The Shocking Blue)
Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin)
Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin)
Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby Stills and Nash)
Long and Lonesome Road (The Shocking Blue)
Come Together (The Beatles)
With a Little Help From My Friends (Joe Cocker)
The Letter (Joe Cocker)
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones)
Honky Tonk Women (The Rolling Stones)
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)

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[vanjane]

Obviously the decade of the boy bands. Where are the girls?

[King689]

@vanjane The popular girl bands of the 60s (The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Marvelettes, etc.) would techinally be considered pop or R&B groups, which is why I didn't include them in series on rock. However, if you check out my Best Soul, R&B songs of the 60s, you'll see I included songs from all of those girl groups.

[rocklobster112]

"Gloria" is by Van Morisson not them..

[King689]

@rocklobster112 Van Morrison wrote the song for his band, Them. The 1964 recording with Them is the original hit version. Van Morrison didn't record the song solo til the mid 70s, and that version was never nearly as popular as Them's version.

[SouthMeckStunna]

Why do i have to live in a generation with pieces of shit like lady gaga!!! I wish i knew wat it was like to be a real hippy...

[hachiki7354]

i am 2 months old but i listen this no scratch that i am still fetus and i listen this because i rock other fetuses only listen todays crap

[LorenaFacio]

I'm in love!

[JessicasMilk]

She wouldn't dance with another,wuuuuuuuu(8)

[Gunner8495]

the fact that hey joe is from 1965 blew my mind

[rockinron40]

there are some wrong years for songs on here like "Wipeout" by the Surfaris was released in 1963 not 1962 and "Hey Joe"by Jimi Hendrix was a hit first in the U.K. in 1966,not1965.

[lfmskl1]

nothing from Tommy by The Who?? that was 1969... otherwise great list

[soadrocks4]

Dick Dale was the man

[ForzaZuniga]

there is something wrong , i am sure this isnt kon-tiki