Top Songs of the 1960s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC-Paramount 10330]
written by Don Gibson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #16]
[Capitol 5112]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Reprise 0561]
written by C. Carson Parks

[Columbia 42674]
written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly

hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[RCA Victor 0174]
written by Rick Evans

instrumental
[London 9561]
written by Joe Meek

[United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell

[Capitol 2056]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA Victor 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder

[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

19th century folk song
[United Artists 258]
written by traditional

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #362]
[Capitol 5964]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[spoken]
[Columbia 4-42175]
written by Jimmy Dean

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]
[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1967
[Reprise 0470]
written by Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Charles Westover & Max Crook

[Calendar 63-1008]
written by Andy Kim & Jeff Barry

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #324]
[Motown 1066]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[RCA Victor 47-7992]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]
[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

with The Leon Young String Chorale
instrumental
[Atco 6217]
written by Acker Bilk & Robert Mellin

harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel

[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #34]
[Philles 124]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961 instrumental
[Columbia 4-41490]
written by Max Steiner & Mack Discant

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]
[London 9766]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #8]
[Apple 2276]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #116]
[London 910]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

with Billy Preston
[Apple 2490]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Warner 7340]
written by John Denver

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #120] charted as I Want You Back / Who's Lovin' You in US R&B charts
[Motown 1157]
written by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell

[ABC 11164]
written by Tommy Roe & Freddy Weller

[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. & Pete Astudillo

instrumental
[RCA Victor 9223]
written by Ennio Morricone

melody based on a traditional russian folk song
[Apple 1801]
written by Boris Fomin & Gene Raskin

[RCA Victor 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell

charted as Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out in UK charts
[Capitol 5555]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #29]
[Capitol 5476]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[London 9792]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #79]
[Columbia 43271]
written by Bob Dylan

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #384]
[Capitol 5407]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

adapted from the italian song "come back to sorrento"
[RCA Victor 47-7850]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #394] charted as Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling in Love in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7968]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

[Colgems 1002 A]
written by Neil Diamond

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #91]
[RCA 47-9764]
written by Mark James [songwriter]

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #449] charted as Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever in UK charts
[Capitol 5810]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Reprise 0432]
written by Lee Hazlewood

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #6]
[Capitol 5676]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #174]
[London 901]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Capitol 5651]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Warner 7002]
written by Charlie Chaplin

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

as Roy Orbison & The Candymen
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #222]
[Monument 851]
written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees

[Capitol 5327]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #289]
[Capitol 5150]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #153]
[Capitol 5222]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Ascot 2157]
written by Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #122]
[MGM 13264]
written by traditional

[Capitol 5175]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Smash 1965]
written by Roger Miller

[Philips 40152]
written by Jeanine Deckers

[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony

[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods

as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
[Columbia 44450]
written by Jerry Fuller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28] [recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector

as Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[A&M 929]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #355]
[Fantasy 622]
written by John Fogerty

[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder

[Atlantic 45-2556]
written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver & Peter Ker

[ABC-Paramount 10329]
written by Tommy Roe

[recorded in 1960]
[RCA 447-0643]
written by Artie Glenn

as Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

[Fontana 1509]
written by Clint Ballard Jr.

charted as Hello Mary Lou / Travellin' Man in UK charts
[Imperial 5741]
written by Jerry Fuller

instrumental
[Kapp 442]
written by Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy & Kenny Ball

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125] originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[Paula 282]
written by John Fred & Andrew Bernard

[Motown 1097]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[RCA Victor 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #303] charted as Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday in UK charts
[London 904]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Liberty 55986]
written by Gilbert Bécaud & Mack David

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #257]
[Atco 6415]
written by Chip Taylor

[Epic 10045]
written by Donovan Leitch

[Dunhill 4077]
written by Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling

charted as Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby in UK charts
[Capitol 5715]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.

produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck Jr.

hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Vee-Jay 457]
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #472]
[Motown 1060]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[recorded live at san quentin prison] [noverly]
[Columbia 4-44944]
written by Shel Silverstein

[Parrot 40011]
written by Eddie Miller & Dub Williams

[Warner 5494]
written by Tony Hatch

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Valiant 6026]
written by John Claude Gummoe