The 1960s in music

Who ruled the 1960s? The Beatles was Artist of the Decade on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cliff Richard on the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of the 1960s, the biggest songs and the top artists.

Billboard Hot 100

Artist of the Decade 1960s

The Beatles

91 crowns · 131 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 793

Top artists of the 1960s
#	Artist	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	The Beatles	793	91	131
2	Brenda Lee	517	12	32
3	Elvis Presley	497	4	12
4	The Beach Boys	470	15	47
5	Connie Francis	436	5	36
6	Chubby Checker	415	12	43
7	Bobby Vinton	404	7	31
8	The Temptations	395	3	22
9	The 4 Seasons	375	20	38
10	The Rolling Stones	367	7	45

Artist of the Year, 1960s
Year	Artist	Crowns
1960	Connie Francis	4
1961	Chubby Checker	5
1962	Chubby Checker	6
1963	The Beach Boys	9
1964	The Beatles	31
1965	The Beatles	14
1966	The Beatles	17
1967	The Monkees	15
1968	Aretha Franklin	5
1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	5

Every #1 song of the 1960s203 songs reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
First week at #1	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
Jan 4, 1960	El Paso	Marty Robbins	2
Jan 18, 1960	Running Bear	Johnny Preston	3
Feb 8, 1960	Teen Angel	Mark Dinning	2
Feb 22, 1960	The Theme From "A Summer Place	Percy Faith And His Orchestra	9
Apr 25, 1960	Stuck On You	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	4
May 23, 1960	Cathy's Clown	The Everly Brothers	5
Jun 27, 1960	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Connie Francis	2
Jul 11, 1960	Alley-Oop	Hollywood Argyles	1
Jul 18, 1960	I'm Sorry	Brenda Lee	3
Aug 8, 1960	Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini	Brian Hyland	1
Aug 15, 1960	It's Now Or Never	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	5
Sep 19, 1960	The Twist	Chubby Checker	3
Sep 26, 1960	My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own	Connie Francis	2
Oct 10, 1960	Mr. Custer	Larry Verne	1
Oct 17, 1960	Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	3
Oct 24, 1960	I Want To Be Wanted	Brenda Lee	1
Nov 14, 1960	Georgia On My Mind	Ray Charles	1
Nov 21, 1960	Stay	Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs	1
Nov 28, 1960	Are You Lonesome To-night?	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	6
Jan 9, 1961	Wonderland By Night	Bert Kaempfert	3
Jan 30, 1961	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Shirelles	2
Feb 13, 1961	Calcutta	Lawrence Welk	2
Feb 27, 1961	Pony Time	Chubby Checker	3
Mar 20, 1961	Surrender	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	2
Apr 3, 1961	Blue Moon	The Marcels	3
Apr 24, 1961	Runaway	Del Shannon	4
May 22, 1961	Mother-In-Law	Ernie K-Doe	1
May 29, 1961	Travelin' Man	Ricky Nelson	2
Jun 5, 1961	Running Scared	Roy Orbison	1
Jun 19, 1961	Moody River	Pat Boone	1
Jun 26, 1961	Quarter To Three	U.S. Bonds	2
Jul 10, 1961	Tossin' And Turnin	Bobby Lewis	7
Aug 28, 1961	Wooden Heart	Joe Dowell	1
Sep 4, 1961	Michael	The Highwaymen	2
Sep 18, 1961	Take Good Care Of My Baby	Bobby Vee	3
Oct 9, 1961	Hit The Road Jack	Ray Charles and his Orchestra	2
Oct 23, 1961	Runaround Sue	Dion	2
Nov 6, 1961	Big Bad John	Jimmy Dean	5
Dec 11, 1961	Please Mr. Postman	The Marvelettes	1
Dec 18, 1961	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens	3
Jan 27, 1962	Peppermint Twist - Part I	Joey Dee & the Starliters	3
Feb 17, 1962	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler	3
Mar 10, 1962	Hey! Baby	Bruce Channel	3
Mar 31, 1962	Don't Break The Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis	1
Apr 7, 1962	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares	2
Apr 21, 1962	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	2
May 5, 1962	Soldier Boy	The Shirelles	3
May 26, 1962	Stranger On The Shore	Mr. Acker Bilk	1
Jun 2, 1962	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles	5
Jul 7, 1962	The Stripper	David Rose	1
Jul 14, 1962	Roses Are Red (My Love)	Bobby Vinton	4
Aug 11, 1962	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka	2
Aug 25, 1962	The Loco-Motion	Little Eva	1
Sep 1, 1962	Sheila	Tommy Roe	2
Sep 15, 1962	Sherry	The 4 Seasons	5
Oct 20, 1962	Monster Mash	Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers	2
Nov 3, 1962	He's A Rebel	The Crystals	2
Nov 17, 1962	Big Girls Don't Cry	The 4 Seasons	5
Dec 22, 1962	Telstar	The Tornadoes	3
Jan 12, 1963	Go Away Little Girl	Steve Lawrence	2
Jan 26, 1963	Walk Right In	The Rooftop Singers	2
Feb 9, 1963	Hey Paula	Paul and Paula	3
Mar 2, 1963	Walk Like A Man	The 4 Seasons	3
Mar 23, 1963	Our Day Will Come	Ruby And The Romantics	1
Mar 30, 1963	He's So Fine	The Chiffons	4
Apr 27, 1963	I Will Follow Him	Little Peggy March	3
May 18, 1963	If You Wanna Be Happy	Jimmy Soul	2
Jun 1, 1963	It's My Party	Lesley Gore	2
Jun 15, 1963	Sukiyaki	Kyu Sakamoto	3
Jul 6, 1963	Easier Said Than Done	The Essex	2
Jul 20, 1963	Surf City	Jan & Dean	2
Aug 3, 1963	So Much In Love	The Tymes	1
Aug 10, 1963	Fingertips - Pt 2	Little Stevie Wonder	3
Aug 31, 1963	My Boyfriend's Back	The Angels	3
Sep 21, 1963	Blue Velvet	Bobby Vinton	3
Oct 12, 1963	Sugar Shack	Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs	5
Nov 16, 1963	Deep Purple	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	1
Nov 23, 1963	I'm Leaving It Up To You	Dale & Grace	2
Dec 7, 1963	Dominique	The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)	4
Jan 4, 1964	There! I've Said It Again	Bobby Vinton	4
Feb 1, 1964	I Want To Hold Your Hand	The Beatles	7
Mar 21, 1964	She Loves You	The Beatles	2
Apr 4, 1964	Can't Buy Me Love	The Beatles	5
May 9, 1964	Hello, Dolly!	Louis Armstrong And The All Stars	1
May 16, 1964	My Guy	Mary Wells	2
May 30, 1964	Love Me Do	The Beatles	1
Jun 6, 1964	Chapel Of Love	The Dixie Cups	3
Jun 27, 1964	A World Without Love	Peter And Gordon	1
Jul 4, 1964	I Get Around	The Beach Boys	2
Jul 18, 1964	Rag Doll	The 4 Seasons feat. the "Sound of Frankie Valli	2
Aug 1, 1964	A Hard Day's Night	The Beatles	2
Aug 15, 1964	Everybody Loves Somebody	Dean Martin	1
Aug 22, 1964	Where Did Our Love Go	The Supremes	2
Sep 5, 1964	House Of The Rising Sun	The Animals	3
Sep 26, 1964	Oh, Pretty Woman	Roy Orbison	3
Oct 17, 1964	Do Wah Diddy Diddy	Manfred Mann	2
Oct 31, 1964	Baby Love	The Supremes	4
Nov 28, 1964	Leader Of The Pack	The Shangri-Las	1
Dec 5, 1964	Ringo	Lorne Greene	1
Dec 12, 1964	Mr. Lonely	Bobby Vinton	1
Dec 19, 1964	Come See About Me	The Supremes	2
Dec 26, 1964	I Feel Fine	The Beatles	3
Jan 23, 1965	Downtown	Petula Clark	2
Feb 6, 1965	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin	The Righteous Brothers	2
Feb 20, 1965	This Diamond Ring	Gary Lewis And The Playboys	2
Mar 6, 1965	My Girl	The Temptations	1
Mar 13, 1965	Eight Days A Week	The Beatles	2
Mar 27, 1965	Stop! In The Name Of Love	The Supremes	2
Apr 10, 1965	I'm Telling You Now	Freddie And The Dreamers	2
Apr 24, 1965	Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	1
May 1, 1965	Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter	Herman's Hermits	3
May 22, 1965	Ticket To Ride	The Beatles	1
May 29, 1965	Help Me, Rhonda	The Beach Boys	2
Jun 12, 1965	Back In My Arms Again	The Supremes	1
Jun 19, 1965	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)	Four Tops	2
Jun 26, 1965	Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	1
Jul 10, 1965	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	4
Aug 7, 1965	I'm Henry VIII, I Am	Herman's Hermits	1
Aug 14, 1965	I Got You Babe	Sonny & Cher	3
Sep 4, 1965	Help!	The Beatles	3
Sep 25, 1965	Eve Of Destruction	Barry McGuire	1
Oct 2, 1965	Hang On Sloopy	The McCoys	1
Oct 9, 1965	Yesterday	The Beatles	4
Nov 6, 1965	Get Off Of My Cloud	The Rolling Stones	2
Nov 20, 1965	I Hear A Symphony	The Supremes	2
Dec 4, 1965	Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)	The Byrds	3
Dec 25, 1965	Over And Over	The Dave Clark Five	1
Jan 1, 1966	The Sound Of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	2
Jan 8, 1966	We Can Work It Out	The Beatles	3
Feb 5, 1966	My Love	Petula Clark	2
Feb 19, 1966	Lightnin' Strikes	Lou Christie	1
Feb 26, 1966	These Boots Are Made For Walkin	Nancy Sinatra	1
Mar 5, 1966	The Ballad Of The Green Berets	SSgt Barry Sadler	5
Apr 9, 1966	(You're My) Soul And Inspiration	The Righteous Brothers	3
Apr 30, 1966	Good Lovin	The Young Rascals	1
May 7, 1966	Monday, Monday	The Mamas & The Papas	3
May 28, 1966	When A Man Loves A Woman	Percy Sledge	2
Jun 11, 1966	Paint It, Black	The Rolling Stones	2
Jun 25, 1966	Paperback Writer	The Beatles	2
Jul 2, 1966	Strangers In The Night	Frank Sinatra	1
Jul 16, 1966	Hanky Panky	Tommy James And The Shondells	2
Jul 30, 1966	Wild Thing	The Troggs	2
Aug 13, 1966	Summer In The City	The Lovin' Spoonful	3
Sep 3, 1966	Sunshine Superman	Donovan	1
Sep 10, 1966	You Can't Hurry Love	The Supremes	2
Sep 24, 1966	Cherish	The Association	3
Oct 15, 1966	Reach Out I'll Be There	Four Tops	2
Oct 29, 1966	96 Tears	? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians	1
Nov 5, 1966	Last Train To Clarksville	The Monkees	1
Nov 12, 1966	Poor Side Of Town	Johnny Rivers	1
Nov 19, 1966	You Keep Me Hangin' On	The Supremes	2
Dec 3, 1966	Winchester Cathedral	The New Vaudeville Band	3
Dec 10, 1966	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	1
Dec 31, 1966	I'm A Believer	The Monkees	7
Feb 18, 1967	Kind Of A Drag	The Buckinghams	2
Mar 4, 1967	Ruby Tuesday	The Rolling Stones	1
Mar 11, 1967	Love Is Here And Now You're Gone	The Supremes	1
Mar 18, 1967	Penny Lane	The Beatles	1
Mar 25, 1967	Happy Together	The Turtles	3
Apr 15, 1967	Somethin' Stupid	Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra	4
May 13, 1967	The Happening	The Supremes	1
May 20, 1967	Groovin	The Young Rascals	4
Jun 3, 1967	Respect	Aretha Franklin	2
Jul 1, 1967	Windy	The Association	4
Jul 29, 1967	Light My Fire	The Doors	3
Aug 19, 1967	All You Need Is Love	The Beatles	1
Aug 26, 1967	Ode To Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	4
Sep 23, 1967	The Letter	The Box Tops	4
Oct 21, 1967	To Sir With Love	Lulu	5
Nov 25, 1967	Incense And Peppermints	Strawberry Alarm Clock	1
Dec 2, 1967	Daydream Believer	The Monkees	4
Dec 30, 1967	Hello Goodbye	The Beatles	3
Jan 20, 1968	Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)	John Fred And The Playboys	2
Feb 3, 1968	Green Tambourine	The Lemon Pipers	1
Feb 10, 1968	Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)	Paul Mauriat	5
Mar 16, 1968	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	Otis Redding	4
Apr 13, 1968	Honey	Bobby Goldsboro	5
May 18, 1968	Tighten Up	Archie Bell & The Drells	2
Jun 1, 1968	Mrs. Robinson	Simon & Garfunkel	3
Jun 22, 1968	This Guy's In Love With You	Herb Alpert	4
Jul 20, 1968	Grazing In The Grass	Hugh Masekela	2
Aug 3, 1968	Hello, I Love You	The Doors	2
Aug 17, 1968	People Got To Be Free	The Rascals	5
Sep 21, 1968	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Jeannie C. Riley	1
Sep 28, 1968	Hey Jude	The Beatles	9
Nov 30, 1968	Love Child	Diana Ross & The Supremes	2
Dec 14, 1968	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Marvin Gaye	7
Feb 1, 1969	Crimson And Clover	Tommy James And The Shondells	2
Feb 15, 1969	Everyday People	Sly & The Family Stone	4
Mar 15, 1969	Dizzy	Tommy Roe	4
Apr 12, 1969	Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)	The 5th Dimension	6
May 24, 1969	Get Back	The Beatles & Billy Preston	5
Jun 28, 1969	Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet	Henry Mancini	2
Jul 12, 1969	In The Year 2525	Zager & Evans	6
Aug 23, 1969	Honky Tonk Women	The Rolling Stones	4
Sep 20, 1969	Sugar, Sugar	The Archies	4
Oct 18, 1969	I Can't Get Next To You	The Temptations	2
Nov 1, 1969	Suspicious Minds	Elvis Presley	1
Nov 8, 1969	Wedding Bell Blues	The 5th Dimension	3
Nov 29, 1969	Come Together/Something	The Beatles	1
Dec 6, 1969	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	Steam	2
Dec 20, 1969	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Peter, Paul & Mary	1
Dec 27, 1969	Someday We'll Be Together	Diana Ross & The Supremes	1

Biggest songs of the 1960sSongs that entered the chart in the 1960s, by Record Power
#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks	Record Power
1	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee	#1	70	158.8
2	The Twist	Chubby Checker	#1	39	98.7
3	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)	Nat King Cole	#6	55	90.5
4	Unchained Melody	The Righteous Brothers	#4	44	69.6
5	Monster Mash	Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers	#1	42	64.7
6	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka	#1	28	57.0
7	Hey Jude	The Beatles	#1	19	55.8
8	Stand By Me	Ben E. King	#4	35	55.7
9	Tossin' And Turnin	Bobby Lewis	#1	23	52.4
10	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head	B.J. Thomas	#1	22	51.9
11	Hello, Dolly!	Louis Armstrong And The All Stars	#1	22	51.7
12	Sugar, Sugar	The Archies	#1	22	51.7
13	The Theme From "A Summer Place	Percy Faith And His Orchestra	#1	21	51.0
14	I'm Sorry	Brenda Lee	#1	23	48.9
15	Limbo Rock	Chubby Checker	#2	23	47.6
16	Do You Love Me	The Contours	#3	34	47.2
17	It's Now Or Never	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	#1	20	47.2
18	Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)	The 5th Dimension	#1	17	47.1
19	Wipe Out	The Surfaris	#2	30	46.5
20	Exodus	Ferrante & Teicher	#2	21	46.5

UK Singles Chart

Artist of the Decade 1960s

Cliff Richard

24 crowns · 108 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 994

Top artists of the 1960s
#	Artist	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Cliff Richard	994	24	108
2	Elvis Presley	894	40	98
3	The Beatles	759	45	125
4	The Shadows	608	4	49
5	Roy Orbison	548	5	54
6	Jim Reeves	485	20	30
7	Adam Faith	460	8	32
8	The Hollies	460	2	33
9	Billy Fury	459	5	20
10	The Rolling Stones	416	12	50

Artist of the Year, 1960s
Year	Artist	Crowns
1960	Adam Faith	8
1961	Elvis Presley	21
1962	Elvis Presley	11
1963	The Beatles	11
1964	Jim Reeves	16
1965	The Seekers	8
1966	The Beach Boys	2
1967	Engelbert Humperdinck	24
1968	Tom Jones	0
1969	Fleetwood Mac	1

Every #1 song of the 1960s187 songs reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart
First week at #1	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
Jan 1, 1960	What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?	Emile Ford and the Checkmates	4
Jan 29, 1960	Starry Eyed	Michael Holliday	1
Feb 5, 1960	Why	Anthony Newley	4
Mar 4, 1960	Poor Me	Adam Faith	2
Mar 17, 1960	Running Bear	Johnny Preston	2
Mar 31, 1960	My Old Man's a Dustman	Lonnie Donegan	4
Apr 28, 1960	Do You Mind?	Anthony Newley	1
May 5, 1960	Cathy's Clown	The Everly Brothers	7
Jun 23, 1960	Three Steps to Heaven	Eddie Cochran	2
Jul 7, 1960	Good Timin	Jimmy Jones	3
Jul 28, 1960	Please Don't Tease	Cliff Richard	3
Aug 4, 1960	Shakin' All Over	Johnny Kidd and the Pirates	1
Aug 25, 1960	Apache	The Shadows	5
Sep 29, 1960	Tell Laura I Love Her	Ricky Valance	3
Oct 20, 1960	Only the Lonely	Roy Orbison	2
Nov 3, 1960	It's Now or Never	Elvis Presley	8
Dec 29, 1960	I Love You	Cliff Richard	2
Jan 12, 1961	Poetry In Motion	Johnny Tillotson	2
Jan 26, 1961	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	Elvis Presley	4
Feb 23, 1961	Sailor	Petula Clark	1
Mar 2, 1961	Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes	The Everly Brothers	3
Mar 23, 1961	Wooden Heart	Elvis Presley	6
May 4, 1961	Blue Moon	The Marcels	2
May 18, 1961	On The Rebound	Floyd Cramer	1
May 25, 1961	You're Driving Me Crazy	Temperance Seven	1
Jun 1, 1961	Surrender	Elvis Presley	4
Jun 29, 1961	Runaway	Del Shannon	3
Jul 20, 1961	Temptation	The Everly Brothers	2
Aug 3, 1961	Well I Ask You	Eden Kane	1
Aug 10, 1961	You Don't Know	Helen Shapiro	3
Aug 31, 1961	Johnny Remember Me	John Leyton	4
Sep 21, 1961	Reach for the Stars/Climb Ev'Ry Mountain	Shirley Bassey	1
Oct 5, 1961	Kon-Tiki	The Shadows	1
Oct 12, 1961	Michael	The Highwaymen	1
Oct 19, 1961	Walking Back to Happiness	Helen Shapiro	3
Nov 9, 1961	His Latest Flame/Little Sisters	Elvis Presley	4
Dec 7, 1961	Tower of Strength	Frankie Vaughan	3
Dec 28, 1961	Moon River	Danny Williams	2
Jan 11, 1962	The Young Ones	Cliff Richard	6
Feb 22, 1962	Can't Help Falling in Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby	Elvis Presley	4
Mar 22, 1962	Wonderful Land	The Shadows	8
May 17, 1962	Nut Rocker	B. Bumble & The Stingers	1
May 24, 1962	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley	5
Jun 28, 1962	Come Outside	Mike Sarne & Wendy Richard	2
Jul 12, 1962	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles	2
Jul 26, 1962	I Remember You	Frank Ifield	7
Sep 13, 1962	She's Not You	Elvis Presley	3
Oct 4, 1962	Telstar	Tornados	5
Nov 8, 1962	Lovesick Blues	Frank Ifield	5
Dec 13, 1962	Return to Sender	Elvis Presley	3
Jan 3, 1963	The Next Time/Bachelor Boy	Cliff Richard	3
Jan 24, 1963	Dance On!	The Shadows	1
Jan 31, 1963	Diamonds	Jet Harris & Tony Meehan	3
Feb 21, 1963	Wayward Wind	Frank Ifield	3
Mar 14, 1963	Summer Holiday	Cliff Richard	3
Mar 28, 1963	Foot Tapper	The Shadows	1
Apr 11, 1963	How Do You Do It?	Gerry And The Pacemakers	3
May 2, 1963	From Me To You	The Beatles	7
Jun 20, 1963	I Like It	Gerry And The Pacemakers	4
Jul 18, 1963	Confessin	Frank Ifield	2
Aug 1, 1963	Devil in Disguise	Elvis Presley	1
Aug 8, 1963	Sweets for My Sweet	The Searchers	2
Aug 22, 1963	Bad to Me	Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas	3
Sep 12, 1963	She Loves You	The Beatles	6
Oct 10, 1963	Do You Love Me?	Brian Poole And The Tremeloes	3
Oct 31, 1963	You'll Never Walk Alone	Gerry And The Pacemakers	4
Dec 12, 1963	I Want To Hold Your Hand	The Beatles	5
Jan 16, 1964	Glad All Over	The Dave Clark Five	2
Jan 30, 1964	Needles And Pins	The Searchers	3
Feb 20, 1964	Diane	The Bachelors	1
Feb 27, 1964	Anyone Who Had a Heart	Cilla Black	3
Mar 19, 1964	Little Children	Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas	2
Apr 2, 1964	Can't Buy Me Love	The Beatles	3
Apr 23, 1964	World Without Love	Peter And Gordon	2
May 7, 1964	Don't Throw Your Love Away	The Searchers	2
May 21, 1964	Juliet	The Four Pennies	1
May 28, 1964	You're My World	Cilla Black	4
Jun 25, 1964	It's Over	Roy Orbison	2
Jul 9, 1964	House Of The Rising Sun	The Animals	1
Jul 16, 1964	It's All Over Now	The Rolling Stones	1
Jul 23, 1964	A Hard Day's Night	The Beatles	3
Aug 13, 1964	Do Wah Diddy Diddy	Manfred Mann	2
Aug 27, 1964	Have I The Right?	The Honeycombs	2
Sep 10, 1964	You Really Got Me	The Kinks	2
Sep 24, 1964	I'm Into Something Good	Herman's Hermits	2
Oct 8, 1964	Oh, Pretty Woman	Roy Orbison	3
Oct 22, 1964	(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me	Sandie Shaw	3
Nov 19, 1964	Baby Love	The Supremes	2
Dec 3, 1964	Little Red Rooster	The Rolling Stones	1
Dec 10, 1964	I Feel Fine	The Beatles	5
Jan 14, 1965	Yeh Yeh	Georgie Fame	2
Jan 28, 1965	Go Now	The Moody Blues	1
Feb 4, 1965	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin	The Righteous Brothers	2
Feb 18, 1965	Tired Of Waiting For You	The Kinks	1
Feb 25, 1965	I'll Never Find Another You	The Seekers	2
Mar 11, 1965	It's Not Unusual	Tom Jones	1
Mar 18, 1965	The Last Time	The Rolling Stones	3
Apr 8, 1965	Concrete And Clay	Unit Four plus Two	1
Apr 15, 1965	The Minute You're Gone	Cliff Richard	1
Apr 22, 1965	Ticket To Ride	The Beatles	3
May 13, 1965	King Of The Road	Roger Miller	1
May 20, 1965	Where Are You Now (My Love)	Jackie Trent	1
May 27, 1965	Long Live Love	Sandie Shaw	3
Jun 17, 1965	Crying in the Chapel	Elvis Presley	2
Jun 24, 1965	I'm Alive	The Hollies	3
Jul 22, 1965	Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	2
Aug 5, 1965	Help!	The Beatles	3
Aug 26, 1965	I Got You Babe	Sonny & Cher	2
Sep 9, 1965	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	2
Sep 23, 1965	Make It Easy on Yourself	Walker Brothers	1
Sep 30, 1965	Tears	Ken Dodd	5
Nov 4, 1965	Get Off Of My Cloud	The Rolling Stones	3
Nov 25, 1965	The Carnival Is Over	The Seekers	3
Dec 16, 1965	Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out	The Beatles	5
Jan 20, 1966	Keep On Running	The Spencer Davis Group	1
Jan 27, 1966	Michelle	The Overlanders	3
Feb 17, 1966	These Boots Are Made For Walkin	Nancy Sinatra	4
Mar 17, 1966	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore	Walker Brothers	4
Apr 14, 1966	Somebody Help Me	The Spencer Davis Group	2
Apr 28, 1966	You Don't Have To Say You Love Me	Dusty Springfield	1
May 5, 1966	Pretty Flamingo	Manfred Mann	3
May 26, 1966	Paint It, Black	The Rolling Stones	1
Jun 2, 1966	Strangers In The Night	Frank Sinatra	3
Jun 23, 1966	Paperback Writer	The Beatles	2
Jul 7, 1966	Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks	2
Jul 21, 1966	Getaway	Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames	1
Jul 28, 1966	Out of Time	Chris Farlowe	1
Aug 4, 1966	With A Girl Like You	The Troggs	2
Aug 18, 1966	Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles	4
Sep 15, 1966	All or Nothing	Small Faces	1
Sep 22, 1966	Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	5
Oct 27, 1966	Reach Out I'll Be There	Four Tops	3
Nov 17, 1966	Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	2
Dec 1, 1966	Green, Green Grass Of Home	Tom Jones	7
Jan 19, 1967	I'm A Believer	The Monkees	4
Feb 16, 1967	This Is My Song	Petula Clark	2
Mar 2, 1967	Release Me	Engelbert Humperdinck	6
Apr 13, 1967	Somethin' Stupid	Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra	2
Apr 27, 1967	Puppet on a String	Sandie Shaw	3
May 18, 1967	Silence Is Golden	The Tremeloes	3
Jun 8, 1967	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Procol Harum	6
Jul 19, 1967	All You Need Is Love	The Beatles	3
Aug 9, 1967	San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)	Scott McKenzie	4
Sep 6, 1967	The Last Waltz	Engelbert Humperdinck	5
Oct 11, 1967	Massachusetts	Bee Gees	4
Nov 8, 1967	Baby, Now That I've Found You	The Foundations	2
Nov 22, 1967	Let The Heartaches Begin	Long John Baldry	2
Dec 6, 1967	Hello Goodbye	The Beatles	7
Jan 24, 1968	Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde	Georgie Fame	1
Jan 31, 1968	Everlasting Love	Love Affair	2
Feb 14, 1968	The Mighty Quinn	Manfred Mann	2
Feb 28, 1968	Cinderella Rockefella	Esther and Abi Ofarim	3
Mar 20, 1968	Legend of Xanadu	Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich	1
Mar 27, 1968	Lady Madonna	The Beatles	2
Apr 10, 1968	Congratulations	Cliff Richard	2
Apr 24, 1968	What a Wonderful World/Cabaret	Louis Armstrong	4
May 22, 1968	Young Girl	The Union Gap	4
Jun 19, 1968	Jumpin' Jack Flash	The Rolling Stones	2
Jul 3, 1968	Baby, Come Back	The Equals	3
Jul 24, 1968	I Pretend	Des O'Connor	1
Jul 31, 1968	Mony Mony	Tommy James And The Shondells	3
Aug 14, 1968	Fire!	The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown	1
Aug 28, 1968	Do It Again	The Beach Boys	1
Sep 4, 1968	I've Gotta Get A Message To You	Bee Gees	1
Sep 11, 1968	Hey Jude	The Beatles	2
Sep 25, 1968	Those Were The Days	Mary Hopkin	6
Nov 6, 1968	With A Little Help From My Friends	Joe Cocker	1
Nov 13, 1968	The Good the Bad and the Ugly	Hugo Montenegro	4
Dec 11, 1968	Lily the Pink	The Scaffold	4
Jan 1, 1969	Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da	Marmalade	3
Jan 29, 1969	Albatross	Fleetwood Mac	1
Feb 5, 1969	Blackberry Way	The Move	1
Feb 12, 1969	(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice	Amen Corner	2
Feb 26, 1969	Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)	Peter Sarstedt	4
Mar 26, 1969	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Marvin Gaye	3
Apr 16, 1969	The Israelites	Desmond Dekker And The Aces	1
Apr 23, 1969	Get Back	The Beatles & Billy Preston	6
Jun 4, 1969	Dizzy	Tommy Roe	1
Jun 11, 1969	The Ballad Of John And Yoko	The Beatles	3
Jul 2, 1969	Something In The Air	Thunderclap Newman	3
Jul 23, 1969	Honky Tonk Women	The Rolling Stones	5
Aug 24, 1969	In The Year 2525	Zager & Evans	3
Sep 14, 1969	Bad Moon Rising	Creedence Clearwater Revival	3
Oct 5, 1969	Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus {Official Release}	Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg	1
Oct 12, 1969	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	Bobbie Gentry	1
Oct 19, 1969	Sugar, Sugar	The Archies	8
Dec 14, 1969	Two Little Boys	Rolf Harris	2

Biggest songs of the 1960sSongs that entered the chart in the 1960s, by Record Power
#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks	Record Power
1	My Way	Frank Sinatra	#5	132	145.1
2	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee	#3	88	132.1
3	Stranger On The Shore	Mr. Acker Bilk	#2	55	114.4
4	Release Me	Engelbert Humperdinck	#1	58	91.1
5	She Loves You	The Beatles	#1	33	86.5
6	I Love You Because	Jim Reeves	#5	39	80.6
7	I Remember You	Frank Ifield	#1	28	69.2
8	The Last Waltz	Engelbert Humperdinck	#1	27	68.5
9	Tears	Ken Dodd	#1	24	66.4
10	As Long as He Needs Me	Shirley Bassey	#2	30	66.1
11	Wooden Heart	Elvis Presley	#1	32	64.6
12	Telstar	Tornados	#1	25	62.9
13	I Pretend	Des O'Connor	#1	36	62.6
14	Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	#1	25	61.5
15	I Won't Forget You	Jim Reeves	#3	26	61.5
16	Let's Twist Again	Chubby Checker	#2	34	60.9
17	What a Wonderful World/Cabaret	Louis Armstrong	#1	29	60.7
18	Sugar, Sugar	The Archies	#1	25	59.8
19	It's Now or Never	Elvis Presley	#1	23	59.2
20	Handy Man	Jimmy Jones	#3	24	57.7

Artist of the Decade and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the decade, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works