What was the top song of 1961?

Answer 1

The Billboard Year End Chart from 1960 listed the top 10 songs from 10 to 6 was The Twist by Chuddy Checker, Stuck on You by Elvis Presley, Handy Man by Jimmy Jones, It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley, and I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee. 5 through 1 from the top 10 was The Teen Angel by Mark Dinning, Running Bear by Johnny Preston, Cathy's Clown by Everly Brothers; Hell Have to Go by Jim Reeves, and Theme from ' A Summer Place' by Percy Faith. Note to Reviewer: The question ask for a list so I split this into two sentences. Let me know if the format is not correct.

Answer 2

These are the top ten songs from the year 1960. 1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles 2. Georgia On My Mind - ray Charles 3. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison 4. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters 5. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke 7. Save The Last Dance For Me - Drifters 8. Shop Around - Miracles 9. The Twist - Chubby Checker 10. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers

Answer 3

There were many popular songs in the 1960's, here are some of the following:

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

Out in the Streets - The Shangri-Las

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

I wanna be your dog - The stooges

Think - Aretha Franklin

Dont worry baby - The Beach Boys

The Weight - The band

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin

I can't explain - The Who

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Wouldnt it be nice - The beach boys

Be my baby - The ronettes

A day in my life - the beatles

like a rolling stone - bob Dylan

A change is gonna come - sam cooke

I want you back - the Jackson 5

God only knows - the beach boys

Answer 4

The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1960 were: 1.) "You Talk Too Much" by Joe Jones 2.) "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers 3.) "The Twist" by Chubby Checker 4.) "Save the Last Dance for Me" by The Drifters 5.) "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston 6.) "Sweet Nothin's" by Brenda Lee 7.) "Handy Man" by Jimmy Jones 8.) "Walk, Don't Run" by The Ventures 9.) "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles 10.) "Stay" by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1961 were 1.) "Tossin' And Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis 2.) "Runaway" by Del Shannon 3.) "Blue Moon" by The Marcels 4.) "Runaround Sue" by Dion 5.) "Quarter To Three" by Gary "U.S." Bonds 6.) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles 7.) "I Like It Like That (Part 1) by Chris Kenner 8.) "Daddy's Home - Shep & The Limelites 9.) "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King 10.) "Goodbye Cruel World" by James Darren The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1962 were 1.) "Green Onions" by Booker T & The MG's 2.) "Duke Of Earl" by Gene Chandler 3.) "Soldier Boy'" by The Shirelles 4.) "Sheila" by Tommy Roe 5.) "Peppermint Twist" by Joey Dee & The Starliters 6.) "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva 7.) "The Wanderer" by Dion 8.) "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka 9.) "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares 10.) "Palisades Park" by Freddy Cannon The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1963 were: 1.) "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 2.) "Surf City" by Jan And Dean 3.) "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons 4.) "It's My Party" by Leslie Gore 5.) "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul 6.) "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen 7.) "Easier Said Than Done" by The Essex 8.) "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens 9.) "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels 10.) "Surfin' U. S. A." by The Beach Boys The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1964 were: 1.) "Bread And Butter" by The Newbeats 2.) "Under The Boardwalk" by The Drifters 3.) "I Get Around" by Beach Boys 4.) "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan & Dean 5.) "Out of Limits" by The Marketts 6.) "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford 7.) "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups 8.) "She's Not There" by The Zombies 9.) "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers 10.) "Leader Of The Pack" by The Shangri-las The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1965 were: 1.) "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis 2.) "A Lover's Concerto" by The Toys 3.) "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and The Playboys 4.) "Help Me, Rhonda" by The Beach Boys 5.) "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" by The Righteous Brothers 6.) "Wooly Bully" by Sam The Sham and The Pharoahs 7.) "1-2-3" by Len Barry 8.) "Treat Her Right" by Roy Head and The Traits 9.) "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher 10.) "Eve Of Destruction" by Barry McGuire The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1966 were: 1.) "I'm A Believer" by the Monkees 2.) "Summer In The City" by Lovin' Spoonful 3.) "Wild Thing" by the Troggs 4.) "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James and The Shondells 5.) "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge 6.) "Soul And Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers 7.) "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas And Papas 8.) "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys 9.) "Devil With A Blue Dress On" by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels 10.) "Good Lovin'" by the Young Rascals The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1967 were: 1.) "Little Bit O' Soul" by The Music Explosion 2.) "The Letter" by The Box Tops 3.) "Happy Together" by The Turtles 4.) "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave 5.) "Windy" by The Association 6.) "Respect" by Aretha Franklin 7.) "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock 8.) "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James And The Shondells 9.) "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals 10.) "Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1968 were: 1.) "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and The Drells 2.) "Judy In Disguise" by John Fred and His Playboy Band 3.) "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding 4.) "People Got To Be Free" by The Rascals 5.) "Chain Of Fools" by Aretha Franklin 6.) "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers 7.) "Cry Like A Baby" by The Box Tops 8.) "Mony Mony" by Tommy James and The Shondells 9.) "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express 10.) "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles and Company The Billboard Top Ten songs of the year 1969 were: 1.) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension 2.) "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe 3.) "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies 4.) "Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James and Shondells 5.) "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James and The Shondells 6.) "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam 7.) "Take A Letter Maria" by R.B. Greaves 8.) "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations 9.) "Time Of The Season" by The Zombies 10.) "Good Morning Starshine" by Oliver Hope this helps! DionsDarling

Answer 5

Tossin' and Turnin' by Bobby Lewis