Top 10 Songs of the 1960's

The Top Ten Songs of the 1960’s match the decade they were born into. The 1960’s was an era of girls trading in their poodle skirts for mini’s and guys letting there hair grow long. This article will list the Billboard Top Ten Songs year by year, some of The Grammy award winners, showcase some of the music from the top grossing movies as well as other end of the “Baby Boomers“ tidbits of trivia. (Disclaimer: I love the sixties and did my best to stay true but everyone makes mistakes, so please if you find an error just remember that peace and forgiveness is what the sixties was all about.)

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 song that won “Song of the Year” at The Grammys was “Theme From Exodus”. Ray Charles took two honors home “Best Pop Single Artist” and “Best Pop Male Vocal” for his hit “Georgia on My Mind”. Ella Fitzgerald won the “Best Pop Female Artist” with “Mack the Knife”. The “Best Pop Duo or Group” went to “We Got Us” by Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence.

The top grossing movie of 1960 was the cult classic of “Psycho”. This film’s music did its job better then most, with its eerie and suspenseful background compositions.

Elvis Presley returned to the music scene at the beginning of this decade after serving in the United States Army.