Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: October 12, 1963ġ8.”Honky Tonk Women” – The Rolling Stones Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: November 17, 1962ġ7.”Sugar Shack” – Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: May 9, 1964ġ6.”Big Girls Don’t Cry” – The Four Seasons Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 10, 1968ġ5.”Hello, Dolly!” – Louis Armstrong And The All Stars Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: July 23, 1960ġ4.”Love Is Blue (L’amour Est Bleu)” – Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: June 02, 1962 Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: August 20, 1960ġ2.”I Can’t Stop Loving You” – Ray Charles Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: December 3, 1960ġ1.”It’s Now Or Never” – Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: December 14, 1968ġ0.”Are You Lonesome Tonight?” – Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: September 20, 1969ĩ.”I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Marvin Gaye Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: April 12, 1969 Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: December 31, 1966ħ.”Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” – The 5th Dimension Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 1, 1964 Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: July 15, 1961ĥ.”I Want To Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles

Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 27, 1960 Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: September 28, 1968ģ.”The Theme From ‘A Summer Place'” – Percy Faith And His Orchestra Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: September 24, 1960 Soul came on strong at the end of the decade: Otis Redding‘s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay,” from 1967, and Marvin Gaye‘s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” from 1968.Ĭheck out the Spotify playlist of the top 20 below - except for the Beatles, whose music isn’t on Spotify - and read on to see when each hit peaked. The Beatles landed two entries on the top twenty - an early number, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” and the expansive “Hey Jude,” from later in their career. 1 in two separate runs (in 1960 and again in 1962, due to its revival in its pop culture). The biggest hit from the decade? Chubby Checker‘s rock-indebted dance track “The Twist,” the only song ever to hit No. Louis Armstrong, the famous jazz musician who had been recording since the 1920s, had one of the biggest hit singles of the ’60s.īut the new era arrived quickly. Elvis Presley and Ray Charles, who helped lay the foundation for the explosion of rock and soul in the ’50s, each appear on the list so does the smooth doo-wop of the Four Seasons. The ’60s was the first full decade of rock and roll, and the top twenty singles of the decade reflect a battle between old and new forms. 1, we’re revealing the top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits from each decade since the 1960s (for a total of 120 songs). In honor of Billboard magazine’s 120th anniversary on Nov.

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