This list of the best songs of the 60s celebrates wild and far-ranging sounds from all around the world.
The video is missing some famous songs by artists like Jimi Hendrix or Dylan. Otis Redding,The Who My generation, who didn't make it to the charts right away
Songwriter Sonny Bono wrote the lyrics to “I Got You Babe” late one night in the basement. When he woke up his wife, Cher, to sing her part, she refused, saying she hated it, and didn’t think it would be a hit. She went back to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she had changed her mind. “I Got You Babe” became one of the strongest duets of the 60s, a perfect song for the free love movement of the 60s.
Among the songs included in this compilation are The Theme from "A Summer Place" Percy Faith - Cathy's Clown The Everly Brothers- Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry [Easy Listening- It's Now or Never Elvis Presley- Save the Last Dance for Me (2009 Remaster) The Drifters- The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Dion Runaround Sue-, Whiter shade of Pale. Procol Harum and some of the Beatles, N1 and Rolling Stones.
Dusty Springfield just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The British-born aficionado of blue-eyed soul was recording her 1968 Atlantic debut in Memphis with Jerry Wexler. During this time, John Hurley and
Ronnie Wilkins had penned a song, “Son of a Preacher Man,” for Aretha Franklin. Wexler liked the track, and took it for Springfield. It became a monumental hit, occasionally reinvigorated by appearances in pop culture like in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 smash, Pulp Fiction. The track remains one of the cultural touchstones of the 60s, a sultry song about the love between Dusty’s character and a misbehaving young man.
