![]() ![]() 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. Otis Redding III, Who Followed Father Into Music, Dies at 59īut the new era arrived quickly. ![]()
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