2nd Most Popular '60s SONGS | Music from each month in the '60s

You should check out The Who doing Barbara Ann when messing about in rehearsal 🤘😂

Wow. rare shot of Orbison without glasses.

Wich music was missing? Woodstock!

I only remember the later half of the 60s. It brings back memories as a kid listening to 77WABC on AM radio.

Trivia time: the song for November 1967 was To Sir With Love, performed by British actress LULU, who co-starred in the Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. She was also Mrs. Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. You should watch that movie if you haven't seen it! Sydney Portier was magnificent! (Not to be confused with author Sydney Porter, aka O. Henry of literary fame).

most of these songs never played on the radio and I am 72.

Elvis Presley was top singer in 60s

The "sloopy" girl. There is a real interesting little YouTube doc on her.

The "What a Wonderful World" guy was Louis Armstrong, an absolute giant in jazz, going back to the 1920s. In the mid-20th century he was probably the single most well known jazz instrumentalist, loved by other musicians as well as the wider public.

Several of these were big #1 hits.

the cowsills were all family members led by there mum

With Barbara Anne you might like to look up 'mondegreen'.

The Righteous Bros should have been the first list front and center. You don't see Elvis that much on this list because he dominates the first list. There's little left. The Sound of Silence is a masterpiece. The Association's best hit, Along Comes Mary should have been on the first list and wasn't on either ? Yes, the Doors belonged on the first list.

There is a saying that “The Sixties didn’t start until 1963” (or 64)

Apache was written by Jerry Lordan (who went to my school) . The Shadows had the first hit with it. In the Hip Hop Era the incredible Bongo Band version was a club classic.

Charlotte is their daughter k. Serge is French and Jane is British .

Don't forget Joe Cocker doing his version of The Letter at Woodstock!

You speak like a 65 year old woman. Not the tone of your voice but what flows from your mouth. How did you catalog so much musical knowledge in your brain. I was born in1953 and all your comments are spot on. You're not just another pretty face. I don't have the proper words to say about you. My adjectives are limited 🎉

R U AI. Too perfect.

Sheila was a #1 song

Really great reactions, music knowledge & a bit of humor. Top shelf Tuber!!!

Serge Gainsbourg is french actress Charlotte Gaisnbourg's (who you've heard of) father. He was one of the most popular singer of his generation and one of the most prolific songwriter as well. Many of his songs are classics in France. Also, i've see you recent video on winners of Eurovision so i'll say this : he wrote the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" for France Gall who won for Luxembourg.

rip mr sedaka

Twist and Shout: 1st recorded by The Top Notes, then by The Isley Brothers, and then by The Beatles.

Do yourself and listen to all the music Tommy James & the Shondells have produced. Seriously good stuff!

One of my favourite channels. I love the look on your face when you hear an artist you either don't know or haven't heard for ages!
The change in the Beatles during the 60's is quite profound. They seem to just stay ahead of the curve.
I think I was most surprised by Sunny - Bobby Hebb. I know the song from Bonny M and knew it was a cover but didn't realise how good the original was!
Keep it up!

I am very surprised you never heard of "eve of destruction". For me it is a great song that still have relevans today. Also it is one of the first attempts to make a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJLokS0H-ZQ&list=RDwJLokS0H-ZQ&start_radio=1

That was a huge shift in 1964, the music changed a lot, the cheezy lyrics were gone!

NopRo, you are gorgeous!

Rest in peace Neil Sedaka.

Doing a re-watch of this video, and noticed your expression during the Gary Puckett song. Context: the girl in the story misled him as to how old she truly was (“With all the charms of a woman / you hid the secret of your youth”).

Thank you but I wouldn't want to watch this video without your commentary. You're the best.

That evolution in sound is a dominant slap to the face of everything that came after

If you want to see the evolution of music in the 60's, you just need to listen to the albums by The Beatles back to back. It's utterly mind bending how quick the transformation was. Particularly in the middle period where they would release three albums in less than a year the change from the first to the third is unfathomable.

Respect by Aretha Franklin may be the best cover song of all time, possibly shared with Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along The Watchtower.

Yes, Serge Gainsbourg is Charlotte's dad and Jane Birkin is her mum.

It was a bit weird for me seeing To Sir, With Love by Lulu, because I was only taking about that song yesterday with someone at work and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen, heard or mentioned that song for years prior to that.

AS a teenager back then, the '60's were incredible. It was a time of change in music, fashion and politics. Of course in the US Vietnam war was on but in the UK bands came out from under every rock. Each week TV (Top of the Pops) covered the hits of the week and there were just so many. Not all lasted but many bands seemed to release endless records. BBC was not interested originally on the radio, so ships moored themselves just outside of the UK waters and endless rock/pop music came to all until finally the advertisers were scared off and the ships were no more. But fashion-wise, Carnaby Street in London was the place with designers like John Stephen then Mary Quant and the invention of the mini skirt. It was the age of the teens who wanted something other than big band music from the 1940's. It was wild and in my life the most memorable.

Love the 5th Dimension so much ❤❤❤❤❤

The reason you want hear too many Elvis etc is because this video is all the SECOND best songs of that month, however the fact the Beatles are all over this video just shows how many tunes they pumped out back then

The Isley brothers did everything first

Loved Build me up buttetcup and always thought it was a white singer. So cool it was a black singer. Still and always love it and ❤❤❤❤

8:34 Please Please Me was second that month to the The Wayward Wind by Frank Ifield 21:36 The Cowsills are the inspiration for the TV singing family The Partridge Family. Bob Cowsill used to still sing on Friday Nights at Pickwicks Pub in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles until at least the early 2000's. Cowsills fans would meet there regularly.

The Equals with Baby Come Back is with a very young Eddy Grant.

btw, both the Equals and The Foundations were multi racial (british) bands, quite a thing back probably.

it's so easy to hear which ones are american and which ones are british.

All these songs bring back great memories. Thanks for posting this.