What's your favorite rock song from the sixties?

Question

Putting together a playlist and my memory is running dry. thanks

don't have itunes, I use y-music engine.

that's a Hendrix song I've never heard of.

I had forgotten about King Crimson, I think I still have a vinyl around here somewhere. Peter, Paul and Mary too. Thanks, I didn't know Alice was into bondage though, that was a funny typo by Arlo Guthrie. Did I tell you the time I ran into him at LAX, literally? I was in uniform heading for my plane going back to Southeast Asia. I came around a corner and ran right into him. He looked at me and said,"Peace, man, come back safe." And moved on.

Answer 1

Great question -- what a trip down memory lane!! Thanks.

Most of you have put down the most popular songs, and I think I'm going to copy this page just to have my own list to work off of!! This is great. The below are not all "rock" songs, but they sure were popular in the 60s.

I loved Donovan, especially "Season of the Witch."
And of course, Simon and Garfunkel -- all their songs.
Moody Blues, "Knights in White Satin."
Janis Joplin -- "Summertime," "Ball and Chain," and "Piece of My Heart."
The Fugs
The Kinks: "You Really Got Me"
And adored "White Rabbit" -- Jefferson Airplane
Leonard Cohen -- ALL of his songs, especially "Suzanne."
I loved "Alice's Restaurant" and used to sit through that long album over and over again to hear him talk about "littering."


Thanks for the memories!

Answer 2

All the Day and all of the Night; Tired of Waitin'; The Kinks
We Won't be Fooled Again; Can't Explain; The Who
Magic Carpet Ride; Sock me Baby Rock me Baby; Steppenwolf
She's Not There; Time of the Season; The Zombies
Sunshine Superman; Donovan. Warm San Franciscan Night; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; the Animals. Wild Nights; Brown-Eyed Girl; Van Morrison. Gloria; Shadows of the Night.
Green Onions; Booker T & the MG's. Shotgun; Roadrunner; Junior Walker & the Allstars. Your the One; Five O'Clock World; The Vogues. Here Comes my Baby; The Tremolos.
You Know She'd Rather be With Me; Me and You; The Turtles.
Pictures of Matchstick Men; The Status Quo. Carrie Ann; The Hollies. Turn, Turn, Turn,; 8 Miles High; The Byrds. Golden Years; David Bowie. Laugh, Laugh; Beau Brummels. I Fought the Law; The Bobby Fuller 4. Time has Come Today; The Chambers Brothers. Lay Down; Melanie. Then there's the one I always thought was a metaphor for the sixties; Get Together by the Youngbloods
These just came to mind as some of my favorites. Some are not favored play on radio. Hope it helps

Answer 3

I have many favorites (many may not exactly be consider rock songs), but here's a few that may either interest you, or make you think of something else:

Time of the Season - The Zombies
People are Strange - The Doors (any Doors really)
Incense and Peppermint - Strawberry Alarm Clock
Hush - Deep Purple
Anything from The Who

I could go on. If you have Itunes, I suggest checking out their Itunes Essentials area. Under Genres & History. They'll group songs together by era/song type, etc.. They may have stuff listed that you may not have thought of, or something you may not have heard of until now. That's what I do when I'm looking for something in particular, or just looking for something in a certain genre.

Answer 4

The End.
Light My Fire. by the Doors.
Where have all the flower's gone.Peter,Paul, and Merry.
The Times They Are A Changin.
Don't think twice.
Talkin World War III Blues.
It ain't me babe. by Bob Dylan.
Alic's Restraint. by Arlo Guthry
I Can't Get No Satisfaction.
It's Only Rock'n Roll.
You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Get Off My Cloud. by The Rolling Stones.
The House Of The Rising Sun. by The Animals.
Night's In White Satin. by The Moody Blues.

Answer 5

early 60s or late 60s??
Season of the Witch - written by Donovan/covered by too many to list
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris version
Revolution - The Beatles
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Rock and Roll Lady - Soup (or anything else from Album Soup)
anything from Crosby Stills Nash & Young or any part thereof
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Down by the River - Neil Young
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Maybe something on this list will trigger some other ideas to you?

Answer 6

I have almost every '60s hit in my CD collection. If you're in a big city or near a large University go to the library and look for this book:

"Pop Singles Annual 1955-1990" by Joel Whitburn now that's my book. These are updated every few years and the title changes to reflect that. There is a current one titled "The Billboard Hot 100 Annual 1955-2005". In fact go here:

http://www.recordresearch.com/

and it's the second book on that page. Look at the sample pages see how it's organized and see if you'd really like to go to the library and pour through it. Of course you can always buy the book. I did!

Answer 7

heres some popular ones "Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth" or how bout "Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today" or "Cream - Sunshine of Your Love" or "Cream - White Room" or how bout "Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love" and "Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers" or bout this "Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain" or "Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower" i think this one was from the early 70s "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird" does this do it for ya? "Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence" and of course "The Doors" have alot of good songs.

Answer 8

Purple Haze by Hendrix

Answer 9

Loved anything by Conway Twitty especially It's Only Make Believe but that was probably in the late 50s.

Answer 10

Jimi Hendrix '1983 a merman I shall be'