In this video, you’ll see the most popular songs throughout each month in the 60s. The tunes selected for this video are the ones that reached #1 or at least ranked higher in more countries than other hits in the same month, but it’s not very accurate since many of them were number one for different periods, and I didn’t want to repeat any song.
The Beatles truly dominated the decade. Apart from the huge number of bands that were influenced by them or were able to become popular because of them that appeared here (The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Monkees, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bee Gees, etc.), they had the most popular song in 21 months out of the decade.
It’s amazing how Elvis dominated from 1960 – 1963, then The British Invasion hits BIG TIME in 1964 on! The Beatles truly changed it all. The first 3 years of the 60’s sounded just like the 1950’s. Truly amazing what they accomplished in such a short span of time. In addition, the Beatles-associated hits seen here add another 4 months to the total (Peter & Gordon’s “A World Without Love” which was written by Lennon/McCartney, John Fred & His Playboy Band’s “Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)” which was a parody of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were the Days” which was produced by Paul McCartney, and the Marmalade’s cover of “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”) mean the Beatles and their music were the most popular for a full two years, or 20% of the decade. Wow!
A very special thanks to “Top Culture” for putting together this great copulation of songs, and amazing editing to have all of the #1 hits from each month for a whole decade in one video of under 26 minutes, WOW! See below for a few of the music rights in this video. ENJOY!
Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus
Max Steiner
SME (on behalf of Legacy Recordings); PEDL, ARESA, LatinAutor – Warner Chappell, LatinAutorPerf, ASCAP, Warner Chappell, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, CMRRA, UMPG Publishing, and 12 Music Rights Societies
Lionel Richie
Red Beat Music Distribution, SME, The Orchard Music (on behalf of SBME Strategic Marketing Group); Harry Fox Agency (Publishing), UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, LatinAutor – PeerMusic, UMPG Publishing, ASCAP, Audiam (Publishing), LatinAutor, UMPI, AMRA, LatinAutorPerf, and 19 Music Rights Societies
The Everly Brothers
Cathy’s Clown
Don Everly
WMG (on behalf of Warner Catalog and O/H); SOLAR Music Rights Management, LatinAutor – SonyATV, Audiam (Publishing), BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutorPerf, Warner Chappell, CMRRA, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, Sony ATV Publishing, and 9 Music Rights Societies
Brenda Lee
I’m Sorry
SME, UMG (on behalf of MCA Nashville); CMRRA, LatinAutor – UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, UMPG Publishing, The Royalty Network (Publishing), BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., UMPI, EMI Music Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, and 12 Music Rights Societies
The Shadows
Los Grandes Del Rock,Vol.3
Jerry Lordan
WMG, [Merlin] Indie Universe, INgrooves, UMG, Naxos Digital Services US, Inc (on behalf of Pipila Records S.A. DE C.V.); UMPG Publishing, Sony ATV Publishing, ARESA, Regent Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing, LatinAutor – SonyATV, CMRRA, MINT_BMG, LatinAutorPerf, SOLAR Music Rights Management, LatinAutor – PeerMusic, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., Abramus Digital, and 13 Music Rights Societies
Aaron Schroeder, Walter Gold
SME (on behalf of SBME Strategic Marketing Group); ASCAP, Harry Fox Agency (Publishing), LatinAutor – PeerMusic, União Brasileira de Compositores, LatinAutorPerf, UMPI, ARESA, LatinAutor, Kobalt Music Publishing, AMRA, CMRRA, SODRAC, Audiam (Publishing), LatinAutor – UMPG, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, and 17 Music Rights Societies
The Drifters
Save the Last Dance for Me
Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus
The Orchard Music, WMG (on behalf of Atlantic Records); LatinAutor, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, Warner Chappell, LatinAutor – SonyATV, AMRA, LatinAutor – Warner Chappell, LatinAutorPerf, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., PEDL, and 13 Music Rights Societies
Gilbert Bécaud
Alleluia
WMG, SME (on behalf of PLG France); LatinAutor – PeerMusic, SOLAR Music Rights Management, The Richmond Organization (TRO), Polaris Hub AB, LatinAutor – Warner Chappell, LatinAutor – UMPG, ASCAP, EMI Music Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, LatinAutorPerf, Adrev Publishing, and 14 Music Rights Societies
The Bert Kaempfert Orchestra
Wonderland By Night
Klaus-Günther Neumann, Willi Stanke
UMG (on behalf of Polydor); SODRAC, Muserk Rights Management, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., Polaris Hub AB, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, LatinAutor – SonyATV, UMPI, LatinAutor, LatinAutorPerf, União Brasileira de Compositores, Broma 16, Sony ATV Publishing, and 14 Music Rights Societies
The Shirelles
60’s Hit Mix
Carole King, Gerry Goffin
(on behalf of Vintage Records); UMPG Publishing, LatinAutor – PeerMusic, Sony ATV Publishing, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, LatinAutor – SonyATV, CMRRA, SOLAR Music Rights Management, BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutorPerf, and 14 Music Rights Societies
