Billboard Hot 100 Charts of the 1960s
The 1960s were a decade of revolution on the charts. The British Invasion brought The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who to American audiences, while Motown turned Detroit into a hit factory with The Supremes, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder. From surf-rock to soul to psychedelia, the weekly Hot 100 tracked one of the most creatively fertile periods in music history.
521weekly charts
203different #1 songs
9weeks at #1 for the decade's biggest song
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Longest reigns at #1 in the 1960s
| Weeks at #1 | Song | Artist | First week at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | The Theme From "A Summer Place" | Percy Faith And His Orchestra | February 22, 1960 |
| 9 | Hey Jude | The Beatles | September 28, 1968 |
| 7 | Tossin' And Turnin' | Bobby Lewis | July 10, 1961 |
| 7 | I Want To Hold Your Hand | The Beatles | February 1, 1964 |
| 7 | I'm A Believer | The Monkees | December 31, 1966 |
| 7 | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | December 14, 1968 |
| 6 | Are You Lonesome To-night? | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires | November 28, 1960 |
| 6 | Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) | The 5th Dimension | April 12, 1969 |
| 6 | In The Year 2525 | Zager & Evans | July 12, 1969 |
| 5 | Cathy's Clown | The Everly Brothers | May 23, 1960 |
Artists with the most weeks at #1 in the 1960s
| Weeks at #1 | Artist | #1 titles |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | The Beatles | 17 |
| 19 | Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires | 5 |
| 19 | The Supremes | 10 |
| 13 | The 4 Seasons | 3 |
| 13 | The Rolling Stones | 5 |
| 12 | Bobby Vinton | 4 |
| 12 | The Monkees | 3 |
| 9 | Percy Faith And His Orchestra | 1 |
| 9 | The 5th Dimension | 2 |
| 7 | Bobby Lewis | 1 |
Stories from the 1960s
April 4, 1964: The Week the Beatles Were the Entire Top FiveNine Weeks of Strings: Percy Faith and the Longest #1 Run of 1960Five Straight Number Ones: How the Supremes Went Head-to-Head with the British InvasionSeven Minutes, Nine Weeks: The Reign of "Hey Jude"Private Presley's Hot 100: Elvis From 1958 to 1962Six for Six: The Bee Gees' Unbroken Run at Number One, 1977-1979Four for Four: The Jackson 5 Own 1970One Week on Top: The Hot 100's Shortest Reigns, 1958–1990Once and Done: The Acts Whose Only Hot 100 Hit Went to Number OneNo Room at the Top: America's Christmas Number Ones, 1958-1990Gone Sixteen Months: How "The Twist" Reached Number One TwiceTwenty-Six Places in a Week: The Hot 100's Biggest Leaps and Highest DebutsHitsville, Counted: Motown by the Numbers, 1961–1990
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