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1. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel (1966)

2. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (1965)

3. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

4. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

5. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

6. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas (1965)

7. Wipe Out - The Surfaris (1962)

8. Stand By Me - Ben E. King (1961)

9. My Generation - The Who (1965)

10. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (1966)

I tried to not vote just my favorite songs, but a variety of songs that typified the '60's. I'm still not very happy with then end result.

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1.Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith

2.Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan

3.All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

4.In My Life - The Beatles

5.On The Road Again - Canned Heat

6.Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company

7.House Of The Rising Sun, The - The Animals

8.Get Together - The Youngbloods

9.California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas

10.Venus - Shocking Blue

I love just about every song that was nominated. Any of the noms could have made my list and in any order. I was going to make an honorable mentions list but I would have had all the rest of the nominations on it anyway so decided to skip that part ;)

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1. My Generation - The Who (1965)

2. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

3. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

4. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas (1965)

5. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats (1966)

6. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells (1968)

7. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (1966)

8. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

9. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (1965)

10. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

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1. "In My Life" - The Beatles (1965)

2. "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan (1965)

3. "Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith (1969)

4. "All Along The Watchtower" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

5. "My Generation" - The Who (1965)

6. "Heroin" - The Velvet Underground (1967)

7. "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

8. "God Only Knows" – The Beach Boys

9. "The House Of The Rising Sun" - The Animals (1964)

10. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - The Rolling Stones (1965)

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1. Get Together - The Youngbloods (1967)

2. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells (1968)

3. Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1968)

4. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane (1967)

5. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (1969)

6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (1965)

7. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (1968)

8. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

9. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

10. Thrill is Gone, The - B.B. King (1969)

I noticed something, very few songs were from the early part of the decade. A great majority of them were from '65 onward.

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This was Sooooo hard!!! I love almost all of the nominated songs and there are probably hundreds (no exaggeration) of other songs that were not nominated that would not have been out of place on this list.

1. Venus - Shocking Blue

2. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

3. Fortunate Son - C.C.R. (This isn't even my favourite song by this group, but I thought it was so representative of the political atmosphere of the late 1960's).

4. In My Life - The Beatles

5. Get Together - The Youngbloods

6. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

7. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

8. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

9. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells

10. Yesterday - The Beatles

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1. Yesterday-Beatles

2. Stand by Me-Ben E. King

3. Unchained Melody-Righteous Brothers

4. (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding

5. Mrs. Robinson-Simon & Garfunkel

6. California Dreaming-Mamas & Papas

7. Homeward Bound-Simon & Garfunkel

8. Good Vibrations-Beach Boys

9. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother-Hollies

10. God Only Knows-Beach Boys

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1. Season Of The Witch – Donovan

2. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

3. The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals

4. Get Together - The Youngbloods

5. She's Not There - The Zombies

6. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

7. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival

8. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

9. Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company

10. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

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1- In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

3- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

2- Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

4- Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane (1967)

5- Venus - Shocking Blue (1969)

6- And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (1966)

7- Court Of The Crimson King, The - King Crimson (1969)

8- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

9- Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel (1966)

10- Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (1968)

Funny... no Rolling Stones. I don' t like their two songs here... I would have voted for so many of their songs... I'll nominate only Rolling Stones when the Top 70 comes...

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1. The End - The Doors

2. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

3. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

4. In My Life - The Beatles

5. My Generation - The Who

6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground

7. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - Pink Floyd

8. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

9. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin

10. Piece of My Heart - Big Brother and the Holding Company

My top ten songs from my favorite decade of music? Not fair at all. :doh:

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1. Court Of The Crimson King, The - King Crimson (1969)

2. My Generation - The Who (1965)

3. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

4. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

5. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (1968)

6. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats (1966)

7. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

8. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (1966)

9. I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group (1967)

10. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

:stars: :bow:

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1-In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

2-I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group (1967)

3-Stand By Me - Ben E. King (1961)

4-Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

5-He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

6-(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

7-Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

8-Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (1968)

9-Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (1969)

10-Wipe Out - The Surfaris (1962)

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I only had 9 songs listed....thanks Lucky!
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1. (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay - Otis Redding

2. Stand By Me - Ben E. King

3. Fortunate SOn - CCR

4. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

5. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf

6. Wipe Out - The Surfaris

7. In My Life - The Beatles

8. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

9. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

10. Have Love, Will Travel - The Sonics

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1 Satisfaction - Stones - In my opinion the greatest rock song ever

2 My Generation - The Who

3 God Only Knows - Beach Boys - In my opinion the most perfect pop song ever

4 In My Life -The Beatles

5 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

6 Piece of My Heart-Big Brother & the Holding Company

7 Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay ~ Otis Redding

8 Get Together - The Youngbloods

9 Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

10 Season of the Witch -- Donovan

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1-In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

2-I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group (1967)

3-Stand By Me - Ben E. King (1961)

4-Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

5-He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

6-(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

7-Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)8-

9-Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (1968)

10-Wipe Out - The Surfaris (1962)

8- ? Couldn't decide, or what? :shades:

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A. End, The - The Doors (1967)

B. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (1968)

C. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (1965)

D. All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

E. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin (1969)

F. Thrill is Gone, The - B.B. King (1969)

G. Heroin - The Velvet Underground (1967)

H. House Of The Rising Sun, The - The Animals (1964)

I. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

J. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

It's impossible to give numbers to number one songs so I used the alphabet.

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1. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

2. House Of The Rising Sun, The - The Animals (1964)

3. I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group (1967)

4. And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (1966)

5. All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

6. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966)

7. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

8. She's Not There - The Zombies (1964)

9. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

10. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

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1. In My Life - The Beatles

2. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas

3. God Only Knows - Beach Boys

4. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

5. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

6. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

7. Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel

8. Get Together - Youngbloods

9. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

10. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison

These would have made my list if nominated...

Good Lovin' - The Rascals

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

You Really Got Me - The Kinks

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1. Have Love, Will Travel - The Sonics (1965)

2. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats (1966)

3. Kick Out The Jams - MC5 (1969)

4. On The Road Again - Canned Heat (1968)

5. Wipe Out - The Surfaris (1962)

6. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

7. Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (1967)

8. House Of The Rising Sun, The - The Animals (1964)

9. Heroin - The Velvet Underground (1967)

10.Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (1969)

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1] Yesterday - The Beatles (1965)

2] Kick Out The Jams - MC5 (1969)

3] (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (1968)

4] Get Together - The Youngbloods (1967)

5] California Dreamin' - The Mamas & the Papas (1965)

6] God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966)

7] Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (1965)

8] Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin (1969)

9] She's Not There - The Zombies (1964)

10] Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane (1967)

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