К своему 60-летнему юбилею популярный британский журнал "New Musical Express" подвел кое-какие итоги.
Журналистами NME были составлены списки лучших песен за все десятилетия существования журнала.
Предлагаем вашему вниманию ознакомиться со списком лучших песен второго десятилетия существования NME – 1960-ые.
И если в пятидесятых годах музыка преимущественно исполнялась сольными исполнителями, а музыкальные коллективы начали появляться лишь во второй половине 1950-х - шестидесятые годы увеличили количество таких коллективов в несколько раз.
Именно музыка в исполнении рок- групп в 60-е ворвалась на первые строчки музыкальных хит-парадов. А у таких коллективов того десятилетия как The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stooges и The Kinks и по сей день довольно внушительная армия поклонников.
100 лучших песен 1960-ых:
1. The Beatles - A Day In The Life
2. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
3. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
5. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
6. The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
7. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
8. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
9. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
10. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
11. Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'
12. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
13. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
14. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
15. The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
16. Aretha Franklin - Respect
17. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking
18. The Jackson Five - I Want You Back
19. Procal Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
20. David Bowie - Space Oddity
21. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
22. Mc5 - Kick Out The Jams
23. Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
24. The Beatles - She Loves You
25. Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
26. The Who - My Generation
27. The Rolling Stones - Gimmie Shelter
28. Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
29. The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
30. The Band - The Weight
31. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
32. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
33. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
34. Ben E. King - Stand By Me
35. The Zombies - Time Of The Season
36. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
37. Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
38. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
39. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
40. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
41. James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
42. The Monkees - I'm A Believer
43. The Four Tops - (Reach Out) I'll Be There
44. The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
45. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
46. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning
47. The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
48. Silver Apples - Oscillations
49. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
50. The Velvet Underground - Heroin
51. The Impressions - People Get Ready
52. The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
53. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
54. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
55. The Beatles - In My Life
56. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
57. The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
58. Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
59. Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
60. The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
61. The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
62. The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
64. Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
65. The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears
66. Nick Drake - River Man
67. The Who - I Can't Explain
68. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
69. Love - Alone Again Or
70. Patsy Cline - Crazy
71. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
72. The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
73. The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
74. Tommy James And The Shondells - Crimson And Clover
75. The Trogs - Wild Thing
76. The Yardbirds - For Your Love
77. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?
78. Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused
79. Booker T & The M.G.'S - Green Onions
80. The Byrds - Eight Miles High
81. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
82. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
83. The Hollies - Bus Stop
84. The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
85. Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
86. Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie And Clyde
87. Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne
88. The Zombies - She's Not There
89. Small Faces - Tin Soldier
90. Crosby Stills & Nash - Wooden Ships
91. The Sonics - The Witch
92. Del Shannon - Runaway
93. Cream - White Room
94. The Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
95. The Supremes - Stop In The Name Of Love
96. The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout
97. The Temptations - My Girl
98. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
99. Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
100. Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
Детальная оценка каждой песни и встроенное видео к большинству треков доступны на NME.com.