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Most popular songs in the 1960s

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  • The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand

    The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand
    1. It was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment.
    2. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" stayed at number one for five weeks and remained in the UK top fifty for twenty-one weeks in total.
    3. It was also the group's first American number one, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 18 January 1964 at number forty-five and starting the British invasion of the American music industry. https://www.thebeatles.com/i-want-hold-your-hand

  • The Rolling Stones: "(I Can't Get No)" Satisfaction

    The Rolling Stones: "(I Can't Get No)" Satisfaction
    1. The song was accidental because Richard was "sleep singing" and made up that song while asleep!
    2. It was the No.1 song for a long time and was so popular.
    3. It was the biggest single known to date at that time. https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-i-cant-get-no-satisfaction/

  • The Beatles: Yesterday

    The Beatles: Yesterday
    1. It is one of the most covered songs in history
    2. It was in the top ten songs in the U.K. for a long time
    3. It is a song about a breakup https://www.thebeatles.com/yesterday

  • The Beach boys: Good Vibrations

    The Beach boys: Good Vibrations
    1. It was the most expensive song at the time, it took $50,000 to make
    2. Brain Wilson was obsessed with this song and worked on it any time he could.
    3. The Beach Boys didn't play any instruments in the entire album https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beach-boys/good-vibrations

  • Aretha Franklin: Respect

    Aretha Franklin: Respect
    1. "Aretha recorded this in New York City with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section"
    2. "In the line, "Take care, TCB" (often misheard as "TCP"), "TCB" means "Taking Care of Business."
    3. The "ree ree ree" is a reference to her name A-ree-tha https://www.songfacts.com/facts/aretha-franklin/respect

  • Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Thorough The Grapevine

    Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Thorough The Grapevine
    1. "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles were the first to record the song, but their version wasn't released until years later on an album called Special Occasion."
    2. Super popular for a long time and was No.2 for a while in America.
    3. Tells a great story about him finding out that a girl is cheating on him. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/marvin-gaye/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine

  • The Beatles: "Hey Jude"

    The Beatles: "Hey Jude"
    1. "After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a fade-out coda that lasts for more than four minutes."
    2. The ballad evolved from "Hey Jules", a song widely accepted as being written to comfort John Lennon's son, Julian, during his parents' divorce.
    3. The song was released on 8/26/1968 which is one day before my birthday https://www.thebeatles.com/hey-jude