Besides Chubby Checker, early 1960s teenagers also danced to the tunes of Joey Dee and the Starliters, Del Shannon, Dion, Gary (U.S.) Bonds, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, the Marcels, and Bobby Lewis. Surf rock was also very popular at that time, and the top charting groups were the Beach Boys, the Tornadoes, and Jan and Dean. Little Eva started a dance craze with "Loco-motion," a song that later also topped the charts for Grand Funk. Top charting acts included the Shirelles, the Angels, the Marvellettes, Shelley Fabares, Lesley Gore, Little Peggy March, the Chiffons, the Crystals, the Dixie Cups, and the Shangri-Las. In the early 1960s, girl groups and solo female singers with a girl group sound were all the rage. The great Louis Armstrong, who had a very long string of hits dating back to 1926, also topped the charts only once (with "Hello Dolly!" in 1964). Lawrence Welk topped the charts only once with "Calcutta" in 1960, but he had a long string of chart hits dating back to 1938 and a huge following due to his immensely popular TV show. A top teen idol from the late 1950s, Ricky Nelson topped the charts in 1961 with "Travelin' Man." Shortly thereafter, he shortened his first name to Rick and continued to record a long string of hits up through the early 1970s. Other top acts from the 1950s who also had at least one #1 hit in the 1960s were Pat Boone, the Everly Brothers, Percy Faith and His Orchestra, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra (his #1 hits from the 1960s included "Somethin' Stupid" (1967), performed as a duet with daughter Nancy Sinatra). This seminal group made lasting changes to the American musical landscape, along with many other top charting British Invasion bands and artists that included the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers, the New Vaudeville Band, the Troggs, Manfred Mann, Peter and Gordon, Lulu, Donovan, and Petula Clark.Įlvis Presley, the top artist of the 1950s, continued to top the charts throughout the 1960s. During the 1960s, a record was set by Chubby Checker's "The Twist" for being the only song of the rock and roll era to ever top the charts twice.īy far, the band with the most #1 hits in the 1960s was the Beatles. Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" tops the list at 23 weeks, and at the bottom is the Beatles' "Penny Lane" which was on the charts for only 10 weeks. The number one songs of the 1960s, which total 204, are listed in the table below in descending order by the total number of weeks they stayed on the Billboard Pop/Rock charts.
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