Sounds of the 60's. All the UK's Number One Hits.
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- The 1960’s was simply the most exciting decade in music history known to man. The eruption of talent after the discovery of the Mersey Sound, spearheaded of course by the Fab Four, changed the world.
Here is 25 minutes of all the hits from January 1960 to the end of the decade. And the video reflects on what was known as the British invasion, and how the US replied via Motown, the Beach Boys, the Byrds and the Monkees.
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This was our mental health treatment. You could laugh and cry all your emotions out over the weekend and still a bit rugged on Monday morning you were up for work. My four sisters and I always had Jim traves song guilty on if one of us had a breakup. My mother was so sick of hearing it. She would have paid someone to Marry us. The young ones should listen to this music. I am sure it would help. As we matured I went classic. One sister was Elvis mad and the other two were in the fringe with the new stuff.
Hi Frances, like your story and really glad to hear that this brought back happy memories. Thanks for watching. 👍
Best time of my life l have most of them on 45 record,s omg love the 60s music 🎵🎶🎶 l know all the words and l am Elvis mad and been to Graceland , l am 77 now living in York England keep playing more 60s xxx
Fantastic. The best days of my life.
Couldn't agree more, thanks for watching Robert. 👍
Simply brilliant times!
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I was born in 1945 and at 79 I can say that I remember the sixties with love and sang along with most of these! Thank you from British Columbia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thank you Francis, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching. 👍
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I wish they payed right thought
Just because you bron in 1980 well why you play tight thought
I love all the songs and sounds of the sixties.fantastic time and i was young.thanks for playing all the great stuff.🍀🤓👍. xxxxxxx.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your comment. 👍
Simply brilliant music!
Wish I had a time machine. I would be back there in a heartbeat!
And I would come with you. Thanks for the comment. 👍
I am beside myself,taken back to the best days of my like...roll on.
Thanks Anne, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍
Those were the days I wish my grandchildren could have them now
So true. Thanks for the comment.
Born 1959, love 1960s music, especially the Hollies.
Glad you enjoyed the video Agetha, thanks for watching. 👍
Remember seeing most of the groups best memory of 60s being born in 44 great times thanks for music❤
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed the content. 👍
Wish I could go back to the sixties fantastic era the music and everything
Agreed Anne, fantastic time for music. Thanks for watching. 👍
What a great selection, thank you. Happy memories of my teens came flooding back whilst listening to these songs. So different to the formula-driven rubbish of today.
Glad you enjoyed it and I couldn't agree more. Thanks for watching. 👍
The great days of good music.
It certainly was 👍🏻
Thank you for this. I started at puberty and made it through high school, and remembered almost every song. There were very few that didn't make it to Canada. It was great to see The Kinks, The Searchers, Tremeloes, and The Walker Brothers. And Manfred Mann. What a great journey that took me 10 years to live, and 20+ minutes to relive. ♥
A big thank you for the comment. It is comments like this that keep me going and I am really pleased you enjoyed the video, once again, thank you. 👍
@@DronemanScotland it's amazing that just listening to a few chords brings the whole song to mind. We must have thousands of songs lodged in our memories.
Thanks Gill, totally agree, thanks for your comment. 👍
Really enjoyed this I was born in 46 so I was a teen through most of these wonderful songs. What memories and thank you for doing this.
Thanks Carole, just glad you enjoyed the content. 👍🏻
Breathtaking music, thank you.
Thanks for listening and watching. 👍🏻
What a fantastic compilation. Thanks for posting. Brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. 👍
loving this as i remember where i was when each record was played
It's amazing how music brings back memories, thanks for watching. 👍
People are always so quick to find fault snd criticise instead of appreciating the music given in the video. I loved sll those tunes and so many brought back happy memories. I will listen to this many more times. Thanks for putting it together.
Thank you so much for your kind comment Elaine. Only too glad I have viewers like you. 💖👍
IN MY OPINION WE HAD THE 2 GREATEST ERA'S FOR MUSIC WHICH ARE DEFINITELY THE 50S AND 60S WITHOUT A DOUBT. I WAS BORN IN 1957 BUT I GREW UP WITH THESE CLASSIC SONGS 🎵 👌
I was born in 61, but as far as I am concerned, this was the best time for music. 👍
Born in late '56, the first song i *definately* recell is Peter & Gordon from April '64. Excellent selection!
Thanks Paige, and thanks for your comment. 👍
Wonderful memories for me.
Thanks Carmel, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍
Love this video, Droneman, so many memories. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks Derek, I don't push these as much as my history and drone stuff, only started these as a bit of fun one day when I was at a loose end and they appear to be popular. 👍
Brilliant compilation.
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50's-60's and 70's..
🧡💛 GOLDEN YEARs 💛🧡
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Great job my friend !!! Ciao.
Many thanks. 👍
Read somewhere that music is the nearest thing we have to a Time Machine. Every song you hear from your past takes you back to that time. And was it John Lennon who said that the best music in your life is that you heard as a teenager?
I do agree. I was born in 1961 and I love 70's music, so what you wrote is so true. 👍
Lovely and it really takes me back to when I was a kid
Me Too, thanks for watching. 👍
Great memories 😅
Thanks Linda, glad you enjoyed the content. 👍
Obwohl ich erst1961 geboren bin, kenne ich die meisten dieser wunderschönen Lieder und prima Sänger. Das war wenigstens noch Musik! Mit der heutigen, eintönigen Musik nicht zu vergleichen! Vor allem sind heute noch welche von Ihnen aktiv, während man sich an heutigen "Sänger" sich in ein paar Jahren nicht mehr erinnern wird!
Einverstanden, ich bin auch 1961 geboren und liebe diese Ära der Musik. Danke fürs Zuschauen. 👍
The music I listen to 😊
Thanks Lynne, glad you enjoyed the video. 👍🏻
I was born (so I'm told) in 1966. Yet I know at least 90% of these and sung along to them.
It was a fantastic time for music. I was born in 61 and I am the same as you. 👍
"Simply the best"
Thanks Kevin. 👍
Sugar Sugar by the Archies. The Archers was an everyday story of country folk. Emily Ford was Emile Ford before the operation.
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what shocked me was the songs that became classics were not number 1 for as long as some of the others
Classics tend to get better with time. 👍
Slight error here, my friend. 'Crying In The Chapel' and 'I'm Alive' actually spent more than a single week at the top because they alternated between each other for a few weeks.
Hi Agnetha, yes you are correct, an error on my part, I have been told there are a few others. Thanks for pointing this out and thanks for your comment. 👍
Fab❤... it's Mary Hopkin, though.
Correct, my mistake. Thanks for your comment. 👍
And you missed Mr. Acker Bilk's "Stranger On The Shore" (only 1 week at no.1 but more than a year in the top 50). And what about Kenny Ball's "March Of The Siamese Children"?
Hi Dave, "Stranger On The Shore" got to Number 2 in the "Official Chart Company" charts, but got to Number 1 in the US. "March Of The Siamese Children" got to Number 4. Thanks for your comment. 👍
Great songs!!! But the clips are too short
Sorry about that Michael. I have just started a music channel you may be interested in "Music By DMS", started it yesterday and starting to fill up with content. Will be full length videos on this channel. 👍
You missed the Beatles' "Please Please Me", 3 weeks at No.1. And the Everly Brothers' "The Price Of Love". And the Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown".
Hi Dave thanks for your comment. I use the data from the Official Charts Company. They compiled their information from the New Musical Express chart from 1952 to 1960, the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969, and the Official UK Singles Chart from 1969 onwards. This is the same data which Wikipedia, Guinness book of hit singles etc use to compile their charts. "Please Please Me", "The Price Of Love" and "19th Nervous Breakdown" all got to number 2 on these charts. Thanks for your comment. 👍
All this nonsense of today......... But we LIVED through the BEST bit......
We certainly did. 👍
being picky i thought She loves you was knocked off the number 1 spot by I want to hold your hand
Depends on which chart you look at, I use the Official Record Chart. 👍
Wasn't Adam Faith at no.1 with "What Do You Want" at the start of the decade?
Hi Dave "What Do To Want" was a number 1 single, but this was in November 1959. Thanks for your comment. 👍
And The EasyBeats? "Friday on my mind"
Great track, but it only got to number 6 in the UK charts. Thanks for watching. 👍
And you missed Herb Alpert's "This Guy's In Love With You".
Hi Dave, this track only got to Number 3 on the "Official Charts Company" charts but did reach number 1 in the US. Thanks for your comment. 👍
Some songs were pretty old in the 1960's
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Hi, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your comment. 👍
Just to put the record straight, "Please Please Me" was No.1 in N.M.E. - therefore also Radio Luxembourg (2 wks.) ; Melody Maker - so also Daily Mirror and others (2 wks.), B.B.C.'s Pick Of The Pops (3 wks.), also Disc (2 wks.), Pop Weekly (2 wks.) as well as E.M.I.'s own chart and of course Mersey Beat. So a big thumbs down to the "official" chart compiled by Record Retailer.
As for Herb Alpert, there was one special magic week in 1968 when Alan Freeman announced, Number Five Tom Jones "Help Yourself", Four Aretha Franklin "I Say A Little Prayer. No three, no two, three at Joint Number One this week. (They being the Bee Gees, the Beach Boys and Herb Alpert.)
Dave, I am not arguing with you, and you not incorrect. I am only stating where I get my data from and this is what I have used. There are probably other differences over the full video when you compare data from one source to another. Thanks for your comment. 👍
1:50 Thought about Roy Orbison and then it came
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And Cliff Richard's "The Next Time". And the Everly Brothers' "Ebony Eyes". But you've missed quite a few important ones - even the Beatles' first no.1!
Hi Dave, I did not realise that "The Next Time" was a double A side single with "Bachelor Boy" which I did include, my mistake and I made the same error with "Ebony Eyes". But the Beatles first number one is included, "From Me To You".
Thanks for your comment. 👍
And the Archies were not called the Archers. WAKEY WAKEY!!
My mistake, but lets keep it civil, no need to be nasty. Thanks for your comment. 👍
You missed "Please Please Me" from the Beatles!
Correct. Please Please Me did not get to number one, it's highest position in the UK charts was number Two. Thanks for the comment. 👍
We could argue for another decade or three about which chart was the "correct" one. They all were at the time. It was only the authors of the Guinness Books who distorted the truth, pretending to be the Authority on the subject. "Please Please Me" was the Beatles' first Number One. It got awarded a silver disc for 250,000 sales in April 1963. Doesn't that knock all the arguments on the head?
Agreed, I am a massive Beatles fan but when making this video I chose to use the data I had at hand. Thanks for your comment. 👍
"Starry Eyed" was not called Starry Eyes. For goodness' sake.
My mistake. Thanks for your comment. 👍
I've always maintained that "the day the music died" was the day Sugar Sugar reached number 1. This excellent video bears this out - that garbage, followed by Rolf Harris, and then the 60s ended! From then on record companies aimed their single releases at 11 year olds, who by then were their best customers.
You could be right. I was one of those 11 year olds and I loved the 70's music, but I soon realised my mistake and got into the 60's stuff. thanks for your comment. 👍
Die Einspieler sind viel zu kurz!
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А где же Джекки Де Ченнон???
Hi, thanks for the comment. Believe it or not, Jackie DeShannon did not have a single in the UK charts. I will be launching a sister channel soon, I will ensure I publish some of her work on there. 👍
Неужели из-за того что она ирландка, как я предполагаю?
I don't remember some of these songs being at number one
Hi Jim. All the tracks were UK number one singles according to the official Charts Company. Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
a lot of cover songs because the originals were not allowed in the u,k,
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Not allowed? Are you sure?
What do you mean?
Since when was Sonny spelt Sony? This is a dismal video. Didn't the Hollies get to no.1 with "I Can't Let Go"? Or is it just my memory.
Hi Dave, once again, my mistake with the spelling. I am sad you felt the video was dismal, but I am pleased you have taken the time to watch and comment, it is very much appreciated. As for "I Can't Let Go" this got to Number 2 on the "Official Chart Company" chart in February 1966. Thanks for your comment. 👍
The so-called "official chart" is complete nonsense. Back in the day the B.B.C. made up an official chart based on a combination of all the main music papers. Anyone who was there at the time would only listen to the B.B.C.'s Alan Freeman on "Pick of the Pops" and watch Top Of The Pops. The official chart of Record Retailer was only chosen because it contained 50 discs as opposed to the N.M.E.'s 30. The R.R. chart is generally agreed to be the least reliable of all for the '60s.
In 1972 the N.M.E. published their 20 years of No.1s. I tried to collect the whole lot throughout the '70s. Also in 1972 the B.B.C. paper Radio Times published a top 100 of the decade. It included that Kenny Ball record. Tony Blackburn played the 100 over a week that Easter. I relived the dream on our local radio a couple of years ago. The Beatles had five of the top six. Ken Dodd was at no.3 with Tears. No.100 was Crying In The Chapel. No.99 was Paperback Writer. You may find that chart on Google, given those clues.
Thanks for writing your thoughts.
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I remember every single one . It got weaker through the years ending with that Rolf Harris crap
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"Love Afair"? Don't you even have spell checker?
Hi Dave, once again, my mistake and you are correct, the software I use to compile the videos does not have a spell checker, if we were only all as good as you. But a big thank you for watching the video and thanks for your comment. 👍
Anyone older than 20 would know how to spell Sandie Shaw. "The Next Time" is listed in the Guinness Book ahead of "Bachelor Boy". There were a couple of other double A-sides, two by Elvis for example. "Je t'Aime" was never played on "Top Of The Pops" as a No.1 obviously because it was banned by the B.B.C. Bobbie Gentry was No.1 instead. Stuff the stupid "official" chart (puke).
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Verry strange. If i count; 3 weeks at number 1 ..., i came to 584. 581 weeks in 1960. ? Verry stzrange ?
Hi Walter, I do not understand what you are getting at, not all the tracks were at number one for 3 weeks. 👍
Read somewhere that music is the nearest thing we have to a Time Machine. Every song you hear from your past takes you back to that time. And was it John Lennon who said that the best music in your life is that you heard as a teenager?
I do agree. I was born in 1961 and I love 70's music, so what you wrote is so true. 👍
What a decade, the music was fabulous, there was sense of happiness growing up at that time - how times have changed
So true. 👍