Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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Onater 
My Top 10 songs of the 60s:
10. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)
9. Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
8. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (United)
7. The Doors - The End (The Doors)
6. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (Pet Sounds, 1966)
5. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
4. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)
3. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Don't Play That Song!, 1962)
2. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Pet Sounds, 1966)
1. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Ain't That Good News, 1964)
- Chart updated: 01/16/2019 08:45
- (Created: 10/24/2016 06:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Favourite Tracks: Crescent, Wise One, Lonnie's Lament
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Favourite Tracks: II B.S., Theme For Lester Young, Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
[First added to this chart: 02/03/2018]
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1964
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Favourite Tracks: The Egg, Cantaloupe Island
[First added to this chart: 01/31/2018]
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1964
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736
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Favourite Tracks: Hat And Beard, Out To Lunch
[First added to this chart: 08/16/2017]
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1964
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2,038
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Favourite Tracks: Song For My Father, The Natives Are Restless Tonight, Calcutta Cutie
[First added to this chart: 02/03/2018]
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1964
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651
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Favourite Tracks: The Sidewinder, Totem Pole
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1964
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1962 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1963 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1964 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1965 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1967 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1968 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1969 | 22 | 22% |
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| John Coltrane | 7 | 7% | |
| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Charles Mingus | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 3 | 3% | |
| John Coltrane Quartet | 3 | 3% | |
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