I came upon this online article The 100 greatest songs of the 1960s by Paste Newsletter. I’m always interested in “best of “lists. However, I have to admit that I am not familiar with many of the songs listed in the Paste Newsletter survey. Paste acknowledges that it lists only one song per artist, otherwise their list would’ve been 40% Beatles music. They listed Eleanor Rigby as the number seven greatest song of the 1960s. I don’t think that I would have Eleanor Rigby in the top 10 songs made by The Beatles in the 1960s.
I made my list in about an hour. I am sure that if I was given a week or two to review and listen to my itunes music, that my list might be considerably different.
| Picks by Paste Newsletter | Picks by Eric Burleigh | |
| 1 | The Ronettes: “Be My Baby” | The Beatles: I Want to Hold Your Hand |
| 2 | Simon & Garfunkel: “America” | Aretha Franklin: I Say a Little Prayer |
| 3 | Nina Simone: “Lilac Wine” | Association: Cherish |
| 4 | Miles Davis: “Shhh/Peaceful” | Herb Alpert: This Guy is in Love with You |
| 5 | The Beach Boys: “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times | Simon & Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence |
| 6 | Lorraine Ellison: “Stay With Me | Supremes: You Can’t Hurry Love |
| 7 | The Beatles: “Eleanor Rigby” | Four Seasons: Sherry |
| 8 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience: “Voodoo Child” | Roy Orbison: Pretty Woman |
| 9 | The Shangri-Las: “Out in the Streets” | Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising |
| 10 | Glen Campbell: “Wichita Lineman” | Tymes: So Much in Love |
| 11 | The Supremes: “You Can’t Hurry Love” | Archie Bell and the Drells: I Can’t Stop Dancing |
| 12 | The Velvet Underground: “Pale Blue Eyes” | Neil Diamond: Sweet Caroline |
| 13 | Judy Garland: “Over the Rainbow (Live at Carnegie Hall)” | Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody |
| 14 | The Kinks: “Waterloo Sunset” | Spiral Staircase: More than Yesterday |
| 15 | Townes Van Zandt: “Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel” | Gary Puckett and the Union Gap: Lady Willpower |
Esot-eric 