This article is about the American Billboard Hot chart held from — The Billboard Hot chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During — the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. Note : The year-end number-one singles for , and were " Surfin' U. The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during — A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration.

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The s are often considered the best decade for music in America. Folk enjoyed a political revival, yet, the British Invasion was blessedly not political. The blues bled into hard rock. Pop music felt its soul. Jazz felt free. Although we at Paste had previously compiled the 60 Best Albums of the s , we felt that a number of songs were missing. However, bands with votes for multiple songs were limited to two tracks each. Being of a certain age, this song will forever be cemented in my mind as the one that soundtracks Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore getting all sensual with clay in Ghost. The real story is that the song had been around for about a decade before The Righteous Brothers decided to record it for their album Just Once In My Life. Here, the plea for reconciliation feels more agonized and terrified.
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Choosing just the 10 best the Who songs is impossible task, so we decided to go decade by decade, starting with the '60s. Regardless, ladies and gentlemen, to celebrate their impact on rock, here's the 10 Best the Who Songs of the '60s! The song offers the perfect balance of the rock and the pop sides of the band, and would be the last time they would fully tip a hat to that "pop" side. With the success of 'Tommy' and their performance at Woodstock, the band would move into more 'serious' territory. The first golden era of the Who was over
From the Summer of Love to the summer of Woodstock, the winds of change that blew through America in the Sixties always seemed to pick up speed between June and September. But it was also the first concert recording to top the Hot , as well as the first time a young Marvin Gaye — then a Motown Session musician playing drums — appeared on a Number One record. But in a interview, John Lennon confessed that the song was a direct result of his anxiety about stardom, a subconscious cry for, well, help. From there on out, it was all sand and surfboards. Before Juicy J was born, this was what people had to settle for as strip club music. Getty 3. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter.