The “swinging sixties” were a time of political and cultural change – in North America and the World. Anti-war movements in opposition to conscription and the Vietnam War, civil rights and the rise of feminism were all issues of the times. In Canada, the Canadian Bill of Rights was made law, and Universal Suffrage, the right for any Canadian citizen to vote, was finally adopted by John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government.

Hippies and the counter-culture came to their peak with the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Popular music entered an era of "all hits", as numerous artists released recordings as 45-rpm "singles" (with another on the flip side), and radio stations tended to play only the most popular of the wide variety of records being made.

The developments of the Motown Sound, "folk rock" and the British Invasion of bands from the U.K. (The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones and so on), were major examples of American listeners expanding from the folksinger, doo-wop and saxophone sounds of the 1950s and evolving to include psychedelic music.

Within these popular movements, drug use became inextricably associated with the counter-culture of the era. As Jefferson Airplane co-founder Paul Kantner was once quoted: "If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there."

These songs are the soundtrack to your life - tune in to 1039FM to hear all the greatest hits from the 1960's!

1. Beatles – Hey Jude (1968)

2. Satisfaction – Rolling Stones (1965)

3. Light My Fire – The Doors (1967)

4. House of the Rising Sun – The Animals (1964)

5. Good Lovin’ – The Rascals (1966)

6. Stand By Me – Ben E. King (1961)

7. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf (1968)

8. The Sounds of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel (1965)

9. Time of the Season – The Zombies (1968)

10. Get Together – The Youngbloods (1967)

11. Wild Thing – The Troggs (1966)

12. Whiter Shade of Pale – Procul Harem (1967)

13. Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

14. Monday Monday – Mamas & Papas (1966)

15. Do You Love Me – The Contours (1962)

16. I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown (1965)

17. Sugar Sugar – The Archies (1969)

18. Honky Tonk Woman – Rolling Stones (1969)

19. Louie Louie – The Kingsmen (1963)

20. Happy Together – The Turtles (1967)

21. Oh Pretty woman – Roy Orbison (1964)

22. Mony Mony – Tommy James & The Shondells (1968)

23. Get Back – The Beatles (1969)

24. Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley (1969)

25. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison (1967)

26. When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge (1966)

27. Hello I Love You – The Doors (1968)

28. Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan (1965)

29. My Generation – The Who (1965)

30. Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield (1969)

31. Summer in the City – Lovin’ Spoonful (1966)

32. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys (1966)

33. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield (1967)

34. Fingertips – Stevie Wonder (1963)

35. You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes (1966)

36. I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops (1965)

37. Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

38. Groovin’ – The Rascals (1967)

39. Downtown – Petula Clark (1964)

40. Last Train To Clarksville – The Monkees (1966)

41. Respect – Aretha Franklin (1967)

42. I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher (1965)

43. Turn Turn Turn – The Byrds (1965)

44. (Sittin On) the Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding (1968)

45. Green Onions – Booker & The MG’s (1962)

46. To Sir With Love – Lulu (1967)

47. Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket (1965)

48. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations (1966)

49. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye (1967)

50. Dance to the Music – Sly & The Family Stone (1968)