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Vietnam War Era Songs:  1965 - 1974

POSTER
1968 Byrds Poster
Bob Masse's Rock Posters

SONG LIST
The 60's:   
1965
  1966  1967  1968  1969  

The 70's:   
1970
  1971  1972  1973  1974

 

(Compiled by Ray Smith  1st Bn 69th Armor Web Site)


The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1965

  1. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
  2. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
  3. You Were On My Mind - We Five
  4. The In Crowd - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
  5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
  6. Help - The Beatles
  7. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
  8. Catch Us If You Can - The Dave Clark Five
  9. Yesterday - The Beatles
10. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
11. It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles
12. California Girls - The Beach Boys
13. Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles
14. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
15. Baby Don't Go - Sonny & Cher
16. Some Enchanted Evening - Jay & the Americans
17. Action - Freddy Cannon
18. We Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals
19. You've Got Your Troubles - The Fortunes
20. Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis

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The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1966

  1. Cherish - The Association
  2. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
  3. Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
  4. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
  5. Sunshine Superman - Donovan
  6. Black Is Black - Los Bravos
  7. 96 Tears - ? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians
  8. Mr. Dieingly Sad - The Critters
  9. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations
10. Bus Stop - The Hollies
11. I've Got You Under My Skin - The 4 Seasons
12. See You In September - The Happenings
13. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
14. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond
15. Wipe Out - The Surfaris
16. Guantanamera - The Sandpipers
17. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
18. Born Free - Roger Williams
19. Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
20. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

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The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1967

  1. The Letter - The Box Tops
  2. To Sir With Love - Lulu
  3. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
  4. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay & the Techniques
  5. Never My Love - The Association
  6. How Can I Be Sure - The Young Rascals
  7. Come Back When You Grow Up - Bobby Vee
  8. Dandelion - The Rolling Stones
  9. Reflections - Diana Ross & the Supremes
10. Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors
11. You're My Everything - The Temptations
12. Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
13. Funky Broadway - Wilson Pickett
14. (I Wanna) Testify - The Parliaments
15. People Are Strange - The Doors
16. Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
17. I Dig Rock and Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
18. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & the Animals
19. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
20. Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - The Buckinghams

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The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1968

  1. Hey Jude - The Beatles
  2. Hush - Deep Purple
  3. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
  4. 1, 2, 3, Red Light - The 1910 Fruitgum Company
  5. People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
  6. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
  7. The Fool On the Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
  8. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
  9. Girl Watcher - The O'Kaysions
10. I've Gotta Get a Message to You - The Bee Gees
11. Do It Again - The Beach Boys
12. Slip Away - Clarence Carter
13. Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown
14. My Special Angel - The Vogues
15. You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
16. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
17. Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
18. Revolution - The Beatles
19. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
20. Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

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The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1969

  1. Sugar, Sugar - The Archies
  2. Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
  3. Jean - Oliver
  4. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones
  5. Easy to Be Hard - Three Dog Night
  6. Get Together - The Youngbloods
  7. I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
  8. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
  9. Little Woman - Bobby Sherman
10. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11. Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
12. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
13. Hurt So Bad - The Lettermen
14. Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan
15. Oh, What a Night - The Dells
16. This Girl Is a Woman Now - Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
17. I'd Wait a Million Years - The Grass Roots
18. When I Die - Motherlode
19. Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
20. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

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The Top 20 As Of September 20th, 1970

  1. Patches - Clarence Carter
  2. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
  3. Candida - Dawn
  4. Julie, Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
  5. Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
  6. Don't Play That Song - Aretha Franklin
  7. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
  8. Snowbird - Anne Murray
  9. War - Edwin Starr
10. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
11. It's a Shame - The Spinners
12. Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War
13. Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler
14. In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
15. (They Long to Be) Close to You - The Carpenters
16. El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
17. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth
18. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
19. Look What They've Done to My Song Ma - The New Seekers