Discover the most popular songs from the 1960s that defined a generation. From The Beatles to Aretha Franklin, these hits shaped music history.

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and '70s. The ...

These hit songs from the 1960s definitely swayed you in certain directions when your music taste was forming as a child.

Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty performs in 2007 in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of ...

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War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...