Dylan tops best songs list
Written by admin on April 5, 2011 – 9:13 pm - |
The readers of Rolling Stone magazine have voted Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” as the number one song of the 1960s.
Dylan recorded “Like a Rolling Stone” over two days in June 1965 at Studio A of Columbia Records in New York City. The song became the opening track on the platinum-selling “Highway 61 Revisited” and was one of only four Dylan tracks to hit the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. |
Here’s the full readers’ top 10:
- Bob Dylan – “Like A Rolling Stone”
- The Beatles – “A Day In The Life”
- The Rolling Stones – “Satisfaction”
- The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter”
- The Who – “My Generation”
- The Doors – “Light My Fire”
- The Beatles – “Hey Jude”
- Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love”
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “All Along The Watchtower”
- The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows.”
Further information on the top 10 choices is available at RollingStone.com
Tags: Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
Posted in 60s pop, American Rock, Folk |
