Here are the top-selling songs of the 1960s by year, according to Billboard's Year-End charts. Release date: September 1959 "Theme from A Summer Place" was composed by Max Steiner for the 1959 ...

Lou Christie was a top pop act of the mid to late 1960s, mainly due to his unique falsetto. He was the voice behind songs such as "The Gypsy Cried," "I'm Gonna Make You Mine," and "Lightnin' Strikes." ...

French singer France Gall, who rose to pop fame in the 1960s, has died at the age of ... one of the biggest figures in French popular music - that helped catapult her to fame and make her a ...

They didn't exactly rock out like many of the fellow acts who joined them in the British Invasion. That just meant that Chad & Jeremy filled a somewhat unique niche in the 1960s music scene, playing ...

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys. They also brought early ...

LOS ANGELES — Brenton Wood, the soulful R&B singer behind the 1960s hit "The Oogum Boogum Song," has died, his managers have confirmed ... and found new fans again as a popular sound on the social ...

Pic: Reuters During a run of success in the 1960s, Peter, Paul and Mary - Yarrow ... Puff The Magic Dragon, their most famous song, was written by Yarrow based on a poem by Leonard Lipton.