The Top 25 Guitar Songs of the ’60s

I agree with the songs with some minor changes to order, but with songs this good, how can you argue?

The March issue of Vintage Guitar (on sale mid January) will include the first in a series of features marking 25 years of the magazine’s publication. It kicks things off with the results of a VintageGuitar.com online poll to determine what readers think are the 25 coolest guitar-driven songs of the 1960s.

1) “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
The Rolling Stones, Out of Our Heads, 1965

2) “Sunshine Of Your Love”
Cream, Disraeli Gears, 1967

3) “Purple Haze”
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced?, 1967

4) “Day Tripper”
The Beatles, Yesterday… and Today , 1965

5) “Walk, Don’t Run”
The Ventures, Walk Don’t Run, 1960

6) “You Really Got Me”
The Kinks, The Kinks, 1964

7) “Whole Lotta Love”
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, 1969

8) “Crossroads”
Cream, Wheels of Fire, 1968

9) “All Along The Watchtower”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland, 1968

10) “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” /”Voodoo Chile”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland, 1968

11) “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
The Beatles, White Album, 1968

12) “Oh, Pretty Woman”
Roy Orbison, 1964

13) “Pipeline”
Chantays, Pipeline 1963

14) “Born To Be Wild”
Steppenwolf, 1968

15) “Misirlou”
Dick Dale and his Del-Tones, 1962

16) “I Feel Fine”
The Beatles, 1964

17) “Little Wing”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis: Bold as Love, 1967

18) “I’m Going Home”
Ten Years After, Undead, 1968

19) “Honky Tonk Women”
The Rolling Stones, 1969

20) “Apache”
The Shadows, 1960

21) “Mr. Tambourine Man”
The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man, 1965

22) “Hideaway”
John Mayall with Eric Clapton, Bluesbreakers Featuring Eric Clapton, 1966

23) “Over, Under, Sideways, Down”
Yardbirds, Over Under Sideways Down (a.k.a. Roger the Engineer), 1966

24) “And Your Bird Can Sing”
The Beatles, Yesterday.and Today (U.S.), Revolver (U.K.), 1965

25) “House of the Rising Sun”
Animals, The Animals, 1964