There's a good chance when you're talking about music and debating "the best ever..." you're going to begin and end in the 1960s. The greatest album, song or festival of all time? It doesn't really matter. The Sixties mark the decade when rock and roll fully took shape as an art form.
Last month, we listed the 200 greatest songs of the 1970s by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. This time around, with the 1960s, we made things even harder, narrowing down the list to 100.
As always, we kept things focused on artists that are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We also limited it to acts that have been voted into the museum as "Performers," excluding early influencers, non-performers and the songs that have been honored in the divisive "Singles" category.
That means no "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen or "A White Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. No "Gimme Some Lovin'" by the Spencer Davis Group or "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf."
