The 1950s may have seen the birth of Rock and Roll, but 1960 is when it learned to walk. Motown broke music's color barrier, and lit fires across the Atlantic. British bands copied Black American R&B, bringing it back here, and White American music in turn ended up copying the British.
But I'm a poor excuse for a historian (also: bad at golf). Here are the cream of the crop for the early sixties:
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters (1960)
Hit The Road, Jack - Ray Charles (1961)
Shop Around - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (1961)
Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys (1963)
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash (1963)
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles (1964)
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals (1964)
You Really Got Me - The Kinks (1964)
1960s Bonus Tracks
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