Top Western Music Rankings Popular with People in Their 60s (By Generation)

I’m In the Mood for DancingThe Nolans91rank/position

The Nolans – I’m In the Mood for Dancing (Official Video)

The Japanese title is “Dancing Sister.” It’s a 1979 disco number by The Nolans, a sister vocal group from Ireland.

It was featured in many commercials in Japan as well.

If everyone dances and sings along, it’s sure to get the crowd going!

House of the Rising SunThe Animals92rank/position

Animals – House of the Rising Sun

The Japanese title is “Asahi no Ataru Ie” (“The House of the Rising Sun”).

The Animals released it in 1964 and it became a huge hit.

It’s a traditional American folk song with an unknown author.

Many artists, including Bob Dylan, have covered it, but the Animals’ version is the most famous.

Give it your all with Eric Burdon–style passionate vocals!

Then He Kissed MeThe Crystals93rank/position

Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals

A song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.

It was produced by Phil Spector.

It was The Crystals’ last hit to reach the Top 40 on the U.S.

charts.

It was used in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting.

Be My BabyThe Ronettes94rank/position

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 – 𝐁𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 – 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 [𝐇𝐐]

The Ronettes were a female vocal group formed by sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley.

This song was their first single, produced by Phil Spector and released on Philles Records.

Brian Wilson created an answer song to it called “Don’t Worry Baby.”

Tangled Up In BlueBob Dylan95rank/position

Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue (Official HD Video)

A song Bob Dylan wrote in the summer of 1974 on a farm in Minnesota.

It was inspired by an art class he attended in New York.

At Dylan’s concerts, it is often introduced and performed with the phrase, “It took ten years to live and two years to write.”