I'm gonna put my top 10 songs for 5 year intervals on here just for a bit of fun. Doing a whole decade is a bit much in one sitting. All the songs are in no particular order. Lots of big hits I'm sure everyone will know. The Beatles and Stones feature in every year and Hendrix in 3.
1965Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics [Richard Berry cover]
Hey Sah-Lo-Ney - Mickey Lee Lane
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
My Generation - The Who
My Name Is Carnival - Jackson C Frank
Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Pt. 1 - James Brown
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones
Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
Yesterday - The Beatles
1966Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra [Cher cover]
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
I'm a Believer - The Monkees [Neil Diamond cover*]
Land of a 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
Summer In the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
1967Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
Heroes & Villains - The Beach Boys
I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane [The Great Society cover]
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
1968Back In the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix
The Gift - The Velvet Underground
Going Up the Country - Canned Heat [Henry Thomas cover*]
Hush - Deep Purple [Billy Joe Royal cover]
Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations
Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
Send Me a Postcard - Shocking Blue
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
1969Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
I'm Alive - Don Fardon
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band
Space Oddity - David Bowie
* Ok it's a little more complicated than that but you know what I mean