Grammy Award For Best R&B Song - 1960s

1960s

  • 1969
    • Otis Redding and Steve Cropper for "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay"
      performed by Otis Redding
    • Don Covay for "Chain of Fools (song)"
      performed by Aretha Franklin
    • Edward Thomas, Bob McRee and Clifton Thomas for "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries"
      performed by Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson
    • Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson and Donald Davis for "Who's Making Love"
      performed by Johnnie Taylor
    • Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong and Roger Penzabene for "I Wish It Would Rain"
      performed by The Temptations
  • 1968
    • Aretha Franklin for "Respect"
    • Joe Tex for "Skinny Legs and All"
    • Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"
    • Otis Redding for "Try a Little Tenderness"
    • Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
  • 1967
    • Ray Charles for "Crying Time"
    • Joe Tex for "Skinny Legs and All"
    • Lou Rawls for "Dead End Street"
    • Otis Redding for "Try a Little Tenderness"
    • Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
  • 1966
    • James Brown for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
    • Sam Cooke for "Shake"
    • The Temptations for "My Girl"
    • Wilson Pickett for "In The Midnight Hour"
    • Jr. Walker and The All-Stars for "Shotgun"
  • 1965
    • Nancy Wilson for "How Glad I Am"
    • Sam Cooke for "Good Times"
    • The Impressions for Keep on Pushing
    • The Supremes for "Baby Love"
    • Dionne Warwick for "Walk On By"
    • Joe Tex for "Hold What You've Got"
  • 1964
    • Ray Charles for "Busted"
    • Barbara Lewis for "Hello Stranger"
    • Lenny Welch for "Since I Fell for You'
    • Little Johnny Taylor for "Part Time Love"
    • Major Lance for "Hey Little Girl"
    • Martha and the Vandellas for (Love is Like a) Heat Wave
    • Sam Cooke for "Frankie and Johnny"
  • 1963
    • Ray Charles for "I Can't Stop Loving You"
    • B. Bumble and the Stingers for "Nut Rocker"
    • Bobby Darin for What'd I Say
    • Little Eva for The Loco-Motion
    • Mel Torme for Comin' Home Baby
    • Sam Cooke for Bring It On Home To Me
  • 1962
    • Ray Charles for "Hit the Road Jack"
    • Ernie K-Doe for "Mother-in-Law"
    • Etta James for "The Fool That I Am"
    • Jimmy Reed for "Bright Lights, Big City"
    • Laverne Baker for "Saved"
  • 1961
    • Ray Charles for "Let the Good Times Roll"
    • Etta James for "All I Could Do Was Cry"
    • Hank Ballard for "Finger Poppin' Time"
    • Muddy Waters for "Got My Mojo Working"
    • Jackie Wilson for "Lonely Teardrops"
    • LaVerne Baker for "Shake a Hand"
    • John Lee Hooker for Travelin'
    • Bo Diddley for "Walkin' and Talkin'"
  • 1960
    • Dinah Washington for "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
    • Elvis Presley for "A Big Hunk o' Love"
    • The Coasters for "Charlie Brown"
    • Jesse Belvin for "Guess Who"
    • Nat King Cole for "Midnight Flyer"

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