TOP 100 CAR SONGS
OF THE '50S AND '60S
- The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Jan and Dean - 1964
- Maybellene - Chuck Berry - 1955
- Beep Beep - The Playmates - 1958
- Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords - 1964
- G.T.O. - Ronny and the Daytonas - 1964
- Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys - 1964
- Rocket "88" - Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats - 1951
- Teen Angel - Mark Dinning - 1960
- Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean - 1964
- Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat - Paul Evans and
the Curls - 1959 - Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - 1964
- Wheels - The String-A-Longs - 1961
- Forty Miles of Bad Road - Duane Eddy - 1959
- Transfusion - Nervous Norvus - 1956
- No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry - 1964
- Drag City - Jan and Dean - 1963
- Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson - 1960
- Maybelline - Johnny Rivers - 1964
- Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys - 1963
- Detour - Patti Page - 1951
- Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers - 1968
- Shut Down - The Beach Boys - 1963
- Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett - 1966
- Stick Shift - The Duals - 1961
- Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond - 1960
- Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle - 1962
- Three Window Coupe - The Rip Chords - 1964
- Hot Rod Lincoln - Charlie Ryan and the Timberline
Riders - 1960 - Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley - 1950
- Wheels - Billy Vaughn - 1961
- Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - 1966
- The Ballad of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum - 1958
- Drive My Car - The Beatles - 1966
- Cadillac Baby - Roy Brown - 1950
- Sting Ray - The Routers - 1963
- Hot Rod Race - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan - 1951
- Crosstown Traffic - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1968
- Hot Rod Race - Tiny Hill - 1951
- Bucket "T" - Ronny and the Daytonas - 1964
- Somethin Else - Eddie Cochran - 1959
- I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car From Him - Norma Jean - 1965
- Road Hog - John D. Loudermilk - 1962
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Paul Mauriat - 1968
- 409 - The Beach Boys - 1962
- Side Car Cycle - Charlie Ryan and the Timberline
Riders - 1960 - Gas Money - Jan and Arnie - 1958
- Custom Machine - Bruce and Terry - 1964
- Wreck on the Highway - Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper - 1961
- Drivin' Home - Duane Eddy - 1961
- A House, a Car and a Wedding Ring - Dale Hawkins - 1958
- Little Side Car - The Larks - 1951
- No Money Down - Chuck Berry - 1955
- The Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book
Review and Timing Association - Jan and Dean - 1964 - Dear Dad - Chuck Berry - 1965
- Driving Wheel - Little Junior Parker - 1961
- Drive My Car - Bob Kuban and the In-Men - 1966
- A House, a Car and a Wedding Ring - Mike Preston - 1958
- Race With the Devil - Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - 1956
- My Old Car - Lee Dorsey - 1967
- The Scavenger - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones - 1963
- Maybellene - Marty Robbins - 1955
- Mustang Sally - Sir Mack Rice - 1965
- A Tiger in My Tank - Jim Nesbitt - 1965
- Baby Driver - Simon and Garfunkel - 1969
- Car Trouble - The Eligibles - 1959
- Keep A-Driving - Chuck Willis - 1958
- Volkswagen - Ray Pillow - 1966
- Jaguar and Thunderbird - Chuck Berry - 1960
- If My Car Could Only Talk - Lou Christie - 1966
- GeeTO Tiger - The Tigers - 1965
- Competition Coupe - The Astronauts - 1964
- Cadillac Jack - Andre Williams - 1968
- Draggin' Wagon - The Surfer Girls - 1964
- Shiny Red Automobile - George Morgan - 1967
- Long Black Limousine - Jody Miller - 1968
- Buick 59 - The Medallions - 1954
- Calling All Cars - Davey Summers - 1963
- The Last Drag - The Voxpoppers - 1958
- (There's) No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car -
Elvis Presley - 1963 - From a Buick 6 - Bob Dylan - 1965
- The Last Race - Jack Nitzsche - 1964
- Stingray - The Shadows - 1965
- Route 66 - The Rolling Stones - 1966
- I Love You, Honey - Patsy Cline - 1956
- You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry - 1956
- Mustang Sally - The Young Rascals - 1966
- Motoring - Martha and the Vandellas - 1965
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce - Riz Ortolani - 1965
- Rev-Up - Manuel and the Renegades - 1963
- No Wheels - The Chordettes - 1959
- Freeway - The Fugitives - 1960
- SS 396 - Paul Revere and the Raiders - 1965
- Black and White Thunderbird - The Delicates - 1959
- Speedway - Elvis Presley - 1968
- Oh! Oh! Get Out of the Car - Richard Berry - 1955
- Bucket "T" - The Who - 1967
- T-Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon - 1953
- Flat Tire - The Del Vikings - 1958
- Four in the Floor - The Shutdowns - 1963
- A-Bone - The Trashmen - 1964
This list is comprised of songs about all types of cars, including hot rods, and includes vocal and instrumental recordings about automobile-related driving. Songs about trucks, motorcycles or buses do not qualify for the list. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1950 through 1969, but songs about cars, or with car names in the titles, are given more emphasis than songs where cars figure less prominently in the lyrics.
Chuck Berry is the king of the car songs with six on the list, plus three others as songwriter. Jan Berry claims the runner-up spot, appearing on five songs (four with Dean Torrence and one with Arnie Ginsburg).