60 YEARS OF THE ROCK ERA Awards catch-up. New category: honouring song lyrics. This update reviews the years 1955-1970.

60 YEARS OF

ROCK

BEST SONG LYRICS

-WINNERS-

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1960

CHAIN GANG 

Sam Cooke

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1961

RUNNING SCARED

Roy Orbison

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1962

UPTOWN 

Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1963

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND

Bob Dylan

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1964

A CHANGE IS GONNA COME

Sam Cooke

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1965

I AM A ROCK

Paul Simon

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1966

ELEANOR RIGBY

Paul McCartney & John Lennon

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1967

SHILO

Neil Diamond

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1968

WORDS

Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1969

SPACE ODDITY

David Bowie

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1970

FIRE AND RAIN 

James Taylor