# The Best Guitar Solos of the 60s > The Best Guitar Solos of the 60s: #1 is All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, then While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Crossroads. 20 solos, ranked. Canonical URL: The 1960s is when the rock guitar solo grew up, moving from surf instrumentals like Dick Dale's "Misirlou" (1962) to the wah and feedback of Jimi Hendrix and the blues-rock of Cream. This list ranks the decade's 20 best solos in the order of the GreatestSolos Consensus rankings, which combine 79 published lists, and every video starts right at the solo. 1. [All Along the Watchtower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-all-along-the-watchtower/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 2. [While My Guitar Gently Weeps](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/) — The Beatles · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 3. [Crossroads](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-crossroads/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 4. [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1968 5. [Sympathy for the Devil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-rolling-stones-sympathy-for-the-devil/) — The Rolling Stones · solo by Keith Richards · 1968 6. [Little Wing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-little-wing/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 7. [Heartbreaker](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-heartbreaker/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1969 8. [Whole Lotta Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-whole-lotta-love/) — Led Zeppelin · solo by Jimmy Page · 1969 9. [The Thrill Is Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/b-b-king-the-thrill-is-gone/) — B.B. King · solo by B.B. King · 1969 10. [Purple Haze](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-purple-haze/) — Jimi Hendrix · solo by Jimi Hendrix · 1967 11. [You Really Got Me](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-kinks-you-really-got-me/) — The Kinks · solo by Dave Davies · 1964 12. [Something](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-beatles-something/) — The Beatles · solo by George Harrison · 1969 13. [Light My Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-doors-light-my-fire/) — The Doors · solo by Robby Krieger · 1967 14. [21st Century Schizoid Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-21st-century-schizoid-man/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1969 15. [White Room](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cream-white-room/) — Cream · solo by Eric Clapton · 1968 16. [Eight Miles High](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-byrds-eight-miles-high/) — The Byrds · solo by Roger McGuinn · 1966 17. [Misirlou](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dick-dale-the-del-tones-misirlou/) — Dick Dale & the Del-Tones · solo by Dick Dale · 1962 18. [Apache](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-shadows-apache/) — The Shadows · solo by Hank Marvin · 1960 19. [Crosscut Saw](https://greatestsolos.com/song/albert-king-crosscut-saw/) — Albert King · solo by Albert King · 1967 20. [Soul Sacrifice](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-soul-sacrifice/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1969 ## Quick answers ### What is the best guitar solo of the 1960s? Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" (1968) is the highest-ranked 1960s solo in the GreatestSolos Consensus rankings, at number 7 overall. ### Who played the solo on the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? Eric Clapton, as an uncredited guest on the 1968 recording. It ranks number 12 in the Consensus rankings. ### Which guitarist has the most solos on this list? Jimi Hendrix, with four: "All Along the Watchtower", "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", "Little Wing" and "Purple Haze". Eric Clapton has three: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Crossroads" and "White Room". --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)