‘Sloop John B’ by The Beach Boys peaks at #3 in USA 60 years ago today (May 7 1966)

(Saturday, May 7, 1966) — “Sloop John B” by The Beach Boys peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.

The group’s folk rock adaptation of “Sloop John B” was ranked #271 on Rolling Stone‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”