The folk songs that charted on the top 20:
(highest chart ratings, other than by the Kingston Trio)
“Greenfields”, Brothers Four, #2, May 1960
“Michael”, The Highwaymen, #1, Sept. 1961
“If I Had a Hammer, Peter, Paul and Mary, #12, Oct. 1962
“Walk Right In”, Rooftop Singers, #2, Feb. 1963
“Puff the Magic Dragon”, Peter Paul and Mary, #3, May 1963
“Blowin’ in the Wind”,Peter, Paul and Mary, #2, Aug. 1963
“If I Had a Hammer”, Trini Lopez, #3, Sept. 1963
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”, Peter, Paul and Mary, #12, Oct. 1963
“Dominique”, The Singing Nun, #1, Dec. 1963
“Don’t Let the Rain Come Down”, Serendipity Singers, #10, May 1964
“Baby the Rain Must Fall”, Glenn Yarbrough, #15, May 1965
“Mr. Tambourine Man”, The Byrds, #5, July 1965
“Like a Rolling Stone”, Bob Dylan, #2, Sept. 1965
“Eve of Destruction”, #3, Sept. 1965
“You Were on My Mind”, We Five, #4, Sept. 1965
“The Sounds of Silence”, Simon and Garfunkle, #2, Jan. 1966
“The Ballad of the Green Berets”, SSgt. Barry Sadler, #1, Mar. 1966
“Elusive Butterfly”, Bob Lind, #6, Mar. 1966
“Homeward Bound”, Simon and Garfunkle, #8, Mar. 1966
“I Am a Rock”, Simon and Garfunkle, #3, June 1966
“Guantanamera”, Sandpipers, #11, Sept. 1966
“If I Were a Carpenter”, Bobby Darin, # 9, Nov. 1966
“A Hazy Shade of Winter”, Simon and Garfunkle, #19, Dec. 1966
up to 1967
source: The All Music Book of Hit Singles
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Songs written by Dylan: 4
Songs written by Paul Simon: 4