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1960s Pop Music

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This is a project for any singer/group that is under the 'Pop' genre that is from the years 1960-1969.

In North America and Europe the decade was particularly revolutionary in terms of popular music, as it saw the evolution of rock and the beginnings of the album era. At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued; nevertheless, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, electric variant. In the early-1960s, rock and roll in its purest form was gradually overtaken by pop rock, beat, psychedelic rock, blues rock, and folk rock, which had grown in popularity. The country- and folk-influenced style associated with the latter half of 1960s rock music spawned a generation of popular singer-songwriters who wrote and performed their own work. Towards the decade's end, genres such as Baroque pop, sunshine pop, bubble gum pop, and progressive rock started to grow popular, with the latter two finding greater success in the following decade. Furthermore, the 1960s saw funk and soul music rising in popularity; rhythm and blues in general remained popular. The fusion of R&B, gospel, and original rock and roll was a success until the mid-part of the decade. Aside from the popularity of rock and R&B music in the 1960s, Latin American as well as Jamaican and Cuban music achieved a degree of popularity throughout the decade, with genres such as bossa nova, the cha-cha-cha, ska, and calypso being popular. From a classical point of view, the 1960s were also an important decade as they saw the development of electronic, experimental, jazz and contemporary classical music, notably minimalism and free improvisation.

In Asia, various trends marked the popular music of the 1960s. In Japan, the decade saw the rise in popularity of several Western popular music groups such as The Beatles. The success of rock music and bands in Japan started a new genre, known as Group Sounds, which was popular in the latter half of the decade.

In South America, genres such as bossa nova, Nueva canción and Nueva ola started to rise. Rock music began leaving its mark, and achieved success in the 1960s. Additionally, salsa grew popular towards the end of the decade. In the 1960s cumbia entered Chile and left a long-lasting impact on tropical music in that country.

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Popular Musicians of the UK-1960s

Top 200 Netherlands-1960s

List of Pop Singers/Bands from the 1960s

Please add singers/bands alphabetically.

A

  • ? & The Mysterians
  • 13th Floor Elevators
  • 1910 Fruitgum Company
  • Al Green
  • Allman Brothers Band
  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
  • The Animals
  • Archie Bell & The Drells
  • Eddy Arnold
  • The Association
  • The Atlantics

B

  • Burt Bacharach
  • Badfinger
  • Joan Baez
  • The Band
  • The Beach Boys
  • The Beatles
  • Beau Brummels
  • Bee Gees
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Big Brother & The Holding Company
  • The Birds
  • Cilla Black
  • Blind Faith
  • Booker T. & The MGs
  • The Box Tops
  • Brewer & Shipley
  • The Brothers Four
  • James Brown
  • The Buckinghams
  • Buffalo Springfield
  • Paul Butterfield (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers]
  • The Byrds

C

D

E

  • The Electric Prunes
  • Everly Brothers

F

  • The Faces
  • The Fifth Dimension
  • Fifth Estate
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • The Flower Pot Men
  • Flying Burrito Brothers
  • Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
  • The Four Tops
  • Connie Francis
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Freddie & The Dreamers
  • Free
  • Friend & Lover
  • Frijid Pink
  • The Fugs

G

H

I

  • Ian & Sylvia
  • Iron Butterfly
  • The Isley Brothers

J

K

  • Kaleidoscope
  • Ben E. King
  • King Crimson
  • The Kingsmen
  • The Kingston Trio
  • The Kinks
  • The Knickerbockers
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

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M

N

O

P

  • Dolly Parton
  • Paul Revere & The Raiders
  • Tom Paxton
  • Peter and Gordon
  • Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Pink Floyd
  • Elvis Presley
  • Ray Price
  • Charley Pride
  • Procol Harum

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