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Beat groups were British beat bands from the early 1960s, or bands from other countries that adapted the style originating in Liverpool (called Merseybeat or Mersey sound). The best known beat group is the Beatles up to the mid-1960s.
The Amboy Dukes. Ambrose Slade. Amen Corner. The American Breed. The Ames Brothers. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra. Andromeda. Andy Kim. Andy Williams.
From a classicalpoint of view, the 1960s were also an important decade as they saw the development of electronic, experimental, jazzand contemporary classical music, notably minimalismand free improvisation. [9] In Asia, various trends marked the popular music of the 1960s. In Japan, the decade saw the rise in popularity of several Western ...
After Geoff Nugent and Jackie Lomax passed away, The Undertakers are now run by Brian Jones. The current line up consists of: Brian Jones - (alto/tenor sax, vocals) Tony Schofield - (rhythm guitar, lead vocals) Les Jones - (lead guitar) Linda Campbell - (bass guitar, vocals) Colin Gort - (keyboards, vocals) Mike Bennett - (drums)
Billboard. Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1960. "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith was the number one song of 1960. Bobby Rydell had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Brenda Lee had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Connie Francis had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. The Everly Brothers had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
The Beatles released 18 of the best-selling songs of the 1960s. A single is a type of music release defined by the British Official Charts Company (OCC) as having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes. On 31 May 2010, a retrospective record chart was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 that listed the 60 biggest-selling singles in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The ...
Garage Hangover – garage bands of the 1960s by state, province and country; GS – covers the group sounds ("G.S.") garage/beat boom in Japan; It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine – articles, interviews, and reviews of 60s psychedelic and garage acts; Start – Website devoted to covering as many as 1400 Dutch Nederbeat bands of the 60s (in both ...
Music of the United Kingdom developed in the 1960s into one of the leading forms of popular music in the modern world. By the early 1960s the British had developed a viable national music industry and began to produce adapted forms of American music in Beat music and British blues which would be re-exported to America by bands such as the Beatles, the Animals and the Rolling Stones.