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A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, [3] [a] primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format. [2] The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. [5]
Billboard Decade-End is a series of music charts reflecting the most popular artists, albums, and songs in the United States throughout a decade. [1] Billboard first published their first decade-end rankings in December 1970, listing the artists with the most number ones of the 1960s.
A 2010 European survey conducted by the digital broadcaster Music Choice, interviewing over 11,000 participants, rated the decade rather low, with only 19% declaring it the best tune decade in the last 50 years, [80] while participants of an American land line survey rated the 1960s a bit higher, with 26% declaring it as best decade in music.
8. Buffalo Springfield. Before he became a successful solo act, Neil Young was a member of the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield alongside Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
The Frogs rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion; The Fontane Sisters, a trio (Bea, Geri and Marge Rosse) from New Milford, New Jersey; The Fools, a Massachusetts rock band best known for the party atmosphere of their live performances and tongue-in-cheek original songs, covers and parodies
Son House Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 Blind Lemon Jefferson Lonnie Johnson, 1941 Lead Belly Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982 Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972 Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995 Memphis Minnie, 1930 Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941 Ma Rainey Jimmy Rushing, 1946 Bessie Smith, 1936 Mamie Smith Henry Townsend, 1983 Ethel Waters, 1943 Curley Weaver Big ...
1960s Mel-o-dy Records G. C. Cameron: 1970s Motown The Cats: 1970s Rare Earth Vita Chambers: 21st century Motown Charlene: 1980s/1990s Motown The Chi-Lites: 1960s Choker Campbell & His 16-Piece Band 1960s Motown Records City Girls [1] 21st century Motown Chris Clark: 1960s V. I. P. Records Tom Clay: 1970s MoWest Records: Angela Clemmons: 1980s ...