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The Amboy Dukes. Ambrose Slade. Amen Corner. The American Breed. The Ames Brothers. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra. Andromeda. Andy Kim. Andy Williams.
1960s V. I. P. The Fantastic Four: 1960s Ric-Tic and Soul Records Jose Feliciano: 1980s Motown Four Tops: 1960s Motown Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: 1970s MoWest and Motown Siedah Garrett: 1980s/1990s Gordy Marvin Gaye: 1960s Tamla Valerie George: 1980s/1990s Gordy Nikita Germaine: 1980s/1990s Motown Johnny Gill: 1980s/1990s Motown Gladys ...
This article includes an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 1970s. Aerosmith had seven studio albums chart on the Billboard 200 in the 1970s. [1] Their success in the decade, particularly of their albums Toys in the Attic (1975) and Rocks (1976), helped inspire future rock artists such as Slash [2] and Kurt Cobain [3]
Music portal. v. t. e. Popular music of the United States in the 1960s became innately tied up into causes, opposing certain ideas, influenced by the sexual revolution, feminism, Black Power and environmentalism. This trend took place in a tumultuous period of massive public, unrest in the United States which consisted of the Cold War, Vietnam ...
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 ...
Susan Raye, Buck Owens' protégée who became a solo star with moderate success. Jim Reeves, crossover artist, invented Nashville Sound with Chet Atkins. Charlie Rich, '50s rock star who enjoyed greatest success in '70s country. Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by ...
The roots of progressive rock developed from pop groups in the 1960s, like the Beatles and the Yardbirds, who "progressed" rock and roll by exploiting new recording techniques, [1] and by merging electric blues with various other music styles such as Indian ragas, oriental melodies and Gregorian chants. [2] Hegarty and Halliwell identify the ...
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Its roots went earlier, and performers like Josh White, Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Oscar Brand, Jean Ritchie, John Jacob Niles, Susan Reed, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Cisco Houston ...