1960s Music: A Wide Variety

 

Coming out of the big band era and crooners like Frank Sinatra, the sounds of the 1960s were so diverse, it was a regular smorgasbord of tunes for all ears. 


Let's look at the icons of the decade to see how rock and roll's adolescence was moving at an accelerated pace.


Here's just some of the singers and bands that made the decade the widest variety of sounds possible - 



Elvis Presley 


The Who

The Beach Boys



The Doors



The Beatles



The Rolling Stones




Credence Clearwater



Pink Floyd



Andy Williams



The Marvelettes 



Simon and Garfunkel




The Monkees



The Jackson 5



Four Tops



Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons



Tammy Wynette



Glen Campbell



Patsy Cline



The Supremes



Johnny Cash



Jimi Hendrix



Bob Dylan



The Yardbirds



Dick Dale



Janis Joplin




Jefferson Airplane



The Mamas and the Papas



Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young



Santana



Sha Na Na



Nancy Sinatra



Sonny and Cher



Joni Mitchell



The Moody Blues



The Archies



The Marcels



Paul Revere and the Raiders



The Hollies



Herman's Hermits



The Fifth Dimension


And remember this??? 

American Bandstand 1963



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