History of Rock Music 60s

The History of Rock in the 1960s was a time when the culture of the world was changing. Free love ruled with a sexual revolution, drugs were rampant, black power groups and opposition to the Vietnam War had the country in an uproar. Festivals like the Monterey Pop Festival and the Woodstock Music Festival brought like-minded people from all over the United States together to bond and break down walls the only way they knew how, through music. Pop culture has idealized Woodstock as an event that helped lead to the culmination of the hippie movement. It was an event that showed that social harmony was possible, even in that era.http://the60sofficialsite.com/Woodstock_Rock_Festival.html

In the 60s, Motown introduced us to groups and musicians like The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, and Smokey Robinson. The Beatles dominated the charts, with five of the top records on the Billboard Hot 100 list at one time.http://www.spectropop.com/hmadanibrief.html Other notable groups and singers from the 60s were The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, and Aretha Franklin.

1960-Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles

1961-Stand By Me - Ben E. King

1962-Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's

1963-Louie Louie - Kingsmen

1964-You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Brothers

1965-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

1966-Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

1967-Respect - Aretha Franklin

1968-I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

1969-Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelinhttp://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_songs50-69.html