Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
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The Defining Artists of the 1960s
The following artists released some of the best music of the 1960s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Crystals The Drifters Howlin' Wolf Tommy James & the Shondells The Sonics The Four Tops Junior Walker & the All-Stars The Troggs The Hollies The Zombies Connie Francis Elvis Presley The Four Seasons Eddie Cochran Eddie Cochran Deep Purple B. B. King Martha and the Vandellas Ricky Nelson Cream Booker T. and the M.G.'s James Brown The Kinks The Beach Boys The 5th Dimension Steve Miller Dinah Washington Marianne Faithfull Fats Domino Buddy Guy Fleetwood Mac Joan Baez Sam Cooke The Ventures The Miracles Celia Cruz Jethro Tull Freddie King The Jackson Five Quincy Jones Jimmy Reed Marvin Gaye Gene Pitney Joni Mitchell The Impressions The Shangri-Las The Doors Big Brother & the Holding Company Joe Cocker Leonard Cohen Jerry Lee Lewis Jimmy Cliff Bobby "Blue" Bland Toots & the Maytals Miles Davis Chuck Berry Petula Clark The Dave Clark Five Van Morrison Ike and Tina Turner Nina Simone The Beatles The Chiffons Blood, Sweat & Tears King Curtis Ben E. King Tom Jones Scott Walker King Crimson The Bee Gees The Sir Douglas Quintet Desmond Dekker Ray Charles The Grateful Dead Louis Armstrong Simon and Garfunkel The Who Moby Grape The Animals Led Zeppelin Blue Cheer Little Anthony & the Imperials Harry Nilsson Laura Nyro Bill Evans Sonny & Cher Nick Drake John Mayall Pink Floyd Mary Wells Creedence Clearwater Revival The Byrds Procol Harum The Meters Dionne Warwick Love Link Wray Dusty Springfield Dick Dale Dr. John Nat "King" Cole Bob Dylan Patsy Cline The Small Faces/The Faces The Mothers of Invention The (Young) Rascals Jefferson Airplane The Mamas and the Papas Steppenwolf Loretta Lynn The Isley Brothers Neil Diamond Stan Getz Lovin' Spoonful Solomon Burke Etta James Buffalo Springfield The Allman Brothers Band Captain Beefheart Duane Eddy Thelonious Monk Bo Diddley Sam & Dave Tammy Wynette Manfred Mann Donovan Willie Nelson Dion Wanda Jackson Buck Owens The Everly Brothers The Band The Monkees John Coltrane The Ronettes Peter, Paul & Mary Johnny Cash Roy Orbison Merle Haggard Aretha Franklin Jackie Wilson Righteous Brothers Three Dog Night Jacques Brel The Stooges The Temptations Stevie Wonder Ennio Morricone Wilson Pickett The Shirelles MC5 Them The Guess Who Paul Revere & the Raiders Chicago Santana Quicksilver Messenger Service Silver Apples Crosby, Stills and Nash Country Joe & the Fish The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Neil Sedaka Del Shannon Barbra Streisand Pete Seeger Isaac Hayes The 13th Floor Elevators Traffic Darlene Love Lesley Gore Brenda Lee Neil Young Frank Sinatra The Rolling Stones Chubby Checker Herbie Hancock Otis Redding The Marvelettes The Velvet Underground Herman's Hermits The Association Sly and the Family Stone Johnny Rivers The Supremes Diana Ross Fairport Convention John Lee Hooker Jan & Dean The Moody Blues The Turtles Albert King The Yardbirds Glen Campbell
Of the 194 artists listed above, 63% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Defining Albums of the 1960s
Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960 (1960)
John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1960)
Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps From The Blues (1961)
Etta James - At Last! (1961)
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf (The Rockin' Chair Album) (1962)
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963)
James Brown - Live At The Apollo (1963)
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)
The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! (1964)
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1964)
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (1964)
The Who - My Generation (1965)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965)
The Yardbirds - Having A Rave Up (1965)
The Beatles - Help! (1965)
B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1965)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (1965)
John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
The Small Faces - Small Faces (1966)
The Who - A Quick One (1966)
The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
Cream - Fresh Cream (1966)
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind (1966)
Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)
The Mamas And The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966)
Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (1967)
Love - Forever Changes (1967)
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1967)
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (1968)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (1968)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle (1968)
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (1968)
The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) (1968)
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968)
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man (1968)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)
Cream - Wheels Of Fire (1968)
The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (1968)
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1968)
Dr. John - Gris-Gris (1968)
The Band - The Band (1969)
Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
Crosby Stills and Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Santana - Santana (1969)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1969)
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (1969)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (1969)
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (1969)
The Who - Tommy (1969)
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1969)
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails (1969)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed (1969)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969)
Roberta Flack - First Take (1969)
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The Defining Songs of the 1960s
Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960)
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (1960)
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful (1960)
Etta James - At Last (1960)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Shop Around (1960)
Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter to Three (1961)
Dion - Runaround Sue (1961)
Ben E. King - Stand By Me (1961)
Neil Sedaka - Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City (1961)
Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker (1961)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Turn On Your Love Light (1961)
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1961)
Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (1961)
The Marcels - Blue Moon (1961)
Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - Let's Go Trippin' (1961)
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (1961)
The Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love (1961)
Patsy Cline - Crazy (1961)
Roy Orbison - Crying (1961)
Del Shannon - Runaway (1961)
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)
Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (1961)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (1962)
Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions (1962)
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry (1962)
Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me (1962)
The Chantays - Pipeline (1962)
The Crystals - He's a Rebel (1962)
The Surfaris - Wipe Out (1962)
The Contours - Do You Love Me (1962)
The Drifters - Up On The Roof (1962)
Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl (1962)
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion (1962)
The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA (1963)
The Ronettes - Be My Baby (1963)
The Drifters - On Broadway (1963)
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)
The Searchers - Needles and Pins (1963)
The Beatles - She Loves You (1963)
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind (1963)
Martha and the Vandellas - (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave (1963)
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (1963)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (1963)
The Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man (1963)
Jan & Dean - Surf City (1963)
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky (1963)
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963)
The Supremes - Baby Love (1964)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1964)
The Temptations - My Girl (1964)
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (1964)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (1964)
The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving (1964)
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (1964)
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)
Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (1964)
The Kinks - You Really Got Me (1964)
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby (1964)
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1964)
Dusty Springfield - Wishin' And Hopin' (1964)
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (1964)
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (1964)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (1964)
Mary Wells - My Guy (1964)
Them - Gloria (1964)
Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love (1964)
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)
The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love (1965)
Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About a Mover (1965)
The Beatles - In My Life (1965)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
The Who - My Generation (1965)
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (1965)
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears (1965)
Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun (1965)
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe (1965)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1965)
The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)
The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (1965)
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1965)
Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (1965)
The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965)
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1965)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (1965)
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs - Wooly Bully (1965)
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (1965)
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Me (1965)
The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965)
The Beatles - Help! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (1966)
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (1966)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1966)
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness (1966)
The Byrds - Eight Miles High (1966)
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (1966)
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (1966)
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (1966)
The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There (1966)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (1966)
The Hollies - Bus Stop (1966)
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee (1966)
The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' (1966)
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)
The Monkees - I'm A Believer (1966)
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1966)
? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg (1966)
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)
The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967)
The Who - I Can See For Miles (1967)
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Sam & Dave - Soul Man (1967)
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy (1967)
The Doors - Light My Fire (1967)
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (1967)
The Velvet Underground - Heroin (1967)
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused (1967)
Moby Grape - Omaha (1967)
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (1967)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (1967)
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love (1967)
The Beatles - Penny Lane (1967)
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (1967)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (1967)
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967)
The Box Tops - The Letter (1967)
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1967)
The Doors - The End (1967)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (1967)
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (1967)
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (1967)
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1968)
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (1968)
Van Morrison - Madame George (1968)
The Band - The Weight (1968)
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (1968)
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1968)
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (1968)
The Beatles - Hey Jude (1968)
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (1968)
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (1968)
Cream - Crossroads (1968)
Big Brother & The Holding Co. - Piece Of My Heart (1968)
The Zombies - Time Of The Season (1968)
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968)
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (1968)
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1968)
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces - Israelites (1968)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1969)
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (1969)
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969)
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (1969)
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (1969)
The Beatles - Something (1969)
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (1969)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969)
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross (1969)
B. B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (1969)
The Meters - Cissy Strut (1969)
Neil Young - Down by the River (1969)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1969)
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969)
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (1969)
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969)
The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (1969)
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (1969)
David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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