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.
Chicago The Stooges Cream Jefferson Airplane Tom Jones Marvin Gaye The Byrds Celia Cruz Frank Sinatra Nat "King" Cole Elvis Presley Barbra Streisand The Small Faces/The Faces Santana Harry Nilsson Country Joe & the Fish Sam Cooke Buffalo Springfield Merle Haggard King Crimson Crosby, Stills and Nash The Grateful Dead Martha and the Vandellas Link Wray The Moody Blues Ray Charles The Dave Clark Five Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Pete Seeger Ennio Morricone Deep Purple Darlene Love Blood, Sweat & Tears Dionne Warwick Neil Sedaka Toots & the Maytals Louis Armstrong Buddy Guy Dusty Springfield The Four Seasons Captain Beefheart Etta James The Four Tops Procol Harum Nina Simone Blue Cheer Laura Nyro Fairport Convention Quincy Jones Manfred Mann Chubby Checker The Supremes Leonard Cohen Dinah Washington Eddie Cochran Patsy Cline John Coltrane The Troggs Tommy James & the Shondells Them Ike and Tina Turner The 5th Dimension The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Miracles Paul Revere & the Raiders Jacques Brel The Band Stan Getz Miles Davis The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las The Drifters Del Shannon B. B. King Thelonious Monk Mary Wells Willie Nelson The Mamas and the Papas Duane Eddy Silver Apples The (Young) Rascals Van Morrison Stevie Wonder Marianne Faithfull The Shirelles Sonny & Cher The Kinks Herman's Hermits Quicksilver Messenger Service Three Dog Night Wanda Jackson Pink Floyd The Doors Fleetwood Mac Bo Diddley The Zombies Bobby "Blue" Bland Jethro Tull Junior Walker & the All-Stars Otis Redding Tammy Wynette The Rolling Stones The Crystals Buck Owens Roy Orbison Steppenwolf The Everly Brothers Bill Evans The Turtles The Guess Who The Chiffons John Lee Hooker The Isley Brothers Bobby Darin Desmond Dekker Solomon Burke The Association Booker T. and the M.G.'s The Ronettes The Impressions Little Anthony & the Imperials Scott Walker Led Zeppelin Brenda Lee Neil Young Jackie Wilson The Jackson Five Glen Campbell Creedence Clearwater Revival The 13th Floor Elevators Jerry Lee Lewis Neil Diamond Loretta Lynn The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Donovan Sly and the Family Stone The Allman Brothers Band Aretha Franklin Lesley Gore The Who Sam & Dave Herbie Hancock Joan Baez Righteous Brothers Connie Francis The Sir Douglas Quintet Townes Van Zandt Johnny Rivers Joe Cocker The Yardbirds The Bee Gees The Sonics James Brown Wilson Pickett Jimmy Cliff Lovin' Spoonful The Hollies The Meters The Ventures MC5 Ricky Nelson Jimmy Reed The Temptations Peter, Paul & Mary The Mothers of Invention Moby Grape Dr. John Isaac Hayes Gene Pitney Freddie King The Monkees The Beatles Dick Dale Love Big Brother & the Holding Company Nick Drake Petula Clark Traffic Jan & Dean King Curtis Johnny Winter The Velvet Underground The Animals Ben E. King Howlin' Wolf The Beach Boys Albert King John Mayall Fats Domino Dion The Marvelettes Simon and Garfunkel Johnny Cash Chuck Berry Steve Miller Diana Ross
Of the 197 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)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (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 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Doors - Strange Days (1967)
Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
The Four Tops - Reach Out (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
The Who - The Who Sell Out (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)
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle (1968)
The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (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)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (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)
Santana - Santana (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (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)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (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)
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (1961)
Del Shannon - Runaway (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 Beatles - She Loves You (1963)
The Searchers - Needles and Pins (1963)
Martha and the Vandellas - (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave (1963)
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind (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)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (1964)
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (1964)
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (1964)
The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving (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)
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (1964)
Dusty Springfield - Wishin' And Hopin' (1964)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (1964)
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (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)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
The Beatles - In My Life (1965)
Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About a Mover (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)
The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (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)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (1965)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine 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)
The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965)
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Me (1965)
The Beatles - Help! (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (1966)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (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 Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (1966)
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (1966)
Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (1966)
The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There (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 Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg (1966)
The Standells - Dirty Water (1966)
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)
The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (1967)
The Who - I Can See For Miles (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 - Respect (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (1967)
The Beatles - A Day In The Life (1967)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (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)
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (1967)
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (1967)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967)
The Box Tops - The Letter (1967)
The Doors - The End (1967)
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1967)
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (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)
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (1968)
The Byrds - Hickory Wind (1968)
Van Morrison - Madame George (1968)
The Band - The Weight (1968)
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1968)
Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (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)
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (1968)
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968)
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1968)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (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)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (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)
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (1969)
The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing (1969)
David Bowie - Space Oddity (1969)
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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