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.
Ike and Tina Turner The Marvelettes King Crimson Dusty Springfield The Miracles Junior Walker & the All-Stars Johnny Rivers Blood, Sweat & Tears The Hollies The Drifters Bob Dylan Procol Harum The Crystals Nat "King" Cole Fleetwood Mac Toots & the Maytals Buffalo Springfield Wilson Pickett Del Shannon Nick Drake Silver Apples Joe Cocker Joni Mitchell Quincy Jones Gene Pitney The Isley Brothers Them Louis Armstrong The Monkees John Coltrane Neil Diamond Eddie Cochran John Lee Hooker The Jackson Five Desmond Dekker Bo Diddley Bill Evans Tom Jones The Doors Nina Simone Herbie Hancock The Supremes Lesley Gore Manfred Mann The Byrds Santana Harry Nilsson The Ronettes Booker T. and the M.G.'s Steve Miller Ben E. King The Allman Brothers Band Fairport Convention Marianne Faithfull Led Zeppelin Albert King The Moody Blues Sam & Dave Neil Young Duane Eddy The Who The Four Tops Dinah Washington Love Quicksilver Messenger Service Ray Charles The Band Mary Wells MC5 Tommy James & the Shondells Barbra Streisand Connie Francis Righteous Brothers The Rolling Stones Diana Ross The (Young) Rascals The Beatles Elvis Presley The Velvet Underground Jimmy Reed Chicago The Jimi Hendrix Experience The 13th Floor Elevators Dr. John The 5th Dimension Big Brother & the Holding Company Roy Orbison The Dave Clark Five Jefferson Airplane Steppenwolf The Beach Boys Darlene Love Loretta Lynn B. B. King Isaac Hayes The Yardbirds The Zombies Link Wray Buck Owens Captain Beefheart Marvin Gaye Sam Cooke The Turtles Buddy Guy Van Morrison Scott Walker Aretha Franklin Petula Clark The Sir Douglas Quintet Freddie King Thelonious Monk Wanda Jackson Otis Redding Etta James The Kinks Stevie Wonder Joan Baez Howlin' Wolf The Small Faces/The Faces The Mothers of Invention Sly and the Family Stone Three Dog Night The Shirelles Martha and the Vandellas King Curtis Herman's Hermits The Stooges Ennio Morricone Traffic Stan Getz The Ventures Deep Purple Dick Dale Frank Sinatra The Chiffons Jackie Wilson Paul Revere & the Raiders Jan & Dean Peter, Paul & Mary Willie Nelson Cream The Guess Who Bobby "Blue" Bland Moby Grape Merle Haggard Laura Nyro Simon and Garfunkel The Shangri-Las Ricky Nelson Jerry Lee Lewis Pink Floyd The Temptations The Animals The Sonics The Four Seasons Neil Sedaka The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Bee Gees Chubby Checker The Troggs The Grateful Dead Dion Chuck Berry Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette The Association Miles Davis Sonny & Cher Celia Cruz James Brown Pete Seeger Patsy Cline The Everly Brothers Donovan The Meters Dionne Warwick Johnny Cash Blue Cheer Lovin' Spoonful Solomon Burke John Mayall The Mamas and the Papas Glen Campbell Jimmy Cliff Leonard Cohen Little Anthony & the Imperials Brenda Lee Crosby, Stills and Nash The Impressions Creedence Clearwater Revival Fats Domino Country Joe & the Fish Jethro Tull
Of the 193 artists listed above, 64% 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)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (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 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (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)
Love - Forever Changes (1967)
The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (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)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (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)
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)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (1969)
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (1969)
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1969)
The Who - Tommy (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)
Patsy Cline - Crazy (1961)
The Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love (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)
The Chantays - Pipeline (1962)
Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me (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)
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (1964)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (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)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (1964)
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (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)
The Beatles - In My Life (1965)
Sir Douglas Quintet - She's About a Mover (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)
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)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (1965)
Bob Dylan - 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 Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (1966)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1966)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (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 Who - I Can See For Miles (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (1967)
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy (1967)
Sam & Dave - Soul Man (1967)
The Doors - Light My Fire (1967)
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (1967)
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused (1967)
The Velvet Underground - Heroin (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)
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967)
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (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)
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (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)
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)
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968)
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (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)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1969)
Neil Young - Down by the River (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 - Green River (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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