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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Moody Blues The Troggs The Supremes The Drifters Patsy Cline The Marvelettes John Lee Hooker Laura Nyro Bill Evans The Shirelles Ike and Tina Turner Freddie King Steve Miller Loretta Lynn The Allman Brothers Band The Four Tops Glen Campbell Thelonious Monk Willie Nelson The Hollies Creedence Clearwater Revival Gene Pitney The Crystals Cream Bob Dylan The Band Del Shannon Blood, Sweat & Tears Procol Harum The Sonics Simon and Garfunkel Sam Cooke Connie Francis Booker T. and the M.G.'s Big Brother & the Holding Company Sonny & Cher B. B. King Johnny Rivers Roy Orbison Crosby, Stills and Nash The 5th Dimension Steppenwolf Sly and the Family Stone Joan Baez Tammy Wynette Pink Floyd The Guess Who Wilson Pickett The Everly Brothers Duane Eddy The Byrds Fleetwood Mac John Coltrane Marianne Faithfull The Association The Impressions Chubby Checker Silver Apples Dr. John Stevie Wonder Three Dog Night The Rolling Stones The Animals The Beatles Dick Dale Jerry Lee Lewis Country Joe & the Fish Merle Haggard Marvin Gaye Lesley Gore Johnny Cash Traffic Manfred Mann Nick Drake The 13th Floor Elevators Desmond Dekker Jimmy Reed Jimmy Cliff The Chiffons The Sir Douglas Quintet Nina Simone Bo Diddley Buddy Guy The Velvet Underground Peter, Paul & Mary The Mothers of Invention Neil Sedaka Leonard Cohen Herbie Hancock The Jimi Hendrix Experience The (Young) Rascals Quicksilver Messenger Service The Zombies Van Morrison Harry Nilsson Dion The Doors The Dave Clark Five Fairport Convention Ennio Morricone The Isley Brothers Deep Purple The Yardbirds The Ventures Bobby "Blue" Bland Scott Walker The Turtles Them Jethro Tull Nat "King" Cole Neil Diamond Donovan Miles Davis James Brown The Mamas and the Papas The Stooges Joe Cocker Otis Redding Little Anthony & the Imperials Isaac Hayes Barbra Streisand Ricky Nelson The Beach Boys Brenda Lee Darlene Love Mary Wells Fats Domino The Shangri-Las Tommy James & the Shondells The Small Faces/The Faces The Monkees MC5 The Temptations John Mayall Dionne Warwick Howlin' Wolf Love The Meters Jan & Dean Jackie Wilson Louis Armstrong Toots & the Maytals Ben E. King Lovin' Spoonful Santana Jefferson Airplane Elvis Presley Stan Getz The Miracles The Who Chuck Berry The Ronettes Chicago Petula Clark Led Zeppelin The Kinks Blue Cheer Righteous Brothers Tom Jones The Bee Gees The Grateful Dead Solomon Burke Moby Grape Albert King Quincy Jones Etta James Diana Ross Buffalo Springfield Eddie Cochran Ray Charles King Crimson Paul Revere & the Raiders Frank Sinatra Neil Young Buck Owens Junior Walker & the All-Stars Captain Beefheart Celia Cruz Herman's Hermits Dusty Springfield Aretha Franklin Joni Mitchell Sam & Dave Martha and the Vandellas The Four Seasons
Of the 186 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 - 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 Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (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)
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)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (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 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)
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)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (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)
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)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (1965)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine 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 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (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)
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (1966)
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (1966)
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (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 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)
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)
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)
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)
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (1968)
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (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)
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 - Fortunate Son (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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