Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
| ⇦ 1950s | 1970s ⇨ |
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 Mothers of Invention Little Anthony & the Imperials The Isley Brothers The Bee Gees The Small Faces/The Faces Blue Cheer Howlin' Wolf Jackie Wilson The Four Seasons Roy Orbison Steppenwolf Tom Jones Fats Domino Wilson Pickett Stevie Wonder The Moody Blues The Sonics Van Morrison Quicksilver Messenger Service Joan Baez Ricky Nelson Ben E. King Peter, Paul & Mary Marvin Gaye The Monkees Neil Diamond The Association Country Joe & the Fish Fairport Convention Dusty Springfield The Rolling Stones The Kinks Them Aretha Franklin Bo Diddley The Who Connie Francis The Byrds Dick Dale The Grateful Dead Albert King Darlene Love John Mayall Sam Cooke Bill Evans Laura Nyro Santana The Shangri-Las Frank Sinatra The Mamas and the Papas Duane Eddy Sonny & Cher James Brown The Dave Clark Five The Turtles Righteous Brothers Miles Davis MC5 Jefferson Airplane The Troggs Willie Nelson The 13th Floor Elevators Buffalo Springfield Chuck Berry Jethro Tull Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed Buddy Guy The 5th Dimension The Zombies Love Buck Owens The Doors The Guess Who Elvis Presley John Coltrane Creedence Clearwater Revival The Everly Brothers The Shirelles Moby Grape The Ventures Chubby Checker The Beach Boys Johnny Cash Herbie Hancock Fleetwood Mac Ray Charles The Hollies Stan Getz Blood, Sweat & Tears King Crimson The Four Tops Jan & Dean Dion Sam & Dave The Drifters Brenda Lee Leonard Cohen Crosby, Stills and Nash Steve Miller Scott Walker Bob Dylan The Beatles B. B. King Etta James Martha and the Vandellas Nina Simone Tammy Wynette Johnny Rivers Donovan The (Young) Rascals Louis Armstrong Quincy Jones Procol Harum Gene Pitney Deep Purple The Miracles Harry Nilsson Manfred Mann Dr. John Toots & the Maytals Thelonious Monk Solomon Burke Loretta Lynn Led Zeppelin Bobby "Blue" Bland The Chiffons Paul Revere & the Raiders Merle Haggard Junior Walker & the All-Stars Big Brother & the Holding Company Neil Young Freddie King The Meters The Impressions Joe Cocker Lovin' Spoonful The Animals Diana Ross Marianne Faithfull The Allman Brothers Band The Temptations The Band Nick Drake The Stooges Chicago Jerry Lee Lewis Ennio Morricone Traffic Ike and Tina Turner Herman's Hermits Three Dog Night Joni Mitchell The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Glen Campbell Pink Floyd The Crystals Cream John Lee Hooker Silver Apples Barbra Streisand Neil Sedaka Booker T. and the M.G.'s Jimmy Cliff The Yardbirds Del Shannon Tommy James & the Shondells Captain Beefheart Simon and Garfunkel The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Sir Douglas Quintet The Velvet Underground Eddie Cochran Petula Clark Isaac Hayes Sly and the Family Stone Otis Redding Lesley Gore Desmond Dekker Mary Wells Patsy Cline The Ronettes The Marvelettes Nat "King" Cole The Supremes Dionne Warwick
Of the 186 artists listed above, 62% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
| ⇦ 1950s | 1970s ⇨ |
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)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (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 Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (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)
The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (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)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (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)
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)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (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)
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1968)
The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (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)
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)
| ⇦ 1950s | 1970s ⇨ |
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)
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)
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)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (1964)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (1964)
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (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)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (1965)
The Beatles - In My Life (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)
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)
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)
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)
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 Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (1966)
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (1966)
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love (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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
| ⇦ 1950s | 1970s ⇨ |