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 5th Dimension The Mothers of Invention The Miracles Johnny Cash Jethro Tull The Supremes Joan Baez Laura Nyro Dusty Springfield Led Zeppelin Fats Domino Nat "King" Cole The Impressions Solomon Burke Them Brenda Lee Chuck Berry Marvin Gaye The Beatles Love Thelonious Monk The Turtles The Ventures Willie Nelson Aretha Franklin Diana Ross Glen Campbell The Four Seasons The Byrds Tammy Wynette Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley Isaac Hayes Junior Walker & the All-Stars Albert King The Troggs Herman's Hermits Sonny & Cher Leonard Cohen The Small Faces/The Faces Mary Wells Simon and Garfunkel The Shangri-Las Chubby Checker Bob Dylan Buffalo Springfield Marianne Faithfull MC5 Ben E. King Ennio Morricone The Rolling Stones The Marvelettes Dionne Warwick Bill Evans Quincy Jones The Zombies Lesley Gore Righteous Brothers Jefferson Airplane Blood, Sweat & Tears The Isley Brothers Gene Pitney Neil Young Bo Diddley Otis Redding Neil Sedaka Traffic James Brown The Meters Cream The Hollies Merle Haggard Chicago Dion King Crimson Sam & Dave Bobby "Blue" Bland Duane Eddy John Lee Hooker The Kinks Buddy Guy Lovin' Spoonful The Bee Gees Neil Diamond Connie Francis The Who Joni Mitchell Deep Purple Scott Walker Nina Simone Joe Cocker John Mayall Johnny Rivers Country Joe & the Fish Silver Apples The Mamas and the Papas Ray Charles The Doors Martha and the Vandellas Stevie Wonder The Four Tops The Velvet Underground The Beach Boys Barbra Streisand The Animals Jimmy Reed Booker T. and the M.G.'s Stan Getz Van Morrison Herbie Hancock Ike and Tina Turner Captain Beefheart Jackie Wilson Frank Sinatra Creedence Clearwater Revival Fleetwood Mac The Crystals Miles Davis Roy Orbison Patsy Cline Big Brother & the Holding Company Jan & Dean The Association Quicksilver Messenger Service Loretta Lynn Celia Cruz The Guess Who Sam Cooke Blue Cheer Tommy James & the Shondells Ricky Nelson The Band The Moody Blues The Sonics The (Young) Rascals The Yardbirds The Temptations Little Anthony & the Imperials Fairport Convention Dick Dale The 13th Floor Elevators Jimmy Cliff Santana The Chiffons Petula Clark The Everly Brothers Wilson Pickett Procol Harum The Allman Brothers Band Del Shannon Moby Grape The Stooges Nick Drake Toots & the Maytals Sly and the Family Stone The Sir Douglas Quintet Manfred Mann Donovan Crosby, Stills and Nash The Jimi Hendrix Experience Three Dog Night Peter, Paul & Mary The Shirelles Louis Armstrong The Dave Clark Five Howlin' Wolf Buck Owens Steppenwolf Paul Revere & the Raiders The Ronettes The Grateful Dead B. B. King Pink Floyd Dr. John Steve Miller The Drifters The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Etta James Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker Tom Jones Darlene Love Eddie Cochran Harry Nilsson John Coltrane The Monkees Freddie King
Of the 187 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)
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)
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)
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)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (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 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)
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)
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 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)
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)
The Beatles - In My Life (1965)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (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)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Byrds - 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)
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 Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville (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)
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)
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused (1967)
The Velvet Underground - Heroin (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 - Fortunate Son (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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