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.
Frank Sinatra The Bee Gees Jimmy Reed Big Brother & the Holding Company The Crystals Isaac Hayes The Meters The Miracles Townes Van Zandt Eddie Cochran Diana Ross The 13th Floor Elevators Martha and the Vandellas Sonny & Cher Harry Nilsson Herman's Hermits Johnny Winter Marianne Faithfull The Velvet Underground The Guess Who The Jimi Hendrix Experience Glen Campbell The Moody Blues Jacques Brel Toots & the Maytals MC5 John Lee Hooker Silver Apples The Ronettes Little Anthony & the Imperials Buck Owens Jethro Tull The Chiffons Deep Purple Pete Seeger The Troggs Loretta Lynn Country Joe & the Fish Roy Orbison The Dave Clark Five Fats Domino The Association The Byrds John Coltrane Led Zeppelin Bo Diddley Scott Walker Procol Harum The Allman Brothers Band Blood, Sweat & Tears John Mayall Stan Getz Sly and the Family Stone Bobby Darin Neil Sedaka Tommy James & the Shondells Traffic Elvis Presley B. B. King Pink Floyd The Monkees Louis Armstrong The Impressions The Shangri-Las Fleetwood Mac The Beach Boys Laura Nyro Junior Walker & the All-Stars Jan & Dean Tom Jones Van Morrison The Animals The Small Faces/The Faces The (Young) Rascals Solomon Burke King Curtis The Grateful Dead Dick Dale Desmond Dekker Them Dr. John Freddie King Howlin' Wolf The Sonics Otis Redding Jerry Lee Lewis The Hollies Chicago Sam Cooke Duane Eddy Thelonious Monk The Yardbirds Creedence Clearwater Revival Moby Grape Dinah Washington Blue Cheer Chuck Berry Barbra Streisand Stevie Wonder Aretha Franklin Darlene Love Johnny Cash Steve Miller The Zombies The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Buddy Guy Lesley Gore Johnny Rivers Tammy Wynette Nat "King" Cole King Crimson Gene Pitney The Four Seasons Buffalo Springfield The Stooges The Four Tops Petula Clark Chubby Checker Neil Young Nick Drake Righteous Brothers The Who Wilson Pickett Mary Wells The Marvelettes Simon and Garfunkel Love Merle Haggard Steppenwolf Jackie Wilson Ricky Nelson Paul Revere & the Raiders Joan Baez Miles Davis Brenda Lee Dusty Springfield The Shirelles Ben E. King Jimmy Cliff Fairport Convention The Rolling Stones Etta James Peter, Paul & Mary Cream The Ventures The Sir Douglas Quintet The Band Three Dog Night Ennio Morricone The Everly Brothers The Mamas and the Papas Del Shannon Joe Cocker Joni Mitchell Patsy Cline Sam & Dave Bobby "Blue" Bland Celia Cruz Herbie Hancock Nina Simone Jefferson Airplane The Jackson Five Quincy Jones The Beatles The Temptations Wanda Jackson Ike and Tina Turner Quicksilver Messenger Service Connie Francis Crosby, Stills and Nash The Kinks The Turtles James Brown Santana Neil Diamond The 5th Dimension Donovan The Mothers of Invention Albert King Link Wray The Doors Bob Dylan The Isley Brothers Dionne Warwick Lovin' Spoonful Captain Beefheart Willie Nelson Bill Evans Ray Charles Booker T. and the M.G.'s Leonard Cohen Dion The Supremes Marvin Gaye The Drifters Manfred Mann
Of the 196 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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion (1962)
Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl (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)
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)
Dusty Springfield - Wishin' And Hopin' (1964)
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (1964)
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (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)
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1965)
The Beatles - Yesterday (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)
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 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 Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
The Who - I Can See For Miles (1967)
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (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)
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)
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)
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (1968)
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star (1968)
The Byrds - Hickory Wind (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 - Green River (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969)
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