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.
Albert King John Lee Hooker Brenda Lee The Mamas and the Papas Silver Apples Procol Harum King Curtis Joan Baez The Mothers of Invention Crosby, Stills and Nash Jimmy Cliff Simon and Garfunkel Steppenwolf Paul Revere & the Raiders Freddie King Buffalo Springfield Louis Armstrong James Brown Herman's Hermits The Turtles Cream Martha and the Vandellas Otis Redding Thelonious Monk Sonny & Cher The Miracles Dionne Warwick Donovan Ike and Tina Turner Loretta Lynn The Band Peter, Paul & Mary Three Dog Night The Four Seasons The Grateful Dead The Stooges Blue Cheer Johnny Cash Steve Miller The 5th Dimension The Drifters Lesley Gore Dinah Washington Johnny Rivers Dion The Chiffons Laura Nyro Gene Pitney The Small Faces/The Faces Led Zeppelin The Zombies Dick Dale The Guess Who The Bee Gees The Association Jefferson Airplane Aretha Franklin Stan Getz Tommy James & the Shondells The Doors Sam Cooke Moby Grape Chubby Checker Ennio Morricone Nick Drake Fleetwood Mac The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band B. B. King Jackie Wilson The Byrds Barbra Streisand Creedence Clearwater Revival The 13th Floor Elevators The Monkees The (Young) Rascals Wilson Pickett Townes Van Zandt Miles Davis Ricky Nelson The Four Tops The Meters Del Shannon Neil Diamond The Impressions Howlin' Wolf The Animals Connie Francis The Sir Douglas Quintet Frank Sinatra Bob Dylan Traffic Desmond Dekker Buck Owens The Isley Brothers The Who The Marvelettes The Crystals Ray Charles Dr. John Them Darlene Love Neil Sedaka Deep Purple Isaac Hayes Jethro Tull Jerry Lee Lewis Quincy Jones John Coltrane Bo Diddley Joe Cocker The Ventures The Troggs Diana Ross King Crimson The Dave Clark Five Petula Clark Bobby "Blue" Bland Quicksilver Messenger Service The Ronettes Solomon Burke John Mayall The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Joni Mitchell Jan & Dean Roy Orbison Bobby Darin Tammy Wynette Bill Evans The Velvet Underground Merle Haggard The Jackson Five The Temptations The Everly Brothers Manfred Mann Stevie Wonder The Jimi Hendrix Experience MC5 The Hollies Herbie Hancock Righteous Brothers Chicago Fairport Convention Patsy Cline The Beach Boys Glen Campbell The Moody Blues Country Joe & the Fish Scott Walker The Supremes Marvin Gaye Pink Floyd Tom Jones Marianne Faithfull Neil Young Junior Walker & the All-Stars Blood, Sweat & Tears Love Harry Nilsson Sam & Dave Johnny Winter Duane Eddy Santana Jacques Brel Buddy Guy Eddie Cochran Leonard Cohen Toots & the Maytals The Shangri-Las Captain Beefheart Link Wray Willie Nelson Elvis Presley Lovin' Spoonful Celia Cruz Sly and the Family Stone Chuck Berry Fats Domino Booker T. and the M.G.'s Dusty Springfield Etta James Pete Seeger Big Brother & the Holding Company The Kinks The Yardbirds Ben E. King Mary Wells The Rolling Stones Wanda Jackson Nina Simone The Sonics Van Morrison Nat "King" Cole Jimmy Reed The Shirelles Little Anthony & the Imperials The Beatles
Of the 197 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (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)
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)
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)
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 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 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)
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence (1964)
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love (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)
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)
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (1965)
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man (1965)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Byrds - 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)
Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (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)
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play (1967)
The Turtles - Happy Together (1967)
The Who - I Can See For Miles (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 - Respect (1967)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (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)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (1967)
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (1967)
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (1967)
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1967)
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967)
The Box Tops - The Letter (1967)
The Doors - The End (1967)
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (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)
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)
The Byrds - Hickory Wind (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)
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)
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)
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)
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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