Style of Music in the 60's
The 60's were very important to music ranging from new stars and events like Woodstock in the 60's. To begin in the 60's, one of America's most notorious bands came to America, the Beatles, looking for the chance of a life time. They also started a trend, he British Invasion. Once bands from England saw how big the Beatles got, they all decided to come to America. In addition to the British Invasion, East Coast Doo-Woop became popular along the East coast. This kind of music used vocal sounds more than words and was also very vocal. People started to accept African Americans because of there Mowtown/R&B music for example Aretha Franklin. They described the music as it having a ""Mowtown Sound." The music often had of "attitude." On the west coast Surf music was big especially in California. This music usually was about girls, cars, or surfing. It included minimal instrumental and had lots of vocal harmonies. The biggest surf group/artists was by far the Beach Boys. Folk music or Protest music took off also, this often tells a story and includes a lot of acoustic sounds. The last genre was Psychedelic Rock. This music was often very loud, and angry music. The guitarist usually got a very long solo. Pink Floyd was a very well-know psychedelic rock group starting in the late 60's.
Hits of the 60's
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye, 1968
- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan, 1965
- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley, 1969
- Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones, 1968
- I'm Waiting For the Man - The Velvet Underground, 1967
- Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix, 1968
- Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys, 1966
- A Day In the Life - The Beatles, 1967
Pop Culture and Events
One of the biggest headliners in the 60's was John F. Kennedy assassination. On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Some popular trends included wearing knit polos and poodle skirts. These knit polos often had ribbed detailing at the hem, and longer sleeves than normal. One of the most famous fads of the 60's were the notorious bell-bottom jeans made by Levi. Finally, 60's were a time of peace. During this time many, people were hippies. This means that you believed in peace and did not think anyone should be at war with one another. Hippies mainly wore tie-dye shirts and bell-bottom jeans. Also hippies wore headbands with different flower patterns on them. Lastly, hippies in the 60's were into big Volkswagen vans with different colors painted on the outside. The 60's was a very interesting time in culture.
Woodstock
On August 1969, over half a million people came to a dairy farm in Bethel, NY to see 32 acts over a course of 4 days. Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, The Who,Janis Joplin and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the performers. Roads soon were clogged and artists had to be flown in by helicopter. About 100,000 tickets were sold, but the tickets soon became unnecessary because swarms of people pushed over the fences and were coming and going as pleased. It soon began to rain, but this didn't change the people's attitudes towards the event. They stayed through the rain and kept their heads high. Since the concert was forced to be free, the developer of the festival faced 70 lawsuits and was over one million dollars in debt. But fortunately, the movie made about Woodstock made money and some of that was used to pay back the debt. In some ways, Woodstock was a success, but in others, it did not work out the way it was planed.
The British Invasion
During the 1960's many British bands stormed to the United States to accel in their music career. Almost all of the bands succeeded and gained worldwide recognition. Groups like the Beatles and The Rolling Stones had a very large fan base and made a lot of money because of that. If these bands had never made their way over to the United States, they might not have had as much popularity in Britain and England. The Beatles recorded many top albums and became the " One Direction" of today's world. Unfortunately for The Beatles, they broke up in the 1970's. For these artists and groups it was there way of saying, "Were going to Vegas baby!"
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