anyone know about 1960s music??
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The 1960's music was probably the biggest Renaissance in music ever. The 60's genre generally covers the period from 1963 to 1969. The Beatles started the revolution with the release of 'Love Me Do' in October 1962. Suddenly we had a record written by the performers, which was unusual in those days, and different from anything else. Prior to that we had Rock and Roll which was mainly a collection of upbeat 12 bar songs often written and performed by black singers, Little Richard and Chuck Berry for example. A big influence was Buddy Holly who was killed in a plane crash on 3rd February 1959 (The Day the Music Died). The US government was so worried by this and the effect on teenagers, that it forced many record companies to stop producing this type of music and replace it with 'schmaltz', songs by such as Bobby Darin, Bobby Vee, Fabian and so on and the Twist craze, Chubby Checker etc. This was meant to calm US teenagers down. When the Beatles exploded so did music. Most came from England with the 'Mersey Sound', a collection of artistes and groups from Liverpool, The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Searchers being the main ones. Then came the Manchester Sound with Herman's Hermits, The Hollies, Freddie and the Dreamers and so on. London produced The Dave Clark Five and The Rolling Stones, Newcastle The Animals and Birmingham The Moody Blues, The Move and The Electric Light Orchestra. Add to that Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck, Dusty Springfield, Sandy Shaw, Eric Clapton and dozens of others and you had the new exciting music scene that the 60's brought. Most were self contained groups, the usual line up comprising or drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar or organ/piano and a singer, unless the musicians sang. Almost overnight interest in existing artistes diminished. A few survived, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley etc and in the US The Beach Boys became the biggest act with The Four Seasons close behind but, by and large the new order took over. As the 60's progressed so did music, very rapidly. In the early part of the decade songs were relatively simple, boy meets girl, true love, me and you and so on but by 1967 The Beatles had produced Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, possibly the greatest album ever with much more complex music and which featured orchestral music, Indian instruments and even animal sounds. In 1967 we had the Summer of Love and fashions changed from Italian style suits with narrow trousers preferred by the boys and wide petticoat skirts for the girls with brightly coloured clothes and flared trousers, Girls wore tight mini skirts. Carnaby Street in London became the 60's fashion centre of the world. Naturally such good music could not last forever and soon the major record companies and money men took over and commercialism became more important. As the 70's dawned the good, raunchy and musicly excellent songs of the 60's gave way to glam rock and bubble gum music and has deteriorated ever since. Just look at the trashy drivel we have had since ... punk, rap, heavy metal. Need I go on?\n\nAs to the second part, how they got together. Well most were groups of friends with common interests in music. Most bought cheap instruments and learned how to play. Surprisingly there were some good singers amongst them and many flourished. In those days all music was 'live'. There were no pre-recorded backing tracks or tapes or miming and the musicians performed before audiences in youth clubs and coffee bars. The good ones progressed and bought better quality instruments and the best ones were picked up by the record companies. Men such as Brian Epstein, Mickey Most, Val Parnell and so on scoured England for new acts, signing up the best for their 'stables'. Almost every street had a 'group' of some sort. Many of the groups were ripped off by their agents who pocketed most o
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The BBC website has its' radio programme links. Yahoo music has a selection of styles, including '60's music......
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Shop Around by The Miracles (1960)\n\nPlease Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes (1961)\n\nDo You Love Me by The Contours (1962)\n\nI Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops (1965)\n\nI Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye (1968)\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown#Notable_Motown_singles\n\n\nList of Motown number-one singles in the United States:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Motown_No._1_singles_in_the_United_States
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check out the protest songs of the 60's, the rise of r&b and black influence on rock and roll, and the hip hop and rap era.  you could just google those topics and type african american culture in the search bar with each of them.
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try www.allmusic.com\n\nits my favorite site
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Every Beatles Album after 1965.\nEvery Bob Dylan Album ever..\n\n\nSeriously though, that's a hard topic to pin down: It probably Affected pop culture more than will ever be admitted; more people smoked up AND inhaled than will ever admit to doing...\n\nTrying googling "Marijuana and pop culture in the 1960s)\n\n\nAnd WHOSE Pop Culture?\nAmerica's?\nEurope's?\nBritain's?
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http://music.aol.com/archive/main\nsearch for the beatels under B they might have it. trust me ;)
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What fun! By sixties, do you mean Mod? The site below has wealth of info and links that you can use. Start by making sure that you have a lot of the music playing throughout the party, there's a CD called Top Hits of the 60s and also Dance Hits of the 60s. Have a dance area to do the Twist, Watusi, Monkey and the Pony. Instructions are also on this site. You can also have videos of mod film or tv classics running as well, and have copies of magazine covers,record albums, pop art/op art for decor. \n\nThe really important thing is to make sure everyone is dressed up Mod style--teased hair, white lipstick and dark eyeliner, miniskirts and gogo boots for the Women, Men in full Austin Powers regalia! Instead of party hats you could have a few beehive wigs. You can also find a lot of props, accessories, clothes at thrift stores--they can be part of your sisters collection when the party is over.\n\nThink colorful vinyl or plastic, fake fur in neon colors, black and white geometrics, etc....and don't forget to have loads of cameras handy! \n\nHave fun!
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found it for $15 on cd follow link.\nhttp://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1058759/a/Early+Days+1944-49.htm
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Just the other day I downloaded "Ma Belle Amie" I Knew the song but didn't know the name of the band. I originally I had it on one of K-Tells 20 greatest hits album and it was 69'. You can get some of their music from Limewire.
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NICE question. The 1960's.
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Look here:\n\nhttp://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:uuazq84woj0a
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http://www.xerraire.com/music/1970s.htm
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Yeah, I ordered a set of 70s music, a long time ago. Nothing since, though. It was a great set of music, too!
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If I am not mistaken, that was the theme song from 1968.\n\nI have it on cassette (someone taped it for me).\n\nYou might want to try limewire?
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Everything by James Brown:"Funky President" "There It IS" The Payback, ""I Got That Feelin'"  ""Make It Funky" "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose" "Sex Machine" "Get On The Goodfoot"...but a lot of his obscure stuff is great too...try for the early and mid 1970's stuff........Stylistics "I Found Sunshine" Kool and the Gang"Good Times"  Billy Cobham "Red Baron" "Stratus" "Moon Germs"  Calvin Scott "Funky Ways"   The Meters"Africa" "Sissy Strut" "People Say" "Hey Pocky Way"
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In the 60's? Early 70's? That's ballpark. You had to go and get me curious, so I searched...couldn't find alot of info about it, but I know if I kept on it, I would - happy surfing!