Editing 1960s (section)

==Popular culture==
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File:Doctor Who logo 1963-1967.jpg|TV shows like ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]],'' ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]],'' and [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' were popular in the 1960s (the latter garnering a much wider audience in the following decades and becoming a [[Cultural influence of Star Trek|global phenomenon]]).
File:Beatles ad 1965 just the beatles crop.jpg|[[The Beatles]] (consisting of [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]], and [[Ringo Starr]]) released music throughout the 1960s, and are often considered the most popular band in global history. [[Beatlemania]] was/is the fanaticism surrounding The Beatles. The Beatles experienced intense fan worship during the '60s era.
File:Bob Dylan in November 1963-2.jpg|[[Bob Dylan]] is often considered to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and through a process of mutual influence with The Beatles and other artists, helped define the explosion of musical ideas in the 1960s.
File:PeaceAndLoveBus.svg|[[Peace symbols]] and [[Flower power|flowers]] were an aesthetic of the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] and [[hippie movement|hippie]] movements of the 1960s and later in the 1970s.
File:19680810 20 Anti-War March.jpg|[[Anti-war movement]]s like the [[protests of 1968]] were [[protest|demonstrations]] and [[rebellion|revolt]]s against various forms of governmental jurisdiction and [[corruption]]. These protests were a major part of 1960s and 1970s popular culture.
File:1969-NBC.jpg|[[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons such as ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]], [[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]], [[The Yogi Bear Show]]'', ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'', ''[[Top Cat]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|Scooby-Doo]]'', and ''[[Jonny Quest (TV series)|Jonny Quest]]'' were popular in the 1960s.
File:Woodstock redmond stage.JPG|Crowds at the stage during the [[Woodstock|Woodstock Music Festival]], two months after the [[Stonewall riots]] in June 1969.
File:TokyoOlympics1964Opening.jpg|Six Olympic Games were held in the 1960s, [[1960 Winter Olympics|Squaw Valley]] and [[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome in 1960]], [[1964 Winter Olympics|Innsbruck]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo in 1964]], [[1968 Winter Olympics|Grenoble]] and [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City in 1968]] (all during the Cold War).
File:Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg|The 1960s were the height of the [[Space Age]] and space aesthetics in popular culture. In 1969, humans [[Apollo 11|landed on the Moon]] for the first time.
File:1960s Batmobile (FMC).jpg|The superhero boom of the decade saw in media and popular culture, TV series like ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'', ''[[The Marvel Super Heroes]]'', and ''[[Spider-Man (1967 TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' were more popular.
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The [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture movement]] dominated the second half of the 1960s, its most famous moments being the [[Summer of Love]] in San Francisco in 1967, and the [[Woodstock Festival]] in [[upstate New York]] in 1969. [[Psychedelic drugs]], especially [[LSD]], were widely used medicinally, spiritually and recreationally throughout the late 1960s, and were popularized by [[Timothy Leary]] with his slogan "[[Turn on, tune in, drop out]]". [[Ken Kesey]] and the [[Merry Pranksters]] also played a part in the role of "turning heads on". [[Psychedelia|Psychedelic]] influenced the music, artwork and films of the decade, and a number of prominent musicians died of drug overdoses (see [[27 Club]]). There was a growing interest in Eastern religions and philosophy, and many attempts were made to found communes, which varied from supporting free love to religious puritanism.

=== Music ===
[[File:The Miracles (1962 Tamla publicity photo).jpg|thumb|[[The Miracles]] pictured in 1962. Known as [[Motown]]'s "[[Soul music|soul]] supergroup", The Miracles were one of the first commercially successful acts of the 1960s and propelled both Motown and its [[Tamla]] label to international fame.]]
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| source = – [[Carlos Santana]]<ref>[http://puntodigital.com/carlos-santana-im-immortal/224228/ Carlos Santana: I'm Immortal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223045640/http://puntodigital.com/carlos-santana-im-immortal/224228/ |date=23 December 2010 }} interview by ''Punto Digital'', 13 October 2010</ref>
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The rock 'n' roll movement of the 1950s quickly came to an end in 1959 with [[the Day the Music Died]] (as explained in the song "[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]"), the scandal of [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]' marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, and the induction of [[Elvis Presley]] into the [[United States Army]]. As the 1960s began, the major rock 'n' roll stars of the '50s such as [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Little Richard]] had dropped off the charts and popular music in the U.S. came to be dominated by girl groups, [[surf music]], novelty pop songs, clean-cut teen idols, and [[Motown]] music. Another important change in music during the early 1960s was the [[American folk music revival]] which introduced [[Bob Dylan]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[The Kingston Trio]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Odetta]], [[Phil Ochs]], and many other singer-songwriters to the public.

Girl groups and female singers, such as [[the Shirelles]], [[Betty Everett]], [[Little Eva]], [[the Dixie Cups]], [[the Ronettes]], [[Martha and the Vandellas]] and [[the Supremes]] dominated the charts in the early 1960s. This style consisted typically of light pop themes about teenage romance and lifestyles, backed by vocal harmonies and a strong rhythm. Most girl groups were African-American, but white girl groups and singers, such as [[Lesley Gore]], [[The Angels (American group)|the Angels]], and [[the Shangri-Las]] also emerged during this period.

Around the same time, record producer [[Phil Spector]] began producing girl groups and created a new kind of pop music production that came to be known as the [[Wall of Sound]]. This style emphasized higher budgets and more elaborate arrangements, and more melodramatic musical themes in place of a simple, light-hearted pop sound. Spector's innovations became integral to the growing sophistication of popular music from 1965 onward.

Also during the early 1960s, [[surf rock]] emerged, a rock subgenre that was centered in Southern California and based on beach and surfing themes, in addition to the usual songs about teenage romance and innocent fun. [[The Beach Boys]] quickly became the premier surf rock band and almost completely and single-handedly overshadowed the many lesser-known artists in the subgenre. Surf rock reached its peak in 1963–1965 before gradually being overtaken by bands influenced by the [[British Invasion]] and the counterculture movement.

The [[car song]] also emerged as a rock subgenre in the early 1960s, which focused on teenagers' fascination with [[car culture]]. The Beach Boys also dominated this subgenre, along with the duo [[Jan and Dean]]. Such notable songs include "[[Little Deuce Coupe (song)|Little Deuce Coupe]]", "[[409 (song)|409]]", and "[[Shut Down (The Beach Boys song)|Shut Down]]", all by the Beach Boys; [[Jan and Dean]]'s "[[Little Old Lady from Pasadena]]" and "[[Drag City (song)|Drag City]]", [[Ronny and the Daytonas]]' "[[Little GTO]]", and many others. Like girl groups and surf rock, car songs also became overshadowed by the British Invasion and the counterculture movement.

The early 1960s also saw the golden age of another rock subgenre, the [[teen tragedy song]], which focused on lost teen romance caused by sudden death, mainly in [[Traffic collision|traffic accidents]]. Such songs included [[Mark Dinning]]'s "[[Teen Angel (song)|Teen Angel]]", [[Ray Peterson]]'s "[[Tell Laura I Love Her]]", [[Jan and Dean]]'s "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]", [[the Shangri-Las]]' "[[Leader of the Pack]]", and perhaps the subgenre's most popular, "[[Last Kiss]]" by [[J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers]].

In the early 1960s, Britain became a hotbed of rock 'n' roll activity during this time. In late 1963, the Beatles embarked on their first US tour and cult singer [[Dusty Springfield]] released her first solo single. A few months later, rock 'n' roll founding father [[Chuck Berry]] emerged from a {{frac|2|1|2}}-year prison stint and resumed recording and touring. The stage was set for the spectacular revival of rock music.

In the UK, the Beatles played raucous rock 'n' roll – as well as doo wop, girl-group songs, show tunes – and wore leather jackets. Their manager [[Brian Epstein]] encouraged the group to wear suits. [[Beatlemania]] abruptly exploded after the group's appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in 1964. Late in 1965, the Beatles released the album ''[[Rubber Soul]]'' which marked the beginning of their transition to a sophisticated power pop group with elaborate studio arrangements and production, and a year after that, they gave up touring entirely to focus only on albums. A host of imitators followed the Beatles in the so-called British Invasion, including groups like [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Who]] and [[the Kinks]] who would become legends in their own right.

As the counterculture movement developed, artists began making new kinds of music influenced by the use of psychedelic drugs. Guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]] emerged onto the scene in 1967 with a radically new approach to electric guitar that replaced Chuck Berry, previously seen as the gold standard of rock guitar. Rock artists began to take on serious themes and social commentary/protest instead of simplistic pop themes.

A major development in popular music during the mid-1960s was the movement away from singles and towards albums. Previously, popular music was based around the 45 single (or even earlier, the 78 single) and albums such as they existed were little more than a hit single or two backed with filler tracks, instrumentals, and covers. The development of the AOR (album-oriented rock) format was complicated and involved several concurrent events such as Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, the introduction by Bob Dylan of "serious" lyrics to rock music, and the Beatles' new studio-based approach. In any case, after 1965 the vinyl LP had definitively taken over as the primary format for all popular music styles.

Blues also continued to develop strongly during the '60s, but after 1965, it increasingly shifted to the young white rock audience and away from its traditional black audience, which moved on to other styles such as soul and funk.

[[Jazz]] music and [[adult pop|pop standards]] during the first half of the 1960s was largely a continuation of 1950s styles, retaining its core audience of young, urban, college-educated whites. By 1967, the death of several important jazz figures such as [[John Coltrane]] and [[Nat King Cole]] precipitated a decline in the genre. The takeover of rock in the late 1960s largely spelled the end of jazz and standards as mainstream forms of music, after they had dominated much of the first half of the 20th century.

[[Country music]] gained popularity on the [[West coast of the United States|West Coast]], due in large part to the [[Bakersfield sound]], led by [[Buck Owens]] and [[Merle Haggard]]. Female country artists were also becoming more mainstream (in a genre dominated by men in previous decades), with such acts as [[Patsy Cline]], [[Loretta Lynn]], and [[Tammy Wynette]].

Late 1960s also was the beginning of [[disco music]], which became more popular in 1970s.

====Significant events in music in the 1960s====
* [[Elvis Presley]] returned to civilian life in the U.S. after two years away in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. He resumes his musical career by recording "[[It's Now or Never (song)|It's Now or Never]]" and "[[Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)|Are You Lonesome Tonight?]]" in March 1960.<ref>Jorgensen, Ernst (1998). ''Elvis Presley: A life in music. The complete recording sessions'', p.120. St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|0-312-18572-3}}</ref>
* Country music stars [[Patsy Cline]], [[Cowboy Copas]] and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]] were killed when their plane [[1963 Camden PA-24 crash|crashed]] in Camden, Tennessee while returning home from a [[Kansas City]] benefit show in March 1963.
* In July 1964, a plane crash claimed the life of another country music legend, [[Jim Reeves]], when the plane he was piloting crashed in a turbulent thunderstorm while on final approach to [[Nashville International Airport]]. 
* [[Sam Cooke]] was shot and killed at a motel (at the age of 33) in Los Angeles, California on 11 December 1964, under suspicious circumstances.
* [[Motown]] was founded in 1960. Its first [[Top 40|Top Ten]] hit was "[[Shop Around]]" by the Miracles in 1960. "Shop Around" peaked at number-two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and was Motown's first million-selling record.
* Newcastle-born [[Eric Burdon]] and his band "[[The Animals]]" hit the No. 1 in charts in the U.S. with their hit single "[[The House of the Rising Sun]]" in 1964.
* Folk singer and activist [[Joan Baez]] released her [[Joan Baez (album)|debut album]] on [[Vanguard Records]] in December 1960.
* [[The Marvelettes]] scored Motown's first U.S. No. 1 pop hit, "[[Please Mr. Postman]]", in 1961. Motown would score 110 ''Billboard'' Top 10 hits during its run.
* [[The Four Seasons (group)|The Four Seasons]] released three straight number one hits.
* In a widely anticipated and publicized event, [[The Beatles]] arrive in America in February 1964, spearheading the [[British Invasion]].
* The ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' original soundtrack tops record charts. [[Sherman Brothers]] receive [[Grammy Award|Grammys]] and double [[Academy Awards|Oscars]].
* [[Lesley Gore]] hits number one on ''Billboard'' with "[[It's My Party]]" and number two with "You Don't Own Me" at the age of 17 (behind "[[I Want To Hold Your Hand]]" by The Beatles).
* [[The Supremes]] scored twelve number-one hit singles between 1964 and 1969, beginning with "[[Where Did Our Love Go]]".
* [[The Kinks]] release "[[You Really Got Me]]" in August 1964, which tops the British charts; it is regarded as the first [[hard rock]] hit and a blueprint for related genres such as [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref name="YRGM All">{{cite web|title=You Really Got Me|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/t630847|website=AllMusic|last=Sullivan|first=Denise|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913055439/https://www.allmusic.com/song/you-really-got-me-mt0033940816|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[John Coltrane]] released ''[[A Love Supreme]]'' in late 1964, considered one of the most acclaimed jazz albums of the era.
* The [[Grateful Dead]] was formed in 1965 (originally The Warlocks), thus paving the way for the emergence of [[acid rock]].
* [[Bob Dylan]] went [[Electric Dylan controversy|electric]] at the 1965 [[Newport Folk Festival]].
* [[Cilla Black]]'s number-one hit "[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (song)|Anyone Who Had a Heart]]" still remains the top-selling single by a female artist in the UK from 1964.
* [[The Rolling Stones]] had a huge No.&nbsp;1 hit with their song "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]" in the summer of 1965.
* [[The Byrds]] released a cover of Bob Dylan's "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", which reached No.&nbsp;1 on the U.S. charts and repeated the feat in the U.K. shortly thereafter. The extremely influential track effectively creates the musical subgenre of [[folk rock]].
* Bob Dylan's "[[Like a Rolling Stone]]" is a top-five hit on both sides of the Atlantic during the summer of 1965.
* Bob Dylan's 1965 albums ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'' and ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]'' ushered in album-focused rock and the [[folk rock]] genre.
[[File:Simon & Garfunkel 919-3036.jpg|thumb|[[Simon and Garfunkel]] were a popular musical duo of the era]]
* [[Simon and Garfunkel]] released the single "[[The Sound of Silence]]" in 1965.
* [[The Beach Boys]] released ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' in 1966, which significantly influenced The Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album released the following year.
* Bob Dylan was called "Judas" by an audience member during the [[John Cordwell|Manchester]] [[Free Trade Hall|Free Trade Hall concert]]; the start of the [[bootleg recording]] industry follows, with recordings of this concert circulating for 30 years – wrongly labeled as ''The Royal Albert Hall Concert'' – before a legitimate release in 1998 as ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert]].''
* In February 1966, Nancy Sinatra's song "[[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']]{{thin space}}" became very popular.
* In 1966, ''[[The Supremes A' Go-Go]]'' was the first album by a female group to reach the top position of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' magazine pop albums chart]] in the United States.
* [[The Seekers]] were the first Australian group to have a number one with "[[Georgy Girl]]" in 1966.
* [[Jefferson Airplane]] released the influential ''[[Surrealistic Pillow]]'' in 1967.
* [[The Velvet Underground]] released its self-titled debut album, ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]'', in 1967.
* [[The Doors]] released its self-titled debut album, ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'', in January 1967.
* [[Love (band)|Love]] released ''[[Forever Changes]]'' in 1967.
* [[Procol Harum|The Procol Harum]] released ''[[A Whiter Shade of Pale]]'' in 1967.
* [[Cream (band)|Cream]] released "[[Disraeli Gears]]" in 1967.
[[File:Jimi Hendrix experience 1968.jpg|185px|right|thumb|The [[Jimi Hendrix Experience]] launched the mainstream career of Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential electric guitarists in history]]
* [[Jimi Hendrix#The Jimi Hendrix Experience|The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] released two successful albums during 1967 (''[[Are You Experienced (album)|Are You Experienced]]'' and ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]'') that innovate both guitar, trio and recording techniques.
* [[The Moody Blues]] released the album ''[[Days of Future Passed]]'' in November 1967.
* R&B legend [[Otis Redding]] has his first No. 1 hit with "[[Sitting on the Dock of the Bay]]". He also played at the [[Monterey International Pop Festival]] in 1967 just before he died in a plane crash.
* [[Pink Floyd]] released its debut record, ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]''.
* [[Bob Dylan]] released the [[country rock]] album ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'' in December 1967.
* The [[Bee Gees]] released their international debut album, ''[[Bee Gees 1st]]'', in July 1967; it included the pop standard "[[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]".
* The [[Monterey International Pop Festival]] in 1967 was the beginning of the "[[Summer of Love]]".
* [[The Beatles]] released ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' in 1967. It was nicknamed "The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love".
* [[Johnny Cash]] released ''[[At Folsom Prison]]'' in 1968.
* After [[The Yardbirds]] folded, [[Led Zeppelin]] was formed by [[Jimmy Page]] and manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] in 1968 with [[Robert Plant]], [[John Bonham]], [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], and Page as members; they released their debut album, ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]'', the next year.
* [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], with [[Janis Joplin]] as lead singer, became an overnight sensation after their performance at the [[Monterey International Pop Festival]] in 1967 and released their second album ''[[Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|Cheap Thrills]]'' in 1968.
* [[Gram Parsons]] with [[The Byrds]] released the influential LP ''[[Sweetheart of the Rodeo]]'' in late 1968, forming the basis for [[country rock]].
* [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] released the influential double LP ''[[Electric Ladyland]]'' in 1968 that furthered the guitar and studio innovations of his previous two albums.
* [[Simon and Garfunkel]] released the single "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" in 1968, featured in the film ''[[The Graduate]]''.
* Country music newcomer [[Jeannie C. Riley]] released the country and pop hit "[[Harper Valley PTA]]" in 1968, which is about a [[miniskirt]]-wearing mother of a teenage girl who was criticized by the local [[Parent Teacher Association|PTA]] for supposedly setting a bad example for her daughter but turns the tables by exposing some of the PTA members' wrongdoings. The song, along with Riley's [[mod (subculture)|mod]] persona in connection with it, apparently gave country music a "sexual revolution" of its own as hemlines of other female country artists' stage dresses began rising in the years that followed.
* [[Sly & the Family Stone]] revolutionized black music with their 1968 hit single "[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]" and became international sensations by 1969 with the release of their hit record ''[[Stand!]]''. The band cemented their position as a vital counterculture band when they performed at the [[Woodstock Festival]].
* [[The Gun (band)|The Gun]] released "Race with the Devil" in October 1968.
* After a long performance drought, [[Elvis Presley]] made a successful return to TV and live performances after spending most of the decade making movies, beginning with his ''[[Elvis (1968 TV program)|'68 Comeback Special]]'' in December 1968 on [[NBC]], followed by a summer engagement in [[Las Vegas]] in 1969. Presley's return to live performing set the stage for his many concert tours and continued Vegas engagements throughout the 1970s until his death in 1977.
* [[The Foundations]] released "[[Build Me Up Buttercup]]" in December 1968.
* The Rolling Stones filmed the TV special ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]'' in December 1968 but the film was not released for transmission. It was considered a fabled "lost" performance for decades until it was released in North America on [[Laserdisc]] and [[VHS]] in 1996. The special features performances from [[The Who]], [[The Dirty Mac]] (featuring [[John Lennon]], [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Mitch Mitchell]]), [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] and [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]].
* [[Spooky Tooth]] released their second album, ''[[Spooky Two]]'', in March 1969. The album was an important hard rock milestone.
* The [[Woodstock Festival]] (and the [[Altamont Free Concert]] four months later) in 1969.
* [[The Who]] released and toured the first rock opera, ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]'', in 1969.
* Proto-punk band [[MC5]] released the live album ''[[Kick Out the Jams]]'' in 1969.
* [[Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band]] released the [[avant-garde]] ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' in 1969.
* [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] released "[[Fortunate Son]]" in 1969. The song amassed popularity with the [[anti-war movement]] at the time and would later be used in films, TV shows and video games depicting the [[Vietnam War]] or the [[United States|U.S]] during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
* [[The Stooges]] released their debut album in 1969.
* [[The Beatles]] released ''[[Abbey Road]]'' in 1969.
* [[King Crimson]] released their debut album, ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]'', in 1969.
* [[Led Zeppelin]] released two of their self-titled debut albums, ''[[Led Zeppelin I]]'' and ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'', in 1969.

===Film===
{{See also|History of film#1960s|1960s in film}}
[[File:SalahZulfikar1962.jpg|alt=SalahZulfikar1962|thumb|[[Salah Zulfikar]] in ''[[The Cursed Palace]]'' (1962)]]
The highest-grossing film of the decade was 20th Century Fox's ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' (1965).<ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010710051059/https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm|date=10 July 2001}}. [[Box Office Mojo]].</ref>

Some of Hollywood's most notable [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster films]] of the 1960s include:
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* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
* ''[[The Apartment]]''
* ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''
* ''[[I Am Curious (Yellow)]]''
* ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (film)|Bonnie and Clyde]]''
* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''
* ''[[Bullitt]]''
* ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
* ''[[Carnival of Souls]]''
* ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''
* ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''
* ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''
* ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''
* ''[[Easy Rider]]''
* ''[[Exodus (1960 film)|Exodus]]''
* ''[[Faces (1968 film)|Faces]]''
* ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''
* ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
* ''[[The Graduate]]''
* ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''
* ''[[Head (film)|Head]]''
* ''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]''
* ''[[The Hustler]]''
* ''[[Ice Station Zebra]]''
* ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''
* ''[[The Italian Job]]'' 
* ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''
* ''[[Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)|Jason and the Argonauts]]'' 
* ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]''
* ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]''
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
* ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
* ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''
* ''[[The Love Bug]]''
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''
* ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
* ''[[Medium Cool]]''
* ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
* ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''
* ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''
* ''[[The Pink Panther (1963 film)|The Pink Panther]]''
* ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]''
* ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
* ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''
* ''[[One Million Years B.C.]]''
* ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]''
* ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''
* ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''
* ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''
* ''[[Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)|Swiss Family Robinson]]''
* ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]''
* ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
* ''[[Valley of the Dolls (film)|Valley of the Dolls]]''
* ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]''
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
* ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''
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The counterculture movement had a significant effect on cinema. Movies began to break social taboos such as [[sex in film|sex]] and [[violence in art|violence]] causing both controversy and fascination. They turned increasingly dramatic, unbalanced, and hectic as the cultural revolution was starting. This was the beginning of the [[New Hollywood]] era that dominated the next decade in theatres and revolutionized the film industry. Films of this time also focused on the changes happening in the world. [[Dennis Hopper]]'s ''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969) focused on the [[drug culture]] of the time. Movies also became more sexually explicit, such as [[Roger Vadim]]'s'' [[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (1968), as the [[counterculture]] progressed.

In Europe, [[art cinema]] gained wider distribution and saw movements like [[French New Wave|la Nouvelle Vague]] (The French New Wave), which featured French filmmakers such as [[Roger Vadim]], [[François Truffaut]], [[Alain Resnais]], and [[Jean-Luc Godard]]; the [[cinéma vérité]] documentary movement took place in Canada, France and the United States; [[Swedish cinema|Swedish filmmaker]] [[Ingmar Bergman]], [[cinema of Chile|Chilean filmmaker]] [[Alexandro Jodorowsky]] and [[Polish cinema|Polish filmmakers]] [[Roman Polanski]] and [[Wojciech Jerzy Has]] produced original and offbeat masterpieces and the high-point of [[Italian cinema|Italian filmmaking]] with [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] and [[Federico Fellini]] making some of their most known films during this period. Notable films from this period include: ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'', ''[[8 1/2|{{frac|8|1|2}}]]''; ''[[La Notte]]''; ''[[L'Eclisse]]'', ''[[The Red Desert]]''; ''[[Blowup]]''; ''[[Fellini Satyricon]]''; ''[[Accattone]]''; ''[[The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)|The Gospel According to St. Matthew]]''; ''[[Theorem (film)|Theorem]]''; ''[[Winter Light]]''; ''[[The Silence (1963 film)|The Silence]]''; ''[[Persona (1966 film)|Persona]]''; ''[[Shame (1968 film)|Shame]]''; ''[[The Passion of Anna|A Passion]]''; ''[[Au hasard Balthazar]]''; ''[[Mouchette]]''; ''[[Last Year at Marienbad]]''; ''[[Chronique d'un été]]''; ''[[Titicut Follies]]''; ''[[High School (1968 film)|High School]]''; ''[[Salesman (1969 film)|Salesman]]''; ''[[La jetée]]''; ''[[Warrendale (film)|Warrendale]];'' ''[[Knife in the Water]]''; ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]''; ''[[The Saragossa Manuscript (film)|The Saragossa Manuscript]]''; ''[[El Topo]]''; ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''; and the [[cinéma vérité]] ''[[Dont Look Back]]''.

[[file:The Magnificent Seven cast publicity photo.jpg|thumb|left|[[Yul Brynner]], [[Steve McQueen]], [[Horst Buchholz]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Robert Vaughn]], [[Brad Dexter]], and [[James Coburn]] in [[John Sturges]]'s ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'', 1960]]

In Japan, ''[[Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki]]'' a film version of the story of the [[forty-seven rōnin|forty-seven ''rōnin'']] directed by [[Hiroshi Inagaki]], was released in 1962; the legendary story was also remade as a television series in Japan. Academy Award-winning [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese]] director [[Akira Kurosawa]] produced ''[[Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'' (1961) and ''[[Sanjuro]]'' (1962), which both starred [[Toshiro Mifune]] as a mysterious [[samurai]] swordsman for hire. Like his previous films both had a profound influence around the world. The ''[[Spaghetti Western]]'' genre was a direct outgrowth of the Kurosawa films. The influence of these films is most apparent in [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' (1964) starring [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Walter Hill (filmmaker)|Walter Hill]]'s ''[[Last Man Standing (1996 film)|Last Man Standing]]'' (1996). ''Yojimbo'' was also the origin of the "[[Man with No Name]]" trend which included Sergio Leone's ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'', and ''[[The Good, The Bad and The Ugly]]'' both also starring Clint Eastwood, and arguably continued through his 1968 opus ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'', starring [[Henry Fonda]], [[Charles Bronson]], [[Claudia Cardinale]], and [[Jason Robards]]. ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' a 1960 American [[western film]] directed by [[John Sturges]] was a [[remake]] of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s 1954 film, ''[[Seven Samurai]]''. Another popular figure in this genre was [[John Wayne]], with films from the 60s such as ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]'' (1962), ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]'' (1966), ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]'' (1969) and others.

The 1960s were also about experimentation. With the explosion of lightweight and affordable cameras, the underground [[New American Cinema|avant-garde film]] movement thrived. The movement's notable figures include Canada's [[Michael Snow]] and Americans [[Kenneth Anger]], [[Stan Brakhage]], [[Andy Warhol]], and [[Jack Smith (film director)|Jack Smith]]. Notable films in this genre include ''[[Dog Star Man]]'', ''[[Scorpio Rising (film)|Scorpio Rising]]'', ''[[Wavelength (1967 film)|Wavelength]]'', ''[[Chelsea Girls]]'', ''[[Blow Job (1964 film)|Blow Job]]'', ''[[Vinyl (1965 film)|Vinyl]]'', and ''[[Flaming Creatures]]''.

[[Walt Disney]], the founder of [[The Walt Disney Company]], died on 15 December 1966 from a major tumor in his left lung. Alongside ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'', ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' and ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' (some of his most important blockbusters), animated feature films of the decade that are of notable status include ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]'', ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'', ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'', ''[[Mad Monster Party?]]'', ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]'' and ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''.

====Significant events in the film industry in the 1960s====
*Removal of the [[Motion Picture Association of America]]'s [[Production Code]] in 1967.
*The MPA's establishment of the [[ Motion Picture Association film rating system|film ratings system]] in 1968.
*The decline and end of the [[studio system]].
*The rise of [[arthouse]] films and theaters.
*The end of the [[classical Hollywood cinema]] era.
*The beginning of the [[New Hollywood]] Era due to the counterculture.
*The rise of independent producers that worked outside the studio system.
*Move to all-color production in Hollywood films.
*The invention of the [[Nagra]] 1/4", sync-sound, portable open-reel tape deck.
*New film formats like [[IMAX]] are invented and new ways of displaying film are tested at [[Expo 67]].
*Flat-bed film editing tables (like the [[Steenbeck]]) appear; they eventually replace the [[Moviola]] editing platform.
*The [[French New Wave]] reaches its peak.
*[[Direct cinema]] and [[cinéma vérité]] documentaries.
*The beginning of the [[Golden Age of Porn]] in 1969, which continued throughout the 1970s and into the first half of the 1980s.

===Television===
{{Main|1960s in television}}
The most prominent TV series of the 1960s include ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'', ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'', ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', ''[[McHale's Navy]]'', ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'', ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'', ''[[The Lucy Show]]'', ''[[My Three Sons]]'', ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'', ''[[Bewitched]]'', and ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''. ''The Flintstones'' was a popular show, receiving 40 million views an episode with an average of 3&nbsp;million views a day. ''Doctor Who'' is the longest-running science-fiction show of all time according to the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''. Some programming (such as ''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]'') became controversial by challenging the foundations of America's corporate and governmental controls, making fun of world leaders and questioning U.S. involvement in (as well as escalation of) the [[Vietnam War]]. The [[1966 FIFA World Cup final]] was the [[List of most watched television broadcasts in the United Kingdom#Most watched special events|most-watched television event in the United Kingdom]] watched by 32.3 million people, seeing England win 4-2 against Germany.

===Fashion===
{{Main|1960s in fashion}}
Significant fashion trends of the 1960s include:
* [[The Beatles]] exerted an enormous influence on young men's fashions and hairstyles in the 1960s which included most notably the [[Beatle haircut|mop-top haircut]], the [[Beatle boots]] and the [[Nehru jacket]].
* The [[hippie]] movement late in the decade also had a strong influence on clothing styles, including [[Bell-bottoms|bell-bottom jeans]], [[tie-dye]] and [[batik]] fabrics, as well as [[Paisley (design)|paisley]] prints.
* The [[bikini]] came into fashion in 1963 after being featured in the film ''[[Beach Party]]''.
* [[Mary Quant]] popularised the [[miniskirt]], which became one of the most popular fashion rages in the late 1960s among young women and teenage girls. Its popularity continued throughout the first half of the 1970s and then disappeared temporarily from mainstream fashion before making a comeback in the mid-1980s.
* Men's mainstream hairstyles ranged from the [[pompadour (hairstyle)|pompadour]], the [[crew cut]], the [[flattop]] hairstyle, the tapered hairstyle, and short, parted hair in the early part of the decade, to longer parted hairstyles with [[sideburns]] towards the latter half of the decade.
* Women's mainstream hairstyles ranged from [[Beehive (hairstyle)|beehive hairdos]], the bird's nest hairstyle, and the [[chignon (hairstyle)|chignon]] hairstyle in the early part of the decade, to very short styles popularized by [[Twiggy]] and [[Mia Farrow]] in [[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]] towards the latter half of the decade.
* African-American hairstyles for men and women included the [[afro]].

<gallery widths="190" perrow="5">
File:Mop-top hair.jpg|Members of Argentine rock band [[Los Gatos (band)|Los Gatos]] sporting [[Beatle haircut|mop-top haircut]]s, which were considered at the time a rebellious hairstyle. 
File:On the Beach at Tiberias.jpg|The [[bikini]] became a fashionable item in the Western world during the decade
File:Londons_Carnaby_Street,_1966.jpg|"Swinging London" fashions on [[Carnaby Street]], {{Circa|1966}}
File:Tie dye T-shirts.jpg|[[Tie-dye]] shirts of all colors were at their height and worn by many during the 1960s.
File:Lava lamps (16136876840).jpg|[[Lava lamp]]s (released in the late 1940s) became very prevalent in the 1960s and were used as decorations.
File:Go-go boots by Andre Courreges, 1965.jpg|[[Go-go boot]]s were a popular piece of fashion, worn by many. 
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[[File:Rayuela JC.png|thumb|Simplified version of ''[[Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]'s'' book cover by [[Alfaguara|Editorial Alfaguara]].]]

===Literature===
{{see also|List of years in literature#1960s}} {{Main|1960s in comics}}

* In 1961, ''[[On Heroes and Tombs]]'' by [[Ernesto Sabato|Ernesto Sábato]] is published.
* In 1963, ''[[Hopscotch (Cortázar novel)|Hopscotch]]'' by [[Julio Cortázar]] is published.
* [[The Outsiders (novel)|''The Outsiders'']] by S.E. Hinton was a massively popular novel during the decade. It illustrated the difficult life for the working class at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=August |first=Jude |date=2022-05-02 |title=How "The Outsiders" Became the Origin of YA Literature |url=https://medium.com/@judeaugust/how-the-outsiders-became-the-origin-of-ya-literature-d8636a971ea6 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>

[[Marvel Comics]] dominated the comic book industry in this decade, introducing the world to characters such as [[Spider-Man]], [[Iron Man]], the [[X-Men]], the [[Fantastic Four]], the [[Hulk]], [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]], [[Doctor Strange]], and the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] to name a few.

===Sports ===
The first ever Super bowl had happened in 1967 in Los Angeles, California

====Olympics====
There were six [[Olympic Games]] held during the decade. These were:
* [[1960 Summer Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 25 August – 11 September 1960, in Rome, Italy
* [[1960 Winter Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 18–28 February 1960, in [[Squaw Valley, Placer County, California|Squaw Valley]], California, United States
* [[1964 Summer Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 10–24 October 1964, in Tokyo, Japan
* [[1964 Winter Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 29 January – 9 February 1964, in [[Innsbruck]], Austria
* [[1968 Summer Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 12–27 October 1968, in [[Mexico City]], Mexico
* [[1968 Winter Olympics]]{{spaced ndash}} 6–18 February 1968, in [[Grenoble]], France

====Association football====
There were two [[FIFA World Cup]]s during the decade:
* [[1962 FIFA World Cup]]{{spaced ndash}} hosted in Chile, won by Brazil
* [[1966 FIFA World Cup]]{{spaced ndash}} hosted and won by England
The '''1960 Copa de Campeones de América''' was the first season of the [[Copa Libertadores|Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores]], [[CONMEBOL]]'s premier club tournament.

====Baseball====
The first wave of [[Major League Baseball]] expansion in 1961 included the formation of the [[Los Angeles Angels]], the move to Minnesota to become the [[Minnesota Twins]] by the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|former Washington Senators]] and the formation of a [[Washington Senators (1961–71)|new franchise called the Washington Senators]]. Major League Baseball sanctioned both the [[Houston Colt .45s]] and the [[New York Mets]] as new [[National League (baseball)|National League]] franchises in 1962.

In 1969, the [[American League]] expanded when the [[Kansas City Royals]] and [[Seattle Pilots]], were admitted to the league prompting the expansion of the post-season (in the form of the [[League Championship Series]]) for the first time since the creation of the World Series. The Pilots stayed just one season in Seattle before moving and becoming the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in 1970. The National League also added two teams in 1969, the [[Montreal Expos]] and [[San Diego Padres]]. By 1969, the New York Mets won the [[World Series]] in only the 8th year of the team's existence.

====Basketball====
The [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] tournaments during the 1960s were dominated by the [[Boston Celtics]], who won eight straight titles from 1959 to 1966 and added two more consecutive championships in 1968 and 1969, aided by such players as [[Bob Cousy]], [[Bill Russell (basketball)|Bill Russell]] and [[John Havlicek]]. Other notable NBA players included [[Wilt Chamberlain]], [[Elgin Baylor]], [[Jerry West]] and [[Oscar Robertson]].

At the [[NCAA]] level, the [[UCLA Bruins]] also proved dominant. Coached by [[John Wooden]], they were helped by [[Lew Alcindor]] and by [[Bill Walton]] to win championships and dominate the American college basketball landscape during the decade.

====Disc sports (Frisbee)====
Alternative sports, using the flying disc, began in the mid-sixties. As numbers of young people became alienated from social norms, they resisted and looked for alternatives. They would form what would become known as the [[counterculture]]. The forms of escape and resistance would manifest in many ways including social activism, alternative lifestyles, experimental living through foods, dress, music and alternative recreational activities, including that of throwing a [[Frisbee]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Countercultural Sports in America: The History and Meaning of Ultimate Frisbee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qycPRAAACAAJ|author=Jordan Holtzman-Conston|publisher=Waltham, Mass|year=2010|isbn=978-3838311951|access-date=28 December 2017|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724120036/https://books.google.com/books?id=qycPRAAACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting with promotional efforts from [[Wham-O]] and [[Irwin Toy]] (Canada), a few tournaments and professionals using [[Frisbee]] show tours to perform at universities, fairs and sporting events, disc sports such as [[Flying disc freestyle|freestyle]], [[double disc court]], [[Guts (flying disc game)|guts]], [[Ultimate (sport)|disc ultimate]] and [[disc golf]] became this sports first events.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Flying Disc Federation|url=http://wfdf.org/|work=WFDF Official Website|access-date=19 October 2013|archive-date=18 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018043512/http://wfdf.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Flying Disc Federation |url=http://wfdf.org/history-stats/history-of-fyling-disc |work=History of the Flying Disc |access-date=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019095944/http://wfdf.org/history-stats/history-of-fyling-disc |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> Two sports, the team sport of [[Ultimate (sport)|disc ultimate]] and [[disc golf]] are very popular worldwide and are now being played semiprofessionally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professional Disc Golf Association|url=http://www.pdga.com/|work=PDGA Official Website|access-date=19 October 2013|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509023305/https://www.pdga.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=American Ultimate Disc League|url=http://theaudl.com/|work=AUDL Official Website|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-date=21 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021064303/http://theaudl.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[World Flying Disc Federation]], [[Professional Disc Golf Association]] and the Freestyle Players Association are the official rules and sanctioning organizations for flying disc sports worldwide. [[Major League Ultimate]] (MLU) and the [[American Ultimate Disc League]] (AUDL) are the first semi-professional ultimate leagues.

====Racing====
In [[motorsports]], the [[Can-Am]] and [[Trans-Am]] series were both established in 1966. The [[Ford GT40]] won outright in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. Graham Hill edged out Jackie Stewart and Denny Hulme for the World Championship in Formula One.