Editing 1960s (section)

====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.