Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1960s ==
{{Main|1960s in music}}

* '''[[1969 in music]]''', '''[[1969 in British music]]''', '''[[1969 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** [[Woodstock festival|Woodstock]] music festival held in [[Bethel, New York]]
** Deaths of:
*** [[Brian Jones]]
*** [[Judy Garland]]
*** [[Paul Chambers]]
*** [[Coleman Hawkins]]
*** [[Ted Heath]]
*** [[Leigh Harline]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Abbey Road]]'' and ''[[Yellow Submarine (album)|Yellow Submarine]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[Nashville Skyline]]''
*** [[Frank Zappa]] – ''[[Hot Rats]]''
*** [[David Bowie]] – ''[[David Bowie (1969 album)|Space Oddity]]''
*** [[The Who]] – ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]''
*** [[King Crimson]] – ''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]''
*** [[Led Zeppelin]] – ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]'' and ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]''
*** [[Nick Drake]] – ''[[Five Leaves Left]]''
*** [[Pink Floyd]] – ''[[Ummagumma]]'' and ''[[More (soundtrack)|More]]''
*** [[The Magic Band]] – ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]''
*** [[The Velvet Underground]] – ''[[The Velvet Underground (album)|The Velvet Underground]]''
*** [[Santana (band)|Santana]] – ''[[Santana (1969 album)|Santana]]''
*** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[In a Silent Way]]'' and ''[[Filles de Kilimanjaro]]''
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Let It Bleed]]''
*** [[The Stooges]] – ''[[The Stooges (album)|The Stooges]]''
*** [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|the Crazy Horse]] – ''[[Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]]''
*** [[The Kinks]] – ''[[Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)]]''
*** [[Pharoah Sanders]] – ''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]''
*** [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] – ''[[Scott 4]]''
*** [[Moondog]] – ''[[Moondog (1969 album)|Moondog]]''
*** [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] – ''[[Green River (album)|Green River]]'' and ''[[Willy and the Poor Boys]]''
*** [[The Doors]] – ''[[The Soft Parade]]''
*** [[Sun Ra]] – ''[[Atlantis (Sun Ra album)|Atlantis]]''
*** [[MC5]] – ''[[Kick Out the Jams]]''
*** [[Sly and the Family Stone]] – ''[[Stand!]]''
*** [[Terry Riley]] – ''[[A Rainbow in Curved Air]]''
*** [[White Noise (band)|White Noise]] – ''[[An Electric Storm]]''
*** [[Silver Apples]] – ''[[Contact (Silver Apples album)|Contact]]''
*** [[Can (band)|Can]] – ''[[Monster Movie (Can album)|Monster Movie]]''
*** [[Amon Düül II]] – ''[[Phallus Dei]]''
*** [[Serge Gainsbourg]] and [[Jane Birkin]] – ''[[Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg]]''
*** [[The Archies]] – ''[[Sugar, Sugar]]''
* '''[[1968 in music]]''', '''[[1968 in British music]]''', '''[[1968 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
** Deaths of:
*** [[Jan Johansson (jazz musician)|Jan Johansson]]
** Notable releases
*** [[Van Morrison]] – ''[[Astral Weeks]]''
*** [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] – ''[[I've Gotta Be Me (album)|I've Gotta Be Me]]''
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Beggars Banquet]]''
*** [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] – ''[[Electric Ladyland]]''
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (AKA ''The White Album'')
*** [[Johnny Cash]] – ''[[At Folsom Prison]]''
*** [[The Band]] – ''[[Music from Big Pink]]''
*** [[Anne Murray]] – [[What About Me (Anne Murray album)|What About Me]]
*** [[The Mothers of Invention]] – ''[[We're Only in It for the Money]]''
*** [[Silver Apples]] – ''[[Silver Apples (album)|Silver Apples]]''
*** [[The United States of America (band)|The United States of America]] – ''[[The United States of America (album)|The United States of America]]''
*** [[The Velvet Underground]] – ''[[White Light/White Heat]]''
*** [[Pink Floyd]] – ''[[A Saucerful of Secrets]]''
*** [[The Zombies]] – ''[[Odessey and Oracle]]''
*** [[The Kinks]] – ''[[The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society]]''
*** [[The Doors]] – ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]''
*** [[Nico]] – ''[[The Marble Index]]''
*** [[Cream (band)|Cream]] – ''[[Wheels of Fire]]''
*** [[Soft Machine]] – ''[[The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)|The Soft Machine]]''
*** [[The Byrds]] – ''[[The Notorious Byrd Brothers]]''
*** [[Gábor Szabó]] – ''[[Dreams (Gábor Szabó album)|Dreams]]''
*** [[Os Mutantes]] – ''[[Os Mutantes (album)|Os Mutantes]]''
*** [[Peter Brötzmann]] – ''[[Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)|Machine Gun]]''
* '''[[1967 in music]]''', '''[[1967 in British music]]''', '''[[1967 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** [[Monterey Pop Festival]]
** Deaths of 
*** [[Woody Guthrie]]
*** [[John Coltrane]]
*** [[Billy Strayhorn]]
*** [[Otis Redding]]
*** [[Brian Epstein]]
*** [[Joe Meek]]
*** [[Ina Boyle]]
*** [[Paul Whiteman]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''  &  ''[[Magical Mystery Tour]]''
*** [[The Velvet Underground]] – ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]''
*** [[Red Krayola]] – ''[[The Parable of Arable Land]]''
*** [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] – ''[[Are You Experienced (album)|Are You Experienced]]''  &  ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]''
*** [[Pink Floyd]] – ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]''
*** [[David Bowie]] – ''[[David Bowie (1967 album)|David Bowie]]'' (Debut)
*** [[Aretha Franklin]] – ''[[I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You]]'' which features her own and iconic version of [[Respect (song)|Respect]].
*** [[The Doors]] – ''[[The Doors (album)|The Doors]]'' (including "[[Light My Fire]]") &  ''[[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]]''
*** [[Louis Armstrong]] – "[[What a Wonderful World]]"
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[John Wesley Harding]]''
*** [[The 13th Floor Elevators]] – ''[[Easter Everywhere]]''
*** [[Love (band)|Love]] – ''[[Forever Changes]]''
*** [[Leonard Cohen]] – ''[[Songs of Leonard Cohen]]''
*** [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[The Magic Band|his Magic Band]] – ''[[Safe as Milk]]''
*** [[Cream (band)|Cream]] – ''[[Disraeli Gears]]''
*** [[Jefferson Airplane]] – ''[[Surrealistic Pillow]]''
*** [[The Who]] – ''[[The Who Sell Out]]''
*** [[The Kinks]] – ''[[Something Else by the Kinks]]''
*** [[Nico]] – ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]''
*** [[The Moody Blues]] with the [[London Festival Orchestra]] – ''[[Days of Future Passed]]''
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Wild Honey (album)|Wild Honey]]'' and ''[[Smiley Smile]]''
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]''
*** [[The 13th Floor Elevators]] – ''[[Easter Everywhere]]''
*** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Miles Smiles]]''
*** [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]] – ''[[Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim album)|Wave]]''
*** [[Red Krayola]] (with The Familiar Ugly) – ''[[The Parable of Arable Land]]''
*** [[Duke Ellington]] – ''[[Far East Suite]]''
* '''[[1966 in music]]''', '''[[1966 in British music]]''', '''[[1966 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
** Deaths of:
*** [[Bobby Fuller]]
*** [[Fritz Wunderlich]]
**Notable releases:
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Pet Sounds]]''
*** [[Cream (band)|Cream]] – ''[[Fresh Cream]]''
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Yesterday and Today]]'' and ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]''
*** [[The 13th Floor Elevators]] – ''[[The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators]]''
*** [[The Monkees]] – ''[[The Monkees (album)|The Monkees]]''
*** [[The Mothers of Invention]] – ''[[Freak Out!]]''
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]''
*** [[Simon & Garfunkel]] – ''[[Sounds of Silence]]'' and ''[[Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme]]''
*** [[The Kinks]] – ''[[Face to Face (The Kinks album)|Face to Face]]''
*** [[The Monks]] – ''[[Black Monk Time]]''
*** [[Love (band)|Love]] – ''[[Da Capo (Love album)|Da Capo]]''
*** [[The Byrds]] – ''[[Fifth Dimension (album)|Fifth Dimension]]''
*** [[The Who]] – ''[[A Quick One]]''
*** [[Donovan]] – ''[[Sunshine Superman (album)|Sunshine Superman]]''
*** [[The Yardbirds]] – ''[[Roger the Engineer]]''
*** [[Them (band)|Them]] – ''[[Them Again]]''
*** [[Buffalo Springfield]] – ''[[Buffalo Springfield (album)|Buffalo Springfield]]''
*** [[Nina Simone]] – ''[[Wild Is the Wind (album)|Wild Is the Wind]]''
*** [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]] – ''[[Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton]]''
*** [[The Mamas & the Papas]] – ''[[If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Ascension (John Coltrane album)|Ascension]]'' and ''[[Meditations (John Coltrane album)|Meditations]]''
*** [[Ennio Morricone]] – [[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]] to the 1966 Italian western film ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''
*** [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock album)|Maidene Voyage]]''
*** [[Wayne Shorter]] – ''[[Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter album)|Speak No Evil]]''
*** [[Krzysztof Komeda]] – ''[[Astigmatic (album)|Astigmatic]]''
*** [[Larry Young (musician)|Larry Young]] – ''[[Unity (Larry Young album)|Unity]]''
* '''[[1965 in music]]''', '''[[1965 in British music]]''', '''[[1965 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' first performed
** Deaths of:
*** [[Edgar Varèse]]
*** [[Nat King Cole]]
*** [[Alan Freed]]
*** [[Jack Hylton]]
*** [[Tadd Dameron]]
*** [[Spike Jones]]
**Notable releases:
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Help!]]'' and ''[[Rubber Soul]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'' and ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]'' (with the single "[[Like a Rolling Stone]]")
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Out of Our Heads]]'' (with the single "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]")
*** [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] – "[[What's New Pussycat? (song)|What's New Pussycat?]]"
*** [[James Brown]] – "[[I Got You (I Feel Good)]]"
*** [[Otis Redding]] – ''[[Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul]]''
*** [[The Who]] – ''[[My Generation (album)|My Generation]]''
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[The Beach Boys Today!]]'', ''[[Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)]]'' and ''[[Beach Boys' Party!]]''
*** [[Nina Simone]] – ''[[Pastel Blues]]'' and ''[[I Put a Spell on You (album)|I Put a Spell on You]]''
*** [[The Byrds]] – ''[[Mr. Tambourine Man (album)|Mr. Tambourine Man]]'' and ''[[Turn! Turn! Turn! (album)|Turn! Turn! Turn!]]''
*** [[The Sonics]] – ''[[Here Are The Sonics]]''
*** [[Jackson C. Frank]] – ''[[Jackson C. Frank (album)|Jackson C. Frank]]''
*** [[The Yardbirds]] – ''[[Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds]]''
*** [[Martha and the Vandellas]] – ''[[Dance Party (album)|Dance Party]]''
*** [[Cher]] – ''[[All I Really Want to Do (album)|All I Really Want to Do]]''
*** [[The Shangri-Las]] – ''[[Leader of the Pack (album)|Leader of the Pack]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[A Love Supreme]]''
*** [[Vince Guaraldi]] – ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (soundtrack)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' the [[soundtrack album]] to the [[Peanuts]] animated television special [[A Charlie Brown Christmas|of the same name]].
*** [[Herb Alpert|Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]] – ''[[Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album)|Going Places]]''
*** [[Albert Ayler]] – ''[[Spiritual Unity]]''
*** [[Grant Green]] – ''[[Idle Moments]]''
*** [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]] – ''[[Point of Departure (Andrew Hill album)|Point of Departure]]''
*** [[Bobby Hutcherson]] – ''[[Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Dialogue]]''
* '''[[1964 in music]]''', '''[[1964 in British music]]''', '''[[1964 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** [[Bill Lear]] invents [[8-track tape]] cartridge
** Deaths of:
*** [[Cole Porter]]
*** [[Sam Cooke]]
*** [[Milton Babbitt]]
*** [[Jack Teagarden]]
*** [[Eric Dolphy]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[A Hard Day's Night (album)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Beatles for Sale]]''
*** [[Stan Getz]] and [[João Gilberto]] – ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]''
*** [[The Ronettes]] – ''[[Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica]]''
*** [[Eric Dolphy]] – ''[[Out to Lunch!]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]'' and ''[[Another Side of Bob Dylan]]''
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[All Summer Long (album)|All Summer Long]]'' (featuring the No. 1. hit ''[[I Get Around]]'')
*** [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[The Rolling Stones (album)|The Rolling Stones]]'' and ''[[12 X 5|12 x 5]]''
*** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus]]''
*** [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[Empyrean Isles]]''
*** [[Lee Morgan]] – ''[[The Sidewinder]]''
*** [[Kinks (album)|Kinks]] – ''[[The Kinks]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Crescent (John Coltrane album)|Crescent]]''
*** [[Simon & Garfunkel]] – ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]''
*** [[Yusef Lateef]] – ''[[Eastern Sounds]]''
*** [[Muddy Waters]] – ''[[Folk Singer (album)|Folk Singer]]''
*** [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]] – ''[[Black Fire (album)|Black Fire]]''
*** [[The Supremes]] – ''[[Where Did Our Love Go (album)|Where Did Our Love Go]]''
*** [[Sam Cooke]] – ''[[Ain't That Good News (album)|Ain't That Good News]]''
*** [[Dusty Springfield]] – ''[[A Girl Called Dusty]]''
* '''[[1963 in music]]''', '''[[1963 in British music]]''', '''[[1963 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** First [[Compact Cassette|cassette tapes]] made by [[Philips]]
** Deaths of:
*** [[Francis Poulenc]]
*** [[Paul Hindemith]]
*** [[Patsy Cline]]
*** [[Dinah Washington]]
*** [[Édith Piaf]]
*** [[Axel Stordahl]]
*** [[Fritz Reiner]]
**Notable releases:
*** [[The Beatles]] – ''[[Please Please Me]]'' and ''[[With the Beatles]]''
*** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]''
*** [[James Brown]] and [[The Famous Flames]] – ''[[Live at the Apollo (1963 album)|Live at the Apollo]]''
*** [[The Righteous Brothers]] – ''[[Little Latin Lupe Lu]]''
*** [[Duke Ellington]], [[Charles Mingus]] and [[Max Roach]] – ''[[Money Jungle]]''
*** [[Thelonious Monk]] – ''[[Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk album)|Monk's Dream]]''
*** [[Duke Ellington]] and [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Duke Ellington & John Coltrane]]''
*** [[Jorge Ben]] – ''[[Samba Esquema Novo]]''
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Surfin' U.S.A. (album)|Surfin' U.S.A.]]'', ''[[Surfer Girl]]'' and ''[[Little Deuce Coupe]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Ballads (John Coltrane album)|Ballads]]''
*** ''[[A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector]]'' a collection of Christmas songs is released on [[Philles Records]]
*** [[John Coltrane]] and [[Johnny Hartman]] – ''[[John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman]]''
*** [[Sam Cooke]] – ''[[Night Beat (Sam Cooke album)|Night Beat]]''
*** [[Kenny Burrell]] – ''[[Midnight Blue (Kenny Burrell album)|Midnight Blue]]''
*** [[Gerry Mulligan]] – ''[[Night Lights (Gerry Mulligan album)|Night Lights]]''
*** [[Stan Getz]] and [[Luiz Bonfá]] – ''[[Jazz Samba Encore!]]''
*** [[Marvin Gaye]] – ''[[That Stubborn Kinda Fellow]]''
*** [[Stevie Wonder]] – ''[[fingertips]]'' -aged only 13, arguably making Motown music commercially popular for the first time even though its birth was in 1959
*** [[Elvis Presley]] – [[Today, Tomorrow, and Forever (Elvis Presley album)|Today, Tomorrow and Forever]]
* '''[[1962 in music]]''', '''[[1962 in British music]]''', '''[[1962 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
** Deaths of:
*** [[Marilyn Monroe]]
*** [[Fritz Kreisler]]
*** [[Harry Barris]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[Tijuana Moods]]'' and ''[[Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)|Oh Yeah]]''
*** [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Surfin' Safari]]''
*** [[Bill Evans]] and [[Jim Hall (musician)|Jim Hall]] – ''[[Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album)|Undercurrent]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Coltrane (1962 album)|Coltrane]]''
*** [[Dexter Gordon]] – ''[[Go (Dexter Gordon album)|Go]]''
*** [[Françoise Hardy]] – ''[[Tous les garçons et les filles (album)|Tous les garçons et les filles]]''
*** [[Stan Getz]] and [[Charlie Byrd]] – ''[[Jazz Samba]]''
*** [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] – ''[[Green Onions (album)|Green Onions]]''
*** [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[Takin' Off]]''
*** [[Ray Charles]] – ''[[Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music]]''
*** [[Bill Evans|Bill Evans Trio]] – ''[[Waltz for Debby (1962 album)|Waltz for Debby]]''
*** [[Duke Ellington]], [[Charles Mingus]] and [[Max Roach]] – ''[[Money Jungle]]''
*** [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[Bob Dylan (album)|Bob Dylan]]'' (Debut)
* '''[[1961 in music]]''', '''[[1961 in British music]]''', '''[[1961 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
**Deaths of:
*** [[Cisco Houston]]
*** [[Moss Hart]]
*** [[Thomas Beecham]]
*** [[Carlos Salzedo]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album)|My Favorite Things]]'' and ''[[Olé Coltrane]]''
*** [[Ornette Coleman]] – ''[[Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation]]''
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Africa/Brass]]''
*** [[Max Roach]] – ''[[We Insist!]]''
*** [[Oliver Nelson]] – ''[[The Blues and the Abstract Truth]]''
*** [[Eric Dolphy]] – ''[[Out There (Eric Dolphy album)|Out There]]''
*** [[Thelonious Monk]] – ''[[Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane]]''
* '''[[1960 in music]]''', '''[[1960 in British music]]''', '''[[1960 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Notable events:
*** The musical ''[[Oliver! (musical)|Oliver!]]'' first performed
** Deaths of:
*** [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]
*** [[Eddie Cochran]]
** Notable releases:
*** [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[Giant Steps]]''
*** [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Sketches of Spain]]''
*** [[Charles Mingus]] – ''[[Blues & Roots]]'' and ''[[Mingus Dynasty]]''
*** [[Bill Evans]] – ''[[Portrait in Jazz]]''
*** [[Joan Baez]] – ''[[Joan Baez (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
*** [[Etta James]] – ''[[At Last!]]''
*** [[Wes Montgomery]] – ''[[The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery]]''
*** [[Hank Mobley]] – ''[[Soul Station]]''
*** [[Ornette Coleman]] – ''[[Change of the Century]]''
*** [[João Gilberto]] – ''[[O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor]]''
*** [[Tina Brooks]] – ''[[True Blue (Tina Brooks album)|True Blue]]''