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1960
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Early Clothing
There was little to no change from the 50's to the early 60's. From about 1960 to 1963 the fashion was the same of that of the 50's. There was very little that stood out from this point in time in a sense of fashion. Most everyone kept a high class look, women wore a lot of hats, skirts (that had been slightly shortened in 1960), blouses and more clothing like that. The men wore suits, cardigans, blazers, sweater vests and more within the look of high society. -
Bye Bye Johnny by Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry was a huge name in the 50's who continued through every decade strong, and he's still going. As a matter of fact he just released an album this year for his 90th birthday. Chuck Berry was one of the inventors of 50's style Rock n' Roll, which was essentially a new take on the blues had started before in the late 1800's and early 1900's. -
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1961
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I Believe To My Soul by Ray Charles
Ray Charles is a blues and soul singer/pianist. He is one of my favorite vocalists because you can always feel what he's singing about. He adds emotion to his songs that make him a pleasure to listen to, and the addition of his background singers make the overall sound of his songs even better. Ray Charles was one of the musicians that was quite popular before the 60's, and by the 60's he was selling more compilation albums of singles he had previously released than new material. -
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1962
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Nobody Like You by Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is a soul singer who started her career in the late 50's, but kept it strong throughout the whole of the 60's with fantastic album after fantastic album like this album named "The Electrifying Aretha Franklin". She was a versatile singer who could do a great job of singing upbeat/fun songs like Respect, but could also sing powerful love ballads like Drown In My Own Tears. -
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1963
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Talking World War III Blues by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is a very unique songwriter and musician, many people call him the first true songwriter (even though I still say it was Robert Johnson) and the guy who combined songwriting and poetry which in a way set the scene for what happened in the 1960's. He wrote about real problems and each song was a statement, even just the name of this song says a lot. This was a while after WW2 but right getting into the cold war which a lot of people thought could be WW3. Dylan wrote what people thought. -
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1964
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The Beatle Boot
When The Beatles came to America from Britain, They changed everything from clothing, music, hairstyles, and everything else. One of the trends they started were Beatles boots rightly named after the band wearing them. Beatles boots are high heeled leather boots that are an adaptation of Chelsea boots. During the 1960's they were extremely popular, and worn by practically everyone. -
Just Can't Go To Sleep by The Kinks
The Kinks were a quite popular band during the British Invasion in the 60's. The British invasion was started after The Beatles came to America and had so much success. Once people knew this was possible to achieve they started writing songs and forming pop groups who then came to America. They were then either very successful or not successful at all. The Kinks were one band that won over audiences with their new take on 50's Rock n' Roll which was still a very popular genre in the 60's. -
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1965
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Out In The Street by The Who
From The Who's debut album "My Generation". The Who are an English rock band that came to America along with the other bands in the British Invasion. They began with music strongly influenced by the 50's and the blues on their first album, which can be heard in this song especially. But as time went on they quickly became a heavy rock band. This style can be heard in their rock opera "Tommy" and their 1971 album "Who's Next". -
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1966
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Mod Style Clothing
Mods were groups of 60's pop music and fashion oriented people around the mid 1960's. They all wore brightly coloured clothing that popped and stood out from everything else. The men usually wore bright suits and ties or floral/paisley clothing, whereas the women wore colourful dresses, miniskirts, and low heeled shoes. Mods were a representation of the new generation that was taking over. -
Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles
The whole album "Revolver" was a huge turning point for The Beatles, especially this song. Up until "Rubber Soul" The Beatles were a British pop band who was mostly listened to by teens, but while experimenting with various substances, they began to change their sound to what was later labeled as psychedelic rock. Their new sound was fresh, relevant, and changed music forever. More and more people started listening to them, and now are still considered the best band of all time. -
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1967
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Bell-Bottoms
Bell-bottoms are regular fit pants that get larger from the knee to the bottom. They originated as pants that sailors in the navy wore in the 1800's. Then in the early 60's it was changed to be used for dress pants in high society but quickly changed to hippie attire around 1967 and stuck throughout the 70's. -
Tin Soldier By The Small Faces
Off of The Small Faces second studio album "There Are But Four Small Faces". Lead singer and guitarist Steve Marriott is in my mind the best vocalist of all time. He later started the band Humble Pie which took his career even further. One song from Steve Marriott that is a great representation of his singing talent is Humble Pie's live version of Black Coffee in 1972 on "The Old Grey Whistle Test". -
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1968
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Spanish Caravan by The Doors
This song is another example of how many genres The Doors can cover with their style of playing music. They already had traces of Spanish styles in their music from John Densmore's drumming, who was fascinated by this technique of playing. But this was the first song that was completely Spanish sounding, probably partailly from Robbie Krieger's guitar playing. The two aspects that keep this song sounding like The Doors though are Jim Morrison's voice and Ray Manzarek's Vox Continental tone. -
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1969
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St. Stephen by The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead were a psychedelic rock/folk band. They have a very recognizable sound because of Jerry Garcia's voice, Tom Constanten's keyboard tone, and their 4-6 part harmonies. This album, "Aoxomoxoa", was a very important album for The Grateful Dead. This is because this was the ideal album to transition from the acid rock sound they had during the early 60's to the bluesier sound they developed in the 70's. -
The Skinny Sixties
Getting to the end of the sixties, the fashion changed once again. This time style revolved around women appearing tall and slim. They wore more mature clothing than they had previously. They now wore sweaters, sweater dresses, jackets, scarves and more. All of these had the purpose to emphasize the figure of women's waist, ribs and hips, hence being the reason for this time being called "the skinny sixties".
