The Sixties (Part 3)
The Beatles An English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the...
The Sixties (Part 2)
The Beach Boys An American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and their friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies and early surf...
The Sixties (Part 1)
The 1960s is the most important and a cultural decade in World History, American History, and in Rock Music History and Pop Culture. And a time with the Counterculture, with different styles, clothing, the music, different events, the political, different style of...
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson; their cousin Mike Love; and their friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies and early...
#1 Hit Singles in the US on Billboard Hot 100 (Part 4)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce is a song written by American folk rock singer Jim Croce. Released as part of his 1973 album Life and Times, the song was a Number One pop hit for him, spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot...
#1 Hit Singles in the US on Billboard Hot 100 (Part 3)
Summer in the City: The Lovin’ Spoonful Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful is a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, and Steve Booone. It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, and reached number one on...
#1 Hits Singles in the US on Billboard Hot 100, from the 50s, 60s and 70s part 2
I Want to Hold Your Hand: The Beatles is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment. With advance orders exceeding one...
#1 Hit Singles in the US on Billboard Hot 100, from the 50s, 60s and 70s (Part 1)
1950s (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock: Bill Haley and His Comets is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful...
Greatest Albums of All Time (Part 3)
Greatest Albums of All Time (Part 3) Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison is a live album and 27th overall album by Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in May 1968. After his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a...
Greatest Albums of All Time (Part 2)
Greatest Albums of All Time (Part 2) The Beatles: Meet the Beatles The second Beatles album released in the United States. It was the first US Beatles album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular...