A partire dalla fine degli anni ’50 fino agli anni ’70 vi presentiamo la video storia ei documentari delle leggende del rock.
Creditsi: You Tube -Wikipedia- .rockmusictimeline.com – BBC Music – Time-vita – In questo capitolo: Elvis,
Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, gli Who e dominano le classifiche di musica popolare degli anni ’60. Elvis Presley continua a segnare colpi nella prima parte del decennio, ma la musica continua a diversificarsi con il folk revival, il suono di Phil Spector (wall of sound) , gruppi di ragazze e surf music, il tutto a impattare la prima parte del decennio.
Le etichette Motown, Stax e Atlantic iniziano a spingere di più su African-American Artists che tornano alla ribalta delle classifiche pop. Nel gli 1964 artisti americani condividono la vetta delle classifiche con gruppi inglesi (The British Invasion) guidati dai Beatles e dei Rolling Stones. Nei garage americano nuovi gruppi emergono ispirati dal suono British
La canzone d’autore si muove al di là del pop concanzoni d’amore e comincia a prendere la coscienza sociale e con dichiarazioni politiche. Nella seconda metà del decennio, invece la musica psichedelica riflette la cultura hippie in crescita. musica Bubblegum poi è stata creata ad uso e consumo delle radio Le vendite di album iniziano ad acquisire importanza
Nella fine degli anni sessanta fioriscono i festival di musica rock . Prima con Monterey Pop Festival,1967, che attira 55.000 fan al giorno per di tre giorni. Nell’estate del 1969 Woodstock attira 500.000 persone sempre per una tre giorni a Bethel, New York. I Beatles dominano le classifiche degli anni sessanta con 6 dei primi 10 album del decennio e 21 dei primi 100 singoli Il loro concorrente più vicino è Elvis Presley con 9 album
1 The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 1967
2 The Beatles – Abbey Road – 1969
3 The Beatles – Revolver – 1966
4 The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album) – 1968
5 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 2 – 1969
6 The Beatles – Rubber Soul – 1965
7 The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night – 1964
8 Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story – 1962
9 The Doors – The Doors – 1967
10 The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed – 1969
11 The Beatles – Help! – 1965
12 Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? – 1967
13 Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
14 Richard Rodgers – The Sound Of Music – 1965
15 The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – 1966
16 Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland – 1968
17 Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde – 1966
18 Original Cast – Hair – 1969
19 Cream – Disraeli Gears – 1967
20 The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet – 1968
21 The Beatles – Beatles For Sale – 1965
22 Bob Newhart
The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart – 1960
23 Ray Charles
Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music – 1962
24 Maurice Jarre – Doctor Zhivago – 1966
25 The Rolling Stones – Aftermath – 1966
26 Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz & Gilberto – 1964
27 The Beatles – With The Beatles – 1963
28 The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour – 1968
29 Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
30 The Beatles – Meet The Beatles! – 1964
31 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin – 1969
32 John Coltrane – Love Supreme – 1964
33 The Who – Tommy – 1969
34 Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 1963
35 Herb Alpert – Going Places – 1966
36 Simon & Garfunkel – The Graduate – 1968
37 The Monkees – More Of The Monkees – 1967
38 Judy Garland – Judy At Carnegie Hall – 1961
39 The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones – 1964
40 Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding – 1968
41 Blood Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears – 1969
42 Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii – 1961
43 The Monkees – The Monkees – 1967
44 Cream – Wheels of Fire – 1968
45 Disney – Mary Poppins – 1965
46 Herb Alpert – What Now My Love – 1966
47 Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash At San Quentin – 1969
48 The Doors – Waiting For The Sun – 1968
49 The Band – The Band – 1969
50 The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico 
1967
51 Original Cast – The Sound Of Music – 1960
52 Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love – 1967
53 Blind Faith – Blind Faith – 1969
54 The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons – 1967
55 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash – 1969
56 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks – 1968
57 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba – 1962
58 LOVE – Forever Changes – 1967
59 James Brown – Live at the Apollo – 1963
60 Otis Redding – Otis Blue – 1965
61 Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline – 1969
62 The Beatles – Yellow Submarine – 1969
63 The Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads – 1965
64 Iron Butterfly – In-a-gadda-da-vida – 1969
65 The Beatles – Please Please Me – 1963
66 Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy – 1960
67 Elvis Presley – Elvis Is Back! – 1960
68 Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends – 1968
69 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River – 1969
70 Elvis Presley – GI Blues – 1960
71 Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme – 1966
72 Original Cast – Camelot – 1961
73 Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain – 1960
74 Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow – 1967
75 Barbra Streisand – The Barbra Streisand Album – 1963
76 Henry Mancini – Breakfast At Tiffany’s – 1962
77 The Rolling Stones
Their Satanic Majesties Request – 1968
78 Herb Alpert – Whipped Cream & Other Delights – 1966
79 Otis Redding – Dock Of The Bay – 1968
80 Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority – 1969
81 Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You – 1967
82 Elvis Presley – From Elvis In Memphis – 1969
83 Vaughan Meader – The First Family – 1962
84 Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl – 1969
85 Joan Baez – Joan Baez – 1960
86 Peter, Paul & Mary – Peter, Paul & Mary – 1963
87 Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly! – 1964
88 John Coltrane – Giant Steps – 1960
89 Frank Sinatra – Strangers In The Night – 1966
90 Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison – 1968
91 Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits – 1967
92 Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther – 1964
93 Jimi Hendrix – Smash Hits – 1968
94 Bee Gees – Best Of The Bee Gees – 1969
95 The Beatles – ‘Yesterday’ … & Today – 1966
96 The Moody Blues – Days Of Future Passed – 1968
97 Cream – Goodbye – 1969
98 Original Cast – West Side Story – 1962
99 The Monkees – Headquarters – 1967
100 Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds Of Silence – 1966
