Music during the 1960s was affected by the multpile changes going world wide, and 1960s music groups were generally asked to bring a more upbeat, socially oriented message than the 1950s music bands.

Among the groups that started or made their mark during the decade of the 1960s are:

• The Animals
• The Association
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• The Bee Gees
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Dion & the Belmonts
• The Doors
• The Four Seasons
• The Four Tops
• Gerry & the Pacemakers
• Grateful Dead
• Herman's Hermits
• The Hollies
• The Jackson 5
• Los Angeles Negros
• The Lovin' Spoonful
• The Mamas And The Papas
• Manfred Mann
• Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
• The Merseybeats
• The Monkees (originally only a TV band, but had some hits)
• The Moody Blues
• Gladys Knight and the Pips (Headed by Gladys Knight)
• The Rolling Stones
• The Searchers
• The Shadows
• The Shirelles
• Stillwater
• The Supremes
• The Teenagers (Headed by Frankie Lymon)
• The Temptations
• The Tremeloes
• The Turtles
• The United States of America
• The Yardbirds

Other Decades

1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s