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- While rock 'n' roll music entered the popular music spectrum in the 1950s, rock music really came into its own in the 1960s. Rock music dominated the popular music scene during the decade and as the genre grew and changed, many diverse and new subgenres emerged, all tied to original rock but each with their own unique style and purpose.
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By the end of the 1960s the great paradox of rock had become apparent: rock musicians’ commitment to artistic integrity—their disdain for chart popularity—was bringing them unprecedented wealth. Sales of rock albums and concert tickets reached levels never before seen in popular music.
Popular Music from the 1960s, Genres including The British Invasion, Motown/R& B, Surf Rock and Psychedelic Rock, Roots Rock and Hard Rock, Folk Rock and Protest Music, Acappella and top songs and artists from each year.
An overview of the 60's decade in rock and popular music history. Sixties music genres, 60s top hits, stylistic development and social history are explored as rock music becomes the dominant force in popular music. Fully illustrated with photos of the musicians who made it happen.
The 1960s saw a real flowering of popular music styles. Unlike the 1950s, in which the birth of rock and roll dominated the decade, jazz, pop, and folk music all gathered devoted listeners in the 1960s.
The 1960s saw the evolution of rock and the beginnings of the album era. [1] At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued; nevertheless, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, electric variant.
Rock and roll, a popular music craze of the mid-1950s, turned a loud, fast, and sexy set of sounds rooted in urban, black, working class, and southern America into the pop preference as well of suburban, white, young, and northern America.
