Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

The Animals

The British R&B group the Animals previously called the Kontours and The Alan Price Combo were formed in the north east of England in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Their second single released in 1964 and produced by Mickie Most the “House Of The Rising Sun” reached number one in both the U.K. and the U.S. charts and was over four minutes long (which was unusual for singles in those days). Other hits they had before disbanding in late 1966 included “I’m Crying”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”,”It’s My Life”, “We’ve Gotta get out of this place” and “Inside Looking Out”.

The Beach Boys formed in Hawthorne California in 1961.

They were recognised as the all American boys whose vocal harmonies gained popularity singing about dating girls, car racing and especially surfing.

They received gold records for their singles “I Get Around” and “Good Vibrations” which was one of the best records of the sixties.

Other singles included “Surfer Girl”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Do It Again”, “God Only Knows”,“Wild Honey” and “Heroes and Villains”.

They have recorded numerous albums which include the excellent 1966 release “Pet Sounds”.

The Bee Gees (B.G.s Brothers Gibb) Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb were born in the U.K. but emigrated to Australia in 1958. They had numerous hits down under including “Three Kisses of Love”, “Peace of Mind”, “Wine and Women” and “Spicks and Specks”.

They returned to Britain in 1967 and signed with Robert Stigwood and NEMS. They have since been one of the mainstays of pop music having top selling albums and singles. Their 1960’s hit singles include “New York Mining Disaster 1941”, “To Love Somebody”, “Massachusetts”, “Words”, “I’ve Got to Get a Message to You” and “I Started a Joke.

American singer, songwriter, guitarist Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Berry) was born on the 18th October 1926, in St Louis, Missouri.

He is one of the early pioneers of 50’s & 60’s music and is known as the "The Father of Rock & Roll". His songs have been covered by numerous artists including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Beach Boys, Dave Clark Five, Elvis Presley, The Doors and The Kinks just to name a few.

His hits of the sixties included “Bye Bye Johnny”, “Nadine (Is It You)”, “No Particular Place To Go”, “You Never Can Tell” and “Promised Land”.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

The jazz rock band Blood, Sweat and Tears were formed in New York in 1967.

The rock group having a considerably capable horn section made them one of the front runners in jazz, blues fusion pop. They released their debut album in 1968 “Child is Father to the Man” and their second album “Blood, Sweat & Tears” was hugely successful selling over two million copies in the first twelve months. Singles of the sixties included “I Can’t Quit Her”, “You Made Me So Very

Happy” and “Spinning Wheel”.

Booker T & the M.G.s

Booker T (Jones) & the M.G.s (Memphis Group) were formed in 1961.

As part of the backing band for Stax Records they featured on hits for artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd and Rufus & Carla Thomas.

In 1962 they had a big hit with “Green Onions” and released an album with the same name. Amongst other songs released in the sixties were “Boot Leg”, “Hip-Hug-Her”, “Soul Limbo” and Hang ‘Em High”.

Vocalist, Trumpeter, Composer and Record Company Executive Herb Alpert was born in Los Angeles, California.

He’s sold more instrumental records than any other artist.

In 1966 he had five different long playing records in the billboard top fifty and sold more records than the Beatles.

His first hit single “The Lonely Bull” was released in 1962 other singles include Spanish Flea, Taste of Honey, Tijuana Taxi and Mame. In 1968 he had a number one with “This Guy’s In Love With You” written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David.

Singer Songwriter James Brown Soul Brother Number One or The Godfather of Soul.

He formed a Rhythm & Blues Gospel group called the Flames and had a big hit in 1956 with a record called “Please, Please Please” which sold over a million copies. When Little Richard quit pop music several members of his backing group joined the Flames and later they called the group James Brown & the Famous Flames. Some of the singles he released in the sixties were "Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, "I Got You (Feel Good)”, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World”, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1” and "Ain't It Funky Now".

The short lived excellent Country Rock Group Buffalo Springfield were formed in Los Angeles in 1966.

Originally called The Herd they got their new name after seeing a steamroller with a sign saying made by the Buffalo-Springfield Roller Company.

They released three albums “Buffalo Springfield”, “Buffalo Springfield Again” and “Last Time Around. Their singles were “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing”, “For What It’s Worth”, “Bluebird”, “Rock and Roll Woman”, “Expecting To Fly”, “Uno Mundo” and “On the Way Home”.

They disbanded in May 1968.

The Byrds

The Byrds formed in 1964 in Los Angeles were earlier called The Beefeaters.

The folk rock group had their first hit with “Mr. Tambourine Man” written by Bob Dylan. They released their first album of the same name in 1965. Other singles recorded in the sixties included All I Really Want To Do, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Eight Miles High, So You Want To Be a Rock n’ Roll Star and My Back Pages.

They also recorded some notable albums which included Younger Than Yesterday and Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

Johnny Cash

Rockabilly,Country music singer songwriter Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas in February 1932.

Known as “The Man In Black” he recorded over ninety albums in his long music career.

Some of the singles he released in the sixties included Ring of Fire, Matador, Orange Blossom Special, Happy to be With You and a Boy Named Sue which was composed by Shel Silverstein. He had a number of gold and platinum best selling albums including “At Folsom Prison (Live)” and “At San Quentin (Live).

Ray Charles

Singer, composer, pianist and record company executive Ray Charles (Robinson) was born in Albany, Georgia and lost his sight at the age of six.

He learnt to play various instruments including the piano, organ, alto sax and the trumpet. He recorded over 60 albums and amongst his hit singles of the sixties were Hit The Road Jack - I Can’t Stop Loving You - Your Cheatin’ Heart - Take These Chains from My Heart - You Know Me - Crying Time -Together Again.

Chubby Checker

Chubby Checker born Ernest Evans in October 1941 at Andrews, South Carolina.

He recorded the Hank Ballard composition “The Twist” which has the unusual accolade of twice reaching number one (September 1960 & January 1962) in the U.S. Billboard charts. The Twist also became a massive dance craze. Other records he released in the sixties included “Pony Time”, “Let’s Twist Again”, “Twist it Up” and “Limbo Rock”.

The vocal and instrumental group The Dave Clark Five consisted of Mike Smith, Rick Huxley, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton and Dave Clark on drums.

After releasing a number of singles “Glad All Over” written by Mike Smith & Dave Clark hit number one in the U.K. and sold over a million records. They were part of the Sixties British Invasion and were the second English group after The Beatles to get a top ten hit in the U.S. Billboard charts. Other singles of the sixties included “Bits and Pieces”, “Can’t You See That She’s Mine”, “Come Home” “Catch Us If You Can” and “Everybody Knows”.

Singer, Actress Petula Clark born in Epsom, Surrey, England.

She appeared as a child actor in a number of films including “A Medal For The General” ,”The Card” and “The Runaway Bus”.

She moved to France and had early hits songs with “My Friend

the Sea”, “Ya Ya Twist” and “Casanova”. In 1964 she recorded the Tony Hatch composition “Downtown” which went to number one in the U.S. Making her the first female British singer to reach the top in over a decade.

Other hits included “Don’t Sleep in the Subway”, “My Love”, “I Know A Place”, “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love”, “Sign of the Times”, “Round Every Corner”, The Other Man’s Grass is Always Greener” and “This is My Song.

Singer Songwriter & record label owner Sam Cooke was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in January 1931.

As lead singer of the Soul Stirrers he mixed soul music with gospel music. In 1957 he wrote and recorded “You Send Me” which topped the charts and sold over 1 million records. Songs he recorded in the sixties included “Wonderful World”, ”Chain Gang”, “Cupid”, “Twistin’ The Nght Away”,”Having a Party”

“Another Saturday Night” and “A Change is Gonna Come”. He was shot dead in December 1964 by Bertha Franklin the manageress of the Hacienda Hotel in Los Angeles.

The short lived Blues Rock Super group Cream were formed in 1966 by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Peter (Ginger) Baker. They were the best live band of their era. Every album they released sold over a million records which included “Disraeli

Gears”, Wheels of Fire”,”Best of Cream”, “Fresh Cream” and “Goodbye”. Singles included “Wrappng Paper” “I feel Free”, “Strange Brew”,”Spoonful” “Sunshine of Your Love”, “White Room”, “Crossroads”, “Anyone for Tennis” and “Badge”. In November 1968 they performed two farewell concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall in front of 10,000 fans.

Rock & Country Blues Group Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) were formed in California and changed their name in 1967 from The Golliwogs. They had their major hit singles in the late sixties and early seventies and had six platinum albums including their self named first album ”Creedence Clearwater Revival”, “Bayou Country”, “Green River” and “Willy and the Poor Boys”. Sixties singles included “Suzie Q (Part One)”, “I Put A Spell On You”, “Proud Mary”, the song

which was No1 in the U.K. “Bad Moon Rising”, “Green River” and “Down on the Corner”.

Crosby, Stills & Nash.

David Crosby formerly of The Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and Graham Nash of The Hollies

Were formed in Los Angeles in late 1968. They were a folk rock harmony group each member bringing years of experience and songwriting know how to the table. They were later joined by Neil Young. They released two singles from their first album called “Crosby,Stills & Nash” which entered the Billboard top 100 they were “ Marrakesh Express” and “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”.

Dave Dee and the Bostons were formed in 1961 in Wiltshire, England. When Songwriters Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley became interested in them, they changed their name to

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.

They had a number of hit records in the sixties including “Hold Tight”,

”Hideaway”, “Bend It”, “Save Me”, “Okay!”, “Touch Me Touch Me”,”Zabadak”, “The Legend of Xanadu”,

“Last Night in Soho” and “The Wreck of the 'Antoinette”.

Singer, Songwriter, actor Neil Diamond born in Brooklyn, New York on the 24th January 1941.

One of the most versatile singer songwriters who began in the sixties.

Jay and the Americans, Deep Purple, Elvis, Bobby Vinton and Cliff Richard were some of the artists who covered his songs. He hit songwrting star status when the Monkees released “I’m a Believer” and “A Little Bit Me a Little Bit You”.

His hits of the sixties included “Solitary Man”, Cherry Cherry”, “Girl You’ll be a Woman Soon”, “Kentucky Woman”, “Red Red Wine”, “Sweet Caroline” and “Holy Holy”.

Donovan Leitch born May 10th 1946, Glasgow Scotland.

He broke onto the pop scene in 1965 as a protest folk singer, songwriter and was likened to a British Bob Dylan with hit songs “Catch the Wind”, “Colours”, and the Buffy St Marie composition “Universal Soldier”.

He later developed his talents to become a quality songsmith using exotic instrument arrangements which made the use of flutes, sitars, cello’s and harps. His hits of the sixties included “Sunshine Superman”, “Mellow Yellow”, “There is a Mountain”, “Jennifer Juniper”, The Hurdy Gurdy Man”, “Atlantis” and

“Barabajagal (Love is Hot)”.

The Doors were formed in 1965 in Los Angeles California. They consisted of John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and the controversial singer Jim (The Lizard King) Morrison.

This charismatic rebellious group sang about sex and death and had a huge cult following of fans.

In the sixties they released albums including “The Doors”, “Strange Days”, “Waiting for the Sun” and “The Soft Parade”.

Singles included “Break on Through (To the Other Side)”, “Light my Fire”,”People are Strange”, “Love Me Two Times”, “The Unknown Soldier”, “Hello, I Love You” and “Touch Me”.

Award winning folk/rock singer songwriter Bob Dylan born Robert Allen Zimmerman, on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota.

His early songs which included “Blowin in the Wind”, “The Times they are A-Changin’”, “Masters of War”, “With God On Our Side” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” helped breakdown barriers and gave support to the civil rights and peace protest movements. His albums have sold in the millions and numerous artists have recorded his songs including The Byrds, The Hollies, Peter, Paul & Mary and Manfred Mann. Hits of the sixties include “Subterranean Homesick Blues”,”Like a Rolling Stone”, “positively 4th Street”, “Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35”, “I Want You” and “Lay Lady Lay”.

1960’s Music

Sixties Music Artists

Sixties Music

Vocalists, instrumentalists, songwriters, film stars, record company executives. Formed in Liverpool as The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, the Silver Beetles and finally in 1960

THE BEATLES

Their contribution to rock and pop music is incalculable. They were the sixties. From their first hit in 1962 “Love Me Do”, they ruled the

singles and album charts for a full decade. Hits like "Please Please Me", “From Me To You”, "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love”, "A Hard Day's Night", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Day Tripper" "Paperback Writer",”Eleanor Rigby", "Penny Lane", “All You Need Is Love", "Hey Jude"

"Get Back" and "Something".

Their impact on the record buying

public had all generations enjoying their inventiveness and songwriting talents.