American Music Timeline Part VI: The 1960s by David Johnson

1961	1963	1964	1965	1968	1969	Next: 1970-present

1961	Country singer Patsy Cline becomes mainstream popular (pop) music hit Top
Circa 1963	Folk singer Bob Dylan popularizes protest songs; Peter, Paul and Mary sing Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" at the 1963 March on Washington Top
1964	The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a sensation, igniting the immense popularity of British groups, known as the "British invasion"; Other popular British groups are the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Herman's Hermits Top
1965	The Byrds version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" creates new form, "folk-rock;" The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane played their first shows Top
Circa 1968	Jimi Hendrix celebrate counterculture with psychedelic rock Top
1969	Woodstock Music and Art Fair, featuring Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, attended by hundreds of thousands of fans; culmination of rock 'n' roll and counterculture movement Top
Next: Philip Glass, Madonna, grunge rock, and Napster

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