American Songwriter

4 of the Best British Rock Bands from the 1960s

American bands like Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, and The Black Crowes are built on the foundation of 1960s British rock bands. The punk bands, too. In 1970s New York, the groups emerging from Max’s ...
American Songwriter

3 Essential Bands That Led the Late 1960s and Early 1970s British Folk Revival

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British ...
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5 1960s pop hits that should be permanently retired

All the feelings that I have hiding here for you inside." That lyric opens up “Cherish,” a number-one hit for the Association in 1966. It isn’t a good lyric. At least, I don’t think it is. It is a ...
Pitchfork

Marianne Faithfull, 1960s Pop Chanteuse, Dies at 78

Marianne Faithfull, the singer and actor who became an icon of London’s music scene in the 1960s, has died, BBC News and The New York Times report. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Shel Talmy, Who Produced Hits by The Who, The Kinks and Other 1960s British Bands, Dies at 87

The record producer also oversaw hits by Manfred Mann and the duo Chad & Jeremy and was an early backer of David Bowie. By The Associated Press Shel Talmy, a Chicago-born music producer and arranger ...