1950s and 1960s

1950s and 1960s
Without question the two most exciting decades ever in popular music. The 1950s saw the emergence of American Rock and Roll after Doo-Wap / Pop / R&B and Country Music styles. The early American rock n roll artists invaded the UK including ; Elvis Presley / Buddy Holly / Chuck Berry / Bill Haley / Jerry Lee Lewis / Eddie Cochran / Little Richard / Fats Domino / The Everly Brothers / Bo Diddley / Sam Cooke / Carl Perkins / Johnny Cash and Gene Vincent. In response during the latter part of the decade the early UK artists started to appear including ; Tommy Steele / Cliff Richard / Marty Wilde / Adam Faith / Billy Fury and Joe Brown. The 1950s gave way to the 1960s, now widely regarded to be the greatest decade ever for pop music and cultural change. The 1960s produced British Invasion / Motown / R&B / Surf & Psychedelic Rock / Roots & Hard Rock / Accapella and Folk & Protest musical genres. The countless major artists include ; The Beatles / Rolling Stones / The Who / Kinks / Animals / Moody Blues / Dusty Springfield / Manfred Mann / Jimi Hendrix / Bob Dylan / Beach Boys / The Doors / Grateful Dead / Janis Joplin / CCR / Roy Orbison / The Monkees / Supremes / Marvin Gaye / Otis Redding / Four Tops / Cream / The Yardbirds / Stevie Wonder / Simon & Garfunkel / The Byrds and many more ....

B B King

Bachelors

Bad Boys

Balloon Busters

Barron Knights

BB King

Beach Boys

Beat Merchants

Beatles

Beatmerchants

Bern Elliott & The Fenmen

Berry Gordy

Big Bill Broonzy

Big Dee Irwin

Big Three

Bill Haley

Bill Wyman

Billie Anthony

Billie Davis

Billy Daniels

Billy Fury

Billy Fury & Friends

Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas

Billy Raymond

Birds

Blodwyn Pig

Blood Sweat & Tears

Blue Aces Showband & Lulu

Bo Diddley

Bo Street Runners

Bob Dylan

Bob Lind

Bob Wooler

Bobby Boris Pickett

Bobby Curtola

Bobby Darin

Bobby Jameson

Bobby Patrick Big Six

Bobby Rydell

Bobby Vee

Bobby Vinton

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Booker T & The MG's

Boz People

Brenda Lee

Brian Epstein

Brian Howard & The Silhouettes

Brian Hyland

Brian Jones

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes

Brian Wilson

Bruce Channel

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

Burt Bacharach

Byrds