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 ....

Sam & Dave

Sam Cooke

Sam Phillips

Sandie Shaw

Sands

Scott McKenzie

Scotty Moore

Screaming Lord Sutch

Searchers

Seekers

Serge Gainsbourg

Shades 5

Shangri-Las

Sharon Tandy

She Trinity

Shirelles

Shirley Bassey

Shirley Ellis

Showstoppers

Simon & Garfunkel

Simon Dupree

Simon Scott

Simon Scott

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Slim Whitman

Small Faces

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Solomon Burke

Solomon King

Sonny & Cher

Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Childe

Sorrows

Soul Agents

Sounds Inc

Spencer Davis Group

Spinners

Spirit

Spotnicks

St Louis Union

Steam Packet

Sue Thompson

Susan Maughan

Swinging Blue Jeans