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During the 1950's and early '60s the U.S. was the major force in the music industry. Phil Spector's girl groups and folk music filled the airwaves, but all that would change starting in 1964
with the invasion of British groups like the Dave Clark 5 and the Beatles. This event had a huge impact on pop music. American folk, rock, R&B, Doowop and girl groups which
had dominated the charts from the mid '50s on suddenly found themselves challenged for air time. As a result folk morphed into folk/rock and eventually psychedelic rock, Motown was born and
the girl groups, R&B and folk music all but disappeared.
The '60s also marked the advent of an entirely new art form, the Psychedelic Poster. Poster art was everywhere especially in head shops which specialized in selling drug paraphernalia and psychedelic posters mostly but not entirely
promoting concerts and rock groups. Below are just some of the performers who contributed to the music scene.
The Animals
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Canned Heat
Cher
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Diana Ross
Donovan
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
The Everly Brothers
Fleetwood Mac
Frank Sinatra
Grateful_Dead
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
The Jefferson Airplane
Jethro Tull
Johnny Cash
Johnny Mathis
Led Zeppelin
Linda Ronstadt
Monkees
Nat King Cole
Neil Diamond
Paul Simon
Ray Charles
The Righteous Brothers
Rolling Stones
Sammy Davis Jr.
The Who
Country
Jazz/Blues
R and B
Rap/Hip Hop
Vintage Rock 'n Roll
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Music by the Decade:
Sounds of the Fifties
Sounds of the Sixties
Sounds of the Seventies
Sounds of the Eighties
Sounds of the Nineties
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