Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But it also rocked.

In the year 1960, rock music as we know it hadn’t really come to be quite yet. Rock and roll was still the standard, as was rockabilly music. And while most would consider rock songs from that era to ...

Ultimate Classic Rock ranked the Beach Boys as the leading American band, topping a list including top 10 entries Simon & ...

Rock music soundtracked the '60s. Through political and social change, the songs become synonymous with the events of the era, one band becoming more synonymous than others. Creedence Clearwater ...

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The near-12-minute song redefined the genre for decades to come.

It was June 1964, at the height of Beatlemania. The English rock band was launching its first world tour — a pivotal moment in music history — and young photographer Bent Rej was there to capture the ...

The debut album beat out iconic works by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones.

Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1960s using data from the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music encyclopedia via the University of Waterloo. - Michael Ochs Archives // Getty ...

The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music. The British Invasion made its mark in this decade, with bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who were inspired by ...