Good 50s and 60s bands?

Question

A good long list if possible lol... um if you lived in that generation/era that would be good :D I mean people such as the temptations or the beatles...thanks :D

Answer 1

Since you asked for rock bands, I am leaving out solo artists, vocal duos, and groups of singers whose members did not play their own instruments. There weren't too many true rock and roll bands in the 1950's. My definition of a rock band would be a group of at least three muscians who play their own instruments. The group can include members who sing or they group can just play instrumentals. Here are some worth listening to:

1950's - Bill Haley & The Comets, Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Gene Vicent & The Blue Caps, Link Wray $ His Ray Men, The Champs, Johnny & The Hurricanes, Duane Eddy & The Rockin' Rebels, Wailers

The 60's had loads of great rock bands:(Again, I'm defining a rock band as a group of musicians who sing and play their own instruments)
Amboy Dukes, American Breed, Animals, Association, The Band, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beau Brummels, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Blues McGoos, Booker T. & The MG's, Box Tops, Buckinghams, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, Canibal & The Headhunters, Capitols, Castaways, Dave Clark Five, Classics IV, Contours, Country Joe & The Fish, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Count Five, Critters, Cryan' Shames, Joey Dee & The Starliters, Deep Purple, Doors, Easy Beats, Five Americans, Fortunes, Foundations, Freddy & The Dreamers, Bobby Fuller Four, Gentrys, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Grass Roots, Grand Funk Railroad, Grateful Dead. Guess Who, Herman's Hermits, Hollies, Human Beinz, Iron Buttefly, Isley Brothers, Tommy James & The Shondells, Jefferson AIrplane, Kingsmen, Kinks, Knickerbockers, Left Banke, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Lovin' Spoonful, Manfred Mann, McCoys, Meters, Mindbenders, Steve Miller Band, Monkees, Moody Blues, Music Machine, New Colony Six, Ohio Express, Outsiders, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Question Mark & The Mysterians, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Rascals. Rebels, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Rivieras, Rolling Stones, Ronny & The Daytonas, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Searchers, Seeds, Bob Seger,Sir Douglas Quintet, Shadows of Knight, Sly & The Family Stone, Small Faces/Faces, Soul Survivors, Spencer Davis Group, Standells, Status Quo, Steppenwolf, Strawberry Alarm Alarm Clock, Swinging Medallions, Syndicate of Sound, Ten Years After, Them, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Three Dog Night, Tremoloes, Troggs, Turtles, Vanilla Fudge, Velvet Underground, Ventures, Viscounts, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, We Five, Who, Yardbirds, Zombies,


There's tons of other greats artists from the 50's and 60's other than strictly rock bands. So don't just restrict youself to listening rock bands.

Answer 2

The Beau Brummels - Don't Talk to Stranger, Laugh Laugh. Five o Clock World

The Kinks
Bob Dylan - Blowing in the Wind, Desolation Row, Ballad of Hattie Carrol, Girl From the North Country, Don't Think Twice Its Alright

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good

James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Junior Walker - Shotgun

Carl Perkins

Velvet Underground

//hope that's a good start for you

Answer 3

Glenn Miller Percy Faith Ray Conniff Count Basie Doris Day Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Tony Bennett Rosemary Clooney The McGuire Sisters Motown from the 60's: Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder. Those are my favorites (and many more).

Answer 4

Bands
The Monkees
Herman's hermits
Freddie and the dreamers
the four seasons
the five satins
the ronettes
everly brothers
isley brothers
Andrew sisters
the eagles
surfaris
the contours
the drifters
Manfred Mann
the beach boys
the shirelles
the blow monkeys
the penguins

single Artists
Chris montez
Eddie Cochran
Marty Wilde
Solomon Burke
Marvin Gaye
buddy holly
Otis redding
chuck berry
Brian hyland
lulu
Ben.e king
Neil sedaka
jimi Hendrix
Bruce channel
Sam Cooke

Answer 5

The drifters
The Satins
The Platters
The Flamingos
The Dells
Chantels- (Maybe) is one of my favorite songs
The Spaniels
The Miracles

you should also check out
Etta James- All i can do is cry) my grandma put me on to that
Baby Washington- That's how heartaches are made
The Stray Cats-Sixteen Candles



oooh i feel like playing my cds
i'm only 24 but i lovvvveeeee doo *** music

Answer 6

interesting generational crossovers who made HUGE comebacks are:
Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Beatles
and different genre but Tony Bennet

in addition other bands:
"The"
Monkees
Turtles
Bee Gees
5th Dimension
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Jimi Hendrix
Doors
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Carole King

Answer 7

not from that era but enjoy the music. as you mentioned, the beatles, temptations...also donovan, beach boys, elvis, smokey robinson, rolling stones, mamas and papas...hope that helps

Answer 8

Bill Haley & the Comets . . . "rock around the clock"

Little Anthony & the Imperials . . ."Tears on my Pillow"

Kingston Trio . . . "Louie, Louie"

Safaris . . . "Surfer Joe" "Missourlu" "Wipe Out"

Ritchie Valens . . . "Donna" "Let's Go"

Buddy Holley . . . "True Love Ways"