Discover the most popular songs from the 1960s that defined a generation. From The Beatles to Aretha Franklin, these hits shaped music history.

Using various sources—including historical documents from the movement, online archives, and various websites— Stacker has compiled a list of songs and artists that personified, inspired, or played a ...

As this list of the biggest No. 1 rock songs of the decade shows, the '60s weren't always as revolutionary as you might think. Yet, despite all of that, the biggest No. 1 rock songs of the '60s often ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

In need of a few nostalgic songs from the 60s to really transport yourself back to a simpler (and arguably better) time for music? The following four songs are great additions to any 60s essential ...

The 1960s was the peak of many trends in classic rock. For example, ’60s psychedelic rock songs are probably better than the psychedelic rock songs of any other era. Notably, John Lennon said The ...

Bob Dylan performed at the famed Newport Folk Festival three years in a row, from 1963 to 1965. His final appearance ended in controversy when he performed an electric set of rock songs, inciting boos ...

It was completely by accident that I came across the song “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson, but that song opened up an entire new style of song that I didn’t even know existed—the teenage death ...

From the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s to the Black Lives Matter movement of today, the farm workers’ strikes by Chicano and Filipino laborers in the ’70s to the same fight and strikes ...