1960-1969

The 1960s was a time of radical revolution. Movements were made across America promoting civil rights, women's rights, and equality for all. Music was influenced by and influenced the time. In 1960, the youngest president was elected.

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Folk music, inspired by the changing times, was at its height. In 1961, the father of folk began to strum his guitar and vocalize his lyrics throughout Greenwich Village.

A year later, Hollywood's icon overdosed. A year after that, in the summer of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech" in Washington, D.C. Three months later, JFK was shot and killed.

Beatlemania had already spread when, in 1964, The Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show. Two months later, twelve of their records were at the top of the charts.

Anti-Vietnam War protests escalated as America's involvement in the war expanded. Riots spread across the country in protest of U.S. involvement.

More music began to immigrate from the UK to the US. Popularity of The Rolling Stones soared in 1967 when they performed on the Ed Sullivan Show. Music continued to play a major role in the decade throughout its movements and revolts.

Youth culture was the dominant force behind the 1960s. Hippies from the Village in New York to Berkeley and San Francisco in California continued to cry for love and peace as the war continued on. An anti-war riot broke out at Columbia University in 1968, calling for an end to the conflict in Vietnam.

The decade's final year came to a close with the marriage of John and Yoko, the Stonewall Riots in New York, the release of To Kill a Mockingbird, and, of course, the most famous, biggest music festival to date: Woodstock.