The Swinging Sixties

Elvis Presley, The King of Rock'n'Roll

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If Every Day Was Like Christmas

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Blue Hawaii

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In the Ghetto

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Thursday, August 16th 2007 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the untimely death of Elvis Presley, The King of Rock'n'Roll. He was 42 years old. Since that time, he has continued to be remembered, appreciated and adored by countless millions of fans...

The Swinging Sixties on Hub Pages

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A Guide to Living through the Swinging Sixties: The music, the hairstyle, the culture...
The Swinging Sixties: This surely was the pivotal decade for music evolving in to what it has become today. The Supergroups and Superstars who first appeared on the scene during these years are too numerous to mention but this page...
The music of the sixties: It was the sixties and the early seventies that produced some really fascinating music, some of which I am fortunate enough to have in my collection right now. Listening to these tracks even today brings back...

Roy Orbison

The "Big O"

I have always thought that there was a haunting element to the wonderful voice of Roy Orbison but certainly not in a derogatory fashion. I believe it actually leant an authenticity to the performance of many of his greatest tracks and the raw emotion came surging through. Although he of course first came to the fore in the early Sixties, his career spanned a great many years, culminating in his performances in the group, "The Travelling Willburys."

Oh, Pretty Woman

Dream Baby - Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison on Amazon

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Roy Orbison - 50 All Time Greatest Hits

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16 Biggest Hits

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The Very Best of Roy Orbison

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For The Lonely: 18 Greatest Hits

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Classic Hits of the Early Sixties (Various Artists)

Many of the biggest hits of the decade were of course from artists who perhaps had only one or two successes in all. Here are a selection of some of the top recordings falling loosely in to this category.

Mr. Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore 1988 (Live)

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Swinging Sixties Blog Posts from Google

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Allmusicimport - Import Music: Complete Sixties Complete Sixties (cd): Complete Sixties brings together the best tracks of that decade over 5 CDs, including hits from The Seekers, The Beach Boys, Cher, Shirley Bassey, The Twilights, The Groove, Johnny Burnette, Edith Piaf, Jay Justin & heaps more! ... You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers; He's My Blonde Headed Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy - Little Pattie (CD03); He Walks Like A Man - Jody Miller; The Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans; Little Children - Billy J ...
Twiggy's 60th birthday to be marked with public display of life ...: ... LONDON - An exhibition of more than 100 previously unseen images of stars from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles are set to go on display in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrating the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties. ...
newsbug.info > Monticello Herald Journal > Local News > City to ...: Charged with depicting the 1960s in Monticello, organizers will be turning three pavilions at the park into scenes from the Sixties: · Viva Las Vegas, music of the ?Rat Pack? and a swinging time sponsored by the Enter the Garden Club. ...
Cornelius on… The Business Of Show « The World According To Cornelius: Even businesses whose ?resource? is music made by YOUNG men and women. It took YOUNG men to sidestep these dinosaurs and bring youth culture to the fore. Like the legendary Ronan O'Rahilly, who bought a tramp steamer, kitted it out with studios and a tall aerial and began broadcasting non-stop Pop from just outside the three-mile limit off the south-east coast of England - thus kicking off the Swinging Sixties. And it was the same story with British comedy in the ...

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The Supremes

One of the all-time most successful female bands

The Supremes (later to be known as, "Diana Ross and The Supremes") began life as, "The Primettes," in 1959 but their name was changed to its much more recognisable version in 1961. They had a string of Top 10 hits during the Sixties, many of which are still widely recognised and performed through to the present day.

The Supremes Baby Love

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Come See About Me

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The Rolling Stones

My all time favourite band

It is now more than forty years since The Rolling Stones appeared on the scene, yet still they continue to endure. The raw energy of tracks such as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Get Off Of My Cloud," has been countered with the mellower, "Lady Jane" and "Out of Time," among a great many more. Even during the Sixties themselves, the variety of material recorded by this mega-band was incredible...

The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction

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The Rolling Stones on Amazon

When looking to buy a Rolling Stones CD, we are more than spoiled for choice. Here are some of the great ones currently available. Click on any image for more details (and if appropriate, to view your country's site.)

Hot Rocks 1964-1971(DSD Remastered)

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Forty Licks

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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Criterion Collection

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Let It Bleed

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Beggars Banquet (DSD Remastered)

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Classic Hits of the Mid Sixties (Various Artists)

TWINKLE TERRY 1964 pop hit

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The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday

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Hits of the Sixties on Amazon

There are of course a great many compilations of hits of the sixties available, featuring many of the top hits from various artists. Amazon offer a great many such items at fantastic, discounted prices. Click on the image of your choice to go to the Amazon site now (and, if appropriate, switch to your own country's home page.)

Super 60's { Various Artists }

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Best of the 60's

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Swinging 60's

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Pure 60's: The #1 Hits

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Chart Toppers: Rock Hits of the 60s

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Classic Hits of the Late Sixties (Various Artists)

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Flower Power on flickr.com

The latter part part of the Sixties was very much characterised by the hippy movement and the concept of "flower power."

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2005 Flower Power Festival - 3 days of love, peace and harmony by flowerpowerfestival

2005 Flower Power Work Camp - two weeks to set up the whole festival by flowerpowerfestival

Flower Power Festival 2006 by flowerpowerfestival

Happy Building! Christiania by judibluemed

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What do you remember of The Swinging Sixties?

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Thank you for your visit and the time you have spent reading through this page and hopefully listening to some of the fantastic music. I very much hope you will spare just another extra moment or two to let me know what you thought...

OhMe wrote...

I sure have lots of memories from the 60's. Great lens. Lensrolling to Growing Up In Pendleton SC and Little Anthony And The Imperials.

Posted May 08, 2009

SherryHolderHunt wrote...

Great lens! 5*'s, favorited

Posted June 09, 2008

UMT wrote...

Swinging sixties, oh no, that's so long ago. But Jimmy was great.

Posted March 19, 2008