1968: Joe Walsh

 Apr, 27 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s)|Occupations Origin Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Associated Acts Reference Joseph Fidler “Joe” Walsh (born Joseph Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He has previously been a member of two commercially successful bands: Barnstorm and the Eagles. In the late […]


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Biography Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. He is known for the hit singles “Everybody’s Talkin’” (1969), “Without You” (1971), […]


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1965: The Equals

 Mar, 08 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Equals were a British pop, R&B and rock group,[1] that formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for their million-selling chart-topper, “Baby, Come Back“. Eddy Grant, then sporting dyed blonde hair, founded the group. Completing the original line-up were […]


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1962: The Osmonds

 Mar, 04 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo […]


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1969: Uriah Heep

 Mar, 04 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and are regarded as one of the seminal hard rock acts of the early 1970s.  Uriah Heep’s progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion’s distinctive features have always included a massive keyboard sound, […]


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1961: Vangelis

 Mar, 04 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Videos Labels Also Member of Associated Acts Reference Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou; born 29 March 1943, professionally known as Vangelis, is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock, and orchestral music. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, […]


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1963: The Chessmen

 Mar, 03 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

  Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Guy Sobell was a guitarist in a Vancouver band, The Ken Clark Trio, and while in Europe, he had heard music by Swedish group The Spotnicks and the English group The Shadows and decided to form his own band after returning […]


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1962: Terry Jacks

 Mar, 03 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography AKA Genre(s) Instrument(s) Origin Years Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Terrence Ross “Terry” Jacks (born March 29, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist, best known for his chart-topping 1974 hit song “Seasons in the Sun”. Early life Terry Jacks was born and raised in […]


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1966: Vanilla Fudge

 Feb, 26 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their psychedelic renditions of popular songs. The band’s original lineup—vocalist/organist Mark Stein, bassist/vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer/vocalist Carmine Appice—recorded five albums during the years 1966–69, before disbanding in […]


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Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Lovin’ Spoonful is an American rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of “Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck […]


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1968: The Archies

 Feb, 25 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Associated Acts Reference The Archies are a fictional garage band founded by Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, and Jughead Jones, a group of adolescent characters of the Archie universe, in the context of the animated TV series, The Archie Show. The group is also known for […]


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1968: The Millennium

 Feb, 21 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The Millennium was an American super group based in California, who were conceived by Curt Boettcher. The group consisted of psychedelic rock musicians, and they incorporated sunshine pop harmonies. The roots of the band lie in several groups. Boettcher had originally worked with […]


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1968: Zephyr

 Feb, 17 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Associated Acts Reference Zephyr was a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1969 in Boulder, Colorado by guitarist Tommy Bolin, keyboardist John Faris, David Givens on bass guitar, Robbie Chamberlin on drums and Candy Givens on vocals. Although the charismatic performances […]


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1962: The Zombies

 Feb, 16 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent (piano, organ and vocals) and Colin Blunstone (vocals). The group scored British and American hits in 1964 with “She’s […]


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